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Fates and Furies: A Novel (Hardcover)
Lauren Groff evokes the Greek classics and creates a modern tragedy of her own. The story of Lotto and Mathilde's marriage is intricate, involved, and enthralling, suffused with false perception, deception, and twists of fate both random and intentional. Yet it is also a love story and a discourse on the elusive nature of relationships and the relativity of truth. What it also is, is a modern classic.
— Bill
— From Bill's 2016 picks and older
"Fates and Furies is an engrossing and complex novel about a seemingly perfect marriage of beautiful people, told in two parts. The first is a gentle introduction to Lotto and Mathilde, their marriage, and their friends and family; the second, a violent storm to wash away all you thought you knew. Groff crafts amazing, shocking sentences and brilliantly reveals the lies and deceit hiding behind the perfect facade. It's a book you will finish too quickly and then want to tell your friends about. Very highly recommended."
— Tarah Jennings (W), Mitzi's Main Street Books, Rapid City, SD
A FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD
NPR MORNING EDITION BOOK CLUB PICK
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: THE WASHINGTON POST, NPR, TIME, THE SEATTLE TIMES, MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE, SLATE, LIBRARY JOURNAL, KIRKUS, AND MANY MORE
"Lauren Groff is a writer of rare gifts, and Fates and Furies is an unabashedly ambitious novel that delivers – with comedy, tragedy, well-deployed erudition and unmistakable glimmers of brilliance throughout." —The New York Times Book Review (cover review)
"Elaborate, sensual...a writer whose books are too exotic and unusual to be missed."—The New York Times
"Fates and Furies is a clear-the-ground triumph." —Ron Charles, The Washington Post
From the award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of The Monsters of Templeton, Arcadia, and Florida, an exhilarating novel about marriage, creativity, art, and perception.
Fates and Furies is a literary masterpiece that defies expectation. A dazzling examination of a marriage, it is also a portrait of creative partnership written by one of the best writers of her generation.
Every story has two sides. Every relationship has two perspectives. And sometimes, it turns out, the key to a great marriage is not its truths but its secrets. At the core of this rich, expansive, layered novel, Lauren Groff presents the story of one such marriage over the course of twenty-four years.
At age twenty-two, Lotto and Mathilde are tall, glamorous, madly in love, and destined for greatness. A decade later, their marriage is still the envy of their friends, but with an electric thrill we understand that things are even more complicated and remarkable than they have seemed. With stunning revelations and multiple threads, and in prose that is vibrantly alive and original, Groff delivers a deeply satisfying novel about love, art, creativity, and power that is unlike anything that has come before it. Profound, surprising, propulsive, and emotionally riveting, it stirs both the mind and the heart.
Lauren Groff is the New York Times bestselling author of three novels, The Monsters of Templeton, Arcadia, and Fates and Furies, and two short story collections, Florida and Delicate Edible Birds. She has won the PEN/O. Henry Award and The Story Prize, been a two-time finalist for the National Book Award and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Her work has been featured in The New Yorker, along with several Best American Short Stories anthologies, and she was named one of Granta's 2017 Best Young American Novelists. She lives in Gainesville, Florida, with her husband and sons.
"One of the pleasures of reading Ms. Groff is her sheer unpredictability: She can inject her narrator's voice at any time, turn a sentence into a small hurricane." —The New York Times
"Even from her impossibly high starting point, Lauren Groff just keeps getting better and better. Fates and Furies is a clear-the-ground triumph." —Ron Charles, The Washington Post
"Thrillingly good—precise, lyrical, rich, both worldly and epically transfiguring… Groff is an original writer, whose books are daringly nonconformist… The prose is not only beautiful and vigorously alert; it insists on its own heroic registration, and lifts this story of a modern marriage out of the mundane." —James Wood, The New Yorker
"Lauren Groff rips at the seams of an outwardly perfect marriage in her enchanting novel Fates and Furies." —Vanity Fair
"[Fates and Furies] is a stunning 360-degree view of a complex relationship… There's almost nothing that [Groff is] not interested in and her skill set is breathtaking…It's an incredibly ambitious work, she writes like her hands are on fire." —Richard Russo, NPR's Morning Edition
"We can't help but be fascinated by the possibility of what goes on behind closed doors—especially if there's a glam, madly-in-love couple on the other side. Meet Mathilde and Lotto. Groff's novel unfolds in a he said/she said gutting drama that you won't be able to resist." – Marie Claire
"Sentence by sentence, this novel, like [Groff's] others, is a thoroughbred. Measured by its narrative tricks, however, it is a Trojan horse. Groff's story of a marriage in which neither partner truly understands the other uses a sophisticated technique to tell its simple story, subverting our expectations with a two-voice counterpoint as meaningful as it is dazzling." —TIME
"[This] story is a storm you hope won't blow over: surprising, wild, with pockets of calm that build anticipation for the next squall… Groff scours her characters, laying them bare so questions of likability are moot. If, in the end, everyone is flawed, everyone also attains a kind of nobility." —O, The Oprah Magazine
"The book is a master class in best lines…It's that good. That beautiful. Occasionally, that stunning." —NPR.org
"The Florida author's third novel is billed as her most ambitious yet, filled with sex, rage and revenge." —The Wall Street Journal
"Audacious and gorgeous …. The result is not only deliciously voyeuristic but also wise on the simultaneous comforts and indignities of romantic partnership." —LA Times
"[A] rich, tricky novel… Groff is a fantastically vivid writer… it's hard to stop reading." —Entertainment Weekly
"A recounting of a 25-year marriage looks way different when told from both sides of the bed." —Cosmopolitan
"A playful and riveting read that questions whether love can be true when it's wrapped in falsehoods." —People
"Renders majestic even the most familiar moments of everyday life… Groff's writing is striking and revelatory." —USA Today
"[Groff has the] ability to write dazzlingly about sexual matters." —Vogue
"A delirious, exhilarating and heartbreaking ride through the decades of one fable-like marriage ... The author demands the reader to participate, to engage deeply in order to take in all of the mysteries, flaws and triumphs of this one relationship. Read it, relish it and be sad when the ride is over." —San Francisco Chronicle
"Groff breaks the novel form open at the seams… What's different and remarkable about Groff's third novel can be summarized in two little words: the writing. Groff is a prose virtuoso, and in Fates and Furies she offers up her writerly gifts in all their glory." —The Chicago Tribune
"Groff's command of allusions, imagery, and the puzzle pieces of her characters and plot thrill. So do her words, phrases, and sentences, which bubble up like poetry." —The Boston Globe
"[Fates and Furies] is capacious, messy, and bold… Groff's hard, realist vision of marriage — not the fairy-tale voices of the fates that embroider it — gives her novel its considerable force." —LA Review of Books
"Groff's novel keenly probes the different ways that men's and women's creativity and human value are assessed." —The Guardian
"Watching a relationship from its inception to its quiet demise is a perverse pleasure… . Lifting the curtain on the front of a perfect marriage and finding a messy pile of emotions heaped on infidelities is strangely satisfying; reading about the nasty bits in prose as elegant and cutting as Groff's is icing on the cake." —Gawker
"Groff's boldness pays off... the title evokes images of Greek mythology in all its vicious glory as Groff examines a marriage by dosing it with epic overtones and filling it with the sort of themes the gods themselves would appreciate: jealousy; betrayal; art; death; love; revenge." —Miami Herald
"For all the homage Groff pays to the comforting rituals comprising a marriage, her novel is also attuned to how little we'll ever know, even of those we know best. Fates and Furies will induce such reflection. Involving the bed you've made. The loved ones you've made it with. And whether you're living your life there or just sleeping it away." —Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Fates and Furies is wholly complex, dramatic, and riveting – an exploration of love, betrayal, perception, and the destructive power of secrets. Groff's novel's crackling energy makes it the perfect read for fall." —Buzzfeed
"Each page contains sumptuous pieces of imagery.... Fates and Furies, too, begins as a fist, its secrets clenched in its grasp. Once it is pried open, the secrets release like a magician's doves." —Electric Literature
"With Fates and Furies Lauren Groff goes many levels below the surface of a marriage, into a place that is perhaps as hard to reach as it is to describe, but Groff, a bold and marvelous writer, is able to do both. Because she's so vitally talented line for line and passage for passage, and because her ideas about the ways in which two people can live together and live inside each other, or fall away from each other, or betray each other, feel foundationally sound and true, Fates and Furies becomes a book to submit to, and be knocked out by, as I certainly was." —Meg Wolitzer, New York Times-bestselling author of The Interestings
"Fates and Furies is a dazzling novel, its people and its prose wondrously alive from page one. At once intimate and sweeping, this is the story of a marriage as parallel myths— flaring with passion and betrayal, with redemption and retribution, with the sort of heart-breaking, head-slapping secrets that make you want to seek out someone else who's read it. Lauren Groff is a powerful and graceful writer, one of the best of her generation." —Jess Walter, New York Times-bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins
Hardcover, Large Print (December 23rd, 2015): $35.64


We rolled up to the bar as if we were Charles Bukowski, Hank Moody and Charlie Sheen.
Nothing teaches you what you don't know more than going somewhere else. I suspect this idea is the basis for every pilgrimage out there, be it religious, vocational or what have you.
Ours was the latter. In a business ruled by trends it is often necessary to see what is new and happening, as much as you might resist or disagree with it. I mean, does it matter that French 75s never came in a champagne flute? Or that Moscow Mules originally came in an 8-ounce cup, and now routinely get delivered in a 16-ounce one? Or that Manhattans are alternately shaken or stirred, or shaken again depending solely upon which decade you grew up in? But, I digress.
As sure as Francis Bacon's quote, "If the mountain won't come to …," we went to the mountain, or to the hills, as it were. The mecca of cocktails was a mere 15 minutes and $6 or $7 away, depending on the level of preparation. San Francisco beckoned.
We took that level of preparedness seriously, enlisting the prudent aid of Uber. Drinking and driving never mix. Now, we really weren't going to be drinking, we were going to be sampling, but nevertheless, never is never.
Bar No. 1 did everything right: great service, great drinks and great food. It helped that we knew the manager, and that he waited on us exclusively. Sometimes the service received by VIPs is not the service received by everyone; it is important to remember that. Especially if said VIP writes for, say, the local paper.
Bar No. 2 was a different experience entirely, summed up by one memorable quote from one of the bartenders.
Ironically it appears that water service is something left up to the guest in many of San Francisco's bars, including some of its most famous. I would truly love to see how far that idea would get in Marin County.
Bar No. 3 achieved everything we were looking for. Raw egg white, check. Esoteric liqueurs, check. Silly glassware, check. Old-school drinks made new-school style, check. Bartender in stocking cap, check. And the drinks were indeed fabulous. Impossible to replicate at home but fabulous nonetheless. I thought of showing up for my next shift, unshaven, shirt untucked and stocking capped. I suspect that it might be the shortest shift in recent memory, fabulous drinks notwithstanding.
Bar No. 4 was a class establishment, no flash in the pan as it has existed, well, since before I can remember, and that is a long time. Drinks were made the old-fashioned way. In fact, in exactly the old-fashioned way. Manhattans came in Manhattan glasses, martinis came in martini glasses and never the twain shall meet. Unfortunately, this was not what we were looking for because, if we were looking for tradition we would not have come to San Francisco in the first place.
Bar No. 5 was the trendiest of the trendy. A secret code word and everything. We had one round of the most intricately involved drinks ever. The menu even said, "Be prepared to wait 15 minutes because our drinks are hand crafted." I did wonder, however, how that set them apart from every other bar on the planet. And I did notice that on page 12 of its extensive cocktail list there was a drink that bore an uncanny resemblance to a drink on our very own drink list (on page one of our one-page list). I pointed this out to the Charlie Sheen of our little group. He laughed and envisioned the scene.
– "There's no place like home" or "You can never go home," both written by geniuses. Take your pick according to your wont.
– Finding out how not to do something can be just as important as finding out how to.


Dig out your bathing suits and grab a towel: the Deep Creek Dunk is just around the corner!
While it may seem crazy to brave the freezing lake this February, a little cold won't stop these dedicated "dunkers" from raising money for the Special Olympics!
Garrett County is known for its chilly winter snow, and for good reason: the area has been known to get upwards to 200 inches of snow a season, including the recent 2009-2010 season in which Deep Creek Lake saw a record-breaking 262 inches of snow. The average yearly snowfall, compiled from 50 years of records, puts the number a little above 135 inches a year! Compare that to nearby Baltimore, which averages around 20 inches, Washington D.C, with 15 inches, and Pittsburgh, with 41 inches, and it becomes clear that our winter reputation was earned fair and square.
Armed with that knowledge, consider the bravery, fortitude, and dedication necessary to stand before the edge of the lake, amidst February flurries, and actually get in the water. Yet, that is exactly what hoards of Deep Creek "dunkers" do every year!
The annual Deep Creek Dunk fundraiser, this year held on Saturday February 23rd, 2019, seeks to raise $200,000 for adults and children with disabilities through the Special Olympics of Maryland. This annual event is a high-spirited affair with silly costumes, rocking music, and big smiles all around.
Bring a change of clothes! Be sure to pack a backpack with a towel, change of clothing, and dry pair of shoes. If possible, opt for loose, warm clothing. After getting in the lake, you'll want to be able to get into new clothes, fast.
Raise some money! Money raised for the dunk goes to a super great cause: supporting the Special Olympics of Maryland! Did you know that a donation of $50 sponsors one Special Olympics Maryland athlete to attend state competitions like the Summer Games?
Don't forget your camera! Got a friend who isn't quite up to the challenge? No problem! Keep them on dry land and have them get the camera ready. There will surely be a lot of hilarity to capture!
Looking for some frosty fun to liven up this February? Experience it for yourself! Visit the Dunk website to register and then explore our cozy condos– because if you're gonna dunk, you better have a warm fireplace to come home to!


When the Sears store opened back in 1947, it was within a business district in a beach town featuring blue-collar workers. Now, the location is one of California's wealthiest. The building is near a rail line terminal, not far from the Santa Monica Pier, and is also across from a bustling shopping center. It is predicated that one tenant will claim the office spaces spanning 50,000 square feet.
As California commercial real estate deals continue to be executed successfully, more business owners may be able to take advantage of leasing options in highly desirable areas. However, entering into a lease without the proper preparation may be more helpful than harmful financially in the long run. A qualified attorney can provide the guidance necessary for understanding and negotiating leases before a business owner signs on the dotted line.


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Non landed resale homes rose 0.6% in November compared to October 2015. There was however no revision to 2015 october price index.
Rents for non landed private home however fell 0.7% as compared to October. Year on year comparison, the rental was down 5.6%.
Overall, non landed property price index has drop for 8 consecutive quarters already since 2013. However, there are still potential buyers on the hunt for "value for money" landed housing and those who are ready to hold from long term.


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HD 28527 is a star in the constellation Taurus, and a member of the Hyades open cluster. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.78. The distance to this star, as determined from its parallax shift of , is . It is moving away from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of .

Based upon a stellar classification of A6 IV by Cowley et al. (1969), this is an A-type subgiant star that has consumed the hydrogen at its core and is evolving away from the main sequence. Older studies had it classed as an A-type main-sequence star with a class of A7 V. At the age of 307 million years, it has a high rate of spin, revolving upon its axis once every 1.278 days. It is a Delta Scuti variable with 1.75 times the mass of the Sun and 2.2 times the Sun's radius. The star is radiating 19 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 8,274 K.

Due to its location near the ecliptic, this star is subject to lunar occultations. These events have provided occasional, but not definitive, evidence of a close secondary companion. Eggleton and Tokovinin (2008) catalogue this as a possible triple star system, having the inner pair being similar stars with an angular separation of , and the outer component a magnitude 6.7 star of class F2 at a much wider separation of .

See also
 Taurus (Chinese astronomy)
 List of stars in Taurus

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Delta Scuti variables
Triple stars
Taurus (constellation)
Durchmusterung objects
Gliese and GJ objects
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Inclusive city visions and vertically challenged industrial storeys
By Peter Mitham | June 26, 2019
Inclusive and complex
Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart geeked out – to use his term – with a PowerPoint presentation to Urban Development Institute members on June 13, outlining his vision for the city.
Among the first slides he showed was a graphic of where Stewart hopes the new City Plan process will take Vancouver. It showed a graph broken into four quadrants by two axes, the vertical running from exclusive to inclusive, and the horizontal from simple to complex.
Stewart said he wants to live in a global city, one with complex regulations that support inclusive housing.
What that city of the future could look like is anyone's guess, however. There are no concrete examples. None exist. Rather, he said. Vancouver has a shot at creating them.
"I think we're the ones that are going to do this," he said. "Our council, you, the public – we're going to come up with a new form of city that's going to work for everybody.… The most critical part is we all work together."
Out or up?
A curious question quietly emerged from a panel discussion about industrial property recently hosted by commercial real estate association NAIOP.
While a shortage of well-
located and readily developable industrial land has plagued municipalities from Vancouver to Chilliwack, panellists also noted that there wasn't yet enough pressure to force developers to build multi-storey industrial buildings. In short, so long as it's still cheaper to build out, industrial space won't be growing up.
Despite having a dozen multi-storey industrial projects on the go, Taylor Kurtz Architecture + Design Inc. president Craig Taylor said he doesn't think the market as a whole is ready to embrace the form. The land-constrained industrial markets of Vancouver and Burnaby are showing potential but the costs are rising. This is true for developers and occupants alike.
"Our clients are generally telling us that the pro formas just don't quite stack up – pardon the pun – when you compare the costs to large tracts of land that you've got in Campbell Heights and the [Fraser] Valley," he said.
Taylor dismissed the much-cited example of Goodman Interlink, a 22-storey industrial tower with 2.4 million square feet in Hong Kong, as a function of a lack of land rather than cost. (It's not the only example of a 22-storey industrial tower, either. An older example is the Grandtech Centre, a 509,200-square-foot facility in Hong Kong's Sha Tin neighbourhood.)
Ben Taddei, COO of the Conwest Group of Cos., shared Taylor's view.
With land costing $2.5 million to $4.5 million an acre, and construction costs running $300 a square foot, Taddei said total project costs could end up being upwards of $500 per square foot.
"I think it will be a while before you see that built form," he said. "Until the market runs out of industrial land for large-bay [facilities] and those prices become so horrendous that the alternative is to pay more for stacked product, I don't think you're going to see it."
Colliers International is more bullish on the future of the form, however.
Colliers associate vice-president Roy Pat moderated the NAIOP panel, making mention of his firm's recently published report happily titled Is It Time to Go Vertical in Metro Vancouver?.
"While the 22-storey industrial facilities of Asia are unlikely to be seen springing up across Vancouver any time soon, densification of industrial sites is a trend that shows no signs of abating," the report states. "There are simply too many factors driving the push to go vertical."
NAIOP panellist Eric Aderneck, an independent planning consultant formerly with Metro Vancouver, said references to industrial towers confuse the issue.
A report he wrote six years ago for Metro Vancouver pointed instead to the four-storey Asia Airfreight Terminal in Hong Kong, which has 1.8 million square feet, as a better example.
Closer to home, it's matched by the three-storey Georgetown Crossroads facility in Seattle, which Colliers expects will set the pace for future multi-storey industrial projects in Vancouver. •
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B.C. court grants Miniso Canada creditor protection
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Service Above Self and Cooperation is a win win for the Food Bank and the community.
Members of the Rotary Club of Bonners Ferry, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game and a local land owner teamed up to provide fresh Turkey for the Boundary County Food Bank.
This time of year the Turkeys attack the crab apple trees in the tree farms. Their weight on the young frozen branches snaps them and damages them for re-sale. Up until now it has been difficult to get people to harvest them knowing they have to donate the meat to the food bank.
The Rotary members decided to take on the expense of shells, bags and the time on their own. It is what "Service above Self", our Rotary Motto, is all about!
The turkey breast is ground and frozen. It works great for turkey burgers, turkey meatloaf, etc. The legs and thighs are quartered, frozen and ready for the crock pot. Served up with mashed potatoes and gravy, it's like thanks giving all over again!
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Drama AJ Sheeran & Sam Shapson 10 minutes
After his mother's passing, a boy turns to a girl who claims her spaceship can take him to a planet for departed souls.
Drama about Innocence in Live-Action
Directed By AJ Sheeran & Sam Shapson
Produced By Columbia College
Ivan Kander
There's a fine line between saccharinity and sentiment, and The Treehouse, a short from directing duo Sam Shapson and A.J. Sheeran, walks it perfectly. This isn't a film for everyone; cynics should check their bag at the door. But, if you're up for it—if you're willing to go along for the ride—you'll be rewarded with a touching tale about loss and alienation told through a child's perspective.
Admittedly, the film starts on somewhat rocky footing—a meet-cute between a precocious girl and a grieving boy. I know there's an audience for interactions like this, but personally, I'm not one of them. But, grumpy old-man quibbles aside, once the plot gets moving, things start to take off (both literally and figuratively). As our young protagonists begin their journey to outer space in order to reconnect with their lost loved ones, the film becomes emotionally and visually transcendent. For our lead character, Matt, the trip becomes less about a desire to connect with his mother and more about learning to connect with and feel empathy for others. In that sense, The Treehouse is a pretty spectacular film, using the launching point of a young boy's pain as catalyst to spur his compassion. Yes, with the right friends, we truly can get through anything. Together.
As writer and co-director Sheeran relates, "What stuck with me was the idea of these kids escaping their reality, not by themselves, but together. It was communal, in the way that film is communal. We in the audience go through the story together, and we relate to the characters. We become engaged in the story to the point that it feels like we went through it."
Both in tone and premise, The Treehouse bears a certain resemblance to a short we featured last year, Codename: Simon. And, while that film was unfortunately pulled offline due to a copyright claim from AFI, the Treehouse should be online for the long haul. Both Shapson and Sheeran made the film while undergrads at Columbia College in Chicago, scraping together a budget of $15K through their own personal funds and Kickstarter. The duo took great care in crafting the look of the film, working with costume designer Tina Zepeda to custom make space suits and helmets for the young stars. They also utilized the skills of production designer Molly Alexander to construct the "space ship" on Columbia's sound stage, along with the interior of the treehouse.
Needless to say, it took many long hours and hard work to bring the film to this point. The short was completed in 2012, but is just now making its way online where hopefully it can garner a wider audience. I think it has a good chance—this is a touching film, a poignant display of childlike fantasy that is still grounded in sobering reality.
You can keep up to date with both Sam Shapson and and A.J. Sheeran via their twitter accounts.
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Interactive Gambling Amendment (Lottery Betting) Bill 2018
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STATEMENT BY THE SPEAKER
Parliament House: 30th Anniversary
Smith, Tony, MP
Pyne, Christopher, MP
Burke, Tony, MP
Treasury Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Plan) Bill 2018
Morrison, Scott, MP
Migration (Skilling Australians Fund) Charges Bill 2017
Returned from Senate
Migration Amendment (Skilling Australians Fund) Bill 2018
Tudge, Alan, MP
Neumann, Shayne, MP
Robert, Stuart, MP
Interstate Road Transport Legislation (Repeal) Bill 2018
Frydenberg, Josh, MP
Protection of the Sea Legislation Amendment Bill 2018
Falinski, Jason, MP
Georganas, Steve, MP
Zappia, Tony, MP
Keenan, Michael, MP
Statute Update (Autumn 2018) Bill 2018
Dreyfus, Mark, MP
Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer) Bill 2017, Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Bill 2017
Rowland, Michelle, MP
Reference to Federation Chamber
O'Brien, Ted, MP
Keogh, Matt, MP
Dick, Milton, MP
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Member for Braddon, Qualifications of Members
Keay, Justine, MP
Member for Fremantle, Qualifications of Members
Wilson, Josh, MP
Member for Longman, Qualifications of Members
Lamb, Susan, MP
Wilson, Tim, MP
Wallace, Andrew, MP
Fletcher, Paul, MP
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Young Australians
Owens, Julie, MP
Ley, Sussan, MP
Johnson, Mr Alfred Gordon
Marles, Richard, MP
Gig Buddies
Zimmerman, Trent, MP
Thistlethwaite, Matt, MP
Morton, Ben, MP
Mitchell, Brian, MP
Queensland: Infrastructure
Bandt, Adam, MP
Wide Bay Electorate: Bruce Highway
O'Brien, Llew, MP
Borgges, Mr Graham
Beef Australia
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Ms MARINO (Forrest—Chief Government Whip) (12:27): I'm very pleased to talk on the Interactive Gambling Amendment (Lottery Betting) Bill 2018 and I'm very pleased to talk in support of small business. So many small businesses exist in my electorate, particularly newsagents. We all know that one of the customs in Australia is to have a punt. That's what Australians call it: having a punt. How often do you hear that, irrespective of whether it was on the battlefields of Gallipoli or the Western Front in World War I, the Birdcage at Flemington, the mounting yard at Royal Randwick or the two-up that we see at local RSLs on Anzac Day right around Australia? The colloquial phrase 'betting on two lizards walking up a wall' can generally be applied right around this great country. The Sydney Opera House, for instance, was funded by a lottery, and that's going back many, many years.
Our traditional lotteries and Keno games are popular and are longstanding recreational gambling products. They are actually an important income stream for thousands and thousands of small businesses. I will stand up for small business in this House every chance I get. This includes our newsagents, pharmacies, pubs, RSLs and community clubs. They provide millions of dollars in tax revenue to every state and territory in Australia and, as we know, help to fund important community services and infrastructure such as hospitals, schools, public transport and roads. Every time a customer buys a ticket in an official lottery draw, a percentage of the ticket price goes towards supporting community services.
Lotteries are also an important part of the income stream for local newsagencies and post office agencies. These are small businesses run by great local people, and they support our local communities all over the country. Whenever a community group, organisation or sporting club—even our service clubs and emergency services groups, which do such a great job—needs a sponsorship or prize for something they're doing, perhaps a local raffle, where do they go in small communities? They go to those fantastic local small businesses like Broadwater News in Busselton; Minninup Forum Newsagency; Donnybrook Newsagency; Capel Newsagency; Dalyellup News and Lotteries; and the Centrepoint newsagencies. These are all places where you can buy a lottery pack, maybe for Mother's Day, which is coming up, and where perhaps your grandmother or someone who loves scratchies goes, perhaps even lodging a set of numbers for a work Lotto syndicate. This is all part of what Australians do.
Official lotteries and keno games have been a part of the Australian product landscape in gambling for a long time and are well accepted and well understood by consumers. They know what they're getting. They know what they're buying and they make a conscious decision. In contrast, betting services like Lottoland are relatively new and less understood. They provide no benefits to the thousands of small business owners across Australia—those newsagencies—and no benefits to our local communities, particularly in rural and regional areas like my own.
Another issue with these forms of gambling is the light regulation that's imposed on these services. They can and do entice customers away from traditional lotteries, and this further impacts on the benefits to small businesses and the community more generally. Many Australians have voiced their concerns about these services. There are more than 4,000 newsagents and lottery retailers Australia-wide, and they depend on the sales of actual, real, well-regulated lottery products. Those products can generate between 50 and sometimes 70 per cent of their income, so we're not talking about a small proportion of their income stream. The viability of these businesses is really critical. Because of their online structure—Lottoland is based overseas, in Gibraltar, I understand—none of those Australian state or territory taxes are paid, unlike our real lotteries, which contribute over $1.1 billion each year. We see so many newsagencies that are part and parcel of that.
I've received a number of petitions signed by people in my electorate who are concerned about the impacts. I've got so many pages of petitions from people in my community who share the concerns. They want to be able to walk down to their local newsagency and buy their tickets or get their scratchie—whatever they choose to do—and they want those businesses to still be there for them. In particular, a lot of our senior citizens love going and having that quiet little dabble, often each week. Recently I was at Centrepoint newsagency. They've got a 'lucky buddha' with coins across him, and I saw the amount of people who were rubbing their Lotto tickets across the buddha because they wanted the luck that went with it. Of course, that is what happens in a small, local, community newsagency.
The government has listened to all of the people who have signed these petitions. It has listened very carefully. Last year, Minister Fifield raised these concerns with the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory. The Northern Territory is so far the only jurisdiction to licence this form of lottery betting. The Northern Territory government has responded by introducing what is only a partial prohibition on this lottery betting, and the implication of this is that the betting can't be offered on Australian lotteries. This was a positive step, but the government believes stronger and more comprehensive action is required, which is what we see in this bill. And this bill, the Interactive Gambling Amendment (Lottery Betting) Bill 2018, will take decisive action. I can say to the newsagents who are watching and listening to this debate, those in my electorate in the south-west of Western Australia, that the government is taking decisive action. We understand your small business. We will amend the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 and prohibit the provision of lottery and keno betting services to Australians.
As I said previously, traditional lotteries are heavily regulated and pay a considerable amount of tax to all states and territories. For every lottery ticket sold in those newsagencies and outlets, up to 28 per cent is allocated to state and territory taxes. Not only does that support the regulatory oversight and government services; but nine per cent is paid to the agents for relevant sale costs and income requirements. That's the heart and soul of these small businesses, and that's what this bill is about as well. An estimated $1.1 billion in state and territory taxes in 2016-17 is what has been and is at risk, plus those small businesses that add so much to our small communities. Over $350 million is earned by those 4,000 newsagencies and official lottery agencies—the official lottery agencies—across Australia, from sales of an official lottery product. You're buying a ticket, you're buying a product, you're buying a scratchie. Newsagents, as we know, actually rely on this to run their businesses. This is a big part of their business.
The additional keno services that are offered in clubs and hotels also help support community services and sporting initiatives. It can be, as we know with Lotterywest in Western Australia, that they support so many small community groups. A number of times I have been to events where I have seen that one of the sponsors whose logo is on the sign, the pamphlet, the program or the advertising material is Lotterywest. This means they have contributed. I have seen how good that is and how important that is to so many groups and organisations. In Western Australia, Lotterywest support things such as supply costs, lease costs, administration and operating costs, travel costs and capital costs sometimes, depending on the project—all sorts of different projects. They want to make the community a better place. It's the funding that comes from people buying official lottery products that funds this for small communities. So, any time this is diminished, the whole of our Australian community suffers. Everyone in this place would want to grow our communities and support our communities and know that when they buy that ticket that that's exactly what they're doing.
In direct comparison, lottery and keno betting services contribute significantly less tax and to only one jurisdiction in Australia. They don't pay commissions to small businesses at all. They are domiciled in overseas tax havens and minimise their exposure to domestic regulation. It's a deliberate decision. I understand that Lottoland has 650,000 Australian customers. So this is having a direct impact on each of our small businesses, our newsagencies. Lottoland doesn't actually sell you a ticket; you're betting on the outcome. This is really important. This will have an impact on Australian based lotteries. It certainly has an impact on small businesses. So this legislation is really important.
Lottery betting services aren't required to comply with the guaranteed prize pool model. Instead their major prizes are covered by insurance policies, and that allows lottery betting service providers to offer bigger prizes, more frequently, which further impacts on the financial benefits of traditional lotteries. Those bigger prizes are used to entice new gamblers, who aren't actually always aware of the difference between the two types of lottery products. They're not even aware of the protections and the benefits to the community provided by the products that are offered through the newsagencies and official outlets.
This act will also minimise the scope of problem gambling in Australia by limiting the types of interactive gambling services to Australians. Lottery betting services allow customers to bet on the outcome of up to 25 lottery draws being conducted around the world each week with the promise of massive jackpots up to hundreds of millions, which can lead to even more problem gambling by at-risk people. This bill will prohibit the provision of lottery and keno betting services to customers physically present in Australia. It will also prohibit the betting on a contingency that may or may not happen in the course of the conduct of a lottery, to ensure that bets cannot be accepted on the outcome or any aspect of a lottery or keno draw. The Commonwealth is responsible for online gambling matters and is best placed to implement a national position in relation to lottery betting services in Australia. Nationally consistent laws in this area are important. The government has really responded to the concerns of the community and has acted accordingly.
These amendments will also enable ACMA, the Australian Communications and Media Authority, to enforce compliance, which is good, and to respond to any complaints about lottery betting services being provided by other Australian or international operators, which is good as well. The government recently expanded ACMA's powers to take stronger action against the provision of illegal interactive gambling services to Australians.
Many Australians enjoy lotteries and keno as a recreational activity. If you go to a lot of clubs around the country you'll see the screens, and if you go to newsagencies you'll see the scratchies and the lotto signs. The government is absolutely committed to ensuring that online gambling takes place under a robust legislative framework with very strong consumer protections and within the boundaries of community standards. As I said when I started, I am always pleased to stand in this place and support Australian small businesses. They employ nearly half of Australians. Often those same newsagencies give young people their first job, and often they give people at a mature stage of their life potentially their last job. As small businesses, they are critical to the Australian economy and they're critical to our small communities, and I am always going to stand up for small business, as this government does in this country. I commend this bill to the House.


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Q: How to assign pupils to favourite roommates with MySQL Possibly a difficult problem to solve... Also I realize there may be more than one right answer here, but the main thing is really about how to automate the process.
I've got lots of pupils in a InnoDb table. In another table I've got their favourite choices for roommates.

*

*Most have chosen two or three favourite roommates.

*A few have chosen none.

*Some are chosen by up to four others.

*Some are chosen by none.

*Most pupils are chosen by one or two other pupil(s).

In the thirds table I have the rooms that are going to be filled. The rooms have from two to three beds. There aren't any one-bed or four-bed rooms.
As far as constraints go, it all works. The problem is, how do I automate this process with MySQL (or other programming, preferably PHP) so that I make everybody happy?
I've made the assumption that the first roommate chosen is the one the pupil wants most, thus I've rated the choises from one to four based on the order of mention. Of course, sometimes this crash and two pupils have the same choice on number one. And then there is the problem of the one's that aren't chosen by anybody, but you can assume that they will be mature about it.

A: Well for starters, I would save a backup of the database, just in case your procedure making goes awry:
mysql -h host -u username -p password database_name > database_name_backup.sql

You're going to need a join table for the rooms and pupils as well, if you don't already have one. So something like:
CREATE TABLE room_pupil (
  room_id int NOT NULL,
  pupil_id int NOT NULL
);

Note that, while you did a good job describing your tables in your question, providing your exact DDL for your table definitions (the statements that replicate the table and relationships) helps people give answers to these types of questions. Just for future reference, nothing hurt here :)
From there, you can run the following type of script to create a stored procedure you could then call to arrive at a good solution
(Note: This is not actually going work for you! You will need to fix this up to make the matching better, and tailor it to your specific data types! Might even be a syntax error or two in this, I'm writing it a little blind. Learning to fish is better than getting a fish, though ^^)
DELIMITER $$
DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS RoommateMatching$$
CREATE PROCEDURE RoommateMatching()
BEGIN
  DECLARE no_more_pupils int DEFAULT 0;
  DECLARE current_pupil CURSOR FOR
SELECT pupil_id FROM pupils;
  DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR NOT FOUND
SET no_more_pupils = 1;

/* create a temp table to hold the proposals */
CREATE TABLE temp_matches (
  proposing_pupil_id int NOT NULL,
  proposed_pupil_id int NOT NULL
);
OPEN current_pupil;

FETCH current_pupil INTO this_pupil;

REPEAT

/* Coalesce -1 in so its easy to tell whether they had choices picked or not */
SELECT COALESCE(pupil_choice_id, -1) INTO next_favorite_roommate_id
  FROM roommate_preference /* TODO Your second table, don't know its name */
  WHERE pupil_id = this_pupil; /* TODO since there may be more than one match here or none, might need another iterator */

SELECT COALESCE(proposed_pupil_id, -1) INTO existing_proposal
  FROM temp_matches
  WHERE proposed_pupil_id = next_favorite_roommate_id;

IF existing_proposal < 0 THEN
  INSERT INTO temp_matches(proposing_pupil_id, proposed_pupil_id)
  VALUES (this_pupil, next_favorite_roommate_id);
END IF;
IF existing_proposal > 0 THEN
  /* TODO see if there's a better match for existing_proposal here, you write it! */
END IF;
FETCH current_pupil INTO this_pupil;
UNTIL no_more_pupils = 1

END REPEAT;

CLOSE current_pupil;
/* start an iterator on the matches and insert records into your room_pupil table! */
/* TODO you write that code! */
DROP TABLE temp_matches;
END$$
DELIMITER;

That should get you on the right track at least! Let me know if anything needs more clarification, but like I said I'm not going to write whole algorithm exactly for you, use wikipedia and the mysql man pages to learn your way into Stored Procedure stardom! ;)
source of stored procedure skeleton: http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?98,358569,358569

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Two online databases provide linked information to the earth science community, relevant to the study of early Earth history. One database (DateView) contains geochronology and isotope geochemical records while the other (StratDB) contains information on lithostratigraphic units, ore deposits and large igneous provinces. Both databases were developed, in part, to support the objectives of project IGCP 509, a five-year project run under the auspices of the International Geodynamics Programme. At this stage the DateView database contains in excess of 107,000 summary records and is the only global geochronology database known. StratDB is also unique, containing information for about 15,000 lithostratigraphic units, 16,000 ore deposits and several thousand large igneous province occurrences. Users are situated on six continents.
The database engine used is Firebird 2.5 with all user interface programming in Delphi (currently version XE2) and Intraweb. Use of Intraweb substantially reduced the time and effort required to achieve an online user interface which easily permits user access to be controlled via access permission control in another Firebird database, while also keeping track of state when users insert or modify database contents. Graphing in the web interface to the databases is provided using TeeChart componants from Steema Software. Flexcel, from TMS Software, has been used as a component to create Excel spreadsheet versions of query results when users wish to download views of the data in the databases or to create specific offline representations of their selected data. Both databases have a number of tables with information that should logically be common to both. Ensuring that these tables and fields remained synchronised while still maintaining two separate physical databases was a challenge which was effectively achieved using Microtec's CopyCat Developer replication engine. Any new or modified records in tables needed in both databases are always updated in the 'master' database and then automatically replicated to the other database as part of the record's update event. In addition, both databases are also replicated to a backup computer so as to ensure that up-to-date versions of the databases are available in case the primary host server fails. In some cases it is also necessary to replicate data to servers which contain only region- or user-specific data. CopyCat has allowed us to achieve this without any drastic redesign of the database or rewriting of the interface software. Some individual users have personal, local versions of both StratDB and DateView for experimenting with unpublished or confidential data . A solution was also required to facilitate local replication in these cases. Replication details for the databases are stored in a table within the 'master' database, including computer names, URL's, etc for both source and target databases. When information is changed in any of the tables requiring replication, these details are accessed and the appropriate replication occurs.Initially, a similar program to Microtec's CopyTiger program (now CopyCat Standalone) was developed. This worked well but required the program to automatically check for updates to fields very frequently so as to appear transparent to users. The alternative approach implemented has been much more effective since replication is forced only when changes are known to have been made.
The development team in Saskatoon, Canada, is very small (just one geologist with prgramming skills), so the use of programming components with good online support is essential. Peer-support within the Delphi community is always good while support from the developers of CopyCat, Intraweb, TeeChart and Flexcel can only be described as exceptional! These components have all been used for many years now and staff from all of the companies have consistently gone out of their way to understand and solve any issues raised or to suggest and explain better ways to achieve programming objectives. The user interfaces for DateView and StratDB would certainly not be where it they are today if it were not for these excellent components and company support.
Rapid, fexible development of the DateView and StratDB databases and the replication of shared information between them was easily achieved using the CopyCat replication engine. This has allowed development to concentrate on the geological aspects of information presentation and processing, rather than the infrastructure behind the systems.


As an early Halloween treat, we're pleased to bring you The Zombie Connection.
The song was originally written and recorded at Dragon*Con 2009 in about 30 minutes. Tim and Kim agreed to record clean versions of their parts and let me wrap other instruments and sound effects around them.
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He likes Pallas. He likes who he is when he experiences her life out of her eyes. And now he looks through her eyes at his own sleeping brown face as she peers at him through the crystal porthole in his stasis chamber.
After twenty years, Parasite will wake up.
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We spent the day on Mykines, the best island for puffin watching.
Not far from Mykines village, you meet the first puffins.
And here comes the fun part. It's pretty steep, so don't go if you are afraid of hights.
All the holes are puffin's nests, and the puffins are everywhere. It's called Lundaland, which I would translate to Puffin Land, but the dictionary says: Lundaland: [(steep) grass-grown area facing the sea which puffins inhabit; nesting site].
To get to Mykineshólmur where the lighthouse (our goal) is situated, you have to cross the Atlantic Bridge.
And we have reached the lighthouse.
Back in the village, there is plenty of time before the boat comes back, so here is a view from the other side.
And more puffins, just because they are adorable.
Lots of information about Mykines on this site: Mykines.info.
The Knitting Festival took place in Fuglafjørður and, as you can see, it was very snowy and cold.
Faroese boats from the Boat Museum in Fuglafjørður.
I attended a workshop where we cut our own t-shirt yarn and knitted lampshades.
No pattern, you just stretch it well and start over if it's too big or too small.
Home again I am trying to finish the lampshade. Gandalf seems to think it's for him.
And here is the finished result. I can't wait to see it with light inside.
Photos from today's hike from Vestmanna to Kvívík.
Sun, snow and calm, what more can you ask for?
Hare tracks in the snow.
This hike was arranged by The Hiking Association in Tórshavn, where I am a member.
Every other Sunday in the winter months, and every Sunday in the summer, they arrange tours around the islands.
And now I feel tired and happy.
Maybe I should knit something.
215 Shawl Designs by Olivia Joensen was sold out for years, but now it's back!
It has written instructions for the Faroese shawl in three languages: Faroese, English and Danish. Also instructions for how to line the shawl, and a fine schematic drawing of the shawl.
As the title says there are 215 charts for different borders.
Buy the shawl book from the old bookstore in Tórshavn here.
Føroysk bindingarmynstur. This is a collection of more than one hundred traditional Faroese knitting charts.
The first edition of this book was published in 1932. I have the 4th edition from 2008, and you can still buy it from the old bookstore in Tórshavn here.
If you have missed Snældan number 3 Grey in 3 ply and 5 ply or number 6 Light Brown in 2 ply, they are back in stock now.
The last skeins of the three fall colours in 3-ply are now for sale in the shop at 55 DKK per skein. This is a last chance offer since they are out of production and I only have a few left.
Find them in the shop.
All of the Snældan yarns in natural colours are now 50 DKK per skein, and the coloured are 30 DKK per skein.
Shipping is flat rate of 65 DKK to Europe and 150 DKK to America, Africa, Asia and Pacific. And remember sales over or equal to 1,000 DKK will receive free shipping.
Take a look at this amazing red mushroom I found in the plantation here in Tórshavn. It looks like something out of a fairy tale.
I am a member of a Facebook group where we challenge our selves to walk or run a certain number of kilometres every months. We are from all over the world, so we also post photos from our daily walks around our home places. Here are a handful of mine taken in Tórshavn.
Midnight bonfire in June in Sandagerði, the small beach in Tórshavn.
Also taken late in the evening. The small cottage in mid Tórshavn where the author and artist William Heinesen did his works.
The Danish training ship Georg Stage at harbour in Tórshavn on a very misty day.
On the same day I met this ram in the fog.
Very close to where I live in the old part of Tórshavn. It is tradition to paint your front door in a vivid colour.
Walking past Mest Shipyard, where the contrast between the big trawler Jupiter on the left in the photo and the very small boat on the right, was striking.
May was very cold, but now it feels like summer is finally here. I have been on a few trips and sheep are always funny. When they are shedding they look hilarious.
You find their wool all over the place.
It is hard to see where one lamb ends and the next begins.
This is from a hike where we had a great view over Skálafjørður.
The first km took us almost an hour, but from there on the rest was easy.
Sailing between islands. Passing the old smack called Westward Ho.
Just caught this tourist in her new hat with lambs all around it. We are on Koltur looking at the island Hestoy.
The chickens on Koltur have their own historical henhouse. I don't know how old this building is, but there have been found remains of a fireplace in Koltur from around year 800. We call this period of the first settlements "landnám".


In the shadows of Comerica Park, where the Detroit Tigers play, and Ford Field, home of the Detroit Lions, a John Deere 333E Compact Track Loader (CTL) shows that it is the ultimate team player. It's working in tandem with a John Deere wheel loader and backhoe to install a stretch of the M-1 Rail project, a new streetcar line that is expected to transport an estimated 5,000 passengers per day when it is completed around the end of 2016. The CTL hauls railroad ties and pallets of other materials using forks, then switches over to a bucket to backfill and grade. It then changes to a broom attachment to clean up.
"Crews love the John Deere CTL," says Blair Christensen, equipment manager, Stacy and Witbeck, Inc., the main contractor on the project. "It's compact so it can get into tight, crowded areas along streets. And it's very versatile. With all the attachments, we can use it for so many different tasks."
The M-1 Rail project is part of a larger development in downtown Detroit that will help spark the city's revival. Spurred by investments from Quicken Loans® Inc. founder Dan Gilbert and other entrepreneurs, there's a lot of energy right now in the renewal of downtown Detroit. The rail project has provided a catalyst for developing new shops, restaurants, and apartments.
"The project is going to be a real stepping stone to Detroit's recovery and revitalization," says Mark Gaffney, corporate equipment manager, Stacy and Witbeck. "This city deserves that. There has always been a real sense of pride in this city, and we're honored to be part of a project that helps restore that pride. It's really exciting."
When it's completed, the 3.3-mile circulating streetcar will run along Woodward Avenue through the heart of downtown Detroit. The line will include 20 different stations serving 12 stops, most of them curbside. Construction began in mid-2014, and the line is expected to be operational by late 2016.
Unlike light rail, a streetcar doesn't require an exclusive trackway. It can be integrated into the traffic flow and is more a part of street life, rather than just a segmented, separate system. That works well in downtown Detroit because the rail line will connect neighborhoods with the business district, shopping areas, the stadiums, the theater district, and Wayne State University.
With its compact size, the 333E maneuvers with ease around the crowded jobsite. But Deere's most power CTL ever also delivers plenty of pushing power and breakout force. "It can get into some tight spaces," says Sean Furey, general superintendent, Stacy and Witbeck. "We use it for working on sidewalks and in other small areas. It really gets things done fast."
Operators appreciate the CTL's many refinements, including the quieter, more spacious cab. A large entryway and a flat floor allow easier entrance and exit, and provide plenty of foot and legroom. "Operators love the huge cab," says Furey. "It's just so comfortable. And they appreciate the highly efficient HVAC system." All-around visibility is second to none. And operators have a choice of controls with exclusive switchable electrohydraulic (EH) H-ISO-foot controls. "Visibility is outstanding," says Christensen.
"And it is just so easy to use. The switchable controls make it easy for operators to get up to speed. And that's important because we have multiple operators. An operator might be running a CTL today and a backhoe tomorrow. It's nice there is a variety of controls, so operators can choose a configuration they are most comfortable with."
One of the country's leading builders of streetcar systems and light and commuter rail, Stacy and Witbeck got its start 30 years ago restoring part of the historic San Francisco cable-car line. The heavy civil contractor has also completed projects in Portland, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Dallas, and Houston.
The M-1 Rail project is located the farthest east the company has worked. "Our partnership with John Deere has really eased the transition through their exceptional equipment and service," says Tom Gilman, Stacy and Witbeck's project manager for the M-1 project. "They really take care of us." For the Detroit project, Stacy and Witbeck works with John Deere dealer AIS Construction Equipment. "AIS is an exceptional dealer," says Gaffney.
"Our main contact, Byron Miller, has been fantastic. He makes sure we get everything we need, whether it's sales support on new equipment or help from their full-service shop. Our relationship with Deere is more than simply transactional. They've really helped us to succeed. They are a part of our success — a true partner."
"It's so important that our Deere dealer is a partner on this project and a big part of its success," adds Christensen. "We simply can't have downtime. If a machine breaks down, we have a whole crew standing around. The project comes to a stop. It can throw off our schedule a week or more.
"Not that the machines are down much. "We simply don't have a lot of trouble with these machines — they are very reliable," says Ramon DeLeon, civil superintendent, Stacy and Witbeck. "But it's really nice that if something comes up, we have a John Deere mechanic we can rely on, and who is qualified to work on any of our equipment, not just Deere. And if the dealer can't handle something, they'll find someone who can. We can be confident AIS will resolve any issue in a matter of hours. If we don't have time to do an oil change, they'll come out and take care of it for us. It's one-stop shopping with John Deere."


A unique opportunity for you and an amazing opportunity for our church!
I don't often forward notes from others, but I just received a note from my parents, veteran missionaries Fred and Rachel Whitman, that you do not want to miss.
First, they talk about a unique opportunity: an Italian Christian History Tour, led by my Dad.
2. It would be a great opportunity for you to enjoy Italy, learn about our history and have a greater understanding of the need of the country.
3. For a tour of its kind, it is truly a great deal. My Dad never makes any money off it…he loses money every time, but he considers it worth it because of what it does toward raising awareness in the hearts of the participants to the needs of Italy.
The second part is regarding our new deacon! As a church body we were able to vote on a new deacon for our church body.
Soon, we will update you on our furlough plans, but this message is time sensitive, so without further ado, happy reading, and we hope to see many of you here!
The hotels already want a list of the participants so we really need to finalize our group for this fall.
Don't miss out on the best buy for a 11 day Italian tour which will take you to the cities of Rome (3 days), Assisi, Perugia (Sunday fellowship with the believers of the Centro Evangelico Battista), Florence, Pisa, the Waldensian Valley near Torino, Trent, where the Anti-reformation council was held, Venice and finally Pompeii.
The land tour includes all hotels, breakfast and evening meals, museum entrance fees, English guides, our own tour bus for the entire time, and lots of great Christian fellowship.
The total land fee is $1995. Book your own fight to and from Rome.
Contact us immediately at fwhitman@bmmitaly.com and we'll get you enrolled.
Our church members met the 26th of February for out annual meeting.
We rejoiced to review the budget and realize that the church not only met their budget but were also able to carry forward some projects on the building.
A new door was put in adjoining the kitchen to the fellowship hall, a new security system was installed and the two old industrial building bathrooms were remodeled and with a new wall became part of the fellowship hall.
The men painted the front of the building a pretty bright yellow. We only have three years left on our mortgage and we have never missed a payment.
Another fantastic part of our meeting was the choice of a new deacon for the church.
Of the men nominated only one name rose above all the others so Claudiu was recommended by the pastors and the church voted unanimously to call him as deacon 100%.
Please continue to pray that God would lead us to a non missionary pastor as the church moves forward toward becoming indigenous.
It is a challenge in Italy because there is very little available in sound theological training for pastors.
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Two arrested in Expendables 3 investigation
By Colin Mann
The UK's Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) has arrested two men on suspicion of leaking action movie The Expendables 3 online before its official release date.
The film features an array of famous actors, including Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham and Arnold Schwarzenegger and was set to hit the big screen in cinemas in the US on 15 August 2014. However, around the 25 July 2014, a high-quality version of the film appeared on the Internet.
Detectives from the City of London Police unit arrested a 36 year old man at his home in Upton, Wirral and a 33 year old man at his home in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire with support from uniformed officers from Merseyside and West Yorkshire Police.
The pair are believed to have stolen the film from a cloud based system before uploading it on to the Internet. In the UK it is believed the leaked the Lionsgate/Millennium film was viewed hundreds of thousands of times which subsequently has had a significant financial impact on Lionsgate and Millennium Films, costing them millions of pounds in the UK alone.
The investigation was launched following a referral from the movie's distribution studio, Lionsgate Films. The two men were taken to local police stations for questioning.
Head of PIPCU, Detective Chief Inspector Danny Medlycott said the operation shows you the significant impact intellectual property crime has on the creative industries, with millions of pounds being lost as a result of criminal actions. "The public need to be aware that piracy is not a victimless crime. By downloading illegal music, film, TV and books, not only are you exposing your own computer to the risk of viruses and malware, but you are also putting hard-working people's livelihoods at risk as piracy threatens the security of thousands of jobs in the UK's creative industries," he added.
Avi Lerner, producer of The Expendables 3 and chairman of Millennium Films, confirmed in September 2014 that the studio was pursuing individuals who downloaded pirated copies of the movie, sending out legal letters asking for a settlement to holders of IP addresses in lieu of more substantial damages should they take cases to trial, reported trade daily Variety. According to Lerner, after the movie was leaked prior to its theatrical opening, it was downloaded illegally by more than 10 million people. "That was 10 million people who stole the movie. We want to go after those 10 million people," he averred.
Stallone spoke out in July about the effect of piracy on the industry, warning that people involved would lose their jobs. Interviewed by the UK's Sky News as part of the promotional tour for action sequel, Stallone said: "I understand people want to get something for nothing. Who doesn't? But it affects the fact that studios will start to lose confidence and they won't put big, big numbers in and a lot of people lose their jobs. It's a ripple effect."
PIPCU is based within the Economic Crime Directorate of the City of London Police, the National Lead Force for Fraud. It is a specialist national police unit dedicated to protecting the UK industries that produce legitimate, high quality, physical goods and online and digital content from intellectual property crime.
The operationally independent unit launched in September 2013 with funding from the UK's Intellectual Property Office (IPO) until June 2015. It was recently announced that PIPCU will receive a further £3 million from the IPO to fund the unit up to 2017.
IP crime unit issues 2.5m site warnings
UK illegal sports streaming arrest
UK couple held on pirate device charge
Illegal Premier League broadcast arrest
Expendables 3 producer: 'We're going after illegal downloaders'


The reporting period for this Sustainability Year is the 2016 Financial year (1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016).
This Sustainability Report covers Shanta Gold Limited's assets (including those under exploration, projects in development or execution phases) that are wholly owned and operated by Shanta Gold Limited, subsidiaries and those that are jointly owned with majority shareholding.
This Sustainability Report follows the Global Reporting Initiative Sustainability Reporting Guidelines (G4 Guidelines), global standards for sustainability reporting.


As this site is devoted to Vinegar Home Remedies I have not included any additional information on the "Helo Life Sensing Technology" which is advertised in the right hand column.
The link itself takes you to most of the information people want to know about this device and even provides the ability for you to purchase.
Unfortunately, I have no control over the information chosen to be displayed and I know that not all questions will be answered therefore you have 2 options at your disposal.
In either case, you can rest assured that the information you input will be sent directly to me and I will not use it for any other purpose than to respond to you with the answers to your questions.
I hate spam mail as much as you! That is why I have chosen this method of contact for both our protection.
Thank you for your interest and I look forward to your request.
PS - We are also looking for distributors so if this interests you, be sure to mention it to me and I will give you the additional information you seek.
PPS - See graphic at the bottom of this page for a comparison of various other wearable technologies.
Hippocrates himself was known to have used vinegar as an energizing tonic and healing elixir.
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Working together on documents from different computers is a very useful feature for word processors. WebODF is software for viewing and editing ODF documents. We have given it the ability to let multiple users work on one document at the same time.
This talk includes an explanation of how collaborative editing was implemented and what editing features are supported. The protocol used to communicate between the instances of the document has similarities with the work being done in the ODF change tracking technical committee.
Please join the live demo during the presentation.


PCL's handy, digital solutions for fast, accurate and reliable tyre inflation have illustrated why Europe is choosing the "Best of British" at this year's Automechanika.
Whilst PCL's famous mascot Mini was undoubtedly the star of the show, it couldn't have done it without the ACCURA 1 electronic handheld inflator in the supporting role.
The event attracted the widest range of visitors to date, with strong interest from customers from over 60 countries keen to see a performance produced by PCL, now a brand recognised worldwide.
European visitors were particularly impressed with ACCURA 1, the proven market leader, and the leading handheld unit of its kind to have passed the strict German PTB approvals. It breaks the mould for handheld units, merging ease of use and readability with rapid, safe and cost-effective tyre inflation, and is becoming widely accepted as the best product available for measuring and checking digital Tyre Pressure Monitoring Systems (TPMS). As such customers throughout Europe are appreciating the benefits of ACCURA 1 as the most robust and reliable handheld solution for fast, accurate and cost-effective inflation.
Automechanika also provided the platform for the launch of PCL's new Prestige Air Tool range which comprises 11 top end products, featuring low vibration, low noise, ergonomic grip and higher performance. Again, the products were well received by customers who saw the premium range as a significant addition to the already comprehensive PCL portfolio.
PCL also paid homage to the show's theme of the impact of global warming on the automotive market by demonstrating how using the right tyre inflation products can make a substantial difference.


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