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Campus: Memphis
Buckley Confirmed as New Chancellor for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Peter F. Buckley, MD, became the 11th chancellor of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) today, after a unanimous confirmation vote by the University of Tennessee System Board of Trustees. His appointment is effective February 1, 2022. Most-recently dean of the School of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and executive vice president of medical affairs for the VCU Health… Read More
UTHSC College of Nursing Site of New Regional Telehealth Training Center
Written by Leigh Ann Roman
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center's College of Nursing has been selected as the first satellite telehealth training center in Tennessee by the South Central Telehealth Resource Center. The new training center, scheduled to open in January, will offer a much-needed resource to train health care providers in telehealth services, which have grown exponentially… Read More
UTHSC College of Nursing Highlights Nursing Theory In New Center of Excellence
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center's College of Nursing has established a Center of Excellence that builds on the legacy of alumna Margaret A. Newman, PhD, RN, a world-renowned leader in nursing theory. One of the college's most famous alums, Dr. Newman, who passed away in 2018, was instrumental in shaping nursing practice globally,… Read More
UTHSC Advisory Board Holds Final Meeting for 2021
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center's Advisory Board met virtually Wednesday for its last meeting of 2021, receiving a condensed look at UTHSC Chancellor Steve Schwab's 2021 State of the University Address and an overview of the numbers behind the university's anticipated tuition recommendation for FY 2023. Anthony Ferrara, CPA, MAS, senior vice chancellor… Read More
UTHSC College of Nursing Dean Wendy Likes Named A 2021 Health Care Hero
Wendy Likes, PhD, DNSc, APRN-Bc, FAANP, said that as an MSN student in the College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in the 1990s, she never thought she would be a faculty member, much less the dean of the college. Dean of the UTHSC College of Nursing since 2015, this week… Read More
Pimentos Opens in UTHSC's Madison Plaza Food Court
Memphis-based Pimentos opened its newest location in the food court in the Madison Plaza on the University of Tennessee Health Science Center's Memphis campus. Hours of operation are 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday. The restaurant joins Starbucks, Chick-fil-A, and Soi No. 9 in the university's food court located in the lobby of… Read More
UTHSC Advisory Board to Meet November 17
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center's Advisory Board will meet virtually Wednesday, November 17, at 2 p.m. CDT for its final meeting of 2021. Interested individuals are encouraged to watch the meeting online. Information to access the meeting is available at https://www.uthsc.edu/advisory-board/index.php. Items on the agenda are: The chancellor's fall semester report and recap of… Read More
Journey from MD to Nurse Practitioner Culminates at UTHSC College of Nursing
When Filipina "Pin" Cevallos Schnabel was a teenager, a jellyfish bite triggered mastocytosis – an illness involving the mast cells – which introduced her to the health care world as a regular visitor to emergency rooms in her home country of the Philippines. Mast cells are involved in allergic reactions, and Dr. Schnabel suffers from… Read More


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Qualcomm Seeking A Ban On U.S. iPhone Shipments Is Much Ado Over Nothing
Jay Somaney Contributor
Last week, Qualcomm stepped up its fight with Apple by seeking the help of the International Trade Commission (ITC) to ban the import of a few iPhone and iPad models that are supposedly violating six of the company's patents.
Qualcomm said in their filing that they are seeking ITC assistance to ban Apple products that use baseband modems that are manufactured by companies other than Qualcomm. Baseband models are chips that allow for communications between the handset and cellular networks (simply put). Qualcomm also says that Apple should be forced to stop selling those products that they allege are infringing on their technology.
Qualcomm has now taken the patent fight with Apple to the next level and Apple is counter-suing by stating that Qualcomm's licensing rates are over-the-top and do not take into account "fair" business practices which would be a violation of international trade laws and practices.
This is not a new issue at all despite the hue and cry by the kindly uncles and the always-short-never-wrong crowd because Bloomberg had reported the same issue in very early May as well.
I have stated on numerous occasions that Qualcomm and Apple need to find some common ground and find a way to settle the issue soon, which would be in the best interest of both parties.
Otherwise, it is just costing shareholders of both companies a lot of money.
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Apple has already instructed its OEM partners to not pay Qualcomm royalties because the two sides are unable to agree on what those fees/royalties should be going forward.
Tim Cook has said the following, "Qualcomm is trying to charge Apple a percentage of total iPhone value."
On the flip side, Qualcomm's general counsel has released the following statement: "Apple continues to use Qualcomm's technology while refusing to pay for it."
In the January lawsuit, Apple has stated the following, Qualcomm has "built its business on older, legacy standards but reinforces its dominance through exclusionary tactics and excessive royalties."
I am inclined to go with Apple on this issue because not only is Apple locked in dispute with Qualcomm regarding its baseband/modem patents, but even the United States Federal Trade Commission is after Qualcomm for anti-competitive practices relating to the exact same issue.
According to the FTC, Qualcomm has maintained a "no license, no chip" policy where it has refused to sell modems to smartphone makers that don't agree to its unfair licensing terms.
The Apple sell-siders have not chimed in on last week's escalation of the dispute by Qualcomm however I think for the moment, the issue is "Much ado over nothing."
Both sides have way too much to lose without finding some common ground fairly soon.
(Long aapl, long and short aapl options)
Jay Somaney
I am the founder and managing partner of TSG Capital, a family office and technology hedge fund holding company. Previously, I worked on the sell-side as an Technology a...

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Merope
Dutch Steam merchant
Photo courtesy of Sjöhistoriska Museet, Stockholm
Name Merope
Type: Steam merchant
Tonnage 1,162 tons
Completed 1918 - C. van der Giessen & Zonen's Scheepswerven NV, Krimpen aan den IJssel
Owner NV Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot Mij (KNSM), Amsterdam
Homeport Amsterdam
Date of attack 27 Apr 1943 Nationality: Dutch
Fate Sunk by U-371 (Waldemar Mehl)
Position 36° 57'N, 4° 02'E - Grid CH 9469
Complement 34 (10 dead and 24 survivors).
Route Philippeville (26 Apr) - Bougie (27 Apr) - Algiers - Oran
Cargo Ballast
History Completed in January 1918
Notes on event
At 14.26 hours on 27 April 1943, U-371 fired a spread of four torpedoes at a small coastal shuttle convoy consisting of Merope (Master Coenraad Pieter Dekker) and the French steam merchant Cevennes, escorted by HMS Ronaldsay (T 149) about 10 miles east-northeast of Cape Bengut, Algeria. Merope was hit on starboard side amidships by one of the torpedoes fired from a distance of 3000 meters, settled quickly with a heavy list to port and sank within two minutes. The master, seven crew members and two British gunners were lost. Eight crew members and two gunners were picked up by Cevennes and the remaining survivors by HMS Ronaldsay, which searched in vain for the attacker and wrongly assumed that the ship had been mined. All survivors were landed at Algiers, where seven injured men were taken to a hospital for treatment.
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Cup Series starting lineup at Las Vegas
By Chris EstradaMar 5, 2022, 3:44 PM EST
The starting lineup for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway will have Christopher Bell and reigning series champion Kyle Larson on the front row.
NASCAR Cup Series at Las Vegas – Starting Lineup
Bell earned his first career Cup pole ahead of what will be his 75th series start. Larson is coming off his first win of the season last week at Auto Club Speedway.
Daytona 500 winner Austin Cindric and Chase Briscoe will start from Row 2.
Chase Elliott and Joey Logano line up behind them in Row 3.
Row 4 includes Tyler Reddick and Denny Hamlin. Hamlin won last fall's playoff race at Las Vegas.
Completing the top 10 starting positions are Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Austin Dillon in Row 5.


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Denver and Colorado Celebrate Earth Day Today
{ April 22nd, 2011 }
By The Denver Post
POSTED: 04/22/2011 07:35:48 AM MDT
UPDATED: 04/22/2011 08:25:36 AM MDT
In the 40 years since Earth Day — the high holiday of the environmental movement — was scheduled for every April 22, the world has changed.
Smog levels nationwide have dropped by about a quarter, lead in the air is down more than 90 percent, and polluted lakes and rivers are now clean enough to swim in.
Organizers say the problems people need to worry about now are less visible than they used to be, but millions still commemorate the holiday with outward displays of devotion to the cause.
• The city of Denver will host an Earth Day Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at Civic Center. The event will include activities and displays intended to inform and inspire participants to honor Earth and work toward more conservation and preservation.
• Discovery Canyon Campus High School, 1810 N. Gate Blvd., Colorado Springs, is having an Earth Day presentation from 10 to 11 a.m. The presentation includes a recycled fashion show, games and prizes for the participants and more.
• A volunteer park clean-up event will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Belmar Park, 801 S. Wadsworth Blvd. Info:lakewood.org/green.
• US Geological Survey Geologist Pete Modreski is leading an Earth Day geology/nature hike at 4 p.m. to the top of South Table Mountain. Meet at the trailhead near the intersection of 19th and Belvedere Streets in Golden. The hike follows a good but steep trail to the top. Contact Pete Modreski,pmodreski@usgs.gov, 303-202-4766 or 720-205-2553 with questions or in case of inclement weather.
• Naturalist Peter Laux will lead a e-mile Earth Day geology hike at 9 a.m. to the South Rim Overlook in Roxborough State Park, 4751 N. Roxborough Drive, Littleton. A $6 daily State Parks pass is required for all vehicles entering the park.
• ReSource, Boulder, 6400 Arapahoe Road, is celebrating Earth Day and its 15th anniversary with $20 classes in xeriscaping at noon, building a cold frame grow box at 2 p.m., making a beehive at 3 p.m., and essential bike maintenance at 5 p.m. There will be a free class, "Creative Commuter" at 4 p.m. Other activities from 2 to 9 p.m. include live music, activities for children, a nonprofit fair, local food, refreshments and beer, free artisans and local business booths, and a free screening of "The Economics of Happiness."
As part of the 15th anniversary celebration, Benjamin Nathan, founder of PlanetReuse, will speak at 6 p.m. at the ReSource Yard. Also speaking at the event is Mona Newton, founder of ReSource 2000. Info:ReSourceyard.org.
• Groundwork Denver volunteers are marking Earth Day with "Strive to Not Drive," an alternative transportation outreach event from 3 to 6:30 p.m. in West Highland (W. 32nd and Lowell area). Info:GroundworkDenver.org.
• The City of Colorado Springs, in partnership with Greener Corners, is launching its public space recycling program with a celebration event at 10 a.m. on the steps of City Hall, 107 N. Nevada Ave. The public space recycling program will begin with 60 new combination trash and recycle bins in the core downtown area and 90 bins throughout seven of the City's large community parks and sports complexes. "Green Teams" will be assembled from community groups and volunteers to conduct public awareness campaigns and educate citizens about the benefits of recycling. To join a Green Team, contactGreenTeamCOS@GreenerCorners.comor 888-566-5442.
• Golden Earth Days Council's 21st annual Earth Day Celebration will be from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. at Barnes & Noble Bookstore, 14347 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood. The celebration includes a "meet the authors and artists reception" from 6 to 8 p.m. for book signings, photographs, art displays and live music with Colorado Mountaineering Club author Dave Cooper, Renewable Energy author Carol Tombari, oil painter Blair Leisure and Native American flute music by Bear Limvere. There will also be solar cooking demonstrations with Patty Roberts from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; dog adoptions with Hope for Animals; renewable energy exhibits and environmental tips; and complimentary wildflower seed packets and cookies (while they last). Info:http://home.comcast.net/~britt.hinnen/gedc/.
• "Honoring Mother Earth Everyday," a weekend conference exploring indigenous models for sustainable communities, will be from 6:30 p.m. April 22 to 3 p.m. April 24 at Woodbine Ecology Center, 2584 N State Hwy. 67, Sedalia. Guest panelists include: Winona LaDuke, Gregory Cajete, Louise Benally, David Bartecchi and other regional and local community leaders. Registration fees are on a sliding scale. Limited work exchange and scholarship opportunities are available. Meals are included. Info:http://woodbinecenter.org/HME2011.
• Celebrate Earth Day with Commerce City at the next home game for the Colorado Rapids. The city has partnered with the Rapids and Commerce City Citizens for Recycling to host a free electronics and aluminum recycling event outside the stadium from 5 to 7 p.m. before the game at Dick's Sporting Goods Park, 6000 Victory Way.
• The Nature and Raptor Center of Pueblo is having its annual Earth Day Dinner at 5:30 p.m. at Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, 210 N. Santa Fe Ave. Pueblo. The dinner will include live auction environmental awards and keynote speaker John Stansfield, outdoorsman and author, presenting his one-man living history performance of Enos Mills, Father of Rocky Mountain National Park. Info/tickets: 719-549-2414 ornatureandraptor.org.
• Hear short stories of activists and conservationists during a brief multi-media presentation by Michael Meadows on inspiring pieces of what some have done to further the cause of conservationism and the goals of renewable energy and preserving the planet at 8 p.m. at the Paradise Theatre, 215 Grand Ave., Paonia. Enjoy music by mojocq, Ragged, and Joe Alan, followed by a late night dance party with DJ Smyth.
• The Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area, in cooperation with the City of Salida Recreation Program is hosting two programs for Earth Day at the Scout Hut in Riverside Park, on E and Sackett Streets in Salida. "Enraptured by Raptors," a program with live birds from the Raptor Center of Pueblo, will be at 11 a.m. At 1 p.m., AHRA volunteer geologist Bob Hickey will present "Don't Take All Rocks for Granite." The programs are free and appropriate for all ages. There will also be live music. Info: 719-539-7289.
• Groundwork Denver volunteers are marking Earth Day with "Strive to Not Drive," an alternative transportation outreach event from 3 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in West Highland (W. 32nd and Lowell area). To encourage bicycling, volunteers will provide free bike flat tire repair during the event. Info:GroundworkDenver.org.
• An Earth Day event will be from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Civic Center Park, 201 Laporte Ave., Fort Collins. There will be activities and events for whole families, including informational booths and displays, arts and crafts, live music, speakers, local food and a beer garden. Info: 970-224-3247 orinfo@sustainablelivingassociation.org.
• An Earth Day celebration will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Western Colorado Botanical Gardens, 655 Struthers Ave., Grand Junction. From 8 to 9:30 a.m., there will be a community exercise expo that includes a separateworkout designed for children; a bike ride along the Riverfront Trail from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. (kids are encouraged to decorate their bicycles); and many Earth Day inspired events from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Events include kids activities, live music and entertainment, educational speakers, vendors, food, wine and beer. There will be an Earth Day Concert Series from 3:30 to 11 p.m. featuring Atonga Groove Alliance, Lil Sum'n Sum'n, Jack + Jill, and Dem Bones. Cost for Earth Day events is $1 per person (free with evening concert ticket). Concert tickets are $10 in advance (can be purchased at Grand Junction-area Alpine Banks, Botanical Gardens and Ecofly Solar, 2526 Broadway), $15 at the gate, family of up to 4, $20 in advance, $25 at the gate, (over 4, add $2 each). Info:GJEarthDay.com.
• A Garbage Garage Open House and Earth Day celebration will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Garbage Garage Education Center at the Larimer County Landfill, 5887 S. Taft Hill Road, Fort Collins. There will be refreshments, games, activities such as building a "sytrofoamasaurus," landfill demonstrations, drawings for door prizes and more. Info:Larimer.org/solidwaste.
• Trinidad Food Co-op, 200 E. Elm St., presents "A Picnic For the Planet," a day of events to celebrate Earth Day, includes a 10 a.m. stroll along the river walk; a healing circle/meditation in the park dedicated to the Earth and Japan's earthquake and tsunami victims at noon; a short Bike Run at 12:30 p.m.; a healthy lunch and bake sale at 1 p.m. at the Co-op, with proceeds dedicated to supporting the relief efforts in Japan; and a movie presentation of "The 11th Hour" from 2 to 4 p.m. Info:trinidadcommunitycoop@gmail.comor 719-846-7869.
• The City of Fort Collins Natural Areas Program is having a volunteer tree planting event from 9 a.m. to noon at Running Deer Natural Area, with parking lots located on east Prospect Road and at the Colorado Welcome Center on Prospect Road. The Natural Area can also be reached via the Prospect Road underpass from Riverbend Ponds Natural Area. Snacks will be provided. Wear closed-toe shoes, a hat and sunscreen and take water and work gloves. Registration is required, contact 970-416-2815 or e-mailnaturalareas@fcgov.com.
• Special "rock" programs for Earth Day will be given by members of the Lake George Gem and Mineral Club from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Research Center, 201 S. Fairview St., Woodland Park. A 345-lb. Smoky Quartz crystal will be on display, too. Regular admission to the Resource Center/Museum apply. Info:rmdrc.com/?p=1414.
• The City of Lakewood and Rooney Road Recycling Foundation are hosting an electronic recycling event from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Lakewood City Hall, 480 S. Allison Pkwy, upper deck. (Enter from West Virginia Avenue). Cost is $20, cash or check. The event allows residents to safely dispose of unwanted electronic items so they don't end up at the landfill. All hard drives and memory will be removed from computers and securely shredded prior to recycling. Info: 303-987-7190.
• Morrison Nature Center at Star K Ranch, 16002 E. Smith Road, Aurora, is having a free Earth Day Fair from 9 a.m. to noon. There will be interactive booths, activities, guided bird walks, information on composting and using water wisely and much more. Info: 303-739-2428.
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My name is Matt, and in a month, I'll be graduating. I can honestly say that there are few events in my life that have made me this nervous.
While I'm one of a lucky few that have some semblance of a job prospect lined up, it will be the first time in nearly two decades that I will not be attending some kind of educational institution for most of the year. I don't plan on going to grad school, so for the rest of my life, it looks to be work.
This terrifies me. Just as I was getting into a rhythm of balancing a job or two, class, an internship and a social life, I will suddenly have a big injection of normalcy into my life. With some luck, I'll be settling into a nine-to-five job, and I'll actually be able to be finished work when I go home.
While I will never be sleeping in on a weekday again because I have class in the afternoon, I will be able to plan hobbies and other things with a little bit of reliability. Poor time management aside, it will be weird to just have nothing in the way of essays, projects or exams to worry about.
But I guess that's part of growing up.
And to be honest, I think I can live with that.


This rider-focused event is facilitated by Iowa's motorcycle safety team, a diverse partnership of motorcycle safety advocates, the Iowa Department of Transportation, motorcycle trainers, dealers and riders.
The event is being held Friday, May 19 at the Benton Auditorium in the Scheman Building on the Iowa State University campus in Ames from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Iowa DOT and its partners expect 200 motorcycle enthusiasts to attend. For more information, visit here.


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Huskies make history by filling the top three slots in the WNBA Draft.
Connecticut is the Mount Olympus of women's college basketball, and has been for four straight years. After winning the women's NCAA title again last week, what more could be historic for the Huskies?
UConn seniors—3-time Player of the Year Breanna Stewart, Moriah Jefferson and Morgan Tuck—made history yet again on Thursday night when they were drafted 1-2-3 in the WNBA Draft.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the first three overall draft picks coming from the same college team has never happened in the history of professional sports.
Stewart was selected by the Seattle Storm.


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Apparently that $25,000 piece of art on Woodfords Corner is bringing people to the area because in early-2019, the Woodfords neighborhood in Portland will be home to a brand New Mexican-style restaurant called Bird & Co. According to the Portland Press Herald, Bird & Co. will take over the space left behind by Abilene Restaurant and the short-lived revival of Uncle Billy's BBQ at 539 Deering Ave.
Woodfoords Corner has plenty of dining options to attract a crowd. Woodford F&B, Big Sky Bread Company and the Bayou Kitchen have all operated in the area for years with success. Bird & Co. hopes to follow suit by offering a varied menu of Mexican and Southwest American options, and a specialized kids menu for those bringing the whole family.
Their sample menu includes a wide array of tacos, that include everything from tuna poke as a filling, to fried cauliflower as well. There will be salads, tuna tartar and churros on the menu as well for those with a sweet tooth.
Bird & Co. is planning to be open 6 days a week for lunch and dinner. Expected opening date of the new restaurant is January 15th.


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2023: While I Have Not Declared My Presidential Ambition – Ngige
In preparation for the 2023 general elections, Senator Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, has reportedly made it known that he is making consultations with political leaders and would make his intentions on the 2023 presidency known by Easter.
According to reports, Ngige disclosed this at the Anambra office of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment in Awka at the weekend when he gave out empowerment facilities to members of the All Progressives Congress in the state.
The minister remarked, "We've started political talks again. Please, give me around Easter where we're going to have another session like this to discuss your request."
He noted, "I'm still consulting the political leaders in the country on your request, by that time I will decide, I know it's my right to decide on that. I will take such decisions at the appropriate time."
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Groups ask for restraining order to stop census wind-down
by: MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press
FILE In this June 27, 2019, file photo, demonstrators gather at the Supreme Court as the justices finish the term with key decisions on gerrymandering and a census case involving an attempt by the Trump administration to ask everyone about their citizenship status in the 2020 census, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The U.S. Census Bureau has spent much of the past year defending itself against allegations that its duties have been overtaken by politics. With a failed attempt by the Trump administration to add a citizenship question, the hiring of three political appointees with limited experience to top positions, a sped-up schedule and a directive from President Donald Trump to exclude undocumented residents from the process of redrawing congressional districts, the 2020 census has descended into a high-stakes partisan battle. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A day after the U.S. Census Bureau said that it has already taken steps to wind down operations for the 2020 census, a coalition of cities, counties and civil rights groups is trying to stop the statistical agency in its tracks.
The coalition asked a federal judge in San Jose on Thursday to issue a temporary restraining order stopping the Census Bureau from taking any further actions toward ending the once-a-decade head count of every U.S. resident.
The coalition is asking a judge in a lawsuit to make the Census Bureau restore its previous deadline for finishing the census to the end of October, instead of using a revised schedule to end operations at the end of September. Arguments aren't scheduled until the middle of the month.
"More immediate relief is needed," said the court filing by the coalition.
The door-knocking phase of the 2020 didn't start for most of the U.S. until the beginning of August, so winding down operations in September will lead to an inaccurate count that overlooks minority communities, the court filing said. During the door-knocking phase, census takers go to households that haven't yet answered the census questionnaire online, by phone or by mail.
The lawsuit contends the Census Bureau changed the schedule to accommodate a directive from President Donald Trump to exclude people in the country illegally from the numbers used in redrawing congressional districts, a process known as apportionment. More than a half dozen other lawsuits have been filed in tandem across the country, challenging Trump's memorandum as unconstitutional and an attempt to limit the power of Latinos and immigrants of color during apportionment.
The lawsuit was brought by the National Urban League, the League of Women Voters, counties that are home to Houston and Seattle and the cities of Los Angeles, San Jose and Salinas, California.
Government attorneys on Friday said in a court filing that they would offer a more detailed argument against the restraining order but disagreed with statements in the coalition's argument. The government attorneys said they would have been willing to negotiate an accelerated schedule for the lawsuit.
In an op-ed piece in USA Today, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, whose department oversees the Census Bureau, said Friday that almost 85% of households had been counted, between residents who self-responded and those who were counted by door-knocking census takers.
"Some have questioned our ability to perform on this timeline without impacting completeness or accuracy. The numbers prove that is not the case," Ross wrote.
Meanwhile, top Democratic congressional leaders on Friday demanded that the Trump administration provide documents, emails, notes and calendar invitations that showed how the Census Bureau and the Commerce Department made the decision to end the 2020 census a month early.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said in a letter to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham that they were concerned the schedule was compressed so that the apportionment count would be controlled by the Trump administration.
In the letter, Pelosi and Schumer recounted a meeting with Trump administration officials during negotiations over coronavirus-relief legislation in which they raised their concerns about the changed census schedule. The Democratic leaders showed administration officials a statement from four former Census Bureau directors who said it would be difficult to have a fair and accurate count with the compressed schedule. House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows responded, "the Democrats just want to control the apportionment and we aren't going to let them do that," according to Pelosi and Schumer.
"It appears that Mr. Meadows may have made the previously unspoken intentions of (the) President and his Administration clear: the White House was intervening to ensure President Trump would control the apportionment process while in office rather than ensuring an accurate count for the American people as required by the Constitution," Pelosi and Schumer said in the letter.
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Quality of service, or QoS, is important when mixing real-time and bulk traffic. Add big data applications and the challenge grows. Let's look at strategies that we can use to protect real-time traffic in a hybrid cloud environment where end-to-end QoS may not be possible.
I define a hybrid cloud as a combination of an enterprise on-premises cloud system and a remote, vendor-provided cloud system. The on-premises systems typically support either infrastructure or platform delivered in the as-a-service model, while the vendor systems could provide a variety of services (infrastructure, platform, data center, or software). In a hybrid cloud, applications might have components located on premises or externally. An application that has real-time communications requirements between sites should be prioritized over non-real-time traffic.
You may also have a software service, such as VoIP, that has real-time components. Somehow, you must connect your voice endpoints within the enterprise to the voice control system service. Call control services typically have less critical timing constraints than real-time streams going to conference calling services located in a cloud provider's infrastructure.
QoS is normally used to prioritize different types of traffic, relative to each other. The process involves classifying traffic by marking packets with either a class-of-service (CoS) or Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) identifier. Once packets are marked, the network uses the embedded CoS/DSCP identifier to perform rate limiting and prioritization for forwarding. Time-sensitive packets get transmitted before less-time-sensitive packets. A QoS design typically has four, eight, or 12 different classes.
The problem on the public Internet is that there are too many competing interests for this simple mechanism to work. Therefore, the Internet typically uses a weighted fair queueing mechanism that favors low-volume traffic flows. This mechanism works well for highly interactive applications with low data volume. Voice traffic typically has a low enough volume that it gets good treatment, especially when compared to things like Web page updates, image files, and streaming video. This is as good as it gets on the public Internet.
MPLS technology allows carriers to provide a virtual network to each customer. An eight-class mechanism is available to prioritize traffic within each customer's virtual network. While this mechanism doesn't differentiate between customers, it does allow each customer to map its internal CoS/DSCP classes into the MPLS priorities.
Because MPLS is less expensive than using dedicated leased lines, it has been the preferred WAN technology for some time. However, some newer, less expensive technologies have begun supplanting MPLS.
A new class of Internet service provider (ISP) and hosting provider has emerged to facilitate cloud connectivity. These carriers have connections to Internet exchange points (IXPs) where the big cloud providers also have connections. These facilities are where carriers and big companies interconnect their networks. Examples are ISPs, wireless carriers, and big companies like Facebook, Amazon, and Google.
The new class of ISPs connect to the IXPs and then sell either dedicated or MPLS links to enterprise customers. These links can handle QoS and provide a high-speed connection directly to the major cloud hosting provider of choice.


PathPartner Technology, a leading provider of embedded multimedia software services and solutions, is taking huge steps towards real time delivery of UHD video. Among other demonstrations, we will be showcasing the latest generation HEVC solutions on Intel server class and client (i5, i7) platforms with 4K resolution support, real time encoding and decoding up to 60 fps with bit rate of 16-20 Mbps range utilizing multi core x86 architecture.
PathPartner is focused on continuous improvement of the quality and performance of both encoder and decoder further to achieve optimized video delivery. We also offer end-to-end solutions for various video applications.
PathPartner also offers highly scalable and multi-channel HEVC Decoder solution on FPGA. The demonstrations at IBC include our HEVC decoder solution on Xilinx Zynq 7000 series All Programmable SoCs. The unmatched error concealment, optimized FPGA resources & memory utilization with ultra-low latency make this decoder suitable for video conferencing, real time video streaming and other low delay applications.
Our HEVC encoder and decoder solution on TI multi core C66x DSP platform supports HEVC Main profile and Main Still profile encoding and decoding of 1080p @ 60fps and 2160p @ 30fps. Apart from this, our solution provides remarkable performance scalability based on number of DSP cores available.
PathPartner's software solution for HEVC decoder on ARM takes advantage of the full capabilities of mobile SoCs built on latest ARM processors. The solution can perform real time decoding of 1080p @ 60 fps and 2160p @ 24fps video streams on quad core Cortex-A15 running at 2.3 GHz. The design fully leverages the media capabilities of the NEON SIMD engine and multi-threading, to exploit data and functional parallelism on ARM Cortex-A CPU cores. The decoder implementation is load balanced and scalable across single and multi-core (up to octal-core) devices.
Our flexible business model and focus on performance and quality has enabled our customers to deploy our HEVC solutions. We are absolutely overwhelmed to demonstrate our products at IBC this year in Amsterdam. Visit our Booth #9.A06, Hall 9 @ IBC 2015.
About PathPartner Technology: PathPartner Technology based out of California, USA and Bangalore, India, is a leading provider of products and services for multimedia centric devices. PathPartner has extensive experience in Technology, Engineering & Business practices focusing on audio & video codecs, video analytics & vision, imaging, multimedia middleware, OS porting, system integration, applications and hardware design. We offer system solutions and services for multimedia centric embedded devices.
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My Neighbor's House is Listed Below Market Value..Will That Affect the Value of My House?
In our crazy real estate market, we often see a wide range of list prices within the same neighborhood. Why is that?
-Age, square footage, lot size, the number of bedrooms and baths, upgrades.
-The motivation of the seller. This is a big one. Some sellers know how much their home is worth and opt to price it lower than market value to sell quickly. They may also price it low to start a bidding war.
Once you decide to sell your home, rather than browsing on the internet or talking to your neighbors, call a local real estate professional and get a market analysis which would show you a fair market value of your home. You can also hire a licensed appraiser to get an appraisal which you would have to pay for.
Once you are ready to list your house for sale, focus on preparing your house to show well and be sure to price it just right to get it sold quickly and for the most profit within the market range. Don't think too much about your neighbor's house being listed below market value. Will that affect the value of your house? NO! What's important is the sale price. I've seen homes sell $10,000, $20,000, $50,000 over list price. It happens!
-Do not base your list price on how much you paid. If you purchased your home when the market was different than it is today and paid considerably higher, you should still stay within the market range when pricing your house. Buyers don't care how much you paid for it, they're looking at what it's worth in today's market.
-Study the market. Forget what uncle Joe who lives thousands of miles away sold his house for, you are in a different market. Real estate is local. One of the biggest mistakes home sellers make is to take advice from friends and family. They mean well but they're not the professionals who sell homes on a daily basis.
Know what's selling in your neighborhood. Your neighbor's home that's priced higher or lower than yours may be completely different than your house. Be sure to compare similar homes to yours. That additional thousand squares will make a huge difference.
-Don't list your house to test the market. If you truly want to sell your house, you can't afford to play games. Don't list it $100,000 above market value and expect to receive offers. Today's buyers are savvy and they know exactly what your home is worth because their real estate agents show them all the sold comps. Forget about receiving offers, you won't even get anyone to preview your house. You want to attract buyers, not push them away by grossly overpricing your house.
-Don't expect to cash in on all your updates. Is your house comparable to other homes in your neighborhood? When you decided to import your tiles from Italy and paid $50,000 and added that beach entry pool which cost over $100,000, were you thinking about return on your investment? If an average home is selling for $200,000 in your neighborhood, it will be very difficult for you to get $300,000 for your house unless you find a cash buyer who absolutely loves your house and doesn't care about all the comps. Remember, everyone's taste is different.
-Price reductions that won't make a difference. Your house is on the market for a couple of weeks with no lookers and no offers and your agent suggests a price reduction. The best you can do is to reduce it by $100.00. That's not going to cut it. If you were a buyer and saw a price reduction that minimal, will that move you? If anything, that shows potential buyers your price is pretty much set, no negotiation room.
-Leave your emotions out the door. Pack them away. Detach yourself from the house you are selling. Buying and selling a home is emotional. The home you've lived in for twenty years now has a "For Sale" sign in the yard. Packing and moving are not comfortable but remember, it was YOU who made the decision to sell so now, it's time to do what it takes. That means doing everything you can to attract buyers. If you can't see yourself detached from your house, perhaps it's not the time for you to sell yet.
The question was "my neighbor's house is listed below market, will that affect the value of my house?". It's good to know what the active list prices are in your neighborhood but that grossly overpriced home that just came on the market might be there for months to come. The house that's underpriced might be a distressed sale. Don't worry too much about the "priced too low" or "priced too high" homes but know all the SOLD comps in your area.
If you are a Clermont homeowner thinking about selling your house, it's important to do everything right the first time around. See, with buyers, you won't get a second chance. If your house is on the market too long, it will become stale resulting in price reduction or even becoming an expired listing. Call or text me today at 407-929-1852 to see how I can market your home to sell quickly for the most profit you can walk away with.


Enhanced disclosure of climate-related financial risks and opportunities can positively assist in addressing the global challenges of climate change. However, Air Liquide believes that such disclosure should be implemented across the competitive landscape worldwide to be efficient.
This is a report the world can't afford to ignore. It could be a catalyst to deliver the Paris Agreement.
Comprehensive and consistent corporate disclosure of climate risks is a crucial and timely recommendation, which I endorse. What gets measured, gets managed and what gets disclosed and published gets managed even better.
I am calling to go one step further. We should give the disclosure real bite by making these recommendations mandatory, not voluntary. Only then will climate risk become integral to corporate governance and how we all do business.
– Mark Wilson, Chief Executive Officer, Aviva plc.
As one of the world's largest insurers, AXA has a unique role to play in tackling climate change through its influence over large institutions across the globe.
As an insurance company, AXA is directly affected by the impact of climate change but we also have the ability to foster adjustment (as a major global investor) to encourage the correct behaviors among the diverse companies we work with and invest in.
Finance has a real opportunity to show that, despite the lessons of recent history, it can be a force for good on a global scale by steering long-term investment towards a more sustainable future for everyone.
Under the mandate of the G20 and the Financial Stability Board, AXA joined the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures to drive consistent, voluntary disclosures by companies and enhance investor understanding of climate-related business risks and opportunities and was honored to be offered a role of Vice-chair.
The commitment to disclosure and encouraging better investor understanding of the issues is essential to deliver upon the COP21 agreement. As such, AXA will continue to be a key driver in this effort by not only looking to and addressing its own practices but also encouraging greater participation of companies and other investors in the generalized move towards greater levels of disclosure on climate-related risks and opportunities. As for AXA, the Group has initiated real and essential work, already achieved for most of it, to meet as quickly as possible the transparency requirements suggested by the TCFD.
Climate change represents a major challenge in the short and long term as it poses risks for Bradesco and its clients as well as to the entire society. At the same time, it also offers many business opportunities.
Aware of those potential risks and opportunities for the financial system, the FSB established the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TFCD) at the end of 2015, with Michael R. Bloomberg as Chair and Banco Bradesco as one of the members, representing Latin America.
The TFCD is the first global industry-led initiative, composed of banks, asset managers and insurance companies, with the objective of developing recommendations for voluntary climate-related financial disclosures for companies, which has just been released on December 14th. Bradesco strongly supports the Task Force initiative and believes that if companies and investors adopt its recommendations and include such important issue in their strategic discussions, this it will certainly facilitate the transition towards a lower-carbon economy, reducing asset price impacts and creating new business line opportunities for companies.
We are very supportive of the excellent work done by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures. Climate change, with its risks and financial implications, is a critical issue that we must address. Understanding those risks, as well as the opportunities, through increased disclosure and transparency is certainly necessary for market participants to make informed and efficient capital allocation decisions. The principles laid out in the Task Force's Recommendations are an important step in providing the foundations from which companies, investors, banks and other market participants can move forward together to improve transparency and build better understanding of those potential climate-related risks and opportunities.
BHP Billiton supports the work of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) in its efforts to develop voluntary, consistent, climate-related financial risk disclosures that would be useful to lenders, insurers, investors and other stakeholders.
Climate change is a Board governance issue at BHP Billiton and we have a comprehensive approach to climate risk management. Addressing climate change has been a priority for us for nearly 20 years and we have a clear track record of action. We continue to reduce our emissions, adapt to physical impacts and invest in low emissions technology.
Alongside other recommendations, the TCFD Phase II report's recommendation in relation to scenario analysis is aligned with our company commitment to transparent engagement with investors, governments, industry and society. In 2015, we launched our Climate Change: Portfolio Analysis report which described our approach to portfolio evaluation and scenario planning, including the implications of a transition to a lower emissions future for our portfolio. We recently published Views after Paris, describing some of our observations from the past 12 months and their potential portfolio impacts. Views after Paris also provides further detail on some of our key climate change related assumptions and an update on recent actions we have taken related to climate change.
We encourage other business leaders to take a similar approach, where appropriate, and believe the work of the TCFD will help build a consistent framework for climate-related risk disclosure.
Investors need consistent, measureable and transparent data in order to fully integrate climate risk into their decision making and investment process. The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures is performing a keyrole in establishing a framework for improving market wide climate-related disclosure on this critical issue.
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board strongly supports the work of and recommendations set out by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures. We believe that climate change poses an unprecedented challenge for investors, particularly when it comes to accurately assessing and pricing the risks and opportunities it poses. This is complicated by the lack of a global and generally accepted standard to disclose the impact of climate change on a company's business. The Task Force, a private sector-led initiative, does much to remedy this gap with its recommendations for voluntary, consistent and mainstream financial reporting on climate change. All industries, from energy to consumer goods to financial institutions, can use the framework to give investors deeper insight into their assessment and management of climate change-related risks and opportunities. We have welcomed the opportunity to participate in the Task Force's work and look forward to adopting and implementing its recommendations. We urge investors and companies to join us.
The capital market and the rules under which this market acts has, directly and indirectly, a very strong impact on the operation and the strategy of stock based companies. This of course also holds true for climate-related issues. It is therefore of high relevance, if investors give clear and reliable signals to companies on the climate-related items they consider important and which they take into account in their investment decision.
However, if investors are to integrate climate-related issues in their investment recommendations and decisions they need tools and criteria for their evaluation. That's the point where the activities of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures come in.
The work of the TCFD is an important first step to define appropriate reporting standards. The elaboration of this reporting standard and balancing the needs of data preparers and data users will accompany us for many more years and will certainly require a number of iterations.
Today, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) published its recommendations for voluntary, consistent, climate-related financial disclosures in mainstream financial filings. I am delighted that my firm, Deloitte, participated in the Task Force, alongside other multinationals, that developed these recommendations.
The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) actively participated in and supports the Phase II report recommendations developed by the Financial Stability Board's Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). Dow is committed to continuing to work alongside Michael Bloomberg, Mark Carney and other leading manufacturers and financial institutions that make up the TCFD to further advance and implement these voluntary, reasonable and actionable recommendations. Dr. Neil Hawkins, Dow's chief sustainability officer and corporate vice president of Environment, Health and Safety, was a member of the year-long work of the TCFD and provided critical industry perspectives.
The TCFD recommendations provide a profound guidance for preparers on how to report climate-related financial risks to the capital market in a concise, consistent and comparable manner.
By adopting the TCFD recommendations companies can demonstrate how management deals with climate-related risks and how resilient a company's business model is regarding the expected transition to a low carbon economy. By disclosing the relevant information in a company's financial reporting and hence providing the transparency for investors to promote better informed investment decisions and more efficient capital allocation companies can differentiate themselves from other market participants and unlock value by allowing investors to put a price tag to the way a company is dealing with climate change. We at EnBW are looking forward to adopting the TCFD recommendations.
Eni believes that climate change is a major issue for our society and we are committed to contribute to limiting global temperature increase to below 2°C. This challenge is not just representing risks but also great opportunities relating to the energy transition.
We believe that acting is important as well as disclosing what we do. For this reason, we have been progressively increasing our climate communication and today we are considered among the global industry leaders on climate-related disclosures.
The increasing attention on climate change deserves further efforts in either industry commitment and disclosures. The FSB Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) represents a unique chance to raise the level of global awareness on climate change and is a major milestone for the improvement of the way industry communicates how it is addressing climate-related risks and opportunities.
Eni is honored to have taken part in the TCFD.
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) was convened in January 2016, with the objective of promoting more effective climate-related disclosures. EY supports this initiative which strives to increase the transparency from organizations on their governance structures, strategies and risk management practices.
The work of the FSB TCFD marks a significant advancement in the disclosure of climate-related financial risks throughout the investment chain. Accurately evaluating both the risks and the opportunities associated with climate change to investors, creditors, and underwriters through an enhanced reporting framework is fundamental to a global economy fit-for-purpose in the 21st century. The recommendations from the Task Force will therefore aid more efficient capital allocation across sectors and markets in the ongoing transition to a low carbon economy. Generation will integrate the FSB's recommendations into our reporting structure and engage portfolio companies accordingly.
These recommendations are comprehensive and timely. The conclusion of the Paris agreement has raised the importance of climate risk to investors, but independent research commissioned by HSBC shows that less than a quarter of companies currently disclose their environmental impact. This makes it near impossible for analysts and investors to assess and compare how green these companies are. The TCFD's report is a big step towards a standard protocol on climate disclosure that can greatly accelerate the transition to a low carbon economy.
I believe the TCFD achievements will serve as a brand-new benchmark to report climate-related financial risks. ICBC is a leading industry practitioner who promotes ideas and practices in Green Finance, committed to becoming a leading green bank in the world. We pay much attention to such issues as global climate change and relevant impacts on finance sectors. We have made a set of policies covering green finance identification, credit facility, credit approval, etc. We endeavor to translate environmental demands into financial language by which to play the financial sector's role in resource allocation, explore effective ways of connection between economic development and green finance, and provide financing support for the development of an ecological economy.
ICBC will take the great opportunity to implement these guidance and recommendations, establish climate risk governance, improve climate risk management, and refine related disclosures on an on-going basis.
Stakeholders need a clear view of financial risks faced by companies, and this includes an increasing interest in understanding the risks related to climate change, in order to assess prospects for long term value creation. The work of the Task Force is important to explore how such risks can be identified and reported in a way that is useful, efficient and effective both for the preparers and the users of financial information. As auditors and advisors, we have a key role to play in considering how these recommendations can be best applied in practical terms, and we look forward to working with others to do so.
Mercer is a leader in developing tools to support investors in assessing and managing risk, and climate risk reflects an area of particular expertise. We have supported investors representing over $1.5 trillion in assets in the development of governance, strategy, risk management and monitoring frameworks that allow them to effectively manage climate-related risk and opportunity. We look forward to supporting clients who look to apply the recommendations from the Task Force. The recommendations encourage consistent corporate voluntary reporting, thereby creating the potential for improved decision making across capital markets. As we would with any changes to corporate practices, voluntary or otherwise, Mercer's Career business will work in supporting organizations when looking to align incentives to enable different desired outcomes.
Moody's supports the Financial Stability Board's (FSB's) initiative to promote voluntary climate-related financial disclosures that advance the quality of information available about the potential implications of climate change on organizations.
Financial reporting using constant, comparable, reliable metrics and disclosure is fundamental to the process by which investment, credit, and similar decisions are made. Moody's believes that the disclosures recommended by the FSB's Task Force are based on sound, fundamental principles of disclosure that can help market participants better understand the financial impacts of climate-related risks.
Importantly, the Task Force's recommendations recognize that the most significant impacts of climate change are likely to emerge over the medium- to long-term, and that their timing and magnitude, particularly on the local and regional level, remain uncertain. It is significant that the recommendations include the use of scenario analysis to develop a forward-looking consideration of how risks and opportunities may evolve, and of their potential impact on organizations over time and under conditions of uncertainty.
The Task Force's recommendations can help support Moody's own initiative to better dimension climate risks and opportunities in our credit analysis, including ratings, methodologies and research.
The TCFD report is a timely step in the battle against climate change, for which COP21 has set an ambitious target.
Once implemented, the recommendations will greatly improve transparency and support more informed asset allocation decisions.
Institutional investors need this to play a stronger role in financing the energy transition.
PGGM will engage with stakeholders and the companies we invest in to build awareness and promote broad based adoption.
PwC welcomes the work of the FSB Task Force in developing a framework that promotes better disclosure as a means to improving transparency and enabling more informed decision-making by companies and their stakeholders.
The Task Force is a truly global, multi-industry and private sector-led initiative. Its voluntary reporting framework enables consistent, comparable and relevant disclosures on the risks and opportunities that climate change may pose to companies.
The Task Force's Phase II Report contains guidance which will be helpful for companies as they look to consider the implications of the report for their businesses.
We are pleased that one of our partners, Jon Williams, has been appointed in a personal capacity as a member of this Task Force and has had the opportunity to have been involved with its work.
S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) welcomes the publication of the Financial Stability Board's Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Phase II report and hopes the initiative will contribute to improving the quality of risk reporting in the industry.
The Task Force is an industry-led initiative to promote more informed investment, credit, and insurance underwriting decisions and, in turn, enable stakeholders to understand better the concentrations of carbon-related assets in the financial sector and the financial system's exposures to climate-related risks.
S&P Global Managing Director for Environmental & Climate Risk Research, Michael Wilkins, was asked to join the TCFD and co-chairs the Governance Working Group, providing essential intelligence into the report on world-wide investment in sustainable businesses through our insightful, transparent and independent data, analytics and benchmarks. S&P Global's expanding suite of ESG related products and services help people identify ways they can invest that support global, long-term change across a wide range of industries and markets.
The Phase II report is the result of collaboration involving a wide range of stakeholders – banks, credit analysts, investors, and auditors. The report discusses interest in decision-useful sustainability risk information in order to allow lenders, insurers and investors to make informed capital allocation and financial decisions.
A well-functioning market relies on the transparent flow of quality information. As markets evolve, disclosures need to address evolving issues of global importance including climate change.
SGX is glad to support the extensive work done by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). The recommendations provide guidance for understanding of companies' climate-related risks, and ultimately create conditions for better informed markets, more accurate pricing and greater financial stability.
Storebrand welcomes the extensive work of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). Storebrand is Norway's largest privately owned asset manager, with over $67 billion in assets under management. Sustainable investment has been on our strategic agenda for more than 20 years and the climate issue is in our opinion one of the most important and immediate issues facing the world today. As a committed sustainable asset owner and asset manager we have addressed climate risk and corresponding investment opportunities as a part of our investment strategy. We welcome the Task Force's recommendation in creating a format that will guide investors in their efforts to assess climate risks in a systematic manner and we will explore how we can integrate these recommendations into our own framework as well.
As an integral member of the Task Force, Swiss Re has helped develop these voluntary guidelines on climate-risk reporting and will adopt the recommendations. Swiss Re believes the guidelines will ensure more transparency on climate-related risks and help users and providers of climate-related financial disclosures, including lenders, insurers and investors, to more effectively measure and evaluate the financial implications of climate change.
In recent times, managing for climate change has become a critical and complex subject for corporates especially in the context of economic decision making. Having an appropriate climate change strategy has gained importance as it has far reaching implications for corporations especially with relation to capital allocation, technology choices and setting appropriate governance and disclosure standards. Climate change impacts not only companies but also all stakeholders associated with an enterprise viz., supply chain partners, customers, communities and financial stakeholders. I am particularly happy, that the climate change discussions have now moved into the corporate boardrooms and financial portfolios, which for years were limited to environmental activists and philanthropic groups. I strongly believe that addressing climate change has come to the front and center of board deliberations and failure to have meaningful debate and strategy around the subject will cause existential risks for the company.
As part of responsible global organisation and being a member of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), Tata Steel is proactively focussing on engaging across stakeholder groups on climate change. Recognising the need of effective disclosures, Taskforce has developed four widely adoptable recommendations on climate-related financial disclosures that are applicable to organisations across sectors and jurisdiction along with some sector specific recommendations. It is recommended that corporates provide such disclosures in their mainstream financial filings as it will help the stakeholders get better understanding of the company/ industry specific climate-related risks and opportunities. Tata Steel, in future, will endeavour to incorporate the best practices as captured in the TCFD recommendations as far as practical.
Climate change poses threat to all mankind, and is considered as one of the world's gravest issues which needs to be dealt with by every individuals and organizations on the globe.
Recommendations set forth by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures mark a significant step forward in navigating organizational behavior towards a more resource-mindful one, while enabling investors to study and make informed investment decisions based on the disclosed information. The launch of the voluntary disclosure framework will encourage organizations to make sustainable decisions on climate-related issues.
As an insurance group concerned with the consequences brought about by climate change and aiming to deliver safety and security to its customers and community, Tokio Marine values the work carried out by the Task Force and supports its broad recognition as well as adoption across borders.
– Tsuyoshi Nagano, President and Group CEO, Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.
In order to mobilize much-needed investment in projects tackling climate change, there is a clear need to improve data availability on climate change risks and organizations' climate change strategies. We fully support the development of voluntary standards on climate-related financial disclosures by the industry-led FSB Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, as well as the continuation of international cooperation and exchange on new methodologies related to environmental risk analysis and management in the finance sector. In order to be meaningful and effective for investors, such a disclosure standard should take a forward-looking perspective with respect to risks and opportunities. Enhanced disclosures will facilitate more investments into climate-related projects which will help society tackle one of the main challenges we are facing today.
For business, assessing and managing risk is crucial. It's just as important for the stability of our financial systems. So we welcome the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.
Ultimately, these recommendations will enable the markets (companies, investors, insurers and lenders) to more easily evaluate and price climate-related exposure and opportunities.
Climate change is already affecting companies – both through the direct impacts of steadily rising global temperatures and through the policies that governments around the world adopt in response. If markets are to operate efficiently we must be transparent, to help investors make better decisions for the long term.
We know that transparency is increasingly important to our consumers too, particularly millennials. They want to know and trust the companies behind the brands they buy, and understand their purpose and values. We have already seen the impact of this at Unilever, where our purpose-driven brands are growing 30% faster than the rest of the business.
We will be working towards adopting the recommendations and we encourage others to do the same.
The recommendations are practical. They can be adopted by all organisations, across sectors and geographies, and be included in their financial regulatory filings. They cover four core areas – Governance, Strategy, Risk Management and Metrics and Targets – and incorporate disclosures on the potential impacts of different future scenarios. With this information, financial markets will be able to draw upon comparable and consistent data and make better informed judgements on risks and opportunities, for example, around the transition to a low-carbon economy.
Separately, we have seen more than 1200 companies committing to implement a price on carbon. And 400 investors with $25 trillion of assets under management are participating in the Investor Platform for Climate Action. So we are seeing momentum, and hope that all businesses will be forward thinking and adopt these recommendations too.
Ceres has worked for decades to advance corporate disclosure of climate change risks. We sincerely appreciate the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures' efforts to solicit input from investors and the leadership of Michael Bloomberg, the Chairs and Members of the TCFD.
By providing robust climate disclosure recommendations – at the request of the Financial Stability Board – the TCFD plays a critical role in harnessing the power of markets to reduce the financial risks of climate change and advance economic opportunities for investors and companies.
Scenario analysis. Describe potential impacts of different scenarios including a two degree economic scenario. The Task Force believes that all organizations exposed to climate-related risks should consider using scenario analysis—including a 2°C scenario—to help inform their strategic and financial planning processes.
Decision-useful information. Disclose information on metrics and targets: By recommending the use of targets related to water, energy usage and efficiency, land use, and revenues from products and services designed for a lower carbon economy, the TCFD encourages disclosure of information that investors can use in investment decisions and engagement with companies.
We encourage investors and companies to use the TCFD's recommendations to improve their financial reporting of climate risks and opportunities.
IIGCC – representing 131 investors in 9 European countries with over €14 tn AUM – welcomes the TCFD's recommendations for standardised forward-looking quantitative and qualitative disclosures. Implementation of the recommendations will help investors to assess whether companies are adapting their business strategies to a 2°C climate change pathway, as well as to changing market and technology dynamics. Through this, investors can better assess, price and manage the risks and opportunities of transition to a sustainable, low carbon, global economy.
Material climate disclosures must become a routine part of annual reporting practice if institutional investors are to make robust decisions that accurately reflect physical risks posed by climate change and transition risks arising from swift adoption of clean and efficient technologies. Nothing less will secure business resilience over the time horizons relevant to the needs of long term institutional investors and their beneficiaries.
Emission reductions required under the Paris Agreement imply a swift and potentially disruptive move away from fossil fuels that will transform all major sectors. TCFD's recommended disclosures related to governance, strategy, risk management and metrics/targets should also support the evolution of tools and methods for financial institutions to improve their own reporting practices and curb their exposure to climate-related risks.
We, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the We Mean Business Coalition welcome the FSB Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure's (TCFD) draft recommendations for businesses to disclose their climaterelated financial risks and opportunities.
Companies and their boards must gain a firmer understanding of the risks and opportunities that climate change poses to their strategies and operations. By strengthening the governance and disclosing relevant information to the investor community in a comparable way, capital allocation and valuation decisions can be better informed.
This combination of enhanced understanding and decision making in companies, combined with better information for investors, will lead to an acceleration of the move towards a low carbon economy. We see the Task Force recommendations as an important tool to help companies and investors scale up their involvement in climate action.
We will work with our member companies and partners to implement these draft recommendations and to provide useful feedback directly to the Task Force in their public consultation period. Doing so will help strengthen the recommendations before their finalization and release in 2017. Together, our efforts will help speed the transition to a more sustainable world.
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12 Incredible Fairytale Castles Where You Can Stay the Night
Sippy cups and dirty dishes may be your reality now, but it doesn't have to be. Plan your escape to a real-life castle to experience the royal treatment (at least for a few nights). From Italy to California, scroll through the photo gallery to discover the world's coolest castles that you can rent for as little as $20 per person, per night. Move over Belle, there's a new queen in town.
photo: Amber Guetebier Kilkea Castle–Castledermot, Ireland
Built in 1180 by the first-ever Knights Templar, Kilkea Castle is steeped is a fortress of delights. The current owners—a Boston born couple who are deeply connected with their Irish roots—have lovingly restored the castle into a luxury hotel that feels both lavish and homey all at once. If you've always wanted to stay in a fairy-tale castle, you will not be disappointed. The only truly "modernized" elements are the kind you want, like luxury bathrooms and cozy (not cold) rooms. We recommend requesting a stay in the castle itself, which has 11 guest rooms, or stay in one of the 30 historic carriage rooms. You'll also find on the 180-acre estate more modern cottages, many of which are self-catering. World-class food and a state-of-the-art spa are on site along with a renowned golf course. True to Irish custom, no matter how posh you'll still feel like you belong. Your kids will love roaming the gardens or exploring nearby adventures like falconry or archery.
Online: kilkeacastle.ie
—Amber Guetebier
photo: Airbnb Mini Medieval Castle–Peebles, Scotland
Looking for a little medieval castle to call your own? This sweet castle should fit the bill. Located about 45 minutes from Edinburgh, it's a perfect jumping off point for exploring the Scottish Borders. There are steep steps, so not a great fit for toddlers, but the castle is otherwise kid-welcoming and can offer a high chair and travel crib. Located on the River Tweed, cozy up with a roaring fire and imagine yourself royal.
Online: airbnb.com
photo: Schloss-Leopoldskon Hotel Schloss Leopoldskron–Salzburg, Austria
This former estate of Archbishop Leopold von Firmian, commissioned and built by Benedictine monks, this Austrian palacial estate "high on a hill" the "Sound of Music" palace. Several outdoor scenes from the movie were filmed here, and its main floor room was replicated for the movie. See the real deal by booking a stay and experience the lavish decor, art collection and gorgeous grounds.
Online: schloss-leopoldskon.com
photo: Cheateau Herálec Cheateau Herálec–Herálec, Czech Republic
Nestled in the woods in this lovely Czech village, you are never going to forget an overnight stay at this supreme residence. Chateau Herálec is surrounded by an 18th-century park and located in a region that boasts untouched forests, faiirytale fields and wildflowers galore. But there's nothing like a visit in the fall or winter to cozy up in one of the luxurious castle rooms.
Online: cheateauheralac.com
photo: Homeaway Mollohan Castle–Tucson, AZ
Okay, this one is definitely heavy on the kitsch factor, but it's also pretty awesome (and it's the kind of cheesy that kids will adore). You can sleep in Rapunzel's tower, enjoy a meal on the private sun deck and even pay a visit to the dungeon.
Online: homeaway.com
photo: Airbnb Sudeley Castle–Cotswolds, England
Get your own piece of the estate by staying in the former gatekeeper's own little castle, at the Castle Gatehouse, Sudeley Castle, Cotswolds. Located on the Sudeley Estate, you get free entry to the gorgeous Sudeley Castle & Gardens with your stay.
photo: Homeaway Gothic Beauty in Rindge, NH
This 11,000 square foot castle might not be as old as its European counterparts (it was completed in 1995), but it's still got plenty of charm. You'll find secret staircases, gothic arches and tapestries around every corner. There's even a playroom and a basement game room for the little ones.
photo: Homeaway Friedenstein Castle–Gotha, Germany
We wouldn't mind spending a few days relaxing in this stately German castle. Explore the gorgeous grounds, ride bikes to the town of Gotha and relax in the cozy bedrooms. At $108 a night, it's got way more charm than a hotel you might find at the same rate!
photo: Neemrana Hotels Neemrana Fort Palace –Neemrana, Rajasthan, India
Neemrana Fort Palace is over 550 years old, and built on the 2 billion year old Aravalli hills. You know, NBD. This incredible, heritage hotel is unlike any other castle in the world. It's a 14-tired property built into the hillside, with pools, bungalows, gorgeously appointed suites, dining, recreation and more. You'll need a week just to explore the grounds.
Online: neemranahotels.com
photo: Homeaway Château de Tocqueville–France
Become Cinderella for the week at The Pavillon du Chateau de Tocqueville in France. With five double bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms, this estate is everything you've ever dreamed of and more. Bonus: the property is near the Normandy landings beach and other historical sites.
photo: Homeaway A Sicilian Castle Near the Sea in Acireale, Italy
Ah, now we're talking. This Sicilian castle in near the sea comes with its own private luxury pool. Don't forget the floaties and sunscreen!
photo: Homeaway Le Donjon–La Flocellière, France
Get the royal treatment at this French castle that is both modern and historic at the same time. Bonus: it rents starting at $575/night and can accommodate up to 10 people.
— Erin Lem & Amber Guetebier
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Other Names Cree Summer Fracks
Date of Birth 7 July 1969
Involvement in Fallout series
Games Fallout
Wikipedia Cree Summer
IMDb Cree Summer
Cree Summer Francks (born July 7, 1969), AKA Cree Summer, is a Canadian American actress, musician and voice actress who provided the voice of Tandi in Fallout and Lynette in Fallout 2.
She is perhaps best known for her role as college student "Winifred 'Freddie' Brooks" on the NBC sitcom A Different World. A prolific voice actress, Summer is known for her work on Tiny Toon Adventures, Rugrats, and Drawn Together, among many other titles.
2.1 Fallout series
2.2 Other work (excerpt)
Summer was born in Los Angeles, California in 1969, but grew up on the Red Pheasant Reserve in Saskatchewan. She is the daughter of Canadian actor Don Francks and Canadian Lili Red Eagle, a member of the Plains Cree First Nations. Her brother, Rainbow Sun Francks, is a former MuchMusic VJ and former cast member of the television show Stargate Atlantis.
Summer's career began in 1983 when she was cast as the voice of niece Penny on the original cartoon version of Inspector Gadget. Her unique, throaty voice was instantly recognizable to casting agents (as well as viewers even today), who began frequently casting her in animated programs. Many of these were part of cult franchises, like The Care Bears Movie (1985) and Ewoks (1985, part of the Star Wars franchise).
Audiences finally had a chance to put Summer's voice to a face when she was cast as the Afrocentric Winifred "Freddie" Brooks in The Cosby Show spin-off A Different World. Summer, a multiracial woman (of Black, Native American, and white descent) who wears her hair in a large afro-style, proved to have an appearance as unique as her voice. She remained a regular cast member of the show from 1988 through its end in 1993.
During the run of A Different World, Summer continued working in voice acting. She was cast in the short-lived television series Sweet Justice in 1994 until its cancellation in 1995. Barring guest appearances on other live-action television shows such as Living Single and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Summer's professional work since has been limited to voice acting.
In all, Summer has voiced over 100 animated characters between 1983 and 2006, many of them African-American girls. These have spanned the realm of video games, cartoon television series, animated films and commercials. Among her most famous roles was in Tiny Toon Adventures (1990) as Elmyra Duff (which she reprised for Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain) and Mary Melody, Aka Pella in Histeria!, Susie Carmichael in Rugrats and its spin-off All Grown Up!, Foxxy Love in Drawn Together, Dulcy the dragon in Sonic the Hedgehog, Princess "Kida" Kidagakash for Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Valerie Gray in Danny Phantom (2004), Numbuh 5 (Abigail Lincoln) and Cree Lincoln in Codename: Kids Next Door, Penelope in Barbie As Rapunzel and Miranda from As Told by Ginger, Tiff on My Life as a Teenage Robot, octogenerian villain Granny May on WordGirl and Blackarachnia in Transformers Animated (2008).
In the first season Drawn Together DVD commentary she stated that she was originally hired to do the voice of Meg Griffin on FOX's animated series Family Guy, but was fired as she didn't have the right voice.
Summer is a frequent co-star of Canadian-American actress Tara Strong: the two are childhood friends, both having grown up in Toronto, Ontario.
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1997 Fallout Tandi
1998 Fallout 2 Lynette
Other work (excerpt)
1987 A Different World Winifred "Freddie" Brooks
1990 Tiny Toon Adventures Elmyra Duff
1991 Rugrats Susie Carmichael
2004 Drawn Together Foxxy Love
The contents of this page were entirely or partially copied from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, and are therefore licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. The original version, its history and authors can be found at the Wikipedia page "Cree Summer".
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Type: Posts; User: KaboomKrusader
Thread: Bring the Dragon Quest series to us!
by KaboomKrusader
Though obviously I won't link anything, I just...
Though obviously I won't link anything, I just found out about the loyal Dragon Quest fans who have nobly taken it upon themselves to translate as much of Dragon Quest 7 3DS as they can.
Reason...
Apparently the people in charge just want Dragon...
Apparently the people in charge just want Dragon Quest in the west to completely die, given how deeply they've buried this sub-forum.
2nd Aug 2014, 01:45
And they'll have no excuse for that, either,...
And they'll have no excuse for that, either, because they're getting TONS of feedback in all the right places, like Facebook, Twitter, and even their blogs and forum on this very site.
31st Jul 2014, 18:41
Dear Square-Enix. What the hell possesses you...
Dear Square-Enix.
What the hell possesses you to think that lazy mobile ports are a good enough response, if intended as a response at all, to fans' desperate cries for more Dragon Quest games?
Seconded. If there's no more Dragon Quest coming...
Seconded. If there's no more Dragon Quest coming across the pond, then I'll have no appreciable interest left in anything from Square-Enix. At this point I don't even want Bravely Default all that...
Maybe, just MAYBE I'll hold off just a few more...
Maybe, just MAYBE I'll hold off just a few more weeks to purchase Bravely Default used. See what happens at e3.
So Square-Enix USA has about 20 hours until I go...
So Square-Enix USA has about 20 hours until I go out tomorrow afternoon, buy me a PayPal MoneyPak card, and then spend $30 to buy me a nice, shiny, still-sealed second-hand copy of Bravely Default...
Oh trust me, I do that. At every opportunity, via...
Oh trust me, I do that. At every opportunity, via every channel and method I have access to (Facebook, Twitter, this very forum, etc), I repeatedly and plainly seek to send a message of "LOCALIZE...
I encourage you to join me and others in...
I encourage you to join me and others in boycotting Square-Enix's other games and products, until DQ7 here (or any other recent Dragon Quest titles for that matter) gets localized for release outside...
There's a fine line between "campaigning" and...
There's a fine line between "campaigning" and "spamming," but we need to push the former as far as possible.
Spread the message, everyone. Spread it on S-E's...
Spread the message, everyone. Spread it on S-E's Twitter, Facebook, blog posts, everywhere you possibly can. Let them know there's a dedicated market for the Dragon Quest franchise outside of...
The response is easy. No Dragon Quest, no money...
The response is easy. No Dragon Quest, no money for Square-Enix from me. Plain and simple. I try to get as many people as possible to do the same and help get the message across.
Hey, look at this. ...
Hey, look at this.
http://www.gonintendo.com/s/223983-one-piece-unlimited-world-red-heading-stateside
Namco-Bandai is localizing and releasing obscure but popular Japanese property games,...
Another month gone by, another Nintendo Direct...
Another month gone by, another Nintendo Direct aired, and still no Dragon Quest announcements.
I get my big ol' tax return in a few weeks, and I'll be using part of it to buy Bravely Default....
Yeah, in Japan. Like all the other games for the...
Yeah, in Japan. Like all the other games for the 3DS/Wii/WiiU over the past 2 years that we're pining for localized versions of.
I'm still going to get Bravely Default either...
I'm still going to get Bravely Default either way, because I want it. But if there's no official support shown for Dragon Quest by Square-Enix by then, I'll just get BD second-hand instead. Off of...
Here's how this is going to work, Square-Enix NA....
Here's how this is going to work, Square-Enix NA.
I've got Bravely Default pre-ordered. I want to buy it in February. But I will only do so if we've had some Dragon Quest localization...
I'm starting to suspect the same thing, but I'm...
I'm starting to suspect the same thing, but I'm hesitant to "speak with my wallet," so to say, before I know exactly what message I'd be sending.
Well, not unexpectedly, another Nintendo Direct...
Well, not unexpectedly, another Nintendo Direct passes without news of Dragon Quest. Lots about Bravely Default, though.
Tell me, Square-Enix powers-that-be. Will buying Bravely Default: Flying...
So Nintendo's airing a new 3DS-centric Nintendo...
So Nintendo's airing a new 3DS-centric Nintendo Direct for North America tomorrow. Are we going to hear anything about Dragon Quest, or will this one be a waste of my time like the last several were?
Another week, another "reminder." Personal...
Another week, another "reminder." Personal boycott of all Square-Enix products until Dragon Quest is officially announced for North America. Let's see it happen already.
You're welcome, and duly noted. So,...
You're welcome, and duly noted.
So, Square-Enix? Still waiting on those localization announcements. If you want my money for ANYTHING, you know how to get it. I'm speaking with my wallet here — No...
It was last time, but it doesn't have to be....
It was last time, but it doesn't have to be. Either way, Square-Enix would still have a major say in it.
So where are they?
WARNING: Frustrated rant ahead. If you're the type who just prefers to silently roll over and accept getting screwed, I'd suggest not reading.
"Dear" Square-Enix.
There's a Dragon Quest...


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keeping up with the royals May 16, 2019
Princess Diana's Niece Is Dating a 60-Year-Old Multimillionaire
By Madeleine Aggeler@mmaggeler
Photo: Gareth Fuller/WPA Pool/Getty Images
With all the fervor surrounding the recent birth of Archie, baby to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, it can be easy for us to forget that there's a plethora of other royals and royal-adjacents to speculate wildly about. There's the Marchioness of Cholmondeley (pronounced Marchoness of Chumley), for example, with whom Prince William has allegedly been very "chumley" (haha). There's the tiny Prince George, who seems to know something we don't. And there's Lady Kitty Spencer, 28, niece of Princess Diana, who is NOT dating Michael Lewis, author of the 2003 book Moneyball, E! News says.
She is, however, reportedly dating Michael Lewis, the 60-year-old multimillionaire owner of the clothing company Whistles which, according to E!, "can be found in some Bloomingdale's around the U.S." Rumors of the pair's romance reportedly started floating around last summer, and earlier this month, they were photographed leaving the Mark Hotel in New York shortly after one another (concrete proof of love).
Like so many children of the rich and powerful, Kitty — who was raised mostly in Cape Town, South Africa — has found her way into the world of modeling. She works as a brand ambassador for Bulgari, and walking in Dolce and Gabbana's Milan Fashion Week show in September 2018. Previously, she dated property magnate Niccolo Barattieri di San Pietro, 48, for four years. They split in 2017, and he has since started dating Elizabeth Hurley, 53.
If this all sounds like nothing more than the unrelatable romantic peregrinations of the mega-wealthy, here's a message from Kitty to help keep things in perspective.
A post shared by Kitty Spencer (@kitty.spencer) on Apr 18, 2019 at 1:35pm PDT
Makes you think.
What Exactly Is a 'Marchioness' of 'Cholmondeley'?
Prince George Called Himself Archie in January — Why?
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Princess Diana's Niece Is Dating a 60-Year-Old Millionaire


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Michael Moody
Beechen House, 16a Newland Street, Witham, Essex, CM8
A modern detached office building centrally located within Witham town centre with easy access to Witham mainline railway station (London Liverpool Street approximately 40 minutes), the A12, A120 and the national motorway network. Stansted Airport is approximately 20 miles, Chelmsford 10 miles and Colchester 15 miles.
Within Witham there is a good selection of shops, restaurants and public houses.
The office provides modern office accommodation laid out on two floors with an attractive glazed entrance leading to an open plan office areas with gas fired central heating via radiators, part comfort cooling and fitted carpets. There are kitchen/tea points on the ground and first floors with male, female and disabled toilets.
The offices benefit from large glazed windows offering excellent natural daylight.
Externally there are approximately 14/15 on site car parking spaces accessed via a private entrance way which benefits from a security barrier.
There is a small garden which is mainly laid to lawn with hedged borders.
(Approximate net internal measurements)
Ground Floor Approx.	146.37 sq m	(1,575 sq ft)
First Floor	Approx.	145.22 sq m	(1,563 sq ft)
Total	Approx.	291.59 sq m	(3,138 sq ft)
The premises are to be let on a new full repairing and insuring lease, length and terms to be agreed at a rental of £50,000 per annum exclusive of business rates and VAT.
Alternately the premises are available for sale freehold at £675,000 plus VAT.
We have been informed that the rateable value is £34,250.
We estimate that the rates payable are likely to be in the region of £17,000 per annum. Interested parties are advised to make their own enquiries with the local rating authority to confirm their liabilities.
Energy Performance Certificate (EPC)
We have been advised that the premises fall within class D (76) of the energy performance assessment scale. A full copy of the EPC assessment and recommendation report is available from our office upon request.
All rents and prices are exclusive of VAT under the Finance Act 1989. Interested parties are advised to consult their professional advisors as to their liabilities, if any, in this direction.
Each party will bear their own legal costs involved with this transaction.
Anti-Money Laundering Regulations
Anti-Money Laundering Regulations require Fenn Wright to formally verify prospective purchaser's identify, residence and source of funds prior to instructing solicitors.
Strictly by appointment via sole agents:
Fenn Wright - Jeremy Newman / Michael Moody
Email: colchestercommercial@fennwright.co.uk
Detached Office Building
Central Witham Location
Close To Mainline Railway Station
Easy Access to A12
Central Heating & Part Cooling