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Ottawa Extended Warranty Service Contract | Ram Jeep Dodge Chrysler Fiat Ottawa St. Laurent Jeep Ram Chrysler Dodge | Finance Department | Ottawa Extended Warranty Service Contract | Ram Jeep Dodge Chrysler Fiat Get your Chrysler Canada Extended Warranty Service Contract Quote Factory-backed "piece of mind" extended warranty protection for up to 7 years, or 160,000 kilometers! Our commitment: The MAXIMUM in customer care! Chrysler Service Contracts/ Extended Warranty can enhance your manufacturer warranty; see how much you can save! Email Phone Number Service Info PowertrainGoldGold Plus Disclaimer: By submitting this application, you authorize us to process provided information above. Choose the extended warranty service contract plan below for more details about coverage and available terms. As complete as our new vehicle warranty is, it does not give you total protection for the typical ownership period of five years, nor does it provide the regular maintenance which is required to keep your new vehicle at its operating at its optimal condition. If you lease a vehicle you should be aware of your obligation to maintain and repair the vehicle. Chrysler Extended Warranty Service Contracts can enhance your new vehicle's warranty right from the day of delivery and pick up where it leaves off, providing mechanical coverage for most major components, along with plans that provide basic maintenance and Tire Road Hazard Protection. There are 28 plans available to suit most needs for the average length of ownership. For peace of mind protection, our staff will assist you in selecting the plan that is right for you. Many of our plans have a ZERO deductible. This means no surprises, no hidden costs, and no out of pocket expenses. 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Items for Purchase at The Museum Oundle Museum has various books and leaflets for sale on local history. Many have been published by the Museum and all the profit from sales is ploughed back into the Museum. BOOKS FOR SALE IN THE MUSEUM OUNDLE'S HISTORIC BUILDINGS A new unique book is now on sale exclusively in the Museum 'Oundle's Historic Buildings - A brief study of Oundle's Architectural Heritage' by David Parker Cost £18.50 - all proceeds to Oundle Museum Trust and we can post out copies if you can't get to the Museum. LIFE IN A NORTHAMPTONSHIRE MARKET TOWN DURING THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 The Diary of John Coleman Binder, Grocer, Baker and Town Councillor in Oundle John Coleman Binder records very vividly the day to day impact of the war. He writes in detail of his own experience, of information from local people, from the newspapers and official telegrams displayed in the Post Office window. He tells of the arrival in Oundle of Belgian refugees, the recruitment of men to the forces, Zeppelin raids, the use of aeroplanes and the capture of spies. He is concerned with food shortages, rising food prices and the introduction of rationing. He is worried about the frequent sinking of ships and the call-up of so many farm workers. He is often critical of Government regulations and followed the debates in Parliament with interest. He served as a special constable, out at night to check that no lights were showing when there were air raid warnings. He was a member of the local tribunal which had to decide on appeals for exemption from military service. His diary shows hopes and fears rising and falling as the months go by and still the war rages on, until at last the end comes, and he lays down his pen with great relief and rejoicing. The diary, written a hundred years ago, has now been transcribed by Alice Thomas, who is a committee member of the Museum and is published by Oundle Museum Trust. Price: £9.90 pp £2.30 Total £ 12.20 RICHARD CREED'S JOURNAL OF THE GRAND TOUR 1699 - 1700 This transcription of the journal of his tour to Rome with the Earl of Exeter. Price: £6.50 pp £2.00 Total £8.50. ISBN 0-9537318-4-7 RELIGIOUS DISSENT IN OUNDLE From the Reformation to the Early Twentieth Century By Julia Moss This is an account of the Nonconformist congregations which came into being: Independent, (later called Congregational) Methodist, Baptist and Quaker and Roman Catholic. Price: £6.50 pp £2.00 Total £8.50 If you would like to order any of the above books please send an email or telephone us using the details on the Contact Page. BOOKS AVAILABLE IN THE MUSEUM OUNDLE WILLS AND HEADSTONES by David Parker This book is about Oundle in the nineteenth Century as seen through the eyes of some 70 individuals whose wills are studied in detail. Life and events in and around Oundle are recorded in an interesting way using a wide range of supporting source material such as headstones, parish registers, census returns, trade directories, local newspapers, militia list entries and background extracts from John Clifton's day books. The book has 98 pages of text and analysis, over 100 pages of transcribed copy wills, some 90 plates/illustrations and a comprehensive index. Printed and published by Peter Spiegl, Stamford. Price: £16.50, softback. THE LATHAM STORY by Ann Gwillim Parker The extraordinary lives of Elizabeth Posthuma Gwillim and John Graves Simcoe by Ann Gwillim Parker - A hero in Canada but largely unknown in Britain John Simcoe was a man of valour integrity and vision. As first lieutenant Governor of Canada he founded the city of Toronto. His wife Elizabeth was no less extraordinary as his constant companion in the most inhospitable of terrains as mother, painter, mapmaker and benefactress. SHADOWS FROM THE PAST - THE OUNDLE WAR MEMORIAL MEN by Ray Rundle LADY LILFORD'S TRIUMPH A history of the Oundle Festival of music and drama 1909-1992 by Tony Hounsome A WALKERS DIARY by Robin Moore - an account of Robin walking Great Britain in the final years of the 20th Century Price: £11.99. POLEBROOK'S PROUD PAST REVISITED by Margaret Winham PETERBOROUGH TO PENNSYLVANIA Henry Penn bellfounder by Michael Lee HEMINGTON - 'STILL HERE' The history of a small Northamptonshire village by Joan M Welch BOOKLETS AVAILABLE IN THE MUSEUM Cotterstock Hall by BM Freeman - £2 Oundle in the Georgian age by Alice Thomas - £2 Early Nineteenth Century Oundle and the Improvement act of 1825 by Alice Thomas - £2 The Latham Story, an account of Latham's charities of Barnwell and Oundle and of his schools by B. Rowbottom - £6.99 Memories of Childhood in Oundle - £2 More Memories of Childhood in Oundle - £2 John Dryden a tercentenary literary guide delivered in the year 2000 in the fours villages in Northamptonshire connected with Dryden by David Dew - £1.50 Sewers and Water Supply in 19th Century Oundle Local government initiatives and central government directives by Ioan Thomas - £2.50 Education in Oundle by Julia Moss - £2.50 The Windows of St. Peters Church Oundle An architectural guide by Robin Rowe - £3.95 POST CARDS & PAMPHLETS A range of Post Cards and Pamphlets are also available within the Museum for purchase a low cost.

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Why Prince William and Kate don't call Princess Charlotte by her actual name 1. Duchess Kate's nickname for daughter Princess Charlotte: "Lottie" 2. Prince George's nickname for Prince William: "Pops". Photo credit: Instagram @chrisjacksongetty 3. Prince George's nickname for Prince Charles: "Grandpa Wales". Photo credit: Instagram @chrisjacksongetty 4. Duchess Meghan's nickname for Prince Harry: "My love" 5. Prince William's nickname for The Queen: "Gary!" 6. Prince George and his nickname for The Queen: "Gan-Gan" 7. Prince Harry's name for Duchess Meghan: "Meg!". Photo credit: Instagram @chrisjacksongetty 8. Prince Philip's nickname for Queen Elizabeth: "Cabbage" 9. Prince Harry's nickname for Duchess Kate: "Cath" 10. Prince Charles' nickname for Duchess Meghan: "Tungsten" Affectionate nicknames are the norm within loving families. The British Royal family are no exception and no strangers to nicknames, although they might be a bit different to the ones you're used to hearing. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's children have some pretty cute nicknames for their parents, and it goes both ways! Duchess Kate's nickname for daughter Princess Charlotte As is the case with royal families, they often opt for more traditional names, hence the choosing of "Charlotte". However, Duchess Kate revealed to blogger Laura-Ann in Belfast that she has a much more informal nickname for her daughter: Lottie. Prince George's nickname for Prince William Prince George reportedly doesn't call Prince William "Dad". Duchess Kate spoke to a member of the crowd who later told reporters the following story: "Kate said that William was playing football with the children last night and one of them said, I think it was George, 'Are you playing football tomorrow, Pops?'" Pops! How sweet (or cheeky, depending how you look at it!) Prince George's nickname for Prince Charles Seems like Prince George has no issues calling his grandfather anything he wants, especially considering he's next in line to the throne. The Daily Mail reported that Prince George affectionately calls his grandfather "Grandpa Wales". Duchess Meghan's nickname for Prince Harry This one is a sweet one as well. After seeing Hamilton at London's West End, the duo got a photograph with the cast. Wanting to make sure that Prince Harry was in the photo, Duchess Meghan turned to him and asked, "Can you see my love?" The entire cast heard and reacted accordingly. Prince William's nickname for The Queen Prince William and Prince Harry can get away with a bit more than the rest of us. After all, she is their grandmother. However, it appears that Prince William took a bit of time to get the hang of the word "granny". According to Daily Mail royal correspondent Richard Kay, this resulted in a hilarious incident. Prince William had fallen over and was calling out "Gary! Gary!" "A guest who went to help asked who Gary was, assuming it must be a member of the royal household. 'I'm Gary,' explained the Queen, as she scooped him up. 'He hasn't learned to say Granny yet.'" Prince George and his nickname for The Queen Like father, like son. Turns out Prince George has a sweet nickname for The Queen as well. In an interview with ITV, Duchess Kate revealed a sweet detail about the relationship between her son and his great grandmother. "George is only two-and-a-half and he calls her Gan-Gan," Kate said. They're just as sweet to each other though. "She [The Queen] always leaves a little gift or something in their room when we go and stay and that just shows her love for the family," Prince Harry's name for Duchess Meghan These two have led a busy life since marrying in May 2017 and and Duchess Meghan's baby is due sometime this late April, but despite their hectic schedules, they have still found the time to call each other pet names. Although it might not be as sweet as Duchess Meghan's "my love", it does the job. Prince Harry prefers "Meg" according to this video from an Invictus Games Reception. Short, sharp and sweet. Prince Philip's nickname for Queen Elizabeth This famous duo have been married for an insane 71 years, so it makes sense that they would have a nickname for each other. According to royal biographer Robert Lacey, he says that Prince Philip calls the Queen "Cabbage". Lacey told The Sunday Times in 2006, "Yes, I've heard that is how he will sometimes refer to her." Prince Harry's nickname for Duchess Kate The trio of Prince Harry, Prince William and Duchess Kate were close for many years, so it's not surprising that Prince Harry has a nickname for his sister-in-law. After hearing on a podcast that Prince Harry had nicknamed Duchess Kate "Cath", radio presenter Scott Mills thought he'd give it a go. "I'm not sure, I'm not that familiar with it," Duchess Kate told Scott Mills, adding: "But I will answer to most things." Prince Charles' nickname for Duchess Meghan Duchess Meghan is currently undergoing family turmoil, so it's sweet to see that Prince Charles is able to be that father figure for her at this point in time. According to an insider from The Daily Mail, Prince Charles has a huge amount of admiration for Duchess Meghan and affectionately calls her "Tungsten". "Prince Charles admires Meghan for her strength and the backbone she gives Harry, who needs a tungsten-type figure in his life as he can be a bit of a softy." Do you have any nicknames for your kids or grandkids? Let us know in the comments. Prince Harry Prince Charles Prince George Prince William Duchess Meghan Duchess Kate queen elizabeth

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Child of Light is coming to the PS Vita By thom edwards May 22, 2014 0 Child of Light was recently released on consoles and PC and so far it has received great reviews from gamer and critics alike. Well now you'll be able to enjoy the game on the PS Vita since Ubisoft have just announced that the game is due to be released on the handheld on July 1st in North America and July 2nd in Europe. A digital version of the game will be available for $15.99.£11.99 plus there will also be a retail edition that will include all the DLC plus a bonus quest, character, and collectables. Source: IGN coming to ps vita Evolution of Playstation - Playstation 2 By anthonywright February 17, 2013 0 Jurassic World Evolution can be pre-ordered now says new trailer Nuketown 2025 Map Returned to Call of Duty Black: Ops 2 By Paul Younger November 20, 2012 0 By Richard Costa 1 hour ago 0

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Week 30 of the Edinburgh League saw the Club's outstanding league fixtures completed with two derby battles at Ladywood. Greig McDonell was looking to avoid playing Team 2 and had called up Ian Hislop to join David Melrose and Iain Johnstone in their Division 1 derby. Gary McDougal, Charlie Brindley and Krzysztof Laszkiewicz were looking forward to making things awkward for their Team 1 opponents. Hold on, drama before the match even started as David seemingly had a bit of a sniffle and wasn't going to make it! Oh dear, Greig had to face that awkward trio after all! This was a classic intra-club fixture - no love lost, a real desire to win, bad language, bad tempers, unsporting behaviour, bitterness at every edge or net that went to the opponent - and all of that was just from Charlie! Oh, if only David had been there - this could have turned really ugly! As it was, Iain J started the match off with a 4-end win v Charlie, the third end of which was crucial and accordingly to Charlie, Iain had about 13 edges and nets in his 11-9 win. Greig comfortably dispatched Krzysztof before Gary came back from the dead to win 12-10 in the fifth v Ian H. Match 4 could have gone either way - Greig was nice and relaxed in the first end but when Charlie sneaked it for a 14-12 win things got interesting. Charlie, buoyed by that, took a 6-0 lead in the 2nd end and Greig appeared to be stuck in 1st gear - he couldn't even seem to motivate himself as he remained calm and quiet - that was until an edge was greeted with a despairing grunt from Charlie - the first David Melrose style "Good Boy" of the night wasn't received well by Charlie who was left even more annoyed by Greig's retort that the "Good Boy" was merited as a result of the shot's perfect length! Oh my - aren't we from the same Club?? Greig ultimately took a 2-1 lead before Charlie stuck at it and clawed back with a 12-10 fourth end win! In the 5th, Greig decided that pushing wasn't going to win this match and suddenly decided to "just go for it". A good tactical decision as he won the 5th end 11-1. Had Charlie managed to secure victory there, this could have become a very interesting match, however, that was as close as Team 2 got to levelling the scores, their only other win coming in match 9 as Charlie defeated Ian H. In the end an 8-2 victory for Team 1 probably flattered the Division 1 Champions. Meanwhile, Team 6 hosted Team 7 in the last fixture of Division 4. As a result of Greig's late call up to Team 1, he returned direct from Glasgow with daughter, Hannah, in tow giving Team 7 the opportunity of "pulling a fast one" by turning up with 3 players as opposed to Team 6's two! All's fair in love and war isn't it? Hannah was joined by Kristian Skotzen and Phil Daly (still recovering from eye surgery) as they took on Team 6's Louis McLeod and Craig Linton. This derby match wasn't quite as fiery as the 1v2 game but had its moments - Kristian can be really bad tempered at times - has anyone noticed that?? And as for that Hannah.... Louis again proved his worth to Team 6, an undefeated night for him in which he only lost 1 end (to Hannah) and a win in the doubles secured 4 wins for Team 6. Fortunately, Mr Walkover hadn't performed too well for Team 6 so that made it 4-3. When Hannah and Kristian both recorded wins over Craig, Team 7 were 5-4 up. The last match of the night was to prove decisive - Craig v Phil. As Craig took the first two ends comfortably (11-5, 11-6) he looked in complete control - credit to Phil, however, as he came back with an 11-7 win in set 3 to make the game interesting. In the end, however, Craig proved too strong and given Team 7's shenanigans it was probably fair that Craig secured the 5th win for Team 6 as the spoils were shared with a 5-5 draw. Away from the League, Abby Wighton, Sonny Taylor and George Wilson took on Corstorphine in the first semi-final of the Handicap Cup. When Sonny (previously undefeated in the competition) lost the first match of the night the writing was on the wall for the Penicuik trio. They battled back however and with time running out they found themselves 4-3 down. As George was losing Match 8, the decision was taken to get match 9 started on another table (just in case). As Abby won the first end of Match 9, George was involved in an epic battle in end 4 of his match. At various points he found himself match point down but battled hard to somehow win that 4th end and take the game to a decider. League teammate, Hannah, commented that she'd never seen George looking so nervous as he pushed ball after ball that were almost above head height - that's the beauty of the Handicap Cup - it makes us all play some ridiculous games at times! Talk about nerves - with a big crowd looking on, George's screech of delight (more like relief) was heard as he levelled the match score at 4-4. No pressure then Abby! As all of the nervousness of George's match had been going on, she lost end 2 and was embroiled in her own epic third end. Giving away a 6 point start in a race to 13, she had comfortably caught her opponent before the end of the game, but then, as seems to regularly happen in these matches, the players started trading points - after 7 deuces, Abby agonisingly lost the 3rd end and that was to prove crucial - a great effort but she fell to a 3-1 defeat and Corstorphine progressed to the final - a terrific match to end the night. The week wasn't over there though for the Club as the next night saw the final quarter final take place between Murrayfield and Penicuik. David was unavailable (work seemingly rather than his sniffle from the previous night), and so he was replaced by Craig Linton, making his debut in the Competition as he joined regulars Gary McDougal and Louis McLeod. A terrific 5-2 win followed for the Midlothian trio and the only question at the end of the night was will David be able to claim his place back in the team for the semi-final - unlikely seemed to be the answer from that harsh Team Captain, Gary, who was still annoyed at David for having avoided the derby game the previous night! And so, to our Player of the Week Award for Week 30. This week's undefeated players were Greig and Iain from Team 1 and Louis from Team 6. Louis got a good mention last week and so he's out of the running this week! Greig and Iain also won the doubles together - how can we split them? Surely the man who gave up his plans at the last minute, rushed back from the West through rush hour traffic and at the same time managed to bring Team 7 a third player deserves this week's award? But wait, Team 2 for some bizarre reasoning appear to have awarded the POTM award to Iain J - oh well - dubious though it is, this week's winner (kind of deserved) is Iain J! Controversial moments this week? We have to end on a happy note for a change. The League season is over, and it's been a good one for the Club - even with some outbursts in our Derby matches, everyone shook hands and had a laugh about it after the event. At the end of the night the Club spirit was there to be seen as everyone stayed around to support our team in the Handicap Cup Semi-Final. And that's what TT at our level should be about - be determined and always want to win on the table but be friendly and supportive of each other away from the table - a pat on the back to Penicuik TTC for continuing to have that "family friendly" feel about it. And so on we go with one final matter still to be decided for the Club - another Handicap Cup Semi-Final, hopefully with a better outcome than the last one.....

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Who's the NFL's Most Effective Linebacker? You Might Be Surprised SourceComposite, Sean Culligan/OZY; Image, Getty Football, basketball, soccer. Cricket, rugby, the X-games. And anything else you can dream up to make you sweat. This job is harder than ever. That doesn't faze Baltimore's C.J. Mosley. By Michelle Bruton The Daily Dose NOV 15 2018 As he metaphorically brushed his shoulders off while working the press circuit during NFL Hall of Fame induction festivities in August - shoulders that would soon don a signature gold jacket - former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis said something that turned a few heads. That's not unusual for the outspoken former player turned broadcaster, but this time Lewis was singing a current Raven's praises. "I would love for you to show me a better middle linebacker in the game than C.J. Mosley," Lewis told ESPN that week. The Carolina Panthers' Luke Kuechly and the Seattle Seahawks' Bobby Wagner - the Nos. 1 and 2 highest-paid inside linebackers in the league - would likely raise their hands. But, as it turns out, the numbers support Lewis' statement. Since 2014, C.J. Mosley is the only NFL player with 500-plus tackles, 8-plus sacks, 8-plus interceptions and 6-plus forced fumbles. The Ravens drafted Mosley out of Alabama at No. 17 overall in the 2014 NFL draft, and ever since, he's been challenging them to find an area of the field he can't cover. Middle linebackers' roles have become increasingly complicated in the NFL, as they're asked not only to defend the run and pressure quarterbacks but also to cover increasingly athletic tight ends and running backs built more like receivers. You look at the numbers most of these players put up, and you see right away they excel mostly in one area. Maybe they have a nose for the ball, reflected in their high interception total. Or maybe they have a target fixed on the quarterback, racking up sacks as a result. To understand Mosley's effectiveness is to understand how he improves the Ravens' defense simply by being on the field. The league's best middle linebackers, however, can do it all. But does Mosley do it best? With a $2.1 million average annual salary, he's paid a fraction of what Kuechly ($12.3 million) and Wagner ($10.7 million) earn each year. But in the past five years, he's outperformed them in multiple categories. That's a general manager's dream - more production for less money. Thanks to a fast start this season, Kuechly has matched or surpassed Mosley's sack and interception totals, but he boasts fewer forced fumbles in the past five years. Wagner has only three picks and two forced fumbles since 2014. What we're looking for here is production all over the field, across all categories. "What we're asking linebackers to do these days is everything," says Ravens linebackers coach Mike Macdonald. "It's hard to find. When you look at the landscape of the league, you see this guy is great at stopping the run, this guy is great at blitzing, this guy is great in coverage." But when you have a player like Mosley, says Macdonald, "you just try not to get in his way." Anyone can cherry-pick some stats and make an argument about a player's value based on them. It's frowned upon. To understand Mosley's effectiveness is to understand how he improves the Ravens defense simply by being on the field. Though he's only missed three of a possible 73 games in his career - rare in the rough-and-tumble NFL - the Ravens' defense has suffered in his absence. In Week 2 of this season, after Mosley left the game in the first quarter with a bone bruise, the Cincinnati Bengals orchestrated four straight touchdown drives. Those 28 first-half points were their best result since 2012. When healthy, Mosley wears the communication headset for the Ravens' defense, playing the essential role of relaying play calls to his teammates and getting everyone set before the snap. Macdonald likens the process to decentralized command in the military - while coaches relay "the spirit of the call" to Mosley, they trust him to run with it from there. You can see, then, how a change in that orchestrator role would be jarring for the other defensive players on the field. "Those guys play faster and with more confidence when he's out there," says Macdonald. To be sure, Mosley's effectiveness and his current team-friendly contract are correlated. There are many reasons a player might do his best work during his rookie deal, from optimal health to a drive to prove he deserves a big payday come the next contract. Mosley is set to become a free agent in March, and the numbers clearly show he deserves to be one of the best-paid middle linebackers in the league. Whether or not he'll do so with the Ravens is a question only that team's front office can answer. Michelle Bruton, OZY AuthorContact Michelle Bruton| Sean Culligan, Visuals EditorContact Sean Culligan OZYThe Huddle Suddenly, triple-digit-tossing bullpens aren't getting it done. Will "finesse" soon be back in style? It's Mid-July and the Sports World Has Gone Silent The British Open is your one chance to quench your sports thirst for Zero Dark July. India, the Next Big Home of MMA The booming economy plus a tradition of combat sports mean India is emerging as the theater for MMA's latest expansion. Baseball Should Keep the Juiced Balls and Fix Its Buzzkill Problem What we learned from All Star week: MLB is in great shape if it can get out of its own way. A Completely Serious Letter From Kawhi Leonard The Huddle imagines what the free agent megastar has to say about his next move.

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Electrical & Engines MIBS CZone tour, enabling the car-like boat by Ben Ellison · March 18, 2013 In Miami Actuant Electrical invited a few boating writers like Ed Sherman, Steve D'Antonio and myself to tour several production boats that have chosen to use BEP CZone distributed power and digital switching systems. A highlight for me was getting to hear the founder of Scout Boats explain why he would do such a crazy thing. I joke of course - and there's an argument that you have to be a little nuts to build boats anyway - but Steve Potts (seen to the right of BEP's Jarrod Sagar above and interviewed here in Soundings) made a compelling case for why systems like CZone are critical to creating boats that truly satisfy modern customers... A key feature of the Scout 320 LXF is that little BEP Wireless Remote hanging on the key chain above. Because it can integrate with CZone and because one section of the 320's CZone system is set up to stay on 24/7, the owner of this boat will be able to tap the remote while walking down the dock and the boat will be ready to go when he or she gets there. Which is probably similar to what he or she experiences when approaching their automobile or even their house. Potts said that many of his potential customers simply expect this level of automation and ease-of-use these days. (It's an expectation I too am acquiring; after putting 5,000 miles on my new and highly automated Ford Escape Titanium, I found myself annoyed last night when I realized that my rental economy car wasn't smart enough to turn off its headlights while I bought provisions in a Myrtle Beach supermarket 😉 On a more traditional boat, the user would probably need to mess with the main panel above at least before and after a session underway. But those are BEP motorized battery switches that can be managed in many ways by CZone, and often the owner might only visit here to dock an iPod or iPhone in that Fusion MS-IP700 (that I'm long testing on Gizmo). Note though that there are some normal mechanical circuit breakers for certain loads like the windlass, and also that this non-digital switching can be mixed neatly with all those buttons that mostly activate CZone circuits from the helm. In other words, a builder doesn't have to completely commit to CZone, though the commitment is major... I took the shot above by sticking my camera through a transom access panel and it shows distributed power in action. You can see the red positive feed from the main panel and battery banks to two CZone switching modules, as well as the NMEA 2000 drop cables that control them. All those smaller positive DC feed wires and the neatly ganged yellow grounds represent cabling that is not going all the way to the main panel in the traditional fashion. So lots of wiring weight and hassle are avoided while those digital circuit breakers can be controlled in infinite ways and can also monitor the passing current (as can the Maretron DCR100 I just installed). In fact, BEP claims that once a builder gets in the CZone groove, the total system and install cost is similar to conventional wiring systems and thus all the digital features become 'free'. But, wow, imagine what a change it is on the shop floor and what a huge headache it would be if such a system developed recurring issues and had to be entirely replaced. Which has happened with more than one distributed power scheme, at least according to the rumor mill. Ed and Steve naturally had lots of good questions about professional and owner troubleshooting; it's obviously harder but we were assured that these boats will have a manual identifying all the individual CZone circuits and how you can bypass the digital switch by simply moving a blade fuse. At any rate, I found it impressive that BEP could show us not one but three CZone-using manufacturers who were exhibiting at the main MIBS location. That's the helm of a new, and quite sexy, Jupiter 41 Express above and, though I wasn't able to change the screens on those Simrad NSO monitors, I know that all sorts of CZone features like lighting modes are integrated in (as discussed before on Panbo). And while I didn't get any photos and the company doesn't say much about it on their web site, I did see several high-end YellowFin center consoles that were all touch screen and CZone. I also heard company president Wylie Nagler express deep commitment to the system... Because I photographed the helm above on a separate visit to the Scout Boat exhibit, I don't know if it too has CZone (the boat was too busy for me to poke around). But digital switching certainly would go nicely with ease-of-use features I saw briefly on those new Garmin 8000 MFDs; SmartMode is the similarly activity-oriented equivalent of lighting modes, for instance. And I did get a chance to ask Jarrod Sagar if BEP was working with other MFD manufacturers besides Simrad; he was a bit reserved, saying that "We are working with Simrad for now, but as the integration between MFD's and digital switching becomes mainstream then both parties will need to look at other options. The technical challenge to get different systems working together is not insignificant." However that goes, CZone's apparent success with builders plus Raymarine's entry into digital switching makes me think that the technology has turned a corner. Oh, and will there be a CZone app that brings its monitoring and switching abilities to smartphones and tablets (as N2KView does for Maretron/Octoplex systems)? You bet! We saw the demo below, boatbuilders will start working with it in May, and the finished app is scheduled to debut at next fall's IBEX show. BEP CZone #1, "distributed power"? BEP CZone seen live, more coming Digital Switching: Raymarine, Empirbus, Simrad, Naviops, Offshore, Octoplex, Garmin and CZone IBEX Winners: Lumitec PLI and Power-Pole Vision Next story The Equinox, celestial mechanics & pesky "True Wind" Previous story Furuno at MIBS 2013; CHIRP, FCV587/627, and NavPilot FPS8 Capt Bill says: I agree that this is the future with regard to wiring production boats. My concern is what it does to the aftermarket business. Having done some installations on boats with switching systems, it can be difficult to integrate aftermarket devices into the system. If there are no available "spares" left in the factory system, You are stuck having to install an old school swtich or breaker, whether for electronics or additional DC circuits (underwater lights, for example). I think builders need to consider the aftermarket "expandability" of these systems. Plus it sounds like one more system we installers will need to get training/certification in. Dan Corcoran (b393capt) says: I am curious about NMEA-2000 PGN standards for this, and if those standards extend to devices that are outside of the direct control of the digital circuits, say to products that draw power from the NMEA-2000 bus so that they can share the same user interface. Or for that matter, does CZone support turning on products beyond its digital circuits? Do they support their products being controlled by all the other chart plotter brands? Bill, that's a good point. While I don't think it's too hard to add another CZone switching module to a boat, what may be beyond most installers is modifying the CZone software to do the switching. But there is a Panbo reader (and electrical engineer) who has designed and programmed his own system and will be writing about it here eventually. I also have a simple CZone system partially installed on Gizmo and am hoping to program it myself some day. Dan, there are some standard PGNs for switching but the major set of power PGNs has still not been released. I keep hearing that it's close, and almost made N2K V3, but... So I believe that CZone and others are using proprietary PGNs, plus I'm not sure they'll adopt standard messages when available. After all, opening up control of things like main battery switches could be asking for trouble. "Or for that matter, does CZone support turning on products beyond its digital circuits?" I don't understand. What would that be? There is a CZone switching modules that can handle motors and also a solenoid-driven AC system. "Do they support their products being controlled by all the other chart plotter brands?" Like I wrote, their relationship with Simrad is apparently not exclusive. But then again incorporating full CZone support into an MFD does not look trivial. Peter C. says: People want the ease and convenience they experience with their land vehicle? God forbid they have to go down below and turn a battery switch and maybe sniff the air for trouble. With a car you can just pull over to the side,on a boat you know this stuff will fail or even worse go intermittent at the worst of times in a storm far from port. I will keep things more "robust" thankyou. I like my toys but for power distribution I must say no. Taniwha says: I'm in the middle of implementing a C-zone system on our 31 year old 46ft cruising sailing boat. I have a couple of comments about some of the questions/comments above: 1) Like all electrical systems, expansion will be dictated more by how good the initial system design is than by limitations of the system. With standard systems, expansion is often done haphazardly by simply finding a power line near the new equipment and tapping into that. That often leads to combined functions on the switch panel which aren't noted ("oh yeh", the owner tells new guests, "if you want to use those nice new led reading lights in your cabin, you have to turn on the deck wash pump switch"). And is it on any diagram? Of course (not) :). Sound familiar? It's the boat's next owner that has all the fun trying to figure it out (happened to us when we bought our boat - she was 18 then). I've found that leaving a free output on each C-zone switching module was worthwhile for future expansion purposes. But also, it's very easy to just add a complete new module if really necessary. And the software that Ben talks about is very easy to modify - in my opinion any technically adept person should be able to figure the basics out, and I'd be very suspicious of any installers or dealers who can't learn the system inside-out. Also, the system requires you to document all your circuits, and that's all held in easily viewed software. 2) All these distributed circuit systems are ahead of the N2K PGN development at this stage, so there's always a risk with an N2K network. But supposedly they're using proprietary PGNs that will not cause interference, and that future PGN standards will not have problems with. But, even if they do, because it's all s/w driven, they can be easily changed without requiring a re-wire. I've taken the route of installing 2 N2K networks, with a data bridge. One for instruments, etc, and the other for C-zone. It doesn't require much more wiring, and is probably just good design practise. 3) As Ben says, you can get control modules for C-zone to control almost any type of load, so no issue controlling products beyond it's digital circuits. The C-zone system is just a logic & switch system. No devices controlled by C-zone get power from the N2K network: devices that do (such as instruments) don't need an individual C-zone switch circuit, they'd all be controlled by a single switch circuit for the N2K network main power. 4) Regarding more "robust" manual switching: I'd have to disagree with Peter here. Each C-zone switch can be physically over-ridden manually (as Ben noted in the article). So if anything goes wrong with the software, you always have the choice of a manual over-ride. Of course, it's slightly different from a central switchboard, because the over-rides are on the switching modules, which are at various points around the boat. But as long as you've designed the system well, and labelled the boxes and where they are, it's certainly a usable backup in an emergency It does require that the system designer has put the switch boxes where they are accessible, so I'm not sure that I like the photo Ben posted of some stuck in a transom access panel. Again, as in all electrical systems, the system designer plays a big part in ease of future use in the real world. Also, I think the C-zone system is easier to troubleshoot than a central traditional system. In that system, if something goes wrong electrically, you have to trace wires (often not labelled) through the whole boat, and look for badly positioned butt connectors (for e.g.) that may have gone wrong. In my experience most problems come from poor connections. In a C-zone system, the wiring complexity is significantly reduced, with a lot fewer connections, making physical troubleshooting a lot easier. Anyway, those are just a couple of points regarding this system. There is no question that the capabilities of distributed power systems are pretty spectacular. I think the big concern is in the future of these systems. As you are well aware, marine electronics companies are notorious for dropping legacy products and support for them. What is going to happen in a few years when a power module is fried and they are no longer made and ,of course, the new, improved system is not backward compatible? I know I'll be able to buy a circuit breaker for another 20 years. (I did retire my oil lamp, though.) Thanks, Paul! I for one am really looking forward to reading about how you designed your system and seeing how it came out. Max, I agree in large part. I can't think of another type of boat system that is both as intriguing and as frightening as distributed power. For instance, a couple of years ago ED&D told owners of their E-Plex system to stock up on modules because they were shutting down in 30 days! In fact, though, the system was taken over by another company and looks reasonably healthy now: There may be a point when there are enough of a certain system out there that someone will at least keep service alive. But I'd certainly check out a company's overall business health. I like, for instance, that BEP has already shown long term commitment to CZone and now as part of Actuant it is sibling to MasterVolt and Marinco. I didn't mention it here, or see it on these boats, but I know that integration of CZone and MasterVolt power products is happening as we talk. I'm also confident that Maretron and Octoplex are in the game for the long haul, largely because they are under the wing of Carling Technologies which has been doing well since 1920 making...hold the beat...mechanical circuit breakers and switches: Jeffrey Orling says: Yachts unlike cars are built up from components from many manufacturers.. typically leaving the owner flexibility to fit out, alter and expand their on board systems. This is a double edged sword and clearly a challenge to marry all the components and systems together in one happy family... and of course aesthetics are a consideration as well. A proper yacht must be stunning to the eye. When it comes to electronics this means there needs to be some sort of effective means to get these components to work together and do so optimally. But with so many features complexity is growing and presenting all manner of baffling decisions to produce that happy family. All the data is useful... to a point.. and that point depends on the type of use the vessel serves. Look at the difference in the cockpit between a glider and a bowing - both planes! Both flying through the air... to get from here to there. Bill Bishop says: Max, I agree with you, but I think not twenty years, but with the explosive growth of technological advancement, it may be just 5 or 10 years, and I'm being optimistic. We had a near scare with Eplex. I am been involved with a large three year old very extensively computer controlled boat, and keeping it running reliably has been very challenging. Software configuration management alone is a vast subject. Who owns the software on these boats? Do owners get a copy of it, along with the tools needed to use it? Can dealers really support these systems? Do the manufacturers keep good track of the software by hull? Is their a different version on every boat depending on options purchased? Hardware is one thing, but the software makes the toilet flush, and turns on the running lights and chartplotters. Bill Bishop was way more eloquent than I was without typos to boot. The level of complexity and data / information may be reaching the point where it usefulness has exceeded the need to know. And we then become slaves to complex technology that requires esoteric knowledge to service and maintain. And to me that means messing about on boats slips from the very possible to the mostly implausible. Too much black box stuff going on... mysteries that handicap and don't assist the person who has to deal with these systems. I don't see thing changing and getting better... Only worse. Look at the phone... as an example. Henning says: A thought that crossed my mind when reading this: If you use your N2K bus to operate a CZone system, how do you control power to this bus? If you use a CZone circuit, how do you turn on that initial circuit with no bus power? Or are CZone controllers and switching modules providing their own power and only use the bus for data? My boat was 8 years old when we bought it. The previous owner hadn't changed anything electrical but, in multiple sessions, some lasting weeks, I chased wires around every imaginable corner of the boat, made use of every last spare wire installed by the yard, ran upwards of 500 ft of new wires, used up all spare breaker positions, moved breakers between panels and found mounting space for more additional breakers and generally did all those things that would have been much easier with digital switching. So I see the point. But my question is: what if someone like me buys a used boat 8 years from now that was made today and uses digital switching? I cursed a lot when upside down in some impossible position in some impossible space trying to pull or run wires but I always knew that it was just a matter of time and I would certainly accomplish what needed to be done. I never feared out of production modules, belly-up manufacturers, version incompatibilities, firmware upgrades that fix one problem and bring 5 more, non-existing upgrade paths and the like. Maybe it's a little bit like electrical cars. 50% of the cost of these are batteries with a finite life a lot less than the life of the rest of the car. If I buy one today I do so knowing that I may have to junk it 5 years from now just because replacement batteries are no longer made or are uneconomical to buy. I will follow this technology but when I wanted to control nav lights and deck floodlights from the cockpit as well as the nav station last winter, I bought a set of 10 pulse-operated relays and 10 double-action momentary switches and some wiring. For about USD 300 this gives me 10 circuits that can be controlled from 2 positions, that have manual override and that aren't going to give me any problems, now or 8 years from now. Is digital switching going to make boats age faster (lose value quicker)? Rick Sorenson says: Ben, thanks for mentioning Carling and OctoPlex as being 'in for the long haul'; that certainly is the case. It appears that finally strong builder and consumer attention is being focused on the benefits of distributed power. It's also nice to see this happening during what appears to be a beginning recovery in the industry. There definitely has been, and I'm sure will continue to be, issues regarding distributed power dependability; however, over time, painful as it is, problem systems get weeded out. Dependability is an aspect we are extremely cognizant of, as power can be a truly critical component of vessel safety. As a result, we direct tremendous efforts towards making distributed power components robust and dependable. Regretfully, problems that have occurred in the marketplace have served to delay greater implementation of distributed power. However, along with the inherent benefits of reduced vessel wiring and weight, the operator benefits can be extremely worthwhile, including: complete visibility and control of electrical load integrity at all times - including while off the vessel, remote control of components, monitoring of bilge and sump pumps 'ON' times, single entry activation of the vessel's electrical/electronic running systems, timed programming and variable power control, load shedding for DC on smaller vessels to protect against battery discharge, and totally automatic AC load shedding on larger vessels to prevent onboard and dockside breaker tripping. We have received tremendous positive feedback from customers on their use of distributed power, in particular, every year at Viking's VIP show held at their Riviera Beach facility two weeks prior to the Miami Boat Show. As an indication of distributed power's staying power, Viking Yachts has been installing OctoPlex for six years, with the system being installed on every build 60 feet LOA and above. Ocean Yachts also installs the system on all builds over 60 feet LOA. Builders installing OctoPlex distributed power include: Bayliss Boatworks, Hargrave Custom Yachts, Horizon Yacht, Monte Fino Custom Yachts, Spencer Yachts, a number of military high-tech vessel builders, and others. We've all experienced an unbelievable change in the use of everyday electronics over a very short number of years, with 'in touch and aware' seeming to be the central theme. Marine distributed power is definitely here to stay, and despite periodic headwinds, its prevalence will likely increase substantially over the next few years. There will also be new and exciting products to come. Rick Sorenson Carling Technologies, Inc. I hear ya... 60′ plus is not only out of my price range... it's out of my *interest range* as a sailor. The market for this technology seems hardly a match for most sailors / boaters who mess about in the DIYer level... and there are some extremely competent engineers/mechanics who create amazing yachts. The technology you are presenting DOES make sense for the big yachts and ships and I am sure development will continue. Do you see this sort of technology coming to smaller vessels? chriggel says: I re-installed a CZone System on a new 52-foot Cruiser Racer (Haspa Hamburg) back in 2010. The original installer had clustered all the black boxes under one bunk - this was clearly not our's and not the manufacturer's intention. We decided to go with CZone mainly to save weight. On a 52-foot cruiser racer with not too many electric loads this might end up pretty equal in terms of weight. But a full on cruiser with at least 50 foot will definately benefit from eletronic power distribution. Compared to other systems that I know of (ETA PowerPlex) the CZone system is far more compact and simpler. It easily integrates with our Lowrance HDS Display and takes over all the tank display and battery status functionality. The robustness is great and we did not have any problems since we did the installation properly. I have to admit that I spent about a year to fine-tune the programming - something an installer will never ever be capable of when he is not regularly sailing on that boat. We did two modifications to the system: The motorized main switch is now controlled by a mechanical switch and not by the CZone system. Otherwise the bus would have to be powered 24/7 and drains about 1 Amp all the time when we are not onboard. Therefore we had to modify the meter interface - it is now powered directly by the battery and not any more from the NMEA200 bus. Prior to this the meter interface forgot the battery status whenever the bus was powered off. The safety measures are quite advanced and clever in the CZone system. All the programming will be kept in all boxes and displays simultaneously. If you have to replace one of the black boxes, it will gather it's configuration from the adjacent box as soon as you connect the new box to the bus. The only thing you have to make sure is that the DIP-switch is set to the same address as on the old box. All in all, this system has given me much less hassle compared to the LiFepo4 batteries which seem to have suffered quite a bit in three years. Chriggel Regarding the 3.4″-Display HenryD says: Thank you for posting this topic. I am interested in the distributed power but wonder where the tipping point is for installing this on an existing boat. How does this new model for wiring a boat compare with the tried and true model of the past on basic levels - cost? maintenance? upgradeability? interoperability? weight? and last support? If one of these Czone modules cracks, breaks, or just does not work - can I get them easily and is there someone who can work on/ trouble shoot them? When I saw N2KView, and I didn't have a weather instrument on my boat, it was a solution to a problem I had. I had to add some additional NMEA cabling, ActiSense USB interface and a power T to make it work. If I wanted to put some new switches in the boat, is there a way to install the CZone to work with the existing wiring? As I learned from the Maretron system, there is an expensive cost for the proprietary cables vs something standard like Cat5, and there is not enough market preasure to make licensing reasonable. I would be very hesitant to install Czone unless the other distributed power vendors used an industry standard connectors, cabling, etc. Every day I am disappointed by the Marine Electronic industry as the vendors battle each other at the expense of the consumers. If you want our ???? then you must use our displays or our cabling or what ever. It was nice to see a few years ago that the cell phone vendors agreed on a power plug standard - so when I change phones, I do not have to buy all new chargers. When I buy a DVD player or Tivo - I do not have to even think - will it work with my TV, but if i buy a Radar or transducer or AIS - I do have to worry - will it work with my Chartplotter. Ben your web site continues to be a source for market trending and overview. Thank you. Sorry, Henry, but I think a lot of those questions will have to wait until someone like Paul (above) details the design and install of his own distributed power system. But I do want to take exception to your inference that Maretron cables are proprietary. NMEA 2000 cables and connectors are, in fact, just like Ethernet. They are built to an industry standard (Devicenet, which NMEA adopted) by many manufacturers. I think that they're more expensive than regular Ethernet cables because they are harder to make - the connectors are waterproof, for instance - and they're sold in much lower quantities. Incidentally, NMEA is right now looking for an industrial style Ethernet cable and connector system to use with the coming OneNet standard. It will very likely cost more than regular CAT5 but it should mean that boaters will be able to change major systems without changing the broadband cabling, as is now true with N2K cabling. Also, if the cell phone vendors really did agree on a power plug standard, they forgot to tell Apple. The Lightning connector they introduced last Sept. is entirely proprietary and they didn't even warn their vendors. Ask a Fusion Stereo owner or employee how they feel about that. I don't think Fusion has yet figured a way to adapt their iPhone/iPod docks to the Lightning. In 2009, Apple, Nokia, Samsung, and most of the major vendors did agree on the micro-USB. Why Apple did not follow through is probably well documented. As far as the questions concerning the distributed power vs the legacy wiring - Czone or others should be able to provide a comparison on cost, weight, interoperability. And provide the road map or product plan to address the other quesitons. You are correct the reference to Maretron's cables as being proprietary is not the correct word. The point I was trying to make is the expense of installing a solution that uses specialized cabling that has limited manufacturers and limited sales opportunities. Marine rated wire is expensive enough, but add to it the waterproof connectors and the cabling adds up fast. As Ben mentions, it's probably better to answer a lot of these questions in a separate article which describes an installation in some detail. I'm talking to Ben about doing something like that in the next few months, and it looks like there are a few people who'd be interested (and some of the questions are giving a guide on the type of things people would like to know). However, I do have a few shorter comments for now on some of the posts. Re Hennings' comment about initial buss power: because I've got a dedicated N2K network for the C-zone, I simply turn that network on when the main battery switch is powered on. So the C-zone network doesn't have a C-zone switch for itself. Re the comment about lifespan: Who knows today - I'll address that one in 10 - 20 years (hopefully not sooner) in a Panbo entry when we're all a lot older :). In general though, I actually think that traditional boat wiring systems should be totally overhauled periodically also. The connections and wiring deteriorate, and additions become harder to track and trace. As Henning noted, he did a bunch of rewiring on his 8 year old boat. So I'm not sure that a distributed system will really require a lot more than what a conventional system should also have. Although a conventional system may be more able to be operated on the edge of failure for longer with band-aid style "patches". Again, only time will tell. The comment about longevity of suppliers is certainly valid for distributed systems - if it's based on proprietary technology then you're vulnerable to any shut-downs or direction changes in proprietary protocols. That's where standard PGNs for distributed power would add a lot of future security. Re working with existing wiring: I wanted to rewire our boat totally anyway (it was worse than Ben's as detailed in his post a few weeks ago), and chose to go with the C-zone system instead of traditional rewiring. But if you just wanted to add a few new circuits, there's no reason why you couldn't install a distributed system just for those. It wouldn't interface with your existing wiring. It'd just be an addition. And I guess you could then add new elements to that network as you gradually find the need to replace old circuits. I'm not sure I'd choose that approach personally, but it'd work just fine. In fact I guess that's sort of what Ben is doing with both a Maretron switch controller, and the C-zone controller he's described in other posts: starting by controlling a few new things that need switching. Jurjen says: Ben,all, Like Paul, I am also designing and installing a Czone system, in my case in a 55ft newly build bare hull motoryacht (Almarine 1700). I have given the system a lot of thought for over a year and have come up with my final design and just recently ordered all the Czone parts. In the beginning I still kept hanging on too much to the old traditional way of thinking about electronics and still had for example several old style switches in there. In an effort to further simplify the system and therefore increase reliability, I radically took all the switches out the design as much as possible and decided I would use the Czone features to switch on whatever equipment through the software. In Czone you can also program modes and when for example getting ready to leave the harbour, I will press a software switch on my touchscreen under which I programmed the mode 'on the water' or something similar. Czone will know that with that mode my transducer, plotter, autopilot, AIS, VHF, etc. have to be switched on, therefore no need for any individual switches for that equipment. Numerous modes are possible, like 'back in the harbour' and by pressing one button on the screen everything is switched off. To create sufficient safety I separated the electronics in the most essential necessary to drive the yacht, which includes the engine part and the electronic handle to operate the gearbox and throttle. This part is connected to the starter batteries (24 V). The second part is the navigation and Czone switching part, which is connected to the house bank. I had to overcome a problem here that I want all my equipment to be 24 V, but the NMEA2000 bus is 12 V, so I added a 24 to 12 V converter to power the NMEA2000 bus. Another issue is that I did not want all of this 2nd part to be continuously powered while just docked in the harbour or at anchor. As I will be living on the yacht, there will be many days, the navigation equipment is not switched on. But when docked I still want to monitor my power connections, charging rates and tank levels. When preparing a next trip for example (and still in the harbour), I need to know if I need to refuel or get more water, or even when continuing docking my black water tank may have to be emptied. In stead of having an additional amount of analogue meters to monitor the power, charging and tanks, I decided to spent my money only once and invest further in the Czone. I now created 3 NMEA networks all separate by a network bridge. Network 1 is continuously under power (from the house bank) and I will install NMEA2000 tank level monitors and have an VE-bus adaptor between my 8000 W Victron inverter/charger and the NMEA2000 network and will be able to monitor power and charging. The 2nd network will only switch the navigation equipment (all 24 V) and the 3rd network is to exchange the navigation data over NMEA2000 between the various pieces of navigation equipment. As Paul indicated earlier, good design principle would lead you to separate switching the Czone from the navigation data exchange. I specifically choose to have 2 Simrad NSS displays as part of the system, as the Simrad is able to seamlessly work with the Czone digital switching. A 12 inch NSS is used on the flybridge mainly for displaying NMEA2000 information, possibly switching on/off equipment and displaying 4G broadband radar information. A 7 inch will be on the first network as monitor for the tank levels, power and charging. For inland navigation I will use a PC with 2 touchscreens with software from Yachtcontrol () with navigation software that relies on the European River Information System (RIS) data. The Yachtcontrol software is also capable of configuring and managing the Czone equipment. This way I have 3 ways to control the Czone equipment; with the Czone software (running on the same PC), Yachtcontrol and Simrad, which should provide sufficient redundancy. My intention is by reducing the amount of wiring and switches by using the Czone distributed switching, to simplify the electronics to a more robust and reliable system and make fault finding in the future easier. The design of the system can be viewed on my weblog (although written Dutch it has a Google translate button). Jurjen Hoekstra Motoryacht Xanthiona As I have read about multiple busses only or partly in order to be able to power independently, let me remind you that you can have as many independently powered segments of the same bus as you want by adding "as many as you want" minus one power tees in the bus. You will probably need to use the power tees made by Actisense as those by Maretron change gender of the bus on every tee so, without the use of field attacheable connectors, you couldn't connect more than one Maretron power tee together. The Actisense tees don't change gender. Each power tee has two separate power wires for the part of the bus to the left and to the right of the power tee. This feature can't be used when using multiple power tees on all except one of the tees (so you need to leave one wire pair unconnected). Depending on where the devices to be powered independently are located along the bus, you may have to put the power tees in places that you would not have chosen as the best place installation-wise. I have run an exented power-cable for the power tees alongside the bus-cable forward to the mast step and aft to the helm area because of this. I full agree that this is not "beautiful" but it's not exactly messy, either. I think that in many cases (not all), this setup will compare favorably with the added complexity of another bus. On my bus (without digital switching) I have 4 segements (3 power tees) and may have to add a 5th segment (4th power tee). Also Jurjen, how do you turn on something simple such as the light in the bathroom? I am not sure I quite follow your logic with the power tees. According to several NMEA2000 design guide lines it is sufficient to have only one powertee providing the power to a NMEA2000 network. The powertee with the double pair of wiring is to connect 2 power sources, so in case one source fails the network still remains under power from the other power source. There is a maximum of amps you can draw over the NMEA2000 wiring. When you use the mini-type it is 8 amps, using the micro-type wire it is 4 amps. When adding the powertee to the end of a micro cabled network, the max amps is 4 over the full network. When adding it to the middle you can provide 8 amps and it would distribute 4 amps to the left and 4 to the right. That way you could add more equipment. There are some good NMEA2000 network design guide lines out there (for example by Maretron). One also has to bear in mind that if a certain piece of navigation equipment pulls too much amps it will have a dedicated power connection and not draw it's power from the NMEA2000 bus. This is where Czone kicks in, you connect it to an output interface. I choose to have 3 networks as explained in my earlier post, to make sure that I have just a small network under continous power to monitor tank levels, power and charging while docked. The 2nd and 3rd are to nicely seperate the Czone/switching part from the NMEA2000 data exchange for the navigation part, those networks are put under power with a main switch at the helm. Depending upon the mode that I choose on the touchscreen several pieces of navigation equipment will be switched on or off.Different networks need to be seperated by a network bridge. I do not use 24 V for lights or other household equipment. Waterpressure, toilets, pumps for shower, kitchen appliances, lights, etc. all works on 230 Volts created through the 8000 W Victron inverter/charger that pulls it of a 24 V 1000 Ah battery bank. Part of the house equipment is connected to a home-automation system, so when going towards the stairs, the hall way or the bathrooms, the lights switch on automatically through sensors. They are so programmed that after a certain time they switch off by themselves. Hallo Jurjen, leuk projekt! Henning's way of using power tees is to use them as power L instead of T: the power only goes left, not both ways. Or right. This works with the Actisense MPT-1 because the power tail contains separate cables for the left and right part. I've used the same approach with an Actisense QNB-1 by removing one of two fuses. More on split powertaps here: Glenn Hall says: What a piece of junk the C Zone is. Just spent 10k rewiring our 2016 Scout 320 LXF. Always a problem and after 4 calls to Scout with no return call we just trashe the complicated mess and had the system conventionally retired. What were your specific issues, Glenn, because I've had very little trouble with the CZone gear I've used and it's now in all sorts of boats, many of which are as carefully and well built as Scouts? In fact, Sabre just announced a new 58 Salon Express that will "boast a fully-digital switching system from CZone" that will probably be almost as challenging as what I saw on two different 66-foot Dirigos: An unreliable digital switching system could be an absolute disaster for a boatbuilder, so they do not install them casually.

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Win Download Tickets & Meet Shinedown - Day 4 The awesome SHINEDOWN are about to conquer the world with their hugely anticipated brand new studio album, AMARYLLIS and we are very excited to be giving away TICKETS TO DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL in June to meet the band PLUS signed copies of the album. We have everything you need to know about the band and the superb brand new album here. To take part in the competition CLICK HERE Listen to the album in full here: Shinedown - Biography Find out a little more about the band Shinedown - The Amaryllis Videos Watch the videos for the first two singles from AMARYLLIS and find out a bit more about the album in a Making Of film Shinedown Talk Amaryllis The band speak about making their fourth studio album and what fans can expect Shinedown YouTube Channel Watch official videos, behind the scenes stuff and live material over on the band's official YouTube channel Shinedown Official Website Get all the latest news and information about the band straight from their official website Shinedown are playing at this year's Download Festival - get the lowdown on who else is playing and get day or weekend tickets now Shinedown's stunning new album is out now. Once again the band have filled the record with killer hooks and big riffs and they do it in some style. Not only does Amaryllis carry on where The Sound Of Madness left off, it sees the band evolve wtih a set of incredible songs that stay with you long after listening. Here's the tracklist: 1. Adrenaline 2. Bully 3. Amaryllis 5. Enemies 6. I'm Not Alright 7. Nowhere Kids 9. I'll Follow You 10. For My Sake 11. My Name (Wearing Me Out) 12. Through The Ghost Today's your penultimate chance to win a signed copy of Amaryllis on CD, and if you take part then you will also go into a grand prize draw for a pair of five day camping tickets to Download Festival where you will meet Shinedown. At the end of the week one person who has entered one of the daily competitions will be randomly drawn to win our grand prize, which consists of the Download tickets, the Shinedown meet & greet and and a signed copy of the album. To take part in today's signed CD prize draw, and to enter the grand prize draw simply answer the question below correctly, fill in the form and hit submit.

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Over the past 25 years and through 15 core renditions, Princess Zelda's tale has earned its titular legendary status. The franchise's legend was said to have started with game designer Shigeru Miyamoto's youthful explorations as a boy in the hillsides surrounding his childhood home in Japan. According to Miyamoto, he was wandering one day and came upon a cave entrance in the middle of a thickly forested wood. After a moment of apprehensive hesitation, he grabbed a lantern and began exploring the cave's dark depths - an adventure that became one of the most memorable experiences of his life. That spelunking joy eventually translated to the dungeon-trolling, puzzle-solving, demon-bashing series of Zelda games that we now know so well. They started out with pixelated blocky heroes accompanied by primitive synthesizer beeps on the NES console, worked their way through handhelds and next-gens and now end up as a graphically vibrant animated title with lush, fully orchestrated underscores on the Nintendo Wii. The Same Sword-Swinging Tale To be truthful, all of the Zelda games contain pretty much the same story: The beautiful Zelda is in trouble and an elf-like, sleep-loving hero named Link quests his way to her rescue. It's Donkey Kong with swords. Only the dungeons, puzzles and game mechanics have really changed all that much over the years. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is officially labeled as a prequel - an exploration of how Link's Master Sword came to be - but as soon as the green-clad hero's love interest is snatched up into the sky by a mysterious magical twister, well, fans will slip into the action as comfortably as they would a favorite sweater ... or a well-worn bird saddle. The big difference this time around is the Wii motion-controlled remote. Skyward Sword is designed to wring every bit of potential out of its technology. No button mashing required. Whether you're running pell-mell through forests or swooping in on the back of a giant bird mount, it's all point, wave and go. Showcasing the console's Motion-Plus add-on, the game mirrors players' every sword-flicking feint and flèche. (While playing the game for this review, my controller missed only a swipe or two.) Of course, as with other recent Zelda games, some of that added detail can be a problem. This E10+ game thankfully avoids any real blood and mess in the sword-slashing and arrow-launching battles, but the stabbing, lunging and flailing Wii remote movements do put little Sally in the position of acting out the hacking up of onscreen foes. The Legend's Ever-Badder Baddies Back in the early blocky days, Link's slashing of a blobby goblin was a nondescript feat akin to Pac-Man ghosts swallowing you whole. But the newest graphic realism makes a big difference - even in Link and Zelda's fanciful land. The dungeon skirmishes can feel dark and dank, and the ghoulish skeletons, Bokoblins and demon creatures are creepy. Even some of the dialogue tossed out by enemies can be a bit rough. A demon lord croaks out things such as, "I'll drag you to everlasting torment," "You will deafen yourself with the sound of your screams," and, "The thread of fate that binds us will be soaked crimson with your blood!" Then, of course, there's the franchise's general sense of fairy and demon spirituality that permeates most of this world's temple and dungeon pathways. A few examples: Link's sword has a Tinkerbell-like spirit bound to its substance that pops up from time to time with advice. The demonic lord big boss repeatedly talks of extracting an imprisoned Zelda's soul to use for his fiendish goals. We find out Zelda is actually a goddess reborn in mortal form who must worship at various "goddess altars" in order to regain her past memories. Link can collect Evil Crystals that are said to be "pure crystallized monster malice." "Sacred flames" left behind by a goddess bear mystical powers that magically enhance Link's Skyward Sword. Players are instructed to "pray" to bird statues in order to save their progress throughout the game. Spells and curses are regularly bandied about. This latest Legend, then, may appear to be the same story of a brave adventurer, but it's not at all the same fanciful stroll you experienced when you were a kid and Link looked like a flattened Keebler elf with a cute and teeny blade. Action/AdventurePuzzleRole-PlayingCombat Bob Hoose Jake Roberson

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In the first XCOM game (released in 2012), the situation was: Enemy Unknown. Now, in XCOM 2, it's 20 years later and our extraterrestrial adversaries are very familiar indeed. The alien invaders came, they conquered and they're now our, uh, friends - working side by side with us in an effort to create a peaceful, coexistent world. At least that's what the government-approved video feeds say. The truth of things is far different than the smiling, hopeful computer and TV images might suggest. Soylent Green? Nah, that ain't the half of it. These aliens have oodles of complicated, nasty plans in mind for their docile human "partners." Fortunately, mankind isn't totally herd-like and hopeless. There's still a ragtag underground force of resistance fighters out there, led by ... you. You're the commander of an undermanned, undersupplied group of men and women who must gather what they can, develop new skills and weapons, and somehow take the fight to those unveracious UFO uglies. To help in that quest you've got a cool alien-designed airborne base that can keep you flying just out of the invader's gunsights and take you to any earthly place of interest. It's Up to You, Commander As with the original XCOM game, this is a strategy title that asks players to manage their ticking clock and dwindling assets while researching alien tech, building new facilities on a hovering fortress, coming up with new tools and weapons, and opening communication lines with other groups of human holdouts. You also must micromanage a series of earthbound battle missions. Each 3/4 bird's-eye view mission consists of sending recruits to the surface to explore a given map, revealing and eliminating alien enemies. While doing that, they gather intelligence, rescue innocent civilians or sabotage enemy installations. And with success comes advancement: The rookie recruits get tougher, smarter and more well-armed. And the missions become more challenging, too. At the same time, the rescued scientists and engineers throw their skill sets into your save-the-world effort. Strategy and Tragedy Frankly, this game's action and challenges are all really fun, not to mention ever-changing. Unlike the original game, XCOM 2 throws in some replay curveballs with a new layer of mission randomness built into each level. So if you think you can go back and ace a quest with a memorized list of physical structures to hide behind or enemy locations to spy out, you'll soon find that things have been dematerialized and transported to new areas since your last go-round. (Those sneaky aliens!) What the game thankfully doesn't include this time is an M rating. This entry's blood-spray quotient is reduced considerably, while the blade- or bullet-derived destruction of aliens is limited to pools of yellow goop. Even the game's campy alien autopsies aren't so splash-about messy, kept largely out of the camera's direct view. The ear-burning foul language has been all but eradicated as well. Your erstwhile troopers are hard-edged, but now they keep their hard language to themselves. That doesn't mean there isn't any pain of war to be felt here. The yellow goop is still yellow goop. The blades and bullets are still lethal. You don't aim down a gun sight and squeeze a trigger, but there's still lots of battlefield deadliness in play. You spend time with your human soldiers, too, getting to know their names and personalities. So if you accidentally mishandle a move and leave some squad mate vulnerable, you feel the sting of your soldier's death, certainly. Now, that's not always a bad thing, of course. Humanizing the realities of war is needful. And, true to life, there are no one-more-time do-overs here. Like an ongoing game of Russian Roulette, once your trooper goes down, he or she is gone for good. The question, then, is whether needfulness is good enough for a game. CombatStrategy Bob Hoose

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Guest Blogger: Walls with texture. Touch effect wall-coverings By Carolina Sánchez, interior designer and blogger of Comodoos Interiores These days, the inside can come across as being a cold space, and it highlights the free-standing decoration parts, pieces of furniture, to count on transforming spaces with walls with texture, with volume that allows us to move to this "touch" effect, which makes us both want to caress and feel like these are also a part of the decoration. Take a chance on something that sees beyond both wall paper and vinyl coverings, which transforms each room with regard to both size and shape, materials that are hard-wearing, imitation skirting board, along with other materials.A design that not only improves the inside as well as allowing us to feel it, but also provides us with different aspects and angles of light, which elevate us in each and every space, regardless of it being the kitchen, the bathroom or even the headboard cover.It is because of this that today, we will talk about the wall tile series from the Porcelanosa Group, which helps us to improve the atmosphere according to the different styles and collections, as well as the very latest modern-day trends.A Nordic design for warm and cosy interiors. The spaces that are dominated by Wood, with naturalness and with an almost real effect, isThe par-ker Series from the Porcelanosa Group. A durable material that goes further than just being the floor or for moving to the walls, it is for believing in, as it has that real highest mountain like effect.With a large amount of both finishes and colours, we will be able to decorate our home with more options, like being more rustic, more minimalism and the cold Scandinavian design. It is, without a shadow of a doubt, an incredible piece. Modern-day Vintage¿But who thinks that both style and fashion cannot come back in? Reinvented pieces, restyled and with combinations that would surprise us, when just a few years ago, we had forgotten about them. This also happens to us with regard to pieces with a vintage air to them. Hydraulic imitations and a mosaic that are both perfect for giving colour, personality, and essence to a wall. For this, the stone-ker series, Dover, will help us to achieve this effect.But we take it above and beyond both bathrooms or kitchens, and also put it in rooms and details that can be unique in our homes.ClassicsHowever, it is possible that the most classical style is overdone or formal. In a way, we have taken note of a lot of materials in order to bring them up to date and then, put them into practise by fitting them on both walls and floors.To feel the elegance, trendiness, and an added value in our decoration, you can get it with pieces like in the Calacata series from the Porcelanosa Group, which invades whatever type of interior with majesty, and at the same time, making each and every moment more elegant.I, without any doubt, am in love with her.¿What do you think about these materials? ¿Do we fancy letting the decoration with wall-coverings play the leading role at home? 4 seasons, 4 ceramic designs. Some ideas for the decor in your bathroom depending on the time of the year. Trends: Wall tiles with tactile sensitivity Mix&Match PAR-KER + ceramic: sophistication and natural essence

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Sam Robertson admits to watching Mike Baldwin in Classic Coronation Street for tips on playing Adam He's been tuning into ITV3's repeats for inspiration By Johnathon Hughes Monday, 15th July 2019 at 9:58 am Coronation Street heart-throb Adam Barlow (Sam Robertson) is turning out to be a real chip off the old block, becoming more like his late father Mike Baldwin the older he gets, and there's a good reason why - the actor has been studying his on-screen parent in old episodes of the soap for inspiration. Robertson has confessed to watching ITV3's Classic Coronation Street repeats, currently airing instalments from the early 1990s, and observing iconic factory boss Mike - played by Johnny Briggs between 1976 and 2006 - in his prime to inform his performance as the ladies' lingerie mogul's son and heir. Gary confesses to killing Rana - but actor Mikey North reveals he's not leaving Coronation Street Why have the women of Coronation Street become such victims? Who are the longest-serving stars in soap? "It's great watching those classic Corries because I'm seeing Mike doing his thing at the same time as I'm playing Adam," he told RadioTimes.com, "and I'm trying to find that balance where he's very confident and a bit smooth, but also show his fragility. "At the moment ITV3 are showing Mike losing the factory and having to run the business from his front room. Alma is helping him out financially and he's really low - there's more fragility to Mike than what you remember. You kind of forget that, you imagine him as the cigar-smoking wheeler dealer, always with a flash car and a pretty girl. "But I think there was more depth to him, and I'm lucky they're bringing that in with Adam now. Adam used to be very cocky but he's very up and down. He's had periods of real self-doubt, and seeing Mike all those years ago has definitely impacted on how I'm playing it - not being afraid to show his fragile side or push the arrogance. Just finding that nice balance for the character." Robertson also noted current Corrie boss Iain MacLeod has given Adam a rival in the shape of bad boy builder Gary Windass to mirror the feud between Adam's dad Mike and arch-enemy Ken Barlow from back in the day - with Sarah Platt playing a modern-day Deirdre as the object of desire caught in the middle... "The reality of that is Gary is much more sinister than Ken ever was," he explains. "I asked Iain if that gives me license to be more sinister than Mike Baldwin - and he just raised his eyebrows! Maybe we'll end up shooting each other like in Reservoir Dogs, who knows?!" Being the offspring of one of the soap's most famous characters makes Adam Weatherfield royalty, and Robertson is relishing being at the centre of the action as the ladies' man lawyer waits for to catch out killer Gary as the net closes in leading to his confession to causing the factory collapse on Friday 19th July. "The producers have given me great material and I feel like I've got my teeth into it. Going forward, the scope for this character is endless because of all the history, there are so many ways you can go. I'm keen to stay - wedding bells, babies, I'm up for it!" Visit our dedicated Coronation Street page for all the latest news, interviews and spoilers. Mikey North Sam Robertson Tina O'Brien All about Coronation Street How Gary Windass is stealing from every Coronation Street serial killer storyline Mikey North reacts to Coronation Street killer twist after Gary murders Rick

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Potter Rees Dolan Court of Protection Case Studies Legal Surgery Changing Your Solicitor Bicycle Assist We are extremely proud to have secured over £114 MILLION in damages for our clients between 2018 and 2019! We're delighted to be featured in the Times Best Law Firms 2019 guide under personal injury Potter Rees Dolan were on the Legal 500 Awards 2018 insurance shortlist for the North West Head Injury Claim Head Injury Solicitors At Potter Rees Dolan, we have experienced lawyers who specialise in handling head injury compensation claims following. We are authorised members of Headway's personal injury solicitors list and comply with their Code of Conduct. Thousands of people each year in the UK sustain a brain injury, leaving them permanently affected. A severe injury can lead to very significant physical and mental impairment, including: speech problems Recent case wins include: Teenage cyclist is hit by a car and left with a skull fracture - £4.3 million Young woman hit by a car is left with a brain injury - £1.65 million University student who suffered severe brain injury needed large part of her skull replaced - £1 million We know that a serious injury affects not only the individual but also their families and friends. To speak to our specialist, Manchester-based head injury lawyers today, call us on 0800 027 2557 or complete the online enquiry form on the side of this page. At Potter Rees Dolan, we understand the devastating effect that a brain injury can have on all aspects of your life. Rehabilitation is vitally important, with the greatest progress often made in the first six months after injury. But it does not stop there. Improvements can still take place many months or even years after injury. We can help secure rehabilitation for you, and should you not fully recover, compensation can help to achieve financial security for individuals and families. We understand that making a compensation claim after a head injury can appear a very confusing process. It can be a very difficult time for people after such a serious injury. We will: Investigate the circumstances of your accident quickly and handle your claim efficiently Keep our advice to you as clear and as straightforward as possible Help to guide you through the practical problems that you are faced with immediately after your brain injury and as you progress Compensation for such injuries often reaches millions of pounds. It is important that every area of your claim is properly investigated and valued. As well as your physical and mental impairments, we will investigate: The cost of your future care Your loss of future earnings The cost of providing you with special equipment Your welfare benefit entitlement The cost of your future accommodation needs What is a head injury? Everything about us as individuals is controlled by the brain; how we talk, how we move, what we say and how we feel. It also enables us to express ourselves as it controls our emotions. So what happens when the brain is injured? Whether it is through a road traffic accident or a knock to the head due to an assault, we deal with clients who have sustained a brain injury through a wide range of personal injury cases. The brain could also be injured through the negligence of a medical professional during surgery, for example. There are many possible causes of a brain injury and the effects of the injury can be varied. This can depend on the severity of the brain injury as well as the location of the injury on the brain. This is the part of the brain that controls emotion, behaviour and tolerance. If this area is directly damaged, it can cause extreme emotional mood swings. A person's ability to manage frustrations is often affected, so they can lash out and easily become angry over something minor The frontal lobe controls our ability to monitor and adjust our behaviour accordingly. If this area of the brain is damaged, it could alter the individual's levels of empathy and sensitivity towards others are likely to be altered. After a brain injury to the frontal lobe, a person may experience a lack of motivation and spontaneity in interacting with others. The ability to plan ahead can also be affected, which can lead to isolation particularly if this coincides with the lack of motivation to socialise. Damage to the frontal lobe can also cause difficulty in planning and completing tasks in the right order (known as sequencing), reduce awareness that actions have been carried out already meaning they are repeated. Parietal Lobes These can be divided into two functional regions; one involves sensation and touch perception and the other controls visual perception. The parietal lobes focus on the manipulation of objects and voluntary movements. This part of the brain receives and analyses information from the skin, such as temperature, pressure and pain. Our understanding of where we are in relation to our surroundings is also controlled by the parietal lobes, as well as our understanding of where our body parts are in relation to each other. Damage to this part of the brain can impair reading and writing, as well as self-care abilities such as washing and dressing. The individual may also have poor hand-eye coordination and the inability to focus their attention. Temporal Lobe This part of the brain controls communication and long-term memory. The temporal lobe also handles functions of auditory perception (hearing) and some visual perception. Damage to this part of the brain can therefore affect a person's memory and understanding. They may find it hard to concentrate and difficult to understand language. After damage to the temporal lobe, a person may also lose their sense of humour and notice a change in their sexual interests and behaviour. Other effects could include persistent talking and seizure disorders. Occipital Lobes As these lobes control the visual processing centre of our brain, damage to the occipital lobes can mean the individual may not be able to process visual signs correctly, causing visual confusion, even though the eyes themselves may be working normally. If this part of the brain is damaged, an individual might experience difficulty recognising colours or a drawn object. Hallucinations and visual illusions may also occur, as well as word blindness. Rehabilitation and Treatment After a brain injury, rehabilitation is a key part of long term recovery. Unlike other cells in the body, brain cells are unable to regenerate when destroyed, so other areas of the brain try to take over the activities of the damaged part. This reorganisation of itself and establishing new nerve pathways is how the brain develops. Recovery time after a serious brain injury can depend on the severity of the injury, as well as the individual. Usually, a clinical team will discuss the rehabilitation options with the person with the injury and their family. Funding for the rehab services can be sourced through the local authority, medical insurance or compensation claims. Rehabilitation may be provided through a number of settings, such as inpatient rehabilitation, which involves specialist treatment in a neurological rehab centre, for example, for people who are not ready to return home after their stay in hospital. Alternatively, some people are well enough to return home after a brain injury, and these receive outpatient rehabilitation sometimes from their local hospital. Rehabilitation will be provided by nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social workers and speech and language therapists working as a team usually under a medical consultant and co-ordinated by a case manager. We work very closely with all members of the Rehabilitation team to ensure our clients' needs are met. Click here to learn more about brain injury, its causes and its effects. University student awarded over £1million after being hit by car Amy was 19 years old and studying at Manchester University when she was knocked over in 2007 suffering a brain injury. Read Case Study " Teenage cyclist hit by a car is left with skull fracture Multi-million pound settlement for sixteen-year-old was hit by speeding car resulting in a rear skull fracture and a bleed on the brain Million pound settlement for young woman who suffered brain injury after being hit by a car At age 25, Caroline was hit by a car when crossing the road on a night out with friends. She was taken to hospital by ambulance and CT scans showed she suffered a severe brain injury. If, as a result of a serious brain injury, you are left unable to manage your own affairs, it is likely a Deputy would be appointed by the Court of Protection to manage your finances for you. At Potter Rees Dolan, we specialise in Court of Protection matters. At the conclusion of your claim, we will help you get proper financial advice so you can protect your compensation award for years to come. For advice about brain injury claims, telephone us on 0800 027 2557 or allow us to contact you by filling in the online enquiry form on this page. Hugh Potter Personal Injury - Senior Partner 0800 027 2557 Rachel Rees Personal Injury - Solicitor Consultant 0800 027 2557 Alison Hartley Personal Injury - Partner 0800 027 2557 Helen Shaw Personal Injury - Partner 0800 027 2557 Jeanne Evans Personal Injury - Partner 0800 027 2557 Gary Herbert Personal Injury - Partner 0800 027 2557 Richard Edwards Personal Injury - Partner 0800 027 2557 Jeremy Smith Personal Injury - Senior Solicitor 0800 027 2557 Nicola Mepstead Personal Injury - Partner 0800 027 2557 Amber Mitchell Personal Injury - Senior Solicitor 0800 027 2557 Sami Palmer-Latif Personal Injury - Solicitor 0800 027 2557 Mark Robinson Personal Injury - Solicitor 0800 027 2557 By filling out this form you are authorising Potter Rees Dolan to use the details you provide to contact you regarding your potential claim. 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FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL PRAYER TEAM Daily Prayer Feature In many ways, people are more connected than ever. But when it comes to prayer, we're often still so far apart. This is why we produce the daily Pause to Pray radio feature. It's a chance for Americans across the country to come together in prayer for our country's leaders. LISTEN TO DEMO Pause to Pray is a chance for listeners to come together in prayer for our country's leaders. We provide a non-partisan, in the-moment prayer opportunity each day. Who we pray for We pray for the leadership of the United States, regardless of political party. This includes the President and his administration, Congress, the Judicial branch, and our nation's military leaders. Segment length :60-seconds Production schedule Daily, 7 days a week Cost to run the feature Free Inventory required in trade None Time of day to air the feature Earlier in day is strongly recommended, as the content is often topical and pertains to in-the-moment events. Sponsorships The feature may be sponsored by radio station clients. How to reach our radio team 833-321-PRAY (833-321-7729) Less than half of all Americans pray on a daily basis. Far too often, people intend to pray before getting distracted or busy. Others feel they don't know how to pray. Pause to Pray engages listeners in daily prayer, in the moment, on your station. This format-friendly, 1-minute feature has the flexibility to air before, during, or after scheduled programming - or even during commercial breaks. New features are produced daily and evergreen content is also provided. Since 2001, The Presidential Prayer Team has been the source thousands of Americans have turned to for encouragement and inspiration to pray for America's leaders. We are an independent, non-partisan organization, and a registered 501(c)(3). The Presidential Prayer Team is an independent, non-partisan organization, and a registered charitable 501(c)(3). The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability is an American financial standards association representing evangelical Christian organizations which qualify for tax exempt͕ non-profit status and receive tax-deductible contributions. See our ECFA accreditation here: Charity Navigator is America's premier independent charity evaluator. They help charitable givers make intelligent giving decisions by providing in-depth, objectiver ratings and analysis of the financial health and accountability and transparency of America's largest charities. See our 4 out of 4 star accreditation here: PAUSE TO PRAY RADIO A ministry of The Presidential Prayer Team Prayer Updates

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Lacrosse playoffs producing thrills By Michael Hoffer It's quite likely that Forecaster Country will be home to more than one state lacrosse champion come June 16. The boys' story is led by Scarborough, which won Class A in 2010 and 2011 and has a great chance to make it three in a row. Scarborough finished 11-1 after a 15-4 home win over Thornton Academy last Wednesday. John Wheeler had six goals, Ryan Pallotta four and Jon Blaisdell three. The Red Storm earned the top seed for the playoffs and will host No. 4 Thornton Academy (10-3) in the semifinals Saturday at 5 p.m. In addition last week's win, Scarborough also beat the Golden Trojans, 8-3, in last year's regional final. South Portland wound up seventh at 4-8. The Red Riots qualified for the playoffs for the fourth year in a row and went to second-ranked Kennebunk (9-3) for the quarterfinals Wednesday. The teams didn't play this year. They had no playoff history. They have one now as South Portland kept things tight throughout, trailing 2-0 after one quarter, 4-2 at halftime and 4-3 after three. The Red Riots had their chances, but never could pull even and they went down to a 5-3 defeat to finish 4-9. Chris Mitchell, Alec Neal and Duncan Preston had the goals. T-Moe Hellier made 10 saves. "We were right there the whole way," said South Portland coach Tom Fiorini. "(Kennebunk) knew they were in a game. Our kids played their hearts out. They showed a lot of passion and guts. We just couldn't put the ball in the cage. We couldn't catch a break. We were down 4-3 and were man-up, but we kicked the ball out of bounds. That sums up our season. We were in every single game, but our youth and inexperience was our Achilles' heel." The Red Riots only lose five seniors and should be improved in 2013. "We have almost everybody back and some good kids coming in," said Fiorini. "The future's so bright it's blinding. I bet we'll reverse our 4-9 record." In Western B, perennial power Cape Elizabeth lost just once in the regular season, at defending Class B champion Falmouth, and finished a close second to the Yachtsmen at 11-1. The Capers closed with a 10-5 home win over Yarmouth as Timmy Lavallee scored four times. Cape Elizabeth hosts No. 3 Greely (8-4) in Saturday's semifinals (game time is 7 p.m.). The Capers handled the visiting Rangers, 14-5, back on May 8. Cape Elizabeth beat Greely in all six prior playoff encounters, including a 15-3 semifinal round decision last year. "We had a very good regular season, we have improved all season long and are looking to keep things going in the playoffs," said Cape Elizabeth coach Ben Raymond. "The boys are looking forward to playing some quality playoff competition and like our chances if we play well." The Western A and Western B Finals are Wednesday of next week on the fields of the highest remaining seeds. The Class B state game is Saturday, June 16 at 12:30 p.m., at Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland. The Class A game is the same date and location, beginning at 5:30 p.m. On the girls' side, all eyes are on 12-0 Cape Elizabeth as it seeks a first championship. The Capers are the top seed in Western B, the region which also features powerhouses Waynflete and Falmouth. While the winner of that semifinal looms in the regional final, Cape Elizabeth must first defeat No. 4 Greely (6-6) in Saturday's semifinals. The Capers twice beat the Rangers this spring, 19-8 and 8-7. The teams only met once prior in the playoffs, a 9-6 Greely upset win in the 2002 quarterfinals. That Cape Elizabeth team also went 12-0. "Homefield's a big advantage,"said Capers first-year coach Jeff Perkins. "Cape's never had that before. We're excited. Now, we have to keep playing. We haven't won anything yet. We need to keep playing like we've been playing, keep practicing and learning and keep going." In Western A, two-time defending state champion Scarborough earned the top seed again with an 11-1 mark. "Our regular season was full of ups and downs," said Red Storm coach Marcia Wood. "I know that our record doesn't show it, but we played a lot of close games. I feel that towards the end of our season, we really started to play our game and everyone was included. We are most successful when we involve everyone. I knew coming into the season that our offense would be explosive and they didn't disappoint. Our defense has also stepped up and really denied some teams scoring opportunities. Meg Kirsch, our goalie, has done exactly what she needs to be doing and is just getting better each game." This year, the Red Storm had to play a quarterfinal and did so Thursday when it hosted No. 8 Bonny Eagle (5-7), a team it beat, 16-3, at home, April 26. The Scots beat Scarborough, 18-8, in the 2002 preliminary round in the last postseason encounter. "It's always hard to start off playoffs, seniors have so much going on with graduation," Wood said. "With a team of 12 seniors, I of course get nervous but the 12 seniors we have are driven and feel they have a mission to complete. It's going to be a great playoff in our class. Massabesic, Marshwood (and Kennebunk) are all playing very well, along with (Thornton Academy). It's going to come down to who plays their 'A' game on that day. Let's hope it's us." If, as expected, the Red Storm got past Bonny Eagle, it will host rival No. 4 seed Kennebunk (8-5) Saturday in the semifinals. Scarborough held on for a 9-8 triumph May 24 at the Rams. In last year's regional final, the Red Storm downed Kennebunk, 9-6. Kennebunk advanced to the semifinals with Wednesday's 12-5 home win over No. 5 South Portland Wednesday night. The Red Riots didn't play Kennebunk in the regular season. The teams last met in the 2003 quarterfinals (a 15-4 Rams' victory). Wednesday, Kennebunk took control early and even four goals from South Portland's Lani Edwards couldn't stem the tide. Red Riots freshman goalie Lily SanGiovanni stopped 23 shots. Rose Bryant had six goals for the Rams. "(Kennebunk's) pretty good," said South Portland coach Bill Fenton. "They put a lot of pressure on us. Lily was unbelievable. We just fell behind and couldn't come back. We just couldn't pass and catch today. The girls played their hearts out, but couldn't pull it off. It was a good season. We did really well. This year was probably the closest team we've had. I had two great assistants, Molly Radis and Blaik Watson." The Red Riots graduate five, but will be a factor again next spring. "We have a good, young team," said Fenton. "I'm optimistic about next year." The Western A and Western B Finals are Wednesday of next week on the fields of the highest remaining seeds. The Class B state game is Saturday, June 16 at 10 a.m., at Fitzpatrick Stadium. The Class A game is the same date and location, beginning at 3 p.m. Sports Editor Michael Hoffer can be reached at [email protected] Follow him on Twitter: @foresports. Sidebar Elements Cape Elizabeth senior Janessa White and the rest of the Capers hope to continue their undefeated run as their playoffs begin Saturday. Junior John Wheeler and the Scarborough boys' lacrosse team is gearing up for another title run.

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Czech average monthly wages pass 30,000 crown mark for first time Ruth Fraňková The average wage in the Czech Republic increased by 8.0 percent in the last quarter of 2017 compared to the same period in the previous year, according to the data released by the Czech Statistical Office on Friday. Photo: Ondřej Tomšů In real terms, discounting inflation, the rise was 5.3 percent. The average gross monthly salary in the last quarter of 2017 stood at 31,646 crowns. Average monthly earnings for the whole of 2017 rose by 7.0 percent to 29,504 crowns. The median wage, the level at which most people are earning removing part of the distortion from high earners, in the last quarter rose by 8.9 percent to 27,320 crowns. "The average wage reached the highest figure in the history of Czech economy and for the first time crossed the threshold of 30,000 crowns. The increase was fuelled not only by a tight job market, but also by wage increases in the public sphere," Jana Steckerová of Komerční Banka told the daily Hospodářské noviny on Friday. Teachers and public servants saw the most significant pay rises in 2017. Since November, teacher's wages increased by 15 percent, while salaries of public servants went up by 10 percent. Altogether, wages in the state sphere increased by 13 percent. "The growing wages in the public sphere affect the private sector, where wages are also pushed up by lack of workers," Jana Steckerová told the daily, adding that the unemployment will continue to fall even further. The Czech unemployment figure dropped to 3.7 percent in February. Average wages in the Czech Republic has been increasing continuously since the beginning of 2014. Nevertheless, two thirds of Czech employees earn less than the average. The average Czech salary in 2017 increased to 67 percent of the EU average, from 65 percent in the previous year. Wages in the Czech Republic are roughly on the same level as in Poland, Portugal or Greece. IMF: The next few years will see Czech economic growth hovering around 2.5 percent The Czech Republic's economic growth is expected to continue at a rate of around 2.5 percent, the International Monetary Fund predicted... Unemployment in May drops to new low The unemployment rate in the Czech Republic fell to a new low in May, at 2.6 percent down from 2.7 percent the previous month. The... Lorry drivers and crane operators - "men's" jobs increasingly open to women as unemployment sinks further Unemployment rates in the Czech Republic have been the lowest Europe-wide for some time now. The latest data on employment levels is... Choose Karel Gott's greatest hit Carnival (Lady Karneval) Forever Young (Být stále mlád) The Safe (Trezor) I'll sweeten my coffee (Kávu si osladím) Where might your nest lie, little bird? (Kdepak ty ptáčku hnízdo máš?) Choose Karel Gott's greatest hit (More) More from Radio Prague Holocaust child survivor's dream of building memorial to child victims of the Holocaust comes true Best served old: Victims seek revenge for communist-era crimes in new Czech film Oldest cave paintings in Czech Republic discovered at Catherine Cave near Brno Remnants of medieval wall dating back to 1041 unearthed in Břeclav Former Huawei employees say client information was discussed at Chinese embassy Prague flats most expensive in Central Europe, in terms of average earnings Prague's Žižkov TV Tower set for videomapping of Apollo 11 moon launch, landing Gene Deitch, Part 1: The Oscar-winning US animator who made Tom and Jerry cartoons in communist Prague

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HEARD IT ON THE STREET: What did you think of... HEARD IT ON THE STREET: What did you think of the first Shuck Yeah? By Sonia Waraich | | Paige Work, Sacramento: It's nice. I like the music. Scott Guy, Rio Dell: It's awesome. They didn't anticipate this many people, but it's great. So we're hoping for another one next year. Tanissa Walker, Los Angeles: I love it, I like people getting together and there's great oysters and beer. Robert Burke, Three Rivers: It's good. Very laid-back and friendly. Sarah Malcomb, Fortuna: It's great to see a new event in Fortuna. The lines are a little long, but that's just a sign of a good turnout. Eureka announces annexation of Brainard property Upper Pacific Nature and Fitness Trail dedicated in Shelter Cove Illicit grow sites in Bayside, McKinleyville busted, hundreds of plants seized Local film commission nominated for award for going 'above and beyond' North Coast Happenings (for July 23) Sonia Waraich

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DANCIN' IN THE RAIN Mark Baker SANTA MONICA, Calif. � Attention Southern California: Duck Nation has arrived. And with it ... the rain? How appropriate. �Too bad we�re not playing the Rose Bowl at our place, because, you know, it never rains in Autzen Stadium!� Don Essig, the longtime UO football and basketball public address announcer, told the thousands of Duck fans who gathered at the Santa Monica Pier on Wednesday. It was the UO Alumni Association�s pep rally for UO fans who flew, and drove, south to Pasadena for Friday�s Rose Bowl game against Ohio State. The Santa Monica Pier is the landmark amusement park that includes shops and restaurants with names like Rusty�s Surf Ranch and the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company. And according to the folks who run it, Wednesday�s rally was like nothing they�d ever seen before. Not with moisture falling from L.A.-area skies, anyway. �We didn�t want you to feel homesick, so we cooked up some special weather,� Ben Franz-Knight, the pier�s executive director, told the screaming sea of yellow and green ringing a stage in a beachside parking lot. �We have never seen a crowd like this in the rain in 100 years,� Franz-Knight said. The Santa Monica Pier opened in 1909 and is celebrating is 100th anniversary this year. Pier spokeswoman Monica Ballin said it was �like a normal day at the pier,� or would have been if it was a typically sunny day. �This is bizarre,� she said. But there was no way a little bit of misting, slanting southern California rain was going to keep rabid Duck fans away from this moment. But some sported the $4 yellow ponchos being sold in the parking lot. �For my Ducks, I�ll do anything,� said a poncho-clad Brittini Cleeves, 25, of Olympia, Wash., a Duck fan because many family members attended the UO. �I�d stand out here in the snow if I had to.� �This is phenomenal,� said Tom Finneran of Portland, who flew into Los Angeles on Wednesday despite the snow that hit Portland Tuesday. �It just doesn�t get any better than this.� Finneran bills himself as �The Duck Nut,� just like it says across the camouflage shirt he wears to UO games, along with camouflage green-and-yellow pants, green helmet and flaring arm tattoos with the fighting Duck coming through the Oregon �O.� In some ways it seemed just like a rainy football game at Autzen Stadium (which, as true fans know, never happens). Fans wore the ponchos, held umbrellas and bundled themselves in hooded raincoats trying to stay dry in the wind and rain and mid-50-degree weather. �Just like home,� UO head football coach Chip Kelly told the crowd. �The one good thing is that it will be 71 degrees and sunny on Friday,� he said, referring to the game-day forecast for Los Angeles. Several other Ducks addressed a crowd expected to exceed 10,000 but that probably fell a tad short of that. Besides Kelly, speakers included UO players Jeremiah Masoli, Walter Thurmond III, Jordan Holmes and Will Tukuafu, UO president Richard Lariviere, UO Athletic Director Mike Bellotti, Oregon Sports Network announcer Jerry Allen, Essig, ESPN anchor and UO graduate Neil Everett and 1995 UO Rose Bowl quarterback Danny O�Neil, now a pastor in Eugene. The UO Marching Band played the Oregon fight song � more than once � along with the mid-1980s hit �Walking on Sunshine� and a rendition of Michael Jackson�s �Thriller,� complete with a monster dance. But no one had the crowd screaming more than Supwitchugirl, the trio of UO seniors who created the wildly popular �I Love My Ducks� Internet rap video. The performance caused some controversy because it included the Duck mascot without the UO�s approval. That�s all in the past, though. The UO has embraced the three journalism majors � Jamie Slade, Brian McAndrew and Michael Bishop � whose saying has become a mantra of Duck fans who wore the group�s big block-letter T-shirts during this historic season. The trio took the stage here, along with the Duck mascot and the UO cheerleaders, singing their song and dancing across the stage. The crowd was all smiles � from Bellotti to Essig to 1958 UO Rose Bowl quarterback Jack Crabtree � and digital cameras snapped away as many sang along. Lariviere, in his first year at the UO, noted that his predecessor, Dave Frohnmayer, was in his first year as president the last time the Ducks went to the Rose Bowl, after the 1994 season. Lariviere also noted that he�s been to the Rose Bowl before, when he was dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas. That was in 2006, when Texas won the game and the national championship by beating USC. �I�m undefeated. It�s my intention to keep that record going this year,� Lariviere said, as the crowd cheered. �And there�s one more piece of information I want to share with you... �I love my Ducks!�

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Retail Solutions - B&Q discovers EPoS solution from Canada By Retail Week online DIY chain B&Q has selected Canadian company, Triversity to supply its next generation point-of-sale systems and trials using Wincor-Nixdorf hardware will start shortly. The Triversity offering is based on the Java J2EE development platform. Triversity was formerly the main EPoS partner for STS - another Canadian software operation that merged with NSB in 2001. At the end of last year, Triversity secured venture capital funding of US$15 million (£9.5 million), which will be used to finance acquisitions and new software development to extend its product suite. The additional finance is also driving European expansion. Triversity is now opening a UK office and is confident of expanding operations here in future. Liberty has had its controlling stake owned by BlueGem sold for £300m - a significant mark up from its £32m acquisition of the business in 2010. Retail Week looks at what has made the luxury department store a success story and how it continues to brace itself against the backdrop ... Lego to open two new UK stores this year Lego is set to open two new stores in the UK this year, both at flagship shopping centres owned by Hammerson. Poundland owner sales rise as chain 'outperforms' high street Pepkor Europe, owner of businesses including Poundland in the UK, has seen profits and revenue rise during the first half of its financial year.

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Home " File extensions " D " DBF File Extension .dbf File Extension Developer: dBASE File type: Database File You're here because you have a file that has a file extension ending in .dbf. Files with the file extension .dbf can only be launched by certain applications. It's possible that .dbf files are data files rather than documents or media, which means they're not meant to be viewed at all. what is a .dbf file? dBASE developed the DBF format, which is generally used for database files implemented by the dBASE database management system software for storing, retrieving and referencing data saved in the DBF format. These DBF files are appended with the .dbf extension, and the content of these DBF files may consist of structured text data with details for the values of the data stored in each field set or array data type. An xBase database management application is a program implemented with support for these DBF files. The popularity of the DBF format started its implementation into other database management applications. For instance, the Microsoft Access 2010 software can be installed by users of Microsoft Windows-based systems to create, open and view the content of a DBF file. Linux users can create, open and modify the content of a DBF file with OpenOffice.org versions developed for Unix-based systems. The Planamesa NeoOffice software can on the other hand be installed and used by Mac users to create, open and edit the content of these DBF files. how to open a .dbf file? Launch a .dbf file, or any other file on your PC, by double-clicking it. If your file associations are set up correctly, the application that's meant to open your .dbf file will open it. It's possible you may need to download or purchase the correct application. It's also possible that you have the correct application on your PC, but .dbf files aren't yet associated with it. In this case, when you try to open a .dbf file, you can tell Windows which application is the correct one for that file. From then on, opening a .dbf file will open the correct application. Click here to fix .dbf file association errors applications that open a .dbf file dBase In 1980, dBase was published by Ashton-Tate for CP/M, the original developer of the software. It was the first database management system (DBMS) for microcomputer which included the query system which is database engine and the programming language which is forms engine. Some users said that dBase was an excellent interactive ad-hoc manipulation tool because one can easily manipulate, analyze, format and perform calculations while SQL have declarative operations which retrieves data sets from a relational database (RDBMS). dBase' first file format is .dbf. It is recommended by the Microsoft to save dBase file in Microsoft Works so that it can read by Microsoft Excel while its second file type is .dbt. For files with single indexes, dBase uses .ndx, and .mdx for files holding 1 to 48 indexes. The latest version of the legendary relational DBMS is dBase 2.8. while dbDOS 1.5 can quickly and easily work with dBASE III, IV, and V for Windows 32/64 bit operating system. dBase Classic also builds high powered data-driven applications that use the xBase languge and runs on lastest operating system of Microsoft when used with dbDOS. Pervasive PSQL, dataBased Intelligence dBASE, Rosenvick AspireGold Pervasive PSQL is an application developed by Pervasive Software wherein it is called a database management system that's ACID-compliant. It is software mainly used to embed applications wherein different types of applications whether they are packaged software applications use this software. In cases where there is a file-based architecture that enables data partitioning, Pervasive PSQL is optimized for the deployment of software as a service. With this software, the applications have the ability to store data in the form of tables or store them in a non-schema fashion. Operating systems like Windows, , Linux and MAC can run the Pervasive PSQL software and this comes with different editions like the 32-bit and 64-bit editions. This software also comes with additional features such as support for IPv4 and ipV6, page and record compression, agents for data backup, data replication, data auditing, row-level locking, data and over-the-wire encryption, compatibility with cluster environments as well as it supports English and Japanese languages. FoxPro, a procedural programming language and database management system created by Fox Software, has been widely used even before it was turned over to Visual FoxPro. It still enjoys a strong support from its community of programmers and users up to this day. FoxPro versions 2.0, 2.5 and 2.6 are compatible with Mac, DOS and Windows 3.1 to XP. Version 2.6 is compatible also with Linux and Free BSD, SCO Unix and Windows 2000. FoxPro 2 used Rushmore, an optimizing engine that used indices to look for matching expressions, to accelerate data updating and data retrieval. FoxPro 2 was built originally on Watcom C++ that has its own extensor making it the most up-to-date technology at that time. It could access expanded and extended memory making it able to utilize almost all available RAM [DOS]. If HIMEM.SYS is not loaded, FoxPro enabled a mechanism of using interrupts when extended memory driver is absent. File formats associated with FoxPro: ACT [FoxPro Documenting Wizard Action Diagram], APP [FoxPro Generated Application], DBC [FoxPro Database], DBF [Database File], DBF [FoxPro Table], DBG [FoxPro Debugger Configuration], DBT [Database Text File], DCT [FoxPro Database Memo], DCX[FoxPro Database Index], ERR [FoxPro Compilation Error], FKY [FoxPro Macro], FLL [FoxPro Dynamic Link Library], FMT [Foxpro Format File], FPT [FoxPro Table Memo], FRT [FoxPro Report Memo], FRX [FoxPro Report], FXP [FoxPro Compiled Program], LBT [FoxPro Labeled Memo], LBX [FoxPro Label File], LST [FoxPro Documenting Wizard List], MEM [FoxPro Variable File], MNX [FoxPro Menu], MPR [FoxPro Generated Menu Program], MPX [FoxPro Compiled Menu Program], NDX [dBASE Index File], PJX [FoxPro Project], PJT [FoxPro Project Memo], QPR [FoxPro Generated Query Program], QPX [FoxPro Compiled Query Program], VUE [FoxPro 2.x View Settings], WIN [FoxPro Window Settings], TBK [FoxPro Memo Backup], SPR [FoxPro Generated Screen File], SCT [FoxPro Form Memo] and SCX [FoxPro Form]. Planamesa NeoOffice NeoOffice was developed by PLanamesa Software wherein it is known as an office suite for MAC OS X. It is equivalent to OPenOffice.org as well as Microsoft Office, but it is exclusively created for MAC OS X as this was conceptualized when there was still no OpenOffice suite available for MAC computers. NeoOffice also includes a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation program, database program, graphics, and a formula program. This office suite also supports a variety of file formats for every application within the suite. For instance, the word processor also supports files created using MS Word, StarWriter, etc. as well as their spreadsheet also supports files created using MS Excel, StarCalc, etc. Neooffice has a lot of features that make users create whatever types of projects using this application easier and more enjoyable such as the NeoOffice Mobile for securely sharing NeoOffice files with other users in their computers by simply publishing a NeoOffice document to the server for NeoOffice Mobile. This allows users from different computers and mobile devices to browse and view these files securely. dataBased Intelligence dBase dataBased Intelligent dBased is a software that manages databases for minicomputers. It is a query system and a forms engine as well as a programming language. The format of dBase files is .dbf. This software was originally design for Control/Program Monitor and was later ported to the Apple II and IBM PC which is under the Disk Operating System. After several years, many companies made their own products which were Foxpro and Clipper. And these new program were much better that dBase. dBase used to make and application for window such as Web applications. An IDE with and Navigator as well as a Command Window would be the feature of dBase, with a preprocessor and an interpreter machine which is virtual. dBase intelligence is also responsible for various graphical user interface such as Form Designer, Report Designer, Menu Designer ,SQl Query designer , a Project that manages upon deploying simplified dBase application, Container, and these objects under dBase can be subclasses by simply adding new properties at the runtime. Be careful not to rename the extension on .dbf files, or any other files. This will not change the file type. Only special conversion software can change a file from one file type to another. A file extension is the set of three or four characters at the end of a filename; in this case, .dbf. File extensions tell you what type of file it is, and tell Windows what programs can open it. Windows often associates a default program to each file extension, so that when you double-click the file, the program launches automatically. When that program is no longer on your PC, you can sometimes get an error when you try to open the associated file. FIX .dbf FILE ASSOCIATION ERRORS Fix .dbf File Extension now Related Database Files .db Database File .accdb Microsoft Access 2007 Database File .fdb Portfolio Catalog/Art Explosion Catalog/Microsoft .tps Clarion TopSpeed Data File .fpt FileMaker Pro Database Memo File

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Insurgents Kill 10 Afghan Soldiers In 'Insider Attack' September 22, 2015 09:21 GMT Afghan officials say at least 10 Afghan Army troops have been killed in what they described as an "insider attack" in the country's north. Local officials in Jawzjan Province said the attack occurred before dawn on September 22 after a fellow soldier allowed insurgents inside a checkpoint. Officials said the soldier and an unspecified number of attackers were all killed in an ensuing shootout with Afghan troops. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. So-called insider attacks, carried out by an Afghan soldier or policeman turning on fellow troops, have been a serious problem in recent years. Jawzjan Province -- which borders Turkmenistan -- has largely been spared the worst of the violence from the Taliban insurgency. But some of its districts --including Qush Tepa where the attack took place -- have witnessed a rising Taliban presence. Based on reporting by AP and AFP

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Trump: We will make a deal with China Posted by Editor - World News | May 14, 2019 | World | 0 | US President Donald Trump meets with China's Vice Premier Liu He in the Oval Office of the White House [File: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters] United States President Donald Trump appears to be saying one thing and doing another as the shadow of a US-China trade dispute looms over the world. On Tuesday Trump insisted trade talks with China have not collapsed and described the US-China trade war as "a little squabble" despite the recent escalation. Expanding on a flurry of 10 optimistic early-morning tweets, Trump told reporters the dialogue with China is "very good", and he touted his "extraordinary" relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping. "We have a dialogue going. It will always continue," Trump said. "We had a deal that was very close but then they broke it. They really did." Tuesday, China's foreign ministry spokesman said the two sides had agreed to continue pursuing relevant discussions. Trump appeared to downplay the expanding scope of the trade war, which is already raising costs and disrupting supply chains across the globe. Monday, the Trump administration revealed a list of some $300bn in additional Chinese goods earmarked for possible tariff hikes. And China announced it would raise tariffs on $60bn of US imports after Trump hiked levies on $200bn in Chinese goods Friday. "We're having a little squabble with China because we've been treated very unfairly for many, many decades," Trump said, referring to US complaints about Chinese intellectual property and subsidy practices. Markets responded favourably to Trump's toned-down rhetoric. After Monday's trade-related selloff, US stock markets regained their footing Tuesday to close in positive territory. 'It will all happen' Trump tweeted earlier on Tuesday that a deal would happen and that China should buy more US farm products. "When the time is right we will make a deal with China," Trump wrote. "It will all happen, and much faster than people think!" "Hopefully China will do us the honor of continuing to buy our great farm product, the best, but if not your country will be making up the difference," he wrote in a post assuring US farmers that his administration would protect them. On Monday, Trump said his administration was planning to provide about $15bn in aid to help US farmers whose products have been targeted by Chinese retaliatory tariffs. The president's other tweets on Tuesday referenced the steel industry, trade deficit, US competitiveness and his poor opinion of the World Trade Organization. He also mentioned the Chinese government's stimulus capabilities and implied that the US Federal Reserve should follow suit in easing monetary policy. Reciprocal tariffs Trump said on Monday that he expected to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Japan in late June. Based on the accelerated schedule laid out by the office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) late on Monday, Trump will be in a position to launch 25 percent tariffs on nearly the entire remainder of Chinese goods not currently subject to punitive measures when he meets with Xi. USTR said it would hold a public hearing on the tariff list on June 17, with final comments expected a week later. The list includes a wide range of consumer goods, from mobile phones and computers to clothing and footwear, but it excludes pharmaceuticals, some specialty compounds and rare-earth minerals. The prospect of the global economy being derailed by the US and China sliding into a fiercer, more protracted dispute has rattled investors. Some members of the US Congress who have been supportive of Trump's tough stance on China expressed concern that the president is escalating tariffs without an exit strategy. "Let's be blunt: It's a tax on the American consumer and the American manufacturer ... who's paying about $1.4bn a month in new tariffs," Democratic Senator Chris Coons said in an interview with the MSNBC network on Tuesday. Trade talks stalled last week, reportedly after China tried to delete commitments from a draft agreement stating that its laws would be changed to enact new policies on issues from intellectual property protection to forced technology transfers. "My understanding is that China and the United States have agreed to continue pursuing relevant discussions. As for how they are pursued, I think that hinges upon further consultations between the two sides," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a daily news briefing. 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HomeWorld News Nuclear Iran 1,000 times more dangerous than ISIS - Netanyahu Published time: 27 May, 2015 05:07 Edited time: 28 May, 2015 08:23 Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Reuters/Ronen Zvulun) © Reuters Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has once again beaten the drums of potential danger stemming from the nuclear deal with Iran, claiming that a nuclear-armed Iran is a "thousand times" more dangerous and destructive than ISIS. Meeting with the visiting US Senator Bill Cassidy (D-LA) Netanyahu again said that a deal being worked on at the moment between P5+1 will be a"very bad"option to take. "I see no reason to rush to a deal, and certainly not a bad deal that paves Iran's path to the bomb, but also fills Iran's coffers with tens of billions of dollars to pursue its aggression throughout the Middle East and around Israel's borders,"Netanyahu said. READ MORE: Iran deal threatens 'survival of Israel', increases risk of 'horrific war' - Netanyahu While describing Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) atrocities as "horrific," Netanyahu stressed that any threat from the Islamic State can't even compare to nuclear weapons at the hands of the Islamic Republic. READ MORE: Tehran and world powers reach solutions on Iran nuclear program "Once Iran, the preeminent terrorist state of our time, acquires nuclear weapons, it will be a hundred times more dangerous, a thousand times more dangerous and more destructive than IS," he said as technical delegations work out the details ahead of a June 30 deadline for a deal over Tehran's nuclear program. The final deal would seal the April 2 framework agreement, but several issues still remain unresolved, such as the scale of sanctions relief and exact means of verification to ensure Iran has no nuclear weapon ambitions. vs Iran newsIran tensionISIS news

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The agreement put Griffin in control of $135,000 of the $200,000 defense fund for both men, including all the money that could be used for expert witnesses, Weinberg said. Mojaddidi was paid $65,000 and any money left over went back to Griffin. In such an arrangement, Weinberg said, "there's a strong disincentive to the person controlling the funds to hire a qualified expert." Griffin made the decision not to let Hamid Hayat testify in his own defense, Weinberg said. "In 30 years, I've never seen an agreement like this," he said. "Its a very dangerous thing to do because the interests of multiple clients can conflict with each other. It's an absolute possibility the division of money puts them in a position of competing for resources." In one instance, Griffin paid for an expert witness to help Umer's case, while Mojaddidi planned to rely on a volunteer witness who ultimately was not allowed to testify, Weinberg said. Retired FBI agent James Wedick took the stand Wednesday to say he thinks the bureau violated its own procedures during Hamid's confession, where he said it "seemed like words were being put in his mouth." Wedick, who served as acting special agent in charge of the Sacramento FBI office, said the bureau's use of paid informant Naseem Khan also posed a problem. He said Khan repeatedly tried to goad Hayat into going to a terrorist training camp while he was in Pakistan for his arrangement marriage, at one point saying, "I'm going to grab you by the neck and take you to the camp myself." Wedick said he was so troubled by the FBI's tactics he wanted to testify in the first trial as an expert witness. But he was not allowed to because Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. said he didn't qualify as an expert on false confessions. Wedick, who had been hired by Griffin as an investigator, testified, "I came to believe the boy did not go to a camp, but the family could not afford to pay so I told them I was working for free." He was initially paid $4,000. Wedick added he was surprised the prosecution didn't try to have Mojaddidi replaced as Hamid Hayat's attorney because of the risk that the conviction would be overturned on appeal." She was totally unable to do this trial and I think this became obvious to everybody." Stephen Magagnini: 916-321-1072, @SteveMagagnini. They 'pointed guns at our entire family.' Terror witness recalls airport stop 'Hamid didn't want to go.' Lawyers say FBI coerced terror defendant to falsely confess 'Don't talk to the FBI, never, ever.' Lodi man seeks to overturn terrorism conviction Wazhma Mojaddidi was the attorney for Hamid Hayat, who was sentenced to 24 years in prison. His attorneys say her inexperience deprived Hayat of an adequate defense. Kevin German Sacramento Bee Staff Photo Watch huge flames shoot out of house in Lincoln as firefighters arrive Video believed to show homicide suspect released in Sacramento County cold case By Michael McGough and Meghan Bobrowsky The man killed in a shooting at a Fair Oaks house party early Sunday morning has been identified as a Sierra College football player. Chancelor Fields-Colbert died Sunday after getting into a fight with an unidentified man. MORE CRIME - SACTO 911 West Sacramento man charged with defrauding Social Security of more than $480,000 Mom in apartment standoff released into treatment facility as Sacramento court date nears Sacramento man gets 15 years in prison for downloading child pornography Man accused of stealing over $12,000 of property at Roseville Golfland Sunsplash After woman accuses Dive Bar bartender of drugging her, others make similar claims See the massive house fire crews fought in Lincoln

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Salesforce Accelerates Innovation with Lightning, Unveils Product Strategy for Spring and Summer '16 Releases New Sales Cloud Lightning includes Salesforce SteelBrick CPQ, Sales Wave App and SalesforceIQ Inbox Expands Service Cloud footprint - enters multi-billion dollar market with the introduction of Field Service Lightning Announces Sales Cloud Lightning and Service Cloud Lightning Editions, new packaging to give customers more customization and capabilities to accelerate growth SAN FRANCISCO - February 2, 2016 - Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), the Customer Success Platform and world's #1 CRM company, introduced the next generation of its Customer Success Platform, Salesforce Lightning, and previewed its product strategy for the first half of its current fiscal year. For 17 years, Salesforce has been raising the bar for CRM. Powered by the latest cloud, social, mobile, data science and IoT technologies, Salesforce has set a rapid pace of innovation with three major releases every year - and this summer, the company will deliver its 50th release. New Salesforce Lightning advancements include Salesforce SteelBrick CPQ, SalesforceIQ Inbox and Field Service Lightning. In addition, Salesforce announced new packaging for Sales Cloud Lightning and Service Cloud Lightning. "Lightning is a game-changer for Salesforce and our customers. It is fueling an unparalleled level of innovation across our entire Customer Success Platform," said Marc Benioff, chairman and chief executive officer, Salesforce. "No other company is delivering this kind of platform, ecosystem and user experience to enable companies to transform themselves and connect with their customers in entirely new ways." Salesforce Lightning: One Platform, One Experience Salesforce has been on a continuous journey for the last 17 years to completely re-imagine CRM for the digital era. In 2015, the company launched the new Salesforce Platform - Salesforce Lightning, a powerful multi-tenant, next-generation metadata platform that provides a consistent, modern user experience across any device. With the Salesforce Lightning App Builder, business users and developers can quickly and easily build apps, and the thriving Lightning Ecosystem provides customers with a broad array of third-party apps and components for everything from financials to human resources, fully integrated with Salesforce. More than 90,000 customers and 55 partner components take advantage of the advanced features of Lightning today. Sales Cloud Lightning: #1 Sales Platform, Reinvented Used today by tens of thousands of companies worldwide, Sales Cloud has become the world's leading sales application. The first of Salesforce's clouds completely reinvented by Lightning, the new Sales Cloud Lightning provides an entirely new experience for sales reps. New advancements coming to Sales Cloud include: Salesforce SteelBrick CPQ: Built on the Salesforce platform and leveraging Lightning, SteelBrick CPQ is now part of Sales Cloud with the February 1, 2016 close of Salesforce's acquisition of SteelBrick. Now Sales Cloud is the industry's first comprehensive sales platform that offers everything from lead-to-cash, empowering salespeople to sell faster, smarter and the way they want. Lightning Voice: Natively embedded in Sales Cloud Lightning, Lightning Voice will empower reps to connect with prospects faster with click-to-call, auto-logging of calls, and call forwarding to take calls from anywhere. SalesforceIQ Inbox: SalesforceIQ Inbox turns employees' inboxes into a CRM app by bringing the power of Relationship Intelligence to Sales Cloud users directly in their email. The intelligent iOS, Android and Chrome apps combine the power of Sales Cloud data with email and calendar, enabling sales reps to easily manage their email, leads, contacts and opportunities with proactive notifications and smart scheduling. Sales Wave App: Optimized for sales, the Sales Wave App delivers data-driven insights to reps on any device and empowers them to take action. With Lightning Actions in Sales Wave, sales reps can collaborate, create and update Sales Cloud records directly within Wave. New dashboards for pipeline trending, performance benchmarking and activity management help reps drive better performance and close more deals. Salesforce1 Mobile: Now with full offline capabilities for iOS and Android, Salesforce1 Mobile users can enter information anywhere, anytime and sync it when they are reconnected. With new, enhanced Wave Charts and Dashboards, Salesforce1 Mobile users now have the power of analytics. 20 new Lightning Sales Components: Lightning Components are the reusable building blocks of modern apps and can be as simple as single UI elements, or as robust as microservices with embedded data and logic. New Lightning Sales Components include Sales Path, Account Insights and Kanban, all designed to enable reps to sell faster and be more productive. Service Cloud Lightning: #1 Service App, Reimagined Service has changed rapidly over the last decade, expanding beyond customers contacting vendors via call centers to connecting through channels such as social, email, mobile and in-app experiences. Service Cloud Lightning provides companies with a unified service platform and ecosystem to ensure that every interaction with a customer is an opportunity to create a memorable experience. Today, building on Salesforce's leadership in service, the company is taking a significant step forward with new innovations for every service employee including: Field Service Lightning: Organizations can connect their entire service workforce with tools for agents, dispatchers and mobile employees, giving customers a seamless service experience. Dispatchers can leverage smart scheduling to provide automatic, real-time assignments based on employee skills, availability and location. Service employees in the field are able to create and update work orders, and can also change requests and job status from any device, making them more productive than ever. Omni-Channel Supervisor: Now call center managers have greater insight and visibility into their operations and agents' workloads, enabling them to allocate resources to provide the best customer experience possible. Capabilities include real-time activity view, operational alerts, filtering and sorting capabilities and dynamic activity tracking and routing to help during high-demand service periods. Previewing Salesforce's Spring and Summer Releases '16 In addition to the innovations coming to Sales Cloud Lightning and Service Cloud Lightning, Salesforce's Spring and Summer releases include more than 300 advancements across the entire Salesforce Customer Success Platform. New capabilities in these releases include: App Cloud: The new Process Builder makes it easy for anyone to quickly automate business processes using drag-and-drop criteria and enterprise workflows. Additionally, new services for the Lightning Component framework enable developers and partners to easily build custom components for the Lightning App Builder. Heroku Enterprise: CIOs need the flexibility and control to build, scale and manage the applications that connect brands with their customers. Heroku Enterprise enables developers to create connected apps using network, data and identity services shared across the App Cloud. In addition, new customer-centric big data services like private Postgres, Connect and Redis enable CIOs and their developers to easily harness and deploy the development tools that are essential to building trusted, modern applications. Marketing Cloud: Creating 1-to-1 personalized journeys is how forward-looking companies keep customers engaged with their brand. New email marketing innovations deliver a content management system, updated email creation flow and an email marketing mobile app to help marketers accelerate the delivery of scalable and personalized email programs. Workbenches for Social Studio provide brands with deep social insight to inform marketing strategy, surface trends and uncover opportunities to engage customers. The next generation of Journey Builder will also deliver Predictive Journeys that use data science to learn and score a customer's likelihood to engage. Community Cloud Lightning: New Lightning Community Templates, Lightning Community Management and Integrated Live Agent enable companies to become smarter and more connected. Lightning Community Templates allow companies to create rich online communities in days, Lightning Community Management empowers the community manager with analytics and tools to foster community growth and Live Agent connects any self-service community directly to the service console to provide seamless customer support. Introducing New Editions: Sales Cloud Lightning and Service Cloud Lightning Salesforce is introducing new core Salesforce editions for Sales Cloud and Service Cloud to give customers more customization and configuration capabilities. Salesforce's Professional Edition, Enterprise Edition and Unlimited Edition for Sales Cloud and Service Cloud will be replaced by new Lightning Professional Edition, Lightning Enterprise Edition and Lightning Unlimited Edition for Sales Cloud and Service Cloud, and will be priced at $75, $150 and $300, respectively. These new editions are expected to be generally available in Q2 FY17 (quarter ending July 31, 2016). Existing Sales Cloud and Service Cloud customers will automatically receive the capabilities and features of the new Lightning Editions on a rolling schedule starting Q2 FY17. They will not need to change editions. Comments on the News: "For 70 years, Mattel has been focused on providing fun, safe play experiences for children and families. We turned to Salesforce and its Customer Success Platform to help us connect with millions of parents and create meaningful digital journeys that resonate and evolve as their children grow up. Today, we have a secure, engaging ecosystem for our customers and Salesforce has been a key part of that process," said Carlson Choi, vice president and head of Mattel's Digital Initiatives Group. "Companies are awakening to the age of the customer and are looking to reinvent their businesses for this new world," said Saideep Raj, managing director, Cloud First Applications, Accenture. "Accenture shares Salesforce's vision for customer success and is well placed to help clients take advantage of the latest Salesforce technologies to achieve the transformation needed to compete in a cloud first, digital world." "Salesforce has set the standard for innovation in the cloud, and by association, CRM, delivering an unprecedented three releases per year for the last 17 years. Maintaining that pace of innovation is even more crucial as both the pace of technology and customer requirements continue to accelerate and become more complex," said Mary Wardley, vice president, Enterprise Applications and CRM Software, IDC. Salesforce SteelBrick CPQ is generally available today for Sales Cloud users starting at $40 per user, per month. SalesforceIQ Inbox is generally available today at $25 per user, per month for Sales Cloud users. Sales Wave App is generally available today at $75 per user, per month for Sales Cloud users. Heroku Enterprise features are available today as a part of the new Heroku developer experience. Pricing for Heroku Enterprise is based on resources and usage. Lightning Community Templates are generally available today. Current templates are available to Community Cloud users at no additional charge. Integrated Live Agent is expected to be generally available to Sales or Service Cloud users. Pricing will be announced at the time of general availability. Salesforce1 Wave Charts and Dashboards are expected to be generally available at no additional charge. Journey Builder Predictive Journeys is expected to be generally available and pricing will begin at $3,750 per month. Workbenches for Social Studio is expected to be generally available and pricing will begin at $1,000 per month. New Sales Cloud and Service Cloud Lightning Editions are expected to be generally available at $75, $150, and $300 per user, per month. Field Service Lightning is expected to be generally available for Service Cloud users. Pricing will be announced at the time of general availability. Omni-Channel Supervisor is expected to be available in beta for Service Cloud Users. Pricing will be announced at the time of general availability. Salesforce1 Offline and new services for the Lightning Component framework are expected to be generally available at no additional cost. Lightning Voice is expected to be available in beta for Sales Cloud users. Pricing will be announced at the time of general availability. New email marketing innovations are expected to be generally available. Pricing will begin at $400 per month. Learn more about the new Salesforce Editions: Learn more about the Salesforce Customer Success Platform: Like Salesforce on Facebook Follow @salesforce on Twitter "Safe harbor" statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements relating to the future availability of certain services, features and pricing. The achievement or success of the matters covered by such forward-looking statements involves risks, uncertainties and assumptions. If any such risks or uncertainties materialize, or if any of the assumptions prove incorrect, whether and when such services, features and pricing become available could differ materially from what is expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements we make. Further information on factors that could affect the company's offerings and its financial and other results is included in the reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K and in other filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time, including the company's most recent Form 10-K. These documents are available on the SEC Filings section of the Investor Information section of the company's website at . Salesforce.com, inc. assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law. Salesforce, Salesforce1, Salesforce Lightning, and others are among the trademarks of salesforce.com, inc. Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 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SARS Home Client Segments Tax Can Be Fun Types of Tax Targeting Tax Crime Comprehensive Guide to the ITR12T return for Trusts A Quick Guide to Dividends Tax Declaration of Dividends Tax via eFiling Guide for Submission of Third Party Data Using the HTTPS Channel A Guide to the Declaration of Dividends Tax via e@syFile™ Guide for the submission of third party data using the connect direct channel Guide on Mutual Agreement Procedures Guide for Tax Rates Duties Levies Taxation in South Africa Guide on the Taxation of Professional Sports Clubs and Players Comprehensive Guide to Dividends Tax WTR01 - Return for Withholding Tax on Royalties - External (Form) Are there any exemptions applicable to Dividends Tax? Dividends payable to the following beneficial owners could be exempt from Dividends Tax (provided the required "declaration" and "undertaking" are submitted to the company or withholding agent in time): Who is liable to pay Dividends Tax to SARS? Generally speaking the Dividends Tax is a withholding tax. As such the tax is withheld from dividend payments and paid to the SARS by the company paying the dividend or, I am an individual and I receive dividends, must I submit Dividends Tax information to SARS? Individuals receiving dividend payments are not responsible for submitting any information to SARS. The company or regulated intermediary paying the dividend administers this aspect. I am currently not registered for Income Tax (eg. I am a low income earner who earns income under the tax threshold and acquired some shares as a result of, for example, a BBBEE deal). Would I need to now register as a result of Dividends Tax? No, if you are not required by law to register for income tax purposes you will not be required to do so merely as a result of the Who is liable for the Dividends Tax? The beneficial owner of the dividend is liable for the Dividends Tax - normally this would be the shareholder. However, if the particular dividend consists of a distribution. What is meant by beneficial owner? The beneficial owner is the person entitled to the benefit of the dividend attaching to a share. What is a dividend? A dividend is defined in section 1 of the Act, but in essence is any payment by a company for the benefit of a shareholder in respect of a share in that company What is the rate of Dividends Tax? Dividends tax was introduced at a rate of 15% when it came into effect on 1 April 2012. The rate was increased to 20% in respect of any dividend paid on or after 22 February 2017 (irrespective of when it was declared). When will Dividends Tax come into effect Dividends Tax applies to any dividend declared and paid on or after 1 April 2012. What is the main difference between Dividends Tax and STC? The main difference lies in who is liable for the tax. Dividends Tax is a tax levied on shareholders (beneficial owners of dividends) on receipt of dividends, How is the STC credit calculated? The STC credit is comprised of two possible sources: Any unused STC credits of the company brought forward from the final dividend cycle under the STC system, How should the STC credit be applied? The company paying the dividend must notify the beneficial owner of any part of the dividend that carries a STC credit, and must be applied pro rata to the full dividend. Why is STC being replaced? The main objectives behind the change to Dividends Tax are: To align the level of the taxation of dividends in South Africa with the international norm where the recipient of the dividend, In what format should the notification to the beneficial owner be in respect of the portion of the dividend constituting a STC credit? There is no format prescribed for this notification. However, it should be clear from the notification what the STC credit portion of What happens if the company does not notify the beneficial owner of the STC credit portion of the dividend? If the company does not notify the beneficial owner of the STC credit part of the dividend - (a) the Dividends Tax liability of the beneficial owner may not be reduced by the STC credit portion, Should the company submit a STC return (IT56) reflecting the company's available STC credits for the last dividend cycle under STC? If it does not will it lose the STC credits under the Dividends Tax system? You only have to submit a STC return when it accompanies a STC payment (i.e. when STC is due). This requirement remains the same for the "final dividend cycle" under STC. What is a regulated intermediary? A regulated intermediary is a specified regulated person which administers dividend payments that were declared by a company after having received those payments from the company that declared the dividend. Are medical schemes exempt from Dividends Tax? Yes, medical schemes registered under the Medical Schemes Act of 1998 are exempt (provided the required declaration is submitted) Are trade unions or stokvels exempt from Dividends Tax? No, trade unions and stokvels are not exempt from Dividends Tax. What are the required "declarations" and "undertakings" to be submitted to qualify for exemptions from Dividends Tax? Dividends payable to certain beneficial owners (shareholders) could be exempt if the beneficial owners submit the required declarations and undertakings to the company / withholding agent prior to the payment of the dividend. Who should complete the declaration and undertaking for exemptions? The beneficial owner of the dividend, but only if the beneficial owner qualifies in terms of the exemptions provided for in As a beneficial owner where can I obtain the declaration and undertaking form for exemptions for completion? The declaration and undertaking form for exemption can be obtained from the company or withholding agent who issued the dividend to the shareholders (beneficial owners). Do I have to complete a declaration and undertaking form for exemption for each dividend / share in my share portfolio? You only need to declare your exempt status per the declaration and undertaking form once (per company / withholding agent) and it will remain valid until your Will regulated intermediaries / companies accept faxed or scanned & e-mailed declarations and undertakings? Yes. The declaration and undertaking may be submitted to the regulated intermediary / company via post, fax or e-mail. How can an entity register for Dividends Tax? The Dividends Tax number will be the entity's Income Tax reference number. Dividends Tax transactions will be distinguishable from assessed income tax and provisional tax Will STC and Dividends Tax overlap? There is no overlap. If a dividend is declared prior to 1 April 2012 (irrespective of actual payment date) it will be subject to STC. Only where the dividend is declared and paid on or after What is a dividend in specie? A dividend in specie refers to distribution to shareholders in a form other than cash. What triggers Dividends Tax? Dividends Tax is triggered by the payment of dividends by any: South African tax resident company; or Foreign Company in respect of shares listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Is there a difference in payment dates in respect of dividends declared on shares listed on the JSE and those on unlisted shares? Where a declared dividend is payable to shareholders of a company listed on the JSE Ltd the tax is triggered on the actual payment date. When will the trigger date be for dividends distributed in respect of units held in a Collective Investment Scheme in Securities? In the case of a Collective Investment Scheme in Securities (CISS) the date the CISS distributes the dividend received by it triggers the liability for payment of the related Dividends Tax. When does the Dividends tax have to be paid to SARS? By the end of the month following the month in which the dividend was paid or became due and payable to the beneficial owner. What is the impact of a company's existing Secondary Tax on Company credits on the beneficial owner's liability for Dividends Tax? A company may utilise its available STC credits to reduce the liability for Dividends Tax of the beneficial owner of the dividend. Who qualifies for a reduced rate of Dividends Tax? Only persons who are not South African tax residents could possibly qualify for a reduced rate of Dividends Tax, and only if: The criteria for a reduced rate set out in the relevant DTA Who should complete the declaration and undertaking form for reduced rates? The beneficial owner of the dividend, but only if that person qualifies in terms of the criteria listed in the relevant DTA (normally Article 10). Is the declaration and undertaking form with regards to reduced rates the same as the form used for exemptions? Two different forms are prescribed, a form for exemptions and a separate form for reduced rates. Kindly contact the company or its withholding Do I have to apply to SARS for a reduced rate in terms of Dividends Tax? You do not have to apply to SARS for a directive or any confirmation. You only need to submit the required declaration and undertaking form to the company What happens if I do not complete the form but do qualify for an exemption in terms of section 64F or a reduced rate in terms of a DTA? If you do not complete and return the required form to the company / withholding agent, the latter must deduct the full Dividends Tax from your Will I be able to claim a refund if I made a mistake or submitted the declaration form late? Under certain circumstances refunds may be claimed provided the claim is made within three years from the date of payment of the dividend to you. Is disclosure required with regard to linked units which comprise both dividends and interest? Only the dividend component of linked units must be declared in the submission for Dividends Tax purposes. The interest portion should not Are capital distributions subject to Dividends Tax? Pure capital distributions are not dividends for tax purposes, and hence no Dividends Tax liability arises. However, if a portion of a capital distribution Where can I find examples of the format for the beneficial owner declaration and undertaking forms for exemption and reduced rates? "Refer to Annexure G of the BRSification (BRS) for examples of the required "declaration" and "undertaking" forms for both exemptions and reduced rates as published on the SARS website. If I am a company / regulated intermediary, when may I start issuing the declaration and undertaking forms to beneficial owners? You can already start issuing the forms. Refer to Annexure G of the BRSification (BRS) for examples of the required "declaration" and "undertaking" forms for both exemptions and reduced rates. Where it is not cost effective to pay small amounts of dividends to beneficial owners (donated to a charity as per agreement instead), would these still be subject to Dividends Tax? Yes. Dividends Tax must be withheld and be paid to SARS on these dividends even though the cost of processing these dividends often exceeds If a dividend vests in the beneficiary of a trust, who is required to report on the details of the beneficiary (as the beneficial owner in this case)? The Company/Regulated Intermediary (i.e. the withholding agents) will have to report to SARS on the details of the dividend declared to the Which dividend distributions are automatically exempt from Dividends Tax? Some dividend payments are automatically exempt, i.e. do not require the beneficial owner to submit a declaration and undertaking form in order to qualify, How will the SARS identify Dividends Tax payments? Dividends Tax transactions will be distinguishable from assessed Income Tax and provisional tax by the tax form type and Payment What is the definition of "Date paid / payable" referred to in the BRS? As per section 64E of the Act this refers to the earlier of the dividend being paid or becoming due payable by the company declaring the dividend. Will penalties be levied on late payment and submission to SARS? Yes, penalties will be levied for late payments of Dividends Tax or the late submission of Dividends Tax returns. Will Dividends Tax withheld be set off as a credit against my Income Tax liability, or may I claim a refund of the Dividends Tax withheld if I am not liable for Income Tax (for example I earn income below the tax threshold)? No, Dividends Tax is a separate and final tax. It may not be used as a credit against your income tax liability. For the same reason a refund of the How can a Dividends Tax payment be made? By legislation every company/regulated intermediary is required to withhold Dividends Tax on any dividend declared after 1 April 2012. There will be no more fixed cycle dates and it is the Last Updated: 23/10/2015 1:45 PM

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1800 ShapeCUT 1800 742 732 Customised Solution Profile Cutting High Definition Plasma Cutting Oxy Cutting Plates Stocked Technical Specification Sheets 1800 ShapeCUT HomeBlogThe World's Largest Steel Manufacturers The World's Largest Steel Manufacturers The world manufacturers a lot of steel - in fact, on a global level we're making more steel than ever before - but did you ever wonder where most of it comes from? So did we, so we did some fact checking to find the companies that make the most steel. The data has been provided by the World Steel Association, the international trade body for the iron and steel industry including over 160 steel producers around Earth. Many of the following companies are part of the World Steel Association so this is a pretty comprehensive list. The top five steel manufacturers Topping the list is ArcelorMittal, a giant multinational corporation that has operations in over 60 countries but runs out of Luxemberg. While the company is only just over 10 years old, its origins trace back decades due to it being a merger of the Arcelor and Mittal Steel organisations. Together, these two behemoths have made a company that is responsible for 10% of the world's steel supply. That's a lot of steel, and most of theirs goes into vehicle and building manufacturing. Chances are the car you drive or the house you drive to have some ArcelorMettal steel in them. China Baowu Steel Group comes in second, with a production of over 65 million tonnes of steel in 2017 alone. This gargantuan company hails from Shanghai and recently merged with Wuhan Iron and Steel Group from Hubei, China. Together, they make silicon products, cold-and-hot-rolled products, profile products, and more. Third on the list is the Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, another conglomeration of two previously large steel manufacturers (Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal) who teamed up to dominate the local and international market. Its reach extends far beyond its home of Japan, with 15 countries hosting a NSSMC satellite office. Together, they employ over 83,000 people worldwide as they produce steel that us used in railways, civil engineering and energy industries, among other concerns. Another contender on the list also headquartered in China is the Hebei Iron and Steel Group Company Limited. Over 30 million tonnes of steel come out of their collective foundries each year, which is mainly used to make pipes, wire rods and galvanised plates. We thought we had a wide range of plates in our facility, but that's something else entirely. Baosteel is another Chinese steel manufacturer on the list, and one that boasts a history extending all the way back to 1978. That's a long time in this fast-paced industry. Over 130 thousand employees work for Baosteel, and they export out stainless steel, carbon steel and other specialised steel products to over 40 countries. The products are used in everything from household appliances to astronautics and nuclear power. That's certainly a diverse lineup. The list of the biggest steel manufacturers continues with other mills operating out of South Korea, India, the United States, Russia and Brazil among many others. No matter where it comes from the team at ShapeCUT can cut, bend and reshape metal any way imaginable. Contact ShapeCUT today to find out more. Images: BusinessInsider, Wikimedia Steel manufacturer steel mill steel production What is high tensile steel and is it worth the cost? Declan Fraser Racing Shifts Gears Laser Cutting Industry Trends dominating 2019 and beyond What's the difference between Laser Cutting and 3D Printing? How the Metal Slinky Was Born 121 Mica Street, Carole Park Brisbane QLD 4300 Australia Toll Free: 1800 ShapeCUT (1800 742 732) Local Call: 07 3271 5600 Email: Website design Brisbane by iFactory Privacy Policy | Search | Sitemap Accredited Profile Cutting Quality Certified AS/NZS ISO 9001:2015 We will never sell or share this information to anyone.

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These 4 exclusive itineraries will awaken your inner adventurer Adventure Abroad founder and CEO, Tom Allwright, set out with a vision to not only inspire the intrepid spirit of discerning world travellers, but challenge the industry standard in all things adventure. Specialising in premium journeys, Adventure Abroad sets itself apart with services and opportunities to which other companies do not have access. Expect once-in-a-lifetime experiences that will change your outlook, while sacrificing nothing in style, with a selection of first-class airlines, VIP services and exclusive-access destinations on these four adventures. 1. Luxury Tour du Mont Blanc Undertake one of the world's most renowned hikes circumnavigating the highest mountain in the Alps, Mont Blanc. This breathtaking adventure (in all senses of the word) has been hailed as the world's most luxurious hiking trip, with spectacular scenery the omnipresent backdrop. The 170-kilometre journey will see travellers ascend 10,000 metres, staying in a quaint Swiss ski village, dining at an altitude of 3,466 metres in Italy and sampling the fine wines of Val Ferret along the way. Visit restricted locations, learn from knowledgeable guides, embark on a private helicopter tour and retreat to high-end accommodation in the evenings. 2. Luxury Everest Base Camp Arrive at the Everest Base Camp via private helicopter transfers from Lukla on this exclusive journey to the world's tallest mountain. Guests will trek the Himalayas in unparalleled comfort with VIP lodging and accommodation, a private chef, secluded Himalayan day spa retreat and access to stunning sacred sites such as the Tengboche Monastery, learning about the region's culture and history from expert guides. The pinnacle of this exclusivity is a private VIP experience for as few as two people. 3. Luxury Kilimanjaro Volcano Spectacular canyons, glaciers and lava landscapes have earned the dormant volcano of Mt Kilimanjaro its status as one of the world's most coveted treks. Found in over 1,500 square kilometres of national parklands near the Tanzanian city of Moshi, the area is home to rare wildlife including elephants, blue monkeys and leopards. Adventure Abroad's top-of-the-range gear, private mountain chef and superior camping arrangements deliver the physical and mental rewards of reaching Kili's 5,895-metre summit in comfort. 4. Bespoke If these experiences have stirred an unfulfilled dream in your heart, the experts at Adventure Abroad also curate unique adventures for clients based on personal goals. So far, these have included bespoke expeditions to the Scandinavian fjords, the North Pole, the gorillas of Uganda and the Papua New Guinean jungles, just to name a few. IMAGES: LUXURY TOUR DU MONT BLANC, COURTESY OF ADVENTURE ABROAD adventureAfricaHimalayasSwiss AlpsSwitzerlandTanzania Must-see African celebrations for every festival lover Spend Christmas at Richard Branson's mountain retreat National Geographic reveals top must-see destinations Meet the Australian woman behind Tanzania's Nasikia Ca...

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Hannibal uses big second inning to top Sliders The Hannibal Hoots scored six runs via two second-inning home runs to defeat the Springfield Sliders 9-5 Friday night in a Prospect League baseball game at Robin Roberts Stadium. It was the Sliders' 10th straight loss. Williamsville High School graduate Joe Roscetti started the scoring for Hannibal with a solo home run in the second. A walk to Connor Manthey then brought Damian Yenzi to the plate. On the seventh pitch of the at bat, Yenzi went deep off Sliders pitcher Corbin Cox. Cox allowed six runs and walked three in two innings. Yenzi went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored. Roscetti scored twice and went 1-for-4. Springfield scored three runs in the third inning. Mason Hale reached on an error, followed by a single from Jared Cantu. Alex Ludwick took a 3-2 pitch over the fence for a three-run homer, cutting the gap to 6-3. Talon File, another Williamsville graduate, went 2-for-4 with a run scored. File, a Lincoln Land Community College sophomore, has gone 5-for-15 in four games for Springfield. Kyle Rosenfeld got the win for Hannibal, tossing 5 1/3 innings of six-hit baseball. Rosenfeld allowed three runs (two earned), one walk and struck out four. Hannibal has won three straight over the Sliders to improve to 13-24. Springfield is last place in the West Division with a 9-28 record. The Sliders travel to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to face the first-place Cape Catfish at 6:35 p.m. Saturday.

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HomeAudiobooksSports & Recreation Aloha Rodeo: Three Hawaiian Cowboys, the World's Greatest Rodeo, and a Hidden History of the American West Written by Julian Smith and David Wolman Narrated by Kaleo Griffith In the spirit of The Boys in the Boat comes the captivating true story of the Hawaiian cowboys who changed rodeo and the West forever. In August 1908, three unknown riders arrived in Cheyenne, Wyoming, their hats adorned with wildflowers, to compete in the world's greatest rodeo. They had travelled 3,000 miles from Hawaii, where their ancestors had herded cattle for generations, to test themselves against the toughest riders in the West. Dismissed by whites, who considered themselves the only true cowboys, the Hawaiians left the heartland as champions - and American legends. David Wolman and Julian Smith's Aloha Rodeo unspools a fascinating and little-known tale, blending rough-knuckled frontier drama with a rousing underdog narrative. Tracing the life story of steer-roping virtuoso Ikua Purdy and his cousins Jack Low and Archie Ka'au'a, the writers delve into the dual histories of ranching in the islands and the meteoric rise and sudden fall of Cheyenne, "Holy City of the Cow". At the turn of the century, larger-than-life personalities like "Buffalo Bill" Cody and Theodore Roosevelt capitalized on a national obsession with the Wild West and helped transform Cheyenne's annual Frontier Days celebration into an unparalleled rodeo spectacle, the "Daddy of 'em All". A great deal rode on the Hawaiians' shoulders during those dusty days in August. Just a decade earlier, the overthrow of Hawaii's monarchy and forced annexation by the US had traumatized an independent nation whose traditions dated back centuries. Journeying to the mainland for the first time, the young riders brought with them the pride of a people struggling to preserve their cultural identity and anxious about their future under the rule of overlords an ocean away. In Cheyenne, the Hawaiians didn't just show their mastery of riding and roping, skills that white Americans thought they owned. They also overturned simplistic thinking about the "Wild West", cowboys-versus-Indians, and the very concept of cattle country. Blending sport and history, while exploring questions of identity, imperialism, and race, Aloha Rodeo brings to light an overlooked and riveting chapter in the saga of the American West. Publisher: HarperAudioReleased: May 28, 2019ISBN: 0062836005Format: audiobook The Republic of Thieves The Gospel of Loki Joanne M. Harris Joy of Work The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company David A. 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Chapter Menu - Stars' Restaurants ================================ Dolce Beso Taste Chicago Madre's The Continental Ago Blowfish The Clubhouse The Milky Way Mulberry Pizzeria Maple Drive The Hard Rock Cafe The House of Blues The Viper Room Twin Palms Schatzi on Main Hampton's O2 Planet Hollywood (South Coast Plaza) Planet Hollywood (Beverly Hills) 72 Market Street Country Star Georgia Dive! Thunder Roadhouse ================================ Seeing Stars Website Menu ================================ Seeing Stars Homepage Stars' Fan Mail Database Calendar of Events Where the Stars Live Where the Stars Shop Restaurants Owned by Stars Restaurants Popular With Stars Where the Stars Play Movie & TV Filming Locations Schools of the Stars Churches of the Stars The Movie Studios The Television Studios Free Tickets to Studio Tapings Touring the Studios Where the Stars Died Where the Stars Are Buried (index) Where the Stars Are Buried Where the Stars Are Immortalized Hollywood Award Ceremonies Hotels of the Stars Hollywood Landmarks Hollywood Movie Palaces Special Celebrity Events News Hollywood Museums Stars On Stage Famous Hollywood Streets How YOU Can Be a Star! Star Indexes Site Index ================================ Seeing Stars: Restaurants Owned by the Stars. 9229 W Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA / (310) 887-3848 Hey, Jude, don't take it bad... Alas, this West Hollywood branch of Blowfish has closed its doors (although other branches remain open). I will leave the page up for a while, for anyone interested in reading about the restaurant. But bear in mind that the article below was written when the restaurant was open and doing business. You have to love the name of this restaurant: "BLOWFISH: Sushi to Die For". For the uninitiated, parts of the fugu blowfish are deadly poison, so eating it can prove fatal if it isn't prepared correctly. However, it should be noted that, unlike some places, Blowfish doesn't really serve fugu - just a harmless relative. But equally interesting is its celebrity clientele, and one of its owners: Julian Lennon, first son of Beatles legend John Lennon. Paul McCartney wrote the classic song "Hey Jude" about Julian (it was originally "Hey Jules"). One of his childhood drawings reportedly inspired the Beatles' hit "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds". And, of course, Julian is a hit singer in his own right (Too Late for Goodbyes, Valotte). Situated at the west end of the Sunset Strip (just a few blocks east of Beverly Hills), on the bottom floor of a high-rise, Blowfish is a trendy, hip environment where over a dozen flat-screen TVs blast anime (Japanese cartoons), while music is blasting over the speakers. On Fridays, there's hip-hop in the backroom lounge. Lindsay Lohan celebrated her 18th birthday at Blowfish, with Wilmer Valderrama & Donnie Masterson (of "That '70s Show"). Other celebrity customers include Leonardo DiCaprio ("Titanic"), Denzel Washington ("Training Day"), Adam Sandler ("Click"), Nicolas Cage ("Leaving Las Vegas", "Face/Off"), Vin Diesel ("The Fast & the Furious"), Kevin Spacey ("American Beauty"), Chris Klein & Tara Reid, ("American Pie"), Mischa Barton ('Marissa' on "The O.C."), Neve Campbell ("Wild Things"), Pamela Anderson ("Baywatch"), the Olsen twins ("Full House"), Chris Noth ("Law & Order), Tori Spelling ("Beverly Hills 90210"), JC Chasez ('N Sync), Nicole Richie and Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit). Lunch is mainly business types, but the place heats up after dark, with the bar taking the spotlight, serving drinks such as the "Peach Nympho" (peach juice & sake). Prices are moderately high, but the imaginative sushi and the cooked entrees get top marks from most critics. They're open until 2 AM on weekends. Getting there: Blowfish is located on the Sunset Strip, just west of where Sunset Blvd forks with Dohney Road (near Greystone Mansion), just a few blocks east of the border with Beverly Hills. See Blowfish's menus on the restaurant's official website: Looking for something in particular? Search the Seeing-Stars website! Advertise on seeing-stars.com

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RISK APPS Cancer risks: Are we getting them right? By SelectX August 9, 2017 No Comments Researching cancer mortality over the past few months has proved to be a bit of an eye-opener, and in three ways: firstly the level of excess mortality seen in a number of cancers, secondly the duration over which an extra risk persists, and thirdly that excess mortality may extend over a considerable period. Some of the high excess death rates (EDRs) were noted stage II/III disease, where mortality was substantially higher than in localised. For example, from the US Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program1 relating to diagnoses between 2006 and 2012: Cervical cancer: five-year relative survival for localised and regional disease 91.3% and 65.7% respectively. Those survival percentages equate to EDRs of over 20 per mil and over 100 per mil. Kidney cancer: five-year relative survival for localised and regional disease 92.5% and 57.4% respectively, equating to around 15 per mil and 85 per mil. Ovarian cancer: five-year relative survival for localised disease was 93.7% at ages under 65 and 86.4% at ages 65 up, equating to about 12 per mil and 30 per mil respectively. For regional disease the figures were 80.4% (40 per mil) and 56.8% (over 100 per mil) respectively. In some cancers mortality, even for localised disease, was sky-high; for example, and again from the SEER data: Small cell lung cancer: 27.5% relative survival at five years for localised disease; for non-small cell tumours 59.2%. Both percentages imply EDRs of well over 100 per mil. Liver cancer: relative survival at five years 30.9% for localised disease - again an EDR far above 100 per mil. (The calculation of relative survival is based on deaths unrelated to the diagnosis being excluded; thus the deaths implied by a relative survival percentage are purely cancer deaths.) Of course it is well understood that liver and lung cancer are associated with poor survival even in localised disease, often owing to the presence of latent tumour seedlings at the time of diagnosis. What may be less appreciated is that not all lung cancer deaths occur relatively early. The SEER data for all stages show deaths occurring 24 years after a diagnosis made in 1985-1989. The same is true at 15 years for cases diagnosed in 1998. The drop in relative survival at these durations is only a few percentage points but because of the small number of survivors (single percentage figures) the EDRs are high - over 40 per mil. It is clear that liver cancer mortality is concentrated in the first ten years but the longer-term picture is unclear; deaths are few and far between but nevertheless could signify EDRs of over 20 per mil. Ovarian cancer is another example of disease appearing to carry a long mortality tail. Dinkelspiel and colleagues2, in reviewing SEER data for up to 24 years from diagnosis, found that cumulative frequency of death curves flattened out after 11 to 15 years. Nevertheless deaths from ovarian cancer still occurred subsequently. In years 15 to 24, ovarian cancer deaths averaged approximately 30% of all deaths. Even among subjects with stage III/IV disease, deaths due to ovarian cancer persisted to 23 years from diagnosis. Research studies also reveal that it is far from inevitable that survival curves flatten out significantly after two to five years, suggesting that a postponement period following diagnosis - to avoid heavy extra mortality in the early years and allow the better risks to manifest themselves - is not always appropriate. It is often the case, it seems, that either mortality levels are such that risks are manageable (ie acceptable) from after treatment and beyond or that risks are not insurable at all. Our research covered much more than the SEER data and naturally outcomes varied from study to study and from country to country. But none of the other research material prompted us to doubt that some cancers - maybe not all but quite possibly more than one might think - are associated with very high mortality in the early years and/or a significant long mortality tail. Admittedly, long-term survival data is relatively rare but the SEER data are impressive on account of the sheer numbers involved, and none of the other material we examined provided a strong contradiction. Findings such as these prompt one to reconsider underwriting philosophy for cancer risks. But first, can the statistics mislead the researcher? For example, could non-cancer deaths be under-reported in the SEER data? Possibly, but what to do about a mild suspicion? Could the treatment of cancer in more recent years have changed the picture for the better? Maybe, but there are three reasons to doubt there being grounds for great optimism: one, a lot of cancers have not seen any particular breakthroughs; two, in many instances survival data for more recently diagnosed cases point to persisting high mortality; and three, keeping more people alive for longer would push deaths forward to later durations, reinforcing the magnitude of any long mortality tail. As ever, there is no substitute for insured-life data but those are sparse and thus unreliable. How indicative are the study outcomes of potential insured-life experience? The SEER figures represent deaths associated with the original diagnosis so the picture (faint doubt aside) is fairly clear. Where simple overall survival percentages were quoted we took into account background mortality from other causes of death. But clearly it is dangerous to take research findings from a clinical setting and apply them straightforwardly as life insurance ratings. Adjustment is needed to take account of the nature of an insured population (with its significantly lower mortality compared with the general population) and of the power of underwriting which can stratify risks that on the basis of statistics look the same, including those cases that have taken a turn for the worse. But does the power of underwriting deal well enough with the patterns of mortality and EDRs illustrated above? The classic underwriting approach for cancer is a postponement period followed by a per mil extra for a fixed number of years, very occasionally accompanied by a permanent percentage extra mortality rating. This is predicated on there being a significant volume of early recurrences, either giving rise to deaths or revealing themselves to the underwriter as unfavourable risks; after the postponement period a cohort of identifiably better lives remains. However, the research data suggest that in many instances: Survival curves, although flattening out in time, remain steep for a considerable period; nor is there exceptionally high mortality in the first few years EDRs are high, even in localised disease; regional involvement (let alone distant spread) means higher mortality still Extra mortality persists way beyond ten years; the notion that 'if you've made ten or so years without a recurrence you've beaten the disease' seems to be only partially true at best. It looks as though postponement and temporary extras are not necessarily suited to the pattern of risk. Can underwriting reliably weed out the risker cases? In some cases yes: medical evidence may reveal a recurrence. Ditto incomplete eradication, though one would imagine that the majority of better-risk cancers (stage IA/T1N0M0 for example) would be amenable to potentially curative treatment. But maybe underwriting cannot always be relied on; it is not unusual to find that overall survival curves and disease-free survival curves run very closely together, implying that death follows not long after a recurrence. And in any case, even if underwriting can select the better lives the mortality in that group may still be above the 20 per mil threshold that the industry (or is that just reinsurers?) finds comfortable. Other worthwhile lessons seem to be: The importance of staging - apparently subtle increments in staging can make a big impact on survival; it may well be the case that a disease stage increase warrants declinature rather than one higher tumour rating classification. And within even a 'localised' group with high mortality there may be a stage sub-group that enjoys, on average a rather more favourable outcome The importance of tumour grade in determining prognosis; and grade does not always correlate with disease stage The effect of age on EDRs - not for all cancers but for some. Rating cancer risks has come a long way over the last 40 years or so and the approach in underwriting manuals has become more sophisticated - so much so that risk calculators have been introduced. And with medical advances promising to make cancer more of a chronic disease than a killer, ratings in future will need to change in their severity and shape. But even now some of the approaches to dealing with these risks look to be wanting. Risks we've traditionally thought of as insurable may not be necessarily so, and we may be under-rating risks at the later durations.. Long-term mortality among women with epithelial ovarian cancer. Dinkelspiel HE et al. Gynecol Oncol 2015;138(2):421-8 Underwriting and calculators Office 166 College Road Harrow, HA1 1BH [email protected] SelectX Limited All Rights Reserved, SelectX Site designed by web-designlondon.co.uk We use cookies to improve your experience on our website. By using our website, you're agreeing to the use of cookies. View our privacy policy.CONTINUE

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Ludacris Takes Wifey & Monica To Adult Hot Spot, Throws Up $10,000 On Booty S. Samuel June 15, 2012 Grammy-winning rapper Ludacris helped pay some exotic dancers' bills this week alongside his girlfriend by reportedly spending $10,000 at an Atlanta strip club. According to reports, the late-night extravaganza took place Wednesday (June 13). Rapper LUDACRIS flashed his cash at a strip club by spending $10,000 on exotic dancers - as his girlfriend watched. The Area Codes hitmaker took a backpack full of dollars to a party for producer DJ Infamous at Diamonds of Atlanta on Wednesday night (13Jun12). Ludacris was photographed happily showering $1 bills on the dancers performing onstage, spending a reported $10,000 at the club. But it wasn't a typical boys' night out - R&B singer Monica and Ludacris' girlfriend Eudoxie Agnan also came along for the fun. (ABC Action News) Recently, rap veteran Akinyele opened up his own strip club in Las Vegas called LollyPops. Since "Put It In Your Mouth," Akinyele has released more sex-themed albums, but none compare to the success of his latest business venture. "We've been thrilled and amazed to see lines of both men and women still coming at 8 a.m. and this has been every single night, better yet morning I should say, over the past 10 days," he said. To incorporate some hip-hop into adult entertainment, he has aligned himself with well-known DJs like Whoo Kid, Don Cannon, DJ RockStarr, Mark Da Spot, and others to play sets. (Complex) In May, Atlanta's Killer Mike dished on his appreciation for the local strip club scene. "If I go all the way politicized, I become a zealot who's not allowed to have fun with the people and the community that raised me. But if I go the other way, I become an ignoramus who isn't properly qualified to speak on my community's behalf. Me and my girl go to the kids' school on Friday, then we go to the strip club Saturday night, and then we wake up and go to church Sunday morning, and we're back to business on Monday. That's my real life. At the end of the day, I'm a big black country motherfucker! All of that's gonna come with me. [laughs] I can't be all Public Enemy and not embrace my 2 Live Crew. You'll always see me at a political rally and the black strip club; I'm gonna represent smoking weed and I'm gonna represent supporting Trayvon Martin on my record, because I'm a whole man." (Pitchfork) Last October, Grammy-winning rapper T.I. named his top four favorite adult spots. When it comes to the world of gentlemen's establishments, there's no finer connoisseur than T.I. ... and last night at Boa in Hollywood, the rapper named the top 4 nudie spots in all of Atlanta ... gathered from years of experience. "What strip clubs would I recommend [in Atlanta]?," Tip said in an interview. "Onyx, Magic City, uh, Strokers, and Blue Flame. Is Magic City the best? Arguably so. Definitely the best on a Monday. Aight! (TMZ) Check out some recent Ludacris footage below: LudacrisMonica Previous Article"Raekwon's Got The Illest Style In Hip-Hop" Next ArticleMeek Mill Can't Dodge Drake/Chris Brown Club Accusations, "Stop Tryna Blame Da Bullsh*t On Me" Look: Ludacris, Method Man, DJ Kay Slay + More Explain Juneteenth's Importance - "Real + Recognize" Team SOHH June 19, 2019 Watch: Ludacris Delivers No. 1 Rule For All Aspiring Artists, Writers + Producers Cyrus Langhorne June 18, 2019 Look: Ludacris Speaks Big Facts About Why Level Up Season Is Now - "Change The Way You Think" Cyrus Langhorne June 5, 2019 Look: Ludacris Reveals What Top 5 List He's On W/ JAY-Z, Drake + Eminem Cyrus Langhorne April 29, 2019 Look: Ludacris Reacts + Shares Barack Obama's Must-Read Nipsey Hussle Letter Monica Calls It Quits W/ Ex-NBA Champion + Files For Divorce Rosario Harper March 27, 2019

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Military Launch Quality Issues Flagged by DoD Watchdog By Sandra Erwin 2017-12-28T17:58:31Z Tech A United Launch Alliance Delta IV-Heavy rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 37B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. (Image: © ULA) WASHINGTON - An evaluation of military space launch services revealed lapses in quality control that could compromise the schedule and performance of future missions, the Defense Department inspector general reported last week. The IG specifically called out the main contractors that support the evolved expendable launch vehicle program, or EELV, for failing to comply with standards required by AS9100 - a widely adopted quality management system for the aviation and space industries. Prime contractors United Launch Alliance (ULA) and SpaceX, and ULA subcontractor Aerojet Rocketdyne "did not perform adequate quality assurance management of the EELV program," said the Dec. 20 report signed by Randolph Stone, deputy inspector general for policy and oversight. [The Most Dangerous Space Weapons Concepts Ever] Auditors flagged the contractors for 181 "nonconformities" in the Aerospace Standard 9100C, known as "Quality Management Systems - Requirements for Aviation, Space, and Defense Organizations." The IG report listed a number of lapses that inspectors believe could put at risk billions of dollars worth of satellite launches that the EELV program is responsible for. It called on the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, and the Defense Contract Management Agency to dig deeper into these issues. Gaps in quality assurance management, the IG cautioned, "could increase program costs, delay launch schedules, and increase the risk of mission failure." Three launch vehicles made by ULA and SpaceX support the EELV program. The Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center acquires launch services for U.S. military and intelligence spacecraft from both firms. Aerojet Rocketdyne provides ULA the RL-10 engine for the Delta IV and Atlas V vehicles. The EELV program office delegates day-to-day management of vendor agreements to the Defense Contract Management Agency. IG audits took place from June 2016 through March 2017 at ULA Delta IV and Atlas V manufacturing facilities in Decatur, Alabama; at ULA program management sites in Denver, Colorado; at the SpaceX Falcon 9 manufacturing plant in Hawthorne, California, at Falcon 9 booster and engine testing in McGregor, Texas; and at Aerojet's RL-10 engine manufacturing and test operations in West Palm Beach, Florida. One issue identified at ULA was related to the protection of electrostatic sensitive devices in the avionics production area. "Inadequate ESD controls and mitigation could result in the premature failure of electronic components in the EELV system," the report said. At SpaceX, inspectors found an "inadequately protected" Merlin engine on the test stand. The Merlin engine exhaust ports and vent tubes "should have been protected with specific covers," they wrote. "We found bottles of soda and personal items in FOD-controlled areas." FOD is short for foreign object debris. The RL-10 engine test stand at Aerojet, used to test both the Delta IV and Atlas V second stage engine, had "significant FOD issues," the report said, including "loose bolts, nuts, tape, foil, tie wraps, and animal feces." In the aerospace industry, FOD costs billions of dollars in the form of schedule delays, rework, injuries, and product losses. "A bit of debris lodged in the right place could be enough to drop a rocket right out of the sky," warned an FOD prevention guide published by Lockheed Martin. "Delivering products that are not FOD-free sends the message that you do not have control over your manufacturing processes," the guidelines said. The IG suggested the EELV program office and the DCMA conduct a "root cause analysis and implement corrective actions" for the 181 violations that inspectors identified. Air Force and Defense Department officials said they agreed with some of the IG findings but noted that many of the issues cited by auditors already were being addressed and fixed by the contractors. The Air Force program office and DCMA informed the IG that they are "actively engaged with the EELV contractors as they conduct root cause analyses and develop corrective plans." They noted that Aerojet has "implemented corrective actions for all nonconformities, ULA has implemented corrective actions for all nonconformities except one, and SpaceX is in the process of implementing corrective actions." DCMA and Air Force program officials also told the IG that they have stepped up quality surveillance of ULA and Aerojet Rocketdyne. And they noted that "quality surveillance of SpaceX has been implemented for SpaceX's first EELV mission and will be further refined as a result of the DoD OIG inspection." This story was provided by SpaceNews, dedicated to covering all aspects of the space industry.

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Oumou Sangare Salif Keita Ali Farka Touré Habib Koité Youssou N'Dour Oumou Sangare is an internationally renowned award-winning singer, composer, business pioneer, and activist who champions women's rights in her native Mali and throughout Africa. Sangare's style is wassalou, a popular musical genre derived from folk traditions in the rural southwestern part of the country; that style has brought her international stardom. Sangare was born in Bamako, the music and arts capital of Mali. Her earliest and most profound musical influence was her mother, Aminata Diakité, a migrant from the rural region, south of the Niger River. She was a sogoninkun, a professional singer most often hired for weddings and other ceremonial occasions. Sangare accompanied her mother often and by age ten was signing with her to help feed her family -- her father had abandoned them. Sangare began to sing on her own professionally at 13, and by the time she was 16, she was asked to join the Malian traditional group Djoliba Percussions as its lead vocalist. She toured Europe with the band and upon returning to Bamako, began writing and developing her own take on wassalou music with assistance from the migrant community. In 1989, she took what she knew and traveled to Abidjan and encountered producer/promoter Ibrahima Sylla at his now legendary JBZ studio. He was impressed by the young artist and released her debut offering, a cassette titled Djama Kaissoumou, produced by Amadou Ba Guindo, leader of the National Badéma Du Mali. Its single, "Diaraby Nene," became a major domestic hit and spurred on sales of over a quarter million copies. It was picked up by Nick Gold's World Circuit label (through the intervention of Ali Farka Toure) and reissued as Moussolou ("Women") in 1990; it exploded all over Europe and Asia as well as on the continent of Africa. Despite her sudden stardom, Sangare kept close to her Bamako roots. She issued the album Bi Furu independently a year later before returning to World Circuit for its major international release of Ko Sira in 1993. While remaining firmly in the wassalou style, the album was even more militant as its songs addressed feminist themes in lobbying against polygamy and enforced marriages that were widespread among West African women. In 1995, she did an international tour with Baaba Maal, Femi Kuti, and Boukman Eksperyans. She also gave birth to a son. Her next offering, Denw, in 1996, was issued by her homeland's Mali K7 SA on cassette. Sangare's breakthrough to U.S. audiences was 1997's Worotan; it received wide American distribution due to World Circuit's distribution deal with Nonesuch and WEA. Sangare toured the world's stages as a headliner, but the separation from her child, who was too young to travel, proved difficult. She essentially stepped away from music at her peak, but Sangare had invested her money well. She began running a hotel (Hotel Wassoulou in Bamako, which featured her own performing space), a farm, and other businesses. She provided for her family, and gave much-needed jobs to Malians. Even so, her profits went back into activism. In 1998 she received the Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters award in France. While major compilations appeared -- notably World Circuit's two-disc Oumou in 2004, she performed at festivals only occasionally. Sangare was never far from music, but it did take a back seat to her many other activities -- including launching her own car, the "Oum Sang", manufactured in China, for her company Gonow Oum Sang. In 2006, Sangare re-emerged after a decade's absence from recording with Seya. It reached number six on the World Albums Charts in the U.S. and number one in several African and European countries. She undertook a select international tour that took her to several European and African nations. Kounadia was issued in 2012 but offered little in terms of fresh material. Her performances continued to sell-out virtually everywhere she performed. In 2016, Sangare inked a deal with the French indie label Nø Format and went back into the studio. She worked in Paris and Stockholm with French trio A.l.b.e.r.t. as her basic backing band and producers, and a slew of guest performers on African folk instruments. The set's first single, "Yere Faga," featuring Afrobeat drumming legend Tony Allen, was issued internationally in February of 2017, followed by the full-length Mogoya in May. ~ Thom Jurek Oumou Sangaré Mogoya Remixed Mogoya Yere Faga (Remixes) Ko Sira Seya Fadjamou (St Germain Remix) Djoukourou (Auntie Flo Remix) Fadjamou (TWOTEK Remix) Oumou Worotan Moussolou Mogo Te Diya Bee Ye (Jose Marquez Remix) Saa Magni Wayeina Ah Ndiya Sigi Kuruni Nawo Nawo Sukunyali Woula Bara Diagna Sounsoumba Kun Fe Ko Fadjamou Mogo Te Diya Bee Ye Wele Wele Wintou Fantan Ni Mone Kayini Wura Minata Waraba Kounkoun Djoukourou Kamelemba Traditional African Cheikh Lô Toumani Diabaté King Sunny Ade Femi Kuti Thomas Mapfumo Ismaël Lô Vieux Farka Touré Ladysmith Black Mambazo Babatunde Olatunji Mamadou Diabate Ba Cissoko Orchestra Baobab Zap Mama Tarika

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Slap Happy Larry picture books, story apps, movies, short stories How To Write Good Teach With Picturebooks Short Story Study For Writers Story Apps Tag: satire Father Christmas by Raymond Briggs This month I wrote a post on Teaching Kids How To Structure A Story. Earlier in the month I looked at a wordless picture book, The Snowman by Raymond Briggs. Today I continue with a selection of mentor texts to help kids see how it works. Let's look closely at Father Christmas, a seasonal picture book by the same author-illustrator. It's not Christmas here, but it's never wintry at Christmas Down Under. I prefer to read wintry books in our actual winter. This is just as much a winter tale as it is a Christmas one. Father Christmas is also a very British tale. You'll soon see why. At first glance, this picture book also seems to break the main rules of storytelling. It works because it is short. Father Christmas is partly making use of a comedic structure rather than classic dramatic structure. STORY STRUCTURE OF FATHER CHRISTMAS WHO IS THE MAIN CHARACTER? Father Christmas. What's wrong with him? Sometimes the foreign translations of a picture book give you extra clues about the story. The Japanese title means 'Father Christmas The Cold-blooded Creature' (or 'Person who feels the cold easily'). The Japanese publishers put the thing that's wrong with him right there in the title. More specifically, this is his weakness. He doesn't like the cold. But I'd say his weakness is a little different.This is not your usual Jolly Santa, the guy most kids are exposed to - the man who lives to give. This Father Christmas's weakness is that he's grumpy by nature. Or is it really a weakness? Is he really that grumpy? This is a comment on a specific cultural milieu - this old man is proficient in the art of grumbling. He is cranky as a matter of habit, not because he has all that much to complain about. This is grumbling almost as a mantra to self, a reminded that although things may be terrible now, they may get better later. Father Christmas is grumbling to no one in particular, but he is drawing us in with his grumbling. We are invited to grumble along with him as a form of phatic communion. At the end of the story he has broken the fourth wall by directly addressing the reader, so we know we were supposed to hear him grumbling. He was inviting us to feel the cold with him, creating the weather as the mutual enemy to bring two characters (him and us) closer together. This feels very British to me. WHAT DOES FATHER CHRISTMAS WANT? Father Christmas wakes up dreaming of a summer beach so we know right away that he wants to be on holiday somewhere. Sure enough, in another book in the series, Raymond Briggs takes him off on holiday. I haven't read that one, though I've no doubt he grumbles about everything while on holiday, too. OPPONENT/MONSTER/BADDIE/ENEMY/FRENEMY His opponent is the cold weather. Father Christmas expends a lot of energy just keeping warm - tending to the fire, looking after the animals (who can't be out in the elements), filling his belly with hot cups of tea. WHAT'S THE PLAN? We already know what Father Christmas does at Christmas time because this is a well-known cultural narrative. He delivers presents to children all around the world. We watch him do this, but Raymond Briggs' new spin on it: Father Christmas considers this work, just like anyone else doing shift work on a freezing cold night would feel like they are doing work. BIG BATTLE As you can see already, this is another mythic structure, in which the main character goes on a journey. This is not your classic mythic structure, however. Father Christmas is a modified version of that - known as a home-away-home story. A character leaves home, has an adventure, then returns home again. This home-away-home story usually takes place over a single day, and the child (or childlike) character usually goes to sleep at the end. In general, a series of minor battles end in a big one. But sometimes, when there's no fight or argument or near-death experience, the story includes something that stands-in for a battle. In Diary of a Wombat, Jackie French used the 'accumulation' technique, where several objects pile up/come together. Raymond Briggs uses a variation on that. After visiting a number of ordinary houses to deliver presents, including a caravan which he has trouble getting into, Father Christmas visits the Palace of Westminster, presumably to deliver presents to the most important children in the land. We have an accumulation effect going on, but it isn't a piling up of objects. Instead, it goes from 'ordinary to extraordinary', or 'ordinary to grand'. This stands in for the big battle scene, which exists to let us know the journey is coming to an end. WHAT DOES FATHER CHRISTMAS LEARN? Nothing. Because this story is comedic, not dramatic. Father Christmas is the ultimate recurring character. He appears year after year and never changes. Therefore it makes sense if he doesn't change. It also makes sense if he's a bit grumpy about that. Which is the gag. However, the story still works as a complete story. Why? In lieu of a character arc, in which Father Christmas learns something, we see Father Christmas on an emotional arc. When Santa gets up he's grumpy because there's so much work ahead of him. But over the course of his day he overcomes many small hardships, stopping in between to enjoy his snacks. Finally at the end he is happy to be home, but before bed he's unhappy again, because he knows he'll have to do it all again next year. The unrelenting nature of work would appeal to adults more than to children, I'm guessing. This story therefore appeals to a dual audience. Young readers also know what it's like to do something they don't want to do, and everyone (in most parts of the world) knows what it feels like to be uncomfortably cold. HOW WILL LIFE BE DIFFERENT FROM NOW ON? It won't, but Father Christmas is home safe in bed, which is enough to close the story on. It's not original, but it works, time and time again. FURTHER NOTES ON THE STORY STRUCTURE Did you pick up the main ways in which this story is not typical dramatic structure? The only opponent is the weather. Usually there is a human opponent, or a monster as well. The main character doesn't learn anything. His life won't be any different from before. He's basically an automaton. This is because the story is a comedy. Here's the thing about comedic structure: It only sustains its audience for 5-10 minutes before we tire of it. That's why comedic structure can work in picture books. They're short. When Father Christmas was adapted into a short film, and by short I mean over 20 minutes, the script writers wisely decided to combine two of Raymond Briggs' Father Christmas books. There is simply not enough in this picture book to sustain 20 minutes' worth of entertainment. Posted on March 8, 2017 April 15, 2019 Desperate Housewives Storytelling Tips Desperate Housewives ran for eight seasons from 2004 to 2012. This show is a great example of a 'cozy mystery'. Taglines are for the marketing copy. Season One: Everyone has a little dirty laundry.../Secrets. Romance. Murder. All On One Street. THE LOGLINE/PREMISE For maximum narrative drive the premise should be all about the plot. A premise that works will contain some sort of contrast. "Secrets and truths unfold through the lives of female friends in one suburban neighborhood, after the mysterious suicide of a neighbor." The contrast in this logline is that 'friends' have 'secrets' in the 'suburbs', an arena we generally associate with 'knowing everybody's business' and 'nothing interesting ever happens'. GENRE BLEND OF DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES drama, mystery, satire When Desperate Housewives first aired in 2004 it was the tone which drew me in. I hadn't seen anything with quite that balance of 1950s housewife satire, comedy and mystery. It's easy to forget that now because we've since seen a number of TV dramas with a similar vibe: Pretty Little Liars for one was pitched as 'Desperate Housewives For Teens'. Like Desperate Housewives, there is a cast of four distinct female archetypes who are friends. There is also a slight supernatural overtone to the story, with a dead person pulling strings/narrating omnisciently. The women on this show aren't real women - nothing like it. An excellent example of the 'unreality' of the characters can be heard in the audio commentary to episode 15, season one. Marc Cherry is especially proud of his writing of this episode (and it was the first time they shifted to their new, more expansive set), so he guides DVD owners through the episode they called Impossible. In this one, John's roommate Justin blackmails Gabrielle into having sex with him by becoming their new gardener. Gabrielle turns the gardener down, both for sex and for free garden work with obvious strings attached, but her husband lets him in and he surprises her while she's in her own bathroom upstairs. The male writer and producer tell us on the audio commentary that actress Eva Longoria did an excellent job of 'taking control of the situation' but was 'rooted to the spot' for the first few takes, terrified at the prospect of finding a well-muscled young man confronting her for sex in her own space. The scene is meant to be played as comedy. Longoria's acting made it somewhere there, but I did watch this episode the first time thinking that it's not good comedy material, and a 'real woman' would not react with Gabrielle's bravado - not with genuine bravado - in that particular situation. From my perspective, the male writer on this occasion simply did not understand how terrifying this scenario would be for a woman, and seemed a bit mystified about why Eva Longoria had trouble acting her part in it. The men are archetypes, too. Even the children are preternaturally scheming/mature/creepy, harking back to a time before the concept of childhood existed. In this ways and many others, Desperate Housewives is a series of fairytales. The show was originally pitched with 'comedy' in its genre blend but none of the networks were interested. When it was re-pitched as 'satire' suddenly it found a home. Networks had assumed it was just another soap. But they realised the audience was ready for a 'self-aware' version of the daytime soap, and changing the genre from 'comedy' to 'satire' did the trick. OTHER SHOWS SIMILAR TO DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES Continue reading "Desperate Housewives Storytelling Tips" Signup for our occasional bookish newsletter The Artifacts on the App Store Diary of a Goth Girl How To Leave A Stranger And Other Stories Lotta: Red Riding Hood iBook Egalitarian Insult Generator Picturebook Links Short Story Craft Literature Etc carnivalesque John Truby picturebook Slap Happy Larry on Twitter Lynley on Twitter Children's Literature Google Collection

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What to expect from the Gaming Industry in 2019 2018 just flew by and what a year it was! With inspiring and innovative Gaming Events worldwide, multiple next gen rumours from both Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox, and dramatic game releases; it definitely showed the world that the Gaming Industry is here to stay and has a huge impact globally with 1 Billion Gaming Tweets recorded last year alone. But that's enough about last year, it's now time to look onwards and upwards at the upcoming months of 2019. So far, January has been an impressive month already with loads of new releases that feels like we have waited forever to play such as; Life Is Strange 2 - Episode 2: Rules, Resident Evil 2 and Kingdom of Hearts III. Life Is Strange 2 - Episode 2: Rules (Release Date: January 24, 2019) This breath taking game not only pulls on your heart strings as it follows the story of two brothers; Sean (16) and Daniel Diaz (9), who are forced to run away from home after a tragic incident in Seattle in fear of the police. This gripping title will definitely keep you on the edge of your seat as you witness Sean's influence on his little brother and the impact his decisions make on Daniel. Resident Evil 2: Fear, zombies and virus' awaits for you as S.T.A.R.S try to convict the Umbrella Corporation for their experiments with the T - Virus but are unsuccessful as the Umbrella Corporation decides to continue their experiments with the T - Virus in an underground Silo. But this is not a successful outcome as they botch up their experiments and leak their hazardous bioweapon into Raccoon City's Sewage System. This ultimately means that it spreads throughout Racoon City, with many people fighting for their lives and turning into zombies. Kingdom of Hearts III: We all remember the day that two major companies decided to collaborate on a rather special project now widely known as Kingdom of Hearts. It shouldn't have worked but what Square Enix and Disney did creating Kingdom of Hearts was nothing short of phenomenal, with Donald Duck and Goofy at your side as Sora fighting against the Heartless. And as the franchise continues, we say hello to new characters along the way and this is no different with the latest instalment. Get ready to meet the beloved characters of; Toy Story, Big Hero 6 and Pirates of the Caribbean star: Jack Sparrow. Ultimately, meaning more adventures are afoot in the Disney Universe for you to explore. The Walking Dead: The Final Season It's the final season, after facing many threats and enemies both living and dead - Clementine's finally looking for a chance to make a home, which may be a secluded school. Now you face the challenge of keeping it safe and protecting it in this gripping, emotional final season where your choices will define the relationships that you already have and determine just how Clementine's story ends. So are you ready for the fight of your life? (Release date: February 15, 2019) Get ready to recruit new and interesting friends alongside the occasional new animal chums to get acquainted with in the post-apocalyptic follow up for Far Cry 5, set 17 years after Hope Valley was destroyed in the nuclear fire that we saw during the climax of the last instalment. It's time to witness the story of how to fight, rebuild and survive in this new world with New Dawn. With a fresh colour palette and perhaps the return of the terrifying antagonist Father Joesph Seed, plenty of Mad Max style of weapons and vehicles, you will be glued to this game. Anthem: If you don't know what Anthem is then where have you been? As one of the most anticipated games of this year; it's clear to see why as you prepare to play in BioWares co-op mode to loot in this sci-fi shooter title. But that's not the only reason why you should be excited; as the producer reveals customisation which is designed to meaningfully affect how you experience the story; "Getting into that Javelin is an extension of your story," Thomas Singleton has shared "The Javelin is a direct reflection of yourself in the game, through customisation and gear difference [...] They change the direction of the game and the dynamic of your team." Metro Exodus: Yes, it has the same release date as Far Cry: New Dawn but that doesn't mean that Far Cry should have all the attention. This epic story-driven first-person shooter from A4 Gamers shows you the importance of stealth as you explore this survival horror in one of the most immersive game worlds ever created. With our protagonist Artyom you can expect to protect the Metro and obsess with finding life beyond the tunnels, with a radio transceiver he is determined to establish communication with the outside world and prove there is life at the end of the tunnels. We think this title has a lot of unique special features that have made it one of the most talked about games of last year; with numerous characters and in-depth care to the overall story arch, we would definitely recommend that you play it for yourself. As you can see we have so far concluded what's coming up game wise during January and February, but that doesn't mean there isn't even more BIG titles worth mentioning, because there are. We are going to be consistently updating you as the months go by with more news and releases, make sure you check out next week's blog about the PS5, Xbox 2 and Nintendo Switch 2 rumours and updates! Don't Forget! Let us know which game you are most excited to play from the list above on our Twitter and / or Facebook Page, we can't wait to hear what you have to say! Added By: Stealth Gaming | Date Added: 25th Jan 2019 FIRST LOOK: STEALTH C6-100 Stereo Gaming Headset FIRST LOOK: STEALTH C6-100 Stereo Gaming Headset Over the previous... Read More The Switch That's Liter In Your Pockets In More Ways Than One Nintendo came out with some HUGE news last week, as... Read More Terms and Conditions for XP Raider and Rose Gold Edition Headsets Giveaway Welcome Gamers! In order to be entered for this AMAZING... Read More Newsletter. Be the first to know. 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O'Connell, Deschane, Koles: It's time to fix state roads A sustainable transportation system need not be a partisan issue. O'Connell, Deschane, Koles: It's time to fix state roads A sustainable transportation system need not be a partisan issue. Check out this story on stevenspointjournal.com: Mark D. O'Connell, Jerry Deschane, and Mike Koles Published 3:40 p.m. CT Nov. 14, 2016 | Updated 3:56 p.m. CT Nov. 14, 2016 Construction work continues on I-94 in Milwaukee County. But the question of how to pay for such work in the future is not settled.(Photo: Mike De Sisti / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) "Just Fix It" was echoed from every corner of the state on Sept. 29, when thousands of local government leaders and concerned citizens brought attention to an issue that has moved to the forefront on their "to do" list - namely finding a sustainable solution to our transportation woes. "Turnout for Transportation" was hosted by local government officials in 70 locations around Wisconsin. A statewide local government meeting like this had never occurred before in Wisconsin's 168-year history. That alone should tell people something. The level of frustration over our collective inability to address this most basic function of government spurred our county supervisors, aldermen, village trustees and town supervisors to provide leadership to move the dialogue forward. EDITORIAL: State falling short on roads Cullen: An $865 million shift from education to roads In the 70 meetings held around the state there were, of course, many items voiced unique to specific regions, but there also were some very common themes that we heard again and again. Some of them were: ■Local governments don't have the resources to sustain local roads, harbors and bus systems. This creates inefficiencies by requiring more frequent repairs and shortening the overall "life" of the road. ■The worsening condition of our highways and streets is a drag on the economy. ■In the face of stagnant state transportation funds and property tax limits, local leaders are forced to use less-than-ideal options to simply maintain what they have, including borrowing money and asking our grandkids to pay for our roads today. ■The longer we delay these improvements the more we jeopardize safety. ■Local leaders support efforts to streamline the regulatory process in order to make sure every dollar is used efficiently and effectively. ■ Attendees shared significant concerns with mobility options for seniors and people with disabilities. With the obvious demographic shifts upon us, this demand will grow appreciably. What was also interesting about these meetings was that many business and civic leaders who are not local elected officials took the time to turn out for transportation as well. Our agricultural and tourism communities, manufacturers, real estate agents and loggers showed up and shared their frustrations with the condition of both our state and local roads. Local officials in Wisconsin run on a non-partisan ballot. In a time when it seems that elected officials all line up on one team or the other, local governments are still focused on problem solving. They are too busy worrying about the 911 center or garbage pick-up or plowing the streets to view everything through an ideological lens. Probably the single biggest thing we heard from both our members and the citizens from all the different business sectors that participated was that this is a problem we all see and all want resolved. It shouldn't be hard. We are in this together - from Superior to Kenosha. Our transportation system is just that - a system. We need the first and last mile maintained properly, along with bus systems, freight infrastructure as well as major highway corridors. It cannot be an either-or situation. State elected officials have plenty of thorny issues that lend themselves to ideological and partisan divisions. But finding a sustainable solution to our transportation system should not be one of them. Thanks to our local elected officials, citizens all across this state had the opportunity to show up on September 29 and share their stories and suggestions. But they also sent a very clear message that we plan to continue to carry to Madison - Just Fix It. The Wisconsin Counties Association, the League of Wisconsin Municipalities, the Wisconsin Towns Association and the Transportation Development Association of Wisconsin coordinated the statewide event. Mark D. 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Earth Days: The Seeds of a Revolution première on Facebook Geschreven op 16-3-2010 - Erik van Erne. Geplaatst in Agenda, Milieu, Natuur It is now all the rage in the Age of Al Gore and Obama, but can you remember when everyone in America was not "Going Green"? Visually stunning, vastly entertaining and awe-inspiring, Earth Days looks back to the dawn and development of the modern environmental movement - from its post-war rustlings in the 1950s and the 1962 publication of Rachel Carson's incendiary bestseller Silent Spring, to the first wildly successful 1970 Earth Day celebration and the subsequent firestorm of political action. Earth Days' secret weapon is a one-two punch of personal testimony and rare archival media. The extraordinary stories of the era's pioneers - among them Former Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall; biologist/Population Bomb author Paul Ehrlich; Whole Earth Catalog founder Stewart Brand; Apollo Nine astronaut Rusty Schweickart; and renewable energy pioneer Hunter Lovins - are beautifully illustrated with an incredible array of footage from candy-colored Eisenhower-era tableaux to classic tear-jerking 1970s anti-litterbug PSAs. Directed by acclaimed documentarian Robert Stone (Oswald's Ghost, Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst) Earth Days is both a poetic meditation on humanity's complex relationship with nature and an engaging history of the revolutionary achievements - and missed opportunities - of groundbreaking eco-activism. The April 11 Facebook event, eight days ahead of the film's television broadcast on April 19, will be the first time a major broadcaster has introduced a full-length documentary on the site, according to "American Experience" executives. NY Times See also: Earth Days Probes the Roots of Environmentalism at Huffington Post Earth Day 2010 - Earth Day 2010: International Show of Peace 2010 Bird's Nest Beijing - Christie's Green Auction: A Bid to Save the Earth on Earth Day 2010 - Earth Day 2010: Faces of the Grassroots Environmental Justice Video Contest

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Nashville's grocery wars intensify with new stores on the way. Here's where they're going. Grocery stores big and small are expanding, remodeling and building new locations as they battle for a market share in booming Nashville. Nashville's grocery wars intensify with new stores on the way. Here's where they're going. Grocery stores big and small are expanding, remodeling and building new locations as they battle for a market share in booming Nashville. Check out this story on Tennessean.com: Lizzy Alfs, Nashville Tennessean Published 10:00 p.m. CT May 12, 2019 | Updated 8:30 a.m. CT May 13, 2019 Grocery store wars: New stores and renovations will give more choices Kroger has 61 stores in Middle Tennessee. Here, Gallatin Kroger Marketplace ClickList associate Jonish Moore loads groceries Tuesday ordered online through the company's website. File/Gallatin News Examiner Annette Spain picks up a pack of dressing mix while shopping at the Kroger on University Parkway in Jackson, Tenn., on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016. File / The Jackson Sun Kroger on Glenbrook Way in Hendersonville celebrates the completion of its remodel Wednesday. File Publix has 34 stores in Middle Tennessee. and are adding two in Nashville Here, Kyle Long puts produce on the shelves. Publix has strong customer loyalty, thanks in part to its commitment to customer service. Wednesday, May 8, 2019, in Franklin, Tenn. Larry McCormack / The Tennessean Chad Bruner helps Amanda Nunez locate what she's looking for a she shops. Publix has strong customer loyalty, thanks in part to its commitment to customer service. Wednesday, May 8, 2019, in Franklin, Tenn. Larry McCormack / The Tennessean Hope Johnson, right, helps Julie Zamudio pick out bread in the bakery. Publix has strong customer loyalty, thanks in part to its commitment to customer service. Wednesday, May 8, 2019, in Franklin, Tenn. Larry McCormack / The Tennessean Whole Foods has two stores in Middle Tennessee; a roughly 42,000-square-foot store is being built downtown at 12th and Broadway. Melonee Hurt / File / For The Tennessean Coffee is also available at Whole Foods. Melonee Hurt / For The Tennessean The salad bar at Whole Foods offers a plethora of healthy greens, vegetables, proteins and cheeses. Melonee Hurt / For The Tennessean Turnip Truck has two stores and is opening another. Here, owner of the Turnip Truck, John Dyke, is a champion of independent farmers and early pioneer in promoting healthy, real food in Nashville. The company prepares to open a store on Charlotte Avenue near The Nations this Fall Wednesday, March 27, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. Larry McCormack / The Tennessean East Nashville: The Turnip Truck in East Nashville, here May 21, 2010 Dipti Vaidya / The Tennessean Baguettes from the Turnip Truck. Ellen Margulies / File / For The Tennessean Trader Joe's has a store in Green Hills and is looking to open a second. Here, Coury Palermo shops the first day of wine sales in grocery stores at Trader Joe's in Green Hills July 1, 2016 in Nashville, Tenn. Samuel M. Simpkins/ The Tennesse Trader Joe's not only has its Charles Shaw store brand known as "Two Buck Chuck," but the store also has its own Block brand. Mary Hance / The Tennessean Charles Shaw wines are a hallmark of Trader Joe's. File / For The Tennessean Whole Foods, Publix, Trader Joe's and Turnip Truck are building new grocery stores in Nashville Grocery stores big and small are expanding, remodeling and building new stores as they battle for market share in booming Nashville. At least five new grocery stores are in the works in Music City - including multiple Publix stores, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's and Turnip Truck - as other grocery brands circle the market for available real estate. For many Nashville residents, this grocery boom will mean more shopping options, closer to home. Take downtown, where residents have long lamented the lack of grocery options that serve the fast-growing urban core. The downtown population doubled from 2010 to 2017, surpassing 10,000 residents and 6,400 housing units, according to the Nashville Downtown Partnership. By the end of this year, 12,200 residents are projected to live downtown. Addressing 'pent up demand for grocers' Grocery shopping options have remained sparse in the densifying downtown, with only a few corner stores and local grocer Turnip Truck's urban market, which is one-fifth the size of a typical Publix store. That's about to change drastically. Turnip Truck owner John Dyke is a champion of independent farmers and early pioneer in promoting healthy, real food in Nashville. Turnip Truck has two stores and is opening another. (Photo: Larry McCormack / The Tennessean) Whole Foods is building a roughly 42,000-square-foot store at 12th and Broadway, just four blocks from Turnip Truck's existing 9,000-square-foot natural foods market. A half-mile north of the Whole Foods site, Publix is planning a smaller-format, 26,000-square-foot market at the corner of Charlotte Avenue and 11th Avenue North. "Downtown has a lot of pent up demand for grocers because we've had thousands of residential units come into downtown and still no new grocery stores open, to date," said Austin Benedict of commercial real estate firm CBRE in Nashville. "Grocers follow new rooftops, which historically took new grocery stores to Nashville suburban areas. But with the growth moving downtown, grocers are now aggressively adapting their models to serve urban areas." Elsewhere in Nashville, Publix plans to open a 39,000-square-foot store at 2223 8th Ave. S. just down the street from an existing Kroger. Publix is also rumored to be looking at a site on Gallatin Road in East Nashville, although the company has not confirmed plans for the east side and will only comment on confirmed leases. Hope Johnson, right, helps Julie Zamudio pick out bread in the bakery on May 8 at a Publix in Franklin. (Photo: Larry McCormack / The Tennessean) Meanwhile, Turnip Truck is working on a roughly 15,000-square-foot store at 5001 Charlotte Ave. in Sylvan Park, and Trader Joe's is pursuing a store at 90 White Bridge Pike on the west side. Amid growing competition, grocery giant Kroger has poured more than $122 million into the Middle Tennessee market in the last three years to renovate, expand or open 36 stores, said Kroger spokeswoman Melissa Eads. Expansions are underway at the Eastland Kroger in East Nashville and Providence Kroger in Mt. Juliet for a combined investment of $25 million. Grocery disruption Nashville's grocery boom comes during a time of contraction in the broader retail industry. Department stores and big-box chains are facing bankruptcy and closing stores across the U.S., but the $800 billion food retail industry follows its own set of trends. "The first thing that drives growth (in the grocery sector) is rooftops - population growth," said Garrick Brown, a national retail real estate analyst with Cushman & Wakefield. The Nashville region grew by an average of 83 people a day between July 2017 and July 2018 - down from 94 the year before, according to Census population estimates. It's still one of the fastest growing metro areas in the U.S. Brown said grocers are attracted to the city's rapid population growth, job growth in high paying industries, rising median income and the elusive "cool factor." Although grocers have fared better than apparel retailers, the grocery industry is still experiencing upheaval as companies adapt to changing consumer habits. Most notably, home grocery delivery and buy online/pick up in-store services are becoming popular ways to shop, particularly among Millennials. The number of shoppers who report using online grocery retailers at least sometimes has nearly doubled over the last three years, from 16% in 2015 to 28% in 2018, according to the Food Marketing Institute. A Shipt grocery shopper deliveries groceries to a home in Nashville. (Photo: John Partipilo / The Tennessean) Grocers are in a race to make shopping convenient, with 69% of food retailers experimenting with e-commerce strategy, according to FMI. Nashville is no stranger to this emerging technology. Kroger has added its online ordering service Pickup (formerly ClickList) to 52 stores in Middle Tennessee since fall 2015, Eads said. Walmart offers grocery pickup and delivery at 26 stores in Middle Tennessee, with plans to add delivery to 22 stores and pickup to 31 stores in Tennessee this year, according to the company. Amazon launched its ultra-fast Whole Foods grocery delivery service in Nashville last year. Instacart and Shipt deliver groceries from Publix, Target, Kroger, Costco and more straight to Nashvillians' doors. But grocery real estate is still hugely valuable since many grocers are relying on bricks-and-mortar stores, rather than distribution centers, to fulfill online grocery orders. "Unlike online apparel, which is driving so many of our bricks and mortar apparel stores to bankruptcy, e-groceries isn't going to result in a lot of high vacancies out there for shopping centers," Brown said. "If anything, it's probably going to drive more growth." More stores coming In Nashville, grocers including Whole Foods, Publix and Dollar General, are thinking beyond the traditional suburban store with a sea of parking in front and adapting to smaller urban sites where customers can walk to-and-from the store. The Publix store under construction at Capitol View will be smaller than other Publix stores in the Nashville market, but it will still have traditional bakery, deli, produce, meat, seafood, frozen food, pharmacy and grocery departments, said Publix spokeswoman Brenda Reid. Drew Gilbert, a manager at a Publix in Franklin, helps a customer find what she is looking for in the store on May 8. (Photo: Larry McCormack / The Tennessean) "As in-town living takes form, we want to be the supermarket of choice for those moving into and around the city," Reid said. Local real estate experts say additional grocers are circling the Nashville market and it's likely even more stores are on the way. German discounters Aldi and Lidl are two stores to watch, as both companies have aggressive U.S. expansion plans. Aldi, which has several Nashville stores, is in the middle of a five-year, $5.3 billion expansion plan to build and upgrade hundreds of U.S. stores. Aldi competitor Lidl doesn't have a Nashville location, but the company has rapidly expanded across the east coast in recent years. One thing is clear: The grocery boom shows no signs of slowing down with Nashville still growing at lightning speed. "Every grocer would like to capture their share of the market growth, but there will still be underserved areas, like Midtown near Vanderbilt, which has seen 3,900 new housing units delivered since 2014," Benedict said. A Tennessean subscription gives you unlimited access to stories that make a difference in your life and the lives of those around you. You also get the ability to tap into news from the USA TODAY Network's 109 local sites. Reach Lizzy Alfs at or 615-726-5948 and on Twitter @lizzyalfs. 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| Texas Bob Home | Texas Childrens Book Home | Childrens Texas Resources | Today in Texas History | Texas Childrens' Books Sam Houston: Standing Firm (Texas Heroes For Young Readers) by Mary Dodson Wade (Author), Joy Fisher Hein (Illustrator) Reading level: Ages 5-7 Hardcover: 24 pages Publisher: bright sky press (2009) Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 11.0 x 0.3 inches I've read many scholarly works on Sam Houston but Mary Dodson Wade has captured Sam Houston, one of the most complex characters in Texas History, in a detail unfound in children's books. Set in 24 wonderful four color illustrations by Joy Fisher Hein, the text has a statement of fact in almost every sentence. "Sam Houston was big man. He did big things" the story begins and it walks the young reader through every major event in Sam Houston's life. It tells of his sticking to his beliefs even when they were not popular and how he reveled in being unique both in action and dress. It tells of his life with the Cherokee, his life as a politician and as a family man with his young wife Margret Lea. But mostly it tells of his public service to Native Americans, Texas and to the United States. This is a Children's book about a complex man that all can read, learn and understand that is a literary success. T Is for Texas (My State's Alphabet Book) by Anne Bustard Age level: Ages 3 and up Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN) (November 1989) Not just another ABC book. T is for Texas is a beautiful photographic essay on our state. This one should be included in everyone's Texas collection. And Hey, you can learn the alphabet while you are learning all the good stuff about our state. Christmas on the Plains by Russell Isbell Reading level: Ages 9-12 Publisher: Tate Publishing & Enterprises (January 22, 2008) A great "read to me" Christmas story by Dad and author, Russell Isbell. With a cast of animal characters and a personal visit by Saint Nick himself. The illustrations bring the scenes and entertaining characters to life. This book also comes with instructions that allow you to download an audio file of the author reading "Christmas on the Plains". It can be played through your computer speakers or any popular MP3 player. Armadillo From Amarillo By Lynne Cherry Publisher: Trumpet Club; Trumpet Club special ed edition (1996) Product Dimensions: 11 x 9 x 0.5 inches The armadillo sets out to find out where in the world he is and ends up on a wild adventure. This is a fun book on several levels. First the armadillo names Sasperillo send post cards of his adventures to his friend, Brillo. The post cards are short and sweet and factual. It is also fun to find Sadpartillo the Armadillo in the pictures beautifully illustrated by the author herself. Sasparillo visited some of the most popular sites in Texas such as, Austin, Enchanted Rock, Palo Duro Canyon and Amarillo. Along the way Sasparillo sees fields of bluebonnets, endangered song birds and longhorns. With the help of an Eagle, Sasparilllo learns where she is from in the Texas, the United States and the Universe. Armadillo Rodeo By Jan Brett Publisher: Scholastic (1995) Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.3 x 0.2inches Bo, the armadillo falls for a pair of red cowboy boots, thinking he has found a new friend. He follows the boots all the way to the rodeo, a barb que and a dance. He discovers the red boots are not an armadillo at all. Luckily Mom and his brothers have found his and take him back home. ...more Texas Children's Books

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Our daily look at Texas headlines. By Becky FogelFebruary 26, 2018 2:58 pmTexas News Roundup Robert Nelson/Flickr (CC BY 2.0) President Donald Trump's proposal to arm more teachers in the wake of the recent school shooting in Florida is getting mixed reviews in Texas. Some public-school employees can already carry firearms in Texas if they undergo training and their district allows it. Aransas Pass Police Chief Eric Blanchard said that it could help schools with limited resources protect themselves. "While we work with the school district to fix some of the safety issues and develop a more comprehensive plan or approach to dealing with the security dynamics of our district, we need something immediate that we can insert right now that would afford these educators with a fighting chance," he said. Others have denounced the practice though. Zeph Capo, head of the Houston Federation of Teachers, told Houston Public Media that an armed teacher could be mistaken for a threat by law enforcement. And the Austin American-Statesman reports that Louis Malfaro, president of the Texas chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, said "Teachers universally reject the idea that somehow it's our job to carry weapons in schools." The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is urging Catholics to support undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children, also called Dreamers. Congress has failed to pass a long-term solution for them to legally remain in the U.S. after the White House announced an end to a program granting temporary protected status. Monday, the conference declared a national call-in day, asking Catholics to contact their elected officials and urge action. Bishop Joe Vasquez is the bishop of the diocese of Austin, and chair of the conference's migration committee. "Their limited legal protections will begin to expire on March 6, and Congress is deadlocked over this critical issue. contact your elected representatives in Washington, and ask them to give Dreamers protection and a path to citizenship," Vasquez said. Texas has the second-largest population of Dreamers, after California. Rep. John Culberson wants the Justice Department to investigate what the Army Corps of Engineers knew about the effect Hurricane Harvey could have on two west Houston reservoirs. The Addicks and Barker reservoirs overflowed during Hurricane Harvey, flooding nearby neighborhoods. Culberson, a Houston Republican, wants the investigation to focus on whether the corps knew that was likely, writing that if they knew, "I believe those responsible for this failure need to be held civilly liable." A spokesperson for the corps said in a statement to the Houston Chronicle that officials released information to the public multiple times a day during Hurricane Harvey.

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First look at 'Jurassic World - The Ride': Set to reign at Universal Studios Hollywood "Jurassic Park - The Ride" and a new crop of dinosaurs will roar into Universal Studios Hollywood Monday, replacing the classic "Jurassic Park" ride. Check out this story on thecalifornian.com: Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY Published 5:00 a.m. PT July 7, 2019 | Updated 12:14 p.m. PT July 23, 2019 From the Mosasaurus tank to Herbivore Valley, explore Universal Studio Hollywood's "Jurassic World - The Ride." USA TODAY The dinosaurs are overrunning Universal Studios Hollywood again. "Jurassic World - The Ride" has arrived, taking the place of "Jurassic Park - The Ride," which reigned supreme for 22 years before closing last year. Universal Studios officially opened the new attraction, based on the "Jurassic World" movies, at the a celeb-filled event Monday. The ride presents the specter of millions of tourists meeting the franchise's most fearsome dinosaurs - from the Mosasaurus, the genetic creation Indominus rex, and naturally T. rex. "As you know from the 'Jurassic' saga, we never learn, we just never learn," says Bryce Dallas Howard, whose "Jurassic World" park operator Claire Dearing character has seen this interaction go very badly onscreen. Claire appears in videos along with Chris Pratt's rogue dinosaur researcher Owen Grady, giving line patrons banter-filled information about the real theme park they are about to enter. The dinosaur park was destroyed in 2015's "Jurassic World," but its brought back in the ride. "We're revisiting a chapter of an ongoing movie story that will be suspended in time on this ride forever," says Dallas Howard. "That's thrilling." 'Jurassic Park' ride goes extinct: Universal Studios makes way for 'Jurassic World: The Ride' Beware the Mosasaurus in the aquarium section of the new "Jurassic World" ride at Universal Studios Hollywood. (Photo: Universal Studios) Once on the 25-person boats, which ferry visitors through the dinosaur-filled water ride, Claire and Owen lead the warnings as dinosaurs escape. Again. "Jurassic World" director Colin Trevorrow, a die-hard fan of the original "Jurassic" ride featuring an escaped animatronic T. rex, was hands-on in collaborating on the completely rebooted ride and its dinosaurs with improved animatronics and immersive technology. "Most of all, my priority was making sure kids would actually believe they were right there with the dinosaurs," says Trevorrow. The Mosasaurus knocks against the aquarium screen at Universal Studios Hollywood. (Photo: Universal Studios Hollywood.) Visitors float past a stunning Mosasaurus tank, actually an elaborate digital spectacle created by movie special effects wizards at Industrial Light & Magic. Even the shark and schools of fish moving in different directions are realistic. "We needed ILM to pull that off, bringing you there," says Trevorrow. "And the screen changes with the weather - sunny or overcast even at night. So whatever is happening outside, is happening in the tank." The Stegosaurus in its natural habitat in Jurassic World. (Photo: Universal Studio) The major tank attraction is, naturally, the boat-rumbling Mosasaurus appearance. She enjoys an impressive predatory tank snack (sorry, shark!) before making a boat close-up, crunching into the screen so hard it appears to crack. The boat continues through the lush vegetation of Herbivore Valley, featuring a water-spraying Parasaurolophus before rolling past the baby and mother Stegosaurus from the original ride (both fully revamped with enhanced movements). Brief tranquility ends in Predator's Cove, as claw and blood marks show that the Indominus rex has broken free from her enclosure. This leads to the genetically created super-killer and an escaped T. rex having a grand-finale predator showdown. "Jurassic World - The Ride" has stepped in for the now extinct "Jurassic Park - The Ride." (Photo: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD) "I'd be the last one to deny the thrill of a dinosaur face-off between two massive beasts," says Trevorrow. "To be able to up the ride ante by adding another massive anamatronic animal to combat the T. rex will hopefully make this as exciting, even more exciting, than the original." Heading into Predator's Cove, where things get dicey. (Photo: Universal Studios) Ride creators believe this dino battle will be so impressive that riders might not notice the looming 84-foot water slide drop that caps "Jurassic Word - The Ride." Trevorrow was won over after taking the plunge for the first time during tests last week. "For some old school fans like me, it might feel a bit strange to see something changed that you have a personal connection to," says Trevorrow. "Some fans, like me, will get on the ride with their arms folded. But I believe they are going to finish with their arms up in the air." 'Jurassic Park - The Ride' is going extinct "Jurassic Park - The Ride" at Universal Studios Hollywood is heading the way of the dinosaur: Extinction. Universal Studios Hollywood Universal Studios Hollywood Universal Studios Hollywood It's been a great run for "Jurassic Park - The Ride" which began its Hollywood reign in 1996, three years after Steven Spielberg's blockbuster film. Universal Studios Hollywood The technologically cutting-edge attractionfeatured new principles of hydraulic physics, mechanics and robotics from apartnership of scientists, paleontologists and aerospace engineers. Universal Studios Hollywood The ride features dinosaurs as big as five stories high. Universal Studios Hollywood Those dinosaurs included Stegosaurus, Parasaurolophus, Dilophosaurus, Velociraptors... Universal Studios Hollywood And, of course, the T-Rex. Universal Studios Hollywood Park operators are counting on fans to give a final farewell in the last days, launching a"Countdown to the Extinction" campaign. Universal Studios Hollywood This weekend the parkwill host a Jurassic Park 25th Anniversary Celebration revisiting the original 1993 film that sparked it all. Universal Studios Hollywood So there's still time to experience the original "Jurassic Park - The Ride" before it's extinction. Universal Studios Hollywood But as a famous scientist named Dr. Ian Malcolm once said, "Life finds a way." Universal Studios Hollywood And as soon as "Jurassic Park - The Ride" closes, excavation will immediately begin for a new thrill ride based on Universal Studio's newest dinosaur franchise - "Jurassic World Ride" opening in 2019. 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New fire chief named by Jared Whitlock December 27, 2013 July 22, 2015 050 ENCINITAS - New Fire Chief Mike Daigle sees more room for cooperation among the fire departments in Encinitas, Solana Beach and Del Mar. As fire chief, Daigle is in charge of the three coast cities, which contracted to share personnel about four years ago. To further integrate, Daigle would like the departments to collectively train candidates and pool resources for equipment purchases. In the coming months, he'll meet with the three city managers and present ideas on just how the departments can form stronger ties. "There's ways I think we can succeed more as a whole and still keep the individuality of each department," Daigle said. "Firemen are very protective and proud of the station they work for," he added. "And we can still have that and be part of a bigger group." On the same note, Daigle would like firefighters across the three departments to have the same patch on their uniforms (each currently has its own emblem.) Daigle said the move might seem "insignificant" to some, but it would represent the departments coming together. In addition to more cooperation, Daigle said he's in the process of drawing up more objectives for each of the fire departments. He replaced Jon Canavan, who resigned three weeks ago after holding the position for only two months. Canavan cited personal reasons and the significant number of hours required for the job when stepping down. Daigle first had a chance to apply for the chief position when Scott Henry retired this spring. Daigle explained that at the time he wasn't entirely sure the job was the right fit for him. So, he opted to serve as interim chief for five months while the cities searched for a long-term candidate. But the stint made him realize he possessed the right experience for the role. "The further along I went in the interim role, the more confidence I had," Daigle said. And Daigle found heading the fire departments during the interim "very rewarding," he said. When the chief role opened up once Canavan left, Daigle didn't hesitate to throw his hat in the ring. The three city managers recently approved Daigle for the position. Encinitas City Manager Gus Vina said Daigle did a great job in the interim role, a major reason he was recently chosen as the new chief. "He took the bull by the horns," Vina said. Vina added that Daigle was also selected because he "grew up in the department, so to speak." Daigle has been with the Encinitas Fire Department for more than 26 years. He got his foot in the door as a reserve and shortly after became a fulltime firefighter. About 10 years later, he was promoted to engineer, meaning he was responsible for maintaining and driving a fire engine. To prepare, he noted that he would drive around a course made up of cones for hours on end. And he recalled the adrenaline rush of getting an emergency call and navigating through the hordes of cars and other obstacles on the roads. "You perk up - your heart gets going," he said. "You have to make it there safely - it's a big responsibility." Daigle said "the thrill" of firefighting first attracted him to the career. "You're helping people, and every once in a while you're going into a burning building," Daigle said. "It's just a rush to do that sort of stuff." After serving as an engineer, he became a captain and then later deputy chief. Daigle, who lives in Oceanside and has six children and three grandchildren, now oversees more than 80 firefighters across Encinitas, Solana Beach and Del Mar. Moving up the career ladder in Encinitas has given him a fuller understanding of local firefighting, he said. "What I'm doing now is almost a full 180 degrees from where I started; I spend a lot more time at a desk," Daigle said. "It's good though because you have more of a perspective on the whole department and what it takes." Coast CitiesEncinitasfire chiefMike DaigleRegionShare0 City strives to bring up jobs to housing ratio Residents still have concerns over San Marcos Highlands development Jared Whitlock Sand dunes plan heads to Coastal Commission Aaron Burgin August 10, 2017 A witness to history Steve Puterski March 13, 2016 March 13, 2016 Carlsbad switches to renewable fuel for city trucks Steve Puterski July 6, 2016 Encinitas bans marijuana sales; surprise throws election in limbo Aaron Burgin November 10, 2017 Art Center gaining momentum as a 'place to be' Steve Puterski November 7, 2015 November 8, 2015 Fans seeing red after loss to Falcons Tony Cagala September 23, 2012 July 21, 2015

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Surrey Life reader's comedy review: Comedy at the Cottage, Redhill Surrey Life reader Veronica Pullen reviews Comedy at the Cottage, which, on the last Friday of every month, sees the Home Cottage pub, next to Redhill station, come alive with the sound of laughter Traditionally, Comedy at the Cottage provides a showcase for up and coming acts, but Perrier Award winners, TV personalities and top circuit comics have all made an appearance at the Redhill event over the years too. Tim Vine previewed his new material at the Cottage; Jim Tavare, who starred in Harry Potter and is rumoured to be Prince Charles favourite comedian, has entertained;Carly Smallman's first ever gig was at the Home Cottage pub the event calls homeand shelater impressed Rob Brydon so much that her first television appearance was on his BBC show! The intimate club was formed in 2006 by Redhill based comedienne Sajeela Kershi who continues to MC each month. The night's popularity and success owes itself to the friendly and cosy setting of the function room at the rear of the pub. An ever welcoming audience of around 50 get to experience the comedians performing close enough that it feels like they are live in your lounge. In each three hour show, there are five support acts and one headliner.There is no heckling or booing acts off stage. Its a welcoming evening where you can enjoy a few drinks and some great entertainment. Septembers audience had the honour of seeing the fantastic Boy with Tape on His Face perform his superb mime act. A worthy nominee for the Fosters Newcomer Award 2010 and the must see act of 2010s Edinburgh Comedy Festival, saw the audience in raptures for the duration of his 30 minute interactive set. This guy is set to sell out arenas next year. The rest of the line up didnt disappoint either. First on was Andy Davies who shared his experiences of online dating and Stag Dos in Newcastle. Christian Schulte-Loh, the incredibly tall German comedian amused with his comparisons of Germans and the English. Duncan Hart managed to make a near death experience funny, and it was a true story! Danny Hurst gave us a preview of his very funny Christmas parody, which is sure to see Simon Cowells X Factor winner knocked off the number one slot in Duncans dreams. Finally Katerina Varana barely stopped for breath in her 10 minute exuberant tale of modern dating disasters. The next Comedy at the Cottage event is on Friday October 29with Hal Cruttenden, who has appeared on the Royal Variety Show. All profits from the evening are given to charity. Tickets cost 10 and can be purchased from the Home Cottage pub in advance on01737 762771.

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Passionate Scientific Sitemap Links Low Cost Social Sciences Written on: April 4, 2019 at Missouri University of Science and Technology is partnering with Phelps County Bank to host a workshop with marketing. UEA undertakes world-leading research and cultivates a highly skilled and motivated workforce. Contact us to find out how we can help you access: "We estimate that the social cost of carbon is not $37, as previously estimated, but $220," said study coauthor Frances Moore, a PhD candidate in the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment. Based on testimony from the Low Carbon Fuels. climate science, public health, economic history, human security, and theoretical studies based on integrated assessment models (IAMs) and cost-benefit. In the social sciences, framing comprises a set of concepts and theoretical perspectives on how individuals, groups, and societies, organize, perceive, and communicate about reality. 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Huawei Watch is 'right around the corner' IFA 2015 is already being pegged for its release By Jamie Hinks 2015-08-11T09:40:00.222Z Huawei's shiny new smartwatch is almost ready to go after the company revealed it's "right around the corner". The Chinese firm's entry into the Android smartwatch space was first announced back at MWC 2015 and from the shots we've been teased by so far it looks like one of the most stylish options out there. Huawei's Android Wear device will have be made of stainless steel and sport a 1.4-inch sapphire crystal AMOLED display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 chip, 512MB of RAM, 300mAh battery and is available in black, gold or silver. The Huawei Watch website goes on to explain that it is designed to track health and activities using its onboard sensors, has ergonomic button placement to improve its ease of use and Android Wear gives it all the features you've come to expect from a Google-run smartwatch. Beyond saying that it's "right around the corner" there's little else regarding the device's release date and with IFA 2015 not that far off it's not farfetched to think that Huawei's first smartwatch will see the light of day at the event. The UK is among 20 countries that will get the new device on launch day and the others are the USA, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Norway, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates. Via: Huawei What is the best smartwatch? More about Huawei Watch Huawei Watch review: wonderfully premium, but is it the best? Is Huawei's elegant and powerful Android Wear smartwatch a Moto 360 beater? By Spencer Hart • 2015-11-06T15:30:00.309Z Huawei Watch: super stylish, out now and one of the best Android Wear devices yet Three finishes and three straps to choose from By Dan Grabham • 2015-11-04T21:20:00.307Z T3 on the catwalk (again): we got a designer version of the Huawei Watch Fornasetti-designed wearable limited to 1,000 units, for the special people only (and us) The Life Fitness G7 is our favourite multi-gym for an all-round body workout at home The big, the bold and the multi-functional, all in one Final Huawei Mate X specs leak ahead of release date And rival Samsung Galaxy Fold is still nowhere to be seen

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Your shoppingcart is empty! Basic Art Series Comics & Graphic Design Style, Food & Travel London Claridge's Celebrity Picks PLANET TASCHEN TASCHEN History Peter Lindbergh. A Different Vision on Fashion Photography - image 1 The Lindbergh Lens Unique fashion storytelling that first launched the supermodels Multilingual Edition: English, French, German share email share facebook share twitter Download images (7) In a nutshell In a nutshell Discover four decades of unique fashion storytelling from Peter Lindbergh. This stunning photographic collection includes more than 400 Lindbergh pictures, many previously unpublished, to showcase his seductive, cinematic aesthetics and the new narrative vision he brought to art and fashion. The images are accompanied by personal tributes from Jean Paul Gaultier, Cindy Crawford, Anna Wintour, and other front-row royalty. Peter Lindbergh, Thierry-Maxime Loriot Hardcover, 9.4 x 13.4 in., 472 pages When German photographer Peter Lindbergh shot five young models in downtown New York City in 1989, he produced not only the iconic British Vogue January 1990 cover but also the birth certificate of the supermodels. The image didn't just bring revered faces together for the first time, it marked the beginning of a new fashion era and a new understanding of female beauty. Coinciding with his major retrospective at the Kunsthal in Rotterdam, Netherlands, this book gathers more than 400 images from four decades of Lindbergh's photography to celebrate his unique and game-changing storytelling and the new romantic and narrative vision it brought to art and fashion. Whether in striking single portraits or dramatic situations of figure and setting, we trace the photographer's cinematic inflections and his provocative play with female archetypes as subjects adopt the guise of dancers, actresses, heroines, and femmes fatales. Raw and seductive at once, we see how Lindbergh's trademark monochrome pictures also redefined standards of beauty by emphasizing spirit and personality as much as looks, celebrating the elegance and sensuality of older women, and privileging natural and authentic beauty in an era of pervasive retouching. In a testimony to Lindbergh's illustrious status in the fashion world, his images are contextualized by commentaries from collaborators such as Jean Paul Gaultier, Nicole Kidman, Grace Coddington, Cindy Crawford, and Anna Wintour, who chose Lindbergh to shoot her first US Vogue cover. Their tributes explain just what makes Lindbergh's images so unique and powerful. Peter Lindbergh was born in Leszno (today Poland) in 1944. His celebrated work is part of many permanent collections of fine art museums and has been presented in prestigious museums and galleries around the world, from the Victoria & Albert Museum in London to Centre Pompidou in Paris, as well as in solo exhibitions at Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin; Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo; and the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow. Lindbergh lives and works between Paris, New York, and Arles. Thierry-Maxime Loriot was born in Québec City, Canada, in 1976. After working more than ten years in the fashion industry between New York, Milan, and Paris, he curated the exhibition The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk, a blockbuster show seen by more than two million visitors. He collaborates with different magazines and fine art museums around the world on fashion and photography projects. Multilingual Edition: English, French, German "Throughout the book's 400-plus pages, the affection Lindbergh has always had for his subjects is constantly apparent. His photos have always favored personality over polish; and his ultimate concern is how his models and actresses themselves wish to be portrayed." "This book, containing more than 400 images from four decades, is a moody, monochrome fashion delight." - Metro, London Defiant Grande Dame of French Cinema Peter Lindbergh in Berlin The photographer signs his TASCHEN books Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, Art Edition No. 1-12... Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott Mario Testino. SIR Peter Lindbergh. Shadows on the Wall David LaChapelle. Lost + Found. Part I David LaChapelle. Good News. Part II A problem occurred Please try reloading the page Your browser seems to have cookies disabled. You'll need to turn cookies on to use taschen.com. Affiliate program & Press TASCHEN © 2019 View this page in: We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best possible experience on our website. By continuing to use this website, you are giving consent to cookies being used. You can find more information in our Privacy Policy.

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Red Line delays, crowding forecast through summer Chris LisinskiState House News Service BOSTON -- In the 10 days since a Red Line train with 60 aboard derailed in Dorchester, MBTA officials have been hesitant to offer an exact estimate of when full service would be restored, citing the complexities of repairing signal infrastructure wiped out by the careening six-car set. Now, it is clear the timeline is months, not days or weeks, meaning more headaches on a route that runs from Braintree through Quincy, Dorchester, Boston, Somerville and Cambridge and averages 240,000 weekday trips. On the first day of summer, MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak announced Friday that delays of 10 to 20 minutes on the Red Line would persist "at least through Labor Day." That means slower service for people trying to get to work or home during a summer that will feature fare hikes effective July 1. "We understand how disruptive this has been for riders," Poftak said at a press conference. "Our priority is on improving service, doing it as quickly as we can but doing it as safely as we can." Some progress has been made since the June 11 derailment just outside the JFK/UMass station - commuters no longer need to change trains to access the Braintree line, for example - but because bungalows housing the signal system sustained considerable damage, MBTA crews must manually direct traffic and will run fewer cars. "In those bungalows are systems that essentially control train speed, train spacing and even ultimately throwing switches between the Ashmont and Braintree branches that allow us to operate the Red Line every day," Deputy General Manager Jeff Gonneville said at Friday's press conference. A standard rush hour will see 13 to 14 trains running on the Red Line every hour, but for the summer, the system will only be able to accommodate 10. Delays and crowding are likely to come with that. The key challenge, Poftak said, is that the equipment damaged in some cases dates back to the 1970s. He and Gonneville spoke to reporters in front of a table with examples of the affected technology, pointing out the damage and the specialty parts needed for restoration. Crews are using whatever pieces they can for now and are in the process of finding additional repair materials, but that is not an easy task when the parts are several decades old. "We are working to restore the full level of service using some of the existing equipment and any equipment that we can secure," Poftak said. "It is a very complicated process. Some of this equipment is obviously not the type of thing that you buy off the rack." The derailment also pushed up the MBTA's timeline on plans to modernize signalling in the area. A project was already underway to replace analog signals near Columbia Junction with digital ones by 2021, but Poftak said officials are now working with the contractor to complete that work by 2020. There is some chance for service to improve over the course of the summer, ahead of the Labor Day deadline outlined Friday, officials said. As signal circuits come back online, the MBTA may be able to reduce the almost 50 workers manually directing trains and run them more quickly. "We are working every day to decrease the amount of manual work that's being done, and if we are able to make sufficient progress, that number will decrease," Poftak said. "But I think to allow the riding public to plan, right now, we foresee this current level of service persisting at least through Labor Day." After a week and a half, investigators have ruled out track infrastructure, operator error and foul play but still have not determined a cause for the derailment, which was the fifth this calendar year and the 24th on an MBTA passenger train since the start of 2015. They are looking closely at the 50-year-old train itself and its wheel truck installed in 2014. But that process, Gonneville said, is also challenging because it is not yet clear which parts were damaged as a result of the derailment that sent the train skidding more than 1,800 feet and which may have broken down prior to - and therefore caused - the incident. "We are at the point now where there is a detailed metallurgical analysis or a detailed analysis that needs to be done to forensically identify what came first, so what was the cause and what was the effect," he said. Asked by a reporter if budgetary changes contributed to the derailment, Gonneville answered, "Absolutely not." Authorities investigated similar components on all of the 68 other Type 1 cars currently in passenger service on the Red Line in the wake of the derailment and found no issues, they said. Poftak stressed several times on Friday that he believes the system remains safe to use. Despite anticipating delays for most of the summer and significant outcry from riders and elected officials, the MBTA has no plans to pause a set of fare increases set to take effect July 1. The changes vary by ticket type, but a single ride on the Red Line will soon increase 15 cents and a monthly subway pass will go up $5.50. "I think the requests to delay the fare increases are just an expression of frustration in the wake of the derailment," Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack told reporters Monday. "I am totally sympathetic to that level of frustration. I just think the fare increase is the wrong target for that frustration." Asked about the topic after Friday's press conference, a T spokesman said Monday's statements still stand.

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Home/News/9 Years On It was a little over 9 years ago when James Shore and I decided we would take a crack at running our own web shop. That is, to partner up and go into business on our own. I had met James in 7th Grade and we had been close friends ever since. I am not sure how (or don't remember) but James started talking about this shop in Mayville, WI (a small town "up north") that was for sale (by the name of SunAnt Web). We bought that book of business and took a lease out in a truly depressing office in the basement of a similarly depressed office building in a not-so-great neighborhood. We were of course excited and nervous. Our timing was terrible of course. The economy was not nearly as vibrant as it is today, for instance. Nevertheless, we were viable. Primarily because of our "White Label" business model. Within a month, we had lured Damon to work with us. Anthony was hired on with our newly-formed company, SunAnt Interactive. And we were beginning to wrap our arms around our new set of clients, as well as ramping up sales. When James left mid-week for a retreat in Arizona, we had no idea as we walked up to the parking lot what the immediate future had in store. When we got to the parking lot, James realized he had forgotten something in the office. Damon and I thought it would be funny if he returned only to discover we had ditched him. So, we high-tailed it out of there. I think I actually chuckled as I drove off. I can say with 100% certainty he must've come back up, realized we had left, shook his head, and under his breath muttered, "assholes". All with that shit eating grin of his. We never saw James alive again. Several days later, moments after I had awakened, my cell phone was ringing. I saw on caller id the call was being made from James' mother's phone. I knew. I just knew. I picked up the phone and heard James' step dad, Tom, on the other end. He said, "Matt. James is dead". Now, when people talk about having to sit down at such news... when they talk of the ringing in their ears and the overwhelming dizziness at such shocking news, I am here to tell you this is no lie. I remember looking over at my wife, Jen, and shaking my head as Tom started to tell of the tragic accident in Sedona. None of it registered. I just kept saying, "this is not possible". Over and over again. But it was possible. And it was so. James. My nearly-lifelong best friend... my brother... was dead. The days and weeks that followed were really, really awful. James had left behind a wife and 3 kids, a mother and 2 siblings, a step father, and nephews and nieces. And he left behind the rest of us who cared and loved him as well. Friends from far and wide and all points throughout the country came to his memorial service. Hundreds were in attendance as we remembered James in a lovely send-off. But what to do about the business? Losing James was devastating. Personally, first and foremost. But crippling for the business. No one would fault me for just closing the business and walking away. I prayed on it. Damon and Anthony agreed to become partners in the business. And they have become as close to me in friendship as a man could be blessed with. They are also spectacular business partners. It's a week away from 9 years on as I write this. I like to think James would be proud. I miss him. - Matt By |2018-09-28T09:05:40-05:00|News| WordPress Gutenberg - Coming to a Website Near You SunAnt Interactive acquires Orion Group LLC of Sussex, WI Who Knew You Could Do This With Google Search? What does Google's Mobilegeddon really mean? Meet Benny, WordPress 4.0 Released Job Opening: Director of Internet Marketing ~ Career Opportunity in Wisconsin I'm Speaking at the Inbound Marketing Day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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County Commissioners question high youth placement costs Derek Danneker Lycoming County is slated to spend $51,200 per month on seven juveniles placed under court order at a residential treatment facility for their violent crimes and felony charges. Commissioners questioned the cost Tuesday. Efficiency and results should be looked into at George Junior Republic, a treatment and housing facility for at-risk children in Grove City, said Commissioner Tony Mussare "We're talking about a little over $7,000 a month for one child," he said. "It all comes out of taxpayer's dollars." If this large sum of money is to be spent on so few children, the commissioners should ensure the dollars are well-spent in the youths' recovery, said Mussare. "What's critical is that we're in an age of evidence-based practices and, when you see something costing the taxpayers an extreme amount of money, what evidence do we have that's telling us it's working?" he asked. Ed Robbins, director of juvenile probation, said that although he recognizes the costs are high - and factored into court recommendations - the residential facilities keep the community safe, hold the individuals accountable and teach them skills to make better future decisions. "Unequivocally my answer is that this is the best way to handle these kids," he said. "These kids are off the charts when it comes to risk and needs scores." Although the county does initially pay the entire bill, the offices at juvenile probation as well as children and youth services typically are successful in receiving reimbursements from the state and federal government. "When you factor in those reimbursements, social security reimbursements and total assessment, that drops it down from 100 percent from the county down to about 17 or 18 percent county money," said Robbins. The seven Lycoming County youths, aged 11 to 18 years old, are tracked by George Junior Republic for recidivism, academic levels and general future. Robbins said their scores were very good. Further, county case workers and juvenile probation officers, who visit the facility once a month, can provide supportive, qualitative evidence. Through a graduated scale of escalation, both JP and CYS ensure that all other resources have been exhausted before a child is sent to the program. George Junior Republic asked for a 7 percent increase in costs for additional programs and services, but Robbins said he was able to negotiate down to a 2.5 percent increase. Commissioner Rick Mirabito said the costs would save more money in the future. "If we don't try to intervene with George Junior Republic at this level, they could wind up later down the road at a facility that will cost us more money," he said. The board of commissioners are scheduled to vote on this matter at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Commissioners' Briefing Room, Executive Plaza, 330 Pine St. State court issues split decision on crucial natural gas drilling rules Eastern cities spewing more methane into the air than previously thought WASHINGTON (AP) - Older U.S. east coast cities are leaking nine times as much natural gas into the air - from ... PPL tree giveaway program a hit Moose supreme governor visits a local lodge In visiting the South Williamsport club, the supreme governor of over 1,400 Loyal Order of Moose lodges in the ... The deal is sealed on budget, ensuring no shutdown WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump and congressional leaders announced Monday they had struck a critical ... Area temps turn towards 'bearable' Goodman's challenge gets South majors within 1 win of regional title game Ochart OK with failure in practice 24 charged for various crimes Dean W. Palmer Little League Extra Other Commentaries Copyright © Williamsport Sun-Gazette | | 252 W. Fourth Street, Williamsport, PA 17703 | 570-326-1551 | Ogden Newspapers | The Nutting Company Marcellus Shale information The Chamber Connection Senior Sun

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Back to Home Back to News & Tour Back to Tour news Back to 2018 Back to August Back to Matt Wallace wins third title of season at Made in Denmark Matt Wallace wins third title of season at Made in Denmark Matt Wallace gave European Ryder Cup Captain Thomas Bjorn a lot to think about as he claimed his third title of the season at the Made in Denmark Matt Wallace rallied with five birdies over his final six holes in Denmark on Sunday to make it in to a four-man playoff as he made a last-ditch bid for his place in the European Ryder Cup side. Wallace, who won the Hero Indian Open in March and the BMW International Open in June, posted a final-round 67 at Silkeborg Ry Golf Clubto get to 19-under-par with fellow Englishmen Lee Westwood, Jonathan Thompson and Steven Brown. Both Brown and Wallace managed to get it to within six feet on the first playoff hole to make birdies and elimate Westwood and Thompson. At the next, Wallace once again put it close to make his second birdie in a row to take the title. "To do it in the style I've done it - I birdied the last five holes including the two playoff holes - is pretty special," Wallace said. "That just shows who I am right there - my grit, my determination. That's what I'm all about." For Wallace the timing was perfect as he took himself out of consideration for the European Ryder Cup squad in to contention for a Wildcard spot. Thomas Bjorn will name his four Captain's Picks on Wednesday and Wallace revealed it would mean 'everything' to get picked. If he doesn't, Wallace will join Johan Edfors as the only player to win three times in a Ryder Cup year and not make the Team (which happened in 2006). "I've stepped up to the mark and I've shown him exactly what I'm about," Wallace said. "If he doesn't pick me then that's absolutely fine but if he does, he knows he's going to get exactly that in his team. "I set myself positions where I have to do things and, more often than not, I get it done. I'm very fortunate to have done it when I needed to in a few tournaments now. "When my back's against the wall, I don't shy away from pushing myself off there and trying to get the job done and I kept saying to myself at the end there, 'you can make this, you have done everything to be able to make this putt', and I did it. Super happy." However, given the calibre of players also vying for a place, his spot isn't guaranteed just yet. Thorbjorn Olesen finished T20 to claim the final qualifying spot on the team as neither Matt Fitzpatrick or Eddie Pepperell were able to win the Made in Denmark - a feat that would have seen them dislodge Olesen in the top eight. The Dane will make his Ryder Cup debut in Paris alongside the other seven confirmed players: Tommy Fleetwood, Tyrrell Hatton, Rory McIlroy, Francesco Molinari, Alex Noren, Jon Rahm and Justin Rose. Instead, both Fitzpatrick and Pepperell are among those awaiting to see if they will get one of the four Captain's picks, along with 2016 stand-out rookie Thomas Pieters. On the other side of the world Ryder Cup veterans Ian Poulter, Paul Casey, Henrik Stenson and Rafa Cabrera Bello are all playing in the Dell Technologies Championship in the USA, while Sergio Garcia opted to stay at home. Thomas Bjorn will name his four wildcard picks in a special announcement show, live on Wednesday from 2pm on Sky Sports Golf. Made in Denmark Preview: Betting Tips, TV Times The European Tour returns this week for the Made... Europe's Ryder Cup Wildcard Choices: Why they will and won't get picked Assessing Europe's Wildcard picks: Why they will... BMW International Open Preview: TV Times, Betting Tips The European Tour resumes this week for the BMW... GolfSixes teams confirmed 15 of the 16 teams for Golf Sixes have been... 10 Things you missed: Ryder Cup Updates, FedEx Cup changes and three maiden Tour victories 10 Things you missed: The European Ryder Cup team... Ryder Cup: Bjorn explains each pick as he names Casey, Garcia, Poulter and Stenson as Europe's wildcards Thomas Bjorn has named Paul Casey, Sergio Garcia,...

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TaxVox: The voices of Tax Policy Center's researchers and staff Cutting Taxes the Hard Way The House Ways & Means Committee's proposed tax bill is routinely described as a $1.5 trillion tax cut. But to understand why the GOP is having such a hard time writing the bill, think of it a bit differently: It is a combination of a massive $5.8 trillion gross tax cut and a very large $4.3 trillion tax increase. This is a risky gambit for a party whose leaders want a quick and visible "win" on tax policy. Because the bill combines a large tax cut with a substantial tax increase - as opposed to just cutting taxes more modestly for most households and businesses without countervailing revenue increases - the politics is much more difficult for two reasons. First, those that would benefit from the proposed changes have been offered very large tax cuts - and will resist giving them up during the coming negotiation process. The gross tax cuts (the $5.8 trillion) of the House Ways and Means bill would be 2.4 percent of Gross Domestic Product over the next decade. By comparison, President George W. Bush's 2001 plan cut taxes by 1.8 percent of GDP over its first decade. Second, House Republicans will need to garner support for its proposals to substantially increase some taxes. For individuals, these include repealing most credits, including those for adoption and purchasing electric vehicles, limiting the mortgage interest deduction, and eliminating deductions for student loan interest, medical expenses, state and local income and sales taxes, and capping property tax deductions. For businesses, it would repeal deductions for domestic production activities, and entertainment and miscellaneous fringe benefits, limit interest deductions, and create a new excise tax on private university endowments. By attacking all those entrenched preferences, House Republicans are creating a coalition of tax bill opponents and making a bill much harder to pass. As a result of all of these moving parts, the Tax Policy Center estimates that a large number of households would be worse off after the tax cuts--(even before considering how the additional government borrowing would be financed. TPC estimates that 7.3 percent of tax units would face higher taxes averaging $2,140 in 2018. Individuals in all income groups would face tax increases, though the greatest share is concentrated among those in the second quintile. By 2027, 25.5 percent of tax units would face tax increases averaging $2,080. Now, imagine an alternative: What if the House GOP simply tried to cut business and individual taxes by $1.5 trillion. No offsets needed. They could have distributed small tax cuts to middle-income individuals by, say, modestly expanding the earned income tax credit and raising the standard deduction. And they could have trimmed the top corporate tax rate by a few percentage points. It would not have been base-broadening tax reform, but neither is the current bill. The GOP tax plan is, on net, a massive tax cut accompanied by a large tax increase. As it is debated in the coming weeks and months, stakeholders on all sides will make demands to maintain the tax cuts and trim or eliminate the tax increases. Tax reform is never easy, but crafting the bill this way has vastly increased the challenge of passing it. Posts and comments are solely the opinion of the author and not that of the Tax Policy Center, Urban Institute, or Brookings Institution. Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms Current legislative proposals Fundamental reform proposals AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File ‹Read Previous The Two GOP Tax Plans Differ In Details But Both Are Big Tax Cuts For Business, Modest Reductions For Households Read Next› Ways & Means Bill Would Cut Middle-Income Taxes Modestly in 2018, Even Less in 2027

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Venture Catalysts Partners with IIT Delhi Alumni Association by Udit Agarwal August 13, 2018, 6:36 pm 38 Views Enhancing its strong investor network across the entire India, Venture Catalysts has joins up the hands with IIT Delhi Alumni Association to provide a holistic investor facilitation to institute's present & future investors. There is no point of secret that IIT Delhi has contributed significantly to India's investment landscape, and same holds true for the VCats, which underlines the need to provide a dedicated initiative to facilitate in getting more investors which is getting emerging from the elite institution's alumni body. With the help of this partnership, investors from IIT Delhi, which also includes the exclusive investor education events, active participation in global start-up summits, entrepreneurship conclaves, & more will be offered a wide range of opportunities and benefits by some of the Venture Capitalist. Moreover, investors from the institute will also get an opportunity to interact with the best entrepreneurial minds from India and facilitate them to be a part of the start-up journeys. Commenting on the association, Atul Bal, President, IITDAA, says, "IIT Delhi Alumni Association has long been contemplating to build a model innovation and investment centre for its alumni members and IIT Delhi students. By signing this MoU with Venture Catalysts, the vision to develop an eco-system that reduces the gap between investors and start-ups stands realized. This Joint Initiative, GIAN (Global Innovation and Angel Network) is a culmination of that intellectual bargain, in its first year of inception, we plan to target the closure of at least 10 worthwhile deals with an aim to sensitize the community and build a network to generate employment opportunities through such scalable commercial ventures." VCats' has an extensive and ironic history of coupling with businesses led by entrepreneurs & investors from IIT Delhi. This partnership is an opportunity for Indian entrepreneurs looking to be a part of conclaves, boot camps encouraging innovation and being led by some of the ignited business minds in the country. Some of the India top startups and incubators, Venture Catalysts offers funding, mentorship and network of CXOs, successful founders, unicorns, deep tech product experts to the candidates. As they also has a strong presence in some of the major cities which includes the Bengaluru, Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Lucknow, Kolkata, Raipur, Surat, Nagpur, Jaipur, Kochi, Dubai, & Hong Kong with invests in the range of $500K to $1Million. Venture Catalysts Isro To Support Space Startups With Incubation Programme Gamepind, Mobile Gaming Startup Raises Rs 110 Crores

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› Get Help › How we can help › Our Units › The Christie Hospital NHS Trust (associated unit) The Christie Hospital NHS Trust (associated unit) The NHS Young Oncology Unit at The Christie's Hospital in Manchester is for 16-24 year olds and has 13 in-patient beds. Teenage Cancer Trust provided design advice for this unit and have key members of staff based here. The original Young Oncology Unit at the Christie Hospital in Manchester was one of the first Teenage Cancer Trust units and opened in 1998. The new Young Oncology Unit was opened in June 2014 in partnership with The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. Teenage Cancer Trust provided design advice and recreational equipment for this area. Teenage Cancer Trust nursing and support service The facilities and staff provided on the Young Oncology Unit unit are part of the North West region where Teenage Cancer Trust are delivering a nursing and support service for young people who are being treated in hospitals in the area. This service is designed to enable us to support young people wherever they are and whenever they need us. As part of this care, Teenage Cancer Trust fund 6 expert staff members in the North West: Lead Nurse 2 Youth Support Coordinators 2 Clinical Liaison Nurse Specialists MDT Coordinator They champion the needs of young people with cancer and provide specialist expertise and care in local hospitals. year olds in-patient beds Nursing and Support Service See the location on Google Map £25 Could pay fora young person tosee a specialistnurse Help young people get access to the best cancer care in the UK. For every young person we can currently support, there's another we can't. We need to raise £20 million by 2020 to reach every young person with cancer. Find out more › Got an hour to spare, or more? We've got a host of volunteering opportunities, from easy to more involved, so you can make a difference to young people with cancer. Find out more ›

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from ABI Research Media Releases ABI Research forecasts e-commerce share of total retail sales to reach 25% by 2025 Via ABI Research Media Releases Oyster Bay, New York - 12 Oct 2017 Smart Retail has gone through revolutionary changes in the past 10 years and will exponentially continue to do so going forward. Brick and mortar stores are no longer the only option for consumers across the globe to make their everyday purchases, due to significant advancements in technology, both in-store and online. Key players include Senion , who implements some of the world's largest Indoor Positioning System (IPS) solutions to enhance in-store experiences, and AisleLabs who provides shopper traffic behavior analytics to help retailers optimize store layouts. Leading POS software vendors, Shopkeep and Square are allowing retailers to sell across multi-channels from a single platform. These and other key vendors are paving paths to making the offline and online worlds seamless experiences. In-store technology needs to be widely implemented for those retailers who want to compete and succeed in the rapidly-growing mobile-shopping lifestyle. Key technologies driving successful retailers include visual interactive displays that provide shoppers real-time product information and abilities to buy in-store or online. Digital shelf monitoring is also allowing stores to streamline inventory auditing and ordering practices to provide more time spent with customers. These types of technologies are what differentiate the online shopping experience where there is less human interaction and entertainment. Various barriers will continue to exist in the online and offline worlds. As last-mile delivery capabilities increase, there will be further encouragement to make purchases online, but as in-store experiences become more entertaining, experiential, and value-added, certain retailers who adopt these practices will thrive. E-tailers who are opening brick and mortar stores understand the need to have both so that customers have both shopping options, if the two are seamless. If one chooses to buy online, but wants to return a product that day, having a store nearby will ensure they stay within the retail brand and not shop elsewhere. Examples of retailers who demonstrate these capacities include Warby Parker who started as an e-tailer and now has 61 physical stores to accommodate its customers. Amazon, the largest online marketplace in the U.S. also knows connecting back to brick and mortar is vital. They recently partnered with department store, Kohl's to provide free Amazon drop off and shipping to capture the physical store shopper and to continue having them buy on their platform. "ABI Research predicts that E-commerce will continue to take share from physical stores and occupy a market share of over 25% of total retail sales," says Andy Sweis, Principal Analyst at ABI Research. "As various technologies allow for seamless shopping between physical stores to online, this will encourage purchases from both channels, rather than choosing one of the two. Global retail revenues will continue to grow single digits between now and 2025, but E-commerce growth rates will continue in the teens and eventually in the 20%+ rates. Regions such as Southeast Asia will have rapid growth in internet access and mobile device accessibility, encouraging E-Commerce purchases and accelerating growth rates." ABI Research, Data & Analytics, Research and Trials, Retail, This content extract was originally sourced from an external website (ABI Research Media Releases) and is the copyright of the external website owner. TelecomTV is not responsible for the content of external websites. Legal Notices

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Dan Malleck When Good Drugs Go Bad Opium, Medicine, and the Origins of Canada's Drug Laws By Dan Malleck This intoxicating look at the history of drug regulation in Canada reveals how a variety of social and political forces converged at the turn of the twentieth century to transform both public attitudes toward, and access to, narcotics. Consuming Modernity Gendered Behaviour and Consumerism before the Baby Boom Edited by Cheryl Krasnick Warsh and Dan Malleck Placing Canada in an international context, this book explores the intersections of gender, modernity, and consumerism from 1919 to 1945. Try to Control Yourself The Regulation of Public Drinking in Post-Prohibition Ontario, 1927-44 A fascinating history that challenges common assumptions of how the Ontario government attempted to regulate licensed public drinking after the repeal of prohibition. News | Jody Wilson-Raybould's book From Where I Stand will be released on September 20th. News | UBC Press receives a US$490,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation News | UBC Press Picks: Vancouver Bird Week 2019 News | The Creator's Game wins 2019 Canada Prize

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Showing 151-181 of 181 items. The Environmental Moment Edited by David Stradling A collection of documents that reveal the significance of the years 1968-1972 to the environmental movement in the United States. The Republic of Nature An Environmental History of the United States By Mark Fiege Mark Fiege uncovers nature's presence in religious beliefs, founding documents, presidents, battles, technologies, examining how biophysical conditions have American history. Ellavut / Our Yup'ik World and Weather Continuity and Change on the Bering Sea Coast By Ann Fienup-Riordan and Alice Reardon The result of nearly ten years of gatherings among Yup'ik elders, this comprehensive work documents the qanruyutet (words of wisdom) that guide their interactions with the Bering Sea coastal environment. Art by the Book Painting Manuals and the Leisure Life in Late Ming China By J.P. Park Power, Democracy, and the Human Body Edited by Shampa Biswas and Zahi Zalloua World-renowned scholars explore the definition and legitimacy of torture through multiple lenses: the boundaries of legitimate political violence; its effects on human and social bodies; visual and artistic representations; dehumanization; complicity and ethical boundaries. How to Work in Someone Else's Country By Ruth Stark Drawing on thirty years of experience as an international consultant in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Pacific, Ruth Stark provides guidance for anybody preparing to work in a foreign country. Before Seattle Rocked A City and Its Music By Kurt E. Armbruster In this tribute to musicians, Kurt Armbruster tells the musical history of Seattle, from the impact of the radio on the psychology of making music in boom and bust times, to the influence of the Musicians Union. The Fishermen's Frontier People and Salmon in Southeast Alaska By David F. Arnold; Foreword by William Cronon "As David Arnold makes clear in his marvelous book The Fishermen's Frontier, Alaska possesses a rich and problematic history as 'the self-proclaimed last frontier.'" -- Agricultural History Puget Sound on the Pacific Coast By Patricia Junker Seattle Art Museum, University of Washington Press This book reveals the fact within the fiction of Bierstadt's 1870 painting "Puget Sound on the Pacific Coast." Toxic Archipelago A History of Industrial Disease in Japan By Brett Walker Darwin's Pharmacy Sex, Plants, and the Evolution of the Noösphere By Richard M. Doyle This book inquires into the swarm of ontological, epistemological, and ethical questions provoked by psychedelic experience in the context of global ecological crisis. Seattle Geographies with Department of Geography, University of Washington; Edited by Michael Brown and Richard Morrill Seattle Geographies explores the human geography of the city and region to examine why Seattle is Seattle. Voices from the Northwest Edited by Penny H. Harrison These cutting-edge essays and articles collected from Open Spaces magazine provide thoughtful readers with new ways to understand the Pacific Northwest region, themselves, and many of the major issues of our time. Building New Pathways to Peace Foreword by Johan Galtung; Edited by Noriko Kawamura, Yoichiro Murakami and Shin Chiba Building New Pathways to Peace considers both old concepts of tolerance, shalom, and wa, and the relatively new concepts of human security, multiculturalism, and transnationalism, to elucidate impediments to and necessary conditions for actualizing peace. Iceland Imagined Nature, Culture, and Storytelling in the North Atlantic By Karen Oslund; Foreword by William Cronon A cultural and environmental history that explores the unusual geography, saga narratives, language, culture, and politics, of the North Atlantic landscape to analyze the region's modern transformation. Heritage of the Great Plains By Nancy B. Rosoff and Susan Kennedy Zeller, with Brooklyn Museum Richly illustrated with historic and contemporary photographs and artwork, this book reveals the history and significance of the tipi from the 1830s to the present. A Year in Lapland Guest of the Reindeer Herders By Hugh Beach; Afterword by Hugh Beach This lyrical memoir of adjusting to life as a reindeer herder is a rare insider's account of the Saami people of Swedish Lapland. Better than the Best Black Athletes Speak, 1920-2000 Edited by John C. Walter and Malina Iida Thirteen black athletes describe how they succeeded in the face of often daunting odds, including economic barriers and racist attitudes and practices. Seeking Refuge An Environmental History of the Pacific Flyway By Robert M. Wilson; Foreword by William Cronon Seeking Refuge examines the development and management of refuges in the wintering range of migratory birds along the Pacific Flyway, the subject of recent contentious debates over water usage. Dance Lest We All Fall Down Breaking Cycles of Poverty in Brazil and Beyond By Margaret Willson Brimming with honesty and grace, this book unfolds the story of this remarkable alliance, showing how friendship, when combined with courage, insight, and passion, can transform dreams of a better world into reality. The Northern Region of Korea History, Identity, and Culture Edited by Sun Joo Kim Broken Ground By John Keeble; Afterword by John Keeble; Foreword by Kathleen Dean Moore A construction project in the Oregon desert has far-reaching political and moral implications in this modern classic by John Keeble. The Nature of Gold An Environmental History of the Klondike Gold Rush By Kathryn Morse; Foreword by William Cronon A profound and compelling exploration of how the economic and political culture of the 1890s shaped the rush for gold in the Yukon and Alaska. Art Quantum The Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art, 2009 Edited by James Nottage; By Published with the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis Essays by five Eiteljorg Fellowship artists aim to situate the larger issue of Native identity in the contemporary art world, beyond the blood quantum laws that have been used to determine an individual's inclusion in a Native group. China Watcher Confessions of a Peking Tom By Richard Baum An illuminating memoir by Richard Baum, a senior China scholar and sometime policy advisor, that reflects on forty years of learning about and interacting with the People's Republic of China. The Informed Gardener Blooms Again By Linda Chalker-Scott Linda Chalker-Scott investigates scientific literature to debunk common gardening myths, reminding us that urban and suburban landscapes are ecosystems requiring their own particular set of management practices. The Power of Promises Rethinking Indian Treaties in the Pacific Northwest Foreword by John Borrows; Edited by Alexandra Harmon; By Published with the Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest Distinguished scholars discuss treaties with Native American groups in the Pacific Northwest, and their implications for land ownership, resource access, and political rights in both the United States and Canada. Becoming Tsimshian The Social Life of Names By Christopher F. Roth The Country in the City The Greening of the San Francisco Bay Area By Richard A. Walker; Foreword by William Cronon Being and Place among the Tlingit By Thomas F. Thornton Keeping It Living Traditions of Plant Use and Cultivation on Northwest Coast of North America Edited by Douglas Deur and Nancy Turner Keeping It Living brings together some of the world's most prominent specialists on Northwest Coast cultures to examine traditional cultivation practices from Oregon to Southeast Alaska. News | Concordia University Press Partners with UBC Press News | UBC Press Picks: Books on Public Memory and Commemoration News | Job Posting: Project Development Manager, Digital Books in Indigenous Studies News | UBC Press Picks: Canada 150

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Two Complete Games Fuel UMBC's Doubleheader Sweep of LaSalle Ashley Carver hit her first career homerun against LaSalle Game 1 - UMBC 3, LaSalle 2 Game 2 - UMBC 5, LaSalle3 BALTIMORE - UMBC sophomore Kayla Martinez (Odenton, Md./Arundel) and junior Heather Brown (Pasadena, Md./North East) each threw a complete game and senior Ashley Carver (Swoyersville, Pa./Wyoming Valley West) hit her first career homerun as the UMBC softball team swept LaSalle in a doubleheader Tuesday afternoon at the UMBC Softball Stadium. The Retrievers rallied for a 3-2 victory in game one and then held off a late Explorer charge to take game two as well, 5-3. In game one, Martinez gave up only two runs while scattering five hits and going to distance to pick up her first win of the season and the first of her career. Alicia Aughton took the loss for the Explorers after giving all three runs on five hits in six innings of work. Both pitchers were in control early combining to give up only one base hit in the first four innings. In the top of the fifth, LaSalle took the lead on an RBI single by Tristan Musho. UMBC fought right back in the bottom half of the inning starting with a two-out single by Martinez. The Retrievers then took the lead on a two-run homerun to centerfield by Carver. UMBC added a run in the next inning as freshman Taylor Hall (Cosby, Va./Cosby) led off the inning with a double to deep center and then came in to score an unearned run on a ball hit by freshman Courtney Reinfeld(Parkland, Fla./Stoneman Douglas). LaSalle rallied in the seventh, but only managed one run to provide the 3-2 final. In game two, Brown picked up where Martinez left off, allowing just three runs on six hits to pick up her seventh win of the year. The visitors took the lead with a single run in the top of the third, but could not hold off the Retrievers. In the bottom of the fifth, UMBC capitalized on three Explorer errors to score five runs, a lead that would not be overturned. Sophomore Jessica Warner (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown) tied the game with an RBI single up the middle, and then scored the winning run on a double steal with senior Katie Ferguson (North East, Md./North East/Cecil CC). LaSalle did not go quietly, however, scoring solo runs in the top of the sixth and seventh, but could not come all the way back and against Brown. UMBC now heads back on the road to take on America East rival Maine this weekend.

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[email protected] Order Free Brochure Events in Victoria Spend any time in Victoria and you'll find music and film festivals, ballets, cultural celebrations, historic home tours, movie nights, and live concerts throughout the year. Critique movie themes and cinematography skills at the Victoria TX Independent Film Festival; enjoy a full day of live music, art, and activities at JAM Fest; and delight in impressive symphonic performances at the Victoria Bach Festival. There's always something new to experience each month, so be sure to check out the calendar of events in Victoria when planning your trip. With adventures like the Victoria Historic Homes Tour and performances by the Victoria Ballet Theatre, you're sure to return home only to begin planning your next trip to this city. Below are some events you definitely don't want to miss while you're here: Victoria TX Independent Film Festival Not only can you see an impressive lineup of independent films being screened in the competition at this annual four-day film festival, but you'll also be able to interact with film producers, directors, and actors. Past years have included events like magic shows, special screenings for children at the zoo, live podcasts, a midnight bike race, and music. Victoria Historic Homes Tour One of the best ways to get to know Victoria and celebrate its rich history is at the annual Victoria Historic Homes Tour. You'll be able to see the unique architecture and hear the stories of the homes on the guided tour through Victoria's charming historic districts. 205 West Goodwin Delight in a full day of live music, an art car parade, fun activities for the kids, food, drinks, art exhibits, and demonstrations like jewelry making and acrylic painting at the annual JAM Fest in Victoria. The Victoria Fine Arts Association puts on this free event sure to be a fun day for the entire family. Eat spicy fajitas and savory burritos while you're entertained by mariachis, Ballet Folklorico dancers, and Tejano music at the annual Cinco de Mayo celebration. There will also be a children's play area and vendors selling goods like jewelry and clothing at one of the most festive events in Victoria. Victoria Bach Festival Appreciate classical masterworks, symphonic performances, and new music by soloists, chamber groups, and full symphonies at the annual Victoria Bach Festival. Dive into culture and see why National Public Radio named this festival a "Texas Treasure." Breakfast, lunch, and evening performances across the city are held for five consecutive days - check the Victoria Bach Festival website for specific locations and schedule. Historic Cemetery Tour What better way to pay your respects than to participate in the Historic Cemetery Tour in Victoria, where you can relive history with stories told beside the graves of people who lived fascinating lives. Bootfest Put on your fanciest boots and head to Victoria for the free two-day Bootfest in early October, where you can dance the night away to live Texas country and Tejano music. Run in the Bootfest Blue Sky 5K; interact with Western artisans and trick ropers; attend the Dalton Trucking Car, Truck, and Motorcycle Show; and try some of the country's best barbecue. There will be an amazing fireworks show following the concert on Saturday night. This is one of the events in Victoria you don't want to miss. Dia de los Muertos Festival Celebrate life and remember loved ones at the Dia de Los Muertos Festival in Victoria, starting with the March of Remembrance followed by live music, entertainment by the Ballet Folklorico dancers, cultural art and cuisine. This celebration is a great opportunity to purchase your own Day of the Dead art. 306 West Commercial Street Become immersed in the beloved ballet fantasy that takes the audience through a world of princes, toy soldiers, dolls, and dancing snowflakes. Grab your tickets for The Nutcracker early because the show, conducted by the Victoria Ballet Theatre, sells out quickly. Things To Do in Victoria Attractions in Victoria 7 Reasons You Need to Plan Your Next Road Trip to Victoria Victoria CVB Social Victoria CVB Slideshow View Victoria CVB Slideshow Share This Page with Someone Friend's Name : Friend's Email : Our Message to Your Friend I thought you might be interested in this story from the Tour Texas web site: (Your comments will appear here)

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Multiculturalism as a Political Concept As a concept, multiculturalism has been thrust into the media spotlight as a result of the recent tragedy in Norway. Lately, this term has received frequent usage from journalists, bloggers, and political commentators, yet many do not understand its true meaning. In essence, multiculturalism is the tolerance and support of cultural and communal diversity. It is often referred to as a societal "salad bowl", as opposed to a "melting pot". Yet, a certain Norwegian narcissist has ensured that the word multiculturalism as gained political connotations. Of course, I am talking about Anders Behrong Brevik, a man who describes himself as a "political dissident" on a crusade to combat "multiculturalism". His 1,500 page "manifesto" describes his Islamophobia, and blames feminism for the erosion of the fabric of European society. Yet, what is more concerning for Western Europe is that there has been a simmering discontent for multiculturalism in recent years. Writing for The Telegraph India, Adheesha Sarkar notes that many Europeans have become disillusioned with cultural communities, as many have been alienating themselves from western society. Political Condemnation Prior to the Norway attacks, many political leaders in Europe have been touting the failure of multiculturalism. Sarkar notes that David Cameron once lamented that Britain had, "even tolerated these segregated communities behaving in ways that run counter to our values". A similar disdain for multiculturalism encouraged Nicolas Sarkozy to ban the burqua, and made Andrea Merkel state that immigrants should be forced to learn German in order to pass at school and get a job. Several political organisations share a similar hostility towards multiculturalism. Both the Swedish Democratic Party and Italian segregationist group Lega Nord, had their far-right sympathies revealed in a recent post: "Breivik is a product of Multiculturalism. If Europe was not multicultural, then the shootings would never have occurred" said Erik Hellsborn, representative of the Swedish Democratic Party, the political organisation led byJimmie Åkesson that are openly against a multicultural society. "Hellsborn, reported in his personal blog that the Oslo and Utøya attacks are the consequence of the failure of mass immigration and the diffusion of Islam. "The individual is responsible of the massacre, but if we investigate the deep motivation we find out that the root of the problem is multiculturalism," said Hellsborn, in the interview for the Hallands Nyheter. "These thoughts and affirmations echo the line of thought of the Lega Nord deputy Mario Borghezio, who affirmed that 'Breivik ideas are good, some of them very good. But immigrants lead those ideas into the violence.'" Multiculturalism as a Governmental Policy Numerous countries outside Europe, such as Trinidad and Tobago, have been able to live harmoniously with several different cultures coexisting within their borders. Bernadette Arneaud of the Trinidad Express explains how each culture is able to flourish, as, for example, Trinidadians of African descent maintain an Afrocentric culture, while East Indians can freely express their culture. Yet, in the wake of the Norway attacks, Arneaud fears that the government of Trinidad and Tobago may sanction multiculturalism into legal policy, and fears that such legislation will emphasise differences, as opposed to fostering a community spiritInstead, Arneaud believes that educating young children about diversity, and the history of Trinidadian ancestors is the best method to encourage a national culture. Written by Matt Train Matt Train is Operations Director at TranslateMedia - responsible for working with clients and system integration partners to advise, plan, and deliver multilingual digital content for international brands and content publishers. How German Banks Are Erecting Language Barriers Easy Website Localisation with Drupal & TranslateMedia The Future of Chinese Fashion How Tone of Voice Can Help Fashion Brands Compete How Information Online Changes According to Your Language and Location Exploring the Father Tongue Hypothesis in Language Acquisition Quality Standards in Translation Are You Addressing Your Audience Correctly? Should You Really Write with Translation in Mind? Why Easybuy is Acing India's Clothing Market Cultural Sensitivity: How to Market Your Brand to Other Cultures Why English Doesn't Follow the Same Rules as Other Languages How to Describe "Luxury" Understanding the 6 Dimensions of UK Culture

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WESTLIFE'S ED START Ed Sheeran has secretly co-written Westlife's new single after band confirm plans for a reunion The band, who have sold more than 55million records together, drafted in the superstar as they plan to target younger fans with their new music From Simon Boyle's Bizarre Column Updated: 23 Sep 2018, 21:50 IN their heyday WESTLIFE teamed up with the likes of Mariah Carey, Diana Ross and Lionel Richie. And now the hit Irish band have recruited the very best from the modern pop era as they prepare to make a comeback six years after they split. Westlife have confirmed they are reunitingCredit: Getty - Contributor I can reveal that none other than Ed Sheeran is the mastermind behind Westlife's reunion - and has secretly co-written the group a shock new single. The band, who have sold more than 55million records together, drafted in the superstar as they plan on repeating their Noughties success by targeting the younger generation with their new music. Westlife - montage A source explained: "Westlife have really been pulling out all the stops for their big comeback and were desperate to get Ed on board. It took quite some time to pull together and has been done totally behind closed doors, but he has finally given them the right record to make it happen. "Having Ed involved is a huge coup. They think he will give them a contemporary edge for their reunion. They have already recorded the song and are delighted with the results. They're just pulling together the final promo details including a video before they unveil it. It's going to be huge." Ed Sheeran has written a new song for the bandCredit: Alamy Live News Ed has written hit songs for many starsCredit: Press The surprise collaboration comes after The Sun revealed yesterday that the boys had signed a new deal with Universal. The lads will return as a four-piece as they were when they parted ways in 2012, with Shane Filan, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily and Nicky Byrne. Brian McFadden quit the group in 2004 and has since had a ­fractious relationship with his former bandmates. Just last year, their manager Louis Walsh told The Sun that he had targeted Ed and James Arthur to provide new material for Westlife, adding: "I want to give them notice to write some really good songs." And Rita Ora, Liam Payne and Justin Bieber will testify that Ed is the go-to man for hits - having all released successful Sheeran-penned material. If Westlife's track is anything like his previous tunes, it's sure to be a smash hit. Dakota axes shade-y past FIFTY Shades' Dakota Johnson left grey far behind her at Saturday's LA premiere of her film Bad Times At The El Royale. Dakota looked stunning in her pink jewelled gownCredit: AFP or licensors She chose a flowing pink gown to launch the thriller, which is out in the UK on October 12 and also stars Jeff Bridges, Chris Hemsworth and Jon Hamm. Although Dakota is yet to make her red carpet debut with Coldplay boyfriend Chris Martin at her side, the singer was with her in spirit. The pair, who have been together for about a year, have matching infinity tattoos on their arms. No pressure for that relationship to work, then. Official Trailer for Fifty Shades Freed Unrated version starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan Wedding Bellas for DJ Greg CONGRATULATIONS to Greg James who has tied the knot with journalist girlfriend Bella Mackie Rusbridger. Greg and Bella got married over the weekendCredit: Instagram / Sarah Jeynes The Radio 1 DJ announced on Instagram yesterday: "Bella and I got married and it was the most incredible day of my life. I think it was up there for her too. "She is the best thing ever and I feel like I might actually burst with happiness." The long-term lovers wed at Tavistock House in Camden, North London. It has been a good couple of months for Greg who took over from Nick Grimshaw as Radio 1 Breakfast show host last month. With such a demanding new role, it's great Greg has such a good support system. bizbit Sam Smith has apologised for pulling out of the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas after a vocal "scare". He tweeted: "Everything is OK but I need to rest this week in preparation for the start of Asia tour." Rat Ben's TV bid is out of t-Una LOVE rat Ben Foden was deluded enough to think he could do better than Una Healy - by romping with a PR girl behind his wife's back earlier this year. Ben will appear on All Together NowCredit: Splash News And now the England rugby ace is set to infuriate his estranged wife further, in an unlikely way - by trying to follow in The Saturdays star's footsteps and become a singer. The sportsman has signed up to appear on BBC1's All Together Now, hosted by Spice Girls legend Geri Horner. Ben will be seen putting his vocal skills to the test in a one-off celebrity special as he sings alongside the likes of Towie's Gemma Collins and Love Island's Amber Davies. An airdate has not yet been released. A source said: "Ben has always had a bit of a thing for singing. He spent years following Una's pop career and he always said it was something he fancied having a go at himself at some point." At least the TV stint will give him a distraction from his womanising ways. Scarlett is going solo OVER a tumultuous year, Scarlett Moffatt has remained loyally at the side of Ant and Dec. Scarlett has parted ways from her management companyCredit: Splash News Scarlett Moffatt pouts for the camera as she prepares to celebrate friend's wedding But the former I'm A Celebrity winner is now going her own way - after splitting from the management firm that represents the duo. Scarlett who presents the jungle spin-off, has parted company with the James Grant Group, which also represents Take That and Holly Willoughby. A source said: "Scarlett felt like her and James Grant weren't the right match so decided it was best for them to go their separate ways. There's no bad blood whatsoever and they came to the mutual decision. "Scarlett's looking forward to what the futue has to hold and is considering setting up her own management company." She's obviously got big plans. SHAWN MENDES, CAMILA CABELLO, RITA ORA and TAYLOR SWIFT are in Capital FM's new TV advert. The ad - out today - also ­features CRAIG DAVID weather presenting and ANNE-MARIE boxing. We can sea you, Justin THEY were rumoured to have wed but that hasn't stopped Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin practising the art of sea-duction. Hayley and Justin stared lovingly into each other's eyesCredit: BackGrid Hailey wore a simple black two-piece which showed off her gorgeous figureCredit: BackGrid The couple kissed on a yacht and took a dip off Italy's Amalfi Coast on Friday. Last week Justin serenaded Hailey outside Buckingham Palace. He knows how to woo the future Mrs Bieber. Ambassador Rihana RIHANNA paid a surprise visit to French President Emmanuel Macron last year and her political ambitions haven't ended there. Rihanna has had a very successful year as she now becomes an Ambassador to BarbadosCredit: AFP or licensors Rihanna goes behind the scenes at the Savage X Fenty NYFW show on Snapchat The superstar singer has landed a role in the government of her home country of Barbados. RiRi will promote tourism, education and investment in the Caribbean island as an "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary". It means the star, full name Robyn Rihanna Fenty, will be referred to by Barbadian officials as Ambassador Fenty. In a statement she said she "couldn't be more proud to take on such a prestigious title," adding: "I look forward to working with Prime Minister Mottley and her team to re-imagine Barbados." Rihanna has launched successful cosmetics and lingerie lines and helped raise over £1.7billion for global education - all in the last year. 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'Crisis' cabinet turns travel agent Members used fast-track system to handle more than 900 passport applications for constituents July 8 2010, 6:55am, The Times BUSY, minister? While the country has been facing up to the worst economic downturn in a century, cabinet members have had more urgent business to attend to. Since last February, they have handled more than 900 passport applications on behalf of constituents. TDs and senators can use a fast-track system. Passport office figures reveal that 3,050 applications were sent in by Oireachtas members since the system was computerised in February, an average of 13 each. The most diligent have been ministers, responsible for almost one-third. The most frequent ministerial user is Mary Coughlan, the tanaiste, who submitted 326. Donegal TD Pat "the Cope" Gallagher is the most frequent user overall with 388 applications. Brian Cowen, the taoiseach, has sent in 103 applications, while Dermot Ahern,...

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Softbank looks to invest in Jio as Mukesh Ambani deleverages business SoftBank's Vision fund is currently mulling to buy a stake in Jio Infocomm Mukesh Ambani | File Japan's Softbank is reportedly looking to make a $2-3 billion investment in India's fastest-growing telecom firm Reliance Jio as billionaire Mukesh Ambani looks to deleverage business by selling stakes. This comes on the back of reports of Saudi giant Aramco in discussions to buy a 25 per cent stake in Reliance Industries' refining and petrochemical business for $10-15 billion. "Softbank has long been seen as a potential investor in Jio," JPMorgan said in a research report. "For the past 2 years, our conversations with investors have highlighted expectations of Softbank investing in Jio and hence the news flow is not surprising." It, however, remains to be seen how much money does Softbank actually put in, what the implied equity valuation is and if the e-commerce venture is included in the Jio entity. It was reported that SoftBank's Vision fund is currently undertaking due diligence to buy a stake in Jio Infocomm, which in September 2016 launched pure play fourth-generation or 4G technology-based telecom services and within a span of two years have become India's third largest telecom company with highest monthly subscriber additions. Both Reliance and SoftBank spokespersons declined to comment on the matter. "In our view, for a meaningful de-leveraging, investors would likely want to see an equity inflow of more than $5 billion from a single investor or a combination of investors," JPMorgan said valuing Jio at $50 billion. It, however, put implied equity value at $25 billion. Reliance Retail was valued at an implied equity value of $35 billion. "A potentially smaller equity sale, which although would establish a larger equity value of Jio, would not be seen as a meaningful positive, in our view," it said. "We also need to see what the potential stake sale would involve. More importantly, from a stock price perspective, we believe the potential investment would have to be an equity investment in Jio and not in the proposed InviT as that would be a quasi-debt investment." As of now, Jio is the carriage and content vehicle, while Reliance Retail is the offline retailer. It remains to be seen where the eventual commerce would sit - Jio or Retail, and whether it would be part of any Jio equity stake. "Overall, we maintain our view that while the earnings environment for the company is deteriorating with downside risks to refining and petchem (petrochemical), stock multiples would keep on moving higher on expectations of potentially large stake sales on higher than current implied equity values for the various businesses," JPMorgan said. In a separate report, HSBC Global Research said RIL's consolidated adjusted net debt has declined to $33.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2018-19 that ended on March 31, from $42.7 billion in third quarter. This was a result of the restructuring of the telecom operations (Jio) by transferring control of its key assets - fibre and towers - to two separate infrastructure trusts (InvITs) along with Rs 70,000 crore ($10 billion) of external liabilities and part of RIL's investments of Rs 36,600 crore ($5 billion). "RIL will monetise these investments once external investors bring capital into the InvITs in the coming months. Jio as an anchor tenant will pay rentals for using these assets. In addition, RIL expects a business case beyond Jio's usage as other telecom operators and customers can also lease these assets and can participate in any such upside after the trusts service liabilities of Rs 1,07,000 crore," HSBC said. It said investors will initially likely regard this restructuring as mainly a financing transaction to offload debt from RIL's balance sheet, considering there is limited clarity on payments by Jio as well as any revenue upside from other customers. Mukesh Ambani's hybrid model may disrupt e-commerce Reliance Jio applies for in-flight connectivity licence to DoT Reliance Jio Digital Services acquires AI firm Haptik in Rs 700 crore deal RCom, Reliance Jio terminate pact for sale of telecom assets "We think deleveraging will remain a key theme, with more asset sales likely," it said. "Strong earnings momentum, emerging signs of a strong outlook for both the telecom and retail businesses which extend beyond this decade." Jio has transferred its 70,000 route km of fibre and 17,500 built and underdevelopment towers into two separate subsidiaries - one for the towers and one for the fiber assets. Control of these subsidiaries is transferred to two separate infrastructure trusts (InvIT) which will be managed by an independent party. RIL expects certain external investors to bring in capital into these trusts which will be further dropped down into two subsidiaries to refinance liabilities as well as pay for part of its investments into these assets, HSBC said.

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Worldwide icon-chevron-right North America icon-chevron-right United States icon-chevron-right Illinois icon-chevron-right Chicago icon-chevron-right February 2020 events calendar for Chicago February 2020 events calendar for Chicago Pack your February with the best things to do in Chicago for Valentine's Day, the Chinese New Year and more Photograph: Neal O'Bryan By Zach Long | Posted: Wednesday January 30 2019 February is a month that can test your love for Chicago. The holidays are long gone, you still need to bundle up everytime you go outside and you have to figure out something to do on Valentine's Day. Pretty rough, huh? Thankfully, it's easy to find something to look forward to during the shortest month of the year, whether it's ice skating under the skyline, taking a test drive at the Chicago Auto Show or a festive meal in celebration of the Lunar New Year. Find something that makes winter in Chicago a little easier with the help of our February events calendar. RECOMMENDED: Events calendar for Chicago in 2020 Featured February 2020 events Photograph courtesy of Chicago Chinatown Chinese New Year parades and celebrations Celebrate the Year of the Pig with our guide to the city's best Lunar New Year celebrations, including events in Chinatown, Uptown, the Loop and more. Photograph: fly/Flickr Things to do on Valentine's Day Whether you're single or all bae'd up, making plans on Valentine's Day is a total pain. Well, we're here to help. We've assembled a list of great things to do on V-Day, from nights out at comedy clubs to cozying up at the most romantic restaurants in the city. As for what happens after the date? Well, that's on you. GYG Chicago TTD

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Search in titles only Search in Political Discussions only Political Discussions The Mexification of America Cruiseman Vendor - Moderator Sadly, all of my predictions have come true. Finally, even some in the media are starting to let it slip that there are actually 30 to 50 million illegal aliens in the country. I have been saying this for more than 7 years. The liberals sill say 11 million, because that is a palatable number that people have come to accept as "manageable". But, as I have said many times before, 11 million is only 3% of the population. It flies in the face of logic that Walmart and every other corporation would change signs and message to include Spanish for 3% of the market. For 20% of the market, oh Hell yes. In Texas, you can't go to a fast food restaurant that is not dominated by Mexican help, and most only speak Spanish. I went to a KFC a few months ago and the girl who came to take my order did not speak English, she had to go get the manager. Now, that tells me that most of the people eating there must speak Spanish, or she would not be able to take their order. And, even the ones who do speak English do so with such a thick Spanish accent that they are nearly impossible to understand. I remember a few years back we were touring in the Middle East, in Oman I think. My SO and I were walking around town and stopped into a KFC (yes, they are everywhere) to get a drink. I remember commenting that I had to travel to the Middle East to find a KFC where I could understand the help. They all spoke perfect English. When 30 to 50 million people pour across a border, bring THEIR national flag and THEIR language and THEIR culture, that is NOT immigration, that is an invasion. And, you excellent politicians have not only allowed it, they have encouraged it. When Donald Trump says Mexico is not sending it's best, he is absolutely correct. Where are the Mexican engineers, scientists, doctors? Did we really need 30 to 50 million landscapers? Most of the Mexicans coming to America are from the border towns, like Juarez and Tijuana. These are not the educated middle class Mexicans you meet in Cabo or Puerto Vallarta. And now, our cities are beginning to look like the border towns of Mexico. This is the Mexification of America. We are not elevating their standard of living, they are bringing our standard down. I rode my bike to Midland a couple of weeks ago and there were businesses flying the Mexican flag. Seriously, I am not making this up. I did not know that was even legal. The liberal lie has always been that these are poor people who come here to do the jobs Americans won't do. BS. Who was doing those jobs 30 years ago? Americans. How many kids used to mow lawns to make money in the summer? I did. Trump talks about how our infrastructure is crumbling and looks like a 3rd world country. Unless you travel outside the USA you have NO idea what he is talking about. We travel for a living so we know EXACTLY what he means. When you fly into China or the Middle East, the airports are spotlessly clean. The signs are clear and in English. It is easier to find your way around the airport in Shanghai than in Seattle. In American airports, people sit on the filthy ground, like animals, huddled around electrical outlets meant for vacuum cleaners, just so they can plug in their laptops or cell phones. In "developed" countries like Dubai or China, there are beautiful charging stations throughout the airport with free Wi-Fi. And, the same goes for the airlines too. The US-based carriers are the worst in the world. When we travel, we always try to get on British Airways, KLM, Singapore, Emirates, etc. The contrast is stunning. The flight attendants on Emirates or Singapore are young, attractive, nice, and scrubbed clean. Every hair is in place and they have sharp uniforms. When you fly on American or Delta you have a bunch of Grandmothers that look tired, haggard and mean. They look like they just crawled out of bed. And, they sit in the back the whole flight and talk. If you want water, you can damn well get up off your ass and get it yourself. Then there are the roads. I can barely ride my bike around Dallas without the fear of getting swallowed up by the potholes. It is the main reason I don't ride after dark. It is just too dangerous. The highways in China or the Middle East are like nothing you have ever seen here in 50 years. And, the telephone poles are made from concrete, not these crappy, leaning wooden ones we have. Someone told me once, if you put a clean white glove in mud, it does not turn the mud white. It think that pretty much says it all. America is a second-rate country, at best. As a country, we have not accomplished anything great since the space shuttle or the moon landing. We can't build anything any more either. Look at the skyscrapers in China or Dubai or Abu Dhabi. The entire country of Dubai was built up from a dessert in less time than it took to build the Freedom Tower. It is sad. As for education, there are so many Mexicans in the schools now that the curriculum has been dumbed down to the lowest common denominator. Our education system has not lifted them up, the immigrants have brought the rest of the community down. Just listen to the way people talk on TV when they are interviewed. Rampant ignorance. The worst part is, there is no way to fix it, at least not in this political environment. We have one-party/one-ideology system in place. It is only going to get worse. GOLDWING AND F6B MAINTENANCE VIDEOS Save $1000 a year in labor by doing your own maintenance! Website | YouTube | 2001-2017 Videos | 2018+ Videos I applaud your wisdom, and the courage to speak...the truth. The left has infiltrated every once great institution in this country. There is no other way to get back to greatness without a revolution IMO. jmohme 7 years ago? The invasion was already well under way by then. I noticed the same over 20 years ago and it was not here in Texas. It was much further north in Chicago. At that time if you stumbled across someone that spoke English in the warehouse district, it was either a manager or an over the road driver making a delivery or pickup. I lived in souther Illinois at that time and Large groups of illegals (and not just Mexicans) would pass through during harvest season and continue north after harvest ended. This has been happening for many years. It's kind of like that old question, "How do you boil a frog". Well, the water is getting pretty hot, and still there are some that don't seem to notice. HBarlow Yes, all true and that is only addressing part of it. The United States does in fact need new immigrants to replace the aging white population because our birth rates have been low for years. We white Americans are not replacing ourselves. But what we truly needed were educated and skilled primarily white European immigrants not uneducated ****ants from mexico and central America. Here in west Texas white folks are becoming the minority. Everywhere I go, every store, every business, every government office is staffed by Mexicans and the customers are Mexican. Once a couple of them get their foot in the door as employees they hire their own kind. They have superimposed their culture and values over ours. I have been saying it for years. The ultimate laugh will be on them. They escaped poverty, crime, and corruption to come here but brought their culture and value system and superimposed it over ours. We are fast becoming nothing more than mexico north. Crime and criminals whose last names all have an "ez" on the end dominate daily local news media. Our jails, courts, and prisons are exploding with them. Our welfare rolls are overwhelmed by them. They are generally untrained, unskilled, uneducated, immoral, unethical people who consider knives and guns the preferred method of dealing with disagreement. Sexual assault of under-aged females by male relatives is common and rape and beating of women is frequent. They have taken over the construction trades that once employed millions of American males. None of this matters to our political leaders who don't live among them. Dumocraps are encouraging, aiding, and abetting them and wealthy RINO pols funded by chamber of commerce types want them as cheap labor and to drive down average employee wages. Our formerly proud and prosperous nation is doomed and the sad fact is it's inevitable. It is not going to change. I just turned 73 and am still in relatively good health. I rode a Saddle Sore 1000 to become a member of the Iron Butt Association back in March and I can still take multi-thousand mile tours on my Goldwing but the numbers tell me my remaining days on this earth are becoming more limited each day. I say that because the only thing that comforts me in the midst of all the evidence that my country as I knew and loved it and spent my most productive years defending is dying is to remind myself that before it becomes impossible to maintain my lifestyle I will move on to a veterans cemetery. The United States will continue on but our standard of living and the pride and joy of being an American are fast fading away. Younger men who may be reading this can turn the lights off when you leave - if our power grid is still capable of providing the power to illuminate the lights when it's all run by Mexicans. Harvey Barlow Crosby County, TX 2010 Goldwing Level II Pearl Yellow (sold at 93,000 miles) 2014 Goldwing Level II Pearl Blue (sold at 27,000 miles to forum member) Now, on a lighter note. Several years ago, I was invited to tour the Bridgestone/Firestone proving grounds in west Texas. I is a somewhat secure facility and I even had to sign a non disclosure agreement before they would allow on the grounds. The tour took three days and included a lap around the main testing track. This track was set up for 100mph neutral turns. That basically means that a properly aligned vehicle could theoretically set its speed at 100 and let go of the wheel. The man that was assigned to our group shared a story with us about the track. Isuzu"s commercial truck devision had rented the track and was testing their medium duty trucks. They were severely overloading them and would run them around the clock to rack up high mileage under heavy loads. Now, as I already said, this is a secure facility so in order for anyone to get in they would have to go over our under a tall fence. Apparently on illegal did just that, and was standing along side this test track with his thumb out, trying to hitch a ride. Well, one mischievous Isuzu test drivers saw him stopped and picked him up and drove the rest of his shift with this non english speaking guy napping off and on in the passenger seat. At the end of his shift, he pulled over and let the guy out with him thinking he was half way to Dallas when he had been riding in circles all day! wingleader09 All of those millions of undocumented Democrats will ensure a Democrat majority in Washington forever. The ONLY way to prevent this from happening is for a Republican to be elected to the White House in 2016 while they still hold a majority in both houses of Congress. But sadly, the Republicans are becoming as weak on immigration as the Democrats. We may be the last generation to have lived in a once great nation. Everything you have said is true. This all plays into transforming America into a repository for an expanding population south of the Rio Grande coupled with the progressive philosophy of Open Borders; the Council on Foreign Relations, which so many of our political elites and others belong to, tout Open Borders. The spearhead of this is the U.N. which wants to be the governing body of the world; it can't be if there are borders. I am deeply troubled by the daily disasters created by he Kenyan and his communist party. The surrender to Iran yesterday was stunning beyond words but coming from communist children like he Kenyan, Kerry, and their ilk it is just another depressing day. Sometimes I look for a hint of a silver lining. There is a possibility here that the Republican/RINO dominated congress just might be allowing nobama and the dumocraps to bury themselves and their party. It might be possible that by November 2016 the country will be so outraged that haghillary and every dumocrap up for election/reelection may be run over by a speeding train. It just might be the R's long term plan. I'm not capable of evaluating the mood of the country but the mid term elections of 2010 and 2014 clearly showed a growing disgust with dumocrap pols. There are currently indicators that haghillary may not be doing as well as she and her media trained liars want us to believe. I know. Optimism may turn out to be foolish. My Brother, who lives in West Texas, just texted me that now there is only one FM radio station in West Texas that is NOT Spanish. Originally posted by Cruiseman View Post Coming to a state near you America. OMG. Wouldn't this fall under Net Neutrality, but in reverse? alphadog I'm hoping the Mexicans will be as tolerant of us, when they become the majority and we're the minority. By then I'll be old and recycled at a Taco Smell Resturant... INSIDE EVERY LIBERAL & RINO® IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT Barrycuda This has become an epidemic that stretches beyond just the Mexican issue, although it is true what y'all have been saying. This country is doomed because America and its leaders are soft, doughy,piece of flesh that have their power, money and health care all locked up. Since when is TMZ considered NEWS... Why must CNN constantly show 24 footage of the furgenson Riots getting 567 experts, which all have a different view. In NYC, when you take the written exam, it comes in 45 languages, even though all of the street signs and emergency signs are in English. People drink the Hillary Clinton kool aid but she as well is a two faced phony that has her own agenda. Hate or love Trump, at least he has the courage to speak what's really happening. Today, people get OUTRAGED and OFFENED at a drop of hat, usually over stupid things. Everyone has to apologize, or lose their jobs. We all know the apologies are forced and not one bit sincere. Now I am all for LEGAL immigrants, but this country keeps turning the other cheek because they are afraid to upset anyone. We are a laughing stock, and it should be embarrassing to our leaders. I mean we are on this forum now and we can all come up with more solid template to stop the bleeding this country has allowed for decades. I'm in my mid to late 40's and I can remember dealing with things by having thick skin, practicing, having morals and standards. Today every kid gets a trophy even if you haven't won a game in 6 years because it plays on the psyche? Really, how bout you bust your backside, or just realize certain sports aren't for you. I stink at soccer and tennis but excel at other things. This country is doomed and sadly I am young enough to be caught up in the current that America is circling the drain Last edited by Barrycuda; 07-16-2015, 02:05 AM. Reason: My broken English Yes, at your age you probably have 30 to 40 more years ahead of you. and will see a lot of changes in the country, all of them negative and for the worse. You'll live long enough to become a discriminated against minority. I hope the Mexicans, central Americans and middle easterners don't deny you social security and Medicare in your old age because you're a white man. I am really tired of the argument "these are just poor people seeking a better life for their families", meaning "if you do not allow them to come here, you are mean and uncaring". I am sick of the guilt. Look at it this way, you go on vacation, come home and find a family of Mexicans living in one of your bedrooms. They broke in, were uninvited, and now YOU have to provide their kids with an education, make sure they have health care, AND the father is going to take YOUR job away from you, or, does the same job as you for half the price which causes YOUR wages to be lowered. No liberal would tolerate that. Forget the fact that it is illegal, at the very minimum it is extremely RUDE to just come into someone else's home (or country) and expect them to accept you because you are poor. America has plenty of poor, uneducated people, we don't need the rest of the world's. What happens to the fleas when the dog dies? At a Trump press conference a person asked Trump question to which Trump give his usual pitch on immigration. The young man shouted though faintly read what's on the Statue of Liberty. That in reference to a part of a poem by Emma Lazarus, ""Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free," which is on a bronze plaque added at its base and not part of the original statue. Though that part of the poem has become a part of America's history of a welcoming nation to those of the world, the gov, which oversees the immigration process, never envisioned illegal immigration as a viable pathway to entering the nation. As for the inundation of Mexican people and culture in the Southwest, La Raza would be thrilled with the above complaints viewing them as progress in reclaiming land they feel was stolen by the U.S. gov. The keep coming because the politicians that mismanage this country do nothing to discourage them. In fact, they have done everything but send formal invitations and bus tickets to get them here! HBarlow commented nobama may have done that also. We just haven't heard about it. La Raza or any other organization representing the invading peasant hordes doesn't give a damn about the land. Mexico has plenty of the same terrain as the desert southwest. What they want is the jobs, infrastructure, support network, health care, and economics created by white men of European ancestry. They can't create crap that works in mexico. Sorry to say but, this is exactly the reason why I gave up voting years ago...corrupt politicians looking out for their own interests just to get votes, allowing ILLEGALS to invade our country and hand out everything for free that WE paid for, fought for and rightfully earned. I AM a formal immigrant, legally from Okinawa, Japan. Brought here to America, thanks to my ex-GI step father. Following in his foot step, I too have joined the U.S armed forces as a "green card" carrying enlisted and naturalized as American citizen when I attained a rank of Sergeant. Proud to have served and EARNED every right to ***** about others who have not earned squat. Sheriff Joe(Arpaio of Arizona) need to be commended for HIS efforts to rid of these pests, who leach what resources we earn each and every working day of our lives. I have no bones to pick against anyone who enter this country LEGALLY, paid their dues and EARN what they receive from us. Personally, we need to have something like DMZ(De-Mexicanized-Zone) with fully armed guards to protect OUR borders from ALL trespassers, foreign and domestic, who attempt to enter illegally. Just my own .02 You are the right kind of immigrant that we need. You earned your citizenship by service in the Army of the United States. That's the way it should be. I'm pleased to call you a fellow American and a fellow military serviceman. Like I say, if you take away the freebies and the jobs, they will go home. Buy A Hardley-Ableson - They're Made In America by HBarlow Well, sort of but not by Americans. It's not just HD. It's US manufacturing, technology, healthcare, etc. ... Channel: Off-Topic Discussions "Refugees" Into Europe A friend sent this to me in an email. I don't know who the author is or his credentials. Just assume it's one man's opinion. "Here is an excellent FB post that ALL people should... Channel: Political Discussions America's Failed Revolution By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard 'round the world. The dismantling of America one brick at a time, till we become a nation of souless people, with no identity. This is what people who detest America do. They create laws/ordinances, write op-ed for media consumption, and discourage displays, but when called on it they rear up like a mama grizzly bear defending... I received this from a friend today. If it troubles you as it does me thank a liberal. "Subject: Our Country We know Dick Lamm as the former Governor of Colorado. In that context...

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Canada Journalist Justin Brake, charged over Muskrat Falls reporting, wins Press Freedom Award Journalist Justin Brake, charged over Muskrat Falls reporting, wins Press Freedom Award Published May 3, 2018 Updated May 3, 2018 Open this photo in gallery Justin Brake reports from Muskrat Falls in Labrador in a photo from fall 2016. Janet Cooper/CNW Group/Canadian Journalists for Free Expression Justin Brake, a journalist who faces civil and criminal charges over his reporting about the impact of the Muskrat Falls hydro project on Indigenous people, has won the 20th annual Press Freedom Award. Mr. Brake - who was working for the Newfoundland and Labrador online news site, The Independent, at the time he was charged - is being honoured on World Press Freedom Day. The award is presented by the Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom in partnership with the Canadian Commission for UNESCO to a journalist or media organization that has done the most for media freedom in the preceding year. The Independent's coverage, including Mr. Brake's Facebook Live reporting, gained national attention and fostered debate about the contentious hydro project. Honourable mentions this year went to Mike De Souza of the National Observer and to Charles Rusnell, Jennie Russell and Gary Cunliffe of CBC Edmonton. The Spencer Moore Award for Lifetime Contributions was given to Charles Morrow, co-founder and director of the press freedom committee, who died in January. Mr. Brake's award was presented by Shawn McCarthy, president of the committee and a Globe and Mail reporter. "Canadian journalists work in a country of relative freedom, but we still have to be vigilant because we sometimes witness glaring examples of that freedom being threatened and Brake's experience is one of them," Mr. McCarthy said. Mr. Brake, who now works for APTN, said the threat of intervention can be daunting. "It can be very lonely when you have the heavy hand of the state coming down on you," he said. Mr. Brake faces charges of mischief and disobeying a court order after he entered the Muskrat Falls hydro project along with protesters in October, 2016. He also faces civil contempt proceedings in Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court, based on the same set of facts. In a statement from his office, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau marked press freedom day Thursday by praising the media as "champions of accountability and the rule of law." "Canada will always defend journalistic freedom and stand against any violence, intimidation, censorship, and false arrests used to silence journalists," Mr. Trudeau said. "From international broadcasters that bring the world into our homes, to local newspapers that empower us to shape the communities we live in - we know that a free press helps build stronger and healthier societies." The statement comes, however, as the Canadian newspaper industry faces troubling times amid falling revenues. Newspapers have closed down and newsrooms are shrinking, Last year, the House of Commons heritage committee issued recommendations on how to save the industry, including a five-year tax credit to compensate print outlets for a portion of their digital investments. The Trudeau government, however, has argued that the solution lies in the transition to modern digital platforms and developing more viable business models. Muskrat Falls inquiry won't save Newfoundlanders from a $12.7-billion sinkhole Inquiry into overbudget Muskrat Falls hydro project to begin in January Newfoundland Premier announces inquiry into Muskrat Falls project

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Arghand Cooperative Washing Away the Opium Trade Think of farming in Afghanistan and you probably think of one crop: opium poppy. More than 90% of the world's opium supply comes from this tiny war-torn nation. Competing with the opium industry isn't easy, but Sarah Chayes is encouraging farmers in southern Afghanistan to plant crops like apricots, pomegranates, and almonds instead. These legendary fruits of the Kandahar region are used to produce all natural skincare products through a cooperative called Arghand. Arghand was started by Sarah, a former National Public Radio reporter, in 2005. Its signature soap pebbles are crafted using age-old techniques. Each one takes six weeks to make. The result is a dense and long-lasting soap that resembles a beautiful stone polished by river water. In the years since Sarah started Arghand, conditions in Afghanistan have remained unimaginably challenging. There had been talk of folding, but instead of giving up, Arghand is expanding, launching new skincare products to complement its soap pebbles. The new products include Desert Fields Body Lotion and Hydrating Antioxidant Face Cream, both of which blend wild pistachio oil with cold-pressed pomegranate seed oil and the distinctive perfume of Artemisia persica. There's also Essence of Rose Face Cream, which is made by drenching fresh rose petals in sweet almond oil, and Anisette Lip Balm, which combines anise oil with almond, apricot and pomegranate oils. Arghand means "triumphant" in Persian - and the cooperative's survival in such a perilous place is truly a triumph. It's an inspiration to supporters near and far, including Connie Moralez, whose husband, Staff Sergeant Christopher Neal Piper, died from injuries sustained in Afghanistan in 2005. "I live every day trying to do something to make things better somehow in Afghanistan," Connie says. "I buy small quantities of soap to give to people I think would be interested in helping to make Afghanistan a better place to live." Soap Pebbles I'm delighted to be back at the Daily Grommet to present Arghand's new line of face creams, body lotion and balms - Arghand Essentials. The road we have traveled to bring these products to market has been almost laughably marked with pot holes, which makes their debut all the more satisfying. By using Arghand Essentials you will not only enrich the lives of a select group of Afghans who have chosen blossoms over bullets; you will enrich your skin with the naturally soothing and restorative fruits, nuts and botanicals of the Kandahar region. This is wonderful Jennie! I will help spead the word about these beautiful soaps and such a worthy mission! Bravo! Jules - Grommet Team @Jennifer Thanks for the offer to help spread the word. That means a lot to me. Supporting this is a way the Daily Grommet community can really help people in a place that so badly needs us. Bravo for Sarah and Jennie for giving us a lovely way to do it! Just bought two -- one for our guest bath and one for a house gift. This is one of my favorite grommets. Such a worthy cause! This one is going fast. If you saw a "greyed out" Buy It Now button, it meant we were temporarily sold out. We just arranged for some more so we are back in stock. Those are gorgeous! My wife would love them. I bought these for my wife and she was blown away! ( I was too, honestly) We are hooked- the soap, the story, the whole thing is just great- now we are giving them as gifts! we got ours at a great on line shop- Jennie - Special Guest This is all very exciting and meaningful for us. Unfortunately, it is evening in Kandahar and our offfice is closed for the day. Otherwise I would try to get Mahmooda, Nurallah and some of our other Afghan members to log on. However, I will send them an email with the link and maybe they can pop in tomorrow. Circumstances are very precarious in Afghanistan right now, particularly in the south, and so we REALLY appreciate your support. Dear Jennie, It would be an honor to purchase these soaps and to spread the word about your undertaking. It is difficult to imagine what you all are going through in Afghanistan. Sending positive energy, prayers and support! Wonderful feedback! I also wanted to say that all proceeds from soap sales go directly back into the cooperative to cover salaries for our 13 Afghan members plus the facility, raw materials and day-to-day operations. Our few western salaries, administrative costs and capital investments are covered mostly by individual donations and public and private grants. If you have any questions about Arghand, please don't hesitate to let me know! @Jennie, I'm happy you pointed out that the cooperative members get a fair salary from the soap sales, and all the revenues fund local operations. We had to cut that from the video and I missed it. Marie Danielle It's absolutely great to have such a site at hand. It brought tears to my eyes to watch the people of the coop at work: a meditative state, repeated gestures, long hours, patience and determination. I keep in mind everyone of them: the women sitting in circle sorting the almond shells, one by one, by hand, the man carefully tying a bow with a piece of Herat silk around an almond soap, the roll of thread standing by his side that he's going to use to attach the label to the soap, and his partner rapping each cherished piece of art in local newspaper. I was moved by the UNFORGETTABLE image of a man sitting meditatively in a chair - molded to his body with the hours of work - tapping endlessly to harden and shape the soap or to extract the palm oil. Now we know why these soaps are so long lasting and why they keep their hard shape 'till the end. Such quality of work for such a good and worthy cause sets the standards high to us, as it is an everyday example of humility, team work in a real family spirit where everyone is equal, and a lesson of great courage and tenacity for a better world in an environment of terror and war. I would like to salute everyone of them and tell them that it gives us joy and great pride to buy and promote such unique products for health, skin care and to support this unmatchable local fare trade coop! May you be blessed, all of you who wake up every day for Arghand's vision and know that here, we, like wise, wake up every morning with you, thinking and working as a team to help you reach your goal. Distance here is not an obstacle when the link is the heart and the vision is brotherhood. @Marie Danielle Your thoughtful and heartfelt observations--and encouragement--take my breath away....this is work that is worth doing. It transcends work, when people like you help us all do our bit--to connect people with products and experiences and causes that carry deeper meaning. The Arghand Cooperative is this through and through. Suzanne Hamlin As a very fortunate Arghand soap consumer, I'd like to add some secular commentary: these gorgeous orbs of soap, which look like precious minerals or polished river stones, are soul soaps-infused with the strength of their creators and--on a very pragmatic level--magical, deeply nourishing cosmetic properties. Arghand: a gift to the world in every way. Thanks for spotlighting this company. I watched a very insightful interview with Sarah Chayes last year (see link below) and am very supportive of her work. Peter Kenny What a remarkable way of integrating meaning into our daily process of living - soap. Soap that speaks to a struggle and to resilience. This impresses me - I love everything about it - right down to the way it is packaged. Brilliant. Katherine - Grommet Team @Peter, I find this to be one of the most compelling Grommet stories we've done. They've had a tough go of it and a few months ago updated us. You can read the update here: It's not an easy read. We have more stories like this one, they all live in the "Social Enterprise" category of our site, you can see them here: Social Enterprise Grommets Sarah Chayes wrote a book on Afghanistan, and established the cooperative Arghand. Visit her website: This is the work of an enlightened brave individual, who is supported by wonderful local people. They deserve their victory over the not so progressive rest of the Afghan nation. @Steve - thank you for that link! Connie Moralez-Piper I just LOVE this soap and think that Sarah Chayes is incredible. She is at the top of my hero list along with my Husband and Greg Mortenson. Connie - I think you've picked some very good heroes! If we all had just a fraction of their selflessness and their vision for a better tomorrow, we could move mountains. Connie Piper I only wish I could do more. My (late) Husband was Special Forces and did not survive his injuries (sustained in Afghanistan back in June 2005). SSG Chritopher Neal Piper was his name and I live every day trying to do something to make things better somehow in A'stan. I have pamphlets for Sarah's soap and I buy small quantities to give to people I meet and think would be interested in the concept of helping to make A'stan a better place to live (by using the soap). Katherine, THANK YOU for all the awesome things you do!! Connie - your husband is indeed a true hero, I am so sorry for your loss. I love that you are using these soaps to show how we can make a difference in Afghanistan. Thank you! We get updates from Arghand and hope to be able to share some news again soon. These soaps look very yummy and fragrant. Unfortunately, I cannot order as I have a son with severe nut allergies and therefore cannot have nut products in the home. This is the second time that we have featured Arghand's story and their products. We have carried over the conversation from the first feature so that we didn't lose any of these great questions, comments and support. Thank you so much for all of the great and interesting feedback. We're all really thrilled to have finally launched our new products, so if you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask. Layne Two years ago a friend of mine a member of the Poppy Eradication program contracted by the US Department of State. While he was there I began sending him care packages and one time threw in extra packets of vegetable seeds thinking he might be able to get folks to grow a garden. He ended up giving them to the locals. Since they were grateful I also contacted every seed supplier I could find, explained our goal of helping build friendship by replacing opium with food they could grow. I gave his address & my own to send them seeds. Many of the seed companies responded. Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds were a major supporter and last season their catalog had a photo of the Afghan people. The sad thing was the eradication contract was cancelled. President Karzi's brother is the largest opium poppy grower in the country if not the world. Our US State Department run by Hillary Clinton told the contractors to leave Karzi's fields alone. Reminds me of Air America during Viet-Nam era. This is a wonderful way to build relationships and make a permanent change in the minds of Afghan people. Here is a follow-up artical to my guest comment about sending seeds to a friend in Afghanistan while he was worked as a contract soldier for the Dept of State, Afghan Poppy Eradication program. We need to ask why our Government would not cut down fields belonging to President Karzi's brother then why they cancelled the contract. They were making a signficant impact and my friend took a bullet in the leg for the cause. PEACE. Layne, it's very hard for the Afghan people to understand why the USG and NATO continue to prop up the current Afghan regime. Which is why it is so important for people to have economic opportunities, productive work and contact with foreigners who are interested in forging real and mutually beneficial partnerships with them. I bought the anti-oxidant face cream to "do good", and IT'S doing good for me. Despite using a very expensive facial cleanser and moisturizer, my face was developing blotchy red places, so I decided to try this as an alternate. It's pricey at $36 for a very small jar, but tiny dabs all over my face are all that I need. After just 2 nights, the red blotches are all but gone. Despite my age (60+) I don't have a wrinkle problem, but my face feels softer and I'm thrilled with the improved appearance. It's a joy to know that I'm supporting people trying to make a livelihood for themselves under incredibly difficult conditions, using some of the most natural and marvelous ingredients without added chemicals available anywhere and getting a great benefit for my skin. Such a win-win. Buy it for any of those reasons. @Sandy - thank you for stopping back to share with us your experience using this product. A product that makes you look good, feel good, and does good is an ideal Grommet, and you who understand the positive impact your purchases can make are an ideal Grommet customer. Thank you for being a part of our community! jennnifer Shor These products sound heavenly. Is it possible to find out if they contain lanolin or wheat? @jennnifer Shor: I will find out or have Jennie stop back. Thank you for posting! @jennnifer Shor: No lanolin, no wheat! Hello, All-- What a wonderfully worthwhile venture this is, and how beautiful these products look! I'm eager to show my support and make a purchase, so I have a question: Do you have a complete list of ingredients for each of the products? (Or is there a link somewhere to this information?) I ask because I have very sensitive skin and must avoid certain substances. I thank you for your time, and I look forward to your response. More importantly, I offer my heartfelt wish for safety, blessings, and peace for all involved in this endeavor. I found the lovely Arghand Cooperative site, , which features full ingredient listings for the products. Knowing their source and story, I consider it an honor and a privilege to be able to purchase and enjoy such beautifully pristine formulations. Once again, I thank you, and sincerely wish peace to all! @Kimberly: This cooperative is existing under unbelievable odds and to recognize and support their efforts will truly have a positive impact. We do list the ingredients under the details tab below the product video as well. We're glad that you stopped by. Sorry so many of these items areoutnof stock...when might we be able to order them? @Laura Mixter: We are expecting more in within the next two weeks. Think of farming in Afghanistan and you probably think of one crop: opium poppy. More than 90% of the world's opium supply comes from this tiny war-torn nation. Competing with the opium industry isn't easy, but Sarah Chayes is encouraging farmers in southern Afghanistan to plant crops like apricots, pomegranates, and almonds instead. These legendary fruits of the Kandahar region are used to produce all natural skincare products through a cooperative called Arghand. Arghand was started by Sarah, a former National Public Radio reporter, in 2005. Its signature soap pebbles are crafted using age-old techniques. Each one takes six weeks to make. The result is a dense and long-lasting soap that resembles a beautiful stone polished by river water. In the years since Sarah started Arghand, conditions in Afghanistan have remained unimaginably challenging. There had been talk of folding, but instead of giving up, Arghand is expanding, launching new skincare products to complement its soap pebbles. The new products include Desert Fields Body Lotion and Hydrating Antioxidant Face Cream, both of which blend wild pistachio oil with cold-pressed pomegranate seed oil and the distinctive perfume of Artemisia persica. There's also Essence of Rose Face Cream, which is made by drenching fresh rose petals in sweet almond oil, and Anisette Lip Balm, which combines anise oil with almond, apricot and pomegranate oils. Arghand means "triumphant" in Persian - and the cooperative's survival in such a perilous place is truly a triumph. It's an inspiration to supporters near and far, including Connie Moralez, whose husband, Staff Sergeant Christopher Neal Piper, died from injuries sustained in Afghanistan in 2005. "I live every day trying to do something to make things better somehow in Afghanistan," Connie says. "I buy small quantities of soap to give to people I think would be interested in helping to make Afghanistan a better place to live." Read More Read Less

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Word of Mouth blog How to cook perfect kedgeree Is kedgeree the breakfast of kings or is eating fish before lunchtime a bit too 19th century? Felicity Cloake Thu 24 Feb 2011 02.00 EST First published on Thu 24 Feb 2011 02.00 EST Perfect kedgeree. Photograph: Felicity Cloake The noble breakfast dish of kedgeree is a prime example of an Anglo-Indian culinary mash up, with its roots in khichri, a dish of spiced pulses mixed with rice which was already on the menu by the time the Moroccan explorer Ibn Batuta made it to Delhi in the mid-14th century. The fish was a British introduction, as were the hard-boiled eggs. (Presumably we would have stuck some black pudding in there as well if Cook had happened across one in the cantonment stores.) Lizzie Collingham points out in Curry: a biography that fresh fish was already a staple of the Raj breakfast table, as, she quotes an early 19th century handbook as saying, "in the hot season, fish caught early in the morning would be much deteriorated before the dinner hour." It wasn't until the dish travelled back to the country homes of Britain that smoked haddock put in an appearance. Madhur Jaffrey points out that the wetter end of the kedgeree spectrum is rather like a rice porridge, so it seems unsurprising that this, amongst all local dishes, became popular amongst the colonists. Not only would it have been vaguely familiar, but presumably, "like the local people, they found it ... good for invalids or those with hangovers", as Sri Owen puts it in The Rice Book. Hear, hear - there's nothing better after a night on the sauce than a steaming bowl of comforting, lightly spiced rice, silky with butter and strewn with salty, smoky fish and fresh-flavoured herbs; it wakes up your palate and soothes the stomach. It didn't take the Victorians long to adapt the dish to suit their own tastes. The 1885 edition of Culinary Jottings for Madras, a (recently reprinted) collection of cookery articles from the Madras Athenaeum and Daily News by an Indian Army colonel, gives a rather unappetising sounding recipe for kegeree (sic) of "the English type", "composed of boiled rice, chopped hard-boiled egg, cold minced fish, and a lump of fresh butter ... tossed together in the frying-pan, flavoured with pepper, salt, and any minced garden herb such as cress, parsley, or marjoram, and served smoking hot." Not a spice in sight. Interestingly enough, The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook, an 1888 publication quoted in The Road to Vindaloo, an utterly fascinating study of the British love affair with curry, includes a plainer recipe, rather like a spiced paella, in its chapter on "Native Dishes" - but then its author, the redoubtable Flora Annie Steele, wasn't your average memsahib. I fry sliced onions in a generous amount of "boiling ghee" then remove these from the pan and put in 4 tbsp "well-washed" rice and 4 tbsp dal (I used some surplus ready-cooked moong dal, but dry lentils should work just as well). Once these have absorbed the remaining butter, I add ginger, peppercorns, cardamom, cloves and a cinnamon stick, cover the lot with water, and leave it to simmer until almost dry. The dish is served with the fried onion scattered over the top - delicious (and quite a revelation for anyone who thinks themselves daringly modern for liking a bit of spice at the breakfast table), but definitely "kidgeree", as Mrs Steele has it, rather than kedgeree. Wet kedgeree I find a recipe for "wet kedgeree" in The Prawn Cocktail Years, which Lindsay Bareham and Simon Hopkinson claim is "slightly controversial", possibly because it marries rice with a distinctly European white sauce. While the rice cooks, I poach smoked haddock in milk, and then use this liquid to make a sauce thickened with flour and flavoured with cream, lemon juice, curry powder and sautéed onion. This is folded into the cooked rice and smoked fish, along with a small bunch of chopped chives, and the whole thing is topped with parsley and sliced boiled egg. It's undeniably comforting, but I think the cream dulls the spice and makes it into a fishy porridge, which, however authentic it may be, seems a shame. I like my kedgeree to have a bit more of a kick. Thrifty kedgeree Despite saying one should be "generous with the butter and cream" in the preamble to her kedgeree recipe, Jane Grigson doesn't use any dairy products to actually make it - after poaching the smoked haddock in water, she uses the same liquid to cook the rice, flavoured with sautéed onion and curry powder. The two are then mixed together, with a knob of butter, and topped with lemon slices, egg, parsley and prawns. It's a clever and economical technique, but again, the flavours of the finished dish are not as vivid as I would like. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Nick Fisher use a similar method in their River Cottage Fish Book (while suggesting smoked pollack instead of the more popular haddock), poaching the fish in milk instead, but again, I find this slightly bland. Fish fried rice The Leiths Fish Bible version is very different, and more in the spirit of the original Raj dish, designed to use up leftover rice, than the others. After poaching the haddock, I fry a chopped onion in an impressive amount of butter until soft, add turmeric, green chilli, curry powder and chopped fresh ginger, sauté them briefly, and then stir through the cooked rice fish and eggs. The flavours are striking, and the generous amount of butter makes the rice rich and moist. Sautéing pre-cooked rice in butter and spices keeps the flavours fresh, and the texture fluffy, rather than mushy. Leiths add fresh ginger, which I don't like with smoked fish, but their fresh green chilli adds a nice touch of freshness to the dish, as does a garnish of finely chopped coriander, rather than the more usual parsley. The chives used by Simon Hopkinson and Lindsay Bareham contribute a savoury, tangy quality that works particularly well with the eggs. On that subject, it's very modish to substitute soft-boiled or poached eggs, but I prefer a distinctly Victorian solidity on this occasion. Despite what many modern chefs seem to believe, old-fashioned curry powder is an absolute must here - a couple of separate spices, as used by Nigella, just doesn't create the same effect. Salmon, scallops, mackerel - even prawns, all seem wrong to me: the fish should be white, smoked, and sustainable. This is a breakfast that leaves you in no doubt you're alive and well: silver chafing dish optional. Perfect kedgeree 450g basmati rice 500g smoked haddock 1 large onion, finely chopped 1 green chilli, deseeded and cut into thin rings 2 crushed cardamom pods 1 tbsp curry powder 2 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and cut in half Small handful chives, chopped ½ lemon, cut into 4 wedges Small bunch of coriander, chopped 1. Toss the rice briefly under running water and then put it in a large pan and cover with cold water. Leave for at least half an hour. 2. Drain the rice and discard the soaking water. Put it in a large pan on a medium heat with 585ml fresh water. 3. Bring to the boil, and give it a good stir. Cover tightly and turn the heat down very low. Cook for 25 minutes then take off the heat - don't take the lid off! - and place on a wet tea towel. Leave for five minutes then fork through to fluff up. 4. Meanwhile, put the fish, skin-side up, in a shallow pan over a low heat, and cover with boiling water. Allow to sit for 10 minutes, then take out of the water and, when cool enough to handle, pull the skin off and break into large flakes. 5. Melt the butter in a large frying pan over a lowish heat, and add the onion. Fry gently until softened, then stir in the chilli, cardamom pods and curry powder. Cook for a couple of minutes, then tip in the rice and stir to coat. Add the fish flakes and heat through. Taste and season. 6. Put the eggs on top, scatter with chives and coriander, and serve with slices of lemon to squeeze over. Is kedgeree the breakfast of kings, or an aptly malodorous reminder of colonialism? Are there any other Anglo-Indian favourites which deserve to be better known - and can it really be true that kedgeree has its origins in Scotland rather than Shimla? This article contains affiliate links, which means we may earn a small commission if a reader clicks through and makes a purchase. All our journalism is independent and is in no way influenced by any advertiser or commercial initiative. By clicking on an affiliate link, you accept that third-party cookies will be set. More information. Indian food and drink

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Politics live with Andrew Sparrow Tory conference 2014 - Theresa May slams Lib Dems over communications data bill: Politics live blog Andrew Sparrow's rolling coverage of all the developments at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham, including David Cameron's morning interviews and speeches from Boris Johnson and Theresa May Theresa May Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA Andrew Sparrow @AndrewSparrow Tue 30 Sep 2014 12.45 EDT First published on Tue 30 Sep 2014 02.31 EDT 12.43pm EDT 12:43 Afternoon summary 12.00pm EDT 12:00 Conservative conference policy announcements - A round-up 11.48am EDT 11:48 Jeremy Hunt's speech - Summary 11.04am EDT 11:04 Nicky Morgan's speech - Summary 10.35am EDT 10:35 Lib Dems hit back at Theresa May over 'snooper's charter' 9.32am EDT 09:32 Lunchtime summary 8.28am EDT 08:28 Theresa May's speech - Summary 12.43pm EDT 12:43 Afternoon summary Michael Fallon, the defence secretary, has announced that two Tornados have attacked Islamic State targets in northern Iraq. They bombed an armed pick-up truck and a heavy weapons position. The Lib Dems have accused Theresa May of peddling "misinformation" when she claimed that their opposition to the so-called "snooper's charter" was putting lives at risk. (See 3.35pm.) The NASUWT teaching union has welcomed Nicky Morgan's speech to the Tory conference. Chris Keates, the union's general secretary, said: Schools will welcome that Nicky Morgan has established herself as the secretary of state for all schools, not just academies and free schools. Teachers will welcome the recognition that their professional lives are blighted by excessive workload. They will welcome the secretary of state's commitment to address this. But tackling workload effectively will require the secretary of state to recognise the contribution of this government's policies to the current excessive workload burdens. George Osborne, the chancellor, has played down suggestions he is obsessed with becoming prime minister. At a fringe meeting at the conference, he said it was a mistake for politicians to become too focused on ambition. I try and live the life I'm leading now. I don't always think about what's going to happen in the future.I think people who, particularly in politics, are always waiting for the next job and angling for the next job, have a pretty miserable time - personally are miserable - don't enjoy politics, don't enjoy their careers in politics. I am determined not to be that person. There are quite a lot of unhappy people in politics, disappointed people, people who through no fault of their own sometimes have been passed over. Osborne has said he does not respect Nigel Farage, the Ukip leader. Asked if he admired him, Osborne replied. The short answer is no, because I don't think he is being serious about the challenges the country faces. Jeremy Hunt, the health secretary, has said that all patients will have a named GP on their medical record under the new GP contract for 2015. That's all from me for today. Thanks for the comments (those of you who are left!) Updated at 12.45pm EDT Here's a one-item reading list. But it's quite a long item. Anthony Seldon, who has written biographies of John Major, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, gives his first, lengthy assessment of David Cameron's premiership. Cameron's standing in the eyes of his contemporaries will depend greatly on whether he wins an outright majority in 2015, especially after his failure to do so in 2010. The judgment of history upon the years 2010-2015 will be far less dependent upon the result of the 2015 election. Indeed, Cameron's place in history is already secure: by holding together the coalition for five years, significantly improving the economic outlook from a desperately weak starting point, overseeing some steady if still unproven domestic reforms, and possibly winning the Scottish referendum, Cameron has ensured that he will be seen as a prime minister of enduring importance. In particular, Cameron accomplished two profound achievements as prime minister: sticking to 'plan A' on the economy, and sticking with the coalition. The 'big, open and comprehensive offer' to the Lib Dems was very much his own initiative. For better or worse - and I think better - the coalition was his, and history will judge him for it. Conservative conference policy announcements - A round-up For the record, here are the conference-related Conservative party policy announcements we've had so far. I'll be updating this list every day. 1 - Up to 100,000 new homes for first-time buyers under 40. 2 - Some 3m apprenticeships, funded by reducing the welfare cap and other welfare cuts. There are more details here. 3 - Stopping the European Court of Human Rights over-ruling British courts. Chris Grayling, the justice secretary, disclosed this in the Telegraph on Saturday, but details have not been announced. 4 - Making mobile phone companies allow "national roaming" so that customers get a better signal. Sajid Javid, the culture secretary, unveiled this in an interview in the Daily Mail on Saturday. 5 - More tax-varying powers for Wales. 6 - £150m tax cut for people who benefit when pension post money is passed on. 7 - Freezing working-age benefits for two years, saving £3bn a year. 8 - A "Google tax", taking the form of a crackdown on transfer pricing tax avoidance schemes used by multinationals. 9 - Piloting the ending of cash benefits for claimants in troubled circumstances, with benefits paid through pre-paid cards instead. 10 - GPs open seven days a week by 2020. 11 - New banning orders and extremism disruption orders to tackle terrorism. 12 - 35 new free schools. 13 - All patients to have a named GP on their medical record. Jeremy Hunt's speech - Summary Here are the main points from Jeremy Hunt's speech. Hunt said that all patients would have a named GP on their medical record under the new GP contract for 2015. Over-75s already get a named doctor on their medical record, he said. He confirmed that patients in England would be able to see their medical record online from April next year. He criticised Labour for trying to politicise the health service. It's not a Labour Health Service or a Conservative Health Service ... it is a National Health Service. When people in this hall volunteer to support the local league of friends or join the board of a hospital we're not Conservative supporters - we're NHS supporters. We all support the NHS because the NHS is there for us all. So don't turn the National Health Service into a National Political Football and don't use the NHS to divide us when it's the fabric that unites our nation. He said that Labour was "unfit to run out NHS" because it had not learnt the lessons from the Mid Staffs hospital scandal. He accused Labour of scaremongering about privatisation in the NHS. If we increase spending on the NHS we must also look every one of them in the eye and promise that every penny is being spent wisely. Which means we mustn't stop new ideas that come from outside the NHS - whether from charities or, yes, the independent sector. Labour call this privatisation. But using a charity like WhizzKids to supply wheelchairs to disabled children or using Specsavers to speed up the supply of glasses is not privatisation. When the last Labour government used the independent sector to bring down waiting times that wasn't privatisation either. So stop scaremongering about privatisation that isn't happening. He claimed this scaremongering about privatisation "nearly cost us Scotland". He said the government had plans to train an extra 5,000 GPs. He said the next Conservative government would have "no greater priority than to protect, support and invest in our NHS". Jeremy Hunt Photograph: David Gadd/Allstar/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar Boris Johnson is not the only Tory being rude about Ukip at the conference. (See 10.29am.) According to KentOnline, David Cameron told a meeting of activists that Mark Reckless, the Ukip defector, had a "fat arse". I wasn't timing the ovations during the Nicky Morgan speech, but Paul Waugh was, and she says the amount of time spent applauding Michael Gove was telling. Paul Waugh (@paulwaugh) Ovation for Nicky Morgan wasn't as long as applause for Michael Gove, when she namechecked him during her speech. #bigshoes Nicky Morgan's speech - Summary Michael Gove lost his job as education secretary, and was replaced by Nicky Morgan, because his confrontational approach to the teaching establishment was becoming an electoral liability. Morgan immediately adopted a more emollient tone and the key message of her speech to the conference this afternoon was that the government wants to restore good relations with teachers. She could not have been more positive. Here are the main points. Morgan said she wanted to reduce the burden on teachers. Teachers who have to stay up late marking homework will be "too tired, too stressed and too anxious to do the job well", she said. She said she would be talking to unions and teachers about finding solutions. (For a Conservative minister to talk positively about talking to unions in a conference speech is almost unheard of.) She paid a lavish tribute to teachers. She said thank you: to the teachers, teaching assistants and support staff, who rise early every day, go to work, and turn our plans into action. If our school story has a hero, it is them. The teacher you see every day at the school gate - there when the children are dropped off, and again when they're picked up. The teacher that works late into the night, and then does it all again the following day. As a parent - and through my own family - I know how dedicated and inspiring teachers can be. But in this job, I am reminded of it every day. She said she wanted to do more to tackle homophobic bullying in schools. She announced the approval of 35 new free schools. She said she wanted to show "every school that we are on their side", not just free schools and academie She criticised Tristram Hunt, the shadow education secretary, as "a part-time politician and full-time celebrity historian". Nicky Morgan Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA Jeremy Hunt, the health secretary, has just started his speech. He began by saying that the next Tory government would have no greater priority than the NHS. Lib Dems hit back at Theresa May over 'snooper's charter' The Lib Dems have accused Theresa May of peddling "misinformation" about their opposition to the communications data bill. (See 1.28pm.) This is from a party spokesman. We utterly reject the allegation that the blocking of the communications data bill has put lives at risk. Police already have the ability to obtain data in urgent cases where lives are in danger. The real problem is the availability of IP address data, where we have always accepted there is a need for action, and indeed publicly committed to legislation last year. Frankly, it is woeful inaction on the part of the Home Office that solutions have not been identified to deal with this issue. If failure to act on the IP matching problem has put lives at risk, the home secretary must explain why her department has not acted. Theresa May is peddling misinformation in a vain attempt to get the so-called 'snooper's charter' back on the table. Liberal Democrats will continue to oppose the Tories' obsessive intrusion into people's lives. Lunchtime summary Two prominent Conservative MPs have criticised Theresa May's proposed plan to ban extremists from speaking in public. After May used a well-received conference speech to confirm the party's commitment to extremism disruption orders, to attack the Lib Dems for not backing the communications data bill and and to make a wide-ranging case for confronting extremism generally (see 1.28pm), Dominic Grieve, the former attorney general, said the extremism disruption orders could be counter-productive. If one introduces measures which may be perceived as draconican, restricting other people's liberties, then this can have the unintended consquences of not actually tackling, correctly, the problem of which is arising, but simply fuel resentment. It's a very delicate balancing act, these two concepts that we have to pay attention to. On the World at One Grieve said there might be a case for banning orders directed against organisations. But he said the government should be "much more careful" about placing restrictions on individuals. There was already a law criminalising incitement to hatred, he said. It is difficult to see how in practice some of these restrictions would operate without leading to the consequence of that a person would end up being prosecuted for expressing a point of view which the home secretary has considered is extreme ... In so far as the behaviour may be less serious than the commission of a criminal offence, then of course we have to carefully consider, in a free society, whether we are entitled to stop people from expressing views that we find repellant ... But any restriction on freedom of expression of individuals outside the criminal law is something that has to be approached with very great caution. David Davis has also attacked May's plans at a fringe meeting. Jonathan Freedland (@Freedland) David Davis slams Theresa May terror proposals at Tory fringe. Says "they define me and define you as a terrorist" Boris Johnson has said that the Conservatives do not need to be too worried about Ukip. Speaking on the World at One, when it was put to him that people in the party were "very worried" about the threat posed by Nigel Farage's party, Johnson said: I'm not as worried as all that. The great secret in life is, when you're facing an opponent who tries to take the wind out of your sails, the secret is to talk about what you're going to do, not talk about them the whole time. The Conservatives want to deliver a better deal in Europe and we're the only people who is offering that and are the only people in Europe who can deliver that. Earlier, in his speech to the conference, Johnson told the party they could win the general election. I genuinely think that this is a fantastic time to be a Conservative and that just in the last few months we have seen the beginning of the end of the tapioca-like consensus that Ed Miliband could somehow osmotically infiltrate or inveigle himself into power by pandering to his core vote and relying on the gross unfairness of the electoral system. The light is dawning, scales falling. Across the country the chattering classes are waking up to the reality that victory is within our grasp in the next eight months. Boris Johnson addressing the Tory conference Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images David Cameron has defended his plan to carry out billions of pounds of extra cuts to benefits for the working poor, saying it is only fair to ensure welfare payments are not rising faster than earnings. Sir Alan Moses, chair of the new press regulator, Ipso, has said the Sunday Mirror's Brooks Newmark sex sting is a "matter of urgent public concern" and indicated it would look to speed up the resolution process following a formal complaint. Cameron has said the EU is not a matter of the heart for him, suggesting he would not be too emotional about whether Britain stays or goes in a referendum. Richard Barnes, a former Conservative deputy mayor of London, has joined Ukip. Tories have been told that people who walk past sex advertisements in phone boxes are missing evidence of modern slavery. As the Press Association reports, Mike Emberson told the conference one of the biggest mistakes to make was to assume slavery was a hidden crime, telling delegates at the Conservative Party conference: "If it's hidden, it's hidden in plain sight." Asked what he would say to people who cannot believe slavery thrives in Britain, the project director of the Medaille Trust - a charity which seeks to help women, men and children freed from human trafficking - told delegates in Birmingham: "Open your eyes. It's been very well covered in the press now, there's lots of government information out there and we've got a lot better at recognising and reporting on it." Cameron has told Scottish Tory activists that the no campaign's victory in the independence referendum has created a huge opportunity to win back seats at the general election. Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, has said that Labour will look at the detail of Theresa May's plans for new banning orders and extremism disruption orders before deciding whether to back them. But she criticised the government's record on counter-terrorism generally. David Cameron and Theresa May have weakened counter-terror measures, so more action is needed to deal with extremists and terror threats and to prevent young people being drawn into barbarism. But why won't they bring back tried and tested measures to stop terrorists and serious extremists - including relocation powers or control orders which experts believe would be far more effective than the TPIMs [terrorism prevention and investigation measures] Theresa May introduced? And if the Home Secretary is serious about preventing extremism, why isn't she restoring the community Prevent programme that helped communities themselves prevent radicalisation? They were wrong to scrap this and it should be restored. Ministers have made promises about extremism ASBOs before. We will need to look at the detail behind today's rhetoric as too often ministers have made announcements on tackling terrorism and extremism without any clues how they would work - for example David Cameron's press conference last month about holding British citizens in foreign airports. Theresa May's speech - Summary Immigration and the police are two of Theresa May's key responsibilities as home secretary. But, unusually for a Conservative conference speech, she covered both these topics in just a single paragraph. Instead she focused almost entirely on extremism, after starting her speech with a sobering passage asking her Tory, mostly white and middle-aged audience to imagine what young black men feel about stop and search. The full text is here. And here are the main points. May warned there was a risk of Islamic State (Isis) acquiring nuclear weapons if it is not defeated. Britain could not ignore the threat it posed, she said. If [Isis] succeed in firmly consolidating their grip on the land they occupy in Syria and Iraq, we will see the world's first truly terrorist state established within a few hours flying time of our country. We will see terrorists given the space to plot attacks against us, train their men and women, and devise new methods to kill indiscriminately. We will see the risk, often prophesied but thank God not yet fulfilled, that with the capability of a state behind them, the terrorists will acquire chemical, biological or even nuclear weapons to attack us. This is not somebody else's battle. They have made clear their ambitions. And they have made us their enemies. And the lesson of history tells us that when our enemies say they want to attack us, they mean it. We must not flinch. We must not shy away from our responsibility. We must not drift towards danger and insecurity. While we still have the chance, we must act to destroy [Isis]. She confirmed plans to introduce new banning orders and extremism disruption orders to tackle extremism. She said it was right to challenge extremism, not just violent extremism. To live in a modern liberal state is not to live in a moral vacuum. We have to stand up for our values as a nation. There will, I know, be some who say that what I describe as extremism is merely social conservatism. But if others described a woman's intellect as "deficient", denounced people on the basis of their religious beliefs, or rejected the democratic process, we would quite rightly condemn their bigotry. And there will be others who say I am wrong to link these kinds of beliefs with the violent extremism we agree we must confront. To them I say, yes, not all extremism leads to violence. And not all extremists are violent. But the damage extremists cause to our society is reason enough to act. And there is, undoubtedly, a thread that binds the kind of extremism that promotes intolerance, hatred and a sense of superiority over others to the actions of those who want to impose their values on us through violence. (Earlier this year May was seen as being in the "beating back the crocodiles" camp on extremism, as opposed to those, like Michael Gove, who favoured "draining the swamp" instead. The metaphor comes from Gove. Now it sounds like May has joined the crocodile beaters.) She invited members of the audience to imagine what it felt like to be a black Briton subject to repeated stop and search by the police. It's difficult for most of us here in this hall to really appreciate the effects of stop and search. You see, most of us are white. Most of us are of a certain age. Well, we're certainly not teenagers anymore. But imagine walking home, or driving to work one day, and being stopped by the police. Imagine, having done nothing wrong, you are patted down, you have your pockets turned inside out, and your possessions examined. Imagine you ask why you're being searched and you're told it's "just routine" even though the police need "reasonable grounds for suspicion" that you've broken the law. Imagine growing up and the indignity of this happening to you twenty, thirty, forty, even fifty or sixty times. And imagine what it's like to feel, deep down, that this is only happening because you're young, male and black. She said more than 250,000 stop and searches carried out by the police were probably illegal, because there were not sufficient grounds to justify them. She criticised Labour's record on stop and search. Under Labour - you remember them, the party of equality - stop and search powers were extended and extended. Under the Conservatives, they've been cut back. Under Labour, oversight rules and safeguards were downgraded and discarded. Under the Conservatives, they've been strengthened. And the result is less and better-targeted stop and search. She said that she had already acted to reduce the police use of stop and search and that, if stop and search did not become more targeted, she would legislate to make this happen. She claimed that Liberal Democrat opposition to the proposed communications data bill was putting lives at risk. Over a six-month period, the National Crime Agency estimates that it had to drop at least twenty cases as a result of missing communications data. Thirteen of these were threat-to-life cases, in which a child was judged to be at risk of imminent harm. In a three-month period, the Metropolitan Police had to drop twelve cases because communications data was not available. These cases included sexual offences and potential threat-to-life scenarios relating to a suicide threat and a kidnap. The solution to this crisis of national security was the communications data bill. But two years ago, it was torpedoed by the Liberal Democrats. I'm told that the Lib Dems now tell the newspapers that "they might have to give ground on surveillance powers in a future coalition agreement". But they also say that they have "no intention of allowing changes before the general election". This is outrageously irresponsible, because innocent people are in danger right now. If we do not act, we risk sleepwalking into a society in which crime can no longer be investigated and terrorists can plot their murderous schemes undisrupted. The Conservatives would bring in the bill if they won the election, she said. She praised Islam as a religion of peace. This hateful ideology has nothing to do with Islam itself. And it is rejected by the overwhelming majority of Muslims in Britain and around the world. The Quran says: "O mankind! We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that ye may know each other." It says: "let there be no compulsion in religion." So let the message go out from this hall that the extremists will never succeed in dividing us. Let the message go out that we know Islam is a religion of peace and it has nothing to do with the ideology of our enemies. Let us stand side by side with the British Muslims who are coming together and saying "not in my name". Theresa May Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Britain is now the second biggest car manufacturer in Europe, he says. That is an astounding thing when you consider where the country was in the 1970s. And if you get drunk in Las Vegas, and have to shelter under a bus stop, that bus stop will probably be made in London, he says. And not just London - but the London borough of Hillingdon, a borough he hopes to represent in parliament next year. Johnson urges the Tories to take the fight to the "semi-Marxist Miliband and Balls". The Tories need to get out their message about their faith in "one nation enterprise". And let us Conservatives get on with their work of unleashing the talents of all and creating the most dynamic economy in Europe, he says. That's it. The speech is over. It was a jolly speech, but quite a safe one, and not one that contained anything particularly new. I'll post the highlights from Theresa May's speech in a moment. Johnson talks about British exports. One firm is even exporting Johnson says that the Tories believe in wealth creation and the free market. All their policies are aimed at getting people into work. And when people work, they should be well paid. That is why is he so proud of having extended the London living wage. And he has done that, not by compulsion, but by showing people it is the right thing to do. It leads to less absenteeism. And there should be less EU regulation, he says. Only David Cameron can deliver a referendum. Alex Salmond, Nigel Farage and Ed Miliband won't, he says. He says Cameron has "natural authority" in Brussels. He will lead the party in 2015 and beyond. That is the new fisheries policy we need, he says: first chuck Salmond overboard, then eat the Kippers. Johnson says London economy is thriving. That is helping the rest of the country. The difference between the Tories and Labour is that they talk, we do, he says. The Tories are building homes. And there is space to build 400,000 more homes in London, without getting near the green belt. He wants them marketed to Londoners, not oligarchs from the plant Zog, he says. Not that he's Zogist, he adds. Some of his ancestors came from Zog. Johnson is now talking about some of his achievements in London: crime down, Crossrail on time, and new extensions to the Tube. London has more visitors than Paris. "London is going gangbusters," he says. It is the capital, not just of England, but of the UK, he says. And will remain so for our lifetimes. You have permission to purr, Dave. Matthew Pencharz (@mpencharz) In the hall for @MayorofLondon 's speech Newest Newer Older Oldest Conservative conference

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NewsLocal NewsMorgan County State plans public meeting on I-69 extension between Martinsville and Indianapolis By: Tom Maccabe MARTINSVILLE, Ind. - The state is wrapping up construction this month on the section of Interstate 69 between Martinsville and Bloomington, which means it's almost time to begin the next phase of the project. The section of I-69 between Martinsville and Indianapolis will follow State Road 37 most of the way and then go through the Martinsville business district, the Johnson County suburbs and the Indianapolis Southwest Side. READ | Section 5 of I-69 won't be completed by goal date | Long-delayed I-69 project between Martinsville and Bloomington is nearing an end When finished, it will be possible to drive between Indianapolis and Evansville on an interstate highway. Residents and business owners in Morgan, Johnson and Marion counties who are interested in learning more about the plans can attend a public information meeting hosted by the Indiana Department of Transportation. It will be at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, September 17 at Martinsville High School, 1360 East Gray Street. What's known as "Segment Six" will take an estimated five-years to build and will join up with I-465 near the current Harding Street, State Road 37 interchange. Original plans called for the work to be done by 2027, but the time was cut by three years recently when Governor Eric Holcomb announced an additional $600 million in spending, money that's coming from higher tolls on trucks using the Indiana Toll Road. MORE TOP STORIES | FDA inspection finds ' insanitary conditions' at Monat manufacturing facility | Indy mother says she won't pay funeral home until she gets her son's ashes | Road work to shut down sections of I-465 until early October | IMPD officer under investigation, video shows her carrying shotgun & spraying tear gas at people | Mother arrested after 2-year-old son left in hot car outside Delaware County apartment complex Top Trending Videos

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'Secrecy has been the hallmark and curse of British government for centuries' By Francis FitzGibbon QC 11 October 2016 | 4:47 pm Ian Cobain: 'no tinfoil-hat conspiracy theorist' Ian Cobain: 'no tinfoil-hat conspiracy theorist' REVIEW: Ian Cobain is a formidable prosecutor. In The History Thieves and its predecessor Cruel Britannia (2012) he has put the British State in the dock and charged it with obsessive secrecy and crimes including torture, illegal wars and extra-judicial executions. In the new book he rapidly chronicles the secret state's growth from 1657 (when the government authorised the opening of private letters as 'the best means to discover and prevent any dangerous and wicked designs against the Commonwealth') to the present panoply of secret courts and tribunals and Official Secrets Acts. The thieves in the title are the officials who for generations have destroyed or hidden the official records of the darkest deeds done by or at the behest of the state. The thefts have three kinds of victim: the people who suffered and deserve redress; historians who can expose what happened; and future victims who are vulnerable to repeat performances, because public ignorance confers impunity. The end of Empire saw acts of great savagery by officials and military personnel, followed by destruction of records. The most shocking was the treatment of suspected Mau Mau rebels in Kenya, before independence. Men were killed and castrated, and women were raped, in what can only be called concentration camps (camps where suspects were concentrated). Records were kept. High officials and ministers in Nairobi and London were kept informed. Although many colonial records were deliberately destroyed, the Kenya records were kept, though officials lied about their existence for 50 years until they were uncovered at a secretive Foreign Office facility, and eventually made available to the elderly Kenyan survivors - though only after the government did all it could to hold them back. Compensation was made, at the ends of lives ruined by torture and callous falsehoods. Kenya is the classic case: appalling misdeeds, sanctioned from on high; denials; records kept secret, and only released under overwhelming legal & public pressure. Cobain details similar stories, in dirty secret hidden wars in Vietnam (1945, when captured Japanese troops were outsourced under British officers to restore French rule in Vietnam); Indonesia, 1946; Oman and Yemen in the 1960s. And in Northern Ireland, where under a cloak of secrecy British agents were controlling death squads who murdered Catholics, the files of an independent investigation were destroyed in a mysterious arson attack, and the killers, agents and their handlers have had impunity. Secrecy has been the hallmark and curse of British government for centuries. Under it, evil can flourish without proper checks on official action. It breeds suspicion and paranoia when it is the default setting, and the all-pervasive obsession with secrecy makes it hard to see what when it really is essential for the preservation of life and national security. Cobain is no tinfoil-hat conspiracy theorist: he sets out evidence for conspiracies that have really happened. We are asked to take too much on trust from institutions who time and again have shown themselves to be untrustworthy. And secrecy can destroy itself: when Philby came under suspicion before his eventual defection to the USSR, he relied on the Official Secrets Act to avoid journalists' questions about his work as a British agent. We have come to learn of the massive capabilities of modern states to keep their populations under all kinds of surveillance. Where law lags behind technological advances (as it always does), the agencies are in a bind. Terrorists and cyber-attackers sponsored by hostile states exist and want to do harm. No state can ignore them. A state that aspires to the rule of law must find a balance between national security and national and personal liberty. Hence, the Interception of Communications Bill. Many people think that the Bill grants far too much freedom and secrecy to the agencies, and far too little to us. By 'us' I mean lawyers and their client, as much as the public at large. The crowning irony of the Bill, which Cobain does not mention, is the power it will give the spooks to intercept privileged communications between lawyers and their clients. This goes far beyond the 'iniquity exemption', by which lawyers and clients can't claim privilege if they abuse the relationship to plan or commit crimes. Instead, the state will keep its secrets, but will have complete access to ours. Little could be more destructive of the rule of law than this, that same rule of law that national security exists to protect. The History Thieves: Secrets, lies and the shaping of a modern nation is out now - published by Portobello Books (buy here) Author: Francis FitzGibbon QC Francis FitzGibbon QC is a criminal barrister at 23 Essex Street. He is immediate past chair of the Criminal Bar Association. The views expressed here are personal Raphael Rowe: 'Everyday something reminds me of prison' 'The greatest celebration we can make of legal aid is to commit to it' Downward trend in number of miscarriage of justice cases being referred continues for third year Liam Allan speaks out against campaign to prevent rape victims having to give phones to ... The Justice Gap is an online magazine about the law and justice run by journalists. read more... Our print magazine is Proof. Contributors include Michael Mansfield QC, Bob Woffinden, David Rose, Eric Allison and Ian Cobain. Buy Proof Magazine The latest issue (Why legal aid matters) includes Helena Kennedy QC and Martha Spurrier in conversation, David Conn on the legacy of Hillsborough - plus how to build your own law centre. Whistleblowers and journalists could face jail for... The secret trial of Erol Incedal 'Where does Britain stand on torture today?' Jack... Article 50 in the courts: the secret state meets the... 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Man faked bomb threat after missing flight bombsasdrunkdamagesscandinavian airlinesfalse alarmarlandamalta A man has been charged with raising false alarm after faking a bomb threat in order to prevent a Malta-bound Scandinavian Arlines flight from taking off without him. The already delayed plane was just about to depart when a 41-year-old man from Gävle in central Sweden reportedly came running towards the gate, shouting "I'm getting on that plane!" When a Scandinavian Airlines staff member told the man that it was too late to board, he said, repeatedly, that there was a bomb on the plane. The pilot was told to stop the plane and police were called. While waiting for the police to arrive, the man threatened to call the Aftonbladet newspaper to tell them there was a bomb on board an SAS plane and that he was not being allowed to catch his flight. The man's breath apparently smelled of alcohol. Asked by the police whether he realized the seriousness of issuing a bomb scare, the man replied that him not being allowed on the plane was just as serious. When the police told him he would not be travelling, the 41-year-old pointed at the plane, which was returning to the gate, and said that he would be getting on it. "It's coming back so I can go," he said. But instead of holidaying in Malta the man got to travel to a police detention centre in Stockholm. During questioning he said that he was a diabetic and was not quite sure what he was talking about. The plane was evacuated and searched and the passengers were transferred on to a different plane before finally leaving for Malta over two hours late. Nine passengers missed their connecting flights as a result and had to spend the night in a hotel. One passenger was treated by medical personnel after experiencing breathing difficulties. SAS has demanded that the 41-year-old pay the airline 100,000 kronor ($15,000) in damages. The Local/nr Follow The Local on Twitter Hundreds stranded at Stockholm's Arlanda airport CRIME MAP: This interactive map shows the explosions in Malmö in 2019 Number of bomb attacks in Sweden has surged this year Swedish court frees Uzbek accused of planning bomb attack 'Suspect object' triggers evacuation of Linköping police station

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Russian Authorities Cannot Prohibit Rallies Over Security, Top Court Rules Rally in defense of freedom of speech and journalism in Moscow Mikhail Tereshchenko / TASS Russia's Constitutional Court has ruled that the authorities cannot refuse authorization for rallies over their inability to provide security, the state-run TASS news agency has reported. Authorities in the Siberian city of Irkutsk rejected activist Valery Teterin's request to hold a rally last fall, citing Teterin's inability to define how organizers would ensure public order and security. Teterin appealed the decision, saying that Russia's laws on rallies don't clearly define requirements for ensuring public order. Valery Teterin Ekaterina Vertinskaya / sibreal.org The Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that although rally organizers should participate in ensuring order and participants' safety, the authorities are ultimately responsible for ensuring safety and security at protests. Teterin's lawyer, Sergey Golubok, was cited as saying by the Fontanka news website that the vague wording of Russia's protest law has allowed the authorities to prohibit protests that clash with their agendas. "I don't like what the [rally] organizer has written, so let's not consider their application. If we don't consider the application, there will be no rally," Golubok said. "We only know that this is the tip of the iceberg," Golubok told the BBC Russian service when asked if the Constitutional Court's decision will affect the process of authorizing rallies throughout the country. "No one can say for sure how many public events are refused in Russia, since local authorities are involved. But there is no basis for this [refusal]," Golubok added. A 2014 Russian law regulating protests, which critics say is unconstitutional, requires all protests and rallies consisting of more than one person to obtain prior approval from the authorities.

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Russians Are Increasingly Protesting Social, Not Political Issues - Study Yuri Kochetkov / EPA / TASS Russians are increasingly likely to rally over social than political issues, according to a newly released study of protests in the first three months of 2019. Freedom of assembly has been gradually restricted in Russia since a wave of mass protests in 2011-2012 against President Vladimir Putin. Observers say that nonpolitical demonstrations have become more frequent in recent years amid a rise in general discontent. Russians Are No Longer Scared to Protest More than one-third of 429 rallies in 2019 concerned social issues, the Center for Social and Labor Rights said in a study published Friday. That's almost double the 86 social protests flagged in the same period of 2018. More than half of the social protests focused on rising trash pickup costs, unpopular retirement age hikes and benefit cuts, the Moscow-based NGO said. Study author Anna Ochkina said the protests have spread across Russia this year, with residents far outside the country's urban centers now taking to the streets over local and regional issues. Top Russian Official Predicts Protest 'Explosion' if Economy Doesn't Improve "The geography is now very diverse," she told the Kommersant business daily Saturday. "These cities rarely flashed on the map of protest activity two or three years ago." Environmentalists, defrauded co-investors and other issues-based protesters increasingly prefer not to refer to their actions as political, said Lev Gudkov, the head of Russia's independent Levada Center polling agency. "It's common conformism stemming from the Soviet era," he told Kommersant.

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Home " Rajasthan and then a Joyful Brief Visit to Kabini Rajasthan and then a Joyful Brief Visit to Kabini In the early hours of the morning we drove to Delhi Station to board the Shatabdhi Express to Dholpur. The train left on time, full of Europeans who were going to see The Taj Mahal at Agra - Dholpur is the next stop after Agra. The train was delayed by the considerable fog along the way but eventually we arrived to a warm welcome in sunshine by Raj Niwas manager Vijay Hada and his wife Bhavana. It was eight years exactly since we had been at Raj Niwas the palace of the Dholpur royalty. Vasundhara Raje is the Chief Minister of Rajasthan and her son Dushyant was there too. Much has been done at Raj Niwas and the cottages and suites are lovely with stylish interiors and beautiful green lawns with peacocks parading and calling. We then went on a river safari on the Chambal river and saw plenty crocodiles and gharials and turtles and birdlife. Lunch in the sunshine under a colourful umbrella on the lawn was a delight, with interesting birdlife darting amongst the trees. The Old Palace is now closed but opened for museum visits to see its eccentricities that go back to 1876 when the then Maharajah of Dholpur built the whole palace to receive the then Prince of Wales.... Queen Victoria's heir. We had stayed in the Palace in 2008 and had experienced the vintage plumbing and huge fully tiled rooms with beautiful tiles that would have been manufactured in Coalbrookdale in Shropshire I am pretty sure.... sometimes it had felt as if we were sleeping on the floor of a Victorian swimming pool! The Palace is essential viewing for visitors. Agra and Sariska Wildlife Park We then drove on and skirted Agra, but the road to Agra is very good now and so it is an easy place to stay from which to visit the Taj Mahal and other outstanding World Heritage Sites in the vicinity. We spent a night at Laxmi Niwas at Bharatpur.... a place we had visited previously also in 2008. Sadly the great Keoladeo Bird Park seems still to be bereft of water. I recall it in 1997 when it was so beautiful and full of birdlife. We arrived finally at Vanaashrya which is a lovely Tented Resort with swimming pool, Spa and excellent facilities very near to Sariska Wildlife Park. This we enjoyed hugely and the Tent was so comfortable with glorious beds and careful comfortable facilities. The welcome was huge and the food was good. I had a most splendid foot massage after a long day and the musicians sang and played and it was a convivial evening with excellent dinner. The night had the noises of a wild place with jackals keening and then peacocks calling. We were up at dawn for entry to the park. This is a very pleasant park which is often overlooked but repays careful attention. We also liked that it was laid back and had few vehicles but we were with a careful Naturalist. A good morning, then back for breakfast, a shower and farewell. I could have easily stayed another night just relaxing and enjoying the ambience. Legends of of Bhangarh Fort En route to Ranthambhore we went to Bhangarh which is a deserted fort and village not far away from Vanaashrya. The Bhangarh Fort is located on the border of the Sariska Reserve in the Aravalli range of hills in Alwar district of Rajasthan. The nearest village is Golakabaas. The fort is situated at the foot of the hills on sloping terrain. The ruins of the King's palace are located on the lower slopes of the hills and trees surround the pond area and a natural stream falls into the pond within the premises of the palace. There are two legends narrated as to the history of the fort city which is reported to be haunted and no one is allowed to remain in the precincts of the fort at night as per a notice board put up by the Archaeological Survey of India at the entrance. One version of the legend is that a sadhu named Baba Balanath lived within the fort area. It was his injunction that any houses built in the precincts of the fort should not be taller than his house and in case the shadow of any such house falling on his house would result in destruction of the fort town In another version, the wizard who was adept in black magic fell in love with Ratnavati, the princess of Bhangarh who was very beautiful and had suitors to marry her from many royal families of the country. One day while the princess, 18 years of age, went shopping with her friends and was buying Attar (scent) the wizard saw this and replaced the scent with some potion in order to ensnare the princess. He offered the potion to her so that she took a liking for him and marry him. However, the princess saw through the wizard's trickery and when he offered her the bowl of potion, she threw it on a big boulder nearby and as a result the boulder started rolling down towards the wizard and crushed him. Before he died he cursed that Bhangarh would be destroyed soon and no one will be able to live within its precincts. Subsequent to the curse Bhangarh Fort was invaded by the Mughals from the north and the city was surrounded and sacked; 10,000 people lived in the fort city at that time. All the people in the fort including the princess were killed. The present state of the fort is attributed to the curse of the wizard and people believe the ghosts in the fort are that of the princess and the wizard. Since that day, it is believed that paranormal activities take place here during the nights. View album photographs Well I really do not know about all that, but I enjoyed visiting in the hot sunshine of the noon day sun. Eventually, after a long drive, we reached Sawai Madhopur which is the town next to which Ranthambhore Wildlife Park is located. I know it well from previous visits. This time we again stayed at the very reliable Ranthambhore Regency Hotel and were given a very warm efficient welcome and were glad of tea and biscuits on the lawn. This is a busy hotel which is efficiently run. The owner of Vanaashrya is Arvind Jain and his brother Ravindra owns the Regency.... or both own them as a family business. Either way these hotels are well managed. At the Regency it was completely full, mostly with British tourists all eager to spot a tiger. Sleeping Tiger absolute delight There is a swimming pool, elegant large rooms and modern bathrooms, a Spa, good food and good observant service plus efficient management of jeeps and cantaurs for wildlife spotting in the Park. We went out the next morning and heh presto....our jeep came upon a most beautiful sleepy male Tiger T74. He was a delight and we had ages in which to observe and photograph him. Then we had to undergo the usual hiatus with a whole lot of jeeps and cantaurs arriving and matters got out of hand. The only living being behaving appropriately was His Highness the Tiger. Enough said! We moved on and spied other lovely wildlife, birds, crocodiles, sambur and chital. Then just at the end having returned to cross the river we again saw T74 who had not moved at all and on the way out we came across Arrowhead the female and she too was sleepy. It was a splendid morning and we were both delighted. That afternoon after a good light lunch we went to the old Fort in the Ranthambhore Wildlife Park. We had first visited in 2002 but this time we clashed with a religious festival and the place was covered in crowds and infested with monkeys so after a while we beat a retreat.... nevertheless, enjoying driving through the Park in warm sunshine. We then visited the shop called Tribal-Wild Women Craft. It is a good place with eager staff. I ordered two short kurtas and a hand painted version of a bird on silk. All this for our departure the next morning. We bought the obligatory T Shirts for the five grandchildren and had a pleasant time interacting with the owner and his wide awake young son Udit Rathore. I always try to buy something locally and in this places the local Tribal Women were sitting outside sewing and embroidering their typical pieces which was nice to see. Masala chai went down well too. Tea on the lawn and the others who had returned to the Park were either full of wonder at having seen tigers or sad that they hadn't. I felt blessed with the two we had seen at Pench and now two at Ranthambhore. Years ago I had seen the legendary Maachli and three tiger cubs here. The next morning we collected our order from Tribal Wild Women Craft and were on our way. Again a long drive and this time to Shahpura Haveli. We went by way of Ramgarh Lodge Hotel. The Gateway Hotel Ramgarh Lodge Jaipur was once the favourite hunting retreat of the Maharaja of Jaipur. ... The Ramgarh Lodge was built in 1933 designed by Sir Swinton Jacob with a Spanish theme almost 30 years after the man-made lake was created in 1903 at Jamwa Ramgarh. This was a favourite retreat for the legendary Maharani of Jaipur....later known well as Rajmata Jaipur when the Maharaja sadly died of a polo accident. I recall them all in their splendour as a child at polo tournaments in Kolkata in the 1950s and early 1960s. Ayesha Jaipur's mother the legendary Ma Cooch Behar wrote a book with my own grandmother Aline Rose, after whom I was named about 100 years ago! (I combined the photos of Ramgarh Lodge with Bhangarh Fort earlier) We arrived at Shahpura Haveli in time for tea.... all drives in India seem to take about four hours and this one had been slightly longer as we had stopped for lunch. There was a warm welcome from the manager of Shahpura Haveli. It has been restored with care and enthusiasm and there are further plans to progress the restoration. We were given a sumptuous suite, currently there are only four suites. We enjoyed ourselves but were the only people staying. The food is good and the management responded to our requests. The town of Shahpura is cut in half by the main highway. It is a typical little Rajasthan town with good and challenging points. There is an attempt at cleaning and neatness.... but there is a very long way to go. We did a town walk and watched a sweet young Muslim girl make bangles. This was fascinating and we bought two she made to our requirements for our granddaughter in her favourite colours. What heartened me was the information that the young girl is in fact studying Geography and Sanskrit at the local university and has another different sort of employment, but does this craft in the family firm. A young woman with choices which warms my heart. We visited local sites of heritage interest and then a Charity that houses and educates orphan children which we found very worthwhile. There are no photographs at their request. I interacted with the boys, there are also girls but I did not meet them. I spoke in Hindi but was helped out by the young manager from Shahpura. It was also an encouraging visit. Bal Ashram (Bachpan Bachao Andolan) was founded by Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi and has significant property and garden area with good amenities quite close to Jaipur. There was a young footballer who came to talk to us. He had been sent on a six-month secondment to help teach football and team spirit and all the values that are worthwhile. View ablum photographs Onward to Jaipur We moved on to Jaipur the following day and arrived at Shahpura House. This is a very nice old city mansion which has had a new efficient elegant and comfortable Wing added to it which is very new. I liked it. There are the usual amenities of a swimming pool, the Spa, good dining room and rooftop dining plus a very good shop. The shower was excellent which always is a top consideration for me! This hotel was busy with many Europeans and Australians. Whilst in Jaipur we were the Guests of Mahindra World City. In 2015 we had been the special guests of Mahindra World City in Chennai and really enjoyed the whole experience including their Mahindra World School. Here the MWC is quite young and there is no school as yet. It is however about twice the size of the Chennai city and has huge potential right on the edge of a burgeoning Rajasthani city which is the capital of the State and now designated a Smart City. We were warmly welcomed by Mr Sanjay Srivastava the COO and his senior colleagues and given a presentation of the MWC Jaipur and its aspirations. It really is very encouraging and I have no doubt that if I were to return in a few years the whole place will have matured with fine trees and vegetation and instead of 65 companies being represented there will be twice that number. We discussed the whole aspect of new cities.... after all, in the UK in post-World War II Britain in the late 1950s and right through the 1960s the various governments established whole new towns in both England and Scotland.... I am more au fait with the Scottish ones and 60 years on some of them are excellent. Some it has to be said were victims of depressing architecture and a soulless ambience. Sadly, it seems only architects are paid to make mistakes....and we live with their mistakes forever after. In the case of Glasgow however and some parts of London they realised their errors and some buildings have been demolished to make way for more modern realistic ideas. In India the emphasis must be on the environment and cleanliness and greening an area (which is arid semi desert anyway) and the general aspiration of providing a place that reflects the Mahindra Mantra. LIVELIHOOD, LIVING, LIFE. I agree wholeheartedly. In the late afternoon we visited the delightful boutique of Princess Bhargavi Kumari Mewar called Aashka in the Hotel Narain Niwas Palace gardens. It is an elegant delight and full of lovely items of clothing and household soft furnishings and objets d'art. Afterward Aavi and Loku took us to tea at Rambagh Palace which is always a delight to experience. A special memory. All too soon we were on a flight down to Bengaluru with Indigo. It is a long drive to Orange County Kabini and we hit some obstacles that made it longer. Therefore it was a great pleasure to arrive as the sun set to a very warm welcome and the sheer bliss of this lovely place. We had not been for four years and the vegetation and trees have all matured and it looks so wonderful. How I recall a decade ago being shown the plans and then looking out over Lake Kabini.... now it is a beautiful comfortable place but totally in keeping with its setting in a wild area of Karnataka. We had a wonderful dinner and glorious bed. The next morning the birdsong woke me pre sunrise and I walked around enjoying the whole ambience. I worked on my tablet at the pool lounge where there is Wi Fi. These cottages are so roomy and comfortable and breakfast was a lovely dosa and fruits. Then we asked chef if he would make us plain yoghurt in matka pots which he did and we loved. We went on a boat safari that afternoon and saw plenty from the comfort of the boat. As the sun set we arrived back to a welcome tea and eats. The infinity swimming pool called (the pool cottages have their own little pools) and looking out on the lake as the light went was sublime. Four nights here was a perfect end to our two months in India. We had a dawn safari which was pleasant. I personally feel that Karnataka Forestry have to up their game with regard to the vehicles they provide and their whole ethos....but then I have said this before. Make your visitors welcome, they bring you good revenue and do NOT frighten the wildlife! Our last afternoon was the pool, tea under an umbrella, watching the elephant plod by with various people on her back, then the bullock cart trundle by doing a similar job, someone was in a coracle experiencing that and we were just drinking up a beautiful sunset and precious memories of a most favourite place. We saw a hare.... lollop by our villa.... shy but not that scared and the birdlife was excellent too. We saw wild elephants and crocodiles and deer and gaur.... we did not see the black leopard or the tiger sadly but others did. A precious time indeed. The next day we drove to Bengaluru and stayed at The Paul. This is an excellent hotel in the good shopping district and business area of Blare. We have stayed there previously and it is owned by the man who owns Kumarakom Lake Resort. A high standard of comfort and food and welcome. We flew home on Emirates. Bengaluru Airport is a delight and such a contrast to our arrival at Mumbai. Beautiful gardens surrounding it, clean efficient airport and communicative personnel on the immigration and passport control. Now we are back in our beloved home; Spring has sprung to our joy...may it be a good summer full of sunshine and promise of good things to come. In our memories are all the beloved places, the special experiences, some of the challenges and our poignant Phir Milengi.... until we meet again in ...... India. Kabini

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COFFEE NEWS ROUNDUP: WEEK ENDING MARCH 8TH Hello and welcome to another edition of the Coffee News Roundup. I don't really have anything to say here, except to thank you for reading. Hey, thanks for reading. Yep, that's it. Let's get on with things, shall we. Mexican Brewers Cup Champion Carlos Maqueda Denied Visa - via Barista Magazine The World Brewers Cup Championship is happening this April as part of the Specialty Coffee Association's Expo in Boston. Absent this year, however, is likely to be Mexican Brewers Cup champion Carlos Maqueda, who was denied a temporary visa to travel to Boston and represent Mexico in the competition. According to an interview in Barista Magazine, who broke the story, Maqueda tried multiple times to apply for the visa and was denied each time, despite meeting all the requirements. This is not the first time a coffee competitor has been denied a visa, and not even the first time a Mexican competitor has been rejected. World Coffee Events, which runs the Brewers Cup competition along with the World Barista Championship and other competitions, said in a statement that visa denials "are a recurring challenge in presenting these global events," and that they try to offer as much assistance as possible to competitors who suffer these issues. A previous Iranian competitor, Mehran Mohammad Nezhad, was eventually able to gain entry to the United States after challenging the initial visa refusal, so there is some precedent for Maqueda to invoke (although that was back in 2015, and immigration rules have changed a bit since then). The US coffee industry is rallying behind Maqueda, with appeals to politicians and other attempts to provide assistance. It's pretty lamentable that a champion barista from a producing country is denied entry to one of the coffee world's premier competitions, just because it is being held in the US, while the coffee itself has no problems. Farmer Reps Accuse Roasters of Counterfeiting as Kona Controversy Escalates - via Daily Coffee News Well this story is fascinating. As you may or may not know, coffee from Hawaii is expensive. This is partly due to its quality, but mostly to do with the fact that it's grown in the United States so fair wages must be paid to workers (the question of why this isn't the case in other countries is a discussion for another time). Kona coffee is also good marketing, so big coffee chains on the mainland like to tout the name on grocery store shelves. They just don't much like paying for the privilege, apparently. A lawsuit brought by up to 1,000 Hawaiian coffee farmers alleges that much of the coffee sold as Kona in fact contains little to no coffee from that island. The defendants include grocery chains Walmart, Amazon, and Kroger, as well as coffee companies such as Gold Coffee Company, Copper Moon Coffee, and Magnum Coffee (no, me either). The suit states: "Even though only 2.7 million pounds of authentic green Kona coffee is grown annually, over 20 million pounds of coffee labeled as 'Kona' is sold at retail," the suit states. "That is physically impossible; someone is lying about the contents of their 'Kona' products." Sassy. At the same time, a bill is making its way through the Hawaiian State Legislature that would require coffee labeled as "Kona" to contain at least 51 percent coffee from Kona. You know, as you would expect. It should be noted, however, that similar bills have been introduced in the past and none has actually been approved. You know, as you would expect. Coffee Shop For Instagram Influencers Promises Expensive Designer Lattes - via Gothamist Oh dear lord. Yes, there's a coffee shop opening in New York that will serve up lattes specifically for your Instagram. Or something. It's all a bit weird. There is certainly a trend of restaurants and coffee shops designing their interiors with Instagram in mind, whether it be murals or plant walls, but this is rather more blatant. Coffee 'n Clothes is apparently a lifestyle/coffee brand, whose claimed mission is "to be the best in the world at making coffee sharable and stylish". Their new cafe will offer "the most expensive latte you can drink", according to Gothamist. Sounds like a winning combination. Why do we hate decaf so much? via Vox This is a good question. The "death before decaf" meme is all over the place, and people seem to feel very strongly about coffee's caffeine content. As this excellent Vox article explains, caffeine intake is embedded in the modern cult of the hustle, wherein everyone has to be busy all the time. Decaf coffee, it seems, doesn't fit into that highly-Instagrammable lifestyle. It's also perceived as being, well, boring. It's for old people, or weird people who can't tolerate caffeine. It's not cool in the least - Vox describes Swiss Water Process opening pop-up cafes in New York as a way to introduce the city to good quality decaf, and essentially being run out of town on a rail. Then there's the fact that a lot of decaf just isn't very good, which is assumed to be due to the decaffeination process but is probably more to do with lack of care in the storing and preparation on the part of baristas (dialling in the decaf espresso is never a priority in a busy cafe). As a barista and then roaster, I was asked the same question over and over: What is decaf coffee? How is it decaffeinated? I ended up writing about it, partly as a way to educate myself on the topic (the article turns out to be surprisingly popular on Pinterest). Decaf coffee doesn't have to be bad (I had a Colombia water processed decaf a few years ago that ws sensational). People just have to care about it, and put the effort in to roasting and brewing it correctly. And people have to want to buy it, which is the harder part. Read the full story here (it's very good). Starbucks launches its latest drink, the Cloud Macchiato - via CNBC I had a whole bit worked out about this launch, and how Starbucks' version of a macchiato is a sham, but I just can't. I can't care about this. I don't even know why I'm leaving it in, except to wonder why exactly CNBC is reporting on what is essentially a press release. Oh wait, Ariana Grande is involved. That makes sense - CNBC needs the clicks just like everyone else. Read the full story here, if that's your thing. Well, mushroom coffee is in the news this week, but we've already covered this particular fad (quick summary: it's gross and probably pointless). Then there's a story discussing whether that Starbucks cloud travesty up there is healthy due to the egg whites in the foam (that's right, egg whites). Turns out, adding egg whites to coffee doesn't make it any more healthy, mostly because the drink also contains two or three pounds of sugar (probably). The lesson here? Adding stuff to coffee is stupid and unnecessary (unless we're talking diner coffee and cream, in which case go for it). What to read (and watch) How A Cambodian Refugee Started A Bushwick Coffee Empire And Communal Hub by Abigail Koffler 'Damn Fine': Grace Dent Reviews Alain Ducasse's £15 Cup Of Coffee by Grace Dent A Cup Of Coffee Is Helping Refugees Join The American Dream by CNN (video) Understanding The 'Cafe Worker Species' In The Third Place by Victoria Brown Until next week, drink good coffee. Maybe try some decaf. COFFEE AT THE MOVIES EPISODE 6: A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE COFFEE AT THE MOVIES EPISODE 5: PULP FICTION COFFEE AT THE MOVIES EPISODE 4: GHOST WORLD COFFEE AT THE MOVIES EPISODE 3: LOOPER COFFEE AT THE MOVIES EPISODE 2: THE BIG LEBOWSKI COFFEE AT THE MOVIES EPISODE 1: SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD Coffee NewsFionn Pooler March 8, 2019 b Coffee NewsFionn Pooler March 15, 2019 b COFFEE NEWS ROUNDUP: WEEK ENDING MARCH 1ST

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Home " I'll Give You the Sun (MP3 CD) I'll Give You the Sun (MP3 CD) By Jandy Nelson, Julia Whelan (Performed by), Jesse Bernstein (Performed by) A brilliant, luminous story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal for fans of John Green, David Levithan, and Rainbow Rowell Jude and her brother, Noah, are incredibly close twins. At thirteen, isolated Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude surfs and cliff-dives and wears red-red lipstick and does the talking for both of them. But three years later, Jude and Noah are barely speaking. Something has happened to wreck the twins in different and divisive ways...until Jude meets a cocky, broken, beautiful boy, as well as an unpredictable new mentor. The early years are Noah's story to tell. The later years are Jude's. What the twins don't realize is that they each have only half the story, and if they could just find their way back to one another, they'd have a chance to remake their world. This radiant, fully alive novel from the critically acclaimed author of The Sky Is Everywhere will leave you breathless and teary and laughing--often all at once. Publisher: Brilliance Audio Prebound (October 27th, 2015): $21.80 Compact Disc (October 27th, 2015): $14.99 MP3 CD (October 27th, 2015): $9.99 Pre-Recorded Audio Player (September 2014): $64.99

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Man City Manager Pep Guardiola Declares Liverpool the Best Team in Europe Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola have met the media ahead of their epic clash tomorrow night, a match that is as big as one single game can be. Guardiola maintains that no one trusts his team right now to get the result given the lackluster form they have shown during parts of December. City was undefeated domestically, until the loss at Chelsea on December 15. They have since been beaten by Crystal Palace and Leicester City. With his side having fallen to third, the Spaniard believes that Liverpool is now the team to beat, declaring them the best in Europe. "I know today nobody trusts us but it is what it is," Guardiola said. "(Liverpool) are in the moment the best team in Europe, in the consistency, the way they control the details in their game. We are going to focus on what we have to do to win the game. Everyone is talking as if we lose, but we can win." "The reality is clear so we have seven points down so it will be the second game of the second leg (of the Premier League campaign), so there a lot of points to play for. I have the feeling it is a big opportunity for us to reduce the gap. My focus is the same." "Everybody is asking what will happen if we lose, but what will happen if we win? It is our chance to fight for the Premier League." Guardiola also said that his all-world midfielder Kevin De Bruyne could be ready to Thursday night. "He trained today but tomorrow [Wednesday] we need another check in the morning but he is much better," Guardiola said at the news conference. Liverpool at Manchester City FYIs Kick-off: 8:00 pm (BST), 3:00 pm (EST) Thursday January 3, City of Manchester Stadium Google Result Probability: Manchester City win- 47%, Draw 26%, Liverpool win- 27% Odds via Bet365: Manchester City 21/20, draw 29/10, Liverpool 5/2 Recent form: Liverpool- WWWWWW Manchester City- WLWLLW Manchester City starting XI Prediction: go to this link Prediction: City 2, Liverpool 2 Filed Under: Football/Soccer, Liverpool, Manchester City

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Glimpses into Buddhist way of life (From right) Ven Jing Jie explaining the items featured in the 'Buddha Among Us' exhibition at the Malaysia Buddhist Association's Wisma Education and Charity in Penang. With him are Ooi and Khoo. A DETAILED display on Buddha, Dharma and Sangha of both Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism will be showcased at the Malaysian Buddhist Association in Burma Road, Penang, for the upcoming Wesak Day celebration. The 'Buddha Among Us' exhibition, from May 11 to 19, will feature six booths highlighting activities including Wesak Day celebration, charity events, Buddhist youth activities, Buddhist weddings and events jointly organised with the government. The main exhibition will be held at the Wisma Education and Charity unit on Level 5, where visitors could get to appreciate the quarters, meditation hall, dining hall and repentance hall of Mahayana Buddhism. The public could also gain knowledge on the daily necessities used by the Sangha (monastics) of Mahayana Buddhism at the hall on Level 3A. At the ground floor of the old building, there will be an exhibition on the Life of Buddha as well as a display of Buddha statues. Guides will be at hand to explain the exhibits to visitors on May 11, 18 and 19 for the public to gain better understanding of the religion and its practices. Penang Wesak Day Celebration 2019 vice-chairman Venerable Kai Zun said the annual event had been organised by the association and endorsed by the state government since 2012. "This celebration is a chance for the public to understand Buddhism and provide a platform for greater understanding, besides forging interaction among Buddhists and Buddhist organisations. "The celebration is also aimed at empowering lives, enriching goals and charting directions for Buddhist devotees in their faith," he said. Ven Jing Jie added that a variety of activities had been lined up, including the launching of the association's grand floral float, bathing of Buddha statues and a health screening session. He said the opening ceremony, floral float launch and health screening would be held on May 11, where Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow will launch the Penang Wesak Day celebration at 9am at the old building. The public could also take part in the bathing of Buddha statues on May 11 from 9am to 4pm, on May 18 from 9am to midnight and on May 19 from 9am to 7pm. Buddhist Tzu Chi Merits Society Malaysia representative Khoo Boo Leong said the health screening would be conducted by six medical practitioners. "The public are welcome to join the free healthy screening and awareness programme. Counselling sessions will also be provided," he said. Free vegetarian lunch will be provided for all. Also present was executive advisor for the event Datuk Steven Ooi, who urged Penangites especially Buddhist devotees, to visit the exhibitions and understand Buddhism on a deeper level. For more details, call 04-2262690 or email Tags / Keywords: Northern Region , Penang Wesak Day celebration , Malaysia Buddhist Association , Wesak Day

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Etihad Airways Reviews and Flights See all airlines Headquarters: PO Box 35566, Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 35566 00 971 2 599 0000 1,Economy Get an alert when prices drop. 3.514,177 reviews Travellers' Choice 2018 Winner Legroom Seat comfort In-flight entertainment (WiFi, TV, films) Search Etihad Airways flights Airline Summary Based in Abu Dhabi, Etihad Airways (EY) is the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates. It operates non-stop flights to more than 90 destinations in the Middle East, Asia, Oceania, Europe, Africa, and North America. Etihad's aircraft cabins are configured in a variety of ways, and include The Residence (a three-room suite), First Class, Business Class, and Economy Class. Depending on the aircraft, its First Class may be configured in either their Apartment (A380) or Suite (787 Dreamliner) format. Its Economy Class cabin also offers a variety of different seat types, including their extra legroom Economy Space option. The airline has a First Class Lounge, Premium Lounge and an Arrivals Lounge for use by passengers at its hub in Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH). Album Categories Claim this airline page Airline managers! Register now and reply to member reviews. Register Etihad Airways

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October's PS Plus Games Now Available: Laser League, Friday the 13th and More By Sam Quirke, 9 months ago October's PS Plus games are now available to download from the PlayStation Store. In case you missed the announcement, there are several games now available for free if you have a PS Plus subscription, available until Tuesday 6th November: Friday the 13th: The Game PS4 only Friday the 13th: The Game will strive to give every single player the tools to survive, escape or even try to take down the man who cannot be killed. Each and every gameplay session will give you an entirely new chance to prove if you have what it takes not only to survive, but to best the most prolific killer in cinema history, a slasher with more kills than any of his rivals! Meanwhile, Jason will be given an array of abilities to track, hunt and kill his prey. Stalk from the shadows, scare your targets and kill them when the time is right in as brutal a fashion as you can imagine. Take control of the legendary killer that is Jason Voorhees and terrify those unfortunate enough to cross your path! We've got the full list of Friday the 13th: The Game Trophies - check the list for guides to unlocking them. Claim Your Free PS Plus Games Here Vaporise the opposition in the light-speed future of sport. An all new multiplayer experience - easy to pick up, but near impossible to put down, Laser League starts as a simple test of your reflexes, but soon becomes a strategic showdown with deep team tactics. Combine your class abilities, dominate the pitch, eliminate your opponents and claim your place on the podium. Beat Mastery challenges and level up to unlock hundreds of kits and customisations. Rise up the leaderboards and become a sports legend of 2150. Laser League, like nothing you've played before. We've got the full list of Laser League Trophies - check the list for guides to unlocking them. Go head-to-head against your friends and family in this quirky, quick-fire quiz game where all you need is a mobile, a TV, your PS4™ and a brain full of general knowledge, trivia, tricks and tactics... Part of the exclusive PlayLink for PS4™ range, Knowledge is Power challenges up to six brainboxes, bluffers and guessers to pick up a smartphone or tablet to swipe, type and tap in those all-important answers/random guesses. • Battle to the top of the gameshow's Pyramid of Knowledge, answering questions on a wide range of categories. • Vote for quiz categories in which you'll excel - or veto those you dread. • Hurl crazy Power Plays into the mix to slow your opponents down - forcing them to tap through ice or rub away gunk before they can even answer. We've got the full list of Knowledge is Power Trophies - check the list for guides to unlocking them. PS4, PS3 and Vita The Bridge is a 2D logic puzzle game that forces the player to reevaluate their preconceptions of physics and perspective. It is Isaac Newton meets M. C. Escher. Manipulate gravity to redefine the ceiling as the floor while venturing through impossible architectures. Explore increasingly difficult worlds, each uniquely detailed and designed to leave the player with a pronounced sense of intellectual accomplishment. The Bridge exemplifies games as an art form, with beautifully hand-drawn art in the style of a black-and-white lithograph. * 48 thought-provoking puzzles, each unique from the rest, all requiring an innovative solution. * Gravity manipulations, gravitational vortexes, parallel dimensions, and many more mind-bending concepts in a world where the laws of physics are not what they seem. * M. C. Escher-esque worlds with impossible architecture set in the style of beautifully hand-drawn black-and-white lithographic art. 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We've got the full list of Rocketbirds 2: Evolution Trophies - check the list for guides to unlocking them. 2064: Read Only Memories 2064: Read Only Memories is a cyberpunk thriller that merges classic adventure gaming with ultramodern storytelling. A struggling journalist turns reluctant detective, teaming up with the world's first sapient machine. Together they will uncover a shocking conspiracy that could shake the foundations of Neo-San Francisco. We've got the full list of 2064: Read Only Memories Trophies - check the list for guides to unlocking them. Master Reboot Imagine a world where death is no longer final, where precious memories are saved to enjoy forever, where your soul is immortal, welcome to the Soul Cloud. Upload your soul to our dedicated servers and relax knowing that a part of you will live on for eternity. That favorite holiday, happy moments from your childhood, meeting that special someone for the first time. All these memories saved for your digital soul for your family to revisit again and again. The Soul Cloud - saving your past to secure your future. Master Reboot is a haunting first person sci-fi adventure game set inside the Soul Cloud. It's an exploration game with action and puzzle elements set across unique dream like world. The game features a distinctive visual style, intriguing story-line, psychological adventure-game action and a dynamic atmospheric soundtrack. Get prepared for upload......Where am I?.....Who am I?......It's time to piece your life......and death back together. We've got the full list of Master Reboot Trophies - check the list for guides to unlocking them. View comments PSN Event Screenshot Viewer

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Brand Leadership - Volkswagen Promotes Brand Chief to CEO Brand Thinking in the Big Chair at VW. Volkswagen Group recently confirmed it will be replacing CEO Matthias Müller with Herbert Diess, the car maker's current head of brand at Volkswagen. Diess will also be in charge of vehicle IT, Group development and research. Diess'... Green Day Tops the Charts with Audience Engagement Hyde Park July 1st, 2017 Green Day are the headline act to a sold out concert. Over 65,000 fans wait in anticipation... Queen's 1975 hit, Bohemian Rhapsody, starts to play, and the audience creates the most spine tingling sing-a-long... an iconic song, over 40 years... The Brand Value Equation & How Most Businesses Get It Wrong. Understanding the Brand Value Equation We work on a daily basis guiding the brands for businesses of all shapes and sizes across almost every conceivable category. The thing they all have in common is an understanding of brand value and how to leverage it to... Brand China takes another beating and takes down Aussie brands with it This week in Australia, we've had a major recall of Patties Foods frozen berries sold under the brands Nanna's and Creative Gourmet. The berries have been linked to people contracting Hepatitis A. It appears that this is caused by poor sanitary standards from fruit packed in... Lexus celebrates striking design and bold creativity It is exciting to see a major brand player giving back to the creative community and placing a focus on the importance of innovation and strong design, well beyond a new car. Dark Mofo and David Walsh's remarkable attempts to put Tassie on the map For the last two weeks, the internet across all media has been abuzz with news out of Hobart as the Dark Mofo festival rolled out. A huge variety of events, performances, food, culture, art and a bunch of naked people combined to make Tasmania the... When to change a brand name The Cootes brand name should scoot away Two people were killed and five injured when a Cootes fuel tanker lost control on a bend in the Sydney suburb of Mona Vale and burst into flames on October 1 last year. What that tragic accident did... A Brand That Will Fly - Inspiring New Businesses Ideas Indoor Skydive is different and relevant Indoor Skydive Australia listed in January 2013, raising $12 million with its IPO at 20¢ a share. The stock peaked at more than 75¢ in September, and was up 200 per cent in 2013. Shares are currently trading at... The decision to remove tobacco products is a bold but applaudable strategy by CVS Last week, the second largest American drugstore chain, CVS, announced that it was dropping tobacco products from its 7600 nationwide stores. It's the first move by any of the big drugstore chains to stop selling tobacco products, and the effects will likely be far greater... Back to basics for reality TV brand rebuild In 2009, MasterChef took the Australian television landscape by storm. It dived head first into an empty field and reaped every possible reward. From something completely unknown to a viewership of 4 million (or roughly 18% of the population), MasterChef created a household brand name... Ikea parody reflects brand's cultural standing We get this spoof because we get the Ikea brand so well Many of us have a love hate relationship with Ikea. There is simply no way to dodge a full assault of the senses, even if your need is as simple as a coffee... Som Sabadell, an ode to inspiring and unexpected marketing A recent example of inspiring, situational marketing has come from a very unexpected source: a Spanish bank. Celebrating their 130th anniversary, Banco Sabadell surprised and delighted passers-by in Plaça de Sant Roc, Sabadell by playing Beethoven's 'Ode to Joy' with performers from the Vallès Symphony Orchestra, the Cor...

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13 Days Uganda Safari Uganda Tours / Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe airport Arrival at Entebbe international airport which is 36 km from Kampala the capital city of Uganda and you will be picked by Gecko safaris Driver guide who will transfer to Kampala for dinner overnight at cassia lodge. Day 2: Transfer to Murchison via Ziwa rhino After your breakfast, we drive through the famous Luwero triangle. You a brief stopover and track White Rhinos at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. This sanctuary has now been established to breed black and white rhino, and restore Rhino populations in Uganda's protected areas in a later stage.)after the trekking you will have and continue to the top of the falls which is a fantastic sight. Here the Nile, the longest river in the world, is forced through a narrow gap in the rock (only 7 meters wide), before ferociously plunging down 43 meters. From here we will continue to Pakuba game lodge. Murchison Falls National Park is the largest in Uganda at 3840 square kilometres. Here is the awe inspiring Murchison Falls where the River Nile hurls itself in convulsions through a narrow crevice and then plunges 40 metres in one breathtaking leap. The park has a variety of vegetation ranging from riparian forests and swamp lands to broad savannah, and provides visitors the opportunity of seeing large concentrations of wildlife including lion, leopard, civet, hyena, elephant, giraffe, buffalo, hippo, crocodile, a host of smaller game, small primates and many bird species, including the rare shoebill stork. Day 3: morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise to the bottom of the falls and then hike to the top of the falls. After breakfast, you will set out for game drive on the northern sector of the Park. Here you will search for the early risers where you will be able to spot animals like Lions, Elephants, after breakfast you will enjoy the free time at the lodge and in the afternoon, you will set out for the launch cruise along the Albert Nile where you will enjoy the cruise and can be able to spot animals like hippos, crocodiles, Oribis, buffalos and the wonderful bottom of the falls then hike to the top of the falls and the drive will pick you from the top to Return back to your lodge for dinner and overnight at pakuba game lodge Day 4: checkout of Murchison and Transfer to kibale national park. Check out of Murchison falls national park and you will be traveling on both asphalt and unpaved roads, you pass through traditional Ugandan Villages where you see people at work tending their traditional crops of millet, sorghum, beans and maize. The lush rolling hills of this region provide good "photo opportunities". As you approach Fort Portal in the foothills of the Rwenzori Mountains, you enter Uganda's famous tea plantation region. A carpet of green spreads before you, as far as the eye can see, and seems an unusual contrast to the countryside through which you have just passed. Have a brief stop for lunch and stretch for the last 1 hours drive to kibale national park the home of chimpanzees. Overnight at kibale forest camp. DAY 6: chimpanzee trekking and afternoon bigodi swamp walk Assemble at Kanyankyu ranger station at 0800hours to go for the most popular activity in this park which is Chimpanzee tracking. Chimpanzees are human closet cousins though they are one of the most threatened primate's species. More primates like Black and white Columbus monkeys, L'Hoest Monkeys, Grey cheecked Mangabey, Red tailed monkeys, bush babies, pottos and many bird species like the yellow spotted nicator, rumped tinker bird, Little greenbul, green breasted pitta, the crowned eagle, black bee eater and mammals like Elephants can be seen in this walk. Kibale National park, which averages about 3,300 feet in elevation, is an extension of the great rainforests of central Africa. It is inhabited by three large "communities" of chimps, each numbering more than 100 individuals. Each community has a complicated social structure. The big adult males dominate the group and defend the community territory against incursions by male outsiders; the females usually wander in small family groups. You will stay with them for some time and then retire back to the lodge for hot lunch as you wait the evening Swamp walk of bogodi to see more of primates and birds and after you will be back to kibale forest camp for dinner and ovenight. DAY 7 :checkout of kibale national park and priceed to Queen Elizabeth national Park Breakfast at leisure and check at around 10:00 am and travel to Queen Elizabeth National Park famous for a number of wildlife like the hippos, buffaloes, elephants, kobs and a number of bird species. Queen Elizabeth National Park holds other wildlife including the predators, Lion, Leopard and Spotted hyena. Other mammals include Giant forest hog, a variety of antelope, elephant and hippo. The park's bird species number more than 600, quite likely higher than any other destination in Africa. You shall visit the crater lakes like Lake Katwe famous for salt and continue for lunch at the Marakfik game lodge. Afternoon you will have a game drive to increase the chances of seeing the wildlife. DAY 8: morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise on kazinga channel We set out early in the morning for a game drive in the northern part of the park on the Kasenyi Track in search of lions, elephants, solitary buffaloes. This is the best time for opportunities of viewing the cats in action owing to the vast population of Uganda Kobs. We have an excellent chance to view just about every animal here at very close range. Return to the lodge for your breakfast, before heading out for a launch trip along the Kazinga Channel. This gives you the opportunity to view wildlife up close: hippo's huff and spray at a mere feet away from the boat, buffalo linger in the shallows. The shores of the channel are also home to an array of birds including pink backed pelicans, pied and malachite kingfishers, saddle billed stork and many others. Camp fire at the Marafiki game lodge with dinner under the sky. Day 9: Morning game drive and transfer to Bwindi forest national park After an early morning game drive, we continue to the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. Bwindi's chief claim to fame is its resident, habituated population of Mountain Gorillas. These spectacular primates now number only around 650, most of which live either at Bwindi or across the border in Rwanda's Parc National des Volcans. (Bwindi holds some 280 - 320 Gorillas, in 15 groups.) This ancient rainforest has 120 mammal species, perhaps more than any other national park in the country except Queen Elizabeth. Primates include L'Hoest's, Red-tailed, Blue and Colobus monkeys and the Olive baboon. Antelope include bushbuck and 5 species of forest-dependent Duiker. Birders come to Bwindi to seek the 23 Albertine Rift Endemics which thrive here. Of those, 14 are found nowhere else in Uganda. Some 200 species of butterfly have been recorded in the park and the colourful clouds of butterflies and check in at Gorilla valley lodge in Bwindi national park for dinner DAY 10: gorilla trekking and afternoon village walk Today enjoy gorilla tracking in Bwindi. After breakfast, proceed for the morning briefing before enjoying the highlight of the trip- Gorilla trekking, which may last the entire day. We trek the gorillas through the rainforest and bamboo covered slopes, accompanied by a guide and trackers, in search of a mountain gorilla family. The walking can sometimes be tough and long, but when you catch a glimpse of the magnificent silverback, any discomforts will be quickly forgotten. When the gorillas are sighted, visitors will be guided to within 6 metres from the gorillas, sit around them for a whole hour while gazing into their big round eyes. While most of today's forests are no more than 12,000 years old, Bwindi's vegetation has been weaving itself into tangles over at least 25,000 years, in the process accumulating a lengthy species list. This includes 310 species of butterfly, 51 reptiles, 200 trees, 88 moths and an exceptional 120 types of mammal including 10 primates. The latter includes chimpanzee, L'Hoest's, red tailed and blue monkey, black and white colobus, baboon, and Bwindi's most famous resident, the mountain gorilla. Bwindi is a prime destination for birdwatchers. Its 350 species include seven which are IUCN red data listed and 90% of all Albertine rift species which are difficult or impossible to see in any other part of East Africa and then back to gorilla valley lodge for dinner overnight. Day 11: cross to Rwanda : Take breakfast and depart for Rwanda. You will cross the border via Kisoro then clear at the boarder Rwanda is 1 hour behind Uganda. Located in the far northwest of Rwanda, the Parc des Volcanoes is home to the steep slopes of this wonderful mountain range home of the rare mountain gorillas. This cuddles evergreen and bamboo forest, open grassland, swamp and heath. Check in at peakspot kinigi hotel for dinner overnight. DAY 12: Exploring the volcanoes national park You can either take a nature walk with a guide from the park, learning about the flora and fauna of the forest. Alternatively, you could go on a short trek to search for one of the troops of golden monkeys which inhabit the forest (this would need to be pre-booked, and is an additional cost).Or climb the bisoke/Muhavura volcanoes, or, if you wish, you can visit the Iby'Iwachu Cultural Village, which will give you a fascinating insight into the traditions and history of Rwanda's people., or walk to Lake Bulera or another gorilla trekking at a cost of $750. And then you will be transferred to paradise Marahide which is overlooking congo on Rwanda side.. DAY 13: Kigali city tour and checkout of Africa Depart from the park in the afternoon to Kigali. You have a Kigali city tour today and visit the Genocide Memorial Museum before you transfer to the airport for your onward international flight. The city tour includes the old town (Nyamirambo) and Muslim quarter, the new handicraft village and other shops, the Batwa pottery and dance centre and the Gisozi Genocide Memorial. The memorial is very moving - the tour takes a couple of hours - and will be of interest to anyone who has spent some time in this enchanting country.

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The primary objective of this study is to identify and assess areas with drainage related issues within the Village of Palm Springs, provide site evaluations and analysis for each area, provide schematic designs and determine proposed improvements to alleviate the drainage issues and provide estimated construction costs related to the drainage improvements. Areas with drainage related issues were identified by Village Staff, reports from Village residents or identified by field reviews following rainfall events. In addition to field observations, the assessment for these areas included various research and tasks including: 1. Review of GIS information and record drawings provided by the Village. 2. SFWMD records research 3. FDOT records research 4. Meetings and coordination with regulatory agencies 5. Topographic LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) 6. Official Records and Plat review In general, a large number of the isolated drainage issues could be partially or completely alleviated by re-establishing the originally-intended drainage swales and the implementation of routine maintenance protocols. A comprehensive condition assessment of the Village's drainage system should be conducted to catalog the assets, assess the condition, forecast replacement needs and costs, develop a maintenance plan, and to clean and televise inlets and culverts to determine when future improvements or maintenance activities will become necessary. Hydraulic and hydrological analyses were conducted to determine the extent of the drainage basins, evaluate impacts to surrounding or downstream drainage systems and evaluate proposed improvements. Recommendations for improvements were provided for each area of concern and are depicted on the schematic design exhibits. The recommended improvements were prioritized for future implementation based upon several factors such as density/use, severity of flooding, safety, etc. The following is a list of the prioritized areas with the estimated costs for the proposed improvements: In addition, it is recommended that the Village conduct a comprehensive assessment of the Village's drainage infrastructure to assess and evaluate needed improvements and replacement to the existing drainage assets and establish a routine maintenance protocol. The Village has been experiencing standing water conditions and other various drainage concerns in localized areas throughout the municipality. The Village of Palm Springs authorized Keshavarz & Associates, Inc. (Village Task Order No. 212) to conduct a drainage system assessment and evaluation for the areas of concern. These areas were preliminary identified by Village staff and residents and have been confirmed through field visits where standing water has been observed more than a day after rainfall events. The scope of work associated with this assessment included various levels of investigation ranging from: 1. Review of construction / record drawings provided by the Village 2. Review of the Village GIS database 3. SFWMD records research and review 4. FDOT records research and review 5. Official Records and plat research and review for easements, ownership and encumbrances. 6. Field visits in wet and dry conditions 7. Meetings with regulatory agencies 8. Topographic survey acquisition 9. GIS database updates 10. Hydraulic/Hydrological analysis 11. Drainage evaluations and assessments 12. Prioritization 13. Schematic design 14. Estimates of probable construction costs Areas of Concern and Village of Palm Springs Municipal Boundary South Florida Water Management District Permits within Village The primary objective is to provide the Village with an assessment of each area of concern with recommendations necessary for the development of implementable drainage improvement projects. Towards this objective, areas of concern will be assessed and recommendations for improvements and repairs will be provided along with associated estimates of probable construction costs for budgetary purposes. Areas of Concern Reviewed and Assessed in the Field Please note that areas 26-30 were excluded from the schematic design phase. PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF AVAILABLE RECORDS, DATA & DOCUMENTATION The initial phase of this assessment included familiarization with the existing drainage infrastructure and facilities within the Village. A GIS database was generated with available information and data used to review the drainage facilities and infrastructure throughout the Village as whole. The Village provided GIS based information with their known drainage infrastructure including: Catch basin locations Stormwater pipe and culvert locations Weir and outfall locations Swale locations Stormwater retention areas A GIS database was created with this information and other information collected and obtained for this analysis including: Roadway centerlines and identification of the public agency responsible for maintenance of each roadway South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD or District) surface water management and environmental resource permits 2017 Aerial Photographs Palm Beach County Property Appraiser parcel and right-of-way outlines and property owner information FEMA Flood Zones Municipal boundary lines Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) data for topography and approximate land elevations, dated 2007-2008, as made available by SFWMD The GIS database was used to evaluate the drainage facilities and infrastructure throughout the Village. Road rights-of-way and other areas of Village responsibility were reviewed with existing Village drainage infrastructure and SFWMD permitted stormwater management facilities. Based upon this review, sections of the Village were identified with little to no known or permitted drainage facilities, which were closely reviewed in the field with the goal of identifying potential drainage issues, verifying connections between areas, locating the point of final outfall (if any), and evaluating potential improvements to the system. Additional records were obtained and reviewed consisting of: PBC roadway construction plans 10th Avenue North Kirk Road FDOT construction plans Military Trail Lake Worth Road Village Land Development Records Official Records and Plat review Topographic Survey Acquisition Historical Aerial Photographs A sample of some of the information contained within the GIS database can be viewed on the following page. This exhibit displays the catch basins and drainage pipes throughout the Village. The catch basin are displayed based upon the ownership and maintenance entity responsible for the asset. Village catch basins are displayed slightly larger in green, FDOT in blue, PBC in magenta and privately owned in red. GIS Drainage System Map AREA ASSESSMENTS Field investigations occurred in multiple stages throughout the assessment process. First, the areas of concern originally identified by the Village were reviewed following rainfall events. Standing water and other various drainage related concerns were photographed and documented for further evaluation. The remaining portions of the Village were also reviewed in the field with emphasis on areas previously identified as having little to no known drainage infrastructure. Additional areas were identified during these field investigations, which were later confirmed by the Village staff and included for assessment and evaluation. General characteristics regarding the location and severity of the observed issues, existing drainage infrastructure and outfall configuration were considered. Standing water conditions, when observed, were characterized by the type of area affected (swale, shoulder, driveway entrance, roadway, private property). Example of standing water observed. This photograph is looking at the intersection of Davis Road and Jamaica Road. Areas of Concern / Improvement Project No. 6 Each area of concern was also reviewed in dry conditions to observe the existing drainage infrastructure, if applicable, adjacent or nearby drainage facilities, and to determine possible solutions to address the observed conditions. Exhibits generated from the GIS information were field-checked during observations of the affected areas and associated drainage systems. The GIS database was updated to reflect all field-acquired data of the drainage infrastructure. Based upon the observed conditions, further analysis was performed as needed to provide schematic design and recommendations for improvements. A list of areas requiring maintenance related attention was provided to the Village for immediate implementation, which included Line Drive and Forest Lane. Further investigation and site-specific evaluations were conducted for areas requiring: 1. Modifications to the existing drainage system 2. Areas that could have adverse impacts on surrounding areas 3. Require direct connections to drainage systems owned by others (FDOT/LWDD) 4. Where existing drainage systems and historic drainage patterns were not evident from available records or field observations. Where necessary, additional review of record drawings, property records, permits, and land development files was conducted to establish historical drainage patterns, locate platted easements and restrictions, or establish the intended outfall location of an area. In some cases, additional survey data was acquired to verify the existence of connections between various surface water management components, drainage basins and outfalls. Drainage basin boundaries were determined based upon topography as depicted in the available Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data dated 2007-2008. The results of the site-specific evaluations are contained within the individual project areas section of this report. 1960 Record Drawings for Lake Worth Road and the rerouting of the LWDD L-12 Canal from the south side of Lake Worth Road south ¼ of a mile. This records search along with meetings and coordination with FODT led to understanding the historic drainage patterns within the area and available capacity with FDOT's system. SCHEMATIC DESIGNS Conceptual-level schematic designs were generated for each area based upon the available information (GIS records, record drawings, field observations, etc.). The intent of these schematic designs is to illustrate the pertinent features of the drainage area, outline the general construction classifications and procedures for addressing the issues, and establish an approximate magnitude of financial commitment required to address each area. Schematic Design for Improvement Project No. 8 Boatman Street It should be noted that the accuracy of topographic LiDAR information used in this study is not suitable for construction drawings. For the purposes of this analysis, full replacement of existing driveways and regrading of swales was assumed. The locations of the proposed drainage improvements, driveway improvements, etc. will need to be reviewed based upon topographic survey information obtained within the design phase of each project. Cleaning and videoing existing drainage pipes will restore the system's designed conveyance capacity, provide a thorough inspection for scheduling maintenance activities, serve as a sound basis for planning inevitable system upgrades and replacements, and help establish approximate financial parameters for future operation of the system. It is in the interest of the Village to prepare an inventory of its stormwater system for the purposes of developing a maintenance plan. Collection of suspended solids is a result of most swale systems function, and periodic inspection and maintenance is required for the removal of these materials to maintain suitable performance. Development of a protocol for routine inspection, assessment and maintenance is recommended for all overland and piped components to prevent costs associated with drainage system failures. Improvement Project Recommendations Specific recommendations have been provided for each of concerns within the respective project areas. Recommendations based on available data are outlined in each improvement project and are illustrated on the associated schematic designs. Schematic designs, quantities and estimated costs go beyond simply alleviating the immediate symptoms of drainage system underperformance and establish a permanent, constructible, and manageable infrastructure to address both present and future issues that may arise in these areas. These recommendations are intended to serve only as guidelines for the future development of detailed engineering solutions. From a design standpoint, final implementation of these recommendations will require topographic survey acquisition, engineering design, maintenance activities (inlet/pipe cleaning), or additional modeling. From an administrative standpoint, decisions made by the Village regarding the extent, timing, and financing of specific remedies may also result in changes to the design, construction, or associated costs. Ranking priorities were assigned based on several criteria including (in no particular order): 1. Severity of the issue as depicted in photographs 2. Extent of the issue as depicted in photographs and in conjunction with examination of GIS data for existing stormwater management features 3. Recent additions to the Flood Insurance Rate Map areas of increased flood risk 4. Flood Zone as listed in the FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) designations 5. Indications from topography that the elevation of the area is generally lower than those of adjacent and surrounding areas based on 2007-2008 LIDAR data 6. Intensity of use and/or number of residences affected 7. Potential risk to health, safety, and/or property Generalized priority rankings were assigned to the remaining areas to assist the Village in decision making activities related to scheduling, funding, and implementing proposed improvements; the first phase of project 1 and project 2 have been implemented and should be constructed this year: EXCLUDED AREAS Areas were excluded from this study for the following reasons: 1. Issues appear to be non-drainage related (i.e., pavement failure) 2. Where simple maintenance activities are recommended (such as removal of sediment from a blocked catch basin, etc.) 3. The correction work does not require permits or engineering design 4. Responsibility for the affected roadway lies with another public agency. Improvement Projects have been developed for each area of concern to alleviate the associated drainage issue. The following tabs contain the information associated for each Improvement Projects organized to provide independently comprehensive overviews of each specific area and sorted by priority. Tab 1 contains the information associated with 2nd Avenue North: Lake Worth Road to South Congress Avenue. Sections within the tabs for each Improvement Project include:  Description of the drainage issue(s) observed  Photographs  Existing drainage conditions within or adjacent to the project area  Recommended Improvements  Regulatory agencies with jurisdiction  Estimates of costs for the proposed improvements

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Grus (Gru, Crane) is a constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for the crane, a type of bird. The stars that form Grus were originally considered part of the neighbouring constellation Piscis Austrinus (the southern fish), with Gamma Gruis (Gamma Gru, γ Gruis, γ Gru) seen as part of the fish's tail. The stars were first defined as a separate constellation by the Dutch astronomer Petrus Plancius, who created twelve new constellations based on the observations of the southern sky by the Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman, who had sailed on the first Dutch trading expedition, known as the Eerste Schipvaart, to the East Indies. Grus first appeared on a 35-cm diameter celestial globe published in 1598 in Amsterdam by Plancius with Jodocus Hondius. Its first depiction in a celestial atlas was in the German cartographer Johann Bayer's Uranometria of 1603. De Houtman included it in his southern star catalog the same year under the Dutch name Den Reygher, "The Heron", however Bayer followed Plancius and Hondius in using Grus. An alternative name for the constellation, Phoenicopterus (Latin "flamingo"), was used briefly during the early 17th century, seen in the 1605 work Cosmographiae Generalis by Paul Merula of Leiden University and a c. 1625 globe by Dutch globe maker Pieter van den Keere. Astronomer Ian Ridpath has reported the symbolism likely came from Plancius originally, who had worked with both of these people. Grus and the nearby constellations Phoenix, Tucana and Pavo are collectively called the "Southern Birds". The stars that correspond to Grus were generally too far south to be seen from China. In Chinese astronomy, Gamma and Lambda Gruis may have been included in the tub-shaped asterism Bàijiù, along with stars from Piscis Austrinus. In Central Australia, the Arrernte and Luritja people living on a mission in Hermannsburg viewed the sky as divided between them, east of the Milky Way representing Arrernte camps and west denoting Luritja camps. Alpha Gruis (α Gruis, α Gru) and Beta Gruis (β Gruis, β Gru), along with Fomalhaut, Alpha Pavonis and the stars of Musca, were all claimed by the Arrernte. Piscis Austrinus | Microscopium | Indus | Tucana | Phoenix | Sculptor LISTS OF STARS IN Grus

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How Children Cope with Grief The cognitive and emotional levels of development from infant through adolescent cover a wide span of grief. The age of a child/adolescent and a child's/adolescent's perception of death must be understood before the caregiver or facilitator starts interacting with the child. A grieving child at each different level of development will need assistance in building coping skills and finding a sense of closure to his/her loss. Children at all developmental stages experience grief on different chronological and emotional levels. Children younger than four can sense that something is wrong as they experience the grief of their primary caretaker. The absence of the mother may cause a clear biological reaction. Anger, crying, searching, lack of appetite, and finally quiet resignation are the ways in which a child will grieve for the loss of the mother/primary caretaker. The child should not be passed from caretaker to caretaker. What one does is far more important to the child this young than what one says. Generally, a grieving infant or toddler needs large doses of tender, loving care--holding, cuddling, and stroking. Four- to Six-Year Olds Bereaved children between four and six have a limited and literal understanding of death. For a child in this age range, death may be explained in physical terms. Because thinking is very literal and bodily oriented, death may be best explained as follows: His/her heart stopped beating and no one can make it start again. Therefore, we won't be seeing him/her move or talk anymore. We will bury the body in the ground, because (identify the person, using their name) is not able to do or say anything anymore. Children will often note the discrepancy between burial of the body and the description of "going away" or "going to Heaven." While the young child probably can't grasp the concept, one might address the distinction as the part that we love--the part that smiled and laughed and loves us-is the part that has gone to heaven. The old, broken body is now what is in the ground. Caretakers can facilitate therapeutic role-play by sitting with the child as he or she plays with dolls, stuffed animals, puppets, toy cars, and doll houses. Look for aggression in play and explore where the anger is focused. Seven- to Eleven-Year Olds Children ages seven to eleven are still primarily oriented to the family, and although they've begun to relate to and gain self-identity through their peers, play is still a mode of self-expression. Children this age also express themselves quite well orally, especially the primary feelings of mad, glad, and sad. They have begun to grasp more abstract concepts such as truth, time, space, and death, although magical thinking still plays a role. Most commonly, seven-or eight-year-olds become fearful of death because they realize for the first time it's real. No matter who dies, they may feel devastated at the thought of losing a parent. Obviously, the death of a parent is extremely traumatic at this age. Some of their questions may indicate fears of their own death. Death is seen as an attacker who takes life. Free expression of grief must be encouraged, and children must be told over and over that they didn't cause the death and that the dead person did not choose to die. A child of this age may also fear that death is a punishment for improper behavior. They may fear that their naughty behavior has brought about the death of a loved one, and they are being punished for it. They may also believe that they or another loved one will be the next to die. A more adult concept of life and death develops roughly between the ages of nine and eleven. At this developmental level, the children have learned that only people, plants, and animals live and die. Children of this age are not only sensitive to their own feelings, but can now enter into the feelings of others. As a result, they are more understanding of what the loss may mean to others, and they are able to show empathy. Children in the upper end of this range not only need support and comfort, but also can be a source of support and comfort for others. Opportunities to be helpful to others during the crisis can actually help children deal with their own feelings. Adolescents 12-17 To the emotionally healthy adolescent, death is foreign; it's something they simply do not want to think about. Sometimes their self-destructive behavior, such as alcohol or drug abuse or playing chicken in an automobile are means of saying "I'm not afraid of death; it's a game--I'm making a plaything of it." However, the real meaning beneath the behavior is that they're trying to control their fear and insecurity by making it a game. Moving fast and keeping the music loud can be an escape from having to face their fears. When met with the loss of an important relationship, the adolescent's self-centered values may cause them great fear, guilt, anxiety, and anger. Adolescents have the capacity for empathy with other grieving family members or friends, so their pain is doubled. Because an adolescent forms more intimate relationships with peers than with parents, it's advisable that networks or groups be make available for adolescents who have experienced the death of a loved one. The adolescent may respond well to another adult who is willing to listen and assume a surrogate parent role with them. While reluctant to participate in their own family grief or support groups, they may respond well to a pastor, school counselor, or another adolescent who "understands." Caretakers of a grieving adolescent should not be discouraged if their teen reaches to someone other than family. That's normal at this stage of development. 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Chord Company gets Active for better HDMI sound and vision New cable has built-in high-frequency filter network for improved performance And while the high-frequency filter network built into all lengths of the new cable is said to improve all aspects of picture performance, Chord says that it also gives it a "more detailed, dynamic and crucially musically coherent sound". The filter network is there to reduce the intra-/inter-channel skew between the four pairs of TMDS (transmission minimised differential signalling) carriers in the cable, and this, along with traditional Chord design elements, has delivered the performance improvements. Indeed. the company says that in factory and field tests, comparing both stereo and multichannel audio performance, "participants consistently chose a 15 metre Chord Active HDMI cable over a similarly priced 1 metre cable". Video tests were also carried out using Denon, Arcam and Yamaha DVD and BD hardware, and the Sony PS3. The cable conforms to the latest HDMI 1.3c/CAT 2 specification, with 340MHz bandwidth and 10.2Gbps speed allowing future developments giving higher resolutions and frame-rates. It also supports Deep Colour up to 48-bit depths. The conductors are 26AWG silver-plated oxygen-free copper, with overlapped foil shielding on all signal paths plus double outer shieding and heavy duty braid to further reduce external interference. Chord HDMI Active is available in a 0.75m length at £95, with 1.5m at £115, 3m £130, 5m £150, 8m £200, 10m £230 and 15m £300. The maximum run is 20m, which will cost you £450.

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Home Home Buyers Guide This has never happened in Canadian CRE before This has never happened in Canadian CRE before For the first time the industrial property vacancy rate in Canada has fallen below 4%. As demand from all industry sectors increases the availability of suitable industrial space is tighter than ever and developers are responding with a new wave of construction. A new report from real estate firm CBRE shows that unit-starved markets such as Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal are seeing an uptick in construction activity as builders respond to tight inventory and rising rents. "As we carefully consider the ramifications of trade uncertainties between Canada and its closest trade partners, the heightened activity from all industry sectors is encouraging, with distribution, food and e-commerce leading the pack. As last mile delivery becomes increasingly important, tenants from these sectors are expressing interest to be closer to major Canadian urban centres in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal. However, with limited product available, many users are reverting to suburban options," commented Werner Dietl, EVP and GTA Regional Managing Director at CBRE Canada. Across Canada, positive net absorption in the latest quarter was up 29.4% quarter-over-quarter to more than 6.6 million square feet while new supply was 3.9 million sqf. The construction of new industrial units has surged 47.1% quarter-over-quarter to 19.4 million square feet. "Availability in Canada's major industrial markets continue to plummet, which is putting pressure on tenants. However, it's important to remember there is still 70.6 million sq. ft. of available industrial space in Canada. While tenants still have options, the game has changed and it is important to identify a property's potential and be able to make an offer quickly," added Dietl. Regional hot spots Toronto remains the tightest industrial market in North America at 2.2% availability, the lowest on record, followed by Vancouver at 2.4%. In these cities rents have increased to new record highs with an 8.3% year-over-year rise in Toronto to $6.55 per sqf and Vancouver soaring 26.1% to $11.59 per sqf. In Montreal, availability of industrial space hit a 16 year low of 5.3% with absorption outpacing supply by almost 6 times. "Availability in Canada's major industrial markets continue to plummet, which is putting pressure on tenants. However, it's important to remember there is still 70.6 million sq. ft. of available industrial space in Canada. While tenants still have options, the game has changed and it is important to identify a property's potential and be able to make an offer quickly. Like the residential real estate market, it is common for all types of industrial properties, regardless of clear height, to have multiple purchase or lease offers on the table. Tenants, big and small, need to be nimble, strategic and be ready to jump on opportunities that suit their needs," said Dietl. Robust sales for Montreal CMA in second quarter GTA rental demand continues to outpace supply Airbnb renters could face fines of $1000 a day in BC rule change

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Home Armadale Club celebrates its long history Club celebrates its long history Kelmscott Roos Soccer Club president Dennis Warwick and founding member Brian Robb. Photograph - Catherine Bryant. The Kelmscott Roos Soccer Club has grown in many ways since its foundation some 50 years ago. Founding member Brian Robb together with a few friends floated the idea of starting a club in the district, which eventually got off the ground thanks to the support of students from a local school. The club has grown from a one-team club in 1969 to now playing 18 seniors, juniors and masters teams week in, week out against strong opponents from across the metropolitan region. President Dennis Warwick said the club has a very family orientated welcoming vibe. "We have amalgamated the junior and senior club together, which means all teams are now in the same playing strip," he said. "I would like to see the club grow and focus on ensuring juniors are developing in a safe and fun environment and having the ability to grow them into strong semi-professional sides." The club briefly merged with Gosnells and Ferndale United to form Southside United in 1995 but later broke away and reformed as the Kelmscott Roos in 2005. Among one of the club's many successes was the recruitment of former England international footballer Sir Trevor Brooking who played in the club's semi-professional second division side from 1973 to 1985. The club hosted a celebration on May 4 with several of its past and present members. The event saw the Kelmscott Roos state league reserves side go up against Gosnells for the Southside Cup, with Kelmscott coming out victorious on the day. Member for Armadale and former Kelmscott Roos Soccer Club player Tony Buti tossed the coin at the start of the state league versus Gosnells City Football Club match. Photograph - Catherine Bryant. Previous articleNew law and police complex to replace outdated facilities Next articleOld-school fair, a huge success

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Friday 03 Aug 2018 @ 09:25 techUK jHub looks for medical ideas and innovations jHub has an opportunity for the world's most innovative medical suppliers to present their solutions to the UK armed forces through an open call for innovation. jHub, the innovation centre for UK Joint Forces Command (JFC), which aims to find world-class technology and talent to get them into the hands of the user, is undertaking an open call for innovation in the field of defence medicine. With a £20m innovation fund (FY18/19), jHub aims to fast-track successful proposals through the procurement process within 1 year or less. The Med Surge initiative provides a unique opportunity for businesses to submit medical solutions that could be used by the UK armed forces in the future. Importantly for suppliers, if successful, they will be fast tracked through the procurement process with pilots and awarded contracts taking place within six months to one year. The call for cutting-edge medical solutions is open to companies from the UK and overseas and is specifically looking for innovations that fit into six categories: prophylaxing combat trauma physiological and anatomical disruption predictive algorithms future transfusion strategies total wound care and telemedicine augmented reality and virtual reality Proposals are now being accepted and companies can also meet with the jHub at Medical Innovation in October in Birmingham. The event, organised in partnership with the UK Defence Medical Services, focuses on developing the medical capability of tomorrow that will help save lives in the future. Air Vice-Marshal Bruce Hedley, Director Joint Warfare within Joint Forces Command, commented: "jHub has been designed to help the UK Armed Forces seek out the world's most innovative solutions that will help overcome specific challenges. By working with Medical Innovation we're hoping to expedite the process of identifying unique new healthcare concepts and technologies that we can put into the hands of the user within a year." If your company would like to submit a proposal for the Med Surge initiative, you can do so by accessing the online form on Medical Innovation website here. Channel website: Original article link: CDEI publish interim report on online targeting techUK looks at the recently published Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation interim report on online targeting. techUK comments on the appointment of a new Prime Minister Julian David, techUK's CEO, comments on the appointment of the new Prime Minister. Tory Leadership candidates respond to techUK's priorities for sector The Conservative Leadership candidates respond to techUK's letter outlining its priorities for the tech sector. techUK's Cloud Week comes to a close! A look back at techUK's annual Cloud Week and the release of the Cloud 2020 & Beyond report. What does VDL mean for EU tech policy? Sabina Ciofu, techUK Head of EU Policy, looks at what new Commission President Ursula von der Leyen means for EU tech policy. Consequences and Compromises: House of Commons Report into No Deal techUK Associate Director of Policy, Giles Derrington, looks at the new report into the impacts of No Deal from the Exiting the European Union Sub Committee. Joint Forces Command becomes Strategic Command At the RAF Air and Space Power Conference, Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt has outlined changes to Joint Forces Command along with an ambitious space programme. Home Office Statistical Bulletin released The Home Office has released Crime Outcomes in England and Wales for year ending March 2019. Get Help to Retrain - National Retraining Scheme launches in Liverpool Adults whose jobs could change due to advances in tech will get support to retrain and get on a path to a new career with the scheme's first service. New head of the local digital collaboration unit at MHCLG announced May-N Leow from Southwark Council appointed to lead the future work of the Local Digital Collaboration Unit at the Ministry for Housing and Local Government. SME Locator Profiles WATB Creative Results driven marketing, design and development 1st Floor, Grosvenor House, 16 Grosvenor Road, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, SK8 5QJ, UK

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NEWS WIRE FAX Students want to save the climate: There's nothing to learn for a future that is John Torrendo "We are here, we are loud, because you are stealing our future" - this call was heard on Friday in Berlin, according to to. While the coal Commission debated about the exit from the fossil fuels, say in front of the Federal Ministry for economic Affairs and then in the Chancellery, thousands of students from all over Germany, the policy your opinion. It is a joyful, peaceful and powerful Demonstration for climate protection. Now had to be traded, "because tomorrow is too late," says a spokeswoman for the Initiative "Fridays for Future" (free days for the future). The Alliance and the Green youth, the youth organization of the Greens, have called for the Demonstration. Young people from all over Germany to travel and leave for their classes fail. While the organizers are reports of 10,000 demonstrators, called the police a number of participants in the middle of the four-digit range. Many have self-made posters. A girl has a green umbrella clamped. On the There is no planet B, "" (There is no planet B). Student Pauline from Cologne, Germany, says: "I'm angry that the Federal government has squandered our future." The 14-year-old Hannah from a high school from Berlin-Friedrichshain to find the environment more important than school. "There's nothing to learn for the future." David from Bielefeld drove the Only one in his class to Berlin. "Coal must be totally abolished," he decided. Public transport should be free. Previous articleThe indictment of the investigator Mueller: Former Trump adviser Roger Stone was arrested Next articleThe offer period is extended: Nord-LB-interested parties still have a day time Top 4 Tips on Saving Money on a Shoestring Budget The Best and Safe Way to Clean Up Any Kitchen Countertop Your Promotional Merchandise Needs to Stay True to Your Brand 3 Essential Things to Consider When Buying a New Home Tips When You Decide to Buy a Used Truck Karatbars Is In the Prominent Blockchain List by Forbes: "10 Blockchain Companies To Watch In 2019" A Look at Your Different Options with Car Financing if You Want that New Car Be in a Good Position to Negotiate When Buying a New House Ways to be Productive During the Holidays Essential Home Renovation Tips That Every Homeowner Must Know Moving to a New City Could be Stressful, but Worth It How Hydrogen Water Opens the Door to Fitness Two arrests: police stop alleged car race John Torrendo - December 11, 2018 New order in Mexico's drug cartels: "El Chapo" and "El Mencho" John Torrendo - October 22, 2018 What is the common point between Babar, Saint Laurent and Vaillant-Couturier ? Daniele Gatti: Just a MeToo, now I'm back in the concert hall Floyd Mayweather and Music Producer DJ Khaled Endorse Fake ICO John Torrendo - July 18, 2019 A lot of people talk in a blasé way about saving money, but the fact of the matter is that it can be terribly... We all want one thing- to take education forward. As much as we may disagree, we still want what's best for our future thinkers and creators. Education has never received the voice that it's truly deserved- just check any online newspaper and look for the education section. Keep looking- because you won't find it there. But you will find that section here. We are that culture, and here's what we're all about Contact us: © © Copyright 2014 - WIREFAX NEWS & PUBLISHING. All Rights Reserved

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The Gardens Between review: Be kind, please rewind By Nathan Bowring • 7 months ago It's hard for me to imagine time travel as anything but a harrowing experience. Maybe going into the future wouldn't be the worst, but the past is terrifying. There's the constant worry of creating some universe-ending paradox, and the knowledge that even one wrong move could result in you never being born. Conceptually speaking, being the young duo at the center of The Gardens Between would be terrifying. Time is continuously shifting around them while they seem to be none the wiser, meaning the successful linear timeline they experience will be an endless string of paradoxical phenomena. To suddenly be carrying an object they won't pick up until the future is just such a fact of life to them that they don't even recoil in shock. They just go on their merry little way, enjoying the time they're spending together in their surreal surroundings. Breaking the natural laws of the universe shouldn't be a calming experience, but The Gardens Between makes a strong case that it can be. Turn back time - If you didn't know better, you might think this is any other modern indie sidescroller - A 3D world explored on a linear path, emotional story, environmental puzzles - all the hallmarks are there. Yet, if you try to play it how you'd expect it becomes something very different. Moving the joystick left and right will only move the characters indirectly - they're acting on their own accord, you're just providing the flow of time that lets them progress. Played across a series of islands, you must guide the duo safely through to the end of each area by rewinding and fast-forwarding their journey through each level. The goal of each island is to reach the exit at the top, making sure to grab the exit-unlocking orb somewhere along the way. This may sound incredibly simple, but it's a lot more in-depth than just scrubbing through a Youtube video. There's always something blocking their progress, leaving it up to you to be the all-knowing guide, finding the problem's source in the time stream and ironing it out. A tower fell over on the path? Rewind it back to its former glory! Controlling time has the wonderful side-effect of never hitting a fail state and having endless attempts at solving puzzles. Find a way - Most of your interaction with the game will be through rewinding and fast-forwarding using either the joystick or triggers, but the game continually introduces new ways to use this tool. Each new mechanic adds a new wrinkle to the premise, giving you more agency in each scene for and building on the puzzle complexity. Some objects can have their time altered separately from the whole scene. Others aren't affected by time at all, remaining unaffected no matter how time flows. While I wouldn't say this game is hard, the scenarios presented here are incredibly clever and require some brain power to overcome. The game wastes no time, intuitively weaving in new ideas at a steady clip and making sure each new level is an interesting visual experience. Reach the stars - Not controlling the main characters was a fantastic decision story-wise, as it gives them more room to be actual characters. Through extensive use of animation, these two are full of personality despite never talking. You'll see them playfully interacting with each other and exploring their surreal world with childlike wonder in ways that would feel intrusive if you had direct control. The game world itself is also full of storytelling, each level a fantastical mishmash of childhood memories. Overall art direction is just flat-out great, crafting scenes with many moving parts that always look stunning in slow-mo or standing still. Sound design is also rather impressive, as it's able to keep up and match perfectly no matter how badly you're scrambling the scene. The words that hurt you - There's not a whole lot to dislike about The Gardens Between. It only takes a few hours to complete, but those few hours are well produced, incredibly polished and contain any useless filler. The closest thing I had to a problem with the game were a few sections where I wished time could be moved at a faster pace. The characters reacting to everything is cute and all, but watching them stop and smell the roses as you go back and forth through the same scene diminishes the fun of solving a puzzle. Wrap-up: The Gardens Between is one of those games that's oddly hard to review, and that's not just because describing the gameplay may make it sound like it's played with a TV remote. It's a fairly simple game, but it does everything so well it almost feels effortless. Controls are easy for anyone to grasp, new concepts and increased difficulty unfold so naturally, you may not even notice. The narrative may be cliché but comes across sincere, brought to life with a charming interpretation of childhood imagination. It's the gaming equivalent of a warm, cozy blanket - a relaxing and welcoming experience built for anyone to enjoy. Score: Must Buy The Gardens Between was developed and published on Xbox One by The Voxel Agents. It was released November 29, 2018, for $19.99. A copy was provided for review purposes. The Gardens Between The Voxel Agents Nathan Bowring I'm a software developer who enjoys gaming, and I know how cliche that sounds. I've been playing XBLA games for some time now, and I'm a huge fan of the price and creativity of these games. Writing about them is almost as fun as playing them. Almost. Strange Brigade coming to Xbox Game Pass this December

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But I Said Forever tour! Jennifer Gilby Roberts is unleashing the second book in the fabulous Parker Sisters series! She will be doing the rounds with this soul-searching romance, which will bring you reviews, guest posts and a gorgeous giveaway! Plus, for the duration of the tour, But I Said Forever will be available for just 99p/99c! What they say: After a whirlwind courtship, Brittany Beresford married her Prince Charming and looked forward to living happily ever after. Five years later, she's been reduced to a not-quite-desperate housewife, with a husband who spends more time flossing his teeth than holding meaningful conversations with her. She braves his disapproval and turns working mother and, other than feeling far more drawn to a handsome baker she works with than him, things seem to be looking up. But then she discovers that his "hobbies" include something even worse than golf - and he expects her to put up and shut up. Fairy tale illusions shattered, but still believing marriage is for life and wanting the best for her son, Brittany has a choice to make: should she follow her heart, or her conscience? ~~~~ But I Said Forever is the second book in the Parker Sisters series (first book The Dr Pepper Prophecies), but can be read as a standalone. I give it - 4.5/5 My review - This story was really great! It took me a few chapters to get into it but once I did I loved it. The characters where fantastic. This had me laughing quite a lot with some of the characters. Brittany is a strong character, even though at the beginning she wasn't that strong or able to stick up for herself, throughout the book she became more strong-minded and was able to not let herself be controlled anymore. I really enjoyed the story-line, how she thought she found her prince charming but all he wanted her for was someone pretty on his arms at events. I wont write a spoiler but I really enjoyed the ending and I really can't wait to read more from Jennifer! Click Here To Buy This Book - UK Click Here To Buy This Book - US Don't forget, But I Said Forever is just 99p/99c for a limited time! Author Bio: Jennifer Gilby Roberts has a degree in physics and a postgraduate certificate in computing, so a career as a chick lit author was inevitable really. She was born and grew up in Surrey/Greater London, but now lives in Richmond, North Yorkshire with her husband, small daughter, two middle-aged cats and a lot of dust bunnies.She can be found getting red-faced at zumba class, reading historical porn (as her husband calls it - Regency romance to the rest of us) and humming nursery rhymes while going round Tesco. Follow Jennifer Giveaway is international. Jennifer Gilby Roberts and CandleLit Author Services reserve the right to cancel or amend this giveaway at any time and without prior notification. No responsibility is taken for non-delivery of prizes. Hollywood & Vine tour! In the land of Hollywood, bright lights cover lies, truths hide in shadows, and the lives of the rich and famous are illusions created by smoke and mirrors. When costume designer Josie Bane first lays eyes on Anders Ellis, she hates him instantly. Conceited and arrogant, he's the epitome of a Hollywood playboy. So it's much to Josie's dismay when he becomes the star of her sexual fantasies. Never expecting to see him again, she gives in to her desires for a night she'll never forget. However, Josie soon learns that life is full of surprises. When their paths cross again, sparks fly. With three little words, Anders changes everything. He's after one thing. She refuses to give it to him... again. When Josie realizes she's falling for a man that will never let her in but refuses to let her go, she must decide if the risk is worth the reward. With a relationship shrouded in secrets and outside forces poised to tear them apart, did they ever stand a chance? Before the smoke clears and the curtain falls, Josie and Anders must distinguish between what's fact and what's fiction in a place where the truth is never black and white. Olivia Evans is a dreamer by day, writer by night. She's obsessed with music and loves discovering new bands. Traveling the world and watching the sun set in every time zone sounds like heaven to her. A true Gemini, she follows her heart blindly and lives life to the fullest with her husband, son, and friends. Her other loves are: Chuck Taylors, Doc Martens, concert tees, gangster movies, sports, wine, craft beer and her shih tzu's. GR- FB- Twitter- Website - My review - This was a fantastic story! I'm literally in love with this story and I just can't get over how amazing it was! Everyone really needs to go and read this story. I never really care for guys in stories who are arseholes but Anders was an only exception. I really loved his character and even though he stayed a bit of a jerk he did grow but stayed the same which was great to read. Josie was a fabulous character! Even though she got burned a few times she was able to put herself first which sometimes you never really read in stories, about a girl putting her feelings first instead of staying in a relationship that you know will end badly, and I liked that, her character really grew as well and she was able to get what she wants and not let herself be controlled. Strong woman yes! Olivia has written something truly brilliant and I need more stories from her. I also need this book as a paperback so it can sit proudly on my bookshelf. If anyone is looking for a story with a bit of erotica, heartache, funny moments and about two characters who are polar opposites but are more a like then you know, this is the story for you. You won't regret it! "It's my turn." Josie grabbed the remote and hopped off the couch. "No way, Ivy." Anders shook his head and rose from the couch. "We're not watching that shit." "You picked what we watched last night. It's my turn." "Why can't you pick something that's at least useful? Like, I don't know, a cooking show or something. Lord knows you need all the help you can get." Anders scrunched his face as he thought about her recent attempt at cooking. When she said she was a horrible cook, he didn't think it could be that bad. Even he could make something edible. Josie, however, couldn't cook at all and would surely die if ever forced to survive on her own cooking. "You dick!" She laughed, putting the remote behind her back when he came closer. "I'm not watching that show. Let's play cards or something." "I'm never playing cards with you again. You are a cheating cheater who cheats." "I do not cheat." It was only cheating if he got caught, and even then it was still up for debate if he could talk his way out of it. "You do cheat. Now, it's my turn, and we're watching what I want." Josie nodded and moved behind the couch, pressing the buttons on the remote until the television came to life. "You can't be serious. Honey Boo Boo? This has to be the most annoying fucking show on television." "It's my guilty pleasure. Now shut up and sit down. Chicken Nugget just got a pet chicken." "What the fuck are you talking about?" Anders looked from the television to Josie with wide eyes and an incredulous expression. "We can watch the Real Desperate Housewives of Atlanta instead." Josie cocked a brow and sauntered to the couch. "It can't be worse than this," Anders muttered, falling beside her in defeat. Hollywood and Vine Book Trailer from Heather Maven on Vimeo. Embed Code: a Rafflecopter giveaway Blind Date Bride blog tour! Nearly a decade ago, accountant Kari Parker shed 220 pounds of dead weight - her hulking, abusive college boyfriend. The last thing she wants in her life is another man - especially one as tall as a Windy City high rise. Yet when her best friend enters her in Romance TV's "Get a Love Life" contest, another man is exactly what she gets. As much as she'd love to just say no, she can't turn down the prize money that will allow her to help her parents save the restaurant they've run all her life. Sparks fly between Kari and her bogus groom, and as she and Damien share close quarters, intimate meals and - gulp - his bed, Kari doesn't stand a chance of resisting his considerable charms. Even worse? She might not want to. But building a real future out of their sham marriage will be tougher than baking a wedding cake from scratch ... with no flour ... in a broken oven. PURCHASE BLIND DATE BRIDE Amazon-Kindle Amazon-Paperback B & N-Nook Arlene's website / Twitter / Facebook Arlene Hittle is a Midwestern transplant who now makes her home in northern Arizona. She suffers from the well-documented Hittle family curse of being a Cubs fan but will root for the Diamondbacks until they run up against the Cubs. Longtime friends are amazed she writes books with sports in them, since she's about as coordinated as a newborn giraffe and used to say marching band required more exertion than golf. "I think I'm going to be sick." Kari jumped out of bed and ran for the bathroom. Used to living alone and desperate to reach the commode before she threw up all over the hall, she didn't think about the fact that the bathroom door was partially closed. She simply pushed it open and made it to the toilet just in time. As she kneeled in front of the toilet bowl, resting her forehead on the cool porcelain, the memories receded and the world started to come back into focus. It was then she realized the water in the shower was running. Scratch that: It was shutting off. The shower curtain rings clinked together as the curtain whooshed back. "What the - ? Kari? Are you okay?" Her face still buried in the toilet bowl, she mumbled an affirmative. No way was she going to turn her head and get an eyeful of her naked, wet husband. As much as the thought tempted a part her, she didn't need any more fodder for dreams that'd only go bad. "I'm sure," she told him. "Last night's dinner must not have agreed with me." She mentally crossed her fingers, hoping he didn't remember that they'd shared a frozen pizza. How often did people get sick from eating pizza? Silence. It stretched out for so long that Kari started scrambling for another, more plausible excuse. No way was she going to attempt to explain the ugly truth. She and Damien were only going to know each other for a couple of months - not nearly long enough for her to trust him with her past. "Then you think you could move?" "M-move?" "Out of the way," Damien explained. "I can't leave the shower with you there." Figuring there'd be nothing too embarrassing at her eye level, Kari carefully slanted a glance sideways and realized that she was indeed near the edge of the bathtub. She also was treated to a side view of Damien's calf. A very nice calf it was, too. Muscular but not overly so, and sprinkled with just enough hair. "Kari?" She felt her face heat the not-so-cool-anymore porcelain. "Sorry," she mumbled. Still on her knees, she edged toward the door. Behind her, she heard Damien step out of the tub. A few seconds went by. "Okay." "Off your knees, Kari. It's safe now." As she slowly stood upright, Kari thought she detected laughter in Damien's voice. She whirled to face him. "Don't you dare laugh at me!" "Do I look like I'm laughing?" Kari's eyes roamed over Damien, taking in the droplets of water glistening on his broad chest and the dark green towel slung low on his hips. If it slid an inch or so ... She gulped and shook her head. "That towel should be banned." "Oh yeah?" Kari nodded. "Yeah." Damien grinned lazily at her, reaching for the terrycloth. "I can take it off, if you'd like." Follow the entire Blind Date Bride tour HERE Hosted by Worldwind Virtual Book Tours

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Winter Wolf tour! The Hunted Wizard When Nicole dabbled in the occult, she lost it all: Her voice, her family, and her name. Now on the run from the Inquisition, she must prove to herself - and the world - that not all wizards are too dangerous to let live. The savage murder of a bookstore employee throws Nicole into the middle of Inquisition business, like it or not. Driven by her inability to save the young man's life, she decides to hunt the killer on her own. Using forbidden magic to investigate the past, she learns that the murderer is in fact a disease that could kill the entire werewolf race. Forced to choose between saving lives and preserving her own, Nicole embraces the magic that sent her into exile. Without werewolves, the power of the Inquisition would dwindle, and she could live without being hunted. Nicole's only hope for success lies in the hands of the werewolves she hates and the Inquisition she fears, but finding someone to trust is only the beginning of her problems. There are those who want to ensure that the werewolves go extinct and that the Inquisition falls. But, if she fails to find a cure, her family - including her twin sister - will perish... iTunes Barnes & Noble RJ's Website / Goodreads / Google+ / TwitterRJ Blain suffers from a Moleskine journal obsession, a pen fixation, and a terrible tendency to pun without warning. When she isn't playing pretend, she likes to think she's a cartographer and a sumi-e painter. In reality, she herds cats and a husband, and obeys the commands of Tsu Dhi, the great warrior fish. In her spare time, she daydreams about being a spy. Should that fail, her contingency plan involves tying her best of enemies to spinning wheels and quoting James Bond villains until she is satisfied. Favorite Books & Series Anne McCaffrey's Pern Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar & Gryphon Series Jim Butcher's Codex Alera Brandon Sanderson's Elantris Patricia Briggs' Alpha and Omega & Dragon Bones Madeline L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time My review - first thing first, I adore the book cover! It's so beautifully done! Second thing, the reason I gave 4 out of 5 was only really because I couldn't get into for the first few chapters but once I did I thought it was a fantastically written book! It's so descriptive and so different from what I thought it was going to be about and it was just brilliant! What I really love about the story is how descriptive it is and how amazing it was when I was reading it and it was just so wonderful. I think everyone will enjoy this story. The Union tour! fter global warming and a second civil war devastated the former United States, two different societies rose from the ashes - the Union, a towering high-tech utopia, hugging the perimeter of the continent, and the devastated, untamed midsection known as the Ruins. Seventeen-year-old Evan Taylor has an easy, privileged life in the Union. What she doesn't have is any idea what to do with the rest of her life. She only knows she wants to do something meaningful, to make a difference in the lives of others. When she's kidnapped and taken into the Ruins as a pawn in a dispute involving her boyfriend, Bryce, her ideal world is turned upside down. What she learns while in the Ruins shakes her faith in everything she's ever known, from Bryce, to her family, and even the Union itself. Now Evan must choose whether to stay with Cyrus, the sexy, resourceful survivor who believes she's in the Ruins for a reason, or return to the only life she's ever known. But when she stumbles upon a dangerous plot that threatens both worlds, her decision could tear her apart. Amazon | The Union Goodreads When not visiting the imaginary worlds inside my head, I live in San Diego, California, with one husband, three children, two cats, and one dog. In addition to my day job as a technical writer and editor, I write young adult fiction. I love the intensity of teen emotions and the way they're still figuring out life. When I'm not writing, you can find me with my nose in a book, hanging out with family and friends, hiking, or knitting. I'm obsessed with Facebook, young adult novels, bad lip reading videos, pumpkin spice lattes, microbrewed beers, and the San Diego Chargers. Goodreads | Website | Twitter | Facebook | Pinterest | Instagram My review- I LOVED THIS STORY! I can't get over how amazing it was! I was interested from the very first page and couldn't stop reading, it was none stop action and something always was happening so it never had a dull moment. I really enjoyed the characters and finding out about their back stories and how they grew as a person and it was just really great character development. Hernandez is such a brilliant writer that I really want to read more from her as this book was just fantastic and I really want to re-read it over and over. I really need it as a paperback. I think everyone would enjoy this story as it was totally different from what I thought it was going to be and with all the twist and the amazing story-line it just made for one extraordinary story! Christmas At The Cove tour + giveaway! Rachel Brimble brings you the perfect winter romance to warm your hearts with Christmas at the Cove! The romance author will be doing the rounds with reviews, a guest post and a hefty giveaway. What they say: More family for Christmas? Scott Walker doesn't have time for a relationship. The sexy mechanic has career ambitions, not to mention a mother and three sisters to take care of. The last thing he needs is Carrie Jameson, the beauty he never forgot, arriving in Templeton Cove over the holidays with some unexpected news. Scott still finds Carrie irresistible, and he's not one to shirk responsibility. Scott's issues with his own dad make the prospect of parenthood a minefield. But if he and Carrie can overcome their fears, this Christmas could bring them the best gift of all. My review - I ADORED this story! It was so adorable and just wow. This is my second Christmas story and I'm so glad I signed up for the blog tour because this story was so cute! I don't read that much Chick-lit but this one was just that amazing. I really loved the writing technique! The character growth is always a great thing to read in stories and this one does it perfectly and the ending was just everything I wanted it to be. No changes at all needed to be made to this story. If you're looking for a cute Christmas story with the two main characters overcoming their fears to be together this is the story for you. I can tell I will re-read this near Christmas! It was so an enjoyable read! I was intrigued from the very first page and couldn't put it down at all until I finished it. To all of those who love their Christmas reads go give Christmas At The Cove a read and you will not be disappointed. Rachel has written such a beautiful story that I now want to read more from her especially if she writes this good. Click Here To Buy This Book - UK Click Here To Buy This Book - US Author Bio: I live with my fantastic husband, our two young daughters and my beloved black Labrador, Max in a small market town near the famous Georgian City of Bath. Having always 'played' with writing, I didn't seriously sit down and write toward publication until I became pregnant with my second daughter - then I told myself to get my butt in the chair and get on with it before she grows up and I'm forced to get a real job! Lots of short stories followed as did lots of rejections! I took a few distance learning courses, joined some online writers groups and basically, learned my craft. Finally deciding short stories weren't working for me (they are an art form in themselves!), in 2006 I decided to embark on my first novel and voila Searching For Sophie was born! Since then, my other books have followed each year. And when I'm not writing? You'll find me with my head in a book or walking the beautiful English countryside with my family. And in the evening? Well, a well-deserved glass of wine is never, ever refused. Follow Rachel Enter via the Rafflecopter to win a signed paperback of Christmas at the Cove and a tote bag: Rachel Brimble and CandleLit Author Services reserve the right to cancel or amend this giveaway at any time and without prior notification. No responsibility is taken for non-delivery of prizes. Eight Days A Week Blog Tour by Amber L. Johnson A "manny" should always mind his own business. And he definitely shouldn't fall in love with his boss. Release Date: November 6 , 2014 Published by The Writers Coffee Shop Genre: Romance / Contemporary ISBN e-book: 978-1-61213-329-4 Available from: Amazon, Kobo, Barnes and Noble, and TWCS PH ~~SUMMARY~~ Gwen Stone has secrets she's not ready to reveal. After a recent promotion at work, she needs a caretaker for her children. She's frenzied and in a lurch and pretty much ready to hire the first person who comes along. So she does. Andrew Lyons needs to get out of his sister's apartment, and a Craigslist posting may be the answer to his prayers. But what he thought was an ad for a room rental turns into a job offer he can't refuse. Accepting the nanny position could change his life, if only he had a clue how to be a grownup. A working mother, a shirtless "manny" who looks good in a towel, two children who need more than a babysitter, and hours of kids' TV can only spell disaster for everyone involved. Because a manny should always mind his own business. And he definitely shouldn't fall in love with his boss. Goodreads * Add to Want To Read List ~~ABOUT THE AUTHOR~~ Amber is a full-time mom and a full-time wife who is employed full time and writes when she can. She believes in Happily Ever Afters that occur every day - despite the obstacles real life serves up on a regular basis. Or perhaps they're sweeter simply because of them. She always has two rubber bands on her wrist, a song in her head, and too much creamer in her coffee cup that reads 'Cocoa,' because she's a rebel. If she's not at her desk, with her boys, or behind the computer, she's supporting live music with her arms raised above her head and her eyes closed, waiting for the drop. ~~CONNECT WITH THE AUTHOR~~ Twitter * Facebook * Website Praise for Eight Days a Week "Laugh-out-loud story about a guy who goes to look at a room to rent and discovers it comes with a job - that of live-in nanny to two damaged kids. So Andrew Lyons accidentally becomes the "manny". Written in his POV, this book chronicles his hilarious escapades as he looks after and grows to love Bree and Brady, and his employer, Gwen. His pranks and spot-on observations about kids' TV shows had me giggling, but there were a few serious moments worthy of a sniffle as well. The star of the show may be Don, though - you'll just have to read this book to find out about him! Highly recommended." - Andrea Goodreads Review My review - What a beautiful, heartwarming, funny story! I really enjoyed this story right from the beginning. It really grasped my interest! I've read many nanny stories where the female nanny falls in love with her boss so I like that Amber wrote that it was a male nanny and it was just different from all the rest. Andrew is now my favourite character, his humor was amazing and especially Don ;D I really liked the character growth in this story, not just Andrew but Gwen and the kids and it really made the ending that more special when you remember how much they've changed for the better to get there. This story made me laugh so much, my boyfriend kept looking at me cause I was laughing out loud. I was awwwwing at certain moments mostly with Brady as he was just adorable and Bree and her sassiness! I did tear up a few bits but then it was right back to making me laugh. I haven't read that much from Amber but after reading this and her writing skills, she has a new fan! Can't wait to read more from her!

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The British Paraorchestra and Friends, The Nature of Why at Bristol Old Vic Posted: May 22nd, 2018 | Author: Ian Abbott | Filed under: Festival, Performance | Tags: Alex McCabe, Caroline Bowditch, Charles Hazlewood, KJ Clarke-Davies, Marta Masiero, Mayfest, The British Paraorchestra, Victoria Fox, Will Gregory | Comments Off on The British Paraorchestra and Friends, The Nature of Why at Bristol Old Vic The British Paraorchestra and Friends, The Nature of Why, Bristol Old Vic, May 12 The Nature of Why (photo: Paul Blakemore) "Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough." - Richard Feynman Set amongst the giddy theatrical delights of Mayfest is the world premiere of The Nature of Why by The British Paraorchestra and Friends; a physics-crunching, joyous, 70-minute musical adventure on the stage of the Bristol Old Vic. Commissioned by Unlimited it features a new score from Goldfrapp's Will Gregory, choreography and co-direction from Caroline Bowditch and is conducted and co-directed by Charles Hazlewood. The Nature of Why is framed by The British Paraorchestra as 'merging dance and live music into an epic performance that brims with emotion and physical beauty...it takes inspiration from the unconventional curiosity of Nobel prize-winning theoretical physicist Richard Feynman, and his search for meaning in the world around us. The Nature of Why promises to be an up-close-and-personal dance experience like no other.' The choreography embellishes the idea of a magnet and how it attracts or repulses bodies, not only between the dancers but also in their intermingling with the audience which leaves a playful and non-threatening level of interaction in its wake: The Nature of Why revels in the intimacy and connections it forges between the audience and performers. Before we enter the auditorium there is a clear invitation from Bowditch and Hazlewood that viewing and altering our perspective is welcome and will create different sonic and visual opportunities for us. Set across nine distinct orchestral movements, audience members are invited to move in and around the stage in between the clearly defined sections whilst a pre-recorded conversation from Feynman talks about magnets and why; watching the dancers (KJ Clarke-Davies, Victoria Fox, Marta Masiero and Alex McCabe) twine, mesh and envelop themselves around each other and audience members or standing next to Adrian Lee as he shreds his electric guitar whilst the 10-piece string orchestra is dialing up the intensity four feet behind you is a rare privilege. "The body is an instrument which only gives off music when it is used as a body. Always an orchestra, and just as music traverses walls, so sensuality traverses the body and reaches up to ecstasy." - Anais Nin The British Paraorchestra is the world's only large-scale ensemble for disabled musicians and Gregory's rousing and anthemic score is executed with aplomb. It delivers a musical environment that enables the dancers to dig into and under their innate fibrous musicality; Masiero demonstrates an ease in playing and improvising with the young children in the audience who are present in the matinee performance. Gregory's score, whilst fulfilling the needs of the performers, also leaves a residue of sonic satisfaction with the audience that left my body moving and pulsing with an emotional connection amplified by the intimacy created by the performers. Bowditch and Hazlewood highlight that Audio Description (provided by Rationale Productions) is available for each performance and you can take up the invitation if you want. It is wise to do so as the voice and performance of the live audio describer adds an additional layer to the performance which reinforces the choices and intention of the creative team; the joy and tone in hearing a smiling voice subjectively describe abstract choreography in plain English is both a challenge and a delight. When a dancer merges with a double bass and is wheelbarrowed across the stage I close my eyes listening to the audio voice, the score and the reaction of the audience. Rationale Productions are doing some pioneering work with Audio Description and it is clear they are woven into the creation process from the beginning; the integrity of, and familiarity with all parts of the production delivers a level of performance equal to those on stage. "My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony." - Fernando Pessoa The Nature of Why has a number of scenographic and thematic echoes from two recent productions: Marc Brew Company's BrewBand (in which Masiero and McCabe featured prominently) fluidly exchanges the roles of dancer and musician and blurs the roles of each skill set, and Claire Cunningham's and Jess Curtis's The Way You Look (at me) Tonight which brought the audience on stage, had a depth of intimacy and asked a suite of complex philosophical questions. Bowditch, Cunningham and Brew are a trio of dance makers who have spent a number of years in Scotland forging a reputation for delivering ambitious and emotionally resonant work; with Brew's departure to Oakland as Artistic Director of Axis Dance (USA) and Bowditch's forthcoming appointment as Executive Director of Arts Access Victoria (AUS), it leaves Cunningham as the last of the trinity in Glasgow and Scotland, choreographically, a poorer place. As a wider Mayfest observation, MAYK (co-directed by Matthew Austin and Kate Yedigaroff) have trusted and amplified a significant suite of makers from Bristol; that investment in the people based in the city is exemplary and an antidote to the majority of other UK-based theatre, dance and performance festivals that buy in work from out of town much to the detriment of the artists in their own city. Alongside The British Paraorchestra, there were works from Verity Standen, Sabrina Shirazi, Caroline Williams and Hannah Sullivan. For a work with so many collaborators, constituent parts and a roving audience, The Nature of Why is a remarkably coherent experience; it creates a space where people can feel comfortable and connected to others, nourishes our ears, bodies and minds whilst nestling itself in the cracks of our memories as we leave the stage in high spirits.

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LESSON 9 - JACOB DECEIVED Esau was so mad at Jacob for tricking him out of his birthright and his blessing that Jacob's parents told him to go to live with his mother's brother, Laban, and find a good wife there. Laban had two daughters. The oldest was named Leah and the youngest was Rachael. Rachael was beautiful and Jacob fell in love with her. Jacob loved Rachael so much that he told Laban he would work for him for seven years if he could marry Rachael. Laban told Jacob that it would be good for Jacob to marry Rachael rather than to marry someone from another tribe of people. Jacob worked for Laban for seven years for Rachael but he said it seemed to him like a few days because he loved her so much, Genesis 29:20. After the seven years, Jacob went to Laban and said, "Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may marry her." Laban gathered together all the neighbors and made a big marriage feast. There was probably a lot of good food and drinking and fun at the party just like many weddings today. Laban wanted to play a trick on Jacob. He gave his older daughter Leah to Jacob instead of Rachael! So Jacob married Leah and in the morning he saw that it wasn't Rachael. Jacob liked Leah, but he was still very upset, because he thought he had married Rachael. He said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? I served you seven years for Rachael and now you have tricked me!" Laban told Jacob that in that country it was the custom for the oldest daughter to be married before the younger daughter could be married. He told him that he had to stay married to Leah and that he could also have Rachael after a week if he would work for Laban another seven years. Jacob served Laban for another seven years for Rachael and he loved her more than Leah. When Leah and Rachael got married, Laban gave them each a servant girl to help them. To make up for Leah not being loved as much, Yahweh let her be the one who had babies while Rachael didn't have any. She had four sons named Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah. Rachael was so sad because she didn't have any children that she told Jacob, "If you don't give me children I will die!" That made Jacob angry at Rachael. He told her, "I am not Elohim, that I can make you have children or not have children. If you want to have children you should pray to Yahweh," Genesis 30:1-2. So Rachael told Jacob to have a baby with her servant girl, Bilhah, and Rachael would get a baby that way. Bilhah had two baby boys and Rachael named the first one Dan and the second one Naphtali. Leah didn't have any more children so she gave Jacob her servant girl, Zilpah, and she had a son whom Leah named Gad. Then Zilpah had another son whom Leah named Asher. Leah then had two more sons named Issachar and Zebulun and then a daughter named Dinah. Now, Leah had six sons and a daughter. Finally, Elohim listened to Rachael praying to Him and gave her a son. She named him Joseph. Jacob loved Joseph the most because he was Rachael's son and he still loved Rachael. BIG FAMILY CHALLENGE It sounds like Jacob had a lot of children, doesn't it? Now a project for you to check your memory. Take a piece of paper and draw three lines from top to bottom. On the right side at the top, write "Rachael." At the top of the other columns, write "Bilhah" on one, "Leah" on the next, and "Zilpah" on the last. Below are Jacob's children. Write their names under their mother and then look it up in Genesis 29:32 to 30:24 to see if you are right. Jacob had been working for Laban for all this time and now he wanted to leave and be on his own. He was a very good shepherd so Laban asked him to stay and offered to pay him wages for his work. He asked Jacob how much money he wanted. "You don't need to give me any money at all. Just give me the lambs that are not all white. We'll separate all the speckled and spotted and black sheep today and after that, any of those that there are in the flock will be mine," Jacob said, Genesis 30:32. Laban thought he would have ALL the sheep (or at least most of them), didn't he? Since only a few sheep are usually born spotted or black, Laban thought this was a great offer and quickly agreed. Laban was probably really surprised when Jacob's flock grew so big! Jacob took sticks and stripped the bark off in places and put them in front of the sheep's drinking trough. When the baby sheep were born they came out mostly spotted and streaked. Jacob put all those colored sheep into his own flock. His flock grew to be very large with these sheep. Laban changed the rules about which color sheep Jacob got; but every time he changed the rules, the new lambs were born the color which was for Jacob, Genesis 31:8. Laban and his sons got jealous of Jacob's blessings and things started to get tense. Then, Yahweh told Jacob he should go back home to his family in Canaan. Rachael and Leah agreed and Jacob's whole big family and all his flocks left while Laban was out in the fields shearing sheep. Jacob had been with Laban so long that he was about ninety-two years old when they left Laban. Jacob was glad to be going home but he was also afraid that his brother Esau still wanted to kill him. He sent men on ahead to meet Esau and give him fine gifts from Jacob. Jacob also prayed to Yahweh for help in meeting Esau. He thanked Yahweh for teaching him so much and for giving him so much, Genesis 32:9-12. When Jacob was camping that night by himself a man came to him and wrestled with him all night. Neither of them could beat the other. Even when the man touched Jacob's hip and made his leg strained, Jacob would not let go of him. When it was almost morning and it began to get a little light, the man said, "Let me go because it will soon be day." Jacob said, "I will not let you go unless you bless me." He said, "What is your name?" "Jacob." "Your name shall not be Jacob any more. You shall be called Israel because you have struggled with Elohim and with men and have not lost." "What is your name?" Jacob asked Him. "Why do you ask my name?" He replied. And He blessed Jacob, Genesis 32:34-39. Jacob got up and limped over to where his family was camped and took them to meet his brother Esau. Because of the blessing he had received he was a little less afraid that Esau would kill him, but he was still concerned. Finally, Jacob saw Esau coming with four hundred men! Jacob put himself in front of his family to protect them and then Esau saw him and began to run toward him. Jacob bowed himself to the ground and then got up to meet his brother. Esau ran to him and and and and and and ........ HUGGED HIM! He was happy to see his brother Jacob. Jacob stayed close to Yahweh and Yahweh blessed him and kept him safe. LESSON 9 - ACTIVITIES Here are some questions to see how much you learned from the Lesson you just completed. You can print out this page to write your answers and do any activities that follow. Make sure you have an adult or a big brother or sister check your work! You may even get a "star" on it! Who was Jacob's favorite child? How did Jacob and Laban divide their lambs? How long did Jacob work for Laban in order to marry Rachael? What was Jacob's name changed to and what does it mean? Who was Bilhah? Why did Leah have so many babies? What did Esau do when he saw Jacob? How many children did Rachel have? What trick did Laban pull on Jacob? How many children did Leah have? JACOB'S SONS This is an interesting puzzle and a bit tough! Listed below are the names of Jacob's sons in the order of their birth. The number beside each name tells you the number of letters in that name. Print the puzzle and the graph. Place the names in the crisscross, and then put the letters from the numbered boxes in the appropriate spaces on the graph at the bottom to solve the coded message. HAVE FUN! REUBEN (6) NAPHTALI (8) GAD (3) ZEBULUN (7) BENJAMIN (8) Here's the "coded" message graph: 6 9 1 11 8 7 12 6 14 8 5 2 14 10 1 13 10 2 12 10 4 1 15 10 6 1 14 6 9 1 10 6 9 1 14 8 F F F 6 9 1 2 1 4 1 12 6 9 1 14 1 8 14 1 6 9 1 2 1 4 1 12 10 14 1 6 9 1 9 1 10 15 2 8 6 9 1 6 1 13 3 1 6 14 5 16 1 2 8 5 2 14 10 1 13 W F . I am the El of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get out of this land and return to the land of your birth. This is the last lesson in this series. We pray you not only enjoyed them, but learned something!

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4.4 Roles of government bodies 家庭用水处理和安全储存入门 洛桑联邦理工学院 It is well known that water treatment at the household level can lead to dramatic improvements in drinking water quality. But does Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage (HWTS) also have global relevance? What are the potential treatment solutions and how do they function? Is there a standard strategy for successful HWTS implementation, or can we identify key components which make programs more likely to succeed? In this course you will learn about the most important water treatment methods at household level, successful implementation strategies and about assessing the impact of HWTS. MOOC SERIES "SANITATION, WATER AND SOLID WASTE FOR DEVELOPMENT" : This course is one of four in the series "Sanitation, Water and Solid Waste for Development". FRANçAIS: Dans ce MOOC, vous allez apprendre les plus importantes méthodes de traitement de l'eau au niveau des ménages, les stratégies pour une mise en œuvre réussie et l'évaluation de l'impact du traitement et stockage sûr de l'eau à domicile. ESPAñOL: Aprende acerca de los métodos más importantes de tratamiento de agua a nivel domiciliario, de estrategias de implementación eficientes y de la evaluación del impacto del tratamiento doméstico y almacenamiento seguro del agua. This course is very valuable. I learnt a lot in terms of HWTS. Many thanks to EAWAG, EPFL and Coursera teams for this wonderful course. Extremely Helpful and Exceptionally well designed course. Thanks a lot to all the personnel and Coursera for bringing this course/ Implementation strategies for HWTS During week 4 we analyse different approaches that have been successfully applied. We highlight key components which make programs more likely to succeed. We ask the questions, what is required that the most vulnerable populations use HWTS correctly and consistently over the long-term? In separate modules we consider the special case of HWTS in emergency response and provide information about the role of government bodies. 4.1 Implementation models - Guest Lecturer: H. Gebauer12:46 4.2 Targeted approaches20:24 4.3 HWTS in emergencies - Guest Lecturer: D. Lantagne24:51 4.4 Roles of government bodies21:20 4.5 Key messages - Week 4 3:33 Rick Johnston Sara Marks 選擇語言法語(French)英語(English)西班牙語(Spanish) In our discussion of implementation models, we talked about the differences between profit maximizing approaches and those that prioritize social goods, like disease reduction. We looked at how different strategies might be applied by conventional, profit oriented businesses, or not for profit organizations, or social businesses, kind of combining some aspects of both. But success of HWTS is not only about the private sector and NGOs, governments have very important roles to play, but which governments and what roles? Well, one important role of governments is around national policies and regulations. And in fact, the international network for HWTS, has set targets around national policies and regulations. First is that, by 2015, at least 30 countries should have established national policies or regulations about HWTS. And this one is on track. There was a survey done a few years ago, in 2012, which found eight countries already with targets and more than 22 with policies. And the second target is to reach 50 countries by 2020, which have achieved countrywide scale up of project based HWTS. And this second target, at least in 2012, wasn't yet on track. The international network for HWTS, which was introduced by Michael Forson a few weeks ago, made a global review of the policy and regulatory environment around HWTS a few years ago. And they received responses from 46 countries, nearly half from Africa, but with at least some responses from all around the world. In over half of these countries, the ministry of health was identified as the lead in issues relating to HWTS. And in several other countries, the ministries of water or environments were the leads. But there were a number of other government agencies listed including the ministry of rural development in Cambodia. The Ministry of Social Affairs in Estonia and the Ministry of Housing and Construction in Syria. Regardless of which ministry is the lead, HWTS is a cross cutting issue and requires coordination between different ministries. Like the ones above. But also, frequently, information on HWTS is integrated into school curricula. So, ministries of education must be involved. And if technologies are to be certified, or endorsed, National Bureaus of standards or other regulatory authorities may be involved. In fact, this survey found that more than 90% of countries reported having a collaboration between two ministries. And in more than half of countries, three or more ministries were involved. Now, all that sounds great. In practice, it can mean that progress is slow, since everybody has to get on board. So, nearly 2/3rds of the countries in that survey had established an inter-ministerial committee to coordinate HWTS activities. And that's mostly at the national level. Many of these ministries have presences at the regional district and local levels or municipalities in the case of large cities. Or there may be big gaps in knowledge and capacity about HWTS. But these government workers are the ones who would need to be involved with any field level implementation of HWTS. So, there are certainly multiple different government entities that could play roles in HWTS. How can we classify or organize all the different roles that governments could play with respect to HWTS? Well, there are, of course, many different ways, but one that I like is to approach the role of government from a human rights perspective. There's been a lot written about the responsibilities of governments regarding human rights and the UN has recently recognized access to safe drinking water as a human right, so it seems appropriate. And in the human rights framework, the responsibilities of government, states, can be divided into three sets. The obligations to respect, to protect, and to fulfill rights. Respecting rights means that governments should not interfere, either directly or indirectly, with a human right. And protecting rights means that governments should prevent other parties from interfering with human rights. For instance, the government could pass laws or regulations that prevent pollution of drinking water resources. In this last category, the duty to fulfill human rights, that can be further broken down. States can facilitate a right by taking positive measures that help people to enjoy the right to safe drinking water. States can promote a right by, for example, making sure that there's adequate education around the importance of safe water, and sanitation and hygiene. And states are obliged to provide a right when people are unable, for reasons beyond their control, to realize that right on their own, and with the means at their disposal. Let's take some concrete examples. One important role that government can play is about access to information. Making sure that complete and correct information is available to those who need it. Governments can make themselves aware, at different levels and in different sectors, about the links between HWTS and health. They can take stock of the existing drinking water situation, especially considering household water quality. And see if people could benefit from using HWTS. National health and water coverage statistics are available in nearly all countries, managed by the government. But might not be widely known to all. So a first step that governments could support could be to do a situation assessment, a review of the situation, and compile the relevant information in one place. Another important role, that is another kind of facilitation, is the role of coordination. There are many different stakeholders involved in HWTS, and governments can make a really important contribution by ensuring that these stakeholders know about each other. This can be achieved through a survey of ongoing HWTS activities and stakeholders. And local universities or research institutions could be brought in to fill knowledge gaps, and the government can host sector forums, to share experiences in a very productive way. Another part of coordination is the need for monitoring and evaluation. This is a key responsibility of government which might require establishing new indicators and monitoring systems, building up capacity, especially at local levels, and perhaps investments in new facilities and equipment. If we next consider promotion, HWTS will definitely be more credible if its promotion is endorsed or led by governments. A common action here is to support development and funding of a national communication strategy and campaign. Usually these are non-branded since governments often don't want to be seen as giving preference to one commercial entity over another. Governments, typically, are willing to endorse or promote only technologies that have been verified. And there's currently a real lack of systems and capacity for doing piloting and assessing of technologies before scale up. And ideally, there should be a range of options available that could be promoted for different audiences and use some different circumstances. WHO has recently launched a scheme for evaluation of household water treatment technologies described in this report. And we'll have a guest lecturer from the WHO go over the scheme in more detail next week. Finally, promotion of HWTS can be linked with other health or development priorities as we saw the example of integration of HWTS with education or health initiatives. And these kinds of integrations often require a supporting policy environment. Finally, governments do have a responsibility to provide services if other actors do not provide them in a way that's accessible to all. This doesn't mean that services have to be provided for free, but they do have to be available at an affordable price. So, there is a possible role for subsidy of HWTS which could take different forms. There could be direct subsidies in the form of reduced prices for products which might be targeted only towards the poor. Or there could be indirect subsidies. For example, by supporting the costs of promotion through media or distribution through human resources and institutions. And a third kind of subsidy, an indirect subsidy, could be to relax the import duties on HWTS products that have to be imported. If government workers, from whatever sector, become involved with provision of HWTS products and services, they will typically need substantial support and capacity development at different levels. This is another aspect of government's role in creating an environment where HWTS can succeed. Well, there are a lot of different types, obviously, of roles that governments can play and of actions that could be taken. And a convenient way to package them together in a coherent framework is that of national action planning. And the HWTS Network has some guidance and some templates on elements that should go into national action planning. First of all, there should normally be a background and rationale to have an HWTS action plan that involves things like the literature review and assessment and diagnosis of the situation. Next, establishing an overall purpose, which might be to reduce disease, since there is a health focus. And guiding principles, such as targeting vulnerable groups to achieve the greatest gains. Another important principle to establish is that HWTS is not in competition with or replacing conventional water supply. But is seen as a complementary, short-term measure until the long-term goals of safe, sustainable water at home can be achieved for all. Certainly a concrete, element in a national action plan should be a goal. Which should be time based by some certain year, and might have some specific proportion of the population, who don't yet have sustainable access to piped water supply in the house. Who are practicing an effective HWTS method, in a way that makes the water safe to drink or in compliance with national standards. Once that goal is established then, a number of strategies and action items can be determined, which will be very context specific. And another activity that's very context specific is a clear delineation of the responsibilities of the different stakeholders involved. Both the government stakeholders and the non-government ones, including, private sector, NGOs, universities, research institutes, development partners, etc. By now there are many countries, more than 22, that have established action plans and policies for HWTS, but one nice example I like to share is that of Tanzania. And in preparation for establishing an HWTS strategy and plan. The first thing that was done was a sector review. A situation assessment. Where there's very high mortality from diarrhea. This shows Tanzania ranking quite high in the distribution of countries, in terms of diarrheal deaths per 100,000 population. Also, there was a high use of unsafe water. These are national coverage estimates from the joint monitoring program of WHO and UNICEF. Showing really high and persistent use of surface water and other kinds of unimproved water in rural areas. And HWTS was being promoted in the country. It was aligned with government policies but there was no coordination mechanism, so there was actually a lot of inefficiency. So, the government hosted and convened an international conference in February 2009, led by the relevant Ministries and supported by the International Network and some key development partners there. And they prepared a nice background document to go into the meeting. Laying out the reasons, the justification to develop an HWTS sector plan. So, having done their homework, the government of Tanzania then hosted this workshop in February 2009. Brought in 108 people from many different countries. And set out four key objectives. First, to learn from international experiences, both within the region and the broader global community. To review and strengthen national initiatives on expanding HWTS. To develop and strengthen partnerships, both nationally and internationally. And finally, to share experiences and document the different programs taking place within and outside the country. So a lot of the objectives here are around information management and facilitation. The conference had a number of actionable outcomes, there were 15 specific action points that were identified, I won't go into them here. But there were five broad recommendations that, that were also endorsed through the conference. The first being that the ministry, the lead ministry in this case of health and social welfare, should develop a national action plan, and strategy. That the ministry should strengthen those international partnerships. And also that the government, along with partners and other stakeholders, should allocate funds, financial resources, towards the strategic plan. That the government should play this information management and coordination role through strengthening the evidence base, through monitoring and evaluation, through developing standards. And then finally, that the government should play the overarching role of coordination and networking in the HWTS sector. These findings were shared in other regional workshops. And other countries in the region have gone through similar processes. So, that international conference really set the ball rolling in Tanzania. And within a relatively short period of time, of just a few years, the country had developed, finalized, and endorsed a strategy and plan for scaling up HWTS over this five year period. It included a national vision, and goal, and target. So, the vision being, to have communities accessing safe drinking water at the household level. And a specific target to increase by 20%, the usage of acceptable HWTS by 2016. So that's a concrete, measurable, thing. HWTS has been taken up in a number of national policies, including the National Heath Policy, the Health Sector Strategic Plan, but also the Environmental health, hygiene and sanitation strategies. And there are lists of specific actions that the government must take to achieve these goals. And I give here just a few examples of the types of activities that government is doing here. Around facilitation, around coordination, around monitoring and evaluation. So, while it takes some time and some good ground work to establish the foundations, and develop a national strategy and action plan, that's really just the beginning. The implementation of the plan is where HWTS can really be scaled up and realize health gains. And here government play such critical roles. First, in securing the political supports and the resources necessary for implementation. Government has to play this role of coordination and leading, and can also, provide adequate financing and human resources. On the implementation of the specific measures identified in an action plan, government has many key roles, especially around building awareness in capacity at the lower levels. And finally, all of these activities that are implemented through an action plan and strategy have to be continuously modified, monitored, modified if necessary and evaluated. And here, governments, again, play the central role and one can think back to that human rights framework and consider that these actions should all be implemented in a way that is not discriminatory to any particular group, including the poor. And that though participation and transparency more long-lasting, sustainable results can be achieved. Going back to that survey that the International Network conducted of 46 countries about HWTS policies and practices. The survey identified key challenges towards policy implementation, and the the top one was around monitoring of use and impact. Other important ones were the lack of regulation and evaluation, limited awareness within government of the role of HWTS and limited coordination among ministries, and today we've talked about how government can contribute to all of those challenges. WHO also has a number of resources available through its Internet site that specifically target these challenges. For instance, there's a toolkit for monitoring and evaluation to address this challenge. There's a scheme for evaluation of household water treatment options that gets at the regulation and evaluation steps. And there are specific guidances on other topics such as integration with HIV programs, national planning and coordination in general. So, there are a lot of rich resources that can support governments in developing and implementing these national strategies and action plans. And again, on the PDF version of these slides, you'll be able to hyperlink you'll be able to click on these icons and get those reports directly. So, to summarize then, we've looked at the many responsibilities and roles that can be played by government agencies with HWTS. We've looked at them through a lens of human rights approach, thinking about the responsibilities of government to respect, to protect and fulfill rights. And we've shown that fulfilling rights can be broken down into facilitation, such as collecting and managing information, and in coordinating stakeholders, promotion, establishing policies, and strategies, action plans, endorsing certain technologies, and conducting public health campaigns. And finally, provision of services, especially targeting particular vulnerable groups. And we've seen how national strategies, and action plans can bring together these different responsibilities and roles of government into a coherent package.

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An optimizing decompiler Helping Johnny to Analyze Malware: Part 1 Mar 29, 2017 How do compilers optimize divisions? Feb 19, 2017 LLVM 4.0, Travis CI, type reconstruction-oh my! Jan 27, 2017 Kicking off the holidays with type recovery Dec 7, 2016 Revisiting Structurization Nov 25, 2016 fcd at CSAW'16 Nov 12, 2016 Parsing headers for fun and profit Sep 4, 2016 Using bugpoint to find the cause of crashes Mar 16, 2016 Using a use list in the AST Mar 1, 2016 Upgrading to LLVM 3.8 Feb 26, 2016 The Loop Problem Feb 24, 2016 Using fcd to solve the CSAW Wyvern challenges Feb 21, 2016 The Region Problem Feb 17, 2016 Lifting x86 code into LLVM bitcode Feb 16, 2016 How do compilers optimize divisions? A fun part of writing a decompiler is trying to figure out how a compiler got from point A to point B. Compilers are known to use every last trick in the book to make things just marginally faster. Sometimes, compilers are just a bit clever: for instance, Clang can codegen a switch statement with lots of disjoint cases as a binary search over the cases to get better average- and worst-case number of comparisons. Anybody reading the code can see how it made sense to do that. Sometimes, however, compilers get really really clever and figuring out what happened is not a straightforward process. One example of a non-obvious optimization is what compilers do for divisions by a constant. Divisions are still hard, and compilers hate to emit a div or idiv if they know one side of the equation. The resulting code, however, is puzzling. Up to very recently, fcd wouldn't see the division in there and would produce output similar to the following: uint32_t udiv19(uint32_t arg0) uint64_t anon1 = (__zext uint64_t)arg0 * 2938661835 >> 32; return (uint32_t)(anon1 + ((__zext uint64_t)(arg0 - (uint32_t)anon1) >> 1) >> 4) & 0x0fffffff; What happened?! This doesn't quite look like a division by 19. Of course, that's a problem for fcd, because we want to help people make sense of what they're looking at. Generally speaking, you can't divide without dividing. What happened here is that Clang (and most other compilers up at Matt Godbolt's Compiler Explorer) simply resort to using the one and only type of division that computers are really good at: divisions by a power of two. There's no div instruction in sight, but we do have right shifts. In fact, we can rewrite this code as a questionably better-looking mathematical expression: (The & 0x0fffffff that fcd shows and that we ignored here is a leftover from the earlier phases of decompilation, where every 32-bit integer is represented as a 64-bit integer masked with 0xffffffff. Most of these masks go away, but in this specific case, the mask was combined with the >> 4 and the result isn't obvious enough to let fcd get rid of it outright.) The result of 137438953472 / 7233629131 is 18.999999997649866. In other words, the compiler merely found a big factor (2938661835) with which you could relatively easily compose divisions by powers of two until you'd almost get a division by 19. How close is close enough? Given that we divide an unsigned 32-bit number, this has to be accurate for integers up to 4294967295. 18.999999997649866 is not quite 19, and this is integer division, so the denominator needs to be ceiled to be accurate. We get an error margin of ceil(denom) - denom, and we want to know when enough error has accumulated that we'll get a difference of 1. If that point happens further than 4294967295 / 19, then the approximation is valid for every integer in our division domain. We need to check for this: It holds, meaning that the approximation is accurate for any unsigned 32-bit integer that we can throw at it. Yay! This verification is important, because we wouldn't want to transform something that is not really a division into a division. Generalizing Clang generates 5 or 6 different patterns to divide by (or get the remainder of division with) constant integers. Interestingly enough, there is little to no variety in how signed division works, but there are several distinguishable patterns with unsigned division. For the pattern that was just discussed, as a lazy person, I just threw the formula in Wolfram|Alpha and asked it to isolate the denominator in it: Where is the numerator (which is variable), is the denominator (which we want to find), is the large multiplier constant, and , and are the different exponents of two that are used for right shifts. It came back with this: This formula is easy enough to plug into fcd, and the verification code is equally easy to use. I didn't find a lot of documentation about this optimization. RE.SE has two answers to this question; the most upvoted one uses an example to show how you could come up with these numbers and covers one case the hard way. Compiler people have better information on how to come up with these numbers, but this is somewhat beyond what I'm interested in for fcd's purposes. As of this time, fcd gets signed division and remainder right, unsigned division right, and some of unsigned remainder. It turns out that the unsigned remainder operation does a few weird things that I'm not sure how to interpret, and unfortunately, my lazy options are more limited as Wolfram|Alpha has trouble understanding modulos (or, more probably, I have trouble expressing what I want to do in its language). Still, I'm happy to report that udiv19 now decompiles as arg / 19.

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