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Malcolm and his wife, Marjorie, established The Turnpike Road Pottery upon their return from Japan in 1970. While Marj is not a potter, she has assisted in the studio from the beginning, although she took 17 years off to work as a travel agent. The Wrights have two grown sons, Ian and Shaun. Ian, his wife, Cindy and their daughter, live in Dallas, where he works in the banking industry. Shaun, who lives with his wife Marina in Ubatuba, Brazil, a 10 minute walk from the beach, does black and white landscape photography. See his work at www.shaunwrightphotography.com. Marina Stock Wright’s jewelry can be seen at In my college years I was interested in the roots of modernism, from the development of cubism, constructivism and futurism to Scandinavian design, and the time/space elements in architecture. These interests were interrupted for 30 years by my deep involvement with Japan, functional pottery for food and flowers and in the ascetic, restrained taste of tea ceremony pottery. the last 20 years my early interest has reawakened. Walking around the fields among Chuck Ginnivers’s monumental sculptures, here in Vermont, inspired me to revisit these interests. Slowly, I became aware of the power of minimalism as expressed in Tony Smith’s work. More recently, the work of Jorge Oteiza and the foam sculptures of John Chamberlin have been a source of inspiration. The nature of clay, and my years working with tabletop scale, directs me to a small size that is comfortable, yet retains power. I am interested in dry surfaces, without ash build up, and negative space. I think the sense of Japanese restraint and Western minimalism combine, in these pieces, the forms and ideas I studied more that 40 years ago. Please note that the pieces that appear on this site are unique works, representing a cross section of the type of work Malcolm has created over the years. He does not work as a production potter with a regular "line" but there is usually a good selection of pieces in the studio. (note: the studio is closed as of 2017, work may be found on the secondary market.) If you see a shape or glaze that interests you, please identify it and we can send you a photograph of similar pieces that are currently available, along with the price. Prices do vary depending upon the quality of the finished piece. See PRICE GUIDE in the portfolio I am interested in the functional pot, but not to exclusion. The notions of Japanese functional pottery form the basis for my work: how does the pot feel in my hand? How does food look in the pot? Does the lip invite you to drink from the pot or warn you to keep your distance? Is the pot as enjoyable during the unseemly process of being washed as it was sitting in state on the shelf? Pottery has to do with communication. When the potter wants to make a particular form, the clay may not want (or be able) to stretch to the desired shape without falling down. So the potter must adjust to accommodate the clay, or change clay. Glazed pottery collects light. The color of the glaze depends upon its chemistry and on the color of the clay underneath. Light is reflected from the surface, angles and edges of the form, affecting how we react to a pot. Do we reach to touch it, admire it from a distance, or look away? In the hand of the user, the pot controls us and communicates with us. The potter's wheel dictates circular forms, and accordingly, I have made many bowls and vases. However, an interest in geometry, Constructivism and Futurism has led me over the years to make abstract forms for flower arranging, assembled from extruded parts or tubes. Some extruded forms are carefully conceived, planned and executed. But when a piece is finished some scraps are left over. From this point I proceed intuitively to discover what these parts will become. When a form is strong in and of itself and doesn't need flowers for completion, I will finish and fire the piece without a hole, and present it as sculpture. I use stoneware, porcelain and brick clay, and also combine them to give me a broad palette of color and surface. I work with the wheel and the extruder, producing both the round vase and the less familiar angular vase. No clay are different colors, but of similar feeling: the glazed works represent a more familiar sensibility. It is the wood firing that unites all of the directions. I am interested in the source of an idea, and how one idea can be developed in two directions at once, both in a soft rounded form and in an angular geometric form, both carrying the same thrust of the original thought. When I look at the small porcelain bowl and the large brick clay extruded sculpture, they are extreme opposites, but they are clearly my work.
The dangerous moral premise underlying the call for national service The recent debate on government budget cuts has resurfaced discussion on an enduring subject: national service. In a prominent example in Newsweek magazine, General Stanley McChrystal presents his vision of the role national service should take How the blind emphasis of higher education is undercutting its value “I almost feel I’ve been lied to.” That’s how recent college graduate Brittany Dalberg describes her frustration at not finding a desirable job more than a year after receiving her bachelor’s degree in world religion. After the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, some left-leaning commentators were quick to suggest that the shooter must have been a right-wing Tea Partier. When this proved to be baseless, they retreated to the allegation that a vague “climate of hate” generated by right-wing political In the midst of a prolonged economic recession we hear the cry from all quarters that the most immediate path to recovery and prosperity is through a so-called green economy. "Green" energy, "green" jobs and "green" technologies are touted everywhere, from national publications to college Every year, there’s a Tax Day Tea Party held in downtown Raleigh dedicated to promoting limited government and free markets. On April 15th, I handed out hundreds of copies of The Undercurrentand talked to people in the crowd about Ayn Rand and Atlas Shrugged. Many From being asked to spare some change, to major disasters like the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, we often face the question: should we give to charity? If so, to whom and how much? For many, the answer to the first is treated as self-evident: of With the House of Representatives voting to repeal the FCC’s net neutrality controls along with the recently announced merger of AT&T with T-Mobile, the debate over the legal and moral status of the internet continues. There is no doubt that the internet is of enormous value Atlas Shrugged seems to be everywhere—with its movie adaptation now in theaters, many people have taken notice. Ayn Rand’s novel has long been recognized by literary enthusiasts and philosophy students—but today, the name is familiar to many for its political ideas and its consistently high
Being a mother is a tedious task no matter which century we are in. Though, since we live in the 21st century, consumer tech has been facilitating our lives for years now. With that in mind, here are a few gadgets which will ease up new mothers’ daily routine. This gadget helps to take the baby’s temperature very easily even during the middle of the night causing minimal sleep disruption, unlike the old fashioned way. Video Baby Monitor This gadget enables parents to keep a close watch on their little ones. Mothers just need to peek at their phones and confirm their baby is safe and sound while being at work. Check out the best baby monitors here. Breastfeeding is a beautiful experience and mothers want to be sure enough that their babies fetch the required nutrients. With the help of this device, mothers can pump and store milk in the refrigerator. The babies can feed with this freshly pumped milk even when their mothers are away at work. No mother in the entire galaxy would tolerate the cry of her baby. This device shushes the baby by creating rhythmic sounds, helping him/her to stop crying resulting in a quiet environment in the house. Itzbeen Pocket Nanny It keeps track of baby’s naps, feeding time and diaper changing time. Its alarm automatically rings and reminds the nursing time. Watch Me Over Dream Station Mobile It’s a smart device which watches the movement of the baby while he/she is asleep. This device senses what stage is in and intervenes with proper lights and music whenever the baby is about to wake up. It’s a bouncy chair which helps to get babies to sleep. It has five different movements; one being the car ride which most commonly leads the newborn to sleep. Self- Warming Feeding Bottle This device enables moms to go everywhere with joy. The bottle heats the milk itself before feeding the baby. Multiple Bottle Sterilizers It enables moms to sterilize all the milk bottles of the baby in one go. Baby Food Dispensing Spoon Feeding babies without spilling food is a tedious task. This gadget solves this problem. Keep the baby food in the spoon for an easier and cleaner feeding time. It features a metallic sleek body and a tightly sealed lid which keeps the foul smell of the diapers away. No matter how weird looking gadgets are, it definitely makes parents life much easier going.
The Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, has banned discrimination against a person’s weight and height in NYC. The mayor on Friday signed into law a bill that outlaws discriminating against an individual in employment, housing, and public accommodations on account of their weight and height, Fox News reports. “I’m a person that believes in health, so when you talk about not discriminating against someone because of their body type, it’s not fighting against obesity; it’s just being fair,” Adams said. “So I think this is the right thing to do. We’re going to continue to talk about our progressive health agenda. Science has shown body type is not a connection to if you’re healthy or unhealthy, and I think that’s a misnomer we are really dispelling.” Based on the new development, the Commission on Human Rights in the city of New York will entertain complaints of race, gender, age, weight, and height among others that border on discrimination from the human rights perspective. But antagonists of the bill said it will create lawsuits for lawyers to thrash in the courts, with New York City council minority leader Joseph Borelli saying the bill will empower people to sue anyone and everything. While an opinion piece in New York Post called the controversial bill “a fat gift to NYC’s bottom-feeding legal sharks,” Borelli said people should not feel sorry for him in the light of the new bill, agreeing that he is overweight. “I’m overweight, but I’m not a victim,” he said. “No one should feel bad for me except my struggling shirt buttons.” Lawmakers in other US states are also considering implementing the same law in their domains. There are reports that New Jersey and Massachusetts may do so very soon, but states like Michigan, Washington State, and Washington DC banned it. Interestingly enough, academics in universities have raised their voice against the use of the word “fatphobia” and even “obesity,” arguing that it is a cultural stigmatization that contradicts the concept of “health justice.”
Olympian Eamon Sullivan's York wedding Olympic swimmer Eamon Sullivan has revealed details of his wedding to Perth lawyer Naomi Bass in York last month. He has told Woman’s Day magazine that the nuptials, at Laurelville Manor, were attended by guests including celebrity vet Chris Brown, Home and Away actor Tai Hara and his fiancee Fely Irvine, Olympian Michael Klim and other Olympian friends. Ms Bass, 29, wore a 1920s-style Jenny Packham gown with a traditional floor-length veil. Her hair was styled in loose waves. Sullivan wore a navy blue suit and black bow tie for the wedding, where brothers and fellow swimmers Matthew and Andrew Abood were masters of ceremonies. Get in front of tomorrow's news for FREE Journalism for the curious Australian across politics, business, culture and opinion.READ NOW Sullivan, 30, revealed he could not wait to take the journey with Ms Bass and that in the lead-up to the wedding he “welled up every time” he thought about her walking down the aisle to the song A Thousand Years. “Her smile always lights up my dark days,” he said. The record-breaking former swimmer, who recently bought a home in North Perth with Ms Bass, said he “could have cried” when she walked down the aisle towards him. The pair, who met in a Perth nightclub in 2011, headed to the South West with their wedding guests to enjoy a fun-filled “buddy-moon”. Sullivan, who owns Louis Baxters cafe in Subiaco and co-owns Bib & Tucker restaurant at Leighton beach and East Fremantle’s May Street Larder, proposed to Ms Bass last year during a holiday in Japan. He gave her a two-carat diamond ring featuring 14 pink diamonds. Get the latest news from thewest.com.au in your inbox. Sign up for our emails
Retail recovery continues As consumers begin to regain their retail confidence nationwide, it’s evident that green shoots of recovery have also begun in the Rockingham and Mandurah area. National retail sales jumped 0.5 per cent in May, with WA retail figures performing even better. According to Australian Bureau of Statistics figures, a 1.1 per cent sales increase was recorded for the month. Crystals Surf Baldivis owner Richard Taylor said he had noticed consumer confidence returning to the area in recent times. Get in front of tomorrow's news for FREE Journalism for the curious Australian across politics, business, culture and opinion.READ NOW ‘‘I can only speak for this area but it’s such a high growth area because of what’s going on around us in terms of population increases, so we really can’t have anything but an increase in our turnover, ’’ he said. ‘‘Since December to now, each month has been a growth on the previous month. ‘‘When the GFC hit most shops in a highly populated area like Rockingham were expecting 5 per cent growth each year, they were dropping down to 25 per cent decreases.’’ Mr Taylor said business was still tight but was optimistic for the future. ‘‘In a new area like Baldivis we’re expecting 30 per cent growth per annum but because of the GFC we sort of hung tight, but now we’re seeing the back end of that and we’re starting to see that big growth again,’’ he said. Get the latest news from thewest.com.au in your inbox. Sign up for our emails
Audience helps with Big Hoo-Haa Perth comedy act The Big Hoo-Haa will bring their interactive brand of humorous performance to Yallingup tonight. Creator Sam Longley said the group pitted two teams of comedians against one another onstage for a competition of wit in the style of US improvisational comedy TV show Whose Line Is It Anyway? “It’s all about the audience, ” he said. The interactive show uses audience suggestions to create improvised comedy sketches, mimes and skits. Get in front of tomorrow's news for FREE Journalism for the curious Australian across politics, business, culture and opinion.READ NOW “Stand-up comedy tends to be about the comedian, but we take suggestions and ideas and cues from the audience so no two shows are the same, ” he said. “It’s always about the audience and what the audience gives us is what we give back.” Longley said the group travelling to the South West for a one-off performance tonight comprised five comedians and a musician. Longley and comedians Libby Klysz, Sean Walsh, Tegan Mulvany and Damon Lockwood will make up two “hearts” and “bones” teams of two and an MC. The The Big Hoo-Haa has been in operation for about 12 years and performs to a sell- out crowd at the Brisbane Hotel’s Lazy Susan’s Comedy Den every Saturday night. Four years ago, the group franchised to Melbourne. Longley, who is both an actor and director in the group, said his improvisational form of comedy allowed comedians the flexibility to adapt their comic style to different circumstances. The Big Hoo-Haa will perform at Caves House Hotel in Yallingup tonight from 8pm. Tickets are available from OZtixs or at the door for $25. An a la carte menu with a choice of six curries, with vegetarian options, will also be available for Caves House Hotel’s weekly Indian curry night. It’s always about the audience and what the audience gives us is what we give back. Sam Longley For all the news at your fingertips visit our mobile site www.infogo.com.au/bdt Get the latest news from thewest.com.au in your inbox. Sign up for our emails
Export mining expertise: Austrade One of Australia's most senior trade officials says he is confident the mining services sector can overcome a sharp drop in local orders by selling its expertise to overseas resources hotspots. Austrade chief executive Bruce Gosper made the comments on a flying trip to Perth yesterday - his first since he took the top job at the key government-backed export promotion agency in February. Mr Gosper also addressed an Asia Society function, where he cited Austrade as a potential model for deeper engagement with Australia's northern trading partners, given his agency had 60 per cent of its resources trained on the region and 40 per cent of its staff were fluent in Asian languages. Despite the challenges of the high Australian dollar, and a drop in mining investment, Mr Gosper said his meetings with mining services companies in Perth revealed they were upbeat and "full of animal spirits" about their ability to win new work in Africa and Asia. "It is a much riskier environment at the moment, but they are innovative and very optimistic about the services they can offer offshore, and not just to the likes of Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton," he told _WestBusiness _. Get in front of tomorrow's news for FREE Journalism for the curious Australian across politics, business, culture and opinion.READ NOW Mr Gosper said companies such as Linfox and automotive parts suppliers were others proving that Australian firms could build successful operations in the region. He also warned against ignoring long-term trading partner Japan, given its ability to provide links to other Asian countries such as Indonesia, and said Austrade's governance systems post the Securency scandal had improved. Get the latest news from thewest.com.au in your inbox. Sign up for our emails
Lycopodium closes SA deal Engineering company Lycopodium has closed a deal to deepen its presence in Africa by buying a majority stake in a South African business. Lycopodium would not disclose the value of the transaction, saying it was not material to the $123 million company. Having completed due diligence, it has agreed to acquire 74 per cent of ADP Holdings, with options over the remaining share capital. Necessary approvals are expected by the end of the year. Get in front of tomorrow's news for FREE Journalism for the curious Australian across politics, business, culture and opinion.READ NOW ADP is expected to contribute between 5 per cent and 15 per cent of the group's net profit. Lycopodium managing director Rod Leonard said while his company had been operating in Africa for 20 years, the purchase would provide a design office on the continent. It also offered exposure beyond its usual focus on gold and base metals. "The main attraction is that it allows us to work in other commodities," Mr Leonard said. "We've never done diamond projects per se. They're very strong in diamonds." ADP also has a marine and modular arm which is involved in shallow-water mining and dredging. Lycopodium said the combined forces of both companies would also allow entry into markets neither had meaningfully operated in before. The WA company is funding the purchase from cash reserves. Mr Leonard said the Australian mining sector remained in a lull for firms like Lycopodium. "We're getting to the back end of the design phase of the big iron ore expansions," he said. "That is going to result in more competition among engineers around town for what's remaining." Get the latest news from thewest.com.au in your inbox. Sign up for our emails
Voters fall for sham policies of populist pollies What do Pauline Hanson and Brendon Grylls have in common other than representing electors north of the Tropic of Capricorn? One answer is that both have rolled out populist sham policies that no one with a rudimentary understanding of Australian political history would give any chance of coming to pass. Hanson’s proposed ban on Muslim immigration and Grylls’ royalties hike for the two biggest iron ore miners are unworkable bits of voter bait that deserve exposing. But very few commentators are prepared to say they’ve both gone troppo because a lot of people seem to agree with them. Which doesn’t make them right. Get in front of tomorrow's news for FREE Journalism for the curious Australian across politics, business, culture and opinion.READ NOW Populism is becoming an increasingly pervasive force in Australian politics, ultimately to the detriment of good government and social cohesion. There was a heavy harvest of populists in the last Federal election — Pauline Hanson’s mob, Nick Xenophon’s acolytes and possibly the worst of all, former journalist Derryn Hinch. Their supporters are pretty much the same people who voted for a populist fraud the election before in the Palmer United Party. The demise of Clive Palmer should have been a lesson that populists ultimately disappoint. Sadly, those people who wasted their votes on him just moved on to the next snake-oil seller. Rod Tiffen, an emeritus professor of political science at the University of Sydney, is an astute observer of the populism phenomenon. “The populist strain in Australian politics and media has become more marked in recent years,” Tiffin wrote in the Griffith Review in 2011. “When politicians are criticised for being populist it means that they are pandering to what is popular, reinforcing public prejudices irrespective of their validity, oversimplifying and distorting policy options, taking the politically expedient rather than optimal or principled course. “Historically, populism has described a type of political movement that is ideologically ambiguous, whose views do not fit neatly into a binary left/right opposition between state and market. Many of these movements arose in rural areas.” Hanson and Grylls anyone? Political populism isn’t always driven by opinion polling. But the media is now awash with polls on nearly every facet of our daily lives, their results influencing policymakers. Opinion polls can reinforce or challenge our personal views. The sinister phenomenon of push-polling is designed to change them. The opinion poll this week showing Hanson’s Muslim immigration ban was supported by 49 per cent of voters so shocked the left-wing outfit that conducted the survey that it repeated the exercise in disbelief, getting the same result. But why was that question asked? Has any country anywhere in the world ever banned entry to Muslim migrants? Section 116 of the Australian Constitution protects freedom of religion. The Hanson ban would almost certainly breach it. Article 26 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to which we are a signatory would certainly outlaw it. Even simpler is to replace the word Islam with any other religion and consider if Australians would accept that ban. Faced with concerns about communism, former prime minister Bob Menzies’ legislated ban was thrown out as unconstitutional by the High Court. He suffered another humiliating defeat at a subsequent referendum, not because Australians supported the ideology, but because they were wary of heavy-handed government. The Essential poll disclosed the major factor in approval of the Hanson policy was that Muslims “do not integrate into Australian society” — with equal support among both Labor and Liberal voters. It’s an issue I have pursued on these pages, along with fears of the “enemy within” terrorist threat. A pragmatic policy would be aimed at ensuring integration, not suppression. And that’s the task for sensible politicians who are always left to pick up the pieces by the populists. Grylls’ royalties grab was shown by a ReachTEL poll to have 45.4 per cent support among WA voters, with 31.5 per cent opposed and 23.1 per cent undecided. But it is so discriminatory against its two targets, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, that the chances of surviving a legal challenge would be zero. Pushing aside the threat to Australia’s sovereign risk reputation and warnings that such a policy by a previously credible political party will affect investment decisions, Grylls blithely says the miners can afford to pay more. He can’t explain why the Nationals in government partnership just last year signed off on a two-year review of WA’s royalties system which had the opportunity to push up iron ore tax revenues — but didn’t. The report was accepted by State Development Minister Bill Marmion on behalf of “the Liberal-National Government” in terms that absolutely preclude Grylls’ plan: “The Government notes the review’s endorsement of the ad valorem system and the 10 per cent benchmark of mine-head value as an appropriate gauge for royalty returns to the community.” The Nationals did not make a separate submission to the review and did not object when Cabinet endorsed it. Populism triumphs when the major parties and the media fail to engage the community in difficult discussions on complex issues. We have much to do. Get the latest news from thewest.com.au in your inbox. Sign up for our emails
At the Château de Léberon, Family Rozès are keeping alive the memory of the place and its history. That memory is completely intact in their vintages. Each one gives back the memory of the year of its harvest and of the long maturing process that brought it to them. They have thus decided to offer nothing but vintage Armagnacs, following the pure tradition of Armagnac. The Armagnacs are sold in cask strength editions only. No reduction-natural degree, no coloring, no addition of sugar or any other food additive. Cask strength, single casks Vintage Armagnacs. This beautiful 1998 vintage carries intense dried fruits like prunes and dates. It has a complex layer of soft vanilla and fruit cake to robust, bittersweet oak and warming spices.
Microosft launched and positioned the Windows 10X operating system as the one made for powering only dual-screen PCs and other foldable devices. But now a major leak that reveals many details about Windows 10X incldduing the possibility of Microsoft making it available for traditional laptops. As you can notice in the screenshot taken from the official documentation it is mentioned that Windows 10X will be available for both clamshells and foldables. The leaked lock-screen screenshot gives an idea about how the locking and unlocking UI will look like. Windows 10X search will show your apps, websites and it will reccomended things that you may be using frequently or need to do next. Then the following screenshot explains the anatomy of Windows 10X. One notwroethy thing is that in the document Microsoft refers to the Windows 10X UI layer as the “launcher” akin to Android launchers. In case you want to go through the leaked screenshots in details you can click on the link provided in the tweet below.
South of Fifth, also known as SoFi, is Miami Beach’s tiny and peaceful neighborhood that extends from South Pointe Park to Fifth Street. This exclusive and affluent area is surrounded by water on three sides from the Ocean to Biscayne Bay. Here is a guide to South of Fifth’s best new hot spots to hit for cocktails, when in Miami: The Local House Find this cozy aquatic-inspired restaurant and bar located in the Sense Beach Hotel’s intimate, bookcase-lined living room that serves as the lobby. Kiwi Crush at The Local House Absolutely ambrosial; made with whole, fresh Kiwi, Vodka, Agave, Lemon Juice and St.Germain; garnished with Kiwi Wheel. 400 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach (South of Fifth); localhousemiami.com; @LocalHouseMiami Minibar is Urbanica Hotel’s cozy lobby bar located across from the ultra-chic hotel’s courtyard. Find a table on the patio or an imitate seat inside at a high top table for two, or at one of ten bar stools, surrounded by stylish teal and black palm tree wallpaper with deep red accent walls. South Beach “Z” Pack at Minibar Citrusy, yet sweet; made with fresh pressed Ginger, Grapefruit, Lemon, Honey and a splash of Mezcal; served with a mini bottle of Tequila. 418 Meridian Ave, Miami Beach; @MinibarUrbanica Amare Ristorante’s glamorous setting awash in azure, white and coral hues evoking Italy’s famed Amalfi coast. Before dining on artfully prepared Southern Italian fare, head to their beautiful bar with intricate hand-painted ceramic tiles from Naples for wine and cocktails. Refreshing and light, Aperol, Prosecco, Mint, Apricot and a splash of Club Soda. 1 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach; AmareRistorante.com; @AmareMiami The darkly lit ScapeGoat has a speakeasy vibe, and is the only bar in South Florida that specializes in All-American beers, spirits, wines, and cocktails. Let the Beet Drop at The ScapeGoat Tart and foamy; made with Gin, Freshly Squeezed Beet Juice, Lemon and Aquafava. 100 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach; @ScapeGoatMiami With a backdoor and heavy velvet curtain entrance, Sophie’s is a chic nightclub and cocktail lounge, with a sexy, late 90’s French-inspired style, that brings South Beach’s undeniable energy to its SoFi neighborhood. La Papaya de Mayo at Sophie’s Feisty and spicy; made with Papaya infused Tequila Blanco, Habanero, fresh squeezed Lemon Juice and Agave Syrup, garnished with Papaya. 814 1st Street, Miami Beach; @SophiesSoBe Our Best Stories Delivered Daily
Delicious Moist Poppy Seed Cake Hi everyone! Today I am going to show you my recipe for Delicious Moist Poppy Seed Cake. It is a great place to start! I know, I know, it sounds lame, but I really don't need any more excuses. Since I am new to baking, I have been using this recipe for many months now. I love it so much that I just made it for my birthday last year. I decided to make this recipe for my birthday. I used a generous amount of peanut butter, brown sugar, baking soda and baking powder. It just goes great with any sundae. I'm not saying this is a bad recipe for a birthday cake, but I am just not sure how to make it with some peanut butter. - 2 1/4 cups cake flour - 1 teaspoon salt - 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon zest - 4 1/2 tablespoons poppy seeds - 1 1/8 cups white sugar - 1 1/3 cups unsalted butter, softened - 5 eggs - 3/4 cup white sugar - 3/4 cup lemon juice - Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan. - Stir together the flour, salt, lemon zest and poppy seeds using a wire whisk. In a medium bowl, cream together the butter and 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Then stir in the dry ingredients. Pour into the prepared loaf pan. - Bake for 60 to 75 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. - To make the syrup, combine 3/4 cup sugar with the lemon juice in a small saucepan, bring to a boil, then remove from heat and set aside to cool. When the cake is done, place the pan on a wire rack with a cookie sheet underneath. Prick the top of the cake several times with a toothpick or fork. Brush the top of the cake with the syrup, allowing lots of it to run down the sides and soak into the cake. - Allow cake to cool slightly before removing from the pan to the wire rack to cool completely. When completely cooled, wrap the cake if foil or heavy plastic wrap and let it sit for 1 day before serving.
See the work of incredible chalk artists at the annual Chalkfest at Arbor Lakes. Did you go the Chalkfest at Arbor Lakes last year? One of our favorite events and we are sooo excited that it’s back for another year! Yay! This is the 6th annual Chalk Fest and taking place back at the original location on Main Street Maple Grove between Elm Creek Boulevard and Arbor Lakes Parkway. The fun event takes place over Labor Day weekend, September 4th-6th. They are still offering something for everyone. One portion will be virtual and live streamed, and an in person portion for those wanting to see the art. There is also a mural event, something you can enjoy on your own time. This year 16 sites have been chosen in and around Arbor Lakes to place 8’ x 8’ murals painted by Chalkfest artists. This means even more sites than last year! Additional information about Chalkfest: Chalkfest at Arbor Lakes Mural Tour was a new addition to Chalkfest in 2020 and we’ve decided to keep it going. Sixteen sites have been chosen in and around Arbor Lakes to place 8’ x 8’ murals painted by Chalkfest artists. The map will be here on this website on August 15 and you can view the murals at your leisure anytime from August 15 to September 30. Many people have expressed an interest in purchasing the murals. We have created a Mural Tour Auction and you can place a bid on your favorite mural by clicking the button to the right. Auction link will be activated by 8/20. A special addition to the mural tour is that Mural #16 will be painted LIVE at the Shoppes at Arbor Lakes on September 3 in front of Express. Artist Sharyn Chan will create a special image that will delight as you watch it being painted through to the finished product. - About the Author - Latest Posts Kristi is married with twin daughters. She grew up on a small dairy farm, but now lives in the south metro area. She enjoys finding free or thrifty things to do whether they are outings close to home or last minute adventures to far-away places. Kristi can also be found enjoying estate sales, attempting to garden, volunteering in the wetlands or a favorite thrift store, or maybe just enjoying a good play in one of the many theatre venues in the area.
Not posted here before but hoping you can help. My client is interested in adding HA into the new SW design that we're developing, which sounds straight forward enough, however I'm trying to consider this within their DR capability too. In short, the DR service will fail over all the VMs (including SW) to another site which operates on a different IP range. What I'm trying to determine is this: 1. If a HA pair is bought up at the DR site on new IP addresses, does SW HA feature allow the IP addresses to be changed or does it need the HA pool to be removed and re-added? 2. Are there any implications doing this that I need to consider? 3. Has anyone ever done this? (I know it's unlikely) - Single subnet configuration would be used in production and DR. - Multi-subnet is not an option due to latency and current network design (may change in 12 months) - SQL Server config is using AOAG, 2 servers in primary site (synchronous) and 1 server in DR site (asynchronous) I'll probably get the technical team to build a test set of servers and try it out so we understand the impact, as without HA we're missing an opportunity to improve the resiliency, especially as we've include SQL AOAG already. Thanks in advance.
The parish council’s accounts are available to view every year during the 30-day (consecutive working days) audit period which must cover the first ten days in July. The spreadsheet here relates to the last five years of accounts. The paperwork that supports this spreadsheet up to the financial year ending 31/03/2022 is only available as paper copy, since then working practices have changed and most of the supporting documents will henceforth be available electronically. It is anticipated that the audit for the financial year ending 31/03/2023 will be called in early June. For any questions about the finances and audit process, please contact the Clerk.
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The Ethiopians who participated in the City Marathon competed so well to take the top prizes of the 42km race that took place in Lagos, southwest Nigeria. This edition of the Lagos Marathon which has taken place every year since 2016, after over 30 years of absence kicked off at 6 am on February 12 with over 30,000 runners in attendance. The Access Bank-sponsored Marathon is an elite-labeled athletic fiesta held on the second weekend of February every year in Lagos and draws participation from local and international teams in the athletic ecosystem. In addition to the residents of Lagos, the Marathon attracted professionals such as Ethiopian Runner Ulfata Geleta who won the men’s category, and his compatriot Dagne Siranesh. Geleta who finished as the first runner-up at last year’s edition moved up this time to emerge as the proud winner of the $30,000 first prize money. Though the Ethiopian’s winning time of 2.11.54 sec was short of the Course Record set in the 2020 edition, it is the second-fastest ever in the history of the annual 42km road race. The Kenyan duo of David Barmasai and Emmanuel Naibei settled for second and third places respectively. Barmasai and Naibei went home with $20,000 and $15,000, respectively for their efforts at this year’s race. In the women category, Ethiopian Dagne’s winning time was 2 hours 33 minutes, and 50 seconds. She was followed in second place by compatriot Alemenseh Guta and Kenya’s Naomi Maiyo in third place. This is only the second time for an Ethiopian to win both the male and female categories of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon. Speaking at the end of the race, the Ethiopian champion showed his enthusiasm for coming to Lagos to better his lot in the long-distance race. “I was impressed with the organization of the tournament, as there is improvement in terms of the organization from what I saw here last year. Definitely, I strongly believe that next year is going to be better than what we witnessed here this year,” he said after collecting the prize money that was jointly handed to him by Babajide Sanwo-Olu the Governor of Lagos State, and Sunday Dare the Nigerian Minister of Sports. The Ethiopian promised to come back next year with the intention of improving his performance. “There is always room for improvement and come next year, I will try to better what I did this year. Last year, I was the first runner-up but this year I came first and by God’s grace, next year, I will want to improve on my performance,” he vowed. In the Nigeria category, Shehu Muazu and Fadekemi Olukemi were the top finishers who won the N1m (USD23,952) prize monies set aside for indigenous athletes. The 2022 race was full of excitement with the participation of Governor Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State. The Governor teamed up with his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, Sunday Dare Minister for Sport and Youth Development, Philip Shuaibu Deputy Governor of Edo State, and Hakeem Muri-Okunola Lagos Head of Service to participate in the symbolic flag-off. Others at the symbolic flag-off were Shola Aiyepeku Chairman of Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC) and Gafaar Bolowotan, LSSC Director-General among others. At exactly 8:03 am, Governor Sanwo-Olu crossed the finish line of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, ceremonially becoming the first athlete to breast the final ribbon. Mr. Sanwo-Olu took off from the State House in Marina, jogging through highways to Eko Atlantic City; the finish line to cover 8km distance in 40 minutes. An elated Sanwo-Olu, who saw the huge participation, said the event had consistently placed Lagos on the global radar, noting that the sporting fiesta had become a yearly ritual for athletes. The Governor said the Marathon embodied the spirit of Lagos, which teaches endurance, perseverance, and resilience while toiling through physical strength. He said: “One of the objectives of this event is to put Lagos on a global platform in the area of sport. Every year, new records are broken, and the Marathon gets bigger and better. As a government, we are fully committed to sustaining this noble initiative and leading from the front to ensure that all participants, especially, our youths, get the best from this event. “I acknowledge the great work which Access Bank and all other sponsors have put in to make this edition a success. The goal of the Marathon is to use sport as a tool to promote physical fitness, togetherness, resilience, and every virtue that can make human beings progress and live fulfilling lives. This is the strongest rallying point for our youths and the next edition would be better than what we have had this year.” Mr. Sanwo-Olu pledged his government would be relentless in raising the status of the Marathon to a platinum-labeled event to attract more participants beyond Africa. This, the Governor said, would open the State’s economy to more foreign investment and boost tourism revenue for operators in the sector. Mr. Sanwo-Olu said the decision of Kenyan Airways, a global aviation brand, to be one of the sponsors of the event this year indicates that the Marathon would bring more tourism opportunities to Lagos if it attained platinum level. “We target the next two years to get this marathon to the platinum level, which means the event would be fully globalized. When this is achieved, every second weekend in February becomes calendarized for this Marathon, and Lagos would become a place to be and a destination for all sports enthusiasts,” the Governor said. Presenting the prizes to the winners, Mr. Sanwo-Olu encouraged participants from Nigeria to prepare themselves for the first prizes in next year’s edition. Meanwhile, Youth and Sports Development Minister, Sunday Dare assured that Nigeria’s fortunes at the annual Access Bank Lagos City Marathon would improve once the country’s High-Performance Centres begin full operation. Mr. Dare said the Sports Ministry and the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) would work together to ensure that Nigerians become more competitive in long-distance races. “Our plan is to ensure that Nigerians do not just make up the numbers but also enjoy podium finishes in long-distance races. We are reviving some of the programmes that will make this happen. “We are also going to get our High-Performance Centres fully operational. We have a centre in Pankshin, Plateau State, and another one in Taraba State. “Hopefully in the next few editions of this Marathon, we would have a Nigerian clean sweep of the podium places,” he promised.
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Maxxine Dupri faced the unenviable wrath of a WWE crowd at a recent live event and admits the scrutiny she is under sucks. Maxxine Dupri has wrestled just 13 times since making her in-ring debut on July 3rd, 2023. The star never wrestled in NXT as she arrived on the main roster as a valet, meaning she’s very much learning on the job. However, wrestling crowds are not known as especially forgiving places. A clip has been doing the rounds on social media of Dupri making her way backstage at a recent live event to loud jeers from the crowd, with those captured in the clip less than impressed with her performance. Rhea Ripley led WWE stars in defending Maxxine Dupri while calling out the fans who booed her. However, one ex-WWE star defended fans, noting that maybe the reaction came as a result of spending money on the top company in the world and seeing someone who was clearly still learning. Maxxine Dupri Not A Fan Of WWE Scrutiny Speaking on the Lightweights Podcast, Maxxine Dupri discussed the level of scrutiny she is under in WWE and if she believes she is being watched more closely than most: I think yes and no. I think at times, people have really given me a lot of grace because I’m learning on live TV, and thankfully, with my character, that’s been said, so people are aware that these are my first reps. My first times performing in front of a crowd have been on Monday Night Raw. So I think on that level, people have given me a lot of grace. I think on the other hand, and maybe this is in my head, this is just how l feel, I feel like we have so many talented women. Not only on SmackDown, Raw, but NXT, developmental, people wrestling on the independent scene. So I think there’s also this level of, ‘Okay, so this girl’s getting a shot who maybe is or is not quite as ready as people feel I should be.’ So I think that adds a level of scrutiny. But I think for me, it’s an added level of pressure, but it’s also, I want to make those people proud that aren’t getting an opportunity. I’m so grateful for every opportunity. I’m grateful to be thrown into the deep end. Obviously, it’s scary, and obviously, it sucks when you get scrutiny for things where it’s like, I really am doing my best, I’m training as hard as I can, I’m trying to get better every time. But I’m not perfect. I am human, and this is my first time doing this stuff, so there is gonna be times where I do things that people aren’t gonna love, or that I’m not gonna love when I watch back. Believe me, I’m watching it back too, like why did I do that? I don’t know. [Laughs] I’m trying to figure it out, like I get it. So I do think it adds that level of scrutiny, but I also think I’m a perfectionist, I’m a people-pleaser, so it’s just hard for me sometimes. I want to be better than anyone could ever could imagine I could be. Maxxine Dupri was then asked about her in-ring training regime and revealed she’s been working closely with on-screen partner Chad Gable and says she goes to the Performance Center any chance she gets with anyone that will train with her: I’ve always been spending a lot of time in the ring. So yes, consistently. I train with Chad Gable as much as I can. Obviously, he lives in a different state. So any time that I’m able to get in the ring with him before TV on Mondays, I always will. That’s been a game-changer for me. He’s so kind to spend his time doing that, he does not have to do that. So I’m really, really appreciative that he takes the time to do that. Then I go to the Performance Center during the week, and I’ll train with the girls that are in the developmental. I’ll go with Indi sometimes, and Candice, Nia, anyone I can go with, Chelsea. I love the opportunity to learn from any of them because I’m always like, ‘I need it. Someone come with me and help me, please.’
BOONE, N.C. — The 2020 winners of Appalachian State University’s inaugural David Hodgin English Award are Appalachian senior Abigail Miles, of Raleigh, and alumna Barclay Ann Blankenship ’20, of Willow Springs. This award, which recognizes one work of prose and one of poetry, commemorates the late English professor Dr. David Redid Hodgin, who taught at Appalachian State Teachers College — now Appalachian State University — for 24 years. Each winner will be granted a $350 scholarship and their work will be published in Appalachian’s literary journal, Cold Mountain Review. For this year’s prompt, writers were called to address COVID-19’s impacts on society. More on the winners Miles, whose prose entry “Twenty One” was recognized, is majoring in English with a concentration in creative writing. She works for the University Bookstore and University Tutoring Services and is also an Honors College student. She belongs to the Appalachian Student Book Club and, as an avid reader, is inspired by books to write stories of her own. Blankenship, who holds a B.A. in English with a concentration in literary studies, was recognized for her poem “We are in a fragment.” Her writing has been published on various online platforms; however, this is her first publication in a creative journal. When she is not writing, Blankenship said she is reading, daydreaming of future travels — she participated in a study abroad program while at Appalachian — or playing guitar and singing. Student representatives of the Department of English developed the idea for the David Hodgin English Award and served as jurors for the submitted works, along with Mark Powell, an associate professor of creative writing and editor of Cold Mountain Review. What do you think? Share your feedback on this story. About the Department of English The Department of English at Appalachian State University is committed to outstanding work in the classroom, the support and mentorship of students, and a dynamic engagement with culture, history, language, theory and literature. The department offers master’s degrees in English and rhetoric and composition, as well as undergraduate degrees in literary studies, film studies, creative writing, professional writing and English education. Learn more at https://english.appstate.edu. About the College of Arts and Sciences The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) at Appalachian State University is home to 17 academic departments, two centers and one residential college. These units span the humanities and the social, mathematical and natural sciences. CAS aims to develop a distinctive identity built upon our university's strengths, traditions and unique location. The college’s values lie not only in service to the university and local community, but through inspiring, training, educating and sustaining the development of its students as global citizens. More than 6,400 student majors are enrolled in the college. As the college is also largely responsible for implementing App State’s general education curriculum, it is heavily involved in the education of all students at the university, including those pursuing majors in other colleges. Learn more at https://cas.appstate.edu. About Appalachian State University As a premier public institution, Appalachian State University prepares students to lead purposeful lives. App State is one of 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina System, with a national reputation for innovative teaching and opening access to a high-quality, affordable education for all. The university enrolls more than 21,000 students, has a low student-to-faculty ratio and offers more than 150 undergraduate and 80 graduate majors at its Boone and Hickory campuses and through App State Online. Learn more at https://www.appstate.edu.
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, March 1st, 2024, Chainwire Ondo launches native access to tokenized real-world assets on Sui Sui, the Layer 1 blockchain that offers industry-leading performance and infinite scaling, has announced that Ondo Finance’s yield-bearing stablecoin alternative is now live on the network and available for immediate use by builders, developers and their end users. Ondo’s US treasury-backed and interest-bearing token, USDY, is the Sui Network’s first native dollar-denominated token. Ondo’s expansion to Sui offers key functionalities enabling builders and developers within the ultra-composable Sui ecosystem to create decentralized applications with significantly more features. Sui’s fast-rising DeFi TVL and volume, along with its adoption by leading projects, including some from other platforms, indicates a network that is experiencing growing demand for its next-generation financial applications. Ondo Finance is the third-largest platform bringing tokenized forms of real-world assets onto public blockchains with $185M in TVL. Ondo’s flagship Treasury-backed tokens and other tokenized real-world assets will create countless new opportunities for teams building on Sui. At inception, DeFi protocols with immediate integrations of USDY include Aftermath Finance, Cetus, NAVI Protocol, Typus Finance, Bucket Protocol, Turbos and KriyaDEX. “I am extremely excited to bring the unique benefits of Ondo’s treasury-backed, yield-bearing USDY token to the builders and developers on Sui,” said Ondo’s founder and CEO, Nathan Allman. “The combination of our technologies offers this group, which is already creating apps at the forefront of DeFi, a unique opportunity to leverage Sui to advance the industry even further.” The tokenized treasury-backed offerings that now live on the Sui Network represent tradable tokens backed by real-world assets, marking a significant step toward growing DeFi in the ecosystem and across the industry. “Sui’s rapid growth in decentralized finance, exemplified by the significant assets and projects coming to the ecosystem, is a clear illustration that the network is ready to incorporate the latest in tokenized real-world assets,” said Greg Siourounis, Managing Director of the Sui Foundation. “Having a version of Ondo’s USDY that is native to Sui will unlock exciting new opportunities for Sui’s builders and developers and new features for the users of their applications.”
Protect & Defend columnist Ed Branam, DVM, is the veterinary and animal services program manager at Safehold Special Risk Inc. A 1977 graduate of the Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Branam has worked in the insurance industry for the past 20 years. He is a former Sacramento, California, veterinarian and a former veterinary affairs manager with Hill’s Pet Nutrition.Read Articles Written by Ed Branam Workers’ compensation insurance is a form of no-fault coverage developed specifically to provide medical and wage-replacement benefits to employees who are injured or become ill on the job. In addition, injured employees might be eligible for temporary or permanent disability, vocational rehabilitation or death benefits. In exchange, employees surrender their right to bring negligence claims against an employer for potentially large sums of money, including non-economic damages. Workers’ compensation insurance policies are available in all 50 states and are legally required in most states. It’s important to note: Some states, like Georgia and Florida, require employers to maintain insurance if a certain number of people are employed or if specific types of activities are performed. Texas does not require most private business owners to carry workers’ compensation insurance, although private employers that contract with governmental entities must provide coverage and employers that opt out have notification and filing requirements. Ohio, North Dakota, Washington and Wyoming are monopolistic workers’ compensation states. Employers must buy insurance for all workers residing in these states through a state government-operated fund. Your insurance agent or broker can explain your state’s requirements. Contact information for each state’s workers’ compensation office is available at http://bit.ly/2ENRWOQ. Find the Right Policy Workers’ compensation insurance policies are most frequently obtained through a brokerage firm representing one or more insurance companies, a self-insured group or a government-operated fund. Employers may purchase policies that pay claims either on a first-dollar or deductible basis. Though some policies offer deductibles as low as $5,000, the majority are large deductible in nature — $100,000 or more. As one might expect, the higher the deductible, the lower the annual insurance premium. The type of policy that is right for your veterinary practice depends on several factors: - The state in which the practice and employees are located. - The size of the business. - The practice’s financial status. - Ownership’s risk profile. - The business’s loss history. Larger businesses with an excellent history might enjoy significant annual savings with a large deductible or self-insured group. Businesses with a poor loss history might be forced to self-insure a portion of their claims expenses through a small or large deductible policy. Regardless of the laws in your state and the size of your practice, you should strongly consider having some form of workers’ compensation insurance. Though premiums can be a significant expense, an insurance policy helps protect your business from costly litigation and settlement costs and ensures that injured employees receive necessary medical care and wage-replacement benefits. Because most practices purchase a first-dollar policy from an admitted carrier, I want to focus now on this type of coverage. Consider the Variables Annual premiums are based on: 1. The type of work performed by employees. This is determined by job classification definitions, or class codes. The most common class codes applicable to the veterinary industry are: - 8831 — Veterinary. Employees who come in contact with animals even on a limited basis. That is, almost everyone, including receptionists. - 8810 — Clerical. Employees with no exposure to animals. Examples include accountants, payroll clerks and bookkeepers who work outside the primary location that provides medical services. 2. Employer’s gross payroll. Premiums are calculated based on the rates filed with each state and are applied to every $100 of payroll. 3. Loss experience. This means the number and severity of past work-related injuries and illnesses. Loss experience can significantly impact the final premium in two ways: - Carrier underwriting. Insurance companies can reward or penalize individual policyholders through several pricing methodologies. The most common are tiered pricing and schedule credit/debit utilization. - Experience modification rating. This system, also known as x-mod, incentivizes employers to maintain safe working conditions. X-mod modifies an employer’s insurance premium according to the loss history. The x-mod for each business is set each year by a workers’ compensation insurance rating bureau. Some states have their own bureau while others utilize the National Council on Compensation Insurance. More About X-mod Smaller businesses, as determined by annual gross payroll, do not qualify for x-mod. Therefore, this instrument is not a factor in determining their annual workers’ compensation premium. A business’s x-mod calculation is based on the claims experience for the three-year period immediately before the expiring policy year. All employers are grouped according to their business operation and classification. The rating bureau utilizes collective claims data to determine the average amount of expected losses for each class code. Then, each business’s actual losses are compared to what is expected and is expressed as a percentage (x-mod). If your actual losses are the same as what is expected, your x-mod is 1.0, or 100 percent. Your x-mod is an integral component of your final premium calculation. The lower the x-mod, the better. As noted, a business’s final workers’ compensation premium is based on several factors, but for illustration purposes, a credit x-mod of 0.80, or 80 percent, entitles an employer to a 20 percent reduction on the final premium. Likewise, an employer with a debit x-mod of 1.20, or 120 percent, would incur a 20 percent premium increase. This is where the incentive to maintain safe working conditions comes into play. The secret to lowering your workers’ compensation insurance costs is not as simple as shopping for the best price quote every year. The phrase “closing the barn door after the horse is out” is applicable in this instance. No insurance company is going to provide cheap workers’ compensation insurance to a practice with a bad loss history. A practice owner’s objectives should be to: - Reduce the frequency of claims. - Reduce the cost or severity of each claim. - Utilize the insurance carrier’s managed provider network when treating injuries. - Take advantage of early return-to-work opportunities whenever possible. These objectives are accomplished by establishing a safe workplace focused on mitigation of work-related injuries. Components of an effective risk-management program include but are not limited to: - Focus on accountability and responsibility. Safety is everybody’s job. - Foster an environment that values and rewards safety and safe work behavior. 2. Employee Training Not surprisingly, an inordinate percentage of work-related injuries involves employees on the job for less than six months. Most of the injuries are easily preventable if adequate training and supervision are done. 3. Safety Meetings Meetings should be held monthly and include: - Safety presentations. Ask your insurance agent or broker for veterinary-specific staff training modules. - Reviews and assessments of employee injuries that occurred since the last meeting. Focus on lessons learned and on updating policies or procedures to prevent reoccurrence. - Engage employees in an environment where ideas and recommendations are encouraged and valued. 4. Worksite Assessments - Conduct monthly walk-through inspections of each area of the hospital, preferably by a different staff member working in that area. All action items should be addressed as soon as possible. - Invite your carrier’s loss-control experts to conduct an inspection. Caution: Any serious deficiencies likely will have to be corrected in a timely manner. If they are not, your premium could rise or your policy might not be renewed. 5. Claims Reviews An important component of your insurance program should be to regularly conduct claims reviews with your agent. Discussions should focus not only on the status of open claims but also on strategies for lowering risks. A true independent contractor is not an employee of your practice because a master-servant relationship is absent. As such, an independent contractor’s compensation is not included when determining your business’s workers’ compensation insurance premium. Nor are independent contractors eligible for benefits through your policy. A number of legally defined, fact-based tests are used to determine whether someone is an independent contractor for workers’ compensation purposes. Ask your attorney or accountant for guidance. Any business using an independent contractor should have a contract detailing the arrangement. Independent contractors should have their own insurance, and it should include indemnity language on your behalf. Again, check with your attorney. Finally, understand that if an employer is sued for negligence due to a work-related injury or illness, employer’s liability insurance is the second part of most workers’ compensation policies. It is designed to pay for legal fees, court costs, judgments and settlements. Read “The Complete Guide to Workers’ Comp Payments,” from Hourly Inc., at bit.ly/2ZQMK6l.
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A: It is recommended to preheat the oven for at least 20-30 minutes before placing the pizza inside to ensure an evenly cooked crust. Q: What type of pan should I use to bake the pizza in the oven? A: You can use a pizza stone, a baking sheet, or a cast-iron skillet to bake a pizza in the oven. Q: How long does it typically take to bake a pizza in the oven? A: The baking time for a pizza in the oven can vary depending on the thickness of the crust and the toppings, but it usually takes around 10-15 minutes. Q: Is it necessary to rotate the pizza halfway through the cooking process? A: To ensure even cooking, it is recommended to rotate the pizza halfway through the baking process if you are using a traditional oven with hot spots. Q: Can I use a store-bought pizza dough for making pizza in the oven? A: Yes, you can use store-bought pizza dough for making pizza in the oven. Just make sure to follow the package instructions for baking temperature and time. 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As an avid hydroponic gardener, monitoring electrical conductivity is crucial for my plants’ health. But as a beginner, grasping this unfamiliar concept took some learning. What is EC and why does it matter in hydroponics? Why is it important for understanding EC in hydroponics? Let me break it down into simple terms. EC measures the amount of dissolved minerals and nutrients in a hydroponic reservoir. For plants to thrive, the nutrient solution must fall within an optimal EC range – not too little, not too much. My first few hydroponic crops withered because I completely overlooked EC levels. Once I started routinely testing and adjusting EC, my lettuce and tomatoes flourished beautifully! Curious about how to leverage this important metric for gardening success? Read on to unlock the secrets of EC. I’ll explain how taking quick EC readings can help you whip your nutrient solution into shape. You’ll discover ideal EC targets for different plants and stages of growth. I’ll also share my own tips for EC calibration and maintenance based on hard-won experience. Take it from me, ignoring EC in your reservoir is just asking for lackluster crops. Let’s explore this essential piece of the hydroponics puzzle together! Understanding EC in hydroponics, what should you know? Understanding EC (Electrical Conductivity) in hydroponics is crucial (1) for maintaining optimal nutrient levels and plant health. By monitoring and adjusting EC, hydroponic growers can ensure the proper balance of nutrients for their plants, leading to higher yields and healthier crops. Introduction to Electrical Conductivity (EC) in Hydroponics Electrical conductivity (EC) is a vital metric for hydroponic gardeners to understand. In simple terms, hydroponic tools such as EC meter measures the concentration of dissolved salts and minerals in a nutrient solution. For plants to properly absorb the elements they need from water, the EC must fall within an ideal range. As a hydroponics enthusiast, getting a handle on EC made all the difference for my plants. I use an EC meter to test my reservoir’s conductivity regularly. This helps me spot and correct any imbalances fast, so my crops get perfectly tuned nutrition. Read on for an in-depth primer on EC for blossoming hydroponic gardens! Importance of EC in Hydroponics: Nutrient Absorption and Plant Health So why is tracking electrical conductivity so crucial for hydroponics (2)? Since plants in water culture depend completely on the reservoir for minerals, the EC strongly impacts how well roots take up nutrients. If EC is too low, plants struggle to absorb nutrients and growth slows. If EC is too high, excessive salt buildup can “burn” and damage roots. My lettuce heads perked right up once I optimized my reservoir’s EC! Monitoring conductivity ensures plants get just the right diet. Proper EC also affects the oxygen levels that root systems depend on. And disease resistance improves when mineral nutrition is balanced. So for hydroponic success, maintain your EC in the sweet spot! Understanding EC Units and Measurement in Hydroponics EC levels are measured in Siemens (S) or milliSiemens (mS). Most hydroponic EC meters display a ppM (parts per million) conversion of Siemens. Ideal ppM ranges for plants fall between 800-2500ppM depending on the crop. Meters measure EC using two prongs that conduct a low voltage current through the water. More dissolved salts and minerals conduit the current better, giving a higher EC reading. It’s quick and easy! Role of EC in Nutritional Balance and Plant Growth Tuning your reservoir’s EC affects more than just the total dissolved nutrients. It influences the relative proportions of key elements like nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium that plants need to thrive. For example, lowering the EC can correct an excess of particular minerals that starts hampering growth. I cut the EC to address curling leaf tips from too much nitrogen. Or raising the EC can provide a boost if plants show signs of deficiency. Optimizing hydroponic EC is about finding the right equilibrium across all nutrients, not just increasing total salts. I add individual mineral supplements to adjust nutrition profiles without shifting the overall conductivity too high. Getting the EC “recipe” just right for each crop type, growth stage, and system parameters lets plants properly metabolize essential nutrients. Healthy roots absorb a balanced mineral diet and transport it efficiently to foliage and fruits. This metabolic harmony is why tuning EC is so critical! Optimal EC Levels for Hydroponic Crop Production Ideal EC targets vary based on plant type, root health, and growth phase. Here are some general guidelines: - Seedlings: 400-800 ppM – Lower EC for young roots. - Vegetative Stage: 800-1400 ppM – As plants mature, increase EC. - Flowering/Fruiting: 1400-1800 ppM – Higher EC for blooms and fruit. - Late Growth: 1000-1200 ppM – Lower EC again nearing harvest. These ranges apply to most vegetable and herb crops. But particular plants like orchids prefer an EC on the lower end. Start low and slowly increase conductivity as the crop develops. With experience, you’ll dial in the perfect EC for each hydroponic plant variety. Consistent monitoring and data tracking helps refine your nutritional approach. Pay close attention and let the plants guide you! Here are two more sections continuing the article: Managing EC in Hydroponic Systems for Strong Plant Growth To harness the full power of optimized EC for your hydroponic crops, you need to actively manage conductivity over the growth cycle. Here are some tips: - Monitor EC frequently using a calibrated meter. Test 1-2 times per week minimum. - When refilling a reservoir, reset EC to the appropriate level for the plants’ current growth phase. - As plants mature, gradually increase EC to encourage healthy development. - Use supplements like calcium or magnesium to target nutritional needs without drastically shifting overall EC. - During flowering/fruiting, maintain mid-level EC around 1400-1600 ppM. Staying vigilant ensures your reservoir EC aligns with each crop’s needs. Letting conductivity drift too low or high stresses plants. A proactive, attentive approach leads to more robust hydroponic harvests. Interpreting EC Readings: Effects on Yield and Quality Fluctuating EC levels provide clues into how your nutrient recipe is impacting plant performance and crop quality: - Dropping EC implies rapid mineral absorption by fast-growing plants. Time to replenish nutrients! - Rising EC suggests roots aren’t taking up nutrients quickly enough. Try increasing aeration. - Low EC can limit flowering and fruit production, reducing yields. - High EC from excess salts stunts growth and gives small, poor quality yields. - Balanced EC enables plants to achieve maximum size, bloom, and fruit potentials. Let your EC readings guide adjustments for unlocking each plant’s genetic potential. The conductivity feedback loop is essential for dialing in optimal hydroponic nutrition. Monitoring and responding to electrical conductivity empowers hydroponic gardeners. With the science demystified, you can leverage EC for more vigorous, high-yielding crops! Practical Applications: Measuring and Adjusting EC in Hydroponics Once you understand the importance of electrical conductivity, it’s time to apply that knowledge! Here are some tips for measuring and adjusting EC in your hydroponic system: - Use a digital EC meter for quick, accurate readings. Calibrate it routinely in calibration solution. - Test EC before adding any new supplements or replenishing reservoir water. This gives a baseline. - Measure EC in multiple locations in the tank and average readings. It can vary in different spots. - Adjust EC up by adding concentrated nutrient solutions or individual mineral supplements. - Lower EC by doing a partial water change to dilute the reservoir. - Only make EC adjustments in small increments. Drastic shifts stress plant roots. With routine testing and moderate EC tweaking, you’ll hone in on the sweet spot for your setup and crops. Strive for consistency once dialed in. Troubleshooting Common EC Issues in Hydroponics Even experienced hydroponic gardeners encounter EC problems. Here are some common issues and fixes: - Rising EC: Add airstones for oxygen, change reservoir water, inspect roots for rot. - Dropping EC: Replenish nutrients, use less water-soluble supplements, inspect roots for growth. - Low EC: Raise by adding more nutrient concentrate. - High EC: Lower by diluting reservoir water. - Inconsistent readings: Clean and recalibrate meter, check multiple locations. Don’t let EC fluctuations throw you off course! Spot issues early and make calm, moderate adjustments. With attentive conductivity management, your hydroponic garden will flourish. Now that you understand the science behind electrical conductivity and its importance for healthy hydroponic plants, you can confidently monitor and adjust your reservoir’s EC. Remember to regularly test your nutrient solution and aim for the ideal EC range for each crop. Too low, and plants starve for minerals. Too high, and you risk burning the roots. Armed with the knowledge to optimize EC levels, you can witness amazing growth results. Just watch those seedlings take off once you fine-tune your nutrients! Don’t forget basic maintenance like cleaning EC meters and replacing old reservoir water. With some practice, balancing your hydroponic EC becomes second nature. For even more hydroponic science tips, explore my articles on pH, nutrients, lighting, and more. I love empowering home hydro growers with the knowledge to reap thriving gardens. Don’t hesitate to contact me if you need an EC troubleshooting hand! Together, we can get those reservoirs balanced for green, gorgeous hydroponic harvests. Get ready for your tastiest, most bountiful crops yet once you unlock the potential of EC. Was this helpful? Crystal Erickson is an agriculture enthusiast and writer with a passion for sustainable farming practices and community development. Growing up on a family farm in rural Iowa, Crystal developed a love for the land and a deep appreciation for the hard work and dedication required to make a farm successful. After completing a degree in Agriculture and Environmental Science from Iowa State University, Crystal began her career as an agricultural journalist, covering stories and issues related to modern farming practices, crop management, and livestock production. She quickly established herself as a respected voice in the industry, known for her insightful reporting and thoughtful analysis. Over the years, Crystal has written for a variety of publications, including Farm Journal, Successful Farming, and Modern Farmer, as well as contributing to several academic journals focused on sustainable agriculture and community development. 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I’m trying to figure out how to pay off $30,000 in debt. While I make more money, my rental payments are more than 30% of my income. My sister lives in Connecticut, where it’s cheaper, and has asked me to move there. But, my parents are older and I want to be closer to them. Where do I go from here? A: Thank you for being a loyal reader of Ilyce’s newsletters; we’re glad they helped you during the Great Recession. But we’re so sorry to hear that you’ve dug yourself into another hole. We have some questions, but we’ll try to give you some guidance going forward. We suspect you came out of the sale of your home with a sizable profit, as real estate values in Sonoma County have boomed during the last 10 years. What happened with the money that you got from the sale of the home? It seems that the cost of living in Sonoma got out of hand and started to eat into your savings. (Trust us, we understand, having recently visited California’s wine country.) Once that was gone, you took on debt. We suspect your income instability may be partly to blame. Given your income issues, spending less is a top priority, especially if you hope to stay near your parents. Ilyce’s advice over the years has been that you need to budget based on your known income only. That budget should include a percentage that you should set aside for emergency expenses. That means, if your after-tax income is $5,000 per month, you should try to set aside $500 per month for your emergency fund and live on $4,500 per month. If the only home you can find will cost you more than $2,000 per month, you either have to find a way to augment your income (a second job or side hustle) or reduce that overall cost by co-renting with someone else (so your share of the rent will be less than $2,000 per month). If you can’t find a way to make it work with the cash you earn today, and you can’t increase your income reliably, then you have to consider Plan B. Maybe that’s moving in with your parents or it’s moving across the country to live with your sister. Moving across the country is a difficult decision, but you need to do what is best for you and your family. We know that you might want to be near your parents. If that’s non-negotiable, then you have to decide what you’re willing to live without, or cuts you’re willing to make, to live near them. Sonoma is lovely, but if you can make things work on your budget in Connecticut, you might have money left over to visit your parents several times a year. That’s a tough choice. One only you can make. Let’s talk about your credit card debt. That is likely a huge burden right now, given that interest rates are approaching 30%. With those kinds of interest rates, it can take years to get out from under that debt level. The best thing you can do is tighten your belt and pay it down as fast as possible. 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The entirety of community district 2, which comprises greenwich village and soho, had 91,638 inhabitants as of nyc healths 2018 community health profile, with an average life expectancy of 85. Jewish player hank greenberg gave the people of detroitand americaa reason to be proud. The movie interviews jewish fans and friends who recall how greenberg was a symbol of ethnic pride for american jews suffering from antisemitism. Aviva kempner the life and times of hank greenberg. Rationales for nursing practice hello if you want to read a abrams clinical drug therapy. The story of baseball halloffamer hank greenberg is told through archival film footage and interviews with jewish and nonjewish fans, his former teammates, his friends, and his family. Live coverage of the libertarian national convention. Learn how both sides of an insurance business operate and why businesses take out insurance to mitigate the operational risks they face. A ballplayers life doesnt begin and end at the park. The life and times of hank greenberg is a gem of a baseball documentary because it illuminates what the hall of famers splendid career meant away from the ballpark. What happens if we make a huge pile from all 15,000 nuclear bombs and pull the trigger. Welcome to detroitland, where awardwinning journalist richard bak brings to life episodes from roughly a century of detroits colorful history. Hank greenbergs vindication new yorks aig fraud case sputters to a pathetic settlement. A promise to hank greenberg from his jewish mother. The gallerys collection acts as a living history of photography, offering genres and styles from pictorialism to modernism, in addition to contemporary photography and images. Vered guttman presents mamaliga, the romanian version of the italian polenta, which was served in fivetime major league baseball allstar and hall of famer hank greenbergs family. Evan greenberg, long in fathers shadow, comes into his. Hank greenberg s achievements during the golden age of baseball in the thirties and forties rivaled those of babe ruth and lou gehrig. The sabr bookshelf society for american baseball research. In 1938, hank was approaching the 60 mark held by babe ruth for eleven seasons. Connie francis everybodys somebodys fool yamaha tyros 5. Longlisted for the ft goldman sachs business book of the year award 2011 the true story of how risk destroys, as told through the ongoing saga of aig from the collapse of bear stearns and lehman brothers, the subject of the financial crisis has been well covered. In the life and times of hank greenberg 1998 we learn how this bronxborn star first baseman for the detroit tigers missed out of one of sports biggest honors, the baseball home run crown. The life and times of hank greenberg makes a good case for him as both an extraordinary athlete his singleseason rbis and hrs still rank among the best and an inspiring figure, like the jewish jackie robinson. Apr 28, 2017 connie francis everybodys somebodys fool yamaha tyros 5 roland g70 by rico everybodys somebodys fool is a song written by jack keller and howard greenfield that was a no. Sure, they spend plenty of their time there lifting weights, drinking nutrientdense smoothies and taking bp all before the game, but just like walt whitman, the players contain multitudes. Baseball heroes is the first book in the new middle grade nonfiction series good sports, about the inspiring life stories of major league athletes who have overcome obstacles in the course of their life and careers. Film synopsis the life and times of hank greenberg. Hank greenbergs achievements during the golden age of baseball in the thirties and forties rivaled those of babe ruth and lou gehrig. Print and download when the book of life is read sheet music by hank williams. Islamic republic of, iraq, ireland, israel, italy, jamaica, japan, jordan. However, the story central to the crisisthat of aighas until now remained largely untold. Project muse journal of sport historyvolume 39, number 2. The journal of sport history is published three times a year in spring, summer, and fall by the north american society for sport history. Mar 31, 2019 what happens if we make a huge pile from all 15,000 nuclear bombs and pull the trigger. The life and times of hank greenberg 1998 in the 1930s jewish mothers would ask their sons. The life and times of hank greenberg is a humorous and nostalgic documentary about an extraordinary baseball player who transcended religious prejudice to become an american icon. Hank benjamin greenberg is one of the most famous jewish american baseball players of all time greenberg born january 1, 1911. The ciesla foundation presents the life and times of hank greenberg is a feature length documentary film about an extraordinary baseball player who transcended ethnic and religious prejudice to become a hero for all americans. Powered by the tampa bay times, is your home for breaking news you can trust. The life and times of hank greenberg is a 1998 documentary film written, directed, and produced by aviva kempner about hank greenberg, first baseman of. Hank greenberg, the detroit tigers slugger who came close to breaking. The washington times delivers breaking news and commentary on the issues that affect the future of our nation. The forward incisive coverage of the issues, ideas and institutions that matter to american jews. The hero of heroes baseball during the great depression of the 1930s galvanized communities and provided a struggling country with heroes. On the piano in greenberg s office, king finished a song the team had. Each book tells the stories of athletes who have encountered and overcome significant obstacles, and whose story exempifies. His family members include david rockefeller, his grandfather. Skipped school and went with some friends and one of the guys older brother. Italian words for good life include buona vita and buon vivere. The life and times of hank greenberg is a 1998 documentary film written, directed, and produced by aviva kempner about hank greenberg, first baseman of the detroit tigers, who was inducted into the baseball hall of fame. But america was facing more than economic hardship. Detroit tiger hammerin hanks accomplishments during the golden age of. From native american history to latin american studies, from military history to african poetry, from books on the great plains to the literature of the american west, theres something here for everyone. The life and career of hank greenberg, the first major. Though hank greenberg was one of the first players to challenge babe ruths singleseason record of sixty home runs, it was the game greenberg did not play for which he is best remembered. The life and times of hank greenberg 1998 full cast. Sports in the 1930s was still as exciting as ever, with many records getting smashed. Binyumen schaechter, known also as ben schaechter born 1963 is an awardwinning composer, arranger, conductor, musical director and performer, in both musical theatre and in the world of yiddish music. Two weeks ago, he scored a pyrrhic victory over the u. The life and career of hank greenberg, the first major jewish baseball star in the major leagues. From the hilarious story of ping bodie and the first italians to play in the majors written by pulitzer prizewinning new york times reporter ira berkow, to the touching tale of how his father was an amateur shortstop on tough new york city streets by bob leuci prince of the city. It was later revealed that this could indeed be the man the world knows as mark zuckerberg. Rationales for nursing practice book online or want to download the book for free abrams clinical drug therapy. Living the good life on an italian island the view from the villa bismarck, which has been on the market for about nine months and is listed at 32 million. Maurice hank greenberg, at age 84, is anything but the retiring sort of guy. Aviva kempner talked and showed film clips from a new special dvd edition of the life and times of. During the thirties and forties many americans faced discrimination and prejudice, and this extended from society to the world of baseball, where greenberg was able. Before jackie robinson, there was hank greenberg the. The life and times of hank greenberg a film by aviva kempner. Joining chinaborn aig in 1960, he built it into the worlds largest. He and his italianborn wife were soon studiously reading the local newspaper aloud to each other. Business news, small business news, business financial news and investment news from. The film, the life and times of hank greenberg is a documentary of the baseball player, hank greenberg, who played a huge role in the discrimination of ethnic and religious groups. Even at age 90, hank greenberg is making headlines. They regale readers with riveting vignettes of how aig grew from a modest group. Tom brokaw is a television journalist and the bestselling author of the book the greatest generation. Issues for march and 20, 1976 incorrectly numbered, but constitute v. Support us on patreon so we can make more videos and get. Surviving bataan, the death march, and life as a pow. The life and times of hank greenberg dvd the ciesla foundation. A new biography of greenberg, written by john rosengren, offers much. He also translated into yiddish the firstever film dvd with an option of yiddish subtitle translations, the life and times of hank greenberg. All quotes are properly cited and from some of the worlds most engaging and intelligent people. The life and times of hank greenberg library of congress. The purpose of the north american society for sport history is to promote, stimulate, and encourage study and research and writing of the history of sport, and to support and cooperate with local, national, and international organizations having the same. Jan 19, 2014 ok so this greenberg zuckerberg thing is getting weirder by the second. Vous pouvez regarder le film the life and times of hank greenberg en streaming dans le cable tv ou cinema au montreal canada et france avec son original en anglais. The life and times of hank greenberg online 1999 movie. Clearly pitched for a popular crowd, it may well replace the great jews in sports volumes that are often rife. Vered guttman presents mamaliga, the romanian version of the italian polenta, which was served in fivetime major league baseball allstar and hall of famer hank greenberg s family. The life and times of hank greenberg movieguide movie. Hank greenberg is challenging the governments crisisera bailout of american international group, the company he built into a global financialservices powerhouse. Monthly newspaper of the jewish federation of sarasotamanatee. The life and times of hank greenberg 2004, pbsifp cinemax, aired on baltimore pbs on april, 2004, is a documentary of the life of baseball slugger and for most of his career detroit tiger hank greenberg, the first baseball star with a jewish background, foreshadowing jackie robinson later as the first african american player soon to. Us treasury the latest news about us treasury from the wsj deal journal blog. Editorial page editor paul gigot on the vindication of the former aig ceo. How to say good life in italian thesaurus and word tools. The search for jewish film begins and ends with jfi on demand, an innovative curated streaming service of jewish films that combines the legacy of the san francisco jewish film festival with the latest trends in streaming platforms. Hank greenberg, the detroit tigers slugger who came close to breaking babe ruths homerun record, was baseballs first jewish star. Hank greenberg society for american baseball research. The story of bobby comfort and the biggest hotel robbery ever. Mark kurlansky offers a breezy, upbeat recounting of the life and times of 1930s jewish sports icon, hank greenberg. The ciesla foundation presents the life and times of hank greenberg is a feature length documentary film about an extraordinary baseball player who. For hitting a grand slam that captures a life, a game, a time, and a place, a peabody goes to aviva kempner, the ciesla foundation and cinemax for the life and times of hank greenberg. On any alltime allstar baseball team ones first baseman would not be. Berkow, was a primary source for the awardwinning documentary the life and times of hank greenberg. Daily script movie scripts and movie screenplays movie. The gallerys collection acts as a living history of photography, offering genres and styles from pictorialism to modernism, in addition to contemporary photography and images conceived for industry, advertising, and fashion. Hank greenberg played for the detroit tigers for how many years. Rationales for nursing practice by geralynfrandsen edd rn, sandra smith pennington rn phd. As a great first baseman with the detroit tigers, greenberg endured antisemitism and became a hero and source of inspiration throughout the jewish community, not incidentally leading the tigers to major. Washington times politics, breaking news, us and world news. Hank greenberg, american professional baseball player who, as one of the games best hitters, won two american league mvp awards 1935, 1940 and became the sports first jewish superstar. Set us as your home page and never miss the news that matters to you. A couple of interesting expressions using this word are included gratis. Kempner is content not to question his heroism, which is usually a suspicious practice for a documentary, but a myth as powerful and. The life and times of hank greenberg special edition. Greenberg loses battle over damages related to aig bailout. With his decision to sit out a 1934 game between his tigers and the new york yankees because it fell on yom kippur, hank greenberg became a hero to jews. The 1930s werent dominated by a superstar like they were in the 20s. His music has been heard on the new york stage, major tv networks, and in many recordings. Since its inception over thirty years ago, howard greenberg gallery has built a vast and everchanging collection of some of the most important photographs in the medium. The life and times of hank greenberg 2000 the movie. Hank williams when the book of life is read sheet music. Greenbergs claim is mostly insane, as it assumes that a failing company is entitled to a bailout with kidglove treatment. The life and times of hank greenberg is a documentary that tells the story of the great jewish baseball slugger who led the detroit tigers to several world series in the 1930s and 1940s. Greenbergs story was the subject of a criticallyacclaimed documentary by aviva kempner in 2000, titled the life and times of hank greenberg. The sabr bookshelf is a listing of books received at the sabr office. The story of my life, which was a primary source for the awardwinning documentary the life and times of hank greenberg. Selected as one of motley fools 5 great books you should read in the aig story, the companys longterm ceo hank greenberg 1967 to 2005 and gw professor and corporate governance expert lawrence cunningham chronicle the origins of the company and its relentless pioneering of open markets everywhere in the world. Browse new york times obituaries, conduct other obituary searches, offer condolencestributes, send flowers or create an online memorial. One of the great treats of the life and times of hank greenberg is to see not just how well greenberg handled adversity, but how well he handled fame and success, remaining humble, honest, and dedicated through it all. Living the good life on an italian island the new york times. Binyumen has also done quite a bit of translating of both prose, song lyrics and aria lyrics from yiddish into english, from english into yiddish, and even from italian and french into yiddish. With reeve brenner, hank greenberg, walter matthau, alan m. Dont laugh off hank greenbergs ridiculous aig lawsuit. He was inducted into the baseball hall of fame in 1956. Sheet music arranged for pianovocalguitar in f major transposable. The life and times of hank greenberg 1998 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Any enormous photograph of greenberg might have welcomed visitors to the fifthfloor gallery, but the curators selected a 1939 image showing the hebrew hammer chatting with joe dimaggio the sluggersons of romanian and italian immigrants, respectively. Hank greenberg, former chief executive and biggest shareholder in aig, has lost a landmark legal battle against the us government over the. Many people say that the golden age of sports had come to a close when bobby jones retired in 1930. A jacob greenberg was arrested for possession of marijuana and this mugshot was taken. Hammerin hanks accomplishments for the detroit tigers during the golden age of baseball rivaled those of babe ruth and lou gehrig. Brilliant documentarymaker aviva kempner has created a gem of a movie to lift the spirit of anyone who cares about baseball or heroes. Save 50% on over a thousand different titles from our rich and capacious backlist. The life and times of hank greenberg 1998 film en francais. Reeve brenner, hank greenberg, walter matthau, alan m. Weddings and anniversary announcements including bride and groom, wedding dresses, wedding receptions, vows, photos, designers, flowers, love and marriage. The life and times of hank greenberg 2000 rotten tomatoes. James in england in december of 1937, family matriarch rose kennedy began to. Your guide to jewish life in allentown, bethlehem and easton, pa. A jewish player who chose not to play on yom kippur in 1934 during a heated pennant race, greenberg had to face a great deal of antisemitism. 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SAGINAW, Mich. — In accordance with the Michigan Department of Transportation’s (MDOT) Blue Water Bridge (BWB) parity rate adjustment policy, toll rates paid in Canadian currency (CAD) for traffic heading into Canada will remain the same for cars and extra axles but will increase for trucks and buses. Based on the current average daily exchange rate, the roll rates below will be in effect through March 31, 2023: - Passenger vehicle rates will remain $3.75 (CAD) per trip. - Extra axles will remain $3.75 (CAD) per trip. - Trucks and buses will increase to $4.25 (CAD) per trip. In 2016, MDOT announced the currency parity policy. The Canadian rate for eastbound traffic is reviewed and adjusted April 1 and Oct. 1 of each year, rounded to the nearest $0.25 and calculated based on the prior six-month average daily exchange rates between the U.S. and Canadian currencies. Travel restrictions to Canada have recently been updated by Canada Border Services Agency. The BWB is currently enrolling commercial and commuter customers in its EDGE Pass program. Commuter customers receive a discounted toll rate for non-commercial vehicles with no more than two axles. The EDGE Pass also offers commuter customers a dedicated toll lane. Both commercial and commuter account holders have 24-hour access to manage accounts online through a secure web portal.
The Biden administration issues a cybersecurity call to action for the US water industry amid flood of cyber threats targeting essential systems This directive (see the official guidance) comes in the wake of revelations that utilities are facing increasingly sophisticated water industry cybersecurity attacks, some linked to state-sponsored actors from Iran and China. These attacks justifiably raise alarms over their potential impact on public health and safety. In a coordinated effort, a letter dispatched to all US governors (see EPA press office statement) underscores the criticality of the situation. The correspondence, a joint initiative by the White House and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), highlights the critical nature of the water sector as a target for cyber adversaries. These attacks threaten to cut off access to vital clean water resources and levy substantial financial burdens on communities caught in the crosshairs. Addressing Utility Security To address these pressing concerns, a high-level meeting involving the Environmental, Health, and Homeland Security secretaries is slated for today, March 21st. The gathering aims to deliberate on protective measures essential for securing the nation’s water infrastructure against the backdrop of these cyber threats. Furthermore, the EPA is in the process of establishing a Water Sector Cybersecurity Task Force dedicated to pinpointing vulnerabilities within the system and enhancing protective protocols based on insights gained from the forthcoming discussions. The gravity of this threat is underscored by the acknowledgment that water and wastewater systems serve as foundational pillars to the well-being and functioning of communities. Yet, many of these critical infrastructures are hampered by limited resources and technological capabilities, making them particularly susceptible to cyber incursions. The advisory from Jake Sullivan, National Security Advisor, and Michael S. Regan, EPA Administrator, to the states was explicit: “It is imperative that water utilities undergo comprehensive vulnerability assessments and adopt a set of cybersecurity best practices as recommended by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).” The urgency of this matter was further highlighted by recent incidents, including cyberattacks attributed to Iranian-backed hackers. These attackers targeted US water facilities that were secured with merely the default manufacturing passwords on crucial operational technology. Such oversights have prompted a nationwide call for bolstered security measures, exemplified by the US Treasury’s move to sanction individuals linked to the Iranian Armed Forces implicated in these cyber operations. Adding to the concern is the discovery of Volt Typhoon, a cyber espionage campaign with ties to the Chinese government. Uncovered in February, this operation had successfully infiltrated systems containing sensitive information regarding US drinking water industry infrastructure, posing yet another layer of threat to national security. These incidents serve as blunt reminders of the vulnerabilities inherent in critical infrastructure sectors and the imperative to adopt more robust cybersecurity measures. For water utilities, the path forward involves implementing fundamental security practices, such as changing default passwords and regularly updating software, and investing in more advanced cybersecurity strategies and solutions, such as microsegmentation tools and protection against zero day attacks. What Next for Water Industry Cybersecurity? Adopting platforms that offer comprehensive visibility and real-time threat detection can be a game-changer in this context. By leveraging existing endpoint detection and response (EDR agents), such platforms can extend their protective reach, ensuring continuous monitoring and rapid response to abnormal activities. The water industry must address issues of OT security, protect against becoming a victim of ransomware, and address risk from software supply chain attacks. A proactive approach will enhance the security of water and wastewater systems and contribute to the resilience of the broader critical infrastructure landscape. Please see our ‘Empowering Energy and Utilities’ cybersecurity solution brief for more information. A Clear Signal for the Water Industry The Biden administration’s call to action is a clear signal of the critical importance of safeguarding the nation’s water systems from cyber threats. By fostering collaboration between federal and state entities and integrating advanced cybersecurity technologies, the United States can fortify its defenses against these evolving threats. The commitment to protecting this essential lifeline underlines a broader national security strategy that prioritizes the safety and well-being of its citizens in the face of cyber adversaries.
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Among the novelties 2023 arrives the official APP of Lucca Comics & Games: LuccaCG23 Assistant. A practical travel companion, which can also be used offline, designed to allow the community to fully enjoy the magic of the festival and its countless events. LuccaCG23 Assistant was born as an amateur project of some fans of Lucca Comics & Games to allow them to disentangle themselves among the thousands of activities available during the event, perfectly embracing the spirit of TOGETHER, the claim of this edition. Thanks to LuccaCG23 Assistant it is possible to consult the programme, which is constantly updated, discover, follow and easily reach the most interesting events according to date, place or category, as well as share events with friends on social networks and via chat. You can create your own personal schedule for all days of the festival through a system of favourites. LuccaCG23 Assistant sends push notifications in real time 30 minutes before the start of each favourite event and informs you when new events and news are added. The app is also able to notify any messages about traffic or public order changes, to ensure peace of mind and fun for everyone. The app allows you to create a group of friends, easily shared via chat and social through an invitation link. Friends who are part of the same group can view their friends' favourite events and, thanks to this information, eventually choose to share time and interests 'together'. LuccaCG23 Assistant allows you to consult the map of the Lucca Comics & Games locations and to easily orient yourself during the event. In the event of the activation of the road safety plan, changes will be shown on the map and you will receive convenient directions on which roads to take. The app is also a Booking and Wallet for limited number events that can be booked through Eventbrite. An ad-hoc integration with the well-known event management service has been realised to allow, by connecting the relevant user, the booking of tickets and their display within the app. The consultation of all information, thanks to a real-time database with caching on the users' devices, is always possible, even in poor network conditions and/or in offline mode. LuccaCG23 Assistant was born from an idea by Michele Gentile and Marianna Modugno, and has come to its current maturity with the indispensable creativity and skills of Simone Altamura, with the feedback of those who have attended Lucca Comics & Games at least once in their lives and appreciated its inimitable atmosphere, and with the initiative of Andrea Gettapietra, the LEVEL UP FAN group and Lucca Crea to believe in the project. The alchemy of technical skills, passion, and the affection we have for the festival have led us to become a team, "Kind Jackal", and all this would not have been possible if not TOGETHER.
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Cricket Australia to named T20I squad for Sri Lanka twenty20 series 2017 scheduled to play from 17 to 22 February. However CA announced that Aaron Finch will be leading Australian side. Michael Klinger was named in the side who was performing well for Perth Scorchers in BBL. There will be lots of new faces in the Aussie squad as top Australian cricketers like Steve Smith, David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Mitchel Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Marsh will not be available for the selection as they’ll be preparing for India’s test series tour starting from 23rd February. Aaron Finch said, “It’s very exciting to be back and leading the side in Steve’s absence. It’s been a rollercoaster from being captain leading up to the ICC World Twenty20 (in 2016), being injured and then Steve taking over the reins for that tournament but it’s something that, any time you get the chance to captain your country in any format, you’re very chuffed about.” Australia and Sri Lanka to play three twenty20 matches between 17 and 22 February. The schedule of two series is quite poor as Australia to play final t20 against SL on 22 February and then national team to play test match against India on 23rd February. Even stylish opener Warner made statement, “very, very poor schedule.” Australia T20 Squad Aaron Finch (Captain), Michael Klinger, Pat Cummins, Ashton Turner, Travis Head, Moises Henriques, Chris Lynn, Tim Paine (wk), Jhye Richardson, Billy Stanlake, Andrew Tye, James Faulkner, Adam Zampa.
By M.R. Narayan Swamy New Delhi : India may be observing the 150th anniversary of its first uprising against British rule. But one key place linked to the 1857 revolt is now a druggists’ den and a garbage dump, forcing a senior official to lament over the city’s lack of respect for its own history. Not far away from the landmark lies a cemetery predating the rebellion. Only now it is being restored, having been vandalized and turned into a near slum for five decades, the graves desecrated and the tombstones used to build shanties. And in the very heart of the city, a monument where a British military officer shot dead two sons and a grandson of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal king, looks out of bounds because of the steel barricades and concertina wire put up by police ever since a medical student got raped five years ago. People in the vicinity of the sites – among the many where the 1857 rebellion was played out, leading to thousands of deaths and altering the history of India – say they hardly evoke popular interest. Located in two separate rectangular parks in the middle of ever-busy Lothian Road in Old Delhi are the remains of two structures called British Magazine that served as an ammunition depot. The British blew it up in May 1857 to prevent its fall to the mutinous Indian infantry. In fading pink and badly needing a coat of paint, the buildings are barricaded. They stand amid heaps of garbage. One structure has a miniature replica of an artillery gun on top. Otherwise, there is no sign to indicate what it is – and its historical value. Three or four apparently homeless men at one of the parks were using a silver foil to sniff at what seemed to be cocaine when IANS visited the site at midday. Letters engraved on a gray stone tower at the spot could barely be read. Visitors to the General Post Office – the city’s oldest – bang opposite the British Magazine were blissfully unaware of what the place was all about. But a ‘kulfi’ vendor on a pavement remarked: “It is ‘Top Ghar’ (Gun House), now an ‘adda’ (den) for ‘charsis’ (drug addicts).” Barely 100 meters from there, towards the Red Fort, lies a cemetery that was opened in the early 1800s and which the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has managed to recover from vandals only recently. A stray visitor to the cemetery, Mohammed Roshan, said that for decades people had illegally built houses in the enclosure, violating many graves and using the bricks, stones and tombstones uprooted from there for their constructions. IANS found some tombstones ripped apart and thrown far from their graves. A massive excavation undertaken by ASI is uncovering more and more graves that the squatters had buried under mounds of earth. Senior ASI official A.K. Sinha told IANS that his staff had to face death threats when they sought to reclaim ownership of the historic cemetery, the grim court battles taking almost 50 years. “There has been so much damage at that cemetery that restoring it is proving a Herculean task,” he said. “We have to keep digging. There are many graves still buried under earth.” But what Sinha regrets more is the disrespect many in Delhi display towards historical monuments. “People are uncaring for their past, their heritage. People have no interest at all. No one even wants to help those who are trying to protect these places. But so many want to vandalize them.” Sinha said he had railings built around the British Magazine when he learnt that cycle rickshaws were being parked there at night. “But the railings got stolen,” he complained. “The problem here is if five people try to save heritage, 500 do not want that to happen. How can five battle 500?” A few kilometers away, facing the Maulana Azad Medical College is ‘Khooni Darwaza’ (Gate of Blood), one of a dozen surviving Mughal-built gates where a British army officer shot dead Bahadur Shah Zafar’s sons and grandson, in view of thousands, after the king surrendered after the 1857 revolt failed. Also known as Kabuli Gate, ‘Khooni Darwaza’ earned notoriety in 2002 when a young woman was raped. Authorities then sealed it off to the public. Five years down the lane, that still is the case – 1857 anniversary or no anniversary. The gates of tower are firmly shut and locked. First time visitors are unlikely to approach even its vicinity thanks to the steel barricades and concertina wire placed strategically on one side of the monument. “Nobody ever comes here,” remarked Delhi Police constable R.S. Bhisht who is on regular attendance outside the main gate of the college. Said a college security guard: “A few foreigners do take photographs. It is more known for the rape, not for history.” The story is more or less the same in another part of the city where British Brigadier General John Nicholson is buried. He was slain while trying to capture the city from the rebellious Indians. This grave, near the inter-state bus station, is well maintained, a white slab stone on the grave announcing: “Brigadier General John Nicholson who led the assault of Delhi. But fell in the hour of victory. Morally wounded and died 23 September 1857, aged 35.” But it too draws few Indians. “Kuch, kuch bahar ke log aate hain, (Some foreigners come),” said Hira Lal, a caretaker at the cemetery that is still used and where one portion is reserved for victims of 1857. “At times school children come. Otherwise there is no interest in this place.” (M.R. Narayan Swamy can be contacted at [email protected])
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A two-year-old girl killed a snake, in revenge for biting her lip while she was playing in the back garden of her home in the village of Kantar, Turkey. The neighbors were alerted when she screamed loudly. A snake was in the little girl’s mouth when they reached the back garden, and she also had bite marks on her lower lip. Apparently, the toddler’s bite was vicious enough to critically injure the reptile. This wasn’t a rubber snake. She had killed a real snake within a few seconds. Immediately after receiving first aid, she was rushed to Bingol Maternity and Children’s Hospital and placed under observation for 24 hours. The story would sound unbelievable if it were told to you by a family member or friend. When a snake sunk its fangs into the girl’s lip, she killed it on her own in revenge. Mehmet Ercan, her father, said that the snake bit his daughter while she was playing with it. She then bit the snake back in response. It is now reported that the two-year-old girl is fine and recovering from her injuries. All things considered, the child was pretty fortunate. As there were no further details about the snake involved, or how severe the bite was, it can be surmised that it probably did not contain lethal venom.
At the Information Quality Graduate Program we strongly believe that staying connected with our Alumni is a top priority. Thanks to Social Media, we can maintain this connection with our graduates. Within this context, we are posting this interview with one of our IQ Graduates, Purviben Parmar. Purvi shared a glimpse of her life and her experience with the IQ Program with us and we -in turn- are sharing her experience with you. IQ Program: Purvi, we are very pleased that you accepted to answer our interview questions. Purvi: Thank you for giving me this great opportunity to share my experience as a graduate of the INFQ Program. IQ Program: First of all, we would like for you to introduce yourself. We would like to know about your background e.g. where did you grow up? Where did you go to college? Any personal information you would like to share with us? Purvi: I’m originally from India, particularly State of Gujarat. I had finished my undergraduate studies in STEM Sciences and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy. I also had the opportunity to work for around three and half years as Quality Analyst with an Industrial Pharmaceutical Company, mainly handling projects that connected the Global Pharmaceutical Industry with integrated solutions. I came to the USA six years ago, where I started my journey as an International student by enrolling in the MBA Program. However, regardless of what I was doing, I always had a strong passion for Information Quality and I was always looking for something that could connect healthcare, business analytics and data quality together. I always think outside the box. I also love challenges. I am detail-oriented and creative, which lead me at first to the Graduate Certificate in Technology Innovation, then to the Master’s in Information Quality at UALR. IQ Program: From which IQ program (s) are you a graduate? What year were you graduated? Purvi: I graduated with a Master’s Degree in Information Quality in December 2014. IQ Program: How did you find out about the UALR IQ Program? And how did you become interested in IQ? What made you decide to enroll? Purvi: Well, my spouse and I moved to Arkansas in 2010. I found at UALR some courses that interested me. I began with the Graduate Certificate in Technology Innovation where I got a very good idea about how Business and Technology can be closely connected. As I was about to finish up my Technology Innovation Certificate, I wanted to start the job hunting. However, at that time, I was somehow in a dilemma of whether to keep looking for a job or to pursue a Master’s degree in something that would help me fulfill my dream of finding a program related to Data Quality. I still remember the day when I met Dr. Talburt for the first time. He gave me an excellent idea about Information Quality, its dimensions, its depth and its connection with several technological and business aspects. Finally, I decided to apply for the Master’s in Information Quality and later on became an IQ Graduate. I am still thankful to him for that day and I am even more thankful for helping me to decide how to proceed and what to study. I started my journey as an Information Quality Graduate Student and now I am a Data Quality professional. I started my IQ studies by enrolling in the IQ Graduate Certificate program and completing IQ core courses and later on I enrolled in the IQ Master’s program with such a great enthusiasm. I remember very well all the data quality issues that we had to discuss and to solve. I’m thankful to my life partner, family, friends and my little 2 year old daughter for their unbelievable and invaluable support. IQ Program: Were you a full/part time student and were you a local or remote student? Purvi: I was a local full time student living off campus in West Little Rock. IQ Program: What was your experience with the program? Purvi: I should admit that the program exceeded my expectations. What attracted me most is how each course was laid out, how the syllabi were detailed and how the different projects and research scopes that we had to deal with were presented. We had excellent faculty who always communicated efficiently with the students and who always kept them up-to-date with the latest trends in the industry. I enjoyed all the IQ core courses the most. Being an INFQ Students, I learnt various techniques such as: - Data Quality and Data Management (SAS-DataFlux, Pentaho, Talend, Profiling, Informatica, DQ Score Cards, MS SQL Server, ETL tools etc.) - Data Analytics (data visualization, mining, algorithms, big data – Hadoop, R-Commander, WEKA) - Data Governance (Strategies, workflows, roadmaps, policies, standards applicable to any Organization, People and processes) - Big Data (Hadoop, other Big data advanced tools, Social media analytic and techniques ) - System development and analysis I would also like to convey my best regards to all the faculty members, specially, Dr. John Talburt, Dr. Elizabeth Pierce, Dr. Nitin Agarwal and Dr. Xiaowei Xu as well as faculty members of Technology Innovation, Dr. Gary Anderson and Dr. Joe Bell for mentoring me and for helping me gain the necessary skills for better career opportunities. I wish I could still go back to UALR to stay up-to-date with the latest research, technologies and theories. IQ Program: Who is your current employer and what is your job title? Purvi: My current employer is Vestcom International. I’m working as a Process Quality Assurance – Testing and Quality Engineer. Vestcom is a shelf edge marketing company for the retail industry. The company identifies opportunities and develop strategies to deliver the most innovative shelf edge media. I am involved in interacting with Process Quality Assurance processes and other engineering groups to define documents, analyze, perform, and interpret tests for software products, application code, system processes, or do the modifications to these software processes. We also identify the functional problems, suggest solutions to responsible preprocessor, or set up developer as well as client experience team. In addition, we also assist with the definition of internal quality control standards and the maintenance of reliability programs. We develop, maintain and analyze test cases and provide regular progress reports/ critical success measurements. IQ Program: How have you applied what you learned in the IQ Program to your current position or your professional career in general? Purvi: The short answer would be Principles of Information Quality and their dimensions, and the long answer would be how Principles of IQ cover the various aspects of facts/processes/test cases/business scenarios/systems and how those individual quality dimensions affect on-going processes. The most important aspect is how to convince organizations that they have to consider data as an asset and to make their data accurate and available for the appropriate utilization at any given time to get the right outputs. IQ Program: What is your advice for current or prospective students? Purvi: Please open up yourself to the research and theory-based IQ principles and apply them to different practical scenarios. I hope that this might open up new doors for you so that you can deal successfully with data quality issues in any organization. This will also help you to deal with the verbiage/challenges of data complexity effectively. Also, I would say understand what you learn, do your homework and project assignments truthfully, especially capstone projects which will make you confident enough to meet any real-world data quality challenges.
Courtesy University Child Care Centre Society Aug. 18, 2023 University Child Care Centre hosts private kindergarten program The University of Calgary isn’t just home to thousands of post-secondary students; it also offers programs for children just starting out. The University Child Care Centre Society (UCCCS) offers two half-day kindergarten programs in the West Campus, just across from Alberta Children’s Hospital. The programs, which run five days a week and are overseen by Alberta Education, also incorporate full-time child care and before- and after-school care. “Our kindergarten program enrolment is open to everyone,” says UCCCS Executive Director Sharlene Irwin. “These programs reflect curriculum that is delivered in [Calgary Board of Education] classes as well, so you can be assured that your child will be ready for Grade 1.” Offering class sizes of no more than 17 students, the inquiry- and project-based program provides ample hands-on learning opportunities and one-on-one attention from the teacher. “Our quality enhancement programs include virtual music programming and offsite field trips,” says Irwin. “We are also proud to partner with the U of C to provide programs such as gymnastics and swimming on campus. Along with our certified teacher, [who has] an early childhood [education] background, the kindergarten classrooms are also supported by a full-time early childhood educator that will work alongside the teacher and become the lead educator during childcare hours to ensure consistency of care … throughout the day.” The program also has an on-site resource teacher to co-ordinate delivery of speech-language, occupational and physical therapies. For parents whose children are currently receiving funding, or who think they could benefit from support in the classroom, Irwin says the program’s resource teacher can work with the lead teacher, families, therapists, family doctor and the Child Care Centre to develop and implement individualized program plans and other services. In addition to the two half-day kindergarten classes and full-time child-care space that provides before- and after-school care, as well as full-time care on non-instructional days, the program also has an on-site cook to provide the children with a morning snack, a nutritional, balanced lunch, and an afternoon snack. The UCCCS kindergarten program is open Monday to Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and follows UCalgary’s closure schedule, including statutory holidays and winter break, but it is open during Reading Week and Spring Break. The University Child Care Centre Society (UCCCS) has two locations that offer full-time child care for full-time UCalgary staff, students and faculty, providing care for children from three months to six years of age.
"I came to Upper Cervical Chiropractic of Rochester in October 2015 for frequent headaches, migraines, and clenching my teeth in my sleep (TMJ). This process, when explained, makes so much sense. The frequency of headaches has decreased and I've noticed my TMJ has been less severe. I've also seen an improvement in my balance, stability, and overall mental state, as well as becoming more regular. If you believe that healing cannot be done overnight and are sick of trying new drugs after pills after procedures with no result in sight, this type of chiropractic care is something you need to look into. I've only been going to Dr. Ed for a few months, and I can't wait to see where I'll be in a year. It is such a freeing feeling to wake up one day and realize "Wait, I can't even remember the last time I was in pain". This healing doesn't happen overnight, but it is the only thing that has truly found the root of my problem. I am so thankful for Dr. Ed and his amazing staff." - - - - - "I first met Dr. Ed on April 5th, 2016 and I am amazed at how much he has helped me already! I was pretty much a mess. I have had constant lower pain for years. This pain had spread to my hips and knees and if I had to get down on the floor or bend down with my knees I had to have something nearby to hold onto to pull myself back up and the pain was terrible. Just walking had become so painful. I also developed swelling in my legs and especially my ankles. I was also suffering from acid reflux for a few years. The pain also affected my sleep or should I say lack of it. I was getting so depressed pushing myself to get through every day and taking ibuprofen like candy. I then started having "Panic Attacks" - scared the heck out of me cause I wasn't sure what was happening at first and thought for sure I was going to die. My blood pressure was sky-high and my pulse was racing so fast. I knew I had to do something and made my appointment with Dr. Ed. I can now swallow my vitamins without them getting stuck in my throat, the swelling has gone out of my legs and ankles, my back is almost totally pain-free and I am getting used to walking normally - I was walking with a limp and wobble and you could hear a click in my hip, my blood pressure is AWESOME now and I am sleeping WELL! I am still struggling with my emotions - I know I will continue to get better and better. THANK YOU Dr. Ed for turning my life around and getting my head on straight! If you are thinking about trying Upper Cervical Chiropractic Care- do it! You won't be sorry." - - - - - "Back and neck issues have plagued me for years, nothing major but continuous minor pain. Throughout my teen years, I rigorously trained in martial arts and sustained several blows to my head and a severely broken nose. I carried the results of these injuries for years and to make matters worse my career only added more back and neck pain. As a pilot, I spend hours at a time sitting in a seat that was never designed for optimal comfort or support. The time spent sitting for hours only adds pain and discomfort. I tried normal chiropractic care for years and though the results were excellent they were always temporary. I had a conversation with a cousin of mine and he suggested Upper Cervical Chiropractic Care. I actually discovered Dr. Ed through his lovely wife Amanda who informed me that Dr. Ed was one of only a handful of Upper Cervical practitioners in New York State. Since my first adjustment, my sleep has improved to a wonderful quality that I have not experienced since my mid-twenties. I no longer have the chronic mid and upper back pain that conventional chiropractic temporarily cured. My neck is nearly pain-free and improving. I highly recommend Dr. Ed Gigliotti. If your results are half as good as mine you will swear by this wonderful alternative form of medicine. Dr. Ed Gigliotti has done wonders for my overall health and well-being. Thanks Dr. Ed!" - - - - - I am a Husband, Father, and Crossfitter, which means I need and want to be healthy. I used to deal with chronic neck and back pain and always had to crack both of them. Honestly, I could barely sit still in my seat because I had to crack my back all the time. I started around Thanksgiving 2016, and have improved my posture, my stamina during workouts at the gym, and I can sit still without the need to crack my neck or back. Also, I have struggled with high anxiety all my life, and when I am in adjustment my anxiety is at a minimum. I am not gonna say I don't have anxiety anymore, because I do, especially when I am out of adjustment, but I can now live more at peace than I have in the past. Truly, I have brought out the BIG things that have changed in my life, but there are so many little things that have helped while being under Dr. Ed's care. If you are on the fence and you are unsure, I encourage you to make the healthy decision and get under Dr. Ed's Chiropractic care. - - - - - When I was younger, I received whiplash from a couple of different car accidents I was in. When that happened, I didn’t receive the proper care; I went and saw a few chiropractors who had many different techniques. I was experiencing a stiff neck and back pain. It would get so bad I would just take something for it or I would continue to live in discomfort. In 2013, the amount of pain in my neck I was experiencing was unbearable and I knew something was really wrong. I was going to all different kinds of doctors: primary doctors, chiropractors, physical therapists, neurologists, etc to try and figure out why I was having so much pain. I was experiencing tingling in my right arm and unable to raise it; debilitating pressure at the top of my clavicle bones, to the point where my neck wouldn’t turn. The pain made me feel trapped and have a feeling of hopelessness. I knew this was affecting not only my vitality but emotionally and mentally. I felt like I couldn’t apply myself to my life; there was a sense of disconnect and just a feeling of being unplugged. I couldn’t feel excitement or see the joy in things. Nothing seemed to help, nothing would take the pain away from my back, my neck, or my shoulder. In 2014, I had a TIA type of event that lasted 40 minutes; I lost the ability to read and write as well as the feeling in my right hand. I later went on to be diagnosed with a neurological Lyme disease that was left untreated for many years. After that, I had periostalgia and neuralgia in my feet, legs, and hands. My muscles would spasm and I have unbearable headaches. My whole system was out of sorts. I was being treated for Lime Disease, but I still wasn’t well. I still was having all of these symptoms but I knew there had to be an answer. That’s when I went to see Dr Ed; after my first adjustment, I felt so different! I felt this vitality; like life was brought back into me. This feeling of hope and excitement overtook me. I went home, put on my sneakers, and went running. Mind you, I haven’t run in years and haven’t been able to walk up my stairs without feeling exhausted. It felt so good and I had tears of joy while I was running! And since being under care, I don’t have as many symptoms anymore! No more awful headaches, no more periostalgia, little to no neuralgia, no more pressure or pain in my clavicle! Things they attributed to my lime disease, now were going away. And for the first time in decades, I was getting a good night's sleep. I have watched and learned from Dr Ed that you have to trust the process; this type of care is not a quick fix and you have to be consistent. Dr. Ed would not only explain things to me and answer all my questions but actually listen to what I was going through. When people say, “This is a game changer, this will give you your life back”, it's true! This type of care has done that exactly for me! I am excited about my future and being able to apply myself. It’s like a light bulb turned on! Having my nerve system clear and being in adjustment, helps my body and immune system to fight everything off. I don’t get sick like I used to and when I do, my body fights it off a lot faster. I am living proof that this type of care helps and I am very thankful for Dr. Ed and his practice. - - - - -
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Introduce yourself, crew affiliations etc… My name is Bryan “Braille” Winchester. I’m from Portland, OR, I’m a solo artist and also from a crew called Lightheaded with Ohmega Watts and Othello. What is the abridged story of your rap career? I started writing raps around age 13. I was just copying stuff I heard on the radio. Then I got introduced to A Tribe Called Quest – got hooked and started searching for a specific style of hip hop. I realized that I could just rap about my normal life and who I really was. I started believing in Christ around age 15 – a lot of doors started opening. I was just doing music for the love and as a hobby. I never imagined it going this far. I recorded my first album in Philly (although I was born in Portland). That record was called Lifefirst: Half the Battle and it came out when I was 17. After high school I started doing more shows and eventually started touring with my group Lightheaded. In 2004 I dropped my second solo record Shades of Grey and more doors started opening. I started touring overseas and got the opportunity to open for James Brown. I did 20 shows with him before he passed away and started my own record label during that season of my life. The label is called “Hiphop IS Music.” So between running the label and making solo records – I stay pretty busy with this music stuff. The IV Edition just dropped and it’s my fourth official solo record. New doors are continuing to open and I love the music just as much (maybe even more) then I did when I first started. How did you come up with your name? Around age 15 and 16 I had some pretty abstract names. I was inspired by the “dictionary era” of indie hip hop in the late 1990’s. After going through a handful of names, “Braille” finally stuck and has continued to take on new meanings for me. Braille by definition is “text for the blind,” [so] when I write, I mainly talk about personal, emotional and spiritual things. Communicating the unseen through my lyrics. Your new album has a myriad of potential meanings; I was most intrigued by the ‘Intravenous’ analogy, could you elaborate more on that? Yeah, it’s not really about saying that the “music” is the medicine. It’s more relating to social illnesses such as hunger, poverty and addictions. Water for the thirsty, food for the hungry and mercy for the sinner. It’s about the people stepping up and helping out those in need. Starting first with our communities and then looking outward towards the rest of the world. I keep the concept pretty broad, ‘cause in reality it can relate to different people in different ways. I’ve got friends who donate a lot of time and money towards helping get clean water in Africa. Then on the flipside, I’ve got friends who do after school programs and spend time with troubled youth. You’re on tour right now for your new album, is it going well? Do you like being on tour? The road is going great. Every show so far has been successful and it’s been fun promoting the new record. Me, my wife and my daughter (a year and a half) are all on the road together. We’ve been having a good time together as a family – enjoying the road and traveling around the U.S. I’ve never had a chance to tour Canada yet but I see it coming in the near future. This year I’m hitting America, Europe and Australia. When your daughter gets older, are you going to encourage her not to listen to rap music? My daughter is on tour with me right now. She is going to be exposed to all kinds of music at an early age. My goal is to raise her to have respect for herself – and then when she does hear some of that mainstream rap, it won’t appeal to her. I think hiding the music from our kids just makes them more curious. My wife and I plan to face all the potential problems head on. We gotta educate our youth about the things that the world offers, so that they can make their own choices and have a solid foundation to lean on. What does your wife think about your rap career? I was a rapper when we met and it wasn’t a “career” back then. Haha. We’ve been married for 6 years now and she has been on nearly every tour with me. We work this together as a team – she doesn’t work a job, so my music is the only income for the household. Our marriage has really helped me to grow as an artist, and also having someone like her encouraging me and believing in me has helped me to push further then I probably would have on my own. Do you think that rappers have a social responsibility on the microphone? Rappers can do whatever they want. Music is just a reflection of life. I’m the type to try and make changes in my life before I even worry about the music. If hate, sexism and xenophobia is coming out in the music – that’s just a reflection of our society. The hearts need to change before the music can. Do you think with Obama’s recent wins in the Democratic primaries are significant? Yeah – winning the primaries is significant for sure. I’m just kind of waiting to see how everything unfolds. Until someone officially becomes the next president, I guess it’s still in the air a little bit. Do you support Obama? From what I’ve read and saw he seems like a good guy. I don’t endorse any political parties or political affiliations within my music – I wouldn’t want to attempt to influence anyone to vote based on my recommendation. I would suggest that everyone studies a bit and votes based on who they truly think is best for the country – not necessarily just based on hype or celebrity endorsements. Will Obama change anything dramatically in the White House? I don’t really want to attempt to predict anything. I think any new candidate is going to bring about a variety of dramatic changes from our current situation. You never know exactly what’s going to happen though until it all starts happening. None-the-less I’m hopeful – and ultimately I like to see the people and the communities stepping up to bat and making positive change with or without help from the government. Shouts? Last words? Thanks for taking time to interview me and support the new record. Folks can keep in touch via braillehiphop.com or myspace.com/braillebrizzy – and also check out my label at hiphopismusic.com. Much love!!!
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Ask buyers and sellers at the Toronto Film Festival what they expect for the festival acquisitions marketplace that opens Thursday, and they’ll say either boom or bust. Even though there are almost 50 available titles here. The uncertainty that twin Hollywood strikes has wrought brings uncertainty to what, on paper, should be the most robust Toronto in a long time. There will be far fewer stars on display; many backers have decided not to apply for SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreements, because it means turning off the streamers that have been the most prolific buyers of festival films for years. The optics of them acquiring a film now and accepting the guild terms they are fighting are too daunting. More from Deadline The strikes hung over Venice and Telluride like a metaphorical black cloud. It was better than the actual clouds that left the Burning Man festival participants scrambling for dry ground at the same time, but it dampened the two otherwise wonderful festivals that kicked off awards season. This includes numerous films that actors directed that premiered at those fests or will premiere in Toronto. Hyphenates whose backers didn’t sign IA agreements were essentially were forced to make a Sophie’s Choice: stay loyal to the spirit of guild solidarity and stay home, knowing they essentially turn their backs on an important buzz-building launch moment on films they worked so hard to make. Okay, Sophie’s Choice might be too strong a comparison, but for those actors who spent years to muster the courage to finally get behind the camera and aren’t there to support festival launches, it is like leaving your newborn baby in a bus station and hoping for the best. I fail to see how this does anything other than hurt SAG-AFTRA members, and also the festivals that rely on star power. But little makes sense in this prolonged strike that has been defined by AMPTP and WGA and SAG-AFTRA mostly not meeting in a test of wills, as industry workers with no skin in that negotiating game try to stay afloat after not working for four months. As for the festivals, after the double wallop of the pandemic and now the labor strife that is decimating Hollywood, who could blame Bell for dropping out as TIFF’s major sponsor? Among titles generating deal chatter at this year’s TIFF, Richard Linklater’s Hit Man didn’t sign the interim agreement; Daddio did. Latter is the feature directing debut of Christy Hall, co-creator and writer of the series I’m Not Okay with This. Daddio is basically two people in a cab from JFK to Manhattan, a driver and passenger, who reveal themselves in conversation over the course of a drive in snarled traffic. Hall’s writing and observations on life and romantic relationships and baggage are razor sharp and insightful, and so are the performances. Sean Penn, as the driver, does his best work in years, and Dakota Johnson is a revelation as the passenger, matching her co-star beat for beat. I saw a couple distributors at the film’s Telluride premiere, but making the IA deal keeps at bay the streamers that would likely drive up the price or gobble this one up. Penn, who was in the Ukraine when the film played Telluride, is expected here in Toronto. Johnson showed up in Telluride as producer and is expected in Toronto. Actors don’t really know how to handle all this and be respectful to their guild peers sidelined by the strike. Adam Driver came to Venice with Michael Mann for Ferrari, the Neon-distributed film that has an IA agreement. But Penélope Cruz, whose performance makes her a strong candidate for an Oscar nom, stayed away. Same with Nyad‘s Annette Bening, Jodie Foster and Rhys Ifans, who are all superb in the Netflix film, as is Colman Domingo in Rustin; and Emma Stone and the cast of Searchlight’s Poor Things, Yorgos Lanthimos’ fully realized WTF take on the Frankenstein story that is absolutely exhilarating and was the talk of Telluride. Many in Telluride feared that if the strike continues deep into awards season, actors who turned in career performances will suffer. Like Lily Gladstone, the Native American actress whose perf alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro in the Martin Scorsese-directed Killers of the Flower Moon left her feeling like a lock for an Oscar nom coming out of Cannes, a true discovery. Chances like the one she got don’t come along often; Gladstone is the conscience that grounds this groundbreaking movie about the evil that greed drives men toward. She deserves every accolade and it would be a shame if she isn’t able to promote the film, which is set for theatrical release next month through Apple and Paramount. It could have a direct impact on her future career, and be a real momentum killer for her and others. In this backdrop of uncertainty, the films at this Toronto have more potential than we have seen in years. That ranges from films playing the festival and the out-of-competition “Industry Selects” category, to a number of titles that will be privately screened for buyers. Save for some overseas production, few films are getting made, which will leave gaping holes in release slates. Word is that all the studios are here to kick the tires of films except for Warner Bros, which is still figuring out a specialty division to market and release films of this sort. Some believe that having three festivals dominated by the directors has cut out distractions and allowed for a focus on actual films rather than hype, and that buyers all understand that any film they buy here won’t be released until the strike is likely over. Several pic backers decided to give it a try. Miramax, whose Bill Block is here anyway with the Alexander Payne-directed The Holdovers (Focus paid a record $30 million for the out of market-screened film last Toronto), and Miramax also brought the James DeMonaco-directed horror pic The Home and Neil Burger-directed Inheritance for Industry Selects, and is privately screening the Russell Crowe exorcism thriller Georgetown. Miramax and several others hope the need for product, and the flush of cash ready because distribs haven’t been spending money, overcomes all. Buyers have seen some of the Toronto films at Telluride and Venice, the latter of which yielded a strong deal from Neon for the Ava DuVernay-directed Origin. The Linklater-directed Hit Man is expected to be the big money deal of the festival, but it won’t likely be an early sale. Even though buyers have stepped up already after a rousing Venice bow that established this will be Linklater’s most commercial film in years, the intention of the sellers is to wait until the Monday Toronto premiere before auctioning it. There is a good chance a lot of deals will get made at Toronto, but possibly not until next week or after, when most will have vacated Canada and put away their passports. Here are the movies buyers and sellers have told me have potential to be the hot titles: Hit Man — Director, Richard Linklater; Cast: Glen Powell, Adria Arjona. Powell plays Gary Johnson, an investigator who poses as a hit man to catch the people who’ve ordered a hit. Based on a Texas Monthly article by Skip Hollandsworth, script is by Powell and Linklater. Daddio — Director, Christy Hall; Cast: Dakota Johnson, Sean Penn. A young woman at JFK jumps into a Yellow cab one evening bound for Manhattan. They unravel the problems in her life in a surprising series of conversations. The Critic — Director: Anand Tucker; Cast: Ian McKellan, Gemma Arterton, Mark Strong. A theater critic’s determination to keep his crank edge gets him involved in blackmail, deceit and murder. Lee — Director: Ellen Kuras; Star: Kate Winslet, Alexander Skarsgard. Winslet plays Lee Miller, one of the most famous female war correspondents of WWII. Poolman — Director: Chris Pine; Cast: Chris Pine, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Annette Bening, Danny DeVito. Pine’s helming debut is a kinetic Big Lebowski-like noir comedy where he plays an anxious pool cleaner who uncovers a curious conspiracy in the city of Los Angeles. Knox Goes Away — Director: Michael Keaton; Cast: Michael Keaton, James Marsden. Keaton plays an assassin who’s losing his memory and teams with his estranged son to cover up a messy crime. Aggro Dr1ft — Director: Harmony Korine; Cast: Jordi Molla. Portrait of a haunted assassin, shot with inrfared photography. A return to cutting-edged Kids form for Korine? North Star — Director: Kristin Scott Thomas; Cast: Thomas, Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller. Three sisters hung up on the men in their lives, gather for the mother’s third wedding. Boy Kills World — Director: Moritz Mohr; Cast: Bill Skarsgard, Yayan Ruhaian, Famke Janssen. Deaf child becomes a warrior bent on revenge after seeing his family murdered. Could be the next Sisu/The Raid-type mayhem-filled actioner. In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon — Director: Alex Gibney. Definitive look at the life and music of the great musician. Mother, Couch — Director: Niclas Larsson; Cast: Ewan McGregor, Rhys Ifans, Taylor Russell. When mother stations herself on a green couch at a remote furniture store, her three grown children are left to figure out why. The Monk And The Gun — Director: Pawo Choyning Dorji. Set in 2006, when the Kingdom of Bhutan began its transition to democracy, this playful ensemble drama from writer-director Pawo Choyning Dorji is a poignant parable about the impossibility of embracing modernity without reckoning with the past. Gonzo Girl — Director: Patricia Arquette; Cast: Camilla Morrone, Willem Dafoe, Patricia Arquette. Arquette’s highflying, fast-paced directorial debut is based on Cheryl Della Pietra’s semi-autobiographical novel chronicling her time as Hunter S. Thompson’s personal assistant. Best of Deadline
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Vince Neil Year by Year: 1981-2021 Photos For four decades now, Vince Neil has been one of rock's most popular frontmen. To chronicle his long and impressive career, we've gathered photos from every year since he first burst onto the scene as Motley Crue's singer. Born Vince Neil Wharton on Feb. 8, 1961, in Hollywood, Neil joined the Crue in early 1981. Later that year, the group released its debut album, Too Fast for Love, and quickly began building a rabidly loyal fan base and establishing itself as hard rock's new "bad boys." They spent the '80s releasing multi-platinum albums -- four, to be exact -- and selling out stadiums all over the world. They also regularly made headlines for their wild and sometimes destructive offstage activities, which they documented in the unvarnished 2001 autobiography The Dirt. (The book was later turned into a successful movie.) Neil began a solo career after being fired from the Crue in 1992, but returned to the group five years later. He spent the next two decades alternating between solo shows, Crue reunion and farewell tours and multiple appearances on reality TV shows. In 2014 Motley Crue signed a document swearing they would never tour together again, only to blow it up five years later and announce a return to touring. The Stadium Tour would have seen the band trekking across the U.S. with Def Leppard, Joan Jett and Poison throughout 2020, however it was pushed back due to the coronavirus pandemic. Here's a pictorial look at Neil's long and impressive career, in honor of the rocker's 60th birthday.
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Tim Hovland was a three-sport high school star in California and moved on to be among the best in the world in both indoor and beach volleyball. After a junior volleyball career on both the hardwood and sand, Tim matriculated to the University of Southern California where he held an outstanding four-year career. He was a three-time all-American from 1979 to 1981. He sparked the Trojans to three consecutive NCAA championship matches and was all-tournament each year. USC won the 1980 NCAA crown and was runner-up in 1979 and 1981. He was honored with induction into the USC Athletic Hall of Fame in 2009. While at USC, Tim became a force on the national scene. He was selected USA Volleyball All-America first-team six times from 1979 to 1984, including MVP in 1983, in leading Nautilus Pacific to four USA Volleyball Open National Championships titles during that span. Tim mixed his playing time at USC with competing for the U.S. Men’s National Team. He helped the U.S. win the Canadian Cup by defeating Cuba in 1981 and was named MVP. Tim sparked Team USA to the silver medal at the 1981 NORCECA Championship. He spent eight years competing in the Italian Serie A1 pro league. Tim led Kappa Turin to the league title and MVP in 1984, becoming one of two Americans to accomplish the double feat. While not playing in Italy during the winter months, Tim returned to his roots playing beach volleyball during the summers. He won 46 titles on the AVP Tour and over $1 million. Tim teamed with Mike Dodd to win 18 titles in 1988-89 alone and reached the podium in 39 of 48 tournaments. Overall, he won 60 titles including five consecutive Manhattan Beach Opens, four Hermosa Beach Opens and four World Championships. He was inducted into the California Beach Volleyball Association Hall of Fame in 2000. In 2000, Tim was selected to Volleyball Magazine’s All-Century first team.
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We look forward to a successful Treasure Hunt – which we define as: (i) the Participants having fun trying to decipher Clues and locate Gru’s Treasure and (ii) financial support of animal rescue organizations in the Treasure Hunt area. Please read these Official Rules carefully so you fully understand who is eligible, how to enter, items needed to participate, prizes, how the Treasure Hunt is played, and the rights and responsibilities of both a Participant and the Sponsor. SPONSOR: The Blue Chihuahua, 7912 36th St., Ada, MI 49301. SPONSOR’S WEBSITE: thebluechihuahua.com TREASURE HUNT DESCRIPTION. The Blue Chihuahua Treasure Hunt (the “Treasure Hunt”) is a contest of skill involving riddles or series of riddles or clues (collectively, the “Clues”) to determine the location of Gru’s Treasure. The winning Participant Treasure Hunts will be held in numerous states within the United States. Each Treasure Hunt is governed by these Official Rules and any other terms and conditions the Sponsor communicates to the Participant prior to or during the Treasure Hunt Period. SKILL, NOT CHANCE. Participant is entering the Treasure Hunt to use their skills and knowledge to solve and decode a Clue in order to locate Gru’s Treasure. The Clue cannot be solved through random guessing or simply searching the internet. Skill is required to decipher the Clue. The meaning of the first Clue with possible follow-up Clues will reveal the location of Gru’s Treasure. WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE? Treasure Hunts are open to legal residents of the United States who are at least eighteen (18) years old as of the entry date (an entrant is referred to as a “Participant” hereinafter). Participants do not have to be a resident of the state in which the Treasure Hunt is being held. Entries for the Treasure Hunt must be received prior to the expiration of the Treasure Hunt’s Entry Period (see Section 7). WHO IS INELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE. The following are ineligible to participate in a Treasure Hunt: Employees of promotional companies, advertising agencies or other entities associated with that particular Treasure Hunt (including employees of their respective affiliates and subsidiaries); All other persons involved in the creation, development, or implementation of that particular Treasure Hunt; and All immediate family or household members of the above. ENTRY PERIOD. The entry deadline for each Treasure Hunt shall be the date specified for the applicable Treasure Hunt (“Entry Deadline”) or upon the time that 1,000 registered Participants have registered for the Treasure Hunt (collectively, the “Entry Period”). Entries will not be accepted after the Entry Deadline or after there are 1,000 registered Participants. TREASURE HUNT PERIOD. Each Treasure Hunt will operate during the period specified for that Treasure Hunt (the “Treasure Hunt Period”). However, if the hidden location (the “Location”) of Gru’s Treasure (“Dog Bone Shaped Dog Tag”) has been discovered, authenticated and verified before the Treasure Hunt Period ends, then the Treasure Hunt Period shall end. HOW TO ENTER. Online Registration. To participate in a Treasure Hunt, individual must be eligible (see Sections 5 and 6) and must complete the Sponsor’s online registration. During registration, each entrant must acknowledge and agree to these Official Rules. Offline registration is not available. Individuals Registration Only. Only one member of your "Pack" needs to register. Price. The entry fee for each Treasure Hunt shall be $50.00 (“Entry Fee”), which must be paid online at the time of registration. Entry fee may change depending on the size of the prize Maximum Participants. Each Treasure Hunt is limited to the first 1,000 persons to register. The Sponsor shall notify all registered Participates that the Treasure Hunt has been cancelled. The Sponsor shall issue a refund of the Entry Fee to each Participant, who paid the Entry Fee. No Cancellations or Refunds. Participants may not cancel their Treasure Hunt entry. Thus, there are no refunds. Non-Transferable. A Participant’s registration may not be sold, assigned or transferred to any other person. ITEMS NEEDED TO PARTICIPATE. In order to “play” the Treasure Hunt, Participants will or may need the following: Transportation. The Treasure Hunt may require Participants to travel significant distances around the Treasure Hunt area in their efforts to locate Gru’s Treasure. Thus, it is recommended that Participants have access to an automobile, motorcycle or other vehicle. Telephone with Texting. The Sponsor will communicate with Participants during the Treasure Hunt via texting and email in order to provide additional Clues or notify Participants that Gru’s Treasure has been found. Thus, an electronic device with reliable texting and email access is needed. Internet Access. Participants will likely search the internet in an effort to decipher Clues. Thus, an electronic device with reliable internet access is recommended. HOW THE TREASURE HUNT IS “PLAYED”. Each Treasure Hunt will be “played” as follows: On the first day, the Clues will be given to all Participants via each Participant’s account on the Sponsor’s website. The Clues will consist of: (a) a description of the geographic boundaries within which Gru’s Treasure is hidden; (b) a riddle Clue to reveal where Gru’s Treasure is hidden; and (c) a picture of the spot where Gru’s Treasure is hidden; (d) Clues/Riddle may contain misdirect or red herring. The Participants will then attempt to decipher the Clues and locate Gru’s Treasure. If Gru’s Treasure is not found within 24 hours after the Treasure Hunt’s start time, a second clue will be shared with all Participants via each Participant’s account on the Sponsor’s website. When Gru’s Treasure is found, the Participant shall call the Sponsor’s telephone number listed on the Tag. The Participant will then provide the Sponsor with the location where it was found and the “winning” ID number listed on the Tag. If this information is correct, the Participant will be declared the “winner”. After a winner has been declared, the Sponsor will notify all Participants via text and each Participant’s account on the Sponsor’s website that: (i) the Treasure Hunt has been concluded; (ii) what information the Clues intended to provide Participants in order to help locate them locate Gru’s Treasure; (iii) where the Tag was found; and (iv) the name of the winning Participant. PRIZES. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth in these Official Rules. The Treasure Hunt prize and winner’s obligations are as follows: Amount. The prize for winning the Treasure Hunt is indicated by the hunt that offered the Sponsor will make the prize amount known when Participant signs up. (the “Prize”). The Prize is non-transferable, non-negotiable. Payment. The Sponsor shall send the Prize to the winning Participant via USPS Priority Mail or similar delivery within one week after the winning Participant has: (i) provided the Sponsor a completed Form W-9; and (ii) provided the Sponsor with an executed publicity release as set forth in Section 16. Both of these will be accessible on the Sponsor’s website for download and upload. IRS W-9 Form. The winning Participant shall provide the Sponsor with a completed IRS Form W-9 prior to payment of his/her Prize amount. A W-9 will be accessible on the Sponsor’s website for download and upload. The Sponsor shall send each winning Participant a Form 1099-MISC for the Prize amount he/she received. Publicity Release. The winning Participant must sign the publicity release set forth in Section 16 prior to the release of the winning proceeds. The release will be accessible on the Sponsor’s website for download and upload. Taxes. The winning Participant shall be solely responsible for his/her federal, state, local, and other taxes associated with the Prize winnings. The Sponsor shall not be responsible for any taxes, fees, or assessments on any Prize winnings. Undeliverable. A prize returned as undeliverable or otherwise not claimed within thirty (30) days after the first attempt to deliver the Prize will be forfeited. AGREEMENT TO OBSERVE OFFICIAL RULES. Participant acknowledges and agrees to participate in the Treasure Hunt according to these Official Rules, any supplemental rules and Sponsor’s decisions (which shall be final and binding in all matters related to the Treasure Hunt) and all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations that govern the Treasure Hunt. Interaction with Others. While participating in a Treasure Hunt, Participant: assumes all risks relating to his/her communications and interactions with other Participants and with other persons with whom they communicate or interact; shall maintain safe and appropriate contact with other Participants and other people they may encounter; shall not interfere with other Participant’s participation in the Treasure Hunt, harass, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights of others. Illegal or Unlawful Activity. At no time will the Treasure Hunt require Participant to engage in illegal or unlawful activity. If Participant believes that the Treasure Hunt is requiring such activity, the Participant shall refrain from such activity and immediately contact the Sponsor. Other’s Property. Participant will not: (i) trespass, attempt to gain access to any property or location where he/she does not have a right or permission to be; and (ii) otherwise engage in any activity that may result in injury, death, property damage, nuisance, or liability of any kind. Confidentiality. Participant agrees that all information provided by Sponsor with respect to the Treasure Hunt (including Clues) is confidential (“Confidential Information”). Participant agrees that he/she will not publicly reveal any Clue to any non-Participant in the Treasure Hunt prior to the conclusion of the Treasure Hunt. A Participant’s breach of this confidentiality restriction may: (i) disqualify the Participant (see Section 15); and (ii) create a claim for the Sponsor against the Participant for damages arising from such breach. The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole and absolute discretion, to disqualify any Participant who (a) tampers with the Treasure Hunt’s entry process or its operation; (b) discloses Confidential Information (see Section 14d); (c) violates any provision in these Official Rules, or (d) acts in a disruptive manner with the intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, harass or interfere with any other Participant before the conclusion of the Treasure Hunt. The Sponsor shall have complete discretion to: (a) interpret these Official Rules and any other aspect of the Treasure Hunt; (b) verify Participant’s eligibility and compliance with these Official Rules, and (b) to refuse to award any prize to a Participant who is in breach of these Official Rules or otherwise fails satisfactorily to establish eligibility to win and claim a Prize. WINNER COOPERATION. Each winning Participant agrees to execute a release of privacy consenting to the Sponsor’s (or its designee) the right to use winner’s name, city, state, screen name, avatar, likeness, and/or Prize information, in connection with any Treasure Hunt for promotional, advertising, or other purposes worldwide, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised (including without limitation, Sponsor’s website, social media, printed materials, texts and email) without limitation and without further payment, notification, permission, or other consideration, except where prohibited by law. NO SPONSOR SCREENING OF PARTICIPANTS. Participant acknowledges that the Sponsor does not screen or inquire into the background of any Participant. Thus, Sponsor makes no representations or warranties as to the conduct of any Participant and shall not be held responsible for the actions of any Participant during the Treasure Hunt. MODIFICATION OR TERMINATION OF A TREASURE HUNT. Sponsor reserves the right to modify, delay, or terminate the Treasure Hunt, and/or not award a Prize, if: (a) Clues are made public or otherwise shared with non-Participants by any person or entity; (b) the Treasure Hunt becomes compromised or corrupted; (c) it is determined that the Treasure Hunt cannot be conducted as originally planned; or (d) if fraud or any other occurrence comprises the fairness or integrity of the Treasure Hunt. RELEASE AND INDEMNIFICATION. Participant acknowledges and agrees that he/she and anyone acting at the request of the Participant is solely responsible for their own actions during the Treasure Hunt. Consequently, Participant agrees to the following: Participant agrees to release, discharge, indemnify and hold harmless the Sponsor, its independent contractors and agents, marketing sponsors, advertising and promotion agencies, other parties involved in the Treasure Hunt and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, successors and assigns (collectively, the “Contest Parties”) from any and all claims, liabilities, costs (including attorneys’ fees, witness fees, expert fees and other costs) injuries, damages, expenses, fines, or losses to person or property and/or liabilities of any nature incurred by any Contest Party that in any way arises from a Participant’s participation in the Treasure Hunt (including travel during participation) or the acceptance or use of a Prize (collectively, “Claims”). This includes, without limitation: (i) any condition caused by events beyond a Contest Party’s control that may cause the Treasure Hunt to be disrupted or corrupted; (ii) any injuries, losses, or damages (compensatory, direct, incidental, consequential, or otherwise) of any kind arising in connection with or as a result of any Prize, or acceptance, possession, or use of any Prize, or from participation in the Treasure Hunt, including any injuries to person or property (including those related to the transportation required to participate in the Treasure Hunt); and (iii) any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with the Treasure Hunt. NO GUARANTEES OR WARRANTIES. Participant acknowledges and agrees that the Contest Parties have neither made nor will be in any manner responsible or liable for any warranty, representation or guarantee, express or implied, in fact or in law, in connection with the Treasure Hunt or the Prize. Thus, the Contest Parties shall not have any responsibility or liability for: (a) any technical malfunctions of the telephone or data network, computer online system, computer dating mechanism, computer equipment, software, social media platform, or Internet service provider utilized by a Contest Party; (b) interruption or inability to access the Sponsor’s website, application or any online service via the Internet due to hardware or software compatibility problems; (c) any damage to Participant’s (or any third person’s) computer or mobile device and/or its contents related to or resulting from any part of the Treasure Hunt; (d) any lost/delayed data transmissions, omissions, interruptions, viruses, bugs, defects; and/or any other errors or malfunctions, even if caused by the negligence of a Contest Party; (e) changes or unavailability of the wireless carrier, internet service provider, or the social media platform used for purposes of administering this Treasure Hunt that may interfere with the Treasure Hunt; or (f) the Participant’s ability to timely enter, receive notices, or communicate with the Sponsor. LIMITATION OF ACTIONS. Sole Remedy. Participant’s sole remedy for Sponsor’s breach of these Official Rules shall be a refund of the Entry Fee paid by the Participant. Various Limitations. Each Contest Party is not responsible for: (i) late, lost, delayed, damaged, incomplete, illegible, misdirected or undeliverable entries, responses, or other correspondence, whether through the Sponsor’s website, by e-mail or postal mail or otherwise; (ii) theft, destruction, unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials; or (iii) phone, electrical, network, computer, hardware, software program, or transmission malfunctions, failures or difficulties. No Class Actions. Except where prohibited, by participating in the Treasure Hunt and submitting an entry, Participant agrees that: (i) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or in connection with the Prize, or any other matter relating to the Contest that cannot be resolved between such entrant and any Contest Party shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action. No Injunctive or Equitable Relief. In no event shall any Participant seek or be entitled to rescission, injunctive or other equitable relief or to enjoin or restrain the production, distribution, exhibition, operation or other exploitation of the Treasure Hunt, any website, content, advertising or other materials used, displayed or issued in connection with the Treasure Hunt, or any submission or entry, and such Participant’s rights and remedies in any such Treasure Hunt shall be strictly limited to the right to recover money damages, if any, in an action at law. No Special Damages. IN NO EVENT WILL ANY OF THE CONTEST PARTIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOSS OF USE, DATA, BUSINESS OR PROFITS) ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH PARTICIPATION IN THE TREASURE HUNT, WHETHER SUCH LIABILITY ARISES FROM ANY CLAIM BASED UPON CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, AND WHETHER OR NOT SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO ALL PARTICIPANTS. FORCE MAJEURE. Without limiting any other provision in these Official Rules, in the event that any Participant’s activities or any Contest Party’s operations or activities are affected, as determined by the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, including, without limitation, by reason of any acts of God, any action, regulation, order or request by any governmental or quasi-governmental entity (whether or not the action, regulations, order or request proves to be invalid), equipment failure, threatened terrorist acts, terrorist acts, air raid, blackout, act of public enemy, earthquake, war (declared or undeclared), fire, flood, epidemic or public health crisis (e.g. COVID), explosion, unusually severe weather, hurricane, embargo, labor dispute or strike (whether legal or illegal) labor or material shortage, transportation interruption of any kind, work slow-down, civil disturbance, insurrection, riot, or any law, rule, regulation, order or other action adopted or taken by any governmental, federal, state or local government authority, or any other cause, whether or not specifically mentioned above, subject to any governmental approval that may be required, the Sponsor shall have the right to modify, suspend, or terminate the Treasure Hunt, and no Contest Party shall be responsible or liable to any Participant or any person claiming through such Participant for failure to supply the Prize or any part thereof. The Sponsor is not responsible for electronic communications that are undeliverable as a result of any form of active or passive filtering of any kind, or insufficient space in Participant’s e-mail account to receive e-mail messages or telephone to receive texts. WINNERS LIST. An official winner(s) list for the Treasure Hunt shall be posted on the Sponsor’s Website. DISCLAIMER: This Treasure Hunt is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by, or associated with Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, or any third-party social media company. Use of their trademarks or intellectual property is incidental to this promotion. Small Claims Court. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, shall be resolved by Small Claims Court, if such court has jurisdiction over the matter. Arbitration. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the breach thereof, shall be resolved by arbitration. The Parties shall agree to number of arbiters and the appointment of arbiters. If they are unable to agree, then each Party shall appoint one arbiter and the appointed arbiters shall appoint a third arbiter. The arbitration process shall follow the American Arbitration Association Commercial Arbitration Rules, and judgment on the award rendered by the arbiter(s) may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Recovery of Costs. If any legal action or arbitration arises under this Agreement or by reason of any asserted breach of it, the prevailing Party shall be entitled to recover reasonable costs and expenses it incurs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees, arbitrators’ fees, and costs of witnesses, experts and investigation) through all appellate hearings and post-judgment or award collection efforts. Venue. The Parties agree that any arbitration shall be heard in Grand Rapids, Michigan and the venue for any court action shall be Kent County, Michigan. MISCELLANEOUS. These Official Rules: (a) are intended by the parties as the final expression and the complete and exclusive statement of their agreement and any prior or contemporaneous agreements or understandings, oral or written, which may contradict, explain or supplement these terms shall not be effective or admissible; (b) if any provision of these Official Rules is held invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of these Official Rules shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect; (c) if any provision is held invalid or unenforceable with respect to particular circumstances, it shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect in all other circumstances; (d) failure of either party to enforce any provisions of this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver or limitation of that party's right to subsequently enforce and compel strict compliance with every provision of this Agreement; (e) is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the parties and their successors and assigns, except as otherwise provided herein; (f) may not be amended or modified except by a writing signed by the parties which expressly states that it amends these Official Rules; (g) shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Michigan; and (h) shall be construed and interpreted in a neutral manner and no rule of construction or interpretation shall apply against any particular party based on a contention that this Agreement was drafted by one of the parties.
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Orthodontic emergencies are very rare, but if they happen, we are here to help you. Many times they occur when excessive force is placed on the brackets, and the bond between the tooth and the braces breaks. To reduce the chance of such emergencies, always wear a protective mouth guard when playing contact sports. Also try to avoid hard, crunchy, chewy foods such as ice, hard candy, nuts, hard breads, taffy, and caramel. Regardless of why the orthodontic emergency has occurred, please call our Laurel Canyon Blvd. office in Valley Village at (818) 980-5300 as soon as possible, so that we can take care of the emergency and repair the damaged appliances. In the meantime, the following page has several helpful steps you may take to alleviate the discomfort until you can come into the office. You may also watch the video below to help as a visual aid in taking care of your orthodontic emergency. As the teeth move the wires sometimes become too long or short. This may result in the wire poking you in your cheeks. Try to bend the wire toward your teeth by using a blunt instrument such as the end of a pencil with an eraser. If you are unable to do that, you may cut the wire flush to the closest bracket by using a clean nail clipper or a small cutter. The simplest solution may be to place a small piece of orthodontic wax over the poking wire until you come to our office, so that we may take care of the irritation for you. Broken bracket or band: When a bracket or band has broken off of the tooth, it is usually still attached to the main arch-wire. The bracket has a special clip that latches on the arch wire. You will know that the bracket is loose by seeing it “wiggle” or move. If the loose bracket is not bothering you, simply call our Valley Village office at (818) 980-5300 to schedule an appointment to repair the loose bracket as soon as possible. If the loose bracket is poking you, then place a piece of orthodontic wax over the broken bracket until you can come in for your appointment. Do not attempt to wear a headgear or attach a rubber band to a loose bracket or band. If your spacer comes out, it usually means that a space between the contact areas of your teeth has opened. If this happens right before your scheduled appointment, it usually does not need to be replaced. If the spacer comes out soon after it has been placed, you will most likely need to come into the office to have it replaced. Please call our Valley Village orthodontic office at (818) 980-5300 so that we can guide you through the proper steps. Sometimes your teeth may get sore after an orthodontic adjustment is done. You may take Tylenol or Advil to help alleviate the soreness. You may also do warm salt water rinses to reduce the soreness in your gums and jaws. If the soreness lasts more than one week, call our Valley Village orthodontic office. Bleeding in your gums is usually an indication of a local irritation or infection. This is usually caused by plaque build-up from poor brushing and flossing. Make sure you brush your teeth at least four times a day and after each meal. You should floss your teeth at least once a day. Electric tooth brushes with timers , water- picks, and mouth rinses such as Listerine Total Care, in conjunction with seeing your general dentist every 3-6 months for cleanings, and checkups can be useful tools in eliminating bleeding gums. If you have persisting bleeding gums, call our Valley Village office at (818) 980-5300 as soon as possible.
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Want to read Part I? How I Learned not to Dig Thought we'd start off with a pretty flower picture. Here is a blueberry patch that includes edible and decorative plants in part shade. It was created and is maintained using no-dig techniques. Blueberries especially appreciate the moisture retentive nature of a rich, organic soil. They are topdressed mostly with pine needles and oak leaves, both of which help to create the acid soil blueberries need. Almost all my gardens have been created using simple techniques variously described as Lasagna Gardening, No-Dig Gardening, Hay Barrel Gardening etc... My first couple veggie patches, however, were created by laborously removing clumps of sod and weed roots, double digging, ammending with compost, peat and other recommended nutrients then carefully smoothing this even mixture until the crumbs of soil were as small as a pea and as flat topped as can be. I had heard about mulching to prevent weed growth and diligently did so which worked so I started reading more about mulching only to discover that I might not need to dig afterall. Next year, I expanded my dimunitive 12x8 foot veggie patch to an expanded 20x40 feet. This took one day. It was early in the spring and the sod had yet to green up. A truck dumped 10 cubic yards of dirt onto my driveway, eliciting giggles from the neigbhours. I cut the outline of where the garden was going to go, all the while my hubby watched carefully to see if I stepped outside of the negotiated boundaries. Then wheel barrow by wheel barrow we dumped dirt 4-6 inches high. I shaped beds, and planted. Voila - a garden. Shortly after the making of my first huge, no dig bed. My neighbour was cutting back his oak tree so I inherited some braches for fencing. Did I get weeds? Some but very few and yes there were creeping bellflower, dandelion and violet in the yard. I pulled these when I saw them but mostly I dealt with the abundant growth of the garden enabled by the breaking down of the sod underneath and the imported seeds in the soil like mustards and lamb's quarters. P.S. I now know that all the seeds mentioned in this paragraph are edible. Abundance in the garden, several months later. Note the grass clippings used as mulch on the path. From then I've advanced this technique to use a number of top dumped materials such as fall leaves, compost, manure and other organic mulches. I've also used cardboard or newspaper over the sod before dumping on my dirt ingredients but unless there was a serious weed problem, this doesn't seem necessary. In fact, in the case of really invasive weeds, I tend to remove as much as I can then smother with plastic for a season before trying to plant a new bed. The First Steps The best time to do this is either in the fall or early spring. It is great fun marking up lawn. Determine where you want your garden and then take a spade and make a dotted dig line around the edge. Some people like to use hoses or flour or spray paint sold for this purpose but I find that turning over a clump of dirt all along the line is easiest. If you decide you don't like it, you can just plop the sod back into place, firm it down with your foot and try again. My front lawn is south facing and huge which is just asking to turned into a garden. Now only 1/3 remains as green concrete. I used no dig methods for all of it. Here you see on the left a new bed being put in. I tossed the sod strips from the edge on top of the bed though this makes it somewhat uneven for covering purposes. I recommend that you put the extra sod in your composter. Put on your gardeners goggles and stare at the line you have dotted from all angles. If you like it than dig out one shovel depth in between your dig dots, smoothing out curves and straightening lines as you go. It may help to use a sticks and string to keep your straight lines straight. If you want really clean curves, even circles, then use a stick with a string marked at a certain length. Position your stick in the ground so that the outer edge of the circle or semi-circle falls where you want it and then stretch the string tight to the mark in various places around the edge of your design to dig out the dotted curve. This circular veggie patch was made using a tall stick in the middle with a rope tighed to it and secured so it wouldn't ride up the stick. It was knotted in two places and the path it travelled round the stick marked at each 'wide' circle. Then a foot out from the mark to make the pathes. Once you have cut out your line, cut out one space width of sod all around the edge. I promise, we'll stop digging soon. You can choose at this point to lay down overlapping black and white print newspaper (though most colour prints on regular newspaper are safe too) or cardboard. If you use cardboard, I recommend punching holes with a pitch fork every foot or so to allow for better drainage while it's breaking down. Wet down this material. At this stage, you can also dig out areas for pathes that will have drainage or other support or lay down landscaping cloth in areas that will not be mounded with dirt ingrediants. If you are not using paper or cardboard, and the sod is out of dormancy, then cut the grass really short. Obviously you can use this time to put in any side supports such as stones or wooden beams to make a raised garden. Landscaping cloth being laid for a simple gravel and patio stone path. Now, either over your 'paper' or over bare sod, start laying down your organic matter. I recommend a couple inches of soil first but anything will do. Remember different materials will tend to make the soil more or less acidic such as pine needles (more acidic), bone dust (less acidic). It helps to think of this as sheet composting so ideally you would be layering both green, fresh material and brown, dry material. If using mostly dirt, compost and manure, then a layer of 4 inches does me well. Just make sure you are amply burying your grass (hence cutting it really short to begin with). If you are using mainly loose materials like leaves, make an 8-12 inch layer. Really there is no boundry on height just make sure you add enough to occult any light from getting to the sod beneath. If you are using both dirt like materials (compost, dirt, well composted manure) and loose materials (hay, grass clippings, leaves), put the dirt materials in the bottom and leave the dry materials on top to act as mulch. You can plant right away but I'd give it a couple of weeks for the sod to start to break down beneath. If you do plant right away, then cut away the sod clumps underneath, filling these holes with some sort of dirt. Make sure that no sod is exposed to light. Small circular garden created by piling the sod from the edge and covering with plastic from fall to spring. After the plastic was removed, it was planted and mulched. You can see some additional expanded beds nearby with plastic netting ontop to prevent squirrels from stealing freshly planted bulbs. The garden in the background is the bed that was being cut in the above picture. Spring following year, notice the sod is gone. If you don't have enough materials to make a bed right away, then you can always lay cardboard over the area you want to plant the following year. Weigh this down with something like boards, stones etc... and cover with what you have. Keep adding organic matter as it comes to hand. Wait until things get growing next spring and then plant. Left side of front spiral garden. Several months after creation. The Second Steps If this is a dirt garden, you can scatter seeds and plant. Once things are up and growing, mulch around the plants to lower weed growth. If you already have 'mulch' material on top, then you can make planting holes by moving aside some mulch, putting in a plant with ample dirt around it. Once it's up and growing, move the mulch in closer. You can also create seeding blocks by moving aside mulch and adding dirt / compost then seeding on top. Once the organic matter breaks down, you should continue to topdress your garden with whatever materials become handy like straw, leaves, green clippings (without the seed heads or invasive stems/roots - think mint which can root along the stem unless you want a bed of mint of course), maures etc... The layer of material not broken down thins quickly in our garden so planting and making seeding blocks becomes as easy as pushing aside the 1-3 inches of whole matter and digging in the rich organic earth or seeding atop it. Fall leaves applied as mulch. You can run your lawn mower over them to break them down a bit first. I let many of my plants self seed which they normally do without a problem even into a thin mulch layer and add new material only after the seedlings are up and growing for a few weeks. The husband topdressing with compost - I'll make a gardener out of him yet! Annual weeds become few after awhile unless you stir the soil by digging out potatoes or add new material that contains them. Thankfully a lot of these weeds like purslane and plantain are edible so I weed into a salad strainer. Anything that I am not going to eat, I toss atop the garden mulch to break down unless it will spread that way. If you don't like any weeds in your garden then dig out the perennial weeds when you find them or move aside the mulch and lay down a layer of cardboard on top of that area, pushing the mulch back overtop. For really tenacious weeds, you may need to use black plastic. Alternatively, you can just cut them back when they start to out compete your veggies. Next week - Specific Veggies and the No Dig Method
Trinnov Audio unveils its revolutionary WaveForming™ technology, poised to redefine the audio landscape. In a recent interview with Tom Garrett, a Sales Manager of… The founder of 54gene, a Nigeria-based healthtech startup, Dr. Abasi Ene-Obong has been selected as an Endeavor Entrepreneur. As a member of this organisation, 54gene will be provided support to upscale their business and help drive economic growth in Nigeria Functioning as one of the leading global entrepreneur support organisations, Endeavor Entrepreneur Nigeria selects, mentors, and accelerates the best high-impact entrepreneurs in the country. Eloho Omame, Managing Director & CEO of Endeavor in Nigeria comments on the addition of 54gene to the organisation. “54gene is a critical part of the continent’s push to equalize access to precision medicine for millions of Africans. The rapid pace at which the company has scaled over the past year is a testament to Dr. Abasi Ene-Obong’s leadership, his drive, and his talented team. He is an inspiration to other high-impact entrepreneurs in Nigeria and we are thrilled to welcome him into the Endeavor network.” 54gene joins 10 other Endeavor Entrepreneur-led companies in Nigeria, and over 1,300 in Endeavor’s 37 markets across Africa, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and North America. Dr. Abasi Ene-Obong, CEO and Founder of 54gene comments on the prestigious achievement. “It is an absolute honour to be selected as an Endeavor entrepreneur. We started 54gene to significantly improve the inclusion of African populations in global genomics research and I am glad to see our work is being recognised. Our mission is to continue driving innovation and change in research and I look forward to the opportunities that arise as a result of being supported by the global Endeavor network in expanding 54gene’s impact globally.” Dr. Abasi Ene-Obong was successfully selected as part of a cohort of 9 entrepreneurs from 6 markets. With the recent addition of 54gene, Endeavor Nigeria now supports 17 entrepreneurs who lead 11 scale-up stage companies in Nigeria, spanning life sciences, fintech, renewable energy, entertainment, logistics, and retail. Founded in 2019, 54gene is a healthtech startup that aims to improve drug discovery by researching the genetically diverse African population. This is done through research, advanced molecular diagnostics, and clinical programs. With its most recent partnership to create a prestigious genomics facility in Nigeria, 54gene is growing in strides as a renowned healthtech startup in Africa. With less than 3% of the continent’s genomic data available for research purposes, 54gene has created a solution to gather this important data to use it for medical discoveries. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria, 54gene raised funds to increase the country’s testing capacity and launched mobile laboratories across five Nigerian states. The company has raised $21-million in investment and also launched the African Centre for Translational Genomics (ACTG) to fund the study of Non-Communicable Diseases in 100,000 Nigerians. In September, the company announced a partnership with Illumina to establish a world-class genomics facility in Lagos, Nigeria, which will help expand its sequencing-based research and molecular diagnostics offering (see this story) Featured image: Founder of 54gene, Abasi Ene-Obong (Supplied)
Trinnov Audio unveils its revolutionary WaveForming™ technology, poised to redefine the audio landscape. In a recent interview with Tom Garrett, a Sales Manager of… Two and a bit years later, the idea of “normal” remains a bit of a grey area for many SMEs, argues Ryan Cohen from Merchant Capital. He believes the biggest lesson SMEs can take from Covid-19 is how to shape the best “new normal’ for themselves – and that starts with finding the best way to add value to customers, staff and partners alike. It seems like a lifetime ago that we entered what we thought would be a quick lockdown, and then get back to business as usual. Two and a bit years later, the idea of “normal” remains a bit of a grey area for many SMEs. We lost many things during Covid. We lost friends and loved ones. Many lost their businesses and livelihoods. We lost the ability to really connect with people face to face. You can Zoom and Teams all you like, and in many cases, it’s quick and efficient. But I’ve seen first-hand in the past few months that you just can’t beat the value of in-person contact. Covid changed many businesses To use the language of the pandemic, we ‘pivoted’. Sit-down restaurants started deliveries. Retailers moved online. Businesses transitioned to remote working. Everyone started using technology more effectively. And now that we’re moving cautiously to a mask-free post-pandemic reality, businesses are asking: should we go back to the way we were? For me, there are three choices. One, you can pivot back to a pre-Covid reality. Two, you can stay with the new reality. Or three – and this is the camp that I sit in – we can forge a new hybrid approach to life and business that combines the best of both worlds. Let’s face it, certain things won’t change back. Remote working is here to stay, and the surge in e-commerce isn’t going to slow down. But the biggest lesson we can take out of Covid is how to shape the best ‘new normal’ for ourselves – and that starts with finding the best way to add value to our customers, staff and partners alike. Say you’re fully back in the office, but you’re struggling to get to everything because you’re losing two hours a day to traffic and commuting. Why not do high-value meetings face to face, and the rest by Teams or Zoom? If you’re seeing strong growth in your e-commerce channels, don’t stop leaning into your brick and mortar operations. Commerce is commerce, no matter where it happens – and if you’re able to create a dual approach, you’ll be able to build a more multi-dimensional and robust business in the process. SMEs adding best possible value It all comes down to one fundamental question: how you add the most value possible to your customers and partners? Don’t turn off e-commerce because people are shopping in-store again: use the opportunity to cross and upsell. Don’t stop food deliveries because people are dining out again: find ways to create a great experience, regardless of whether they’re eating in their living room or your restaurant. Convenience is important. But great customer experiences are the future, whether they’re delivered in-person or virtually. If you can ensure your business is optimally equipped to service and support the requirements of an ever-evolving customer, you’ll be well on the road to success. My point is this. The world isn’t binary. You don’t have to choose one approach, or the other. In fact, finding a blended approach is likely to enable you to do the simple things at scale using technology or remote working, while freeing you up to nurture the relationships that really matter in your business and your life. Now that’s a win we can all get behind. - Ryan Cohen is the chief relationship officer at Merchant Capital providing business funding for SMEs in South Africa.
Frontex has been under scrutiny for its alleged contributions to human rights harms for quite some time. In my (very) early days as a young scholar, it seemed that every conference, workshop or political event I attended on the topic of the EU’s border management was graced with Frontex representatives toeing the proverbial company line, echoing time and time again that Frontex takes on a mere “coordinating and supporting role”. This narrative became so repetitive that it now serves as a catalyst for cynical snickering across the room during such gatherings. This wouldn’t be problematic were it not the standard response to the increasingly louder, and more prevalent human rights critiques directed at the Agency, whereby it shields itself from any meaningful responsibility. Dismayingly, in WS and others v Frontex, we (again) never truly get to the point where Frontex conduct is effectively and substantively tested against the human rights parameters set forth in both the Charter of Fundamental Rights (notably, Art. 4, 18 and 19 CFR), as well as in relevant EU secondary legislation (e.g., the 2016 Frontex Regulation). Instead, ‘The General Court (Sixth Chamber) hereby: 1. Dismisses the action’. While a number of complaints have been lodged against Frontex before the EU’s courts in different procedures (e.g., annulment, transparency, failure to act), the action for damages in casu, was the first of its kind concerning human rights responsibility of Frontex and had all the ingredients to prompt the General Court to finally clarify a number of pervasive and urgent questions concerning Frontex responsibility for complicity in unlawful human rights conduct. Instead, by conflating the wrongful conduct under scrutiny, the Court prevents a critical examination of Frontex’s conduct altogether. The significance of the case thus lies in the adopted approach by the Court, which, in effect, contributes to the systematic shielding of Frontex from any responsibility for contributions to human rights harms. Facts and Ruling The case concerns Syrian nationals, who arrived on Milos, Greece, in 2016, and after being transferred to the Greek island of Leros declared their wish to apply for international protection. However, 6 days following said declaration, the Applicants were returned to Türkiye, following a joint return operation carried out by Frontex and Greece. With this case, the Applicants – all of whom are Syrian nationals in pursuit of international protection in the EU – sought compensation for the damage flowing from Frontex’s failure to comply with its human rights obligations under the 2016 Frontex Regulation, its Standard Operating Procedure, and its Code of Conduct. The Applicants claim that through its supporting role in the execution of the joint return operation, Frontex violated the non-refoulement principle (Art. 19 CFR), the right to asylum (Art. 18 CFR), the prohibition of collective expulsion (Art. 19 CFR), the rights of the child (Art. 24 CFR), the prohibition of degrading treatment (Art. 4 CFR), the right to good administration (Art. 41 CFR) and the right to an effective remedy (Art. 47 CFR). Dealing first with a number of admissibility objections, the General Court starts its analysis by recalling that for non-contractual liability to arise under EU law, a number of cumulative conditions must be met. There must be actual damage, stemming from unlawful conduct, and there must be a causal link between the alleged conduct and the damage (para. 52 – 53). Focusing first on causality, the Court then proceeds to recall that the damage ‘must be a sufficiently direct consequence of the conduct…which must be the determining cause of the damage’ (para. 56). In what follows, the Court reasons that the Applicants wrongly base their claims on the assumption that if Frontex had complied with its fundamental rights obligations, they would have been accorded international protection in the European Union rather than having been expelled from its territory. Immediately thereafter, the Court contends that while Frontex is bound by fundamental rights obligations in the execution of its tasks, its tasks within the context of return operations are limited to providing technical and operational support and do not permit interference with the decision to grant international protection, or a return decision – both which lie in the purview of Member State competence. Mindful thereof, the Court concludes that as Frontex has no competence concerning the merits of such underlying decisions, the causal link between the damage and the conduct (namely, the decision not to grant international protection and the return decision), cannot be established and the action is dismissed, relieving Frontex from any responsibility. To fortify its findings, the Court emphasizes that the causality requirement entails that the damage must flow directly from the alleged illegality and may not be the product of the Applicant’s reaction to the illegality. This case is bound to spark much debate, some of which has already surfaced on media platforms, ranging from the composition of the bench, the scope of the dispute and its importance in the context of proceedings against Frontex more generally. However, in what follows, I want to step away from the obstinate fundamental rights concerns flowing from Frontex’s conduct. Instead, I want to draw attention to the manner in which the Court chose to approach the question of fundamental rights responsibility and how its reasoning has accentuated the urgency for clarity on joint responsibility, the distinction between attribution and causation, and the reconcilability of the causality requirement with the right to an effective remedy. In paragraph 62 of the judgment, the Court points out that the Applicants incorrectly conclude that if Frontex had complied with its fundamental rights obligations (the ‘but-for test’), they would have been accorded international protection and not have been subject to return proceedings. The Court is – of course – right in this observation, as Frontex does not have the competence to rule on the merits of a request for international protection, or on the merits of a return decision. Leaving aside, however, whether this was effectively what the Applicants argued, the manner in which the Court refutes the argument is interesting because it suggests a conflation of what the purported wrongful conduct is in the present case. The Court appears to suggest that the Applicants take issue with the underlying decision to refuse international protection and the subsequent return decision and somehow connect these decisions to Frontex. Yet – without being privy to the Applicant’s arguments in detail – it seems more likely that the Applicants object to the complicity of Frontex in the execution of these decisions – which is an altogether different question. In other words, there are three questionable but separable elements in the present case: the refusal of international protection (1), the return decision (2) and the execution of the return decision (3). The current phrasing suggests that the Applicants are contesting Frontex’s role in the former two, whereas it is far more likely that the Applicants are, in fact, contesting Frontex’s role in the third, namely, its role in the execution of those decisions (para. 6 and 15). The (willful?) conflation of the alleged wrongful conduct, highlights a number of unresolved issues. Joint responsibility points to a legal construct whereby two or more actors share varying degrees of legal responsibility for their respective (identical or different) contributions to a single (human rights) harm. Whereas joint responsibility has been theorized to a certain extent under international law, this is less so under EU law. Yet, the question of joint responsibility is precisely what is at stake when Frontex assists – even in a mere supporting role – the Member States in their implementation of the EU’s policy on borders, asylum and migration. Firstly, by conflating the alleged unlawful conduct and suggesting that Frontex cannot – by lack of competence – take decisions on merits concerning international protection and return (and not discussing the actual implementation of the decisions), the Court sidesteps the question of joint responsibility entirely. It does not clarify whether Frontex may incur responsibility for its contribution to the purported illegality through its role in the execution of the return order, nor what contributory or shared responsibility under the EU could and should look like. In other words, the purported illegality objected to by the Applicants would then not be the underlying decisions, but instead the contribution by Frontex to the execution of the return operation. Secondly, joint responsibility may also arise when two different lines of conduct give rise to a single harm. The Court in casu appears to consider only the potentially objectionable decisions. Conversely, it does not consider that the execution of those decisions may prompt (the same) human rights violations, albeit on different grounds. Whether Greece complied with its negative and positive obligations stemming from Art. 18 – 19 CFR in implementing the Qualification Directive and Return Directive, has little to no bearing on whether Frontex complied with its own fundamental rights obligations (to not contribute to human rights violations) under the 2016 Frontex Regulation in the execution of the return operation. The latter question does not require an assessment of the merits of a protection status decision or return decision by Frontex to assure itself (positive obligation) that non-refoulement, collective expulsion, the rights of the child, good administration and the right to an effective remedy are respected. In this case, the Court had an opportunity to shed light on the contours of EU joint responsibility. Instead, it somewhat awkwardly focuses exclusively on the underlying decisions giving rise to the expulsion, in which Frontex has no competence. This notwithstanding the fact that the Applicants contested the role of Frontex in the return operation (para. 6, 15), which is different from contesting the underlying decision giving rise to the return operation. Attribution and Causation In some cases, attribution has surfaced as an additional (cumulative) condition for an action for damages to give rise to compensation. In other cases, it is not mentioned, and in yet another subset of cases, attribution is conflated with causation. Attribution and causation operate at different ends of the responsibility question. While attribution connects an actor to a particular line of (unlawful) conduct, causation links this conduct to the damage. Visualized this way, these concepts operate sequentially as two different segments of the responsibility question. Yet in the present case, the Court concludes that no direct causal link can be established between the actor (Frontex) and the damage [as Frontex has no competence in deciding on the merits of a protection status and return decision]. In doing this, the Court appears to sidestep the question of attribution, by not first separating the problematic conduct and connecting this conduct to the proper author according to their respective competencies. Instead, it jumps directly into the question of causation. Multiple tests of attribution could have been relied upon by the Court and could have generated different outcomes in the ultimate decision on responsibility. For example, the ‘effective control’ test on attribution could result in the attribution of the conduct during the return operation to Frontex, and attribution of the underlying decisions to the Member States, whereas the ‘ultimate normative control’ test on attribution could entail that instead all conduct in the sequence of events would be attributable to the implicated Member State. Different still, the ‘competence test’ on attribution connects conduct to the actors based on their Union-based competence. Had the Court clarified its stance on attribution (by adopting the competence test on attribution, for example), it is likely that the underlying decisions would be attributed to the Member States as the rightful author, whereas the execution of the return order (at least in part) would be attributed to Frontex. This would subsequently generate two questions of responsibility: fundamental rights responsibility for the decisions of the expelling Member State and fundamental rights responsibility for the role in the return operation of Frontex. This seems to be in line with what the Applicants intended and explains why a separate procedure was lodged against Greece before the ECHR (para. 6). Furthermore, not engaging with attribution and instead conflating the alleged wrongful conduct, implies that the next step of the responsibility question – the test of causality – cannot be met in this case. How can the causal link between the damage and conduct be direct and determinative to establish Frontex’s responsibility if the conduct that the Court scrutinizes is the conduct of which Frontex is not actually the author? By leaving the question of attribution unresolved, the Applicants are left guessing which test of attribution could and should apply, making it hard to definitely discern who did what in violation of what rule of EU law, let alone convincingly argue on what grounds Frontex may be held responsible for its complicity in the human rights harm. This very same question of attribution and the subsequent question of causality drives at the very heart of the joint and several liability cases concerning Kočner and Europol currently pending appeal before the ECJ. It underscores the urgency for a legally certain and systematic method to and distinction between attribution and causation, and clarification as to the applicable test of attribution in multi-actor operational settings. Focusing exclusively on the alleged illegality of the decisions rather than Frontex’s role in the return operation, the Court seems to cherry-pick the arguments brought forward by the Applicants and leaves open burning questions on the contours of EU joint responsibility, the burden, method, and standard of proof of joint responsibility, the rule of attribution, and the applicable test of causation. Consequently, the Court rids itself (and Frontex by extension) of the hot-responsibility-potato, by recalling that Frontex only has a supportive and coordinating role, thereby designating the Member State as the sole author of the potentially unlawful conduct. This has two important implications: - Member States may still incur responsibility for unlawful human rights conduct in these scenarios. However, it is plausible (if not likely) that domestic courts, as well as the ECtHR, may very well apply the ‘effective control’ test of attribution, alleviating the Member State of responsibility, and de facto throwing the hot potato back in the direction of Frontex, as the body that executed the return operation and thus exerted physical control over the operation. This blame-shifting works to the detriment of the individual Applicants and their right to an effective remedy, who are caught in a limbo of complicit actors shunning their responsibility through misaligned responsibility rules adopted by different courts. - By emphasizing that Frontex acts in a merely supporting role, the Court implicitly suggests that Frontex conduct will almost always be at the behest of or intimately tied to Member State conduct. Indeed, in situations of joint operational action, it is unlikely that there will ever be a scenario where Frontex operates independently from the Member States. What is then the purpose of the action for damages if the causality requirement is so strict that it cannot be met, and operational and supportive conduct by Frontex cannot be subject to judicial scrutiny if there are underlying Member State decisions giving rise to the operational and supportive Frontex conduct? With the Kočner v Europol appeal, the pending Hamoudi v Frontex case, and hopefully an appeal in this case, the CJEU has ample opportunity to take a stance on these topics, where the General Court neglected to do so. Sincere thanks to Merijn Chamon and Thomas Streinz for comments on an earlier draft. All errors or omissions remain mine.
Web visits put man in jail Jordanian is a threat to national security, FBI says BY DAVID ASHENFELTER FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER, June 29, 2005 Mohammad Radwan Obeid is a threat to national security because he surfed terrorist Web sites and visited terrorist chat rooms, the FBI claims. The 33-year-old Jordanian, who came to the United States with his American wife in 2001 and worked at a grocery store in Dayton, Ohio, before his arrest in March on immigration charges, says he was only gathering grist for a book about terrorism and world religions. He said he volunteered to work for the FBI, but was rejected. But a federal immigration judge in Detroit last week ordered Obeid jailed pending the outcome of charges that he entered the United States through marriage fraud. He also is being investigated by a federal grand jury. “When taken altogether, the evidence establishes respondent presents a substantial risk to the national security of the United States,” Immigration Judge Robert Newberry said in a June 22 decision denying Obeid’s request to be released on bond. He is being held in the Monroe County Jail. Newberry agreed with the FBI that Obeid’s claims of writing a book, his recent conversion to the Jehovah’s Witnesses and other activities often are used by terrorists to avoid arrest and deportation. Obeid’s fiancee said Tuesday that the FBI is wrong about him. “There’s no way he could be a terrorist,” said Misty Iddings, a 30-year-old nurse’s aide of Piqua, Ohio. “He wouldn’t hurt anybody. He’s a very nice person. He’s kind and friendly.” Obeid came to the United States in February 2001 as a conditional resident after marrying a Kansas City woman in Jordan, court papers said. Five months after they arrived, their marriage was annulled. His lawyer, Najad Mehanna of Dearborn Heights, said her family wouldn’t accept him because he was Muslim. Afterward, Mehanna said, Obeid moved to the Dayton area, worked as a cashier at gas stations and convenience stores, and remarried. But the couple split up around May 2003 and he eventually met and moved in with Iddings. In mid-2004, he became a Jehovah’s Witness, decided to write a book about terrorism, and began surfing terrorism sites on the Internet. Mehanna said Obeid was stunned by what he found on those sites and called the CIA and FBI. He said they didn’t take him seriously. On March 28, agents searched his home and on April 20, arrested him for immigration fraud. The government has presented secret evidence at his deportation hearings to show that he is a threat to national security. Obeid’s lawyer said he probably would appeal the denial of bond. He also has requested asylum on grounds that Obeid would be persecuted if returned to Jordan because of the FBI’s terrorism claims and his new faith. But the lawyer concedes that Obeid is fighting a difficult battle, which resumes Sept. 19 in Detroit immigration court. Contact DAVID ASHENFELTER at 313-223-4490 or [email protected]
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We welcome Ben Terdik to Vice Press with a limited edition poster for the first in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy - Batman Begins. Ben caught our eye with a number of excellent film poster commissions he has done over the past few years resulting in him building up a great reputation and following. Released in collaboration with Bottleneck Gallery, this officially licensed fine art lithograph poster comes in an edition of 175 and is sized 24x36 inches. We estimate shipping will start in September, although this may be slightly longer depending on paper availability. Due to the popularity of our FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING on orders over £50 offer, we have also decided to extend this through to midnight on Friday the 4th of August. While New Releases and Pre-Orders are excluded, they are included when purchased with another qualifying item, making it a great time to pick something up that you have had your eye on for a while! Batman Begins by Ben Terdik will be available from Vice Press on Thursday the 3rd of August at 6pm BST (UK time) / 1pm EST / 10am PST (US time). Art By Ben Terdik Edition of 175 Hand Numbered Fine Art Lithograph Printed On 300GSM GF Smith Accent Paper £39.99 / Approx $55 BATMAN and all related characters and elements © & ™ DC and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (s23). Co-release with Bottleneck Gallery.
Imagine immigrating to Canada on the last flight from India just before the first COVID-19 shutdown? Then entering the job market as businesses are closing down and having nowhere to turn for support. That’s what happened to one family that now calls Saanich home. And their lived experience is what prompted them to start the Fateh Care Charity. Learn more in this week’s Vital People on CHEK News.
The hit Off-Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors at the Westside Theatre welcomed new stars Evan Rachel Wood and Darren Criss as the latest Audrey and Seymour, respectively, January 30. Wood and Criss succeeded Constance Wu and Corbin Bleu, who played their final performances in the long-running revival January 28. “The casting of this show has become one of the greatest joys of our lives. The fact that in year five, we continue to attract talent like Evan Rachel Wood and Darren Criss is a testament to Howard Ashman’s and Alan Menken’s Little Shop of Horrors being one of the finest achievements in musical theatre, and to Michael Mayer’s perfectly and joyously staged production at the Westside Theatre,” said the producers of Little Shop in an earlier statement. “As two of the most daring, enticing, and dynamic stars of their generation, we cannot wait to see the magic that real-life friends Evan and Darren bring to their roles." Check out new photos of the production in the gallery below: Wood is a three-time Golden Globe nominee and a three-time Emmy nominee for her work in film and TV. Some of her credits include Mildred Pierce, True Blood, Westworld, Across the Universe, The Wrestler, and Frozen 2. This marks her New York stage debut, though she has sung on screen in Across the Universe (the Beatles jukebox movie musical directed by Julie Taymor) and Frozen 2. She also is in a band with Zane Carney (the brother of Broadway's Reeve Carney), called Evan + Zane. Criss came to fame on the Ryan Murphy musical television series Glee and has since appeared on Broadway in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and most recently, American Buffalo. He is an Emmy winner and Golden Globe winner for portraying murderer Andrew Cunanan in The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story. The current cast of Little Shop of Horrors also features Tony nominees Bryce Pinkham (A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, The Heidi Chronicles) as Dr. Orin Scrivello, D.D.S. and Stephen DeRosa (Mr. Saturday Night) as Mr. Mushnik, alongside Aaron Arnell Harrington as The Voice of Audrey II, Tiffany Renee Thompson as Ronnette, Morgan Ashley Bryant as Crystal, Khadija Sankoh as Chiffon, as well as Camryn Hampton, Michael Iannucci, Weston Chandler Long, Jeff Sears, Teddy Yudain, Zakiya Baptiste, Noel MacNeal, and Johnny Newcomb. Previous players in the roles of Seymour and Audrey have included Jonathan Groff, Tammy Blanchard, Jeremy Jordan, Lena Hall, Maude Apatow, Gideon Glick, Rob McClure, Skylar Astin, Conrad Ricamora, and Matt Doyle. Directed by Tony winner Michael Mayer, the revival opened in October 2019. The creative team for the Howard Ashman-Alan Menken musical also includes choreographer Ellenore Scott, scenic designer Julian Crouch, lighting designer Bradley King, costume designer Tom Broecker, sound designer Jessica Paz, puppet designer Nicholas Mahon, original puppet designer Martin P. Robinson, hair and makeup designer Tommy Kurzman, music supervisor, orchestrator, and arranger Will Van Dyke, and casting director Jim Carnahan. Puppets are by Monkey Boys Productions. General management is by Live Wire Theatrical/Chris Aniello, and production stage management is by Sara Sahin.
Hundreds block Pittsburgh interstate in police shooting protest This amounts to Trump’s opinion, and is a matter of debate among constitutional scholars. The Supreme Court ruled in 1988 that the appointment of an independent counsel was constitutional, but the rules and circumstances were a little different then. And the Supreme Court has not spoken directly on the constitutionality of current regulations for special counsels. But here, we lay out some of the facts and arguments that underpin the cases for and against the president’s claim. Independent or special counsels are appointed to investigate executive branch officials, and the existing federal code empowers the attorney general to make the determination when a special counsel is necessary. According to the Code of Federal Regulations, there are grounds to appoint a special counsel if an investigation into a matter “would present a conflict of interest for the Department [of 0=”Justice”] or other extraordinary circumstances” and in cases when it “would be in the public interest” to have an outside counsel. [bs-quote quote=”If you’re interested in ‘balancing’ work and pleasure, stop trying to balance them. Instead make your work more pleasurable.” style=”style-19″ align=”left” author_name=”Donald Trump” author_job=”45th U.S. President” author_avatar=”https://vijesti.xyz/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2022/06/vijesti.xyz-newspaper-daily-quote-avatar.png”] In his order appointing former FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III as special counsel, Rosenstein limited Mueller’s role to leading “the investigation confirmed by then-FBI Director James B. Comey in testimony before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on March 20, 2017, including … any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump; and any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation; and any other matters within the scope of 28 C.F.R. § 600.4(a).” That last bit refers to a part of the federal code that says that the jurisdiction of a special counsel is to include “the authority to investigate and prosecute federal crimes committed in the course of, and with intent to interfere with, the Special Counsel’s investigation, such as perjury, obstruction of justice, destruction of evidence, and intimidation of witnesses.” No media cameras were allowed at the reception, but a reporter for the conservative Daily Caller news site, Jena Greene, was allowed in and tweeted a video of the Trumps entering a crowded room. Greene quoted the president saying his wife had “a little problem” recently but wouldn’t miss the reception. She said he joked about the media’s speculation regarding the first lady’s recent absence and “laughed off” rumors of them breaking up. He said it wasn’t happening. As we said, Trump now claims the appointment of Mueller was unconstitutional. The argument, however, is not necessarily that the appointment of any special counsel would be unconstitutional, but rather that this one is, because of the broad investigative powers given to Mueller. In an opinion piece written for the Wall Street Journal on May 13, Steven Calabresi, who once served as a special assistant to Attorney General Edwin Meese and as a law clerk to Justice Antonin Scalia, argued that the broad powers bestowed upon Mueller qualify him as a “principal officer” who by law must be appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. “The only significant difference between Mueller’s appointment and the appointment scheme for Independent Counsels, upheld by the Supreme Court in Morrison v. Olson, is that Mueller, unlike the Independent Counsels, was appointed by President Trump’s own appointee, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, rather than by a three-judge court,” Sklansky said. “But that just makes the argument for the constitutionality of Mueller’s appointment even stronger. Given the Supreme Court’s ruling in Morrison v. Olson, there is no remotely plausible argument that Mueller’s appointment was unconstitutional.” “In 1988, the Supreme Court ruled in Morrison v. Olson that the Constitution allowed an Independent Counsel to be appointed by a three-judge court, completely separate from the Executive Branch,” Sklansky said via email. “In reaching that conclusion, the Supreme Court held that an Independent Counsel is an ‘inferior officer,’ not a ‘principal officer,’ for reasons that very clearly apply to Mueller: he can be removed by a higher-ranking Department of Justice official, he is authorized only to investigate and, if appropriate, prosecute, particular federal crimes, not to formulate Department of Justice policy, and his jurisdiction is limited to the matters delegated to him by the Department of Justice.
As per the Ministry of Education website: The OEN is a student identification number that will be assigned by the Ministry of Education to elementary and secondary students across the province. The number, which is unique to every student, will be used as the key identifier on a student’s school records, and will follow the student through his or her elementary and secondary education. The OEN is nine digits long (eight digits, plus a check digit), randomly assigned, and tied to stable information about the student (name, gender, date of birth). For more information please visit: http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/brochure/oen/index.html A student’s OEN number will be found on their report card.
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