Several theoretical frameworks have been mobilized to study international entrepreneurship. There are the theory of networks and social capital, theory of support, the theory of psychic distance, the approach based on resources and skills. In this research, we are mainly going focus on the network and social capital theory. The concept of "social network" refers to relations between persons and social groups. Therefore, three elements must be considered when talking about social network: personal relationships, network structure (the set of links and nodes) and confidence (which feeds the central component networks). Julien, considering the social and economic trends, proposes to distinguish: personal networks (emotional relationships based on trust), networks or business transactions (stakeholders both upstream and downstream) and informational networks (other sources of new information). What motivates entrepreneurs to go into foreign markets? And what is the role of social networks in the success of this implementation within a hostile multicultural environment3?.
The expatriation process for individual entrepreneurs involves "learning to adapt oneself to new markets, some degree of motivation and innovation, an ability to make decisions and implement an appropriate international strategy. Networks influence each of these entrepreneurial processes ".
– The posterior approach and the degree of internationalization.


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Shophouse Interior Design Singapore: Creating Office Spaces
Interior Design of Shophouse Offices in Singapore
In Commercial Interior Design, Office Design
Nolstalgic shophouses in Singapore
Shophouses, a historical source of nostalgia and delight, are a permanent and beautiful feature of Singapore's architectural heritage. With many beautifully preserved shophouses today, these charming units are perfect examples of Singapore's timeless architectural appeal. In the past, the lower floor of shophouses were used for business, whilst offices are on the second floor. Shophouses in modern Singapore are unchanged in these functions; serving as eateries and offices. With its attractive old-world glamour, the shophouse office offers a unique environment for work and sets the right impression for the workplace.
Modern shophouses transformed into offices
Most of the shophouse offices are located in the Central Business District area; in places such as Chinatown, Outram Park, and Tanjong Pagar. Close attention is paid to the shophouses housed in conservation buildings to maintain their traditional facade,from the five-foot-way to the mouldings, while embracing the historical importance of the building. The classic facade of the shophouse office makes for a delightful sight. The plethora of designs, color, and decorations give it a unique feel. The shophouse interior design and architecture will continue being a source of intrigue and fascination for many decades to come.
The majority of companies that rent a shophouse office are creative agencies, such as graphic design companies, advertising firms, and small travel companies. The beautiful office space and shophouse interior design offer flexibility for the creative agencies to switch environments as they move from one activity to the next. A shophouse office facilitates the right culture while exuding a sense of enjoyment, austere elegance, and overall satisfaction.
Creativity in shophouse interior design
Shophouse interior design comes in different colors and ideas, but one thing is for sure: a shophouse office is fuel for brilliant ideas. Creative agencies operating in a shophouse office spice up their interior decorations to be in line with their brand image of being passionate lovers of all things old and new. The simple, attractive and laid back atmosphere of a shophouse office allow for excellent shophouse interior design and personalised spaces where employees can work in peace, relish and comfort.
Like art, interior design speaks to us differently. A great shophouse interior design comes from stepping outside the comfort zone. The combination of older day charm with new designs creates a remarkable identity. It is a common sight for modern shophouse interior designs with contemporary lamps and frames coexisting perfectly with the traditional Peranakan-style architecture.
In their quest to attract and retain the Generation Y, companies are rethinking their office spaces. They want to create unique workspaces that encourage collaboration, creativity and socializing. The old world charm and visual appeal of the shophouse office can never be replicated elsewhere.
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In August Senators visited Narrabri as part of their investigation into the coal seam gas industry.
They heard from local councillors, land holders and Eastern Star Gas.
"These plains produce only with rain fall the prime hard wheat of the baking industry that is our daily bread, the irrigation industry provides the cotton that is our daily shirt and the grazing industry provides our strength that is our hemoglobin packed morsel of meat. We are on the precipice."
The Senate Committee released its findings and recommendations yesterday and found the industry has moved well ahead of the knowledge of the long term impacts."
Liberal Senator Bill Heffernan chaired the inquiry and said it is calling for a moratorium.
"Learning from the lessons in Queensland where the industry has gotten well ahead of the knowledge of the damage that it could do for a mining life of 25 to 50 years and 100 of years of repair time to aquifers. Environmental approvals given, don't ask me how you do this to an industry that didn't know what to do with millions of tonnes of salt, sitting on the top of the ground with no known use for it."
"We need to slow the process down."
We spoke to Senator Heffernan on the Morning Show today.
He said while Santos had been seriously responsible in wanting to know what the rules are, the moratorium would holt the companies plans for the North West.
"It certainly would. It would put a moratorium on anything in the Murray Darling Basin where the Great Artesian Basin overlies an aquifer. We don't want to look back in 50 years time and regret what we are doing. When the CSIRO tells the committee that we really don't know the long term impacts on the aquifers ... it could take 300 years for some aquifers to recharge... these are all things that need to be understood before the industry goes ahead."
"Responsibly there are areas where coal seam gas can co-exist with agriculture, but we need to define where they are.
"I'm hoping the temptation of money doesn't overcome the absolute responsibility of protecting for future generations for farming capacity of Australia."
As for whether or not any of the recommendations will work unless state governments concede some power to the Commonwealth, he had this message for his liberal party state colleagues in NSW.
"Read the report before you open your mouth and understand the vagary in the science and understand there will be areas where you can successfully do this ... we must make sure the science is in. We need to be careful about letting political priorities overcome sensible scientific solutions."
While he stopped short of saying the Liverpool Plains and the black soils should be protected, he did indicate there should be regions where coal seam gas extraction was not allowed.
"I think there will be no go zones and science will support ... I certainly think in your area (the New England North West) there will be no go zones.
We also spoke to Judi Sheedy from the NSW Farmers Association, she said the report was welcome and the call for a moratorium was very encouraging.
"The report really shows an intense level of understanding and of the concerns and highlights the degree of uncertainty of coal seam gas."
Victoria Hamilton from Wee Waa gave evidence to the Inquiry and said she believed it had been a worthwhile experience.
"The most important thing that he said (Senator Heffernan) said was a moratorium in the Murray Darling Basin and I think the state governments will have to listen to that, go along with it and implement straight away."
The Chairwoman of the Caroona Coal Action Groups Coal Seam Gas Committee, Rosemary Nankerville said she believes a moratorium is essential and she congratulates the Committee for the report.
We have put in a request to talk to Santos on the Morning Show tomorrow.


Want to figure out if a certain someone is lying… then our 4 areas of help will get you reading their pattern in no time.
Body Language – Gestures will be stiff, infrequent and directed towards the liars own body. Liars tend to touch their face, throat and mouth, as if to conceal their lie. Liars are also less likely to touch their chest/heart with an open hand. They often feel uncomfortable facing the person they're lying to, so they may turn their head or body away.
Speech – Lies tend to be told with a higher pitch and stated without abbreviations – "I did not do it" as opposed to "I didn't do it". They tend to ask that questions be repeated, and are more likely to start sentences with phrases like, "to tell you the truth".
Physical Cues – Someone lying may sweat more and have heavier breathing. They might unconciously place objects (such as cups or papers) as a barrier between themselves and the other person.
Changing the subject – A liar happily follows along if you change the subject quickly, whereas an innocent person becomes confused by the sudden change and will want to go back to the previous subject.
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Dan Gilbert, professor at Harvard and author of "Stumbling on Happiness", focuses his talk on human analysis of risk. He begins his talk with a story about Dostoyevsky. Annoyed by a young child, Dostoyevsky told the child not to come back and talk to him until he could spend ten minutes not thinking about a white bear. As we all know, this is hard to do. It's about to get easier for the child, because shrinking ice will wipe out two-thirds of the world's polar bears in the next forty years.
– We're good at responding to threat to our future, not to our present. We respond to clear an present danger. Our brains are very good at ducking baseballs thrown at our head, but we're very bad at ducking threats in the distant future.
– We are very sensitive to changes in light, sound, pressure, and weight, but we're sensitive to relative changes, not to absolute changes. When the rate of change of a stimulus is slow, we barely notice those changes. We'd be up in arms about changes that have happened in the past two generations in impurities of our air, water and food. We only tolerate it because it happened so slowly. The problem in reacting to global warming is not that it's happening so quickly, but because it's happening so slowly.
Human beings are good at sensing PAIN – situations that are personal, abrupt, immoral and now. If we can't figure out how to address global warming in ways like this, we're going to lose this battle.
People somehow don't really care the devastating effect of global warming because they can't gain power to this one. Humans are quick to respond if a power is at stake if he will do something.


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NLMK claims that protectionist measures in the U.S. economic stimulus package are forcing it to sack American workers, and has taken President Obama's Moscow visit to raise awareness.
Top Russian steelmaker NLMK, like major Russian rivals Severstal, Mechel and Evraz, has invested heavily into the U.S. steel industry in recent years, outlaying millions for stakes in U.S. players and seeking to revitalise an industry that had been in decline.
Then, following hot on the heels of an economic slump that slashed demand came the economic stimulus package of new President Obama, in February. It was $787 billion worth of support. But international investors in the U.S. steel sector found themselves shut out by the 'Buy American' clause saying manufactured goods bought with federal stimulus funds must be made in the U.S.
That means NLMK is being forced to sack its American staff, according to Vladimir Lisin, Board Chairman.
President Obama's Moscow address to members of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, and the American Chamber of Commerce, stated explicitly he wanted to encourage Russian American trade with the words "We want Russia to be selling us goods, and Russia to be buying from us," as well as espousing free trade.
But trade partners say the 'Buy American' clause breaks World Trade Organization rules, with even American business leaders admitting the rule stops them buying the best product at the best price. The EU and Canada are threatening to retaliate and protect their own, and China has already introduced a similar provision in its economic stimulus.


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FedEx's Profit Fell 19% in Period, But Revenue Rose
By Nicole HarrisStaff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal
Sept. 18, 2003 12:01 am ET
FedEx Corp. said costs associated with its early-retirement and severance programs caused a 19% drop in its fiscal first-quarter net income, despite revenue increases across all its business units.
The Memphis, Tenn.-based shipping giant improved operating margins in all of its businesses during the quarter, and reported its first increase in U.S. package volume in 10 quarters. However, growth in the company's ground-delivery volume, just under 1%, was below Wall Street expectations.
In 4 p.m. composite trading on the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, FedEx shares were up 43 cents to $66.51.
During a conference call with analysts Wednesday, FedEx officials said they are seeing improvements in the overall economy that will translate into stronger demand for FedEx shipping services in the second half of the company's fiscal year, which ends May 31, 2004.
"Despite continued sluggishness in the manufacturing sector, sequential improvement in the overall economy is evident," said Frederick W. Smith, FedEx's chairman and chief executive.


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With the awesome Disney Movies based on Animals coming out this year, I was inspired to create this Animal Cracker Parfait Recipe!
In fact because of this enthusiasm, I already made an easy Animal Chow Trail Mix Recipe.
Now I just so happen to have Pudding packages that I use for the kiddos lunches, so I utilized these to create the Animal Cracker Parfaits in sets of 2. I also had leftover 9 oz large opening clear plastic cups from a Kid Friendly Dip Recipe I made for a game day, so these worked out great to serve the dessert in.
Keep in mind if you are assembling these for a Birthday Party or Play date, it might be easier to make batches of refrigerated Vanilla and Chocolate Pudding.
First crush 5 Animal Crackers. I found it easy to do this in a Nut Chopper and this will be the first layer of the parfait.
Then take half of the Chocolate Pudding, and scoop it on top of the Animal Cracker Crumbs.
Next crush another 5 Animal Crackers, and sprinkle on top of the Chocolate Pudding.
Then add another layer, but this time half of the Vanilla Pudding.
To finish, top with half a sliced banana and arrange 3 Animal Crackers on top. Repeat these same steps with the next parfait. They are then ready to eat and definitely popular with my kids!
Directed by Jon Favreau ("Iron Man"), based on Rudyard Kipling's timeless stories and inspired by Disney's classic animated film "The Jungle Book", this all-new live-action epic adventure about Mowgli (newcomer Neel Sethi), a man-cub who's been raised by a family of wolves. But Mowgli finds he is no longer welcome in the jungle when fearsome tiger Shere Khan (voice of Idris Elba), who bears the scars of Man, promises to eliminate what he sees as a threat. Urged to abandon the only home he's ever known, Mowgli embarks on a captivating journey of self-discovery, guided by panther-turned-stern mentor Bagheera (voice of Ben Kingsley), and the free-spirited bear Baloo (voice of Bill Murray).
Along the way, Mowgli encounters jungle creatures who don't exactly have his best interests at heart, including Kaa (voice of Scarlett Johansson), a python whose seductive voice and gaze hypnotizes the man-cub, and the smooth-talking King Louie (voice of Christopher Walken), who tries to coerce Mowgli into giving up the secret to the elusive and deadly red flower: fire. The all-star cast also includes Lupita Nyong'o as the voice of the fiercely protective mother wolf Raksha, and Giancarlo Esposito as the voice of wolf pack's alpha male Akela.
The Jungle Book swings into theaters in 3D on April 15, 2016. For more information about the film, check out Disney.com/thejunglebook, also follow along on Facebook at facebook.com/DisneyJungleBook, and Twitter twitter.com/thejunglebook.
I hope your family enjoys these upcoming Disney Films and this YUMMY recipe!
A special thank you goes out the Walt Disney Studios for providing this information and materials about The Jungle Book.
I am actually looking forward to seeing the Jungle Book and this animal cracker parfait looks delish! I think I might make this with my little one.
What a cute and yummy looking dessert. This looks like it is going to be a good movie.
What a good looking dessert! I would love to make this for the kiddos.
What a cute dessert for the kids. My twin granddaughters will love this!
That is the cutest idea ever. My kids would love it if I made these for them!
This is a great-looking dessert. I am looking forward to both of these movies coming out - I plan on taking my niece to see them.
I've seen the trailer of The Jungle Book. It seems to be an interesting movie. You have a great recipe!
We are so excited for the live action Jungle Book! This would be a really fun snack to serve while watching it!
Omg definitely going to give this a try!!! My 3 year old would Love this!
What a cute idea! My toddler would love this, I am going to make this for her!
We are really looking forward to seeing Zootopia. These parfaits are perfect for these animal inspired movies.


An aesthetically pleasing design umbrella for the Web sites of hot undergound rock and experimental artists and labels.
I guess that the corporate bigwigs are now scouting this site for the next big thing. Brainwashed sends its greetings from this side of reality. Hello!
Coil have announced that their mail-order-only release "Musick To Play in the Dark Vol. 1" will get a vinyl pressing as well as CD. The demand bas been voiced and they are obliging.
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Andrea Parker: Producer has amassed a small but astoundingly eclectic back-catalogue of releases in the last few years. Her early work in partnership with Alex Knight (as Inky Blacknuss) and David Morley (as Two Sandwiches Short of A Lunchbox) played around with electro and techno, while her handful of singles for the Mo'Wax label have found her sound getting progressively more experimental, culminating in a full- length disc entitled Kiss My Arp (currently only available via Japanese import) that is, from all reports, her darkest and most exciting work yet.
When, if ever, will brainwashed start accepting demos?
As soon as we're filthy rich and have money to sneeze on completely unknown things.
I checked The Brain earlier, and saw Mr. Gershmann's review of the new Godspeed! ep. But, after looking at it a little later, it has morphed into a much smaller (and less wordy) one, and Gil has changed his name to Jon and Carter. What's going on here? Not that I'm a big fan of G's indie-electro-classical Dennis Miller-esque cross-referencing reviews (yes, I like my hyphen button!), but this just smacks of a cover-up of the Olly Stone scale.
Yikes! You noticed! Well, hmm, it was a tough call, but somewhat yeah, a couple of us not only disagreed with what was said but how it was said. Damnit, I'm the editor and I choose to put up whatever I want and reserve the right to change my mind whenever I want! For the record, Gil was notified, he agreed with some of the reasons, and we may in fact put up his review again (now that the album has been actually delayed a couple weeks).
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Former Biden COVID adviser concedes cloth masks 'are not very effective'
Akey SARS-Cov-2 expert acknowledged this week that a mainstay of the global coronavirus response — the use of cloth masks — does little to stop the spread of the virus.
Michael Osterholm, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota and an adviser on President Joe Biden's transitional COVID-19 advisory board, made the stunning claim on CNN this week amid escalating worldwide fears and concerns over the "Delta variant" of COVID-19.
"We know today that many of the face cloth coverings that people wear are not very effective in reducing any of the virus movement in or out," Osterholm said during the interview.
"We need to talk about better masking," he said. "We need to talk about N-95 respirators, which would do a lot for both people who are not yet vaccinated or not previously infected."
Osterholm told Just the News he was unavailable for comment regarding his remarks.
The apparent admission comes after well over a year of public health officials insisting that cloth masks are among the most vital and lifesaving tools in the fight against SARS-Cov-2.
Osterholm himself acknowledged last year that the effectiveness of cloth masks was likely to be "limited," though he himself unequivocally affirmed his support for wearing them in public spaces.
Robert Cook, a professor of epidemiology and medicine at the University of South Florida, admitted that he was "not up to date with the latest, most specific data on cloth masks vs. other types of masks," but he argued that it "makes common sense to me that someone wearing a cloth mask would block larger respiratory particles and these in turn would block at least some of the smaller viral particles."
"I would be very surprised if they did 'little' to stop the amount of virus in the air around someone," he continued. "Even if they reduce the number of virus particles by 10%, it could have a significant impact at the community level compared to nothing."
Other health officials, meanwhile, have been emphatic about the alleged benefits of cloth masking.
National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins wrote last August that "even if a community universally adopted a crude cloth covering that's far less than 100 percent protective against the virus, this measure alone could significantly help to reduce deaths."
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield, meanwhile, argued last July that "cloth face coverings are one of the most powerful weapons we have to slow and stop the spread of the virus."
A model developed by the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, meanwhile, projected last July that wearing cloth masks could save as many as nearly 30,000 lives in less than three months
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Arizona lawmakers approve bill vetting voters for citizenship before they can vote
Arizona lawmakers approved new voter restrictions that supporters said ensure only U.S. citizens can cast ballots but opponents said will wipe countless voters off the state's rolls.
A unanimous Republican caucus approved House Bill 2492 on Wednesday in the Senate, sending the legislation to Gov. Doug Ducey for consideration.
While Arizona is one of the few states that already require proof of citizenship before registering to vote, residents can bypass that by registering for a federal-only ballot under the National Voter Registration Act and can vote on federal contests.
HB 2492 would require counties to check those individuals for citizenship against multiple databases. Counties must reject any federal applications if they find the individual is not a U.S. citizen. Any official knowingly ignoring the requirement could be charged with a Class 6 felony.
Democrats accused Republicans of seeking to purge the voter rolls as revenge for the 2020 general election, where President Joe Biden narrowly defeated former President Donald Trump.
"This is absurd, illogical and discriminatory," Sen. Sally Ann Gonzales, D-Tucson, said.
Constitutional analysts told GOP lawmakers in another hearing the bill presents some issues that could face a legal challenge. Opponents were quick to note that in debate.
"We are voting on a bill that is unconstitutional and has a tremendous impact on the voters of the state of Arizona," Sen. Martín Quezada, D-Phoenix, said. "There are many provisions in this bill that are offensive, and that will have a negative impact on some communities more than others."
Republicans said their legislation simply ensures U.S. citizens are the only ones voting in U.S. elections.
"The issue is making sure the citizens of this country are voting," Sen. Warren Petersen, R-Gilbert, said. "If you're not a citizen of this country, you're not allowed to vote. We have over 35,000 people registered to vote where we are not certain whether they're citizens or not."
The bill passed along partisan lines. Democrats gathered in Phoenix on Thursday to pressure Ducey to veto the legislation.
US Senators Question Motives of AT&T For Refusing To Renew OAN Contract…Cite AT&T Board Chairman's Ties To Dominion Voting Machines
Two U.S. Senators, Ted Cruz and Mike Lee, have written an official letter to AT&T inquiring into its politically-motivated decision to cut One America News Network (OANN) from DirectTV. Cruz and Lee both press the AT&T Board of Directors for answers regarding the "personal financial" influences that may have swayed the company's decision.
The decision to not renew its contract with OANN was announced by DirecTV in mid-January. DirecTV, which is primarily run by AT&T, has a contract with OANN that is set to expire in early April.
In response to this major decision, President Trump spoke out at an Arizona rally, saying, "This is horrible. This is a great network. These are great people. I watch it all the time and you really get the truth. And they want to cancel them now because of politics – for purely political reasons. It's a disgrace what's going on."
"I don't think that people are gonna stand for it," added Trump."Maybe what we should do is not use AT&T."
On Tuesday, Senators Mike Lee and Ted Cruz submitted a letter to the members of the AT&T Board of Directors, expressing "grave concern for the future of journalism and political discourse in America."
They then listed six specific facts/concerns regarding the issue:
One American News Network ("OAN") is being sued for alleged defamation by Dominion Voting Systems.
Dominion Voting Systems is owned by Staple Street Capital.
William Kennard is on the executive board of Staple Street Capital
William Kennard is also the Chairman of AT&T's board of directors
AT&T owns 70% of DirecTV, and controls two seats on DirecTV's board of directors
DirecTV has decided not to renew its contract with OANN.
The main concern pointed out by Lee and Cruz is that William Kennard, the Chairman of AT&T's board of directors and executive board member of Staple Street Capital, is pushing to end its contract with OANN to benefit his personal financial interests.
The Senators then request a response to the following question within 10 business days: "Did any employee or agent of AT&T at any time convey or suggest to any employee or agent of DirecTV an instruction or request not to renew OANN?"
Read the full letter below:
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Well deserved 5⭐...HIGHLY RECOMMEND
Narrated by: Ellie Heydon
Returning early from a disastrous date night with my husband, I know something is wrong the moment the wheels crunch the gravel drive of our home. Inside, the TV is on and a half-eaten meal waits on the table. My heart stops when I find our little girl is alone in the house and our babysitter, Sasha, is missing....
By Shannon on 27-09-19
The Happy Couple
Me and Will. Will and Me. A perfect match. He said he would always be there for me, but it's been a year since he drained his coffee, walked out the front door and vanished. Did he leave me? Or did something terrible happen? I'm scared someone finally found out about what happened on the drive home that night...I lie awake at night trawling the internet for rental properties, desperate for an escape. Until I see my husband's gorgeous face smiling back at me from a photograph on the fireplace in someone else's home, and something inside of me snaps....
okay storyline, weak at times.
By sam ewart on 31-05-20
Narrated by: Hilary Neville
January 1992. A baby girl is left alone for a moment. Long enough for a mother to dash into a shop. Long enough for a child to be taken. Thirteen years later, solicitor Robert Knight's stepdaughter wins a place at a prestigious London school for the gifted. The only puzzle is his wife Erin's reaction. Why is she so reluctant to let Ruby go? Doesn't she want what's best for her? As Erin grows more evasive, Robert can't help but feel she has something to hide and when he stumbles on mysterious letters, he discovers she has been lying to him.
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By Emma Milburn on 17-08-20
Narrated by: Karen Cass
Then - In charge of her little sister at the beach, Claire allowed Eleanor to walk to the shop alone to buy an ice cream. Placing a coin into her hand, Claire told her to be quick, knowing how much she wanted the freedom. Eleanor never came back. Now - The time has finally come to sell the family farm and Claire is organizing a reunion of her dearest friends, the same friends who were present the day her sister went missing. When another girl disappears, long-buried secrets begin to surface.
Gripping!!
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The Liar's Wife
When Ella wakes up in a hospital following a hit-and-run incident, she is scared and confused. Close to tears, her eyes fall on a get-well-soon card on the window sill, and the nurse reassures her that her loving husband will be back soon. But Ella has never been married. In fact, she has lived alone her whole adult life; working hard, rarely socializing, quietly harboring a terrible secret from her past.
Terrible ending
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Until You're Mine
Narrated by: Clare Corbett
You have something that someone else wants.At any cost ...Claudia seems to have the perfect life. She's heavily pregnant with a much wanted baby, she has a loving husband, and a beautiful home. And then Zoe steps into her life. Zoe has come to help Claudia when her baby arrives. But there's something about Zoe that Claudia doesn't like. Or trust. And when she finds Zoe in her bedroom, Claudia's anxiety turns to real fear ...
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By AnnieJuly on 01-07-18
Series: Lorraine Fisher, Book 1
Tell Me a Secret
Everything in Lorna's life runs like clockwork, from her six a.m. run to the strict 60 minute counselling sessions she gives. It's the only way she can deal with the terrible secret she carries. When a new client arrives for his first appointment, Lorna feels her perfect life unravel in a matter of seconds. It's Andrew, the man she's spent the last year desperately trying to forget. It seems he can't forget her either....
Ludicrously over convoluted tale.
By Claire on 08-06-18


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Cesc Fabregas | Arsenal & Spain Midfield General
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Enrique Raises More Questions About Fabregas Future
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Barcelona manager Luis Enrique has raised more questions about the future of Cesc Fabregas after refusing to comment about the midfielder in his first press conference as the Barcelona manager. Enrique was appointed as the new manager of Barcelona after the club decided to part ways with Argentine Gerardo Martino. The disappointing campaign in which the club failed to win any major trophy for the first time in almost decade is excited to bring several changes both in terms of playing and managerial staff.
The first of the changes came in the form of Enrique, who was a former captain at the club, being appointed as the manager. The playing staff are expected to undergo significant transformation with the fringe players likely to leave. Barcelona have already been linked with a number of high-profile names like Thibaut Courtois. They have already signed a goalkeeper to replace Victor Valdes. The transfer activity may not be over, as they are looking to sign a defender with the likes of David Luiz of Chelsea in mind. In order to fund those purchases, some of the star names may be sold and this includes Fabregas.
The former Arsenal man has been linked with a return to the Premier league after enduring a disappointing two seasons at the club.
"In principle, we have not taken any decisions like that because we still have time. Some players are now focused on the World Cup finals, which is their job, and how it should be. We need to assess and evaluate now and when the time is right we will go into that and we will talk about everything. He is a friend and a former team-mate. We will sit down and talk about what he wants and what we want," said the manager about Cesc Fabregas and Xavi.


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Quebec unveils 'flying hospital' for patient transport
QUEBEC CITY – The province of Quebec has outfitted a Challenger jet to become a high-tech ambulance for transporting patients. What looks like a corporate jet on the outside houses an intensive care unit and mini-maternity suite where babies can be delivered at 35,000 feet in the air.
Health Minister Gaétan Barrette (pictured) inaugurated what he called the province's first true "air hospital," a $19.6-million Bombardier Challenger 601 jet that is already being praised for some of its unique medical equipment. The refurbished plane will enter service in September, replacing an old air ambulance that had logged more than 30,000 flying hours.
"This jet doesn't exist elsewhere," Barrette said, adding that the plane will provide "critical care at a level that is comparable to … a standard resuscitation room in any emergency room, including university teaching hospitals in Quebec."
The jet will be added to the fleet of four planes that belong to ÉVAQ, the province's air-ambulance and air-hospital service that was founded in 1981. Last year, the old Challenger jet provided care for and transported 1,900 patients from remote areas – primarily the far north – to hospitals in Quebec City and Montreal.
The medical team on the plane has indeed delivered babies in mid-flight and stablized the vital signs of patients who have been severely injured in accidents. "We have designed an ICU that is unique in the world," Richard Bernier, ÉVAQ's medical director, told the Montreal Gazette.
Among the new pieces of medical equipment are an Avalon FM20 fetal ultrasound monitor and a "flying harness" mounting platform for an incubator. The mounting platform is the first of its kind in the world. Under the system, the incubator rests on the platform that tilts upward 15 degrees during takeoff to prevent blood rushing to the newborn's head.
"The medical literature has so far not demonstrated the need for such a harness, but the aim is to avoid the accumulation of blood in the head of a premature baby," Bernier explained.
The plane also has Wi-Fi, which will allow the medical team to communicate via Skype to specialists in Quebec City and Montreal while the aircraft is on the tarmac in a distant regional airport.
Of the $19.6 million invested, $13 million went toward the purchase of the specialized medical equipment and $6.4 million for a used Challenger.


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Politics|Donald Trump Used Legally Dubious Method to Avoid Paying Taxes
Donald Trump Used Legally Dubious Method to Avoid Paying Taxes
Donald J. Trump in Atlantic City in 1990, seeking approval for his Trump Taj Mahal casino.CreditCreditAssociated Press
By David Barstow, Mike McIntire, Patricia Cohen, Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner
Donald J. Trump proudly acknowledges he did not pay a dime in federal income taxes for years on end. He insists he merely exploited tax loopholes legally available to any billionaire — loopholes he says Hillary Clinton failed to close during her years in the United States Senate. "Why didn't she ever try to change those laws so I couldn't use them?" Mr. Trump asked during a campaign rally last month.
But newly obtained documents show that in the early 1990s, as he scrambled to stave off financial ruin, Mr. Trump avoided reporting hundreds of millions of dollars in taxable income by using a tax avoidance maneuver so legally dubious his own lawyers advised him that the Internal Revenue Service would most likely declare it improper if he were audited.
Thanks to this one maneuver, which was later outlawed by Congress, Mr. Trump potentially escaped paying tens of millions of dollars in federal personal income taxes. It is impossible to know for sure because Mr. Trump has declined to release his tax returns, or even a summary of his returns, breaking a practice followed by every Republican and Democratic presidential candidate for more than four decades.
Tax experts who reviewed the newly obtained documents for The New York Times said Mr. Trump's tax avoidance maneuver, conjured from ambiguous provisions of highly technical tax court rulings, clearly pushed the edge of the envelope of what tax laws permitted at the time. "Whatever loophole existed was not 'exploited' here, but stretched beyond any recognition," said Steven M. Rosenthal, a senior fellow at the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center who helped draft tax legislation in the early 1990s.
How Donald Trump Avoided Paying Taxes Using Other People's Money
Mr. Trump managed to save millions in personal taxes by borrowing – then losing – other people's money.
Moreover, the tax experts said the maneuver trampled a core tenet of American tax policy by conferring enormous tax benefits on Mr. Trump for losing vast amounts of other people's money — in this case, money investors and banks had entrusted to him to build a casino empire in Atlantic City.
As that empire floundered in the early 1990s, Mr. Trump pressured his financial backers to forgive hundreds of millions of dollars in debt he could not repay. While the cancellation of so much debt gave new life to Mr. Trump's casinos, it created a potentially crippling problem with the Internal Revenue Service. In the eyes of the I.R.S., a dollar of canceled debt is the same as a dollar of taxable income. This meant Mr. Trump faced the painful prospect of having to report the hundreds of millions of dollars of canceled debt as if it were hundreds of millions of dollars of taxable income.
But Mr. Trump's audacious tax-avoidance maneuver gave him a way to simply avoid reporting any of that canceled debt to the I.R.S. "He's getting something for absolutely nothing," John L. Buckley, who served as the chief of staff for Congress's Joint Committee on Taxation in 1993 and 1994, said in an interview.
The new documents, which include correspondence from Mr. Trump's tax lawyers and bond offering disclosure statements, might also help explain how Mr. Trump reported a staggering loss of $916 million in his 1995 tax returns, portions of which were first published by The Times last month.
A line from one of Mr. Trump's 1995 tax returns obtained by The New York Times.
United States tax laws allowed Mr. Trump to use that $916 million loss to cancel out an equivalent amount of taxable income. But tax experts have been debating how Mr. Trump could have legally declared a deduction of that magnitude at all. Among other things, they have noted that Mr. Trump's huge casino losses should have been offset by the hundreds of millions of dollars in taxable income he surely must have reported to the I.R.S. in the form of canceled casino debt.
By avoiding reporting his canceled casino debt in the first place, however, Mr. Trump's $916 million deduction would not have been reduced by hundreds of millions of dollars. He could have preserved the deduction and used it instead to avoid paying income taxes he might otherwise have owed on books, TV shows or branding deals. Under the rules in effect in 1995, the $916 million loss could have been used to wipe out more than $50 million a year in taxable income for 18 years.
Mr. Trump declined to comment for this article.
"Your email suggests either a fundamental misunderstanding or an intentional misreading of the law," Hope Hicks, Mr. Trump's spokeswoman, said in a statement. "Your thesis is a criticism, not just of Mr. Trump, but of all taxpayers who take the time and spend the money to try to comply with the dizzyingly complex and ambiguous tax laws without paying more tax than they owe. Mr. Trump does not think that taxpayers should file returns that resolve all doubt in favor of the I.R.S. And any tax experts that you have consulted are engaged in pure speculation. There is no news here."
Mr. Trump financed his three Atlantic City gambling resorts with $1.3 billion in debt, most of it in the form of high interest junk bonds. By late 1990, after months of escalating operating losses, New Jersey casino regulators were warning that "a complete financial collapse of the Trump Organization was not out of the question." By 1992, all three casinos had filed for bankruptcy, and bondholders were ultimately forced to forgive hundreds of millions of dollars in debt to salvage at least part of their investment.
The Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City in June. The casino closed in October after years of losing money.CreditMark Makela for The New York Times
The story of how Mr. Trump sidestepped a potentially ruinous tax bill from that forgiven debt emerged from documents recently discovered by The Times during a search of the casino bankruptcy filings. The documents offer only a partial description of events, and none of Mr. Trump's tax lawyers agreed to be interviewed for this article.
At the time, Mr. Trump would have been hard-pressed to pay tens of millions of dollars in taxes. According to assessments of his financial stability by New Jersey casino regulators, there were times in the early 1990s when Mr. Trump had no more than a few million dollars in his various bank accounts. He was so strapped for cash that his creditors were apoplectic when they learned that Mr. Trump had bought Marla Maples an engagement ring estimated to be worth $250,000.
It is unclear who first glimpsed a way for Mr. Trump to dodge a huge tax bill. But the basic maneuver he used was essentially a new twist on a contentious strategy corporations had been using for years to avoid taxes created by canceled debt.
The strategy, known among tax practitioners as a "stock-for-debt swap," relies on mathematical sleight of hand. Say a company can repay only $60 million of a $100 million bank loan. If the bank forgives the remaining $40 million, the company faces a large tax bill because it will have to report that canceled $40 million debt as taxable income.
Clever tax lawyers found a way around this inconvenience. The company would simply swap stock for the $40 million in debt it could not repay. This way, it would look as if the entire $100 million loan had been repaid, and presto: There would be no tax bill due for $40 million in canceled debt.
Best of all, it did not matter if the actual market value of the stock was considerably less than the $40 million in canceled debt. (Stock in an effectively insolvent company could easily be next to worthless.) Even in the opaque, rarefied world of gaming impenetrable tax regulations, this particular maneuver was about as close as a company could get to waving a magic wand and making taxes disappear.
Alarmed by the obvious potential for abuse, Congress and the I.R.S. made repeated efforts during the 1980s to curb this brand of tax wizardry before banning its use by corporations altogether in 1993. But while policy makers were busy trying to stop corporations from using this particular ploy, the endlessly creative club of elite tax advisers was inventing a new way to circumvent the ban, this time through the use of partnerships.
This was the twist that was especially beneficial to Mr. Trump. Wealthy families like the Trumps often own real estate and other assets through partnerships rather than corporations. Mr. Trump, for example, owned all three of his Atlantic City casinos through partnerships, an arrangement that allowed casino profits to flow directly to his personal tax returns when times were good.
But what if times were bad? What if Mr. Trump's casino partnerships could not repay hundreds of millions of dollars they owed to bondholders? And what if the bondholders were persuaded to forgive this debt? Wouldn't that force the partnerships — i.e., Mr. Trump — to report hundreds of millions of dollars of taxable income in the form of canceled debt?
Enter the tax advisers with their audacious plan: Why not eliminate all that taxable income from canceled debt by swapping "partnership equity" for debt in exactly the same way corporations had been swapping company stock for debt?
True enough, the I.R.S. and Congress had clearly signaled their disapproval of the basic concept. Fred T. Goldberg, who was the I.R.S. commissioner under George Bush, recalled in an interview that the I.R.S. frowned on partnership equity-for-debt swaps for the same reason it objected to corporate stock-for-debt swaps. "The fiction is that the partnership interest has the same value as the debt," he said. Lee A. Sheppard, a contributing editor to Tax Notes, wrote in 1991 that trying to find a legal justification for this tactic was akin to proving "the existence of the Loch Ness monster."
On the campaign trail, Mr. Trump boasts of his mastery of tax loopholes and claims no other candidate for the White House has ever known more about the tax code. This background, he argues with evident disgust, gives him special insight into the way wealthy elites buy off politicians and hire high-priced lawyers and accountants to rig the tax system — just as, he claims, they rig elections.
That insight was on display in 1991 and 1992 when he was laying the groundwork to make a multimillion-dollar tax bill disappear.
Before proceeding with his plan, Mr. Trump did what most prudent taxpayers do: He sought a formal tax opinion letter. Such letters, typically written by highly paid lawyers who spend entire careers mastering the roughly 10,000 pages of ever-changing statutes that make up the United States tax code, can provide important protection to taxpayers. As long as a tax adviser blesses a particular tax strategy in a formal opinion letter, the taxpayer most likely will not face penalties even if the I.R.S. ultimately rules the strategy was improper.
The language used in tax opinion letters has a specialized meaning understood by all tax professionals. So, for example, when a tax lawyer writes that a shelter is "more likely than not" going to be approved by the I.R.S., this means there is at least a 51 percent chance the shelter will withstand scrutiny. (This is known as an "M.L.T.N." letter in the vernacular of tax lawyers.) A "should" letter means there is about a 75 percent chance the I.R.S. will not object. The gold standard, a "will" letter, means the I.R.S. is all but certain to bless the tax avoidance strategy.
But the opinion letters Mr. Trump received from his tax lawyers at Willkie Farr & Gallagher were far from the gold standard. The letters bluntly warned that there was no statute, regulation or judicial opinion that explicitly permitted Mr. Trump's tax gambit. "Due to the lack of definitive judicial or administrative authority," his lawyers wrote, "substantial uncertainties exist with respect to many of the tax consequences of the plan."
Donald Trump's Lawyers' Warnings on Tax Maneuver
Mr. Trump's own lawyers at Willkie Farr & Gallagher cautioned him about using a a tax avoidance maneuver in the 1990s.
One letter, 25 pages long, analyzed seven distinct components of Mr. Trump's proposed tax maneuver. It found only "substantial authority" for six of the components. In the stilted language of tax opinion letters, the phrase "substantial authority" is a red flag that the lawyers believe the I.R.S. can be expected to rule against the taxpayer roughly two-thirds of the time. In other words, Mr. Trump's tax lawyers were telling him there were at least six different reasons the I.R.S. would probably cry foul if he were audited. In anticipation of that possibility, the lawyers even laid out a fallback plan that would have allowed Mr. Trump to spread the pain of a large tax hit over many years if the I.R.S. ultimately balked.
It is unclear whether the I.R.S. ever challenged Mr. Trump's use of this specific tax maneuver. According to a financial disclosure statement prepared by Mr. Trump's accountants, he was under audit by the tax authorities as of 1993, only a year after he avoided reporting hundreds of millions of dollars in taxable income because of this legally suspect tactic. But the results of that audit are unknown, and the agency declined to comment on Monday.
Regardless of whether the I.R.S. objected, Mr. Trump's tax avoidance in this case violated a central principle of American tax law, said Mr. Buckley, the former chief of staff for Congress's Joint Committee on Taxation, who later served as chief tax counsel for Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee.
"He deducted somebody else's losses," Mr. Buckley said. By that, Mr. Buckley meant that only the bondholders who forgave Mr. Trump's unpaid casino debts should have been allowed to use those losses to offset future income and reduce their taxes. That Mr. Trump used the same losses to reduce his taxes ultimately increases the tax burden on everyone else, Mr. Buckley explained. "He is double dipping big time."
In any event, Mr. Trump can no longer benefit from the same maneuver. Just as Congress acted in 1993 to ban stock-for-debt swaps by corporations, it acted in 2004 to ban equity-for-debt swaps by partnerships.
Among the members of Congress who voted to finally close the loophole: Senator Hillary Clinton of New York.
Megan Twohey contributed reporting.
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It wasn't his high blood pressure or high cholesterol that caught Matthew Moore by surprise when he went to his new physician earlier this year. Moore, a Southern California man in his mid-40s, described those conditions as "normal for me." Nor was Moore, who is openly gay, shocked to see that his doctor noted his sexual orientation on his medical paperwork — until he saw the way that she noted it.
"My jaw was on the floor," Moore recounted. "At first, I kind of laughed, [and then] I thought, 'Here's another way that gay people are lessened and made to feel less-than,' and then as I thought about it and as I dealt with it, it angered me," he told a local news station.
Moore complained to his physician, and, dissatisfied with her response when she defended the diagnosis, he wrote a letter to the parent company of the Manhattan Beach office where his physician practiced medicine. Moore received a written apology and a refund of his co-pay.
Moore's story made the news earlier this year because of how anomalous — and appalling — it was. But prior to 1973, Moore's experience would have been almost inevitable, unless he took precautions to keep his sexual orientation as private and secret as possible.


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Wearables, Gamified Group Challenges and Behavioral Incentives: A Preliminary Study of an Engagement Program to Increase Physical Activity
Trevor van Mierlo1,2, B.A. (Hons), MScCH, MBA, GEMBA, MScBMR ;
Douglas Hyatt3, Ph.D ;
Andrew T. Ching3, Ph.D ;
Rachel Fournier1,2, BSc (Hons) ;
Ron S. Dembo4, Ph.D
1Evolution Health Systems Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada
2Research Associate, Henley Business School, University of Reading, Greenlands, Henley-on-Thames, United Kingdom
3Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
4Zerofootprint Software Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada
Trevor van Mierlo, B.A. (Hons), MScCH, MBA, GEMBA, MScBMR
Evolution Health Systems Inc.
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Email: tvanmierlo@evolutionhs.com
Background: Healthcare literature supports the development of accessible interventions that integrate behavioral economics, wearable devices, principles of evidence-based behavior change, and community support. However, there are limited real-world examples of large-scale, population-based, member-driven reward platforms. Subsequently, a paucity of outcome data exists and health economic effects remain largely theoretical. To complicate matters, an emerging area of research is defining the role of Superusers, the small percentage of unusually engaged digital health participants who may influence other members.
Objective: The objective of this preliminary study is to analyze descriptive data from GOODcoins, a self-guided, free-to-consumer engagement and rewards platform incentivizing walking, running and cycling. Registered members accessed the GOODcoins platform through PCs, tablets or mobile devices, and had the opportunity to sync wearables to track activity. Following registration, members were encouraged to join gamified group challenges and compare their progress with that of others. As members met challenge targets, they were rewarded with GOODcoins, which could be redeemed for planet- or people-friendly products.
Methods: Outcome data was obtained from the GOODcoins custom SQL database. The reporting period was December 1, 2014 to May 1, 2015. Descriptive self-report data was analyzed using MySQL and MS Excel.
Results: The study period includes data from 1298 users who were connected to an exercise tracking device. 52.6% (n=683) were female. 33.7% (n=438) were between the ages of 20-29, and 24.8% (n=322) were between the ages of 30-39. 77.5% (n=1006) of connected and active members met daily-recommended physical activity guidelines of 30 minutes, with a total daily average activity of 107 minutes (95% CI 90, 124). 96.1% (n=1248) of connected and active users engaged in walking as their primary activity. Of members who exchanged GOODcoins, the mean balance was 4,000 (95% CI 3850, 4150) at time of redemption. 50.4% (n=61) were exchanged for fitness or outdoor products, while 4.1% (n=5) were for food-related items. Participants were most likely to complete challenges when rewards were between 201-300 GOODcoins.
Conclusions: This analysis is observational, and its purpose is to form a baseline for future research. Results indicate that challenges and incentives may be effective for connected and active members, and may play a role in achieving daily-recommended activity guidelines. Registrants were typically younger, walking was the primary activity, and rewards were mainly exchanged for fitness or outdoor products. Remaining to be determined is whether members were already physically active at time of registration and are representative of healthy adherers, or were previously inactive and were incentivized to change their behavior. As challenges are gamified, there is an opportunity to investigate the role of Superusers and their impact on behavioral norms. Study limitations and future research agendas are discussed.
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doi:10.2196/iproc.4773
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health information management;
health information technology;
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[This is a conference paper presented at the Connected Health Symposium Boston, 2015, which was not edited and is only lightly peer-reviewed]
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Edited by T Hale, G Eysenbach; submitted 29.05.15; peer-reviewed by S McIntosh, B Carron-Arthur, T Von Bargen, P Petridis, E Huurne; accepted 20.07.15; published 27.10.15
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For Knicks, the leaders are leading
By Tim Rohan
New York Knicks head coach Mike Woodson talks with J.R. Smith after Smith got a technical foul during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, March 16, 2012, in New York. The Knicks won the game 115-100. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
INDIANAPOLIS — Written on a board in the New York Knicks' locker room before their 102-88 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Saturday night were four familiar lines:
Play Hard
The same four lines had appeared for the past few years when Mike D'Antoni was the coach, had been realized at the height of Jeremy Lin's emergence and had been discarded when Carmelo
Anthony returned from injury and J.R. Smith and Baron Davis joined the rotation.
But those four lines have been realized again in Mike Woodson's first three games — all double-digit wins — as interim coach.
In a season defined by the unpredictable, these Knicks have responded unexpectedly. Instead of seeing Anthony and Amar'e Stoudemire dominate the ball since D'Antoni resigned last week, fans have seen the scoring shared. Instead of being the end of Lin's enchanted story, it is the start of another chapter.
Woodson's stars are leading, but they are sharing the spotlight.
Anthony, who had grumbled about his role in D'Antoni's offense, let Lin take over against the Pacers when the Knicks (21-24) were ahead by three points with eight minutes left in the game. Lin scored eight points in a 9-1 run that built the Knicks' final cushion. Instead of just waiting for the ball, Anthony cut to the basket and involved his teammates when he played at the point.
After scoring 16 points, Anthony said Woodson's Knicks had "realized how serious it is right now," with only 21 games left in the shortened season. Most of Anthony's shots in the winning streak have come within the flow of the game, and he has taken fewer overall.
During the six-game losing streak that preceded the Knicks' current winning streak, Anthony averaged 18 shots a game, hitting 38 percent, a little below his season average. But under Woodson, while playing in two blowouts and one close game that turned ugly late, Anthony has taken 12, 12 and 13 shots and has averaged two more assists per game. And the Knicks' scoring has evened out: seven players have averaged double-digit points in the three games.
Woodson's offense has included a few more post-up plays, Lin said Saturday. He added that he was "learning to play in a less spread offense."
"A lot of stuff is the same, but there are times when I won't have as many opportunities," Lin said. "I just need to be selective about when to go. I think tonight was a big step for me."
Going against the Pacers' Darren Collison, Lin recorded 13 points, five rebounds and five assists Friday, and then 19, seven and six respectively on Saturday, with only five turnovers total in the two games.
But the Knicks' turnaround did not start with Anthony or Lin; rather, the Knicks point to their defense.
They limited a sleepy Portland team to 29 first-half points and twice held down a competent Pacers squad.
Woodson did not install a new tactical system, though.
"Defensively, the concepts have all been the same," Lin said. "We haven't changed anything. I just think we have all 15 guys on the same page, buying in."
Stoudemire said Woodson simply challenged the team to pressure the ball, rebound and guard pick-and-rolls on defense, while, "offensively, just play your game and have fun."
"All this stuff we talked about beforehand, we're starting to do now," Stoudemire said.
Many of the Knicks liked D'Antoni and his system, but Woodson has proved to have a strong presence.
"He's able to motivate us," Anthony said. "He's able to get the best out of everybody. We can lock in defensively, not have to worry about offense because now we're relying on our defense to get our offense."
ESPN reported last week that some of Anthony's teammates were upset that D'Antoni had not forced him to play within the offense. But Woodson has said he will hold his best players accountable.
"I think he just stays on top of guys — throughout the game, in shootaround, in practices, before the game, here in halftime," Tyson Chandler said of Woodson. "He just kind of keeps you on your toes."
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Catholics among thousands across the Valley to show support for Chick-fil-A
Joyce Coronel
Thousands storm Chick-fil-A in support of CEO's defense of marriage. (J.D. Long-Garcia/CATHOLIC SUN)
Local Catholics today joined thousands of Americans who ate at Chick-Fil-A in support of the sanctity of marriage and the freedom of speech.
By 11 a.m., lines of people were already out the door and wrapped around the building at Valley locations.
The restaurant's CEO, Dan Cathy, recently made statements supporting the traditional, biblical understanding of marriage. Initially his remarks resulted in a firestorm of protests from those accusing the head of the fast food franchise of being intolerant. Cathy made his remarks July 16 to The Baptist Press.
"We are very much supportive of the family — the biblical definition of the family unit," Cathy said. Same-sex marriage advocates and politicians throughout the U.S. were quick to peg Cathy as a bigot and a homophobe.
Former presidential candidate and Baptist minister Mike Huckabee then stepped into the fray, calling on fellow Americans to eat at Chick Fil-A on Aug. 1.
Fr. John Lankeit, rector of Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral, said he made a brief announcement after Masses July 29, telling parishioners about cities where leaders vowed to make it difficult for Chick-fil-A to do business as a result of the CEO's view of marriage. Leaders in Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia and other cities criticized Chick-fil-A, some going so far as to say the business was not welcome.
Philadelphia City Councilman James Kenny sent a letter to Cathy, telling him to "take a hike and take your intolerance with you."
"This should be a chilling warning for us that if a person's ability to make a living is going to be restricted by their personal religious beliefs, all the more reason that we need to take a stand publicly in defense of marriage and in defense of Christian marriage," Fr. Lankeit said.
He went a step further in telling parishioners that he would reimburse the cost for one meal for any Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral and School staff member who ate at Chick-fil-A Aug. 1.
"When I made that announcement, two different families came up and gave me money to help offset that cost," Fr. Lankeit said.
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Cathy Chrisman of Ss. Simon and Jude planned to go with her husband and three children to eat at the Paradise Valley Chick-fil-A franchise today.
"We are going to bring our family really just to show support for this organization that is being attacked for their stance on marriage and upholding Christian values," Chrisman said. "Knowing that Chik-fil-A has a pro-marriage stance and other businesses do not, we would be much more likely to go to someplace that would support Christian marriage between a man and a woman."
Chrisman said the key point for her was that city governments would consider turning away Chick-fil-A based on the CEO's stance on marriage.
"It makes me angry as a Catholic, but it makes me even more angry as an American, knowing that freedom is being taken away from somebody," Chrisman said. "It's about upholding that freedom in everything that we do."
Mike Phelan, director of the Office of Marriage and Respect Life Issues for the Diocese of Phoenix, said he and his staff as well as several other diocesan employees, enjoyed take-out from Chick-dil-A Aug. 1.
"I've admired their company for a long time, most of all because they close on Sundays," Phelan said. "They are not afraid to admit their love of Jesus Christ. When they were attacked so viciously for simply affirming not what they're against, but what they are for — God's creation of marriage between one man and one woman — we thought it was something we would naturally participate in."
Genny Jones, a longtime traditional marriage activist, also ate at a Mesa Chick-fil-A.
"We need to take our faith to the public square and this is my way of expressing support to the Cathy family for their support of biblical principles," Jones said.
Cardinal Francis George, OMI, archbishop of Chicago, issued a written statement in response to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel's public skewering of Chick-fil-A. Emmanuel complained Chick-fil-A did not represent Chicago values.
"I was born and raised here, and my understanding of being a Chicagoan never included submitting my value system to the government for approval. Must those whose personal values do not conform to those of the government of the day move from the city?" Cardinal George wrote in his blog, www.archchicago.org.
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Get Out Scores Spirit Awards
By David Hudson
On Film / The Daily — Mar 3, 2018
Jordan Peele has won best director and his debut feature, Get Out, has won best feature at this year's Film Independent Spirit Awards. You'll find the full list of nominations, announced back in November, right here. Below, a quick overview of all of this year's winners:
Best Feature: Get Out.
Best First Feature: Matt Spicer's Ingrid Goes West.
John Cassavetes Award, given to the best feature made for under $500,000: Antonio Méndez Esparza's Life and Nothing More.
Best Director: Jordon Peele, Get Out.
Best Screenplay: Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird.
Best First Screenplay: Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani, The Big Sick.
Best Cinematography: Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Call Me by Your Name.
Best Editing: Tatiana S. Riegel, I, Tonya.
Best Female Lead: Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
Best Male Lead: Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name.
Best Supporting Female: Allison Janney, I, Tonya.
Best Supporting Male: Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
Robert Altman Award, given to one film's director, casting director and ensemble cast: Mudbound, directed by Dee Rees. Casting Directors: Billy Hopkins, and Ashley Ingram. Ensemble Cast: Jonathan Banks, Mary J. Blige, Jason Clarke, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Mitchell, Rob Morgan, and Carey Mulligan.
Best Documentary: Agnès Varda and JR's Faces Places.
Best International Film: Sebastián Lelio's A Fantastic Woman.
Bonnie Award, recognizing a mid-career female director with a $50,000 unrestricted grant: Chloé Zhao (The Rider).
Jeep Truer Than Fiction Award, presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition: Jonathan Olshefski, director of Quest.
Kiehl's Someone to Watch Award, recognizing a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition: Justin Chon, director of Gook.
Piaget Producers Award, honoring emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality, independent films: Summer Shelton.
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Samsung Galaxy S22 rumor looks like bad news for the specs
By Richard Priday
Conflicting reports send mixed messages about Samsung Galaxy S22 chip
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There's guaranteed to be a powerful chipset at the heart of the Samsung Galaxy S22. However, newly emerged leaks have revealed a divide in opinions about exactly what chip that will be.
The latest video from Korean leaker SuperRoader (opens in new tab) (via LetsGoDigital (opens in new tab)) claims that Samsung has decided to use the next-gen Qualcomm flagship chip in the Galaxy S22 for Korea, the U.S. and Europe. That would set a new precedent, as normally Samsung only uses Qualcomm chip in U.S. and Chinese version of its Galaxy S series phones, with other regions getting Samsung's own Exynos silicon. However, this new leak is not universally believed by other tech tipsters who claim knowledge of Samsung's activities.
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SuperRoader fleshes out his leak by explaining that Samsung had planned to use a Snapdragon 895/898 chip in the U.S. versions of the Galaxy S22 models and an Exynos 2200 chip in the models made for Asia and Europe, which is how Samsung split the Galaxy S21 and older flagship phones. However, Samsung has allegedly been struggling to source components to make these chips. Therefore to solve its supply problem, SuperRoader claims Samsung decided to go with the more abundant Snapdragon chip for all versions of the Galaxy S22.
This would be a pity since the Exynos 2200 chip has been rumored to use AMD graphics. It could have meant big things for mobile gaming on the Galaxy S22, including ray tracing according to one source.
SuperRoader also gives details on the three Galaxy S22 models' RAM and storage: 8GB and 256GB for the base S22 and S22 Plus (also possibly named the S22 Pro), and either 12GB or 16GB RAM and 256GB or 512GB storage for the Ultra.
This seems like a fairly conclusive rumor, but SuperRoader's story doesn't mesh with those of other well-established leakers. For example Max Weinbach (opens in new tab) and IceUniverse (opens in new tab) have both stated in no uncertain terms that they believe there will still be the same Snapdragon/Exynos divide that Samsung has used in previous years.
In previous years, we'd have been glad to hear Samsung was going all-in on Snapdragon devices for its flagship phone. While there's only a small performance difference between Snapdragon Galaxy S phones and Exynos ones, the Snapdragon models have historically performed better.
However with the Exynos 2200 supposedly more powerful than ever, and enhanced by an AMD GPU, we were looking forward to seeing what Samsung's in-house silicon was capable of. With Google having just moved to its own Tensor chip on the Google Pixel 6, and Apple continuing to build on its A-series silicon with the iPhone 13's A15 chip, Samsung's own chip, augmented with AMD tech, could be exactly what it needs to compete.
But if SuperRoader's claim is correct, then we may not get to see this supposedly supercharged Exynos chip. And while a flagship Snapdragon chip is nothing to be sniffed at, it would not be as exciting as a Samsung chipset with graphics built on the same RDNA 2 architecture as the PS5 and Xbox Series X.
There's more to a smartphone than its chipset though, and the Galaxy S22 series looks to be offering a host of desirable upgrades. While the base Galaxy S22 and Galaxy S22 Pro are thought to be getting slimmer and receiving new camera sensors, the Galaxy S22 Ultra is believed to be a wider device with a built-in S Pen, and more refined versions of the cameras found on the Galaxy S21 Ultra.
With the leakers seemingly unable to come to a consensus, the only way we'll know the truth is when the phone launches. To the best of our knowledge, that'll happen on February 8, later than expected but done so as to allow the cheaper Galaxy S21 FE to launch first, which itself has been delayed by several months already.
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NY GIANTS NAME LEHMAN'S CALASANTO COACH OF THE WEEK FOR WEEK 2
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The New York Giants have selected Mr. Carmine Calasanto of Herbert H. Lehman High School (Bronx, NY) as "The Lou Rettino High School Football Coach of the Week" for the week of September 24, 2007. With a 24-20 victory over New Utrecht High School, Coach Calasanto recorded his 200th career win in his 32nd year as Head Coach at Lehman High School.
The Giants' Coach of the Week Award honors local coaches who are commited to youth football, their students, and the community they serve.
In recognition of Coach Calasanto's success and commitment, he will receive a certificate of recognition signed by the NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, NFL Director of Football Operations Gene Washington, and the Giants Head Coach Tom Coughlin. A $1,000 check will be granted to the Lehman High School football program. Coach Calasanto will be acknowledged by a stadium announcement when the Giants host the Philadelphia Eagles on September 30th. An announcement will also be posted on the Giants web site, www.giants.com
The Lou Rettino High School Football Coach of the Week Award, started in 1996, is part of the Giants' continuing effort to promote youth football. The Giants elected to name the award in memory of former Union High School (NJ) coach, Lou Rettino, for his fine commitment to the game of football, his community and the betterment of his athletes' lives.
Each week during the 2007 high school football season, the Giants will select one area high school head coach as the Coach of the Week winner. The selection is based on the coach's continuing commitment towards promoting youth football, developing motivated student-athletes and his overall community involvement. At the conclusion of the 2007 season, the Giants will choose a Coach of the Year. That coach will receive $2,000 for their school's football program.
Coach Colasanto is in his 32nd year as Head Football Coach at Lehman High School. His career record at Lehman is 200-97-2, and has coached four of his teams to the PSAL Championship game; in 1991, 1998, 2001, and in 2005. In 2005, Coach Colasanto was recipient of the Legendary Coach's Award for the Tri-state area, which is awarded by the Heisman Foundation and MSG.
Coach Colasanto has dedicated over 35 years to helping the students of Lehman High School. Although now retired from education, he was the former Assistant Principal of Administration, and prior to that he was the Health and Physical Education Assistant Principal at Lehman. Through coaching, however, he continues to educate and influence young men every day. Coach Colasanto and his wife, Ellen, are the proud parents of three adult children; Dominick, James, and Christine. He resides in Long Island, but admits that his heart is in New York City.
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