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Maranoa-Balonne-Condamine subregion
1.1 Context statement for the Maranoa-Balonne-Condamine subregion
1.1.2.2 Human geography
1.1.2.2.1 Population
The subregion contains significant parts of five Queensland local government areas (LGAs): Maranoa, Balonne, Goondiwindi, Western Downs and Toowoomba, with small encroachments into the Southern Downs, South Burnett and Murweh LGAs. The NSW part of the subregion is fully contained within the Walgett LGA. For Australian Bureau of Statistics reporting purposes, all of the Queensland LGAs, excluding the urban part of the Toowoomba LGA, are grouped together to form the Darling Downs-Maranoa Statistical Area Level 4 (SA4). Urban Toowoomba is a separate SA4. The full extent of the Darling Downs-Maranoa SA4 extends beyond the area covered by the subregion and some scaling back of the reported statistics is required. In 2011, the populations of Darling Downs-Maranoa SA4 and Toowoomba SA4 were about 125,000 and 144,000, respectively. Both areas have seen population increases of 5.4 to 5.8% since 2007 (ABS, 2013). The Walgett LGA had a population of 6900 in 2011. About a quarter of this LGA is in the subregion.
Of the 125,000 people outside the Toowoomba SA4, 67,000 are in the Western and Southern Downs LGAs, of which 40,000 (based on fraction of LGAs within the subregion) are estimated to be in the subregion. Of the 32,000 people in the South Burnett LGA area, very few would be in the subregion, so a best estimate of the regional population is 65,000 to 70,000, or 210,000 to 215,000 when the Toowoomba population is included. Warwick (12,400), Dalby (12,300), Roma (6,900), Goondiwindi (6,400), Chinchilla (5,500) and St George (3,300) are significant population centres, their combined population making up 60% of the non-Toowoomba population. The largest population centre in the NSW part of the subregion is Collarenebri (770). Population density varies from around 64 persons/km2 (Toowoomba SA4) to 0.2 persons/km2 (Balonne, Maranoa and Walgett LGAs).
In the ABS (2011) census, 4.7% of the Darling Downs-Maranoa SA4 indicated they were Indigenous, with a slightly lower proportion (3.4%) in Toowoomba. In the Walgett LGA, 28.1% of respondents were Indigenous.
1.1.2.2.2 Economic activity
Approximately 120,000 people are employed in Darling Downs-Maranoa SA4, Toowoomba SA4 and Walgett LGA, or closer to 95,000 for the subregion, accounting for some of those workers being outside the subregion. Table 4 summarises the main sectors of employment for the Maranoa-Balonne-Condamine subregion (based on national regional profile data by SA4 and LGA (ABS, 2011)). Of the employed population, 12% works in agriculture, forestry and fishing, although if Toowoomba is excluded from the statistic, it is closer to 21% across the subregion. In Toowoomba, health care and social assistance, retail, education and training, and public administration and safety account for 42.5% of employment. These sectors account for 32% of employment in the wider area. Mining accounts for 3.2% of regional employment.
The gross value of agricultural production in the Condamine and the Border Rivers-Maranoa-Balonne natural resource management regions in 2010–11 was estimated at $2.4 billion, of which $1.5 billion was from crops. The highest value crops were $660 million (28%) from cotton, $580 million (24%) from cereal and legume crops and $216 million (9%) from fruit and vegetable horticulture (ABS, 2012). Livestock products generated $910 million (38%).
Domestic tourism contributed $1.1 billion to the regional economy (or $2.9 million/day) in the 2011–12 financial year for the Southern Queensland Country region, which covers the Maranoa-Balonne-Condamine subregion (TQ, 2012).
Table 4 Employment profile
Percentage of total for Darling Downs-Maranoa Statistical Area Level 4
Percentage of total for Toowoomba Statistical Area Level 4
Percentage of total for Walgett Statistical Area Level 4
Percentage of total for combined statistical areas
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Electricity, gas, water and waste services
Information media and telecommunications
Rental, hiring and real estate services
Transport, postal and warehousing
Source data: ABS (2011)
1.1.2.2.3 Land use
Land uses in the Maranoa-Balonne-Condamine subregion are shown in Figure 9. By far the most dominant land use is grazing on improved native pasture, which is undertaken over 75% (almost 110,000 km2) of the subregion. In the east, the heart of the Condamine valley is dominated by cropping and more scattered areas of cropping occur to the west, but not extending much beyond the longitude of St George. Cropping, of predominantly cotton, cereals and legumes, is undertaken over 13.5% of the subregion and in 2010–11 contributed over 60% of gross agricultural production value. Production forestry (6.4%) is significant: most of Barakula State Forest, which is the largest state forest in the Southern Hemisphere and supplies much of Queensland's cypress pine timber resource, is situated to the north of Chinchilla; south-west of Dalby there are extensive areas of defined forest lands; another sizable area is between Chinchilla and Roma; and significant areas are in the Upper Maranoa river basin. Intensive animal production is significant to the north of Toowoomba, with smaller areas to the west and south. Irrigated cropping is undertaken over a relatively small area (2%) of the subregion, but contributes significantly to the total value of agricultural commodities. A similar area of land is used for nature conservation and other minimal uses of natural land. Land use is summarised by area and percentage of subregion in Table 5.
The NSW Government has released coal seam gas exclusion zones based on current and future residential areas, with identified areas buffered by a 2 km exclusion zone (Figure 10).
Table 5 Land use
Percentage of total area of subregion
Grazing natural vegetation
109,327.8
16,581.4
Production forestry
Conservation and natural environments
Irrigated cropping
Intensive production
Residential, manufacturing, utilities, transport, services
Grazing modified pastures
Land in transition
Plantation forestry
Irrigated horticulture
Grazing irrigated modified pastures
Source data: ABARES (2012)
Figure 9 Land use
Source data: Catchment scale land use mapping for Australia update November 2012 (CLUM Update 11/12) dataset, ABARES (2012)
Figure 10 Coal seam gas exclusion zones
1.1.2.2.4 Indigenous heritage
The Indigenous languages map (Horton, 1994) of Australia shows that the Maranoa-Balonne-Condamine subregion was home to a large number of different Indigenous communities: the Barrungum people lived in the Upper Condamine area, the Mandandanji around the lower Condamine-Balonne-lower Maranoa area, the Bigambul people around the Moonie and Macintyre rivers, the Kooma people south and west of St George, the Murawari on the Culgoa floodplains, the Gomeroi around Lightning Ridge, and the Nguri in the Maranoa headwaters.
Queensland's Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 establishes a duty of care on those conducting activities in areas of significance to take all practical measures to avoid harming cultural heritage. Under the Act, a cultural heritage database and register have been established. Approximately 30,000 sites are listed on the register. Penalties of up to $1 million for a corporation and $100,000 for an individual can be imposed for breach of duty of care or damage to cultural heritage. The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 requires that the potential impacts of development on an Aboriginal Place be assessed.
In NSW, Moordale Wells, to the north-east of Narran Lakes system, is a significant cultural site and on the NSW register. It lies just outside the subregion, but is within the downstream area of influence of the subregion. Similarly, the Brewarrina Ngemba Billabong, a 261 ha property which is home to four endangered species (the brolga, the blue-billed duck, the freckled duck and the red-tailed black cockatoo) and which was an important tribal meeting place for the Wailwan people, is just outside the subregion. This site was declared an Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) in 2010 under the Australian Government's IPA program. An IPA is an area of Indigenous-owned land or sea where Traditional Owners have entered into an agreement with the Australian Government to promote biodiversity and cultural resource conservation.
1.1.1 Bioregion
1.1.2.1 Physical geography
1.1.2.3 Climate
1.1.3.1 Geological structural framework
1.1.3.2 Stratigraphy and rock type
1.1.3.3 Basin history
1.1.4.1 Groundwater systems
1.1.4.2 Groundwater levels and flow
1.1.4.3 Groundwater quality
1.1.4.4 Groundwater management and use
1.1.5.1 Surface water systems
1.1.5.2 Surface water quality
1.1.5.3 Surface water flow
1.1.6.1 Connectivity between groundwater and surface water
1.1.7 Ecology
1.1.7.1 Ecological systems
1.1.7.2 Terrestrial species and communities
1.1.7.3 Aquatic species and communities
1.1.7.4 Groundwater-dependent ecosystems
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From gravel pit to inspired landscape
The landscape design at Storm King Art Center weaves the museum's sculpture and terrain into a harmonious whole.
Native: Switch grass, similar to that shown above, complements sculptures at Storm King Art Center.
Storm King Art Center draws on a heritage rich with artistic and agricultural traditions. Comprising 500 acres of former farmland in the Hudson River highlands of Orange County, near Newburgh, N.Y., the center takes its name from Storm King Mountain, with an elevation close to 1,400 feet. The tree-lined peaks and sloping ravines were first captured on canvas by a group of 19th-century painters who came to be known as the Hudson River School.
Later, Winslow Homer, who summered nearby, made watercolors of Schunnemunk Mountain. The area retains its primeval feel along with the spectacular cloudscapes that so often captivated those painters.
In the early 1960s, Storm King's founders hired landscape architect William Rutherford of Greenwich, Conn., to repair the damage leftover from gravel quarrying and stitch the landscape back into its pastoral setting.
"The property was in poor condition," says David Collens, director of Storm King. The quarrying "had left a cliff with pools of water below."
Rutherford, who passed away in 2005, had a special fondness for Storm King. He was a self-effacing man with little interest in splashing his name all over the project, Mr. Collens says. "He wanted people to think that God had made the landscape."
Rutherford designed the landscape to radiate outward from the hilltop where the original house is sited. He brought in tons of gravel to restore the hill's slope. Rather than blocking the distant highway view, he screened it with trees. When paths between the sculptures were called for, he responded by telling the mowing crew to create broad, 60- to 80-foot-wide strips to preserve the large scale.
Rutherford's vision included large swaths of open space, both to display the art to full advantage and to maintain the open fields that even then were coming under siege by forest.
Because of the property's size, mowing became more like a farming operation. Clearly, a more environmentally sound and aesthetically pleasing solution was needed. So in the mid-'90s Rutherford identified areas totaling about 80 acres where taller vegetation could be planted, says Darrel Morrison, an expert on native grasses who collaborated with Rutherford.
Ornamental grasses work in a big-scale landscape "because they have a relatively uniform, fine texture that doesn't call attention to itself," says Mr. Morrison. If chosen well and planted in the right environment, they don't require irrigation and fertilizer.
One of the mainstays is Switch grass (Panicum virgatum), which adapts well to the poorly drained conditions in the area and whose scale complements the large sculptures, he says. For drier areas, Morrison relies on Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium) and Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans). The grasses, once established, require only a yearly mowing or burning.
Morrison says the real challenge is keeping invasive exotic species such as purple loosestrife at bay. The annual controlled burning invigorates the grasses while slowing or eliminating the loosestrife. Planting areas with crops such as oats, alfalfa, buckwheat, and millet also can sometimes serve as placeholders and soil enrichment until those areas can be converted to grasses.
Rutherford was ahead of the curve in designing with grasses, which today can be seen in almost every type of landscape. But the contrast that grasses provide to the other structural elements at Storm King – lawn, shrubs, and trees – is inspired. It's as if he took account of each delicate, reedy texture of the grasses and balanced it against the tensile strength of the steel sculptures.
If one goal of good landscape design is to evoke nature but take it one step further, Rutherford has achieved this and more. His design for Storm King weaves sculpture and landscape together into a harmonious whole. Like the sturdy maples and oaks that border the fields, the landscape looks as though it has always been there.
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EU Regulators Require That Starbucks, Fiat Pay Back Millions of Euros in Unpaid Taxes
By Tom Fairless, Wall Street Journal
BRUSSELS—The European Union said it will require Starbucks Corp. and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to pay tens of millions of euros in back taxes after ruling that tax deals they negotiated with two European governments were illegal, in an unprecedented decision by regulators that risks blowing open thousands of corporate tax structures across Europe.
The European Commission, the EU's executive arm, said Wednesday that tax deals granted to Starbucks in the Netherlands and Fiat in Luxembourg amounted to illegal state subsidies that must be repaid.
The investigations are technically aimed at the governments, which have been ordered to recover the unpaid taxes.
The sums to be reclaimed are modest—amounting to between €20 million ($22.6 million) and €30 million for each company. And Wednesday's decisions are widely expected to be appealed at the EU's courts in Luxembourg, a process that can take years.
But experts said the probes have already created a chill in corporate board rooms across the continent. Hundreds, possibly thousands, of companies have used Luxembourg's holding-company rules to reduce their tax burden from the country's official 29% rate to almost nothing, according to documents disclosed last year by the Washington-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
"Any company that has a favorable tax agreement with Luxembourg in the past should seek advice and review it," Heather Self, a partner at London-based law firm Pinsent Masons LLP, said. "They may wish to consider a compromise now rather than wait to be on the receiving end of a full EU investigation."
"Thousands of other companies risk seeing their tax arrangements re-examined," said Chris Bryant, partner at London-based law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner. "Billions of euros could be at stake."
The decision could also have some consequences for the handful of deals being discussed between big multinationals with headquarters or units across Europe. The biggest pending deal is an initial agreement between Belgium-based AB InBev to buy London-based SABMiller PLC for £68 billion ($105 billion). The two companies have tentatively agreed to a deal but are working out details. AB InBev is based in Leuven, Belgium, and EU regulators are separately probing a Belgian tax discount that has benefited AB InBev and a number of other Belgian-based multinationals.
At a news conference Wednesday, EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager said she may open more probes if she suspects that EU rules are being violated. She said the tax deals for Fiat and Starbucks "shifted profits from one company to another in the same group, with no valid economic justification."
"Our decisions today show that artificial and complex methods endorsed by tax rulings cannot mask the actual profits of a company, which must be properly and fully taxed," Ms. Vestager said.
EU regulators are working on three similar investigations involving Apple Inc. in Ireland and Amazon.com Inc. in Luxembourg, as well as the Belgian tax discount involving AB InBev. It isn't yet clear when those cases will be decided. All companies have denied receiving special treatment, and the governments have denied giving it.
EU officials admitted that they couldn't pursue hundreds of similar investigations. But they said they hoped Wednesday's decisions would lay down principles for the tax deals that are acceptable, which national governments would be expected to implement.
In Starbucks' case, the EU said the company's Dutch coffee-roasting unit paid a "highly inflated price" to a Swiss unit for green coffee beans, as well as a "very substantial royalty" to another Starbucks entity in the U.K., Alki, that didn't reflect the value of know-how. Alki, which has since been dissolved by Starbucks, wasn't liable to pay corporate tax in the U.K. or the Netherlands, Ms. Vestager said.
Starbucks hit back strongly at the decision, saying it planned to launch an appeal "since we followed the Dutch and OECD rules available to anyone," a reference to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a Paris-based international organization that produces corporate tax guidelines.
The coffee chain said it was concerned there were "significant errors" in the decision. A spokesman said the company complies with all international laws and guidelines, and "has paid an average global effective tax rate of roughly 33%, well above the 18.5% average rate paid by other large U.S. companies."
In a follow-up statement, Starbucks argued that the EU had wrongly claimed that independent companies roasting coffee for Starbucks don't pay equivalent royalties to its own roasting plant in Amsterdam. "A wholly independently owned company pays Starbucks a royalty in order to roast Starbucks coffee beans," the company said. "This is one of the reasons why Starbucks plans to appeal today's decision."
The Dutch Finance Ministry said it was "surprised" by the commission's decision and would analyze it carefully before deciding on further steps. The ministry said it was "convinced that actual international standards are applied."
In Fiat's case, the EU said a tax deal for the company's Luxembourg-based financing company had used "an extremely complex and artificial methodology to calculate taxable profits, which cannot be justified by economic reality." Its taxable profits in Luxembourg "would have been 20 times higher if the calculations had been done at market conditions," Ms. Vestager said.
In a statement published Tuesday, Fiat said it hadn't received any state aid, and that any back-tax payments would be "immaterial" to the company's reported results.
Luxembourg's government said it disagreed with the EU's decision "and reserves all its rights." It said the commission hadn't established "in any way" that Fiat had received selective advantages.
The Starbucks case may be particularly worrisome for multinationals because the Dutch tax-ruling process is "long-established and very well-respected internationally," said Ms. Self at Pinsent Masons.
The tax probes are a high priority for the commission and have been repeatedly widened in recent months, as regulators requested hundreds of tax agreements from all 28 EU countries.
EU policy makers are eager to close loopholes in the fragmented tax system that allow international groups to sidestep billions of euros in tax at a time of tough national austerity. But governments have been hampered by a requirement that they all agree on any changes to the EU's tax laws.
The EU's investigations neatly avoid that issue by using the commission's extensive powers to enforce the bloc's state-aid rules, which prohibit selective government subsidies for some companies and not others.
At issue are tax rulings, which are used to confirm the size of companies' future tax bills, to give company directors certainty as to their future obligations. Regulators suspect that some tax rulings might have granted certain companies an advantage over others, which would be illegal under EU law.
"With the noose tightening around aggressive international tax structures, many large [multinational companies] may find the tax cost of doing business increasing," said Lee Curthoys, a corporate tax expert at Radius Worldwide, a consultancy.
Still, the scrutiny of complex tax structures may help level the playing field for startups and smaller firms that cannot afford to engage in such arrangements, Mr. Curthoys said.
One fallout from Wednesday's rulings, experts said, may be to bolster interest in financial centers in the Far East, the Middle East or the Caribbean, away from the watchful gaze of EU regulators.
Another likely group of beneficiaries will be the tax advisers who helped structure the current generation of tax deals, and may now be called on to adjust or unpick them.
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The women who have accused former President Bill Clinton are angry at the media in their coverage of the dismissal of Bill O'Reilly from Fox News over sexual harassment charges. They believe the media is being hypocritical and applying a double standard.
In an exclusive interview with Aaron Klein of Breitbart News, Juanita Broaddrick, Kathleen Willey, and Paula Jones unleashed their fury against the media for dismissing their claims of sexual assault by a former governor and president.
Broaddrick claims that Bill Clinton raped her twice in a hotel room in 1978 and that Hillary Clinton was involved in covering it up. Since that time, one witness has come forward to substantiate her claim.
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A University of Eastern Finland that led the study has demonstrated that men who ate four eggs a week had a 37 percent lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes than those who ate just one.
The research, which examined the eating habits of 2,332 men, aged between 42 and 60, also found a connection between egg consumption and lowered blood sugar levels, independent said.
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In 2001, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Intergovernmental Relations by Gordon Campbell.
From 2003-2006, he was Deputy Minister for Economic Development.
In 2013, he was appointed Minister of Citizens' Services by Christy Clark.
In 2014, he was appointed Minister of Advanced Education – also responsible for GCPE (Government Communications and Public Engagement) – by Christy Clark.
In 2017, he was appointed Attorney General and Minister of Justice by Christy Clark.


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Greg Morago
Las Vegas is sizzling. And we don't just mean the summer heat that bakes the city to golden crisp.
A burst of new restaurants, bars and resort rooms has lent some serious sparkle to the city of lights and magic. What follows are some of the new hot spots, not limited to the famed Strip.
Palms Casino Resort is sinking $620 million into a major makeover of the property just off the strip. Art - think Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Dustin Yellin - plays a major part of the upgrade, including at the new Unknown bar where Damien Hirst's celebrated "The Unknown (Explored, Explained, Exploded)" - a 13-foot-long tiger shark divided into three parts - is the focal point. There's also a chic new steakhouse, Scotch 80 Prime; a new lounge, Camden Cocktail Lounge; and a new nightclub, APEX Social Club (in the former Ghostbar space with unrivaled views of the Strip). More to come: new guest-room design; restaurants from celebrity chefs Michael Symon and Marc Vetri; the new Vandal restaurant from the Tao Group; and a mammoth nightclub and pool club. And Blink-182 has its first residency at the remodeled The Pearl Theater.
Goodbye, Monte Carlo; hello, Park MGM. Thanks to a $550 million upgrade, the stodgy Monte Carlo has been replaced by the panache of Park MGM, with 2,600 redesigned guest rooms; a new steakhouse, Bavette's Steakhouse & Bar; and the new Juniper Cocktail Lounge with the city's largest gin collection and a menu of classic cocktails. The top-to-bottom renovation's firepower is yet to come: Later this year expect a new Korean-inspired restaurant from Los Angeles culinary legend Roy Choi of Kogi BBQ fame; a huge new Eataly emporium of Italian culinary riches; the urban glam of NoMad Hotel Las Vegas, which will occupy 292 rooms on the hotel's top four floors (yes, a hotel within a hotel); and the Vegas debut of chef Daniel Humm and restaurateur Will Guidara, who made Eleven Madison Park in New York the world's No. 1 restaurant in 2017. All that and a Lady Gaga residency at the hotel's Park Theater that may just out-diva Celine Dion. Watch this space.
Park MGM, 2770 Las Vegas Blvd. S.; parkmgm.com. Rates from $90
HOT AS HELL
Gordon Ramsay is no stranger to the Vegas dining scene, with several concepts scattered on the Strip. But even the most jaded foodie had to take notice of the opening of Hell's Kitchen, the chef's hit television show brought to life as an immersive dining adventure. Set on the Caesars Palace property facing the Strip, Hell's Kitchen is a 300-seat restaurant designed to look like the show's set with an open kitchen divided into red and blue teams putting out signature dishes such as Beef Wellington, lobster risotto, crispy skin salmon and pan-seared scallops. It's busy, loud, theatrical. And visitors can't get enough of it. Tip: It's easier to get in for lunch service than dinner, and it's nearly same menu.
Gordon Ramsay Hell's Kitchen at Caesars Palace, 3570 Las Vegas Blvd. S.;caesars.com
Celebrity chef Scott Conant has opened a new restaurant far off the strip but in the thick of casino thrills. Masso Osteria is a casual but accomplished Italian restaurant at Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa on the city's far west side. The menu is crave-worthy stuff: wood-fired pizzas, perfect salads, dreamy pastas (including his signature Pasta al Pomodoro) and Italian classics such as Veal Chop Milanese.
Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa, 11011 W. Charleston; massoosteria.com
GIADA'S WORLD
With a hit restaurant under her belt in Vegas, it was high time for food personality Giada De Laurentiis to expand. She has with Pronto by Giada, a new fast-casual restaurant and wine bar at Caesars Palace. Think of this restaurant as a way for De Laurentiis fans to enjoy the Giada experience if they can't get into the actual - and perpetually packed - Giada at the Cromwell hotel. Coffee, panini sandwiches, salads and antipasti fill the bill and there's a sweet retail section of branded kitchen and lifestyle goods.
Caesars Palace, 2570 Las Vegas Blvd. S.; caesars.com
AMALFI DREAMING
Osteria Costa, the new Italian restaurant celebrating the flavors of the Amalfi coast at The Mirage, has added Sunday brunch to its dining options. That means dishes such as eggs cacio e pepe, baba al rhum toast, lemon ricotta pancakes, prosciutto eggs Benedict, and mushroom and egg pizza. And a bottomless sangrias, mimosas, Bellinis and Bloody Marys for $16 can't be beat.
The Mirage, 3400 Las Vegas Blvd. S.; mirage.com
PUCK EVERLASTING
It's hard to imagine that 25 years have passed since Wolfgang Puck opened Spago in Vegas. Today the celebrated California cuisine standby has a new home overlooking the dancing fountains of Bellagio Resort & Casino in the former Olives space. The new restaurant, which fits neatly into Bellagio's sense of glam, continues to reflect Puck's ongoing affair with seasonal, luxurious fare that exudes California dreaming. Smoked salmon pizza with caviar, anyone?
Bellagio Resort & Casino, 3600 Las Vegas Blvd. S.; wolfgangpuck.com
Source: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/life/style/luxe-life/article/What-s-new-in-food-drink-and-hotels-in-Las-Vegas-13030586.php#photo-15788254
A boozy milkshake crawl of the Vegas Strip
GEN3Jennifer Duggan August 13, 2018 eater las vegas, gen3 hospitality, holsteins


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The 3 'demons' That Haunted Legendary Scientists : Jimena Canales : Big Think
The 3 'demons' that haunted legendary scientists, with Jimena Canales
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If one opens any dictionary and you go to the entry of demon, one of the entries refers to the scientific demons. Descartes' demons, Laplace's demon, Maxwell's demon, they're not considered to be real when they're first mentioned, they're considered to be possibly real.
They're trying to find a hole in theories. What they are, in the most literal sense, are little creatures that are concocted by scientists. When they're confronted with something that they don't really understand, these creatures that we have always thought of as little entities that can bend or break the laws of nature continue to be very useful and very common ways of thinking in advancing the knowledge and understanding of the natural world.
These demons share similar characteristics to those other demons in the past, like Beelzebub and Lucifer. They can break the laws of nature, they're not necessarily evil, but they create power imbalances. They can be helpful or they can be mischievous to science.
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About Jimena Canales:
Jimena Canales is an expert in 19th and 20th century history of the physical sciences, working for a better understanding of science and technology in relation to the arts and humanities.She received an M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University in the History of Science and a BSc in Engineering Physics from the Tecnológico de Monterrey. Her first book, A Tenth of a Second: A History explored the relation between science and history as one of the central intellectual problems of modern times. Her widely-acclaimed second book, The Physicist and the Philosopher: Einstein, Bergson and the Debate That Changed The Understanding of Time has been translated in Chinese, Greek, Spanish and excerpted in other languages. Her third book Bedeviled: A Shadow History of Demons in Science, covering four-centuries of scientific discovery, is now available.
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Many of the nickel weeklies published after 1880 are commonly attributed to house pseudonyms, or identities that were attached to a particular series and that would be used by many different authors.
In the early 19th century, most story paper publishers pirated their fiction from England and France. Well-known authors such as Charles Dickens, Frederick Marryat, and Eugene Sue were especially popular. Pirating was low risk, because there were no international copyright laws, and high reward, because publishers didn't have to compensate authors.
By the 1840s, there was a greater demand for fiction, which made competition between publishers much more fierce. Publishing original stories, especially about American themes and characters, was one way for a paper to distinguish itself. This led to the rise of the first 'fiction hacks', authors who wrote very quickly and in extremely high volumes, mostly for the story papers published in Boston, like Uncle Sam, the Flag of Our Union, and the Universal Yankee Nation. Joseph Holt Ingraham was among the most prolific hacks, writing as many as 20 novels each year. Most publishers were still reluctant to compensate their authors very well, which made earning a comfortable living challenging even for the most productive authors. The majority of contributors would write fiction as a sideline to another career, often teaching or journalism.
The 1850s saw the rise of literary celebrities, authors like Fanny Fern and E.D.E.N. Southworth, who were able to sell papers and pamphlets based on name recognition alone. Some of these authors were, at least in part, the creation of publishers like Robert Bonner. Bonner would offer his authors comeptitive salaries, bonuses, and even paid leave, signing exclusive contracts to protect his investment. This would also lead to some fierce competition between publishers towards the end of the decade, as they tried to sign authors away from each other. Many of the earliest dime novels were written by celebrated authors, like Mrs. Ann S. Stephens.
Although many publishers would become enormously wealthy from the labor of the story paper author, most authors would continue to struggle to support themselves on their earnings. The most celebrated writers were able to eke out some security in the mid-century under exclusive contracts, until publishers realized that even literary celebrity could be commodified.
By the 1870s, publishers had awakened to the fact that they were losing money by paying large sums to authors. The good publicity they received when signing an exclusive contract was not worth as much to them as the identity itself, which they would go to great lengths to control. Money that was once paid to authors for their work would instead be used for lawsuits against competitors to protect "house names." Two of the best known examples of this are the authors Old Sleuth and Bertha M. Clay.
Harlan Page Halsey created the character Old Sleuth in 1872, a fictional detective who was later attributed as the author of the stories that he appeared in. Although not initially a huge success, the character eventually took off and became one of that publisher's biggest sellers. Unfortunately, George had a brother named Norman, who was also in the cheap fiction business and would often copy his brother's ideas.
Norman published several detective stories by and about characters like "Sleuth" and "Young Sleuth," which resulted in a lawsuit from his brother. The judge in that case decided that Norman would be "perpetually enjoined...from publishing any stories represented to have been written by Old Sleuth...unless such stories were actually written by" Halsey. Of course, this ruling didn't prevent virtually every other publisher from trying to cash in on the "Sleuth" identity, leading to imitation after imitation, then lawsuit after lawsuit. Street & Smith ultimately lured Halsey away from George Munro in 1881, at the height of Old Sleuth's popularity, which meant that the publisher could no longer claim protections for his author against competitors. But this didn't end the lawsuits. In cases against Street & Smith and Beadle & Adams, the New York Court of Appeals found that George Munro had "a certain property right" in the use of the phrase "Old Sleuth" under trade mark law. Consequently, Halsey was no longer able to write detective fiction under the name "Old Sleuth," despite the fact that both the character and the pseuodnym were his creation. The author's identity effectively became the property of the publisher.
A similar case was Bertha M. Clay, who was one of the most popular romance authors of the 19th century, orginally attributed as the creator of several stories published in Street & Smith's New York Weekly in the 1870s. In fact, many of these stories were actually written by the author Charlotte M. Brame under the initials "C. M. B." for the Family Herald in London. (Street & Smith, who likely were not aware of Brame's identity, tried the name "Caroline M. Barton" first before adopting Bertha M. Clay.) The success of the Street & Smith stories soon led the publisher to use the Bertha M. Clay name not only for pirated fiction by Brame, but also for fiction by Street & Smith's other authors, including John R. Coryell, Frederick V. Dey, Gilbert Patten, and William Wallace Cook, among many others. In October 1884, just two months before Brame's death, Street and Smith announced that they had secured an exclusive contract with Bertha M. Clay, although there is very little evidence that any of the works they subsequently published were actually written by Brame herself. Not long after, these stories begin to appear in competing papers, including George Munro's Fireside Companion (1867-1903). Street & Smith objected to this copyright violation in print, but did not pursue their claim in court, likely because they were unwilling to reveal the identity (or identities) of the authors who had actually written the stories. That said, they would continue to publish stories by Bertha M. Clay well into the early 1920s.
Many of the nickel weeklies published after 1880 are commonly attributed to house pseudonyms, or identities that were attached to a particular series and that would be used by many different authors. Although a series often had a principal author, responsible for writing most of the stories, the name itself was the property of the publisher and could be shared by many real-world authors. For example, the Nick Carter stories in Nick Carter Weekly and elsewhere were attributed to the great detective himself, either as "Nick Carter," the more common "Nicholas Carter," or as transcribed and edited by Nick's protégé "Chickering Carter," but the vast majority of the stories were actually written by author Frederic Van Rensselaer Dey. However, the character was created by John R. Coryell and more than 20 writers would use the name.
Reynolds, Quentin James. 1955. The Fiction Factory; or, From Pulp Row to Quality Street: The Story of 100 Years of Publishing at Street & Smith. New York: Random House.
Varner, John Grier. 1933. Edgar Allan Poe and the Philadelphia Saturday Courier: Facsimile Reproductions of the First Texts of Poe's Earliest Tales and 'Raising the Wind'. Charlottesville: University of Virginia.


A WordPress implementation of the stellar Slimbox2 script by Christophe Beyls (an enhanced clone of the Lightbox script) which utilizes the jQuery library to create an impressive image overlay with slide-out effects.
Almost, if not all, options are configurable from the administration panel. For more on the settings and what they do check out the Slimbox2 page.
Support forums are generously hosted by Ryan Hellyer of PixoPoint, here.
1. Changed index.php to UTF-8 without BOM encoding to resolve issues for some users.
Ryan Hellyer – For spurring my interest in WordPress plugins by welcoming my assistance on his Multi-level Navigation plugin and for hosting our support forums.
Spi for code suggestion to autogroup items by post.
nv1962 – Suggestion to implement localization and Spanish/Español and Dutch/Nederlandse translations.
monodistortion for CSS tweaks to prevent tiling of images.
Jandry for the French/Français translation.
Serhat Yolaçan for the Turkish/Türkçe translation.
Marcis G. for the Belarusian/Беларускі translation.
easespot for the Chinese/中文 translation and FunDo for additional assistance.
Marcelo for the Brazilian Portuguese/Português brasileiro translation.
Giacomo for the Italian/Italiano translation.
Nata Strazda of Web Hub for the Lithuanian/Lietuviškai translation.
ackie00h for the Japanese/日本語 translation.
nafanyabr for the Russian/русский язык translation.
shachi for the Traditional Chinese/繁體中文 translation.
Zareiff, for various Next/Previous/Close translation images when not provided by translators.
Anyone else I forgot to mention who's made a suggestion or provided me with ideas.
Visit the "WP-Slimbox2" page in your WordPress options menu to configure any advanced settings.
Manually add the rel="lightbox" attribute to any link tag to activate the lightbox or rel="lightbox-imagesetname" for an image set, using the title attribute to store a caption. Alternatively you may use the autoload option to automatically prepare links to images and additionally enable picasaweb and flickr integration to easily utilize their albums.
Does Slimbox2 support the lightbox effect on pages and videos?
No. As stated in the script creators FAQ, Slimbox was designed to display images only, to be simple and to have the smallest code.
What kind of grouping does autoload utilize?
Autoload has been modified to group all images in a WordPress post if the theme places posts inside a div with class="post". If the images are instead on a page they will all be grouped together. If you want individual group sets it is recommend you instead manually insert 'rel="lightbox-groupname"' inside your hyperlinks to specify your groups.
Why do I need WordPress 2.8+?
Why can't the plugin do X, Y or Z?
Why can't the plugin resize images?
Why isn't the plugin in my language? Could I contribute a translation?
I only know English, but as of v.0.9.4 the plugin supports localization using PO and MO files, just like WordPress.
A copy of the POT file to use in your translations can be found in the languages directory as wp-slimbox2.pot.
If you're willing to provide a translation I'd be more than happy to include it. The NEXT, PREV, and Close buttons can be translated as well.
If you've translated the plugin or would like to find out more please let me know by posting on our support forums.
You want Lightbox or Slimbox effects using the jQuery library, and don't want any sort of "ad".
What if I have other questions that haven't been answered?
Please try our support forums, and read the Slimbox creator's FAQ.
"WP-Slimbox2 Plugin" is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
"WP-Slimbox2 Plugin" has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.
Translate "WP-Slimbox2 Plugin" into your language.
Changed index.php to UTF-8 without BOM encoding to resolve issues for some users.
Moved CSS files to css folder.
Fix to resolve failures experienced by some users in v1.1.
Extensive re-write including several minor fixes to eliminate PHP warnings and errors.
Ability to use rel="nolightbox" to exclude an image.
Ability to customize image link URLs by simply placing '/DESIRED URL/' in front of the caption.
Grouping of Flickr, Picasa and other images combined. Autoload groups by selector, lightbox groups by rel.
Removal of WPlize in favor of built in option arrays.
Fix for settings initialization issues.
Addition of Traditional Chinese/繁體中文 translation.
Addition of Russian/русский язык translation.
Addition of Brazilian Portuguese/Português brasileiro translation.
Removal of encodeURI() to eliminate issues with images having spaces.
Fix for defaults in new installs.
Forgot to commit one of the RTL specific changes.
Updated to Version 2.0.4 of Slimbox.
Added encodeURI to autoload script to automatically fix URLs containing invalid characters.
All "fixed" CSS moved to static CSS files, addition of RTL specific CSS.
Update of Spanish/Español and Dutch/Nederlandse Translations.
Addition of Localization Tracking (see FAQ for details).
Fixed potential XSS vulnerability and rare inability to update.
To accomodate some installs the global options variable was removed.
To repair a small issue regarding selectors, .closest was used instead of .parents, bumping the jQuery requirement to 1.3, in turn bumping the WP requirement to 2.8. (If you insist on using an older version of WP, you can either manually upgrade jQuery, or switch back to using .parents, and specifically choose the selector value you want to use).
Addition of options to select caption source, render the caption as a hyperlink to the image, control autoload grouping element, and disable the effect on mobile phones.
Addition of farbtastic overlay color select.
Addition of French/Français and Dutch/Nederlandse languages.
Options transferred to WPlize class, less database calls.
Flickr and Picasaweb images now properly load Slimbox settings.
Added minor IE6 fix to prevent tiling of next and previous images in a unique scenario.
Removed caching of autload script, for real this time.
Localization support implemented. Currently only Español/Spanish provided. See FAQ to contribute other languages. Removed caching of autload script, at least for now.


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package wire

import (
	"fmt"
	"testing"
	"time"
)

func testReceiveSettings() ReceiveSettings {
	settings := DefaultReceiveSettings
	settings.Timeout = 5 * time.Second
	return settings
}

const serviceTestWaitTimeout = 30 * time.Second

// serviceTestProxy wraps a `service` and provides some convenience methods for
// testing.
type serviceTestProxy struct {
	t          *testing.T
	service    service
	name       string
	clients    apiClients
	started    chan struct{}
	terminated chan struct{}
}

func (sp *serviceTestProxy) initAndStart(t *testing.T, s service, name string, clients ...closeable) {
	sp.t = t
	sp.service = s
	sp.name = name
	sp.clients = clients
	sp.started = make(chan struct{})
	sp.terminated = make(chan struct{})
	s.AddStatusChangeReceiver(nil, sp.onStatusChange)
	s.Start()
}

func (sp *serviceTestProxy) onStatusChange(_ serviceHandle, status serviceStatus, _ error) {
	if status == serviceActive {
		close(sp.started)
	}
	if status == serviceTerminated {
		close(sp.terminated)
	}
}

func (sp *serviceTestProxy) Start() { sp.service.Start() }
func (sp *serviceTestProxy) Stop()  { sp.service.Stop() }

// StartError waits for the service to start and returns the error.
func (sp *serviceTestProxy) StartError() error {
	select {
	case <-time.After(serviceTestWaitTimeout):
		return fmt.Errorf("%s did not start within %v", sp.name, serviceTestWaitTimeout)
	case <-sp.terminated:
		sp.clients.Close()
		return sp.service.Error()
	case <-sp.started:
		return sp.service.Error()
	}
}

// FinalError waits for the service to terminate and returns the error.
func (sp *serviceTestProxy) FinalError() error {
	select {
	case <-time.After(serviceTestWaitTimeout):
		return fmt.Errorf("%s did not terminate within %v", sp.name, serviceTestWaitTimeout)
	case <-sp.terminated:
		sp.clients.Close()
		return sp.service.Error()
	}
}

// StopVerifyNoError stops the service, waits for it to terminate and verifies
// that there is no error.
func (sp *serviceTestProxy) StopVerifyNoError() {
	sp.service.Stop()
	if gotErr := sp.FinalError(); gotErr != nil {
		sp.t.Errorf("%s final err: (%v), want: <nil>", sp.name, gotErr)
	}
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Al Ain, in Arabic language means an eye or the spring is an hour or half drive from either Dubai or Abu Dhabi. Al Ain is a historical treasure chest. This city was a major stop on caravan route from the UAE to Oman. Al Ain is also known as the garden city.
In the beginning of Al Ain tour, we will pass by the Hili City famous for green gardens and stop at the largest camel market in the UAE where we see great variety of camels. Afterwards, we proceed to the Al Ain Museum, next to the old fortress. We then proceed to the most beautiful landscape, Jebel Hafeet to take a bird's eye view from the tallest mountain in the UAE. At the foothills of Jebel Hafeet are hot water springs. The springs are diverted along shallow, ideal for bathing the feet in steaming therapeutic waters. After lunch break we continue touring through some local shopping area and enter the land of Oman – Al Buraimi on the way back to Dubai. End of Al Ain Tour.
There is no minimum people required for AL Ain Tour; even 1 person can go ahead on this tour.
Al Ain Tour may be booked online or through bank TT but you may also pay cash on the same day if the tour is booked within UAE. Payment can also be made through Debit/ Credit cards.


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A statute of limitations for Staples Center…
SportsNBALakers
A statute of limitations for Staples Center statues?
The Kareem Abdul-Jabbar statue in front of Staples Center will be joined today of one of Shaquille O'Neal above the arena's main entrance. (John McCoy/Staff Photographer)
PUBLISHED: March 24, 2017 at 2:21 p.m. | UPDATED: August 30, 2017 at 4:08 a.m.
Once upon a time in Hollywood, a handprint-footprint double-double outside Grauman's Theatre is what cemented your legacy. A star on the Walk of Fame was another famous footnote, that you could forever walk on sunshine.
But since Staples Center became a staple of our existence at the dawn of this new century, and our athletes have branded immortality and imperiousness to new levels, we've been somehow ushered into this Fawning Bronze Age. Commissioning a supersized likeness of a Southern California sports star and literally putting it on a pedestal, daring the local bird population to christen it in its own special way …
It's classic false-god idolatry stuff, Hollywood style.
You want a jersey retired? Take a number.
This latest erection of a 1,500-pound Shaq The Redeeming Dunker, meticulously hand-crafted and now hoisted and bolted down above the main entrance, is demiurgic and disconcerting.
First, if by this point in the game you do not have a replica of yourself in Star Plaza, were you really a star?
And second, what kind of insurance premiums did AEG pay as potential compensation for pedestrians who might be taken out if this Shaq thing becomes unhinged during the next L.A. earthquake?
• L.A.'s modest little Monument Park is beginning to look like a Jerry Buss decadent yard sale. It's our mashup of Easter Island, Madame Tussauds' Sports Mannequin Challenge and Ripley's Believe What You Want as far as a tourist attraction goes.
And where it goes from here, time and space apparently aren't an issue. It's a never-ending process to squeeze another chiseled beauty in and around Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jerry West, Chick Hearn, Wayne Gretzky, Luc Robitaille, Oscar De La Hoya — did we miss anyone important? And who, really, is that important?
• So who's got next?
Sir Kobe Bryant, of course. Even before they get around to Elgin Baylor and/or Wilt Chamberlain. Giant Mamba might be best to go up on the Staples Center roof, depicting him as he exits from a helicopter.
Not having Ms. Lisa Leslie or Ms. Candace Parker there already is a huge miss.
There's Chick, so what about Bob Miller? And who was the guy who used to call games for the Avengers?
Anyone from the Clippers qualify? Blake Griffin could be dunking over a Kia, while Chris Paul could be in his State Farm attire assessing the damage.
If Robitaille is there, who's to say James Worthy isn't worthy?
Phil Anschutz built the place. Why not get him out there? Anyone know what he really looks like?
A bust of Jeanie Buss is a natural. She could bust out that pose from Playboy that she still uses as a Twitter avatar, with the two basketballs serving as more than just props. It would create a place for all sorts of suggestive selfies, even as another statue of Phil Jackson is close by, posed as Rodin's The Thinker.
There's something to think about.
• All the overanalysis about when and how and why a well-compensated athlete deserves a well-timed break during the regular season … can we just give this thing a rest?
It's creating way too much work. And it's hardly a new thing.
In 1990, NBA commissioner David Stern slapped the Lakers with a $25,000 fine after coach Pat Riley sat Magic Johnson, James Worthy, Byron Scott and Mychal Thompson in the final regular-season game at Portland. The resulting 130-88 loss had no effect on the standings.
Imagine now if that was a mid-March game on national TV, and a guy with a microphone (who used to be an NBA coach) was proclaiming that action to be a "prosecutable offense."
Riley claimed he had "an obligation to our management," and "I didn't do it out of disregard for the league. I did it for the well-being of our players."
Just like something Gregg Popovich or Tyronn Lue or even Doc Rivers might say. Even Luke Walton, when it comes to Nick Young?
Current NBA boss Adam Silver hasn't gone that far with the automatic fines but has implied that "significant penalties" could happen if a team doesn't follow the protocol of giving the league office, the opponent and the media an appropriate heads-up if someone isn't playing based solely on rest.
And the rest isn't history.
• Is it too late to reorganize your bracket and have Gonzaga go all the way to the championship? As well as having Steve Alford go all the way back to Indiana and get the Hoosiers rebooted for the 2018 tournament?
• What if the players involved in the NCAA men's tournament staged a strike during the Final Four, kind of like what the U.S. women's hockey team rallied to do prior to their upcoming tournament, based on the inequality of a system that celebrates exploitation and profiteering? Think that's something LaVar Ball and his marketing company could get behind if UCLA was to get that deep into the process?
Jeanie Buss


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Harry Styles has invited Taylor Swift to perform with One Direction.
The 18-year-old pop star is allegedly dating the 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' singer and wants her to perform with him and the rest of the boy band – Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne and Zayn Malik – to a crowd of 20,000 fans at their Christmas show in New York's Madison Square Garden on Monday (03.12.12).
Little Mix's Perrie Edwards, 19, is flying out to the US with her mother to join boyfriend Zayn and Louis has invited his girlfriend Eleanor Calder along for the show as well.
A source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "It's such a momentous time for the boys and they want their girlfriends by their sides. Seeing Zayn with Perrie and Louis with Eleanor made Harry realise there's a person he wants to be there with him, too. Taylor."
Harry has recently opened up about his feelings for Taylor and praised her for being such a "sweet" person.
He said: "Taylor honestly couldn't be a sweeter person.
"She's genuinely nice and extremely talented, and she deserves everything she has."
Taylor – who has previously been in relationships with Jake Gyllenhaal, John Mayer and Taylor Lautner – has just arrived back from Australia where she performed at the ARIA Awards on Thursday evening (29.11.12) in Sydney.


A Tesla owner can count his blessings this holiday after the vehicle's Autopilot system saved the driver from what could have been a catastrophic collision.
A screen grab of a Tesla dashcam video was posted to Twitter showing Tesla's radar-based Autopilot system sounding off a forward collision warning well before the accident can be seen. Moments later, a small compact directly in front of the Tesla is seen colliding into a SUV with enough force to lift the mid-size utility vehicle from the ground, and send it tumbling along the freeway.
The video is a great reminder of how autonomous driving technology provides a level of safety far beyond what a human driver can. The ability to detect activity two cars ahead was rolled out in Firmware 8.0 of Autopilot in September of this year and was arguably Tesla's most significant feature upgrade since the first Autopilot was released back in October 2015. Version 8.0 shifted focus away from the vehicle's front-facing camera and, instead, placed heavy emphasis onto the vehicle's onboard radar. The revamped system enabled Autopilot to bounce radar signals beneath a vehicle in front, to help it detect objects two cars ahead.
Independent tests performed by Tesla owner Bjørn Nyland showed this phenomenon taking place after his Model X reacted to an emergency braking situation that took place from a lead vehicle.
With the roll out of Enhanced Autopilot under v8.1 on the horizon, and as Tesla continues to improve on its Autopilot algorithms helped by 3.5 billion miles of fleet data collected through drivers, expect to see a level of safety on Tesla vehicles far beyond what any other automaker can promise.


Caleb Meyer recycles old lures like these by melting them down and pouring them into his own soft-plastic mold.
But to 13-year-old Caleb Meyer from Madisonville, La., they're tomorrow's fishing lures.
Every fisherman can look at the floor of his boat after a day's fishing and see scattered soft-plastic lures that were unceremoniously ripped off the hook and discarded to be replaced by a fresher one, a different brand or a new color.
Most sweep those baits into a pile with their hands, scoop them up and put them on top of the overflowing garbage cans at their local marina.
He collects them, stores them and eventually recycles them into brand-new baits.
With the help of his parents, Meyer ordered a Golden Grub brand open mold in a design he liked, and ever since has been creating his own plastic worms from his and other anglers' discards.
Meyer melts store-bought plastic when he wants specific colors, and he'll also sort used baits into like colors. Mixing random colors usually results in baits that are grayish-brown — not very appealing to anglers, but the fish still like them.
He uses the lures in neighborhood ponds as well as in the marshes around Cocodrie, where he fishes with his maternal grandfather.
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At the apex of the executive branch is the Druk Gyalpo, who is both head of state and head of the government. Responsible to him are two advisory and executive organizations: the Royal Advisory Council and the Council of Ministers. There also is the Royal Secretariat, which serves as an intermediary between the Druk Gyalpo and the Council of Ministers.
The Royal Advisory Council was mentioned in the 1953 constitution of the National Assembly (members of the council are concurrently members of the National Assembly), but it took on greater importance in 1965 when the Druk Gyalpo installed representatives elected by the monastic bodies and the National Assembly. In 1989 the council's membership included a representative of the government, two representatives of the monasteries, six regional representatives, and a chairperson, all for five-year terms. The chairperson and the government representative are appointed by the Druk Gyalpo; the two monks represent the central and district monastic bodies. Monk representatives, according to 1979 regulations for council membership, are required to be literate and "highly knowledgeable about the Drukpa Kargyupa religion." Monk nominees are subject to the approval of the speaker of the National Assembly. The regional representatives are elected by the National Assembly from a list endorsed by village assemblies. Representing the southeastern, southwestern, western, eastern, central, and the Thimphu-Paro-Ha regions, they are required to be literate, knowledgeable about Bhutanese traditional culture and customs with "some knowledge of modern customs and etiquette," "well-behaved and able to speak well," "able to shoulder responsibility, and far-sighted." As the principal consulting body to the Druk Gyalpo, the Royal Advisory Council is a key state organization and interacts most directly with the National Assembly.
Chaired by the Druk Gyalpo, the Council of Ministers was established in 1968 with the approval of the National Assembly. In 1991 it comprised seven ministers and the Druk Gyalpo's representative in each ministry (agriculture; communications; finance; foreign affairs; home affairs; social services; and trade, industry, and tourism). The largest ministry by far was the Ministry of Social Services, which ran the nation's education and health systems and included nearly 26 percent of all civil service employees. Two of the ministers in 1990--the minister of finance (Ashi Sonam Chhoden Wangchuck) and the minister of home affairs (Dasho Namgyal Wangchuck)--were members of the royal family.
Until the 1960s, the Royal Secretariat played a major role in government affairs. The key officials of the Royal Secretariat were the Druk Gyalpo's representative in the Royal Bhutan Army, the royal chief secretary, and the royal finance secretary. After the establishment of the Council of Ministers and subsequent shift of administrative and financial matters out of the palace, however, the Royal Secretariat's day-to-day role diminished in importance. Relations between the two bodies have been described as cordial, nevertheless, and ministers usually were selected from among Royal Secretariat personnel.
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Citigroup to cut traders' bonuses by as much as 10%
Citigroup reported a $3.23 billion profit that missed analysts' estimates.
Citigroup Inc. reduced the bonus pool for fixed-income and equities traders after their division had a lackluster performance in the final weeks of the year, according to a person briefed on the matter.
The bonuses will drop 5% to 10% on average, said the person, who asked not to be identified discussing compensation. The Wall Street Journal reported the cuts earlier Friday.Citigroup, the third-biggest U.S. bank, planned as recently as mid-December to keep the bonus pool unchanged from 2013 even amid a decline in revenue, a person briefed on the matter said at the time. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell for the month and crude oil had its worst year since 2008 amid a global supply glut, dragging commodities to a fourth straight annual drop.Chief Executive Officer Michael Corbat said at a Dec. 9 conference that he expected fourth-quarter trading revenue to slide about 5% from the same period a year earlier. Bank of America Corp. also forecast a decline, CEO Brian Moynihan said at the same event, without providing an estimate for the size of the drop.
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Nissan recently announced by 2020 they would have a car that drives itself for sell. They aren't the only company to have claimed this either. If cars began to drive themselves, the laws would have to change. A person could once again talk on their cell, text, or even go home under the influence. In a perfect world these vehicles could diminish DUI's and other traffic violations completely. Unfortunately 53% of people said they wouldn't buy or trust a self-driving car. With the variety of self driving vehicles and manually driven vehicles, the road could have more issues then thought. Read more about this subject on CBSNews.


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Pope, U.N. head meet, discuss crises in Syria, Korean peninsula
Recognizing the important role each other plays on the global stage, Pope Francis and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met Tuesday at the Vatican, discussing common efforts to promote peace and protect human dignity.
"The United Nations and the Holy See share common goals and ideals," the U.N. secretary-general told the pope as the two sat across from each other at a desk in the papal library. Reporters were ushered out of the room at that point.
With translation assistance from a monsignor in the Vatican Secretariat of State, the pope and Ban spent about 20 minutes speaking privately.
The two spoke specifically about "situations of conflict and serious humanitarian emergencies, especially in Syria," but also about the ongoing tensions on the Korean peninsula and in several African countries "where peace and stability are threatened," said a statement from the Vatican press office.
Jesuit Fr. Federico Lombardi, who spoke with the pope after Ban left, said the pope and the U.N. leader also talked about the problem of human trafficking, especially of women -- a global problem of particular concern to Pope Francis and one that he denounced in his Easter message as "the most extensive form of slavery in this 21st century."
Pope Francis spoke about the ways the Catholic church, as a religious institution, promotes many of the same goals as the United Nations, particularly on behalf of a holistic protection of human dignity and in the promotion of a "culture of encounter," the Vatican statement said.
Lombardi said the phrase is one the pope used often as archbishop of Buenos Aires to describe his approach to the promotion of dialogue, understanding and respect among people and among religions, recognizing differences, but not allowing them to prevent meetings and discussions.
After their private meeting, Ban introduced to the pope members of his entourage, which included his wife, his Argentine chief of staff and the U.N. undersecretary for disarmament.
Pope Francis went around the room giving each guest a small boxed rosary, which still carries the coat of arms of Pope Benedict XVI; a papal aide said they are awaiting the arrival of rosaries with Pope Francis' emblem.
Pope Francis spoke a few words of English during the meeting. Presenting a mosaic to Ban, the pope said, "This is for you." Then he immediately switched to Italian to describe it as a view of Rome.
Ban gave the pope a blue-bound tome containing the text of the United Nations Charter in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish. He told the pope the charter reflects "the goals and objectives of human beings, which you also promote."
The U.N. secretary-general went from the papal library to a meeting with Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, then spoke briefly with reporters. He said he invited the pope to visit the United Nations -- an invitation the Vatican acknowledged, but without making a commitment to attend -- and said he was particularly pleased the new pope chose the name Francis, because it has come to signify a commitment to peacemaking.
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The HTC U11 Life runs vanilla Android Oreo. Google has promised at least two major updates for the Android One phone, so the U11 Life should enjoy Android P and R, plus regular security patches. Everything but the camera and the squeeze gestures is handled by the stock Google app suite and while this approach may not be everyone's favorite, it does come with two indisputable benefits: fast-track updates and a lighter, nimbler UI.
The lockscreen displays the standard notification cards, complete with grouping, expanded view and direct reply. There's a camera shortcut too.
The Ambient display is available on the U11 Life. It lights up whenever you get a new notification or when you pick up your phone, provided that you have enabled one or both of those functions in Settings. It shows the clock and events that might require your attention.
The Pixel-like app drawer that you pull up from the dock is your only option. Of course, since there is folder support on the homescreen as well, you can organize everything there and simply forget that the Pixel-like swipe-up even exists.
The homescreen setting menu only has a couple of options but both are interesting. The Google App toggle is used to enable or disable the Google Now interface, accessible via a swipe to the right form the homescreen. There's Google Assistant too - the customary long press on the Home button summons it.
A single pull on U11 Life's notification shade gets you six small toggles. Pull a second time and you get a total of 9 large ones per screen, with multiple panes supported. There's also a brightness slider, but Auto brightness is only accessible through the settings menu.
The task switcher is business as usual, the Android rolodex layout. The 'clear all' button only appears when you scroll all the way to the top - a bit of a nuisance. There is multi-window multitasking, but the screen is always split 50/50 - you can't adjust the window size.
The Android OS might be vanilla but has the same Edge Sense support as the rest of the U11 series. The sides of the phone are lined with pressure sensors and this lets you program two gestures to open whatever app you'd like. One that may be particularly useful is the Camera app, though, you can achieve the same result by double-pressing the power key and using the volume rocker to take the picture.
The first time you squeeze the phone, you'll be prompted to set up the Edge Sense feature. You'll follow a tutorial that shows you how long and how hard you're squeezing with on-screen visuals to guide you. Note that your ability to squeeze may be affected by the kind of case you use, so keep that in mind if shopping for one.
Advanced mode is where you can program two gestures. The default gestures are: short squeeze opens camera, a second squeeze takes the photo. It's worth noting the UI purposely has a delay built into it as to wait for you to stabilize the camera before taking a shot. That way, the phone isn't shaking mid-shot.
The other default action is a squeeze and hold that will activate the phone's default assistant - Google's or Amazon Alexa. Doing the same thing while the keyboard is open will activate voice-to-text typing.
And here comes the best part - you can configure the gesture behavior for the UI, and in-app for each installed app. Globally, you can set a long or short squeeze to launch the Edge Launcher, which is a two-step dialer popping on the screen, which can replace your entire app drawer. There is also a calendar around, which is nice.
You can set the gestures to work differently for each of your apps. For example, you can set a short squeeze to take a screenshot in your favorite game.
There are so many different configurations you can opt for with the squeeze detection unlike the Pixel 2 XL. HTC gave you the freedom to make the U11+ yours and the tools to do it.


HURLEYVILLE – When World War I began in 1914, few could have imagined that between 15 and 19 million people would die, another 23 million would be wounded, and the killing would last without letup until 1918.
In what must have seemed like a miracle to a war-torn world, the Armistice agreement, when finally signed, took effect on Nov. 11, 1918, at 11 a.m. On that date in London, newspaper headlines read, "Bells Burst Forth in Joyful Chimes." Big Ben in Westminster tolled long and loud, and its ringing was copied in belfries around the city.
At 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 2018, Americans will have a chance to remember the sacrifices of those killed in World War I by participating in the "Bells of Peace," a collaborative program whereby citizens and organizations are invited to toll bells in their communities 21 times.
At the Sullivan County Museum, the Sullivan County Historical Society's bell, donated by the Woodbourne Reformed Church, will be rung 21 times at precisely 11 a.m. Nov. 11.
The museum will open at 10:30 a.m. that day and remain open until 4:30 p.m. for those who would like to view the museum's special World War I exhibit on its final day. The Sullivan County Museum is located at 265 Main St., Hurleyville. For more information, call 434-8044 or visit scnyhistory.org.


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