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Electrical installations and ICT systems
COMPLETE END-TO-END ELECTRICAL AND ICT INSTALLATION SERVICES
An electrical installation is an essential element of any building, since it enables the functioning of all devices depending on power supply. ICT installations, which complement the electrical installation, most often ensure security for the user and improve the standard of buildings. However, they are also frequently used to automatically control the electrical installation. Our goal is to deliver complete end-to-end service from site installation to aftercare in compliance with the binding legislation and the standards for electrical installations.
We provide a complete range of services embracing all aspects of broadly defined electrical and ICT installations: from initial design, cost estimate, installation, measurements through to repair and maintenance service of the equipment. We draw on our experience and employ state-of-the-art and energy efficient solutions. To ensure the high level of project delivery and the possibility to implement new technologies we constantly upgrade the qualifications of our employees and improve our technical resources, which guarantees the top quality of our services.
Experience, highly-qualified personnel and stable financial condition allow us to deliver projects in a comprehensive manner:
Electrical installations for computer network needs
The stable operation of devices working within computer networks is an absolute necessity. Any interruption creates a serious problem and may cause damage to the equipment or a loss of data. Installation of an electrical system dedicated entirely to the needs of a given computer network and connected to a safe power supply is the best and safest solution. It comprises a system which is separated from the general electrical wiring. Such an installation is meant not only to guarantee the supply of power at prescribed parameters, but also to ensure the safety of data exchange. A dedicated electrical installation will ensure efficient operation of a computer network, which means that every computer, printer should always be supplied with electricity from a properly inspected and separate power supply.
Medium and low voltage electrical installations
Proper supply of electrical energy depends to a large extent on proper functioning of MV installations, which supply power locally and also transform it to the voltage of outlets. A MV system which has been properly designed and installed in accordance with binding regulations will ensure safety, comfort of power supply and a possibility of later development of a low voltage installation. Installations of this type constitute a complete infrastructure which ensures distribution and supply of electricity to electrical devices rated at 230/400V.
Lighting, equipotential bonding and emergency lighting installations
Lighting installation is a basic type of electrical installation. It is important to properly design and install the lighting system in conformity with all the standards and requirements with respect to: its functionality, aesthetic appeal and durability. A wide selection of lighting equipment allows for designing and installation of smart and energy efficient lighting systems. Lighting installation serves a very important role, since its functionality, aesthetic appeal and ensured comfort of work all depend on the proper selection of lighting fixtures, their arrangement and their control system.
Equipotential bonding connections are indispensable in all facilities, since they reduce the hazardous voltage which may appear under fault conditions between various devices to acceptable values. Missing or poorly executed equipotential bonding, be it the main or the supplementary (local) one, may cause direct electric shock or damage to the equipment connected to the electrical installation in a given building. Both equipotential bonding and earthing systems are applied to ensure safety of people present in a given facility.
Outdoor lightning installation play a special role by dissipating part of the lightning current into the earth. Designing and executing a lightning protection system which is both efficient and effective and most of all adapted to a particular facility and atmospheric conditions prevailing in a given area is a task that requires a lot technical knowledge. Installation of lightning protection system is essential to ensure safety and to prevent substantial economic losses caused by lightning current. Every building should have lightning protection system installed .In the case of a direct or indirect lightning strike, the lack or badly executed lightning protection system may cause irreversible damages to the electrical installation in a facility and to the electrical equipment supplied by the installation.
UPS units and power generators installation
There are sites which require power supply, no matter whether it is already provided from an external power grid, or not. Power supply breaks must prevented in: hospitals, banks, airports, telecommunication and IT centres, because even a short power failure may lead to huge financial losses. It is only the installation of UPS or power generators that can provide a constant flow of power to such institutions. Such installations, however, require the energy from a backup (secondary) power source to be of the highest quality possible, and its efficiency and run time to be long enough. For this very reason it is so important to choose the right equipment for a given institution, so that the performance parameters of such equipment meet the user's needs. This kind of installations should be carefully designed and regularly tested and controlled.
LAN and WAN networks
Computer networks can be installed at home, in a housing estate, in an office or an industrial plant, which allows for the use of the same devices and applications by a number of users. LAN networks must ensure high throughput, high scalability and high reliability. The application of appropriate techniques ensures a safe data transfer and allows for virtual marking off of a certain part of service provider network and assigning it to a given user. Properly configured ICT network allows not only for data transfer, but also voice and video transfer, which can be important when e.g. conducting a video conference. A computer network enables users to access common applications, e-mail servers and allows people to work at a distance (remote working).
Its versatility lies in the use of the same type cables, connectors and plugs in all the systems within a given facility. The signal carrying cable used in the structural cabling is a twisted pair cable, either unshielded UTP, or shielded FTP or STP, depending on the conditions it is going to work in. Depending on actual needs, each end point within structured cabling can facilitate connection to any system through a simple switch over patch cords in the patch panel. This cabling system comprises a whole set of components facilitating easy management of the whole cabling infrastructure and it can work with any network system or telecommunications system.
Fibre optic cabling is applied in places where there are physical limitations with respect to the length of the copper cable or where high bandwidth network communication is required. Galvanic isolation is an important property of fibre optic cabling, which means that the transmitter and the receiver are electrically isolated from each other. It ensures protection against possible damage to one of the devices due to power surges. Because data in fibre optic cables is carried by light, such transmissions are immune to electromagnetic field exposure, including interference.
Telephone installations
Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) works on a circuit-switching basis (phone lines). Telephone installations connect the phone subscriber with the operator of the fixed line telephony. Private branch exchange (PBX) systems are applied in structures holding a large number of subscribers. The installation for telephone data transmission system can be executed in a conventional way with the use of telephone cable or by integrating the telephone network with the structured cabling system. Structured cabling system is applied in state-of-the-art buildings and new residential areas. One of the advantages of this solution is that it allows for the use of modern digital technologies. Building a modern integrated telephone installation will allow for suitable adaptability. A well-executed telephone installation with properly configured internal telephone exchanges ensures that the network will work efficiently.
Wireless local area networks (WLAN radio access network)
Wireless local area networks comprise of proper transmitters and receivers and their connections work by using infrared or radio signal. The infrared transmission uses broadband which allows for a transfer of signals at high frequencies. Narrowband radio transmission requires that both the transmitter and the receiver work on the same narrowband frequency and the signal is spread through obstacles within a significant area. Broadband radio transmission works by generating a broadband signal whose current arrangement is described by means of a code common for the transmitter and the receiver. Whereas microwave transmission is a system comprising of two directional antennas pointing directly at each other. They send a beam of electromagnetic waves and concentrate the received waves to a focal point. Depending on the needs, one or more selected wireless network systems can be applied, including their connection to the local computer network.
Buildings Management Systems (BMS)
The Building Automation and Management Systems feature technologically advanced solutions for the effective control of installations fixed in a given building. BMS is an integrated system which allows for monitoring and management of all devices and systems which are in a given building and its environment. BMS is an important element of intelligent building. BMS gathers data across the whole building into a central resource and allows for real time reaction to changes of external and internal environment conditions, so as to achieve optimal energy and media consumption and to improve functionality, safety and comfort. Building management systems are designed to do the following: integrate, monitor, control and optimise the functioning of installations or technical devices within buildings. BMS systems perform the following functions: indoor and outdoor lighting control, room temperature control, ventilation control, filtration and climate control, alarm and monitoring systems control, UPS control, smoke ventilation system control, fire flaps control and monitoring, other building automation systems integration.
Buildings security systems
Burglary and intrusion alarm system
Burglary and Intrusion Alarm System is the basis of the fully integrated solution of security systems. Integration of all security applications ensures quick detection, identification, notification and reaction in the case of a security infringement in a building. When the security zone is breached, motion detectors and window contact sensors will send alarm signals to the management centre, as a result of which the security personnel can react immediately. Alarms reported and sent in real time allow for faster reaction and ensure better protection of persons and property. When selecting devices working as part of the intrusion and burglary alarm system we take into account the type of protected areas, their purpose, the risk factor, required sensitivity and reliability. A wide range of sensors, modern security control distribution panels, optical and acoustic signalling devices and alarm transmission equipment allow for generation of alarm messages addressed to security guards .In the case of burglary, assault, fire, gas leak, flooding or water leaks the alarm system can discreetly inform about the fact or activate alarm sirens located inside and outside a given facility. It can also report the information automatically by phone or radio to security guards, police or other persons indicated by the subscriber or to the agent of the computer security centre in the facility. Burglary and intrusion alarm system will work efficiently provided that it consists of certified devices of suitable quality. These devices work continuously 24/7 and the effective operation of the whole system depends crucially on their reliability.
Access control systems encompass a number of technical solutions whose aim is to ensure that authorised people can move freely within a facility and that unauthorised persons are prevented from entering it. Depending on the user's needs such a solution can be either a simple device to monitor the movement of people or a completely specialist system to manage the whole building and its security systems. Regardless of the type of protected facility, one of the basic safety rules is to control the flow of people moving within designated areas.
Pursuant to the binding provisions of law there is a statutory duty for a number of facility types to have fire alarm systems. Fire detection and fire alarm systems help to detect fire at its earliest possible stage. Once the information has been recorded the fire alarm system notifies the National Fire Service or a monitoring station and, by doing that, the system increases safety in the facility. All the steps which need to be taken in order to achieve the best level of security can be unified in a homogenous system by connecting fire control dedicated distribution panels with well-matched sensors and actuators. It is possible to integrate fire detection and fire alarm systems with other systems incorporated in the building management system.
Time and attendance systems
Time and attendance systems (TAS) support the management of a company of any business profile. Such systems can cooperate with payroll and personnel systems, helping to calculate working hours, to track when employees enter and leave the building, or come late, to record their overtime hours and breaks. They allow for constant monitoring of attendance figures, compiling many types of reports and planning work schedules (breaks, overtime hours, days-off). Connecting the TAS to access control systems or other security systems raises security of the company and improves organization of work. A well-thought out and precisely configured time and attendance system limits time and financial outlays spent on the monthly calculation of the working time of employees.
Closed-circuit Television (CCTV) Surveillance System
A CCTV system is a valuable supplement to other security systems. It is used to keep the building or area under surveillance allowing for visual verification of events taking place within specified area, which is vitally important to provide the appropriate level of security. Additionally, CCTV operates effectively with other security systems, such as: burglary alarm systems, fire detection and fire alarm systems, access control systems and allows for immediate reaction of security company. A well-designed and installed closed circuit television surveillance system increases safety in a given facility. The intelligent video system which we offer does not cause too much load: surveillance data is automatically analysed and marked and alarms are sent to the operators only in the case of detecting any irregularities. Real time information displays allow for immediate identification of safety zones violations, thus enabling a rapid reaction aimed to provide a safe environment.
Guard control systems
Guard control systems have been designed to monitor the work of companies hired to protect property. Guard control system provides an organisation with the ability to locate the guard, which is possible thanks to close co-operation with GSM network operators. Although it was originally designed to supervise guards, it allows for a much wider range of applications in warehouse systems, logistics, work time control, control of the tasks involved in the periodic inspections of equipment. It is a notification system in the event of situations requiring immediate reaction and assistance, it is used instead of burglary notification devices.
Public address system is used to broadcast voice alerts or to deliver messages within various types of facilities ranging from office buildings, stadiums, shop floors, airports, railway stations, bus stations to retail structures. Depending on the purpose, they allow for automatic transmission of warning notices ascribed to certain events, live announcements or music. Such systems are adapted to be interoperable with fire alarm systems; they ensure efficient evacuation of a building and effective transmission of warning notices. By installing such a system one can minimize the effects of panic response to an emergency and increase security of people in many situations. The system is an important complement to the other security systems in a given facility.
ICT infrastructure for e-commerce
ICT infrastructure provides a technical basis for the information and communications technology solutions. It allows for digital transmission of both data and voice. A network which we create will be the framework affecting the efficient operation of our whole business or institution. Thus, a properly designed or executed infrastructure is fundamental for an efficiently functioning ICT system. Electronic commerce involves all business processes conducted electronically. E-commerce does not apply only to transactions conducted electronically, but it encompasses all processes leading to such a transaction. If you run an e-commerce store it is necessary to ensure that transaction systems operate faultlessly. Engineers who design and implement ICT infrastructures reinforcing e-commerce must properly develop and execute the security controls of the weak spots of the system.
Technical installations in multifamily residential buildings
Multifamily residential buildings should be equipped with a telecommunications installation enabling the residents to have access to telecom services, including data transmission service using broadband Internet, access to television and radio programmes distribution services, including high-definition TV channels, supplied by a number of providers whilst ensuring compatibility and a possibility to connect this installation to public telecommunications networks and respecting the principle of technological neutrality. Modern housing estates have well-designed lighting and power supply systems, telephone installations, voice or video entry phones, fire detection and fire alarm systems with 24/7 monitoring service, cable TV and fixed Internet delivery. All the systems listed above can operate thanks to suitable installations which have been properly designed and carefully executed.
Intelligent control and management of all the systems in a building
An intelligent building has a system of sensors and detectors, as well as an integrated management system of all the building installations. Thanks to the information provided by different components of the system, the building can react to changes of external and internal environment conditions, which maximises functionality, comfort and safety and, at the same time, minimises operating and modernisation costs and limits the emission of harmful pollutants. An IT system monitors proper operation of all the vital elements in a building and, consequently, the running costs of the building will always be kept under control. The system is aimed to integrate, control, monitor, optimise and to report about the following building services: IT network, indoor and outdoor lighting control depending on the number of people present in the rooms and on the people flow, heating control in separate rooms, control of ventilation, air-conditioning and filtration with respect to air quality parameters, occupancy simulation, protection of life and property, security system and monitoring services, fire alarm system, access control system, UPS system, weather system, production management system, control of audio-video devices and other household appliances, advanced personalisation system, smoke ventilation system, fire flaps control and monitoring.
Local computer networks with fixed Internet delivery in housing estates
The main role of a local computer network in a housing estate is to provide Internet access to the users. To build such a local computer network the central unit of such a network needs to be prepared and equipped with suitable devices and cables need to laid in a building or an estate. A cable to transmit data to computers is led to each flat and the central unit of the local network is connected to the Internet. Once the computers have been properly configured, each resident has an easy and fast access to the Internet. Additionally, the central unit may be furnished with a server, which will enable the users to take advantage of plenty new services.
A server room is a dedicated room housing computer servers, as well as active and passive components of computer networks. Such devices are usually stored in rack cabinets located in server rooms. Server rooms are equipped with sensors for measuring environmental variables in order to automatically monitor and adjust the indoor microclimate. To keep equipment in continuous operation server rooms use dual (or multiple) power supplies and the systems of uninterruptible power supply (UPS). In the case of Internet servers several connections to different Internet Service Providers are applied to ensure accessibility even in the event that one of the connections breaks down. Server rooms are equipped with special technological floors (raised and modular) facilitating cable routing to rack cabinets.
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Asinè ou Asiné (en ) abrite le site d'une acropole mycénienne, sur un promontoire au bord du golfe Argolique. L'ancienne Asinè est mentionnée par Homère dans l'Iliade (II, 560). Les vestiges de l'établissement mycénien ont été fouillés par une mission archéologique suédoise (à partir de 1922), dirigée à l'origine par  : il subsiste quelques tronçons de l'enceinte en appareil polygonal.

Situation
L'acropole d'Asinè domine la côte à environ  au sud-est de Nauplie et  au nord-est de Toló. Le site s'étend sur la pente nord de la presqu'île de Kastráki (), promontoire rocheux entre Toló et Drépano. La ville basse, occupée à l'époque hellénistique puis romaine, se situe au nord-ouest. Une nécropole de la période helladique se trouve au nord-est. Plus loin au nord-ouest, les pentes du mont Barbouna ont également été fouillées.

Histoire
Homère mentionne Asinè dans le Catalogue des vaisseaux du chant II de l'Iliade ; la cité est sous l'autorité de Diomède, roi d'Argos.

Les Asinéens se vantaient de descendre des Dryopes, peuple mythique installé précédemment dans la région du mont Œta et du Parnasse. Encore au , ils aimaient rappeler cette origine, selon le témoignage de Pausanias.

Lorsque Nicandre, roi de Sparte, attaque Argos au milieu du , Asinè prend le parti des Lacédémoniens. En représailles, après le départ des Lacédémoniens, les Argiens assiègent Asinè et rasent la ville, qui sera abandonnée pendant plusieurs siècles ; seul le temple d'Apollon Pythien est épargné. Les Lacédémoniens, après leur victoire dans la première guerre de Messénie (fin du ), octroient aux habitants d'Asinè, qui s'étaient enfuis par la mer, une portion du territoire conquis en Messénie ; les Asinéens y fondent une nouvelle . L'archéologie confirme l'abandon d'Asinè à la fin du  ; O. V. A. Frödin et A. W. Persson datent de 700 av. J.-C. la destruction de la ville, en s'appuyant sur l'étude de la céramique.

Le site est réoccupé à l'époque hellénistique.

Fouilles et découvertes
Les trouvailles des fouilles d'Asinè sont conservées au musée archéologique de Nauplie, ainsi qu'en Suède, à Uppsala et à Stockholm.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie
  Otto Vilhelm Anders Frödin et Axel Waldemar Persson, Asine: Results of the Swedish Excavations 1922-1930, 1938, 452 p.
  Frederick Whitling, Western Ways: Foreign Schools in Rome and Athens, Walter de Gruyter, 2018, , 91 et suiv. (en ligne).
 Georges Séféris, "Le roi d'Asiné" dans Poèmes (Mercure de France 1963, p. 97-99). Poème commenté par Yves Bonnefoy dans Le nom du roi d'Asiné (Éditions Virgile 2003).

Liens externes

  The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites.

Civilisation mycénienne
Site archéologique dans le Péloponnèse
Nauplie

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New law could alter how much Pa. Lottery winners get to spend
Published: Oct. 30, 2018, 10:36 p.m.
A new law allows back taxes and outstanding court judgments to be deducted from Pennsylvania Lottery winnings over $2,500. (File photo/PennLive.com)
Jan Murphy | jmurphy@pennlive.com
*This story has been updated to reflect more information about the administrative fee related to lottery winning intercepts.
A new law took effect on Tuesday that will help some Pennsylvania Lottery winners spend their winnings.
The law, which was enacted by Gov. Tom Wolf a year ago, applies only to those lucky enough to win a single prize of more than $2,500.
It makes it so winners who owe back state taxes will have that amount deducted from their lottery winnings, provided their appeal rights on their tax debt has expired or were exhausted.
Delinquent taxes would be deducted, though, only after any back child support is collected from the prize, which is an intercept authority given to the lottery in 1992.
Once those debts are paid, the new law directs the lottery to look into whether the prize winner has any unpaid court-ordered obligations such as court costs, fines and restitution. If so, they get deducted.
Any outstanding obligations that exceed prize amounts would leave the winner with nothing but the knowledge of knowing some of their debts have been paid.
But that's not all.
The law requires lottery officials to also make an inquiry with the Department of Human Services to determine if the prize winner is receiving public assistance and whether the prize makes them ineligible for benefits going forward.
According to an earlier news release, state Rep. Adam Harris, R-Juniata County, who sponsored this legislation, called that welfare benefit check "an important part of the bill because it is imperative that public assistance funds are available for people who truly need them. It protects those who are less fortunate and ensures the integrity of the welfare system."
The law does allow the state Department of Revenue, which oversees the lottery, the ability to assess a fee for the cost of administering this intercept program, which would be yet another deduction from the winnings.
Revenue press secretary Jeff Johnson said that fee has been set at $15 and will only be charged if it is determined the winner owes money for unpaid taxes or court-ordered obligations.
What's more, prizes over $5,000 will have state and federal taxes withheld at the current rates. As of January of this year, those rates were 24 percent for federal income tax and 3.07 percent for state personal income tax, according to lottery officials.
Prize claimants will be notified if a debt is to be paid with their prize winnings along with information about their rights to appeal the amount with the intercepting entity.
The lottery winnings intercept has proven to be effective means for collecting back child support. Just in the past five years, lottery officials say it has resulted in the collection of nearly $666,000 in delinquent child support.
What hasn't changed about the lottery is you still have to play the lottery to win a prize but if you win a bigger prize, some winners may find it pays less than they had hoped.

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As some of you may have noticed, the United States had an election the other day. The party not led by Donald Trump made significant gains, and now controls the House of Representatives. The party that is led by Donald Trump added a few seats to its Senate majority, but also it is still led by Donald Trump.
Here are some other things that happened.
In Nevada's 36th Assembly District, Dennis Hof easily defeated Lesia Romanov by a 26-point margin (63–37). Hof will not serve in the state legislature, however, because he has been dead for almost a month. It appears that in Nevada, being dead is not a reason to remove the dead person's name from the ballot.
Notably, nothing in the Nevada Constitution specifically prohibits a dead person from serving in the state legislature, but it is possible to infer this from the requirement that all legislators must be "duly qualified electors…." Nev. Const. art. 4, § 5. Qualified electors include "[a]ll citizens of the United States" who are 18 or older and "resided in the state six months, and in the district or county thirty days next preceding any election…." Id. art. 2 § 1. Hof stopped living in Nevada on October 16, and if he "resided" there in any form for the remainder of the required period, there is no evidence of it.
Also notable: Dennis Hof was a pimp. Or, if you prefer, a "brothel owner," who owned a number of brothels in Nevada, where that is legal (in most of the state). Hof was, in fact, the most famous brothel owner in America, as one of his establishments was featured in the HBO series "Cathouse." He first ran for office in 2016 as a Libertarian Party candidate, but lost. This year, he ran as a dead Republican, and won.
Also dead: the gubernatorial dreams of Lowering the Bar non-favorite Kris Kobach, the Kansas Secretary of State whose official Kansas Secretary of State page currently displays both his smiling face and election results showing that he lost by 56,000 votes (48–43%), despite having driven around the state in a car with a fake machine gun mounted on top, which is usually a sure thing. Kobach's official biography describes him as a "nationally recognized litigator," which is true but not in the way his official biography means it.
Then there's U.S. Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY), who is recognized both nationally and by the Justice Department as someone who probably committed insider-trading fraud. Following his indictment in August, Collins insisted he would stay on the ballot and seek re-election anyway, but then he didn't. But then he did, and then he won. Which raises the question: Can a convicted felon serve in Congress? Experts say yes. See "Can a Convicted Felon Serve in Congress?" Lowering the Bar (Dec. 24, 2014). But they usually don't.
Such as the subject of that 2014 post, former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm (also R-NY), who was also re-elected while under indictment, but who later resigned after pleading guilty to felony tax evasion, thus allowing Congress to avoid yet again the embarrassment of having a sitting member serve while sitting in jail. Grimm, of course, ran again this year, having been paroled. But he lost in the primary to the non-felon who had replaced him.
The question above may also be relevant to U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), who was indicted in August for misusing campaign funds. Sorry—allegedly misusing campaign funds. See "Campaign Funds [Allegedly] Used for Rabbit Travel," Lowering the Bar (Aug. 27, 2018). Hunter, too, decided to seek re-election despite the indictment, and earned bonus points for awfulness by accusing his opponent of being a Muslim with a terrorist grandfather, though he is actually a Christian whose grandfather died long before he was born (but was, in fact, a terrorist). Since he ran a campaign like that, you probably won't be surprised to learn that Hunter also won.
Any indicted Democrats? Yep! Or, at least, the until-recently-indicted Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), who survived a trial last fall on bribery charges, courtesy of a hung jury. In January, the DOJ said it would not retry the case. According to the Senate Ethics Committee, Menendez did not dispute that he had "accepted numerous gifts" from someone and then "took official actions related to [that person's] interests," but I guess the jury decided that was something other than "bribery." The Committee "severely admonished" Menendez, though, and if there's one thing we know about legislators, it's that they're always deterred by the prospect of a severe admonishment. The New Jersey race was considered a toss-up, but Menendez ended up winning by about 10 points.
Finally, "congratulations" also to Inmate No. 232573 (D-TX), a.k.a. Rep. Ron Reynolds, a Democratic member of the Texas House. Reynolds won re-election on Tuesday even though his campaign headquarters were then located in Pod 2 of the Montgomery County jail. Reynolds had reported there on September 7 to start serving a one-year sentence resulting from five misdemeanor convictions, and that's where he was on election night when voters overwhelmingly chose to send him back to the state house. Sometime in 2019, that is, or maybe earlier with good behavior. Reynolds was unopposed, but 47,305 voters still chose to mark their ballots for a guy who was in jail at the time.
Reynolds was the incumbent, and did not have to resign from office under Texas law because the charges were misdemeanors. It appears that the Texas Legislature is currently out of session, but according to the report, "[u]nless Reynolds' sentence is reduced, he will likely be sitting in a jail cell when the legislature reconvenes in January 2019," and could miss the entire first year of the session if not released before next September.
Special Lowering the Bar bonus points go to Reynolds because of this detail: he was convicted on five counts "of using a middleman to chase ambulances in order to solicit clients for Reynolds' law firm," also known as "barratry." His law license has been suspended. Wait—double bonus points because he was also recently fined $52,000 for failing to properly file campaign-finance records, but mainly because Reynolds was a member of the House's campaign-finance committee at the time.
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Telephone requests for urgent grants of legal assistance are considered only when no facilities exist to e-mail, fax or to hand-deliver application forms and supporting material to Legal Aid Queensland.
If an urgent grant of legal assistance is required,
the private practitioner must telephone the nearest Legal Aid Queensland office.
Legal Aid Queensland must be satisfied of the merits of the case and of the urgency of the matter.
If an urgent grant of legal assistance is approved,
An interim approval is issued.
The interim approval lapses within 14 days unless a formal application for legal assistance and verification of means are received in Legal Aid Queensland.
The interim grant of legal assistance is conditional upon receiving the appropriate application form and such application confirming financial eligibility.
Retrospective grants of legal assistance
Grants of legal assistance are not provided retrospectively unless there are exceptional circumstances which led to the failure to apply for legal assistance and it will cause an applicant substantial financial hardship if retrospective assistance is not granted.
An application for retrospective grant of legal assistance must set out the exceptional circumstances and must provide:
the date the applicant first consulted the solicitor about the case;
details of the applicant's financial circumstances at that date, and throughout the conduct of the matter;
details of the applican's current financial circumstances;
a copy of the private practitioner's account, or an estimate of fees; and
written confirmation that, should retrospective aid be granted, the private solicitor, counsel if any, and any other service provider, are prepared to accept payment of fees at the Legal Aid Queensland rate.
If retrospective assistance is refused, an applicant may request a review of that decision.
Interstate application for grants of legal assistance (Forum Test)
When a person who applies for a grants of legal assistance is resident in one State and the grant relates to an action to be taken outside that State, the "forum test" is to be applied and the question of aid is the sole responsibility of legal aid in the State in which the action is to be taken.
When a grant of legal assistance has been made to a resident in one State and the proceedings are transferred to a Court or Tribunal outside that State, the grant of assistance will continue to be the responsibility of that legal aid body which will manage the file and will be responsible for any interstate agent's fees incurred, provided the relevant means and merit tests continue to be satisfied.
When a person to whom legal assistance has been granted ceases to reside in a State but the proceedings have not been transferred, the grant of assistance continues to be the responsibility of legal aid in the State in which the action is being taken. However, the grant is subject to review, particularly in regard to possible changes in the financial position of the legally aided person.
When a person to whom legal assistance has been granted ceases to reside in a State or never resided in the State, and the proceedings are also transferred to a court outside that State, grants of legal assistance by the granting State ceases and a fresh application for a grants of legal assistance made to the Legal Aid body in the new forum State.
When proceedings have been funded by one Legal Aid body and the grant of legal assistance is transferred in accordance with the previous paragraph, the new Legal Aid body will, on the satisfactory conclusion of the matter, collect from the legally aided person on behalf of the initial Legal Aid body that proportion of costs and outlays to which it would have been entitled.
Community Legal Centres
Applications for grants of legal assistance which are received from community legal centres are processed in the same way as all other applications
If a grant of legal assistance is approved, the grant of legal assistance may be referred back to the community legal centre provided there is at least a part-time solicitor employed at the centre who holds an unconditional practising certificate but the grant of legal assistance is on a disbursement-only basis.
Legal aid in these matters is limited to counsel's fees and disbursements and does not include payment of solicitor's professional fees.
Disbursements are payable only in matters where a grant of aid for counsel has been made. The disbursements payable to CLC's include travel, accommodation and expert reports. Conduct money and nominal outlays such as the cost of phone calls, facsimiles and photocopying are not payable.
Legal Aid can be granted through CLC's in criminal proceedings where counsel is approved.
Disbursements in these matters are limited to those associated with the relevant part of the proceedings for which counsel has been approved.
A grant of legal assistance for CLC's to represent clients at legal aid family dispute resolution conferences provides access to the dispute resolution service. This is not a grant for which counsel is available or provided and no fees are payable.
CLC applications may be for
Applicants to initiate the conference process; or
Respondents where the other party already has a grant of aid for the conferencing process.
If the issues are not resolved at the conference and the CLC continues to act for the client any further grants are limited to stages where a grant of aid for counsel is available.
If the issues are not resolved at the conference and the CLC is no longer acting, the client may apply for a grant of aid and if approved be referred to an in-house solicitor or preferred supplier.
Legal Aid can be granted through CLC's in civil law proceedings where counsel is approved.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (ATSILS)
Legal Aid Queensland partners with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service in the delivery of legal assistance to eligible Indigenous people.
Applications for grants of legal assistance which are received from ATSILS are processed in the same way as all other applications and the applicant must meet Legal Aid Queensland's guidelines, means and merits tests (where applicable).
If an application for legal assistance received from ATSILS is approved, it will be referred back to ATSILS unless a conflict of interest exists.
Disbursements are payable only in matters where a grant of aid for counsel has been made. The disbursements payable to ATSILS include travel, accommodation and expert reports. Conduct money and nominal outlays such as the cost of phone calls, facsimiles and photocopying are not payable.
Legal Aid can be granted through ATSILS in criminal proceedings in the District or Supreme Courts and in committals which will proceed to the Supreme Court.
Legal Aid is not generally approved to ATSILS for committals which will proceed to the District Court, however, if an application be received, it will be considered by Legal Aid Queensland.
ATSILS can represent either the applicant or the respondent at a Legal Aid Queensland family dispute resolution conference.
A grant of legal assistance for ATSILS to represent clients at legal aid family dispute resolution conferences provides access to the dispute resolution service. This is not a grant for which counsel is available or provided and no fees are payable.
Legal Aid can be granted through ATSILS in family law proceedings covered by the guidelines where counsel is approved.
Legal Aid can be granted through ATSILS in child protection proceedings where counsel is approved.
Refusals of grants of legal assistance
Refusals of grants of legal assistance including refusals of requests for an extension of the grant of legal assistance and extension of the estimate of costs for the grant of legal assistance, will be notified to the applicant's solicitor and/or applicant together with the reasons for refusal.
Termination of a grant of legal assistance
A grant of legal assistance may only be terminated by Legal Aid Queensland.
A grant of legal assistance cannot be terminated by the legally assisted person or by his or her legal representative, although either can request termination.
Change of circumstances
Every legally assisted person and that person's solicitor has a responsibility to notify Legal Aid Queensland of any changes in the legally assisted person's circumstances which are likely to affect that person's continued eligibility for legal assistance. Legal Aid Queensland may ask a legally assisted person to complete an update of current financial circumstances at any time.
Legal aid conferences
It is Legal Aid Queensland's policy to consider calling conferences in any civil or family law dispute when it considers the matter is capable of being resolved by negotiation. A conference may be held as the initial grant of legal assistance or after proceedings have commenced. A conference is usually held before a grant of legal assistance to proceed to trial is issued.
A Legal Aid Conference has two objectives.
The first is to provide the parties with a forum in which to try to resolve the issues in dispute.
The second is to give Legal Aid Queensland the opportunity to be fully appraised of all the issues before deciding whether to continue to grant legal assistance to an applicant.
Usually, a conference is called when both parties are legally assisted, even if Legal Aid Queensland is acting for one of the parties. In the latter situation, arrangements will be made for the conference to be chaired by a private practitioner.
A conference may also be called when only one party is legally assisted and the other party has applied for a grant of legal assistance. In these circumstances, the other party's solicitor is paid at the conference fee rate for attending the conference provided that the client is financially eligible for legal assistance.
On some occasions, when one party is legally assisted and the other party is privately funding their action, the other party and his or her solicitor may be invited to attend a conference at the other party's expense, provided that the other party agrees to share the conference chairperson's costs where applicable.
Briefing of counsel in legally assisted matters
Counsel may be briefed where prior written approval has been obtained from Legal Aid Queensland. In some cases, Legal Aid Queensland may direct the briefing of particular counsel(including an in-house counsel).
Only barristers who are members of the Bar Association of Queensland may be briefed unless the prior approval of Legal Aid Queensland is obtained before the delivery of the brief.
For circuit court sittings, Legal Aid Queensland briefs counsel for all legally assisted matters to be dealt with in the sittings. In all other matters, solicitors may elect to brief counsel from the local bar or out of town counsel provided that this does not involve additional cost to Legal Aid Queensland.
In cases where counsel of suitable experience in a particular jurisdiction is not available, or there is a conflict of interest, out of town counsel may be briefed provided that there has been prior agreement from Legal Aid Queensland.
Payment of agents
Payment is not approved for an agent unless Legal Aid Queensland is satisfied that it was necessary to engage an agent and it was a more economical use of legal aid funds to engage the agent than to have the assigned solicitor perform the task.
Contribution by the legally assisted person
Legal Aid Queensland may impose an initial financial contribution towards the costs of providing legal services sought by the applicant.
The initial contribution is determined by the Means Test.
Legal Aid Queensland may also require a legally assisted person to pay a retrospective contribution towards the costs of providing legal services. The amount of retrospective contribution to be paid is determined at the conclusion of the proceedings or when the person ceases to be legally assisted.
Initial contributions
No grant of legal assistance is made when the initial contribution to be paid by the applicant for legal aid would be greater than the commitment (likely cost) on the particular grant of legal assistance.
When a legally assisted person is required to make an initial contribution on account of income and assets, the contribution to be imposed is the sum of both contributions.
Where an applicant applies for assistance for two or more matters at the same time only one initial contribution is imposed.
Where financially associated persons apply for aid in a matter where they are co-accused only one initial contribution is payable.
Split contributions
Where the total contribution payable by a legally assisted person exceeds the likely cost of the first stage grant, consideration may be given to splitting the contribution payable over the first and subsequent stages of the case.
Prior payment of legal fees
The fact that the applicant has already paid fees to a private practitioner in relation to a matter is not taken into account when assessing the level of the initial contribution to be paid. The initial contribution is assessed on the income and assets declared on the application form and no credit is given for payment of legal fees, whether in relation to the same matter or not.
Solicitor's responsibility for initial contributions
It is the responsibility of the private solicitor to collect the initial contribution imposed. Legal Aid Queensland will deduct any assessed initial contribution from the first payment of professional fees, or the first payment of disbursements to be made to the private solicitor.
In some circumstances, an initial contribution may be required to be sent to Legal Aid Queensland.
Other conditions on grants of legal assistance
In addition to imposing an initial financial contribution as a condition of a grant of legal assistance, other conditions may be imposed. These conditions will be notified to the legally assisted person and the solicitor when the grant of legal assistance is made or extended.
Retrospective contributions
In matters where a grant of legal assistance results in the legally assisted person's ownership or entitlement to property being preserved, or to that person being entitled to recover property or money, Legal Aid Queensland may require payment of a contribution to Legal Aid Queensland. This contribution will not exceed the ordinary professional costs, including the solicitor and own client costs, less any initial contribution already paid.
Legal Aid Queensland may take a mortgage or other security over any land or other property owned by the legally assisted person, to secure the contribution owing. The contribution must be repaid within a time to be specified by the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Executive Officer's nominee.
Security over property may also be required as a condition of a grant of legal assistance where the grant of legal assistance is made under the Means Test Special Circumstances Guidelines.
Interest charges
Interest is charged in relation to the retrospective contribution imposed in matters where the grant of legal assistance was made on or after 1 September 1990 and is payable while it or part of it remains unpaid, at the rate prescribed in s.48 Supreme Court Act 1995, in respect of a judgment of a court of record.
Legal Aid Queensland requires interest to be paid on a contribution while it or part of it remains unpaid one month after the date of imposition or, when there is a request for review, within fourteen days after the final determination of the External Review Officer, whichever occurs first.
When a contribution is levied, Legal Aid Queensland must notify the legally assisted person of the amount to be paid and the rate of interest which will accrue.
The contribution that the legally assisted person is liable to pay shall, until payment, be a first charge in favour of Legal Aid Queensland on the money and property actually recovered by or on behalf of the legally assisted person in respect of the matter in which legal assistance was given. All conveyances or acts done to defeat that charge will be void as against Legal Aid Queensland except for a bona fide purchaser for value without notice.
Statutory charge
When money, property, or both is recovered or recoverable from or preserved as a result of a legally assisted action, the Act gives Legal Aid Queensland a first charge on such money or property for its costs and outlays. All conveyances or acts done to defeat the charge will be void as against Legal Aid Queensland except for a bona fide purchaser for value without notice.
Solicitor's responsibility - refund to Legal Aid Queensland
When such money or property comes into the possession or control of a solicitor, the solicitor must retain possession or control until a determination regarding refundable costs has been made. The solicitor must pay the assessed contribution from such moneys.
Costs payable by the legally assisted person
When a Court or Tribunal orders a legally assisted person to pay the costs of the other party, such costs are not normally paid by Legal Aid Queensland.
Either the legally assisted person or the other party may request Legal Aid Queensland to pay those costs. Legal Aid Queensland cannot pay such costs unless it is satisfied that the person making the request will suffer substantial hardship if the costs are not paid, and that it is just and equitable that the costs be paid.
Appeal Costs Fund
It is a condition of each grant of legal assistance that where matters fall within the terms of the Appeal Costs Fund Act(1973), solicitors must apply for reimbursement of the costs expended by Legal Aid Queensland from the Appeal Costs Board.
Ownership of Legal Aid Files
Preferred supplier files are owned by the preferred supplier and the client. In-house practice files are owned by the in-house practice of Legal Aid Queensland and the client.
Documents held on a preferred supplier or LAQ in-house practice file may belong to the solicitor, the client or a third party. Common law principles and relevant legislative provisions apply in determining ownership of or entitlement to such documents.
Access to these documents by clients (including former clients) is governed by the Australian Solicitor's Conduct Rules 2012 and the Information Privacy Act 2009.
Grants administration files are owned by Legal Aid Queensland. Access to documents on these files is considered under the Right to Information Act 2009 or the Information Privacy Act 2009.
A private solicitor who agrees to undertake a case which is funded by Legal Aid Queensland does so on the basis that both the solicitor and client acknowledge that the solicitor's common law right to exercise a lien on that file for which legal assistance was granted is restricted, with respect to transferring that file to another solicitor while the client remains legally assisted.
Waiver of privilege
A legally assisted person's solicitor shall disclose all relevant information to Legal Aid Queensland. The client is deemed to have waived any privilege or right that might preclude such disclosure.
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SiriusXM has hosted entire channels dedicated to the Beatles, Tom Petty, Pearl Jam, the Grateful Dead, Frank Sinatra and more. Now, add another giant band to that list: Phish. The jam kings launch Phish Radio tomorrow, Friday, June 14th on channel 29. The channel will kick off by broadcasting the band's three headlining performances from Bonnaroo, which they are headlining for the first time since 2012.
According to SiriusXM, the channel will draw from Phish's huge live catalog. It will also include studio tracks, music by their influences and include interviews and shows hosted by the fairly reclusive band members.
"My bandmates and I are thrilled to have a home at SiriusXM where Phish fans can hear music from over three decades of us making music together," said keyboardist Page McConnell. "We're excited to make Phish Radio an extension of who we are as a band and a welcome home for fans old and new."
"We are excited to team up with Phish and bring Phish Radio nationwide to one of the most dedicated and passionate fan bases in music history," said Steve Blatter, Senior Vice President and General Manager for Music Programming, SiriusXM. "The new music channel, launching live from Bonnaroo, will showcase the band's wide-ranging library of music, as well as their iconic live performances."
Phish kicked off their tour this week in St. Louis, MO; last night, they covered "Gloria" for the first time.
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Andreas Jacobus (André) Rutten (Rotem, 12 september 1923 - Agadir, 11 september 1999) was een Belgisch politicus voor de CVP.

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André Rutten was zelfstandige lood- en zinkwerker en handelaar in gas, sanitair, was-, brei- en naaimachines aan het kruispunt van de Borreshoefstraat en de Rijksweg (toen Steenweg) te Dilsen.

André Rutten werd in april 1977 verkozen tot lid van de Kamer van volksvertegenwoordigers voor het arrondissement Tongeren-Maaseik en vervulde dit mandaat tot november 1981. In de periode mei 1977-oktober 1980 zetelde hij als gevolg van het toen bestaande dubbelmandaat ook in de Cultuurraad voor de Nederlandse Cultuurgemeenschap. Vanaf 21 oktober 1980 tot november 1981 was hij tevens korte tijd lid van de Vlaamse Raad, de opvolger van de Cultuurraad en de voorloper van het huidige Vlaams Parlement.

Hij was de laatste burgemeester van Dilsen en bezieler van de eerste grote Limburgse fusie zes jaar vóór de fusiegolf van 1977.

Tevens was hij gemeenteraadslid en van 1971 tot 1976 burgemeester van Dilsen-Stokkem. Hij was gehuwd met Regina Grosjean, kleuterleidster. Zij hadden 7 kinderen.

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If you're a corporation in Washington, you must report all corporate officers who are not covered by unemployment insurance (exempt) and their in-state taxable wages in the quarterly reports that are filed for unemployment insurance.
Corporate officers are all officers, including those not listed in Gusto, who are exempt from Washington state unemployment tax and are not already being reported on the quarterly Washington UI Tax and Wage Report.
Officer earnings are the combined wages or earnings for all non-covered corporate officers.
Visit the Washington State Employment Security Department website (ESD) to learn more about how to define a corporate officer and the law on unemployment-insurance coverage for corporate officers. You can also contact the ESD at (855) 829-9243.
If the number of officers or officer earnings have previously been misreported on any quarterly reports, you can amend this portion of the filing by following the directions below.
The correct amount of officer earnings and stock options for that quarter.
Request that only the corporate officer section of the filing be amended.
You can follow up with your request by contacting Employment Security Department's accounting unit directly at employeraccounts@esd.wa.edu.


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Queen of the Night Aria
Sheet Music: Corrente
from Il pastor fido, Sonata No. 3
Opus number
Op. 13, No. 3, RV 57
Nicolas Chédeville (1705–1782)
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Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
Flute and Harpsichord/Piano
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PDF Sheet Music (133 kB) (preview)
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Tune of the Day: Corrente by Chédeville
from "Il pastor fido" Sonata No. 3
This courante is the fourth movement of the third of the Il pastor fido sonatas, first published in 1737 and traditionally attributed to Antonio Vivaldi. The actual composer, Nicolas Chédeville, made a secret agreement with Jean-Noël Marchand to publish a collection of his own compositions as Vivaldi's Op. 13. Chédeville supplied the money and received the profits, all of which was recorded in a notarial act. This may have been an attempt to give his instrument, the musette, the endorsement of a great composer which it lacked.
1. Preludio Flute & Piano
2. Allegro ma non Presto Flute & Piano
3. Sarabanda Flute & Piano
5. Giga Flute & Piano
Flute Sheet Music: Giga (N. Chédeville)
Flute Sheet Music: Rondeau (H. Purcell)
Courantes:
Flute Sheet Music: Courante (M. Praetorius)
Flute Sheet Music: Courante (J.S. Bach)
Flute Sheet Music: Larghetto (J. Ranish)
Flute Sheet Music: Preludio (N. Chédeville)


Selfridges stores in Birmingham and Manchester will add Primark to their menswear offering as the exclusive department store group seeks to broaden its till appeal.
Primark will open a concession in Selfridges' location in the Bullring in Birmingham today, with another outpost opening in the group's Trafford Centre store in Manchester on 19 November.
The Primark-at-Selfridges concessions will include pieces from the value retailer's menswear collection, including clothing, shoes and accessories.
The tie-up has been called the most dramatic example of high-low spending habits in Britain yet. For the first time, Selfridges shoppers will be able to pick up an Hermes watch for thousands of pounds on one floor and a Primark basic tee for £2.50 on another.
Retail Week reported that the move was more than a year in the making. The concessions are Primark's first, and approximately ten percent of the stock is expected to be exclusive to Selfridges.
Primark operates 223 stores in the UK and overseas. There are currently no plans for Selfridges' flagship store on London's Oxford Street to offer Primark wares, or for the partnership to extend to womenswear.


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Insight: Cut your costs at auction
28/09/2012 in Car Dealer News
By Tim Rose and Richard Yarrow
- Time, efficiency and logistics contribute most significantly to dealers' used car operational costs after refurbishment expenses
- Technology will allow dealers to auction trade-ins without the car leaving the dealer's compound
- Accurate valuations for trade-ins can aid dealers' cashflow
The UK's motor auction and remarketing sector is the most advanced in Europe.
In the UK, where a professional motor auction industry and a regular car change cycle fixation has existed for some time, used car sales per 1,000 people are around the 110 mark, twice that of Italy and three times that of Spain.
But handling the trade-in requires process and cost. It is how dealers optimise that process that can bring benefits to the bottom line.
BCA, which has 19 auction locations, is about to launch new mobile technology which will allow dealers who auction their trade-ins to digitally offer a car for sale without it leaving the dealership.
BCA said this will enable it to service the smaller franchised dealers and independents who have found it too costly to send part-exchanges to auction because of the low volumes.
Commercial director D'Vidis Jacobs said in remarketing moving the car from one location to the auction compound is one of the biggest costs. He predicted the motor auction market "moving more online in the longer term", with increased numbers of vehicles sold directly from off-site locations. However, he didn't see BCA not requiring its current infrastructure and physical footprint at any point.
Alongside its Live Online service which allows buyers to take part in the real-time action at a physical auction via the internet, BCA also has E-auction, a purely online trade sale of vehicles all with images and detailed appraisals. Volumes in this area have risen dramatically, from 2,416 units in Q1 2007 to 32,772 units in Q1 2012, some from off-site locations, with all vehicles delivered to the purchasers. More than 2,500 trade buyers participate in E-auction monthly.
Coupled with its new Appraise, Value and Sell system, which aims to help dealers set a part-exchange value on a car more accurately and efficiently using a tablet PC, online sales can help dealers significantly.
The system creates a paperless record, allows all managers in a dealer group to see when a trade-in has been received, in case they wish to keep it for retail, otherwise the dealer can choose to auction the car online to the trade or arrange collection for physical sale.
Jacobs said it creates an opportunity to take a larger share of the business – it wants to tap into smaller businesses, bring more dealers and direct owned fleets on board and sell and transport more vehicles for them.
But it won't be offering online auctions to private buyers because of the Distance Selling Regulations which could lead to a car being returned a week after the sale.
Gavin Smith, director Dealer-Auction, said: "The benefits to franchised dealers of offering their trade cars online are quite considerable. Not only are their substantial cost savings to be made but the online proposition gives the selling dealer far more control of the vehicle sale.
"The profits that dealers are seeing from going online with their trade cars are also very attractive."
Essex Auto Group has been offering its used cars to online trade buyers without moving stock from the forecourt. Its partner is Autorola, the online business to business remarketing company.
The group adopted Autorola's system to help shift its ageing stock, and improve used vehicle stock turn, particularly in the high volume part-exchange plate-change months.
Deputy managing director Mike Brown said: "The system makes disposal of unwanted stock more cost effective.
"By putting vehicles on Autorola's dealer feed, it is automatically up for sale and can be viewed by thousands more online buyers, while remaining on our forecourt.
"Another benefit is that we are in control of prices, so if we think a price is too low, we can refuse the sale. A fully detailed description of each vehicle further ensures a prompt sale."
Jon Mitchell, Autorola's business development manager, said online remarketing of trade-ins or duplicate stock can typically save dealers £100 to £200 of cost of transporting and waiting for physical auction. Leaving the car at the dealership also gives the dealer a chance to retail it.
Manheim, which operates 17 UK auction houses, recently revealed its Simulcast Everywhere digital solution at the NADA Show in the USA. It enables the auction, vehicles and buyers all to be located anywhere. A still picture of the vehicle is displayed with a live audio stream of the auctioneer. A vehicle bid log keeps sale activity up-to-date. In addition, general vehicle details, access to condition reports and the full run list of vehicles are available onscreen.
Manheim said the system's introduction to the UK is dependent on vendor demand, unlike the Sim-ulcast online system which allows dealers to buy online from auctions.
Seller Advance is Manheim's solution to assist dealers in the part-exchange valuation process. It uses real time data and condition reporting to assess a vehicle's value before storing the report and, if required, entering the vehicle to the auction process.
The full valuation is advanced to the vendor ahead of the actual sale to aid the dealer's cashflow. Funds are then reconciled post sale. Launched in May 2009, it will provide 100,000 valuations by the end of this year from around 250 dealers, said Manheim. It's now attracting attention from larger dealer groups, rather than the smaller operators it was initially set up to serve.
Daren Wiseman, Manheim's general manager of valuation services, said Seller Advance was designed to overcome some of the objections that smaller dealers have to auctions.
He believes there's a lack of expertise in valuing part-exchange vehicles because just identifying the model from the guide books can be hard enough. The Manheim syst- em uses VRMs to correctly identify the car.
He also thinks there's no limit to the system's growth.
Seller Advance pushed 8,000 cars to auction in 2011. That has already doubled this year, and Wiseman expects 40,000 by the end of 2014. The valuation-to-auction conversion rate remains constant at around 20%.
Author: Tim Rose Tim Rose
tim.rose@bauermedia.co.uk
As editor, Tim is responsible for the media content, planning and production of AM's multiple channels (AM print and digital magazines, website, social media and contributing to our events planning). He interviews and writes about as many franchised dealer groups and UK divisions of motor manufacturers as possible, to explore the issues facing UK motor retail and understand what solutions dealers and suppliers are using to overcome these.
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Philadelphia, PA - It was in Philadelphia taverns that the American Revolution took hold (see City Tavern for proof), and 100 years ago, Philadelphia was known as the most magnificent brewing city in the Western Hemisphere, or the "Cradle of American Libation." In the mid-19th through the early 20th centuries, 90 breweries operated in Philadelphia proper, and another 100 operated in its environs. Prohibition in 1920 brought the brewery boom to an end, and the decline—and near demise—of virtually all of Philadelphia's beer producers.
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Today, craft breweries have reclaimed the region's reputation by brewing some of the world's best beer. Victory, Sly Fox, and Yards produce and distribute some of the Philadelphia region's most well-known and accessible craft beers, and in recent years, they've been joined by newer microbreweries and brewpubs, such as Tired Hands, Forest & Main, and Round Guys, along with spectacular craft distillers.
In the warmer months, beer lovers head outside. The seasonal Independence Beer Garden offers a beer break right on Independence Mall, while Spruce Street Harbor Park and Blue Cross RiverRink Summerfest attract people to the Delaware River waterfront with food, beer, hammocks, games, and a roller-skating rink. Pop-ups including The Oval and the PHS Pop Up Gardens activate underused spaces, much to the delight of beer fans and urban dwellers.
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NBA Hopeful Isaiah Austin Diagnosed With Marfan Syndrome – What Is This Rare Disease?
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Four days before Baylor University basketball star Isaiah Austin hoped to be drafted into the NBA, his dreams of playing in the pros were extinguished by a rare genetic disease called Marfan syndrome.
"I had a dream that my name was going to be called," Austin told ESPN. But after a standard physical, test results revealed he had Marfan syndrome. "They said I wouldn't be able to play basketball no more, at a competitive level. … They told me my arteries and my heart are enlarged, and that if I overwork myself or push myself, my heart could rupture."
Marfan syndrome is caused by a genetic mutation that leaves connective tissue in the body weak, according to the National Institutes of Health. The defective gene can also cause excessive growth of longer bones in the body, although it's not clear why this happens.
People with Marfan syndrome are usually very tall and thin. They often have longer than usual arms, legs, fingers and toes, according to the NIH. Austin, at 7-foot-1, matches this description.
The center from Arlington, Texas, revealed during his sophomore season at Baylor that he is blind in his right eye as a result of a detached retina he suffered as a teenager. He was expected to be the first partially blind player in the NBA. Eye problems are a common effect of Marfan syndrome.
Curved spines, chests that stick out or sink in, flexible joints, and stretch marks not related to weight gain or loss are also visible signs of Marfan syndrome.
Less visible, and often unnoticed until it's too late: weak parts of the aorta — the large artery that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body — which can tear or rupture. Leaky heart valves that can cause a heart murmur are also among the symptoms.
As devastating as the news may be for Austin, getting this diagnosis now may be a lifesaver.
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Do you eat fish? Want to taste fish you've never eaten before? When the answer was yes (probably always) people were invited to sit down, try the plates of three types of fish that have no commercial value - soup, goat and horse mackerel - and fill in a small fish consumption questionnaire. Meanwhile? The investigators explain the whole surrounding question.
There are fish species that are caught and then discarded. Many at sea, others already on land, without any use. Therefore, MARE is developing new products based on these species also nutritional, which are desirable to the customer. This way, the ValoreJet project was introduced.
The other place was waiting for children who wanted to hunt shark or streak eggs in the sand, in this case of the Troia dunes. This is part of the Shark Attract project, one of the winners of the first edition of the Ocean Conservation Fund, the Lisbon Oceanarium and the Blue Ocean Foundation, whose MARE researchers participate and developed the famous application "The Great Egg Hunt". Application that already has about 300 records, waiting for many more.
Are we medicating the environment? This was the key question for MARE's other "must-stop" on Lisbon night: the Biopharma project. With the increase of active compounds, human being increases too. But is it ruining the fish instead?
Active compounds are designed to be biologically active, to reach the body and go to a certain target, so they cannot be easily degraded to get where it is needed, and much of it is not absorbed by the body or metabolized, so it leaves by feces and pee. And the same goes for aquaculture and livestock. Problem? It reaches the sea..
The technology to analyze this type of compounds is still a little inaccessible, due to the difficulty and values practiced because the concentrations are low. But MARE researchers decided to investigate the waters first.
"We focused on the Tagus because of the population and because there was no information yet. We did a collection: in 92 waters - there weren´t nove even one clean "explains the researcher Vanessa Fonseca. The worst concentrations were in the areas adjacent to urban centers - Lisbon, near the Etar de Beiroles, Almada, Baia do Seixal or Vila Franca.
The next job: analyze the minnows and other organisms. In this analysis we took antibiotics, antidepressants, anti-epileptics in sea bream, sea bass, crab, croaker, especially in the liver, the preferred accumulation organ, and perhaps some in the brain that a student is studying now.
And what is the solution to this problem? Improve treatment of waters, notably through ozonation - because when water goes through ozone many of the compounds degrade. However, this is still an expensive process.
Another solution is dream pharmacy - eco solution - so the drug has an active compound and often has the vehicle to reach the target. And it is this vehicle that can be greener, more easily degradable, so that its life span is shorter.
MARE at NEI 2019 in Évora participated in three ways: Stand "MARE goes out at Night"; teatcher Helena Adão presented and Researchers Sílvia Pedro and Catarina Mateus in "Cafés com Ciência"; Participation of Researcher Kasia Sroczynska in "Speed Dating Science and Art".
La Vie Shopping Center, Madeira had about 2000 visitors, several ones groups of students from schools in the region. The message? It focused on the MACARONIGHT Project (Marie Curie Sklodowska / European Union Horizon H2020 project, http://frct.azores.gov.pt/project/macaronight/), which was on various islands in Macaronesia. The organization was carried out by the University of Madeira and MARE researchers were integrated into the board of the Madeira Ocean Observatory.
In Coimbra, some researchers attended the Science Museum of the University of Coimbra with the themes of Polar Science and the presentation of the book "Rios de Portugal".
In Figueira da Foz, at FigueiraSea - Sustainable Alliance Expo, the researchers described the theme of fish resources and impacts and monitoring of marine litter.
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Gwent Being Left In The Cold As CD Projekt Red Plans To End Support
The Witcher 3 card game will not get any new tournaments or additions beginning in 2024
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Today is a sad day for card sharks who enjoy Gwent: The Witcher Card Game. The developers have announced there will be no more new cards added to the mobile card game in 2024, nor will there be online tournaments. Updates for the game will become more insular as developers are shuffled onto other projects.
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Have no fear: Gwent isn't going away just yet. There are still 72 cards planned for release next year. After that, the game will shift to a "seasonal" model that rewards building decks in different ways. The developers also plan to allow the community to vote on balancing changes. I've never been a big believer in design by committee, but I guess it doesn't really matter for a sunsetting game that isn't receiving any new expansions. Don't worry—the devs won't allow the community to implement anything too wild, and regular monthly balancing will still occur for 2023.
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CDPR released a Gwent roguelike this year, which is advertised on Steam as a standalone "expansion" to the base card game. While the concept of Gwent: Rogue Mage sounded neat, it had a mixed reception. Some people didn't want to go first in every match. Others thought that the game was too simplified. Achievement hunters hated the RNG nature of the randomized events. But at least Rogue Mage is a single-player game. A live service like the base Gwent game requires constant staff, and CDPR has tons of projects on the horizon.
The next-gen upgrade for Witcher 3 is coming later this month, and the next Witcher game is already being developed in Unreal Engine 5. The developers are also remaking the very first title in the series to feel more like an open world game. So if you enjoy the real-time combat and the overall worldbuilding of the Witcher series, maybe it's a good thing that the card game is winding down.
And it's not like Gwent was even the best way to play the card game—the real OG will always be the version in Witcher 3.
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Our favourite ways to spend a fun family day at King's Cross
The fountains at Granary Square
Hands down the most popular thing for kids to do at King's Cross is to splash in the fountains at Granary Square. There are 1,080 choreographed jets – each individually controlled and lit, meaning they squirt and splash in great leaping patterns, providing hours of fun.
This is the perfect way to cool off on a warm day. Even a bit of cloud and a chill in the air usually isn't enough to stop a kid's urge to take their socks off and get wet.
For those who've packed a picnic, there are benches and tables around the square, or head to the canalside steps and watch the birdlife. You can grab something to go from nearby Waitrose. For those who've packed a picnic, there are benches and tables around the square, or head to the canalside steps and watch the birdlife. You can grab something to go from nearby Waitrose. Toilets and changing facilities can be found outside Waitrose and at Coal Drops Yard. Don't forget to bring a towel and a change of clothes, you'll need it!
Granary Square fountains are open daily and are on during daylight hours, so more time for fun during the summer months. And just around the corner at Lewis Cubitt Park, you'll find more fountains!
Uncover the magic of Platform 9¾
In J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books, the students head to Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry by dashing through the brick wall between platforms 9 and 10.
Ordinary muggles can find this secret Platform 9¾ at King's Cross station. Just look out for the lines of Potter fanatics and a luggage trolley complete with cases and a fluffy Hedwig. Once here, you can don a scarf and capture a photo as you're off to board the Hogwarts Express. This is a must for any serious Harry Potter fan!
While there, don't miss the Harry Potter Shop next to the platform. Styled like Ollivander's Wand Emporium, it's full of goodies like school robes, games, models, horcruxes and chocolate frogs.
Get growing at The Story Garden
Just the place for an adventure, The Story Garden lets children plant, grow, and create, all while learning about the natural world. Located behind the British Library, this wonderful community garden is run by Global Generation with the help of local young people.
Families are welcome at any time (The Story Garden is open five days a week) and Global Generation regularly runs fun, hands-on workshops where you can learn about all things green.
The Story Garden is open now. Discover more via the Global Generation website.
Build, create and climb at SNUG soft play
During the summer months, follow signs for Lewis Cubitt Park from Handyside Street to find SNUG soft play. SNUG is soft play like no other. Instead of fixed play equipment, the kit is made up of soft, buildable shapes that children can use to create their own play landscapes. Dens, tunnels, obstacle courses, trampolines, houses… the possibilities are endless!
The play equipment is at Lewis Cubitt Park daily between 10am and 4pm, throughout the summer (provided the grass is not too wet). There is also space here for older kids to kick a ball around on the lawn, and lots of kid-friendly food options nearby.
Get your game on with table tennis
If you're a ping pong fan, then head to the wide open area in the Granary Building known as The Crossing, and you'll find four full-sized ping pong tables.
Challenge the kids to a game – there is plenty of room to show off your moves, and its completely free to play with no booking required!
If there's an event in The Crossing, the tables are moved outside. Head to the Visitor Centre on Stable Street for bats and balls and all you need to know.
Climb, swing, slide and splash at Handyside Gardens
Tucked away just off Granary Square you'll find the lovely pocket park, Handyside Gardens.
Follow the water channel to the children's play park. Here you'll find swings, a slide and a sand pit to keep the little ones entertained. Tots can have all kinds of fun pumping water into the water rill and splashing about afterwards.
The park is lit in the evenings.
Bees, worms and mucky fingers – just the place for a gardening adventure
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Yes, you read it correctly – that is the name of the restaurant my family and I ate at this weekend. I was looking for a great place to eat in Raleigh and I chose this place squarely on the name. It was a unique find in the city. The owners transformed an old piggly wiggly into a quirky southern restaurant and shopping venue filled with beautifully made items and pigs.
The upstairs was a quaint pig themed shop and the downstairs restaurant featured many cute pigs as well. It was a very visually inviting place.
We each had a really good meal. I had the filet minion, my husband had the pork chops and the kids had shrimp. All of the meals were good but my husband's pork chops were to die for. The pork chops were extremely moist and came with collards and macaroni and cheese. I liked the shape of the macaroni and cheese. It looked like they baked it in a muffin pan. I may try that!!!
My other favorite thing about this restaurant were the kids drinks. My daughter ordered a drink called Zombie Brain Juice from "Always Ask for Avery's" line of totally gross sodas. Even though the name sounded gross, the drink was a really good old fashioned soda.
After dinner we browsed the shop. I couldn't fully enjoy the shop because I had to keep an eye out for my kids touching breakables. Browsing gave us some good laughs and even a few purchases. We bought some after dinner deserts that were fabulous. I would definitely recommend this place if you are in Raleigh and love PIGS.


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