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Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without ending the deep tensions between the two sides. The territories Israel occupied since the 1967 war are not included in the Israel country profile, unless otherwise noted. On 25 April 1982, Israel withdrew from the Sinai pursuant to the 1979 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty. In keeping with the framework established at the Madrid Conference in October 1991, bilateral negotiations were conducted between Israel and Palestinian representatives and Syria to achieve a permanent settlement. Israel and Palestinian officials signed on 13 September 1993 a Declaration of Principles (also known as the "Oslo Accords") guiding an interim period of Palestinian self-rule. Outstanding territorial and other disputes with Jordan were resolved in the 26 October 1994 Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace. In addition, on 25 May 2000, Israel withdrew unilaterally from southern Lebanon, which it had occupied since 1982. In April 2003, US President BUSH, working in conjunction with the EU, UN, and Russia - the "Quartet" - took the lead in laying out a roadmap to a final settlement of the conflict by 2005, based on reciprocal steps by the two parties leading to two states, Israel and a democratic Palestine. However, progress toward a permanent status agreement was undermined by Israeli-Palestinian violence between September 2003 and February 2005. In the summer of 2005, Israel unilaterally disengaged from the Gaza Strip, evacuating settlers and its military while retaining control over most points of entry into the Gaza Strip. The election of HAMAS to head the Palestinian Legislative Council froze relations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA). Ehud OLMERT became prime minister in March 2006 and presided over a 34-day conflict with Hizballah in Lebanon in June-August 2006 and a 23-day conflict with HAMAS in the Gaza Strip during December 2008 and January 2009. OLMERT, who in June 2007 resumed talks with PA President Mahmoud ABBAS, resigned in September 2008. Prime Minister Binyamin NETANYAHU formed a coalition in March 2009 following a February 2009 general election. Direct talks launched in September 2010 collapsed following the expiration of Israel's 10-month partial settlement construction moratorium in the West Bank.
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Oil spill bill passes Senate commitee
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The Oil Spill Prevention Act, a bill cosponsored by U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., passed the Senate's Commerce Committee and will now be considered by the full Senate, Boxer's office reported.
The bill, which was introduced by Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., would require protective double hulls around the fuel tanks of newly built non-tanker ships with a capacity of at least 600 cubic meters of fuel.
Double-hull legislation similar to the Lautenberg-Boxer bill has also been introduced by U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.
That legislation, which would additionally require existing ships to be retrofitted with double hulls, is still pending in the Senate Commerce Committee, according to Feinstein's office.
Federal law already requires oil tankers to have double-hull protection, though newer and larger cargo ships -- like the 900-foot container ship Cosco Busan that struck the Bay Bridge on Nov. 7, spilling more than 53,000 gallons of toxic bunker fuel into the bay -- have been exempted from those regulations.
Oil from the Nov. 7 spill washed ashore and temporarily closed several Bay Area beaches, killed thousands of birds, and severely damaged the area's fishing industry.
Environmental groups predicted it could be many more months before the long-term ecological impact of the spill is known.
The Oil Spill Prevention Act also clarifies, as does Feinstein's bill, the Coast Guard's authority over vessel movements in order to prevent maritime emergencies such as oil spills, and calls for an analysis of possible improvements to vessel traffic service systems.
A third bill boosting funding for the Coast Guard, which also includes provisions on double hulls and Coast Guard authority, passed the U.S. House of Representatives in April.
The Oil Spill Prevention Act would additionally establish a review board to advise the Coast Guard on medical standards for merchant mariners.
Cosco Busan pilot John Cota, 60, of Petaluma, is currently facing federal charges in connection with the San Francisco Bay spill, including felony charges of making false statements on medical forms and misdemeanor charges of negligently discharging oil into the bay and killing migratory birds.
Prosecutors allege Cota did not properly disclose information to the Coast Guard about the medications he was taking, the possible side effects, and the medical conditions they were intended to treat.
Cota has denied all the charges and is scheduled to return to court July 18.

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The trial of Penenden Heath occurred in the decade after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, probably in 1076, and involved a dispute between Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, half-brother of William the Conqueror and Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury and others.

Background
Odo de Bayeux was previously Earl of Kent and the primary landowner of the region subsequent to his half-brother William the Conqueror's invasion of England in 1066. In 1070, Archbishop Lanfranc succeeded to the see of Canterbury and requested an inquiry into the activities of Odo (and Lanfranc's predecessor, Stigand) who had allegedly defrauded the Church (and possibly the Crown) during his tenure as Earl of Kent. It has subsequently been argued that: "most of the lands had been lost not to Odo, but to Earl Godwine and his family during Edward's reign and perhaps even earlier..." and that "Odo had simply succeeded to these encroachments and the conflict between archbishop and earl was to a large extent a reprise of that between Robert of Jumièges and Godwine in 1051-2," the suggestion being that Lanfranc, despite being the Prior of a Norman monastery (and born in Pavia, Lombardy), was attempting to restore the pre-conquest landholdings for the Church of Canterbury.

William I determined that the matter should be settled by the nobles of Kent and ordered that an assembly be formed on the heath at Penenden (near present-day Maidstone) for the purpose. William I ordered that the findings of the inquiry or 'trial' of Odo de Bayeux were to be final.

Various prominent figures in the country at the time were called including Geoffrey de Montbray Bishop of Coutances (who represented the King), Lanfranc (for the Church), Odo de Bayeux (defending himself), Arnost Bishop of Rochester, Æthelric II (former Bishop of Selsey), Richard de Tunibridge, Hugh de Montfort, William de Arsic, Hamo Vicecomes and many others.

Æthelric II in particular had been compelled by William I to attend as the authority on pre-Norman law. Described as: "[A] very old man, very learned in the laws of the land" he was brought by chariot or other carriage to Penenden Heath "in order to discuss and expound these same old legal customs".

The presence of a contingent of English (or Saxon) witnesses as experts in ancient laws and customs as well as the French-born representation is regarded as a significant indication of the basis of the Church's claims being grounded in the ancient laws of the land. However it is unclear from the sources which of those laws were cited.

Precisely when the inquiry was held is unclear although many historians have determined it took place between 1075 and 1077. Similarly a number of varying transcripts or records of the trial exist and it is unclear which may be regarded as the definitive version of events.

The trial of Odo de Bayeux lasted three days and ended in the partial recovery of properties for the church from Odo and others.

Significance and reliability
The trial is regarded by some commentators as "one of the most important events in the early history of English Law because of the light it sheds on the relationship between Norman Law and English Law" with the trial being a possible indication of Norman respect for Anglo-Saxon legal history. The trial was the first indictment of Odo of Bayeux perhaps setting sufficient precedent for him to be stripped of his properties entirely and imprisoned for five years following further challenges to his wealth and powers in 1082.

By all accounts the Penenden trial occurred prior to the Domesday survey and was an early attempt by the church to reclaim rights and interests from the Crown and its agents. Since the assessments of property and rights which followed the trial were of significance, Domesday Book has come to be seen as a response to a need to have a definitive record of the ownership and administration of Crown property.

At the same time, doubt over the authenticity or reliability of transcripts of the trial has meant that much of the analysis of the trial's findings has been undertaken with a degree of scepticism.

The trial is known from two narratives. The older is a condensed version whilst the second, slightly later document, contains exaggerated assessments concluding with an overly-detailed description of the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury over offences committed on the King's highways.

Analysis of the relationship between these two documents by historians suggests that the later transcript was composed after the monks of Christ Church Priory, Canterbury failed to have their claims to the trial's established privileges recorded in the Domesday Survey.

Thus it has been argued that at least the later of the trial narratives should be regarded as an example of the undermining of Anglo-Saxon governance by the power of private interests rather than evidence of the continuation of Anglo-Saxon law and custom after the Conquest.

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New Jersey Institute of Technology commit was easily the Cougars' top player. He averaged a team-high 19.7 points and 7.1 rebounds per game for D2 Class 6A and WVC Division 1 champion Hazleton Area.
MVP of the prestigious McGrane Holiday Tournament, Murphy averaged 10.2 points per game, including regular season-highs of 24 in wins against Nanticoke Area and Hazleton Area. He helped the Comets outperform expectations, going 21-8.
Three-time all-star never backed down from a challenge. He made a program-record 97 3-pointers and averaged 18.8 points per game for the Trojans, who he led to yet another WVC Division 2 title and PIAA playoff berth.
Tough enough to drive inside and precise enough to drain 3s, the WVC's leading scorer averaged 25.6 points per game. He also had one of the most memorable scores of the year, the winning layup in overtime of the final GAR-Meyers game.
A 1,000-point scorer who netted 42 points against Lackawanna Trail and 37 against Valley View. Faux was unstoppable when in the zone. He averaged 19.9 points per game and led the Tigers (14-11) to D2 Class 4A semifinals.
The Trojans were spectacular at shooting the ball, but they needed a player like 6-foot-4 Krupinski to put them over the top. He averaged 10.1 points per game, including a season-high 22 against Montoursville in PIAAs.
Whitehead was one of only two WVC players who scored at least 10 points in every game this season, joining GAR's Will Johnson. He handled a ton of responsibilities for Hanover Area and excelled, averaging 16.0 points per game.
Few post players in all of District 2 were as good — and consistent — as the 6-foot-7 Prociak. He averaged 16.3 points per game, leading the Royals to the district final and state tournament. He scored in double-figures in 20 straight games.
When Cook was playing well, it rubbed off on the whole team. The Royals were 19-1 when Cook scored at least 10 points. He's a three-time all-star. He averaged 14.0 points per game and topped 1,000 points for his career.
One of the players most responsible for Northwest's resurgence, Yaple scored 1,000 points in a career that included District 2 Class 2A silver medals and PIAA playoff games as a junior and senior. He averaged 10.5 points per game.
After averaging 9.4 points per game in the regular season, Callahan rose to the occasion with 15.4 ppg in the conference, district and state playoffs. Big-game player scored season-high 25 against String Theory, 21 vs. GAR, 20 vs. Crestwood.


To reverse population declines, effective management actions are required. Identifying the causes of population declines is particularly challenging if no reference data from non-declining opulations are available. The 'endangered' New Zealand sea lion (NZSL) Phocarctos hookeri is New Zealand's (NZ's) only endemic pinniped. Originally, the NZSL occurred from NZ's sub-Antarctics up to the northernmost of the NZ mainland, but was extirpated during the early 19th century. The extant sub-Antarctic NZSL is mostly restricted to the Auckland Islands (50°30' S, 166°17' E) accounting for 73% of NZSL's total pup production. However, the NZSL population at the Auckland Islands declined by approximately 50% since 1998. Effective management has been hampered by a lack of data prior to the population decline or comparably-sized reference populations. My thesis focuses on four knowledge gaps in NZSL conservation: (1) the contribution of life history traits to NZSL population growth (Chapter 2); (2) the existence of density dependence (further referred to as density feedback) (Chapter 3), a key assumption in fishery management; (3) the demographic effects of disease (Chapter 4), which killed a large number of pups since 1998; (4) the population-level effects of NZSL mortality in the commercial fishery, which is spatially and temporally overlapping with the foraging behaviour of female NZSLs (Chapter 5).
I used a multistate state-space Cormack-Jolly-Seber (CJS) model to analyse mark-recapture data of 2,928 individual female NZSLs that were tagged as pups at Sandy Bay, Auckland Islands, between 1998 and 2012 (Chapter 2). Using this model, I fitted a sub-model for pup survival against pup census data (as an index of population size) (Chapter 3) and data for the presence and absence of disease-related mass mortalities (Chapter 4). Furthermore, demographic estimates were used to parameterise a matrix population model in order to quantify the responsiveness of the population growth rate to variability in demographic parameters (Chapter 2). I then used this model to predict the improvement in adult female survival that is required to reach population equilibrium (Chapter 5). The latter was quantitatively compared against fishing-related NZSL mortality estimated using a Bayesian generalised linear model, which was fitted against bycatch data (Chapter 5).
I provide quantitative evidence based on the NZSL life history that indicates NZSLs offset large variability in pup survival by maintaining constant and high adult survival, however adult survival appeared to be low compared to other pinnipeds (Chapter 2). This finding is underpinned by two important results. First, I found that disease caused no net change in pup survival and was thus compensatory to other sources of pup mortality (Chapter 4). Second, I found a high probability that bycatch mitigation, if effective, should have averted the population decline (Chapter 5). I found no clear evidence for density feedback in NZSL pup survival, underpinning that the population is facing deterministic extinction instead of showing density feedback dynamics (Chapter 3). My study provides the first comprehensive analysis of NZSL population dynamics and its relationship to life history and contributes important findings for the future species management.


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Soundclash Cultivates Local New Orleans Hip-Hop | NewOrleans.Me
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The standard concert format can get tedious: you, standing on the floor, staring up at the vaunted Artist Upon the Stage. But for local hip-hop fans, there's an alternative to that model: New Orleans' Soundclash concert series, which celebrates its eighth anniversary in October.
Rappers Chuck "Lyrikill" Jones and Tajiri "Truth Universal" Ujasiri began the Soundclash series as a three-round battle wherein music producers, rather than rappers, signed up to compete, open-mic style, against each other. The crowd, plus a cast of local and national hip-hop celebrities, judged each producer's instrumental tracks on a 30 point scale in categories like originality, crowd appeal, and technique.
"You stand up there on display, you get five minutes, a one minute snippet of five of your songs," says Gavin "G-Mac" George, who moved to New Orleans from Atlanta a couple years back. G-Mac has since won Soundclash several times. "The crowd plays a roll in the judgment," G-Mac attests. "If they don't like the track, it will probably be dead silence – maybe at the end they'll give the at-least-you-tried applause. Though overall, it's more of a camaraderie."
Each Soundclash event also features several rappers, a bunch of DJs, and maybe even a singer or two.
Three years ago – five years into Soundclash's now eight-year stretch – Soundclash founder Lyrikill shocked the hip-hop community by moving to Houston to pursue business opportunities. Enter area promoter and Soundclash fan El Williams.
"At the time I was promoting and booking the acts for Soundclash, while Lyrikill was the host and founder," says Williams. "I was the most passionate about Soundclash, so when he left it kind of automatically rolled over to me. "
Under William's curation, Soundclash has stopped cramming multiple producers, DJs, rappers, singers and other acts all into one night, to instead focus on just one of the classical elements of hip-hop (DJing, MCing, Bboying, graffiti or knowledge) at each event.
"We don't do the beat battle monthly anymore," says Williams. "It's now more of a showcase, and competitive open-mic. Three months in a row we will do those rapper showcases, then the fourth month is the Soundclash producer showcase."
"We changed that more due to lack of participation by artists," adds Williams. "We'd get four producers come through each month, seven, maybe ten. So I figured it would be better to have more impactful beat battles, with all those participants competing every four months instead. Now we usually have over 15 producers at each event. It's a lot stronger event that way."
Throughout its history, Soundclash has welcomed underground hip-hop artists and celebrities to judge the competition, as well as perform: from local heroes Mannie Fresh (producer for Cash Money Records and Dee-1) and Grammy-winning Westbank beatmaker Chase in Cash (producer for Drake, Lil Wayne and Eminem) to New Jersey artist Cardiac, who has produced for Rick Ross, Fabulos [sic], Diddy, French Montana and Wiz Khalifa, among other mainstream stars.
Soundclash's eighth anniversary party this October 13th will consist of a traditional beat battle. "They will be getting judged, even though it's a little looser," says Williams. "Then those top three producers will move on to partner with iStandard [an organization for producers] and do a national showcase competition."
The popular hip-hop event has also changed locations, with MC showcases taking place at the Dragon's Den upstairs every third Thursday of each month. "They've redesigned the Dragon's Den now so it's more of an open area. They moved the DJ station, built a new stage, bigger dance floor, installed new sound. It's now a bigger venue with some big sound in there, with some nice lil' bass," says Williams.
Artist and producer Wes B serves as Soundclash's current host. "He's not funny," says Williams, "we're always picking on him and telling him he's not funny – but he's very good at the show side of the things, and remembering the footnotes. He's one of those guys you really need on the team."
Local legend E.F. Cuttin spins the wheels of steel each month as Soundclash's official DJ. The addition of Cuttin has translated into a series of hip hop tribute shows at the Howlin' Wolf Den, the venue that also hosts Soundclash's quarterly beat battles. On the heels of his popular recent tribute night to Jay Z's Reasonable Doubt album, Cuttin will, on August 27th, present a tribute to OutKast.
Then, September 24th will feature a Tribute to the Year 1996, considered by many to be the best year in hip-hop history thus far – a year that gave the world classic albums from Tupac (All Eyez On Me), The Fugees (The Score), De La Soul (Stakes Is High) and Snoop Dog (The Doggfather) among many, many others.
Williams stresses that Soundclash is still about everyone in the room, from the stage to the floor. "I just want people know that the platform is here for them in New Orleans," he says. "Instead of going all over, banging on doors, begging to play this or that establishment, we went ahead and built our own deal for the underground."
Image: courtesy of Soundclash, via Facebook.
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Applying Bartle's Player Types to Customer Loyalty Design
Richard Bartle is a British writer, professor and game researcher. He is a pioneer in game design and was instrumental to the popularity of Massively Multiplayer Online games. He's the author of Designing Virtual Worlds and is credited with inspiring the Bartle Test, an online questionnaire that determines a gamer type based on a number of criteria.
The Bartle Test of Gamer Psychology, or simply 'Bartle Test', lumps people into four categories: Explorers, Socializers, Achievers and Killers. Lucky for us, those nicely line up with the four suits in a deck of cards, so we can easily follow a design description that works for Achievers (♦ Diamonds), Explorers (♠ Spades), Socializers (♥ Hearts), and Killers (♣ Clubs).
As intuitive as the four categories are, we still need a basic understanding of the player types before we compare them to a customer in the midst of a brand loyalty engagement. As well, understanding how a Bartle Player-type applies in a single vs. multi-player situation is also relevant to how a customer would interact with others within a program.
♦ Achievers, also known as "Diamonds," are players who prefer to gain points, levels, equipment and other concrete measurements of success in a game. They look for prestige and will go to great lengths to achieve rewards that give them little or no game-play benefit to get it.
Sound familiar? Canada is ripe with Achievers as a highly-penetrated loyalty market. We love our points! In a loyalty context, an Achiever is trying to get everything they can, whether that's collecting an Air Miles Reward Mile at Rexall or earning Aeroplan Status Miles for flying with Air Canada on every trip.
Achievers are attracted to any game that can be "beaten" or won in some way because it appeals to the Achiever play style. Games that offer some kind of special bonues or achievement for beating it appeal to Achievers.
In loyalty, rarely is there an opportunity to "Win", but the act of 'maxxing out' becomes the Achiever's crack-cocaine of winning. If they can double-dip at the grocery store by using a Club Sobey's BMO Credit Card along with the Club Sobeys card and earn twice as many points, they feel like they're winning. If a triple dip opportunity arises with a manufacturer's bonus, the Achiever is over the moon.
One thing that Achievers really like is the opportunity to show off their skill or elite status. They don't particularly like competition from other achievers, and look to the ♥ Socializers to give them praise. The more they achieve in a game, the less likely they become a target for ♣ Killers. These are also the players that enjoy seeing their names at the top of a leader board or ranking. In XBox Live, gamers can earn achievements that they can show off to others all around the world.
In the loyalty world, an achiever is looking for status from the ♥ socializers in the form of recognition, as well as status for statuses sake. Forums and blogs that discuss earning and redemption 'tricks of the trade' often highlight the Super-Users who are avid collectors of the virtual currency or masters of the skies with their un-reachable airline status levels. Much like MMOs, almost every loyalty or engagement program has an element of achievement. Since the psychology of an Achiever is to set sometimes obscure goals for themselves (in the game world) in the real world that can mean going incredibly far out of their way or repeating an action numerous times simply to achieve one more goal. Gas retailers love the Achievers since their product and reward mechanism often requires a customer to go just a little further for the payoff.
♠ Explorers, dubbed "Spades" for because they're the ones who dig around, are the players who prefer discovering areas, creating maps in a game and discovering hidden places. They don't like games that have time restrictions or count-downs as that doesn't allow them the freedom to explore at their own pace. These gamers are also the ones who take pleasure in pointing out a glitch or finding an easter egg.
In loyalty, an Explorer is someone who wants to figure out the challenge. That's their reward. They are the ones scouring the flyers for bonus offer of pudding purchases that they can turn into trips around the world. They're also the ones that baulked the loudest whenever a loyalty program announced they were adding a time-limit or expiration date to their points. They earned them fair and square and getting boxed in to redeem goes against the grain with them.
Explorers aren't as into one on one fighting games and the concept of beating levels or earning points is secondary to the Explorer. The Explorer will try to learn any back story they can find about the people and places in their game, hoping to discover something that nobody else has. Different from an ♦ Achiever who is all about moving on to the next-- an explorer will remember all of their rich adventures and history.
How does this relate to loyalty and engagement? Think about it from a speed perspective. Explorers are the ones that are methodical, read the rules, understand the program and try to seek the best benefit. They also want to go where nobody has gone before-- think exclusive experiential travel redemptions or 'Money Can't Buy' merchandise rewards!
And the reason the Achievers and Explorers share so much in common when it comes to loyalty?
The Explorer and Achiever benefits in much the same ways in a multi-player environment. They are surrounded by people who will benefit from their wisdom and can swap experiences. ♥ Socializers do not mind listening either. The interactions between an Explorer and a ♣ Killer are usually hostile, as the play-type interferes with exploring. However, Explorers will lose interest with any game when they feel it has become a chore to play, with only more of the same ahead. This kind of makes sense for all gamers, but Explorers can be the most fickle when it comes to doing more of the same.
For those designing loyalty and engagement programs, it's the explorers that are the first to attrite from the program or churn as a customer. Once they've figured it all out and get to a point where the only action left is to continue like before, an explorer loses interest in the program and looks for something new. They may keep an eye out for new promotions, contests or challenges that allow them to benefit from trying something new, but a program rooted in change and adventure will keep them engaged longer.
♥ Socializers are are those who play games for the people, not the game itself. They're known as "Hearts." Most of the enjoyment they get from a game they get by interacting with others in a multi-player environment, either people or sometimes even computers with personalities. The game becomes simply a tool that allows them access to people within the game and outside it.
Next generation loyalty and engagement is social by design. Without quantifying the impact of social networks, socializing, sharing, advocacy and other social elements into the value of a program, we would miss the biggest of opportunities. Since a Socializer's objective is not so much to win or explore but to be social, they don't need to find a game that has good game play on it's merits, as they are not there for the game. It seems counter-intuitive. Instead, they are attracted to popular games as they have the most opportunity for interaction.
Online games are very appealing to the Socializer as there is an almost limitless supply of new people with whom they can build relationships. Socializers are the first to import an address book, fill a friend-list and invite others to join in for the fun. For any loyalty program with Social by Design as a key pillar, Socializers are the ones that increase the Virality of the program. (Virality, meaning the likelihood that an idea will propagate between two people). They aren't there to win. They're there to have fun! In many cases they help people out in a game to make friends and see everyone do better. Socializers often become well-known names on discussion boards and forums and can build an offline following as well.
♣ Lucky for us, Killers in the game world refers to a player-type that is vastly different from it's description in the real world. In loyalty, you don't need to kill anyone else to win-- however there are similarities. The "Clubs" of the game world thrive on competition, and specifically from other real players as opposed to computers or simulations. They don't just want to win, but they want others to lose!
Game mechanics used in loyalty design to appeal to a Killer are auctions and races. Not only does the killer get to win, but everyone else loses. Limited-time offers at retail, auction sites like EBay, and even to some extent daily deals like groupon (though you could argue that's awfully social for a Killer) are appealing to Killer player types. They like the idea that they should be "watched out for" since they're so dangerous to the game.
Killers also like to control the environment in which they play. Contests where the audience decides who the finalists will be would appeal to a Killer, as the control over the end result could wreak chaos if they so choose.
Killers are also active the social and economic sides of a game. Market control appeals strongly to Killers, many of whom have a natural talent for reading markets (likely an extension of their common aptitude for sizing up strengths and weaknesses, vital to their play style). Social Killers tend to be community leaders—or trolls. Thinking Killers are antisocial or without friends is a mistake. When designing a loyalty program to appeal to killers we have to remember that they're not actual killers--- they simply thrive on competition. Interesting to be aware of-- if your community has a bored Killer, you could be sitting on time bomb, as their natural drive to compete and possibly destroy can push them to stir up trouble.
So now that we've applied Bartle's 4 Player-types to customers in a loyalty or engagement program, along with some examples, how can we design better programs?
The key when using game mechanics or gamification in a program design is to understand that only certain levers will affect certain people. People are unique and like different things and respond in different ways. By knowing what you're looking to achieve as an audience, you can choose the right motivators and mechanics to get you there.
Thanks Wikipedia for all the examples and whatnot...
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Benoît Hamon, a new kind of revolutionary
This week "La Croix" will be profiling the main candidates in France's presidential election.
Benoît Hamon pictured on January 29 when came out ahead of Manuel Valls in the second round of the presidential primary for the left with nearly 59% of the vote./ Christophe Archambault/AFP
By Cécile Coulon |
It's not easy to write a rounded profile of a man who talks of nothing except his political program.
Benoît Hamon, who won the Left's primary poll two months ago, is seen as a rank outsider by some, while others credit him with a little more clout. He's certainly made a stand during the campaign, against cynicism, tactical voting, "security first" and other empty catch-all phrases that have been bandied about endlessly in recent weeks.
So who is the real Hamon? Can he be perceived, pinned down despite his efforts to hide his true self and his faults?
He comes across as somewhat bland, but at the same time quite fascinating. He is never featured on the covers of the gossip magazines, dissected in pseudo-exposé TV programs or the subject of interviews of impassioned associates.
There is no manufactured image of the man, or barely. There is just the candidate – with his stocky boxer's physique - and his plans for France. He rolls with the punches, gaining strength and energy in the process. Which makes him all more fearsome to some.
The inner Hamon is locked up tight, well out of the sight and reach of journalists and voters. There are just the future and his program. The only concession he makes to this reserve is the frequent mention of his daughters, for whom he wants to build a more just world.
But a man who takes his children to primary school every morning, even after a grueling televised debate crucial for his campaign, doesn't enthrall a public used to gossiping over the office water-cooler. Hamon is wrong to think that voters don't care about roots, private lives, and heavily Photoshopped pictures.
If Hamon were a character in a novel, the prolog would read: "This is the story of a man with no stories who wants to make history."
There's a touch of Dorian Gray about him, with his thirty-something looks (he turns 50 next year), and his barely-line face, impossible to caricature. But he's a Dorian Gray devoid of cynicism, ever optimistic, and always, since 1991, a presence on the political stage.
Hamon was born in Brittany, far from Paris, and spent his adolescence even further away, in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. He joined the French Socialist Party at the age of 19 and has been a member ever since.
There's a distance to the man, a distance from what one expects of him, from what one imagines he is, and he's also far from having spent all his ammunition.
He is not as bland or such a dreamer as his adversaries make him out to be. Hamon knows how to fight back without being vindictive, how to be funny without being unkind, energetic without being violent.
Even-tempered, his responses are full of ideas, not disdain. He is creative, rather than attacking. He inspires goodwill where others chose fear, that all-powerful condescension.
He wants people to vote for things, not against them, and not to vote tactically; to abandon the fantasy of security for a kind of loving optimism. He wants to "get the heart of France beating", not to stifle it.
He'll happily bring up Victor Hugo and Paul Valery, and, more often, Albert Camus, whom he showcases in his manifesto. During his campaign meetings, he calls on his young supporters to "be like Albert Camus": "Watch the coming summer, desire it, believe in it with all your might, and we will be invincible."
If some voters are to be believed, a president has to stand tall, have a loud voice and a square jaw. Being a woman, or too young, or too plain is a no-no.
He must have the stature required to inspire confidence, to gather, reassure and protect the people, guide his flock through the twists and turns of everyday life, getting the bills paid, protecting interests.
Hamon is having none of it, this idea of the savior. "I am not the heaven-sent man," he has repeatedly said over recent weeks. "And I certainly don't want to be. I do not at all believe in this immature idea of promoting oneself as a guide to the people of the nation."
We, the voters, seem to want to buy into the legend of a protector, seeing in his gestures and words a sort of originality, a power we believe we are devoid of.
Hamon has no truck with the attributes usually associated with a political protector: ostentatious wealth, comforting words, shouts from the podium. Instead, he has something verging on nonchalance.
This is not his first fight, these are not his first debates, the first time he has taken positions; with him, there is a pervasive calm, a great discretion.
Yet he has a central role to play in this presidential election and in the future of his party, whose weighty old guard have given way to lighter, more agile creatures.
Even the revolt against Socialist President Francois Hollande and his departure from the government have not made such a noise in the media for so long or been so widely discussed as the many seismic tremors that are shaking up the political class these days.
There are no juicy scandals, no rumors, no brazen retorts broadcast to the nation, but instead, a sharp discourse laced with humor. Hamon is, in fact, a new kind of revolutionary, the only one in the TV reality show that French politics has become not to correspond exactly to what is expected of him.
He offers something different.
There's no question of trying to reassure the electorate. People who need reassurance from their leader are people who are afraid. And people who are afraid of others, of him, of what might happen, often forget what has already happened because of this same fear.
Hamon is not a man who offers reassurance, he is a man who proposes. In a system whose media and political values are hardly evolving, his strength is said to be just as much a weakness: to be where he is not expected and not to appear, despite the pressure to do so, where one would like him to be.
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….Former Republican House majority leader Eric Cantor revealed that though the GOP banged the drum of repealing Obamacare for years, he "never believed" it was going to happen.
Cantor was at the forefront of the charge to repeal former President Obama's signature policy, making the hot button issue a central part of the GOP rhetoric. Supporters were promised that if and when Republicans ruled the Senate and House, they would get the job done.
But Cantor, who was defeated in his 2014 primary by unknown economics professor Dave Brat, seemed to admit the GOP battle-cry was just a charade….
Guess what No Repeal will be a big tactic for the Republicans to lose and be primaried!
Which is why he's referred to as ex-representative. Mid-terms right around the corner. GOPe doesn't perform, we will send them home as well. Perhaps investing in moving companies around the Capital would be a wise investment next year.
Was his boss secretly meeting with Obama, a tipoff?
2012 RomneyCare nominee would only say that RomneyCare was wrong for a federal program. That was too weak for many and some stayed home because if we elect Romney and get Ocare permanently as a result, was it worth it? I guess we'll find out now.
Good one deaves1, totally agree. Over the bridge and through the woods to Grandmother's house we go!


The Cyprus immigration program of investment grants corresponding with some of the best programs in the globe due to its achievement. Residence programs and citizenship on the island country have brought billions in investment, with the significant advantage of the path to the European Union.
The Investor Program of Cyprus Residence is mostly contrary to the Immigrant Investor Program to Quebec.
The Q.I.I.P is mainly aimed at serving high net worth people gain the status of permanent residence to come and live in the nation of Canada. Political stability, excellent education system, federal healthcare and genuine quality of life are few critical draws from the Quebec investor program.
Cyprus presents its residence program towards expanding its property market, expecting applicants to get a house worth €300,000 or higher on the island. Applicants only need to attend the country once in every two years.
It shows that immigration programs of investment differ enormously regarding their qualifications depending on the required outcome.
Controversies The main controversy surrounding the QIIP is that investors use it as a back door to Canada (Vancouver and Toronto). Despite attempts to make investors state their intention to reside in Quebec, once they have permanent residence status, they are free to move anywhere in Canada. The program has been blamed for inflating house prices in Vancouver and Toronto. Cyprus was one of the worst-hit European Union countries during the 2008 financial crisis, with its banks at one point refusing withdrawals. However, it has emerged from that downturn thanks in part to its residence and citizenship-by-investment programs. The Cyprus programs feature some of the quickest processing times available, raising questions over adequate due diligence. The Cyprus government is regularly forced to defend the program, particularly given EU officials are not big fans of its members selling residence and citizenship.
Political climate Canada's political climate is stable and welcoming to new immigrants. The island of Cyprus is divided between Greece in the south and Turkey in the north. Unsuccessful attempts have been made to unify the nation. There is no indication of instability from the Greek south, which operates the residence and citizenship programs.
The Quebec investor and the Investor Program for Cyprus Residence are designed towards various kinds of investment immigration candidate.
In Quebec, candidates obtain access to a developed, steady country with cool winters but warmer summers. In Cyprus, applicants are brought to the beach-going lifestyle of an island in the Mediterranean.
Quebec and Cyprus are programs examples on various ends of the spectrum of investment immigration. The main contestants for the residency program of Cyprus are European rivals such as Malta and Portugal.
Quebec's program has a more significant investment limit, but the investment is insured and associated with an accredited financing avenue. In Cyprus, candidates are expected to spend in a property market that has noticed some uncertainty, especially given the impression of the financial crisis globally, but the threshold is relatively lower.


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Michael Jackson Was The Most Influential Entertainer Of The 20th Century & Shaped The Future Of Music, Dance & Film
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Michael Jackson was the most influential entertainer of the 20th century! Top critics, scholars, showbiz insiders — and the Guinness Book of World Records — believe MJ shaped the future of music, dance, film and fashion with his genius and talent. During his too-short life, Michael produced 13 no. 1 tunes. since his death, his recordings are still red-hot and he's sold more than 750 Million albums worldwide!
But Michael's cultural impact runs much deeper. acclaimed jazz choreographer Ginger Cox insists the Moonwalker's fluid grace inspired generations of dancers, and the instructor of new York's Broadway Dance center proclaims Jackson is the "reason many people started dancing. his influence is truly extraordinary."
Jackson's dance moves were "like quick- silver in motion," says Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese, who worked with Michael on the "Bad" video. "I was in awe of his absolute mastery of movement on one hand and of the music on the other," he said.
Certainly, he shaped how we hear and saw music. MJ's groundbreaking "Thriller," "Beat It" and "Billie Jean" single-handedly created the music video. Critics say many of the film techniques developed during the filming are being used in mainstream TV today, and the white glove also had a huge hand in the styles we currently wear. The metallic military cues, peg-leg pants, white socks and fedoras seen on the catwalk were inspired by Jackson, whose sense of style is still being mimicked by hot young stars including Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Usher and Justin Timberlake!
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The racecourse was established by the Queen in 1711 because she realised that there was potential at Ascot for a racecourse. At the time, she was riding near Windsor and stumbled upon the area of open heath and felt that it looked like a place from which horses could gallop at full stretch. The big day then came on Saturday 11th of August that same year and the unveiling was open to any horse, gelding or mare that was above 6 years old and a 12 stone (76kg) weight was required of each horse to carry. The race came to be famously known as "Her Majesty's Plate" and was worth 100 Guineas at thi first event, where 7 horses competed.
It became a certified racecourse when the first building was permanently erected in 1794. It would hold a capacity of 1,650 and was used for 50 years. In 1813, Parliament passed an act that declared it a public racecourse, which ultimately secured its future. In 1913, an act was passed in which established the Ascot Authority that has been
managing the racecourse till now.
Ascot Racecourse is located in Ascot Berkshire SL5 7JX, England. The racecourse sits on 179 acres of parkland and is next to Windsor Great Park in a very beautiful wooded countryside. It has 300 meeting rooms , with each going for 250 pounds. It has large dining venues and event spaces that can hold a maximum of 6000 people. The surrounding area has facilities that have a historical feeling to them and can host parties that can accommodate up to 1000 people.
The racecourse has some notable races that take place yearly. The most famous is the Royal Ascot and is attended by the royal family. It runs for 4 days. There is also the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, which has a prize of 1,000,000 pounds.
In 2011, while celebrating its Tercentenary, Ascot held the QIPCO British Champions Day. It was also at the epicentre for the celebrations marking the Queens' Diamond Jubilee.
In 2012, the world top 4 horses on official ratings ran at Ascot.
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This thought experiment is somehow similar to Schrödinger's cat Experiment of Quantum Physics.
The experiment goes as follows. If you ask a random person, whom you don't know, to think of an object. Then instructed him to obtain that object, place it in a box and seal that box. Assuming a condition this person does not disclose the content of the box to anyone. We will have a sealed box with an object that only one person in the entire world, our world, knows what is it.
The second step of this experiment takes place after that person leave this world, (i.e. dead). Next, fetch the box and before opening it, wish for a frog to be in that box. Imagine the frog inside the box before opening it and when you do open that box, you will always find a frog, or whatever you wish for. The frog, according to Schrödinger's, will be of course both alive and dead at the same time up until the moment we upon the box.
The reason, according to quantum physics, is that whatever was inside that box was there because our person puts it there. He knows about it, he was the only one affecting its existence. With our person gone, the box can freely contain ANYTHING depending on the power of the direct wave function affecting that box.
If the person we instructed to take the object told someone about the content of that box, the box content will snap "back" into that reality. If people start guessing whats inside the box you get all those probabilities and its up to the strongest wave thought function (or the sum of the thoughts with the same frequency) to create the reality. Basically uncertainty principle plays the major rule here.
So for our experience to be effective you shouldn't tell anybody about it.


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A band of mistreated temp workers come into their own
Austin resident Anthony Stewart helped form Black Workers Matter after he'd had enough
by February 10, 2016 January 29, 2021
Anthony Stewart during a Feb. 5 protest outside of a Ferrara Candy factory in Forest Park. Stewart and other workers have organized a group to keep pressure on the company, and temp agencies, to change their labor practices.
The roughly dozen workers and activists who stood outside of Ferrara Pan Candy factory in west suburban Forest Park — braving the winter chill of a Feb. 5 afternoon, defiantly holding signs that read, "The system can't work if we don't work," and "We want equality in hiring and treatment" — hope to look back on that day as the start of something revolutionary.
Scorned workers and activists picketing outside of a Ferrara Candy Company factory in west suburban Forest Park is nothing new. What is new, said Anthony Stewart, 57, and Ernestine "Lisa" Ali, 52, is that they, the workers, organized and thought-out the demonstration.
Stewart, an Austin resident, and Ali, who lives in suburban Glendale Heights, are the faces of a new organization that they've called Black Workers Matter and the Friday protest was its coming out party.
The two workers, who were once employed at Ferrara through the temporary employment agency Elite Staffing, were also at the factory to hand-deliver formal complaints they filed recently against the two firms with the National Labor Relations Board.
They each claim the staffing agency and the candy company engage in unfair labor practices and that they've conspired to keep from paying some workers what they're owed — complaints that aren't new to Ferrara, which employs many people from the West Side through temporary staffing agencies.
Last month, a 2013 lawsuit brought against Ferrara and two temporary employment agencies in the area — Labor Power (now Elite Staffing) and Forest Park-based Remedial Environmental Manpower (REM) — was settled for $1.5 million. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of African American workers "who alleged discriminatory hiring practices" by the two staffing firms "based on Ferrara's request to hire employees," according to a January Forest Park Review article.
"The suit claimed that African American workers were regularly denied work by the staffing companies in favor of hiring Latino workers," the Review noted.
Ferrara agreed to pay $1 million, while Labor Power and REM agreed to pay $450,000 and $50,000, respectively. According to the terms of the settlement, the three companies did not admit wrongdoing.
In a statement released at the time, Ferrara noted that, "We remain focused on continuing to produce great products that our customers love thanks to some of the most talented employees in the industry, while being a good partner to our local communities." None of the three companies could be contacted for comment.
Ali and Stewart, whose complaints are similar to those of African American employees who have spoken out against Ferrara and its temporary employment providers in the past, said that when they started to become vocal about the companies' alleged practices they were fired.
Stewart told a handful of reporters and a single television camera during a press conference held outside the factory that he was demanding to meet with the Forest Park candy factory's plant manager, in order to discuss a series of demands.
Those demands included an end to "short checks," an increase of the minimum wage to $15 per hour, an end to Ferrara's practices of utilizing temporary employment agencies for hiring purposes, the implementation of a hotline for workers to report discriminatory labor practices and the reinstatement of employees, like Stewart and Ali, who say they were fired for speaking out.
"There's only one race of people and that's the human race. We should all be treated equally and fairly," Stewart said, before leading demonstrators up to a reception lobby, which was empty — there wasn't even a receptionist on hand — when they arrived. The plant manager never materialized, but an unidentified employee of the plant eventually appeared in the lobby to tell the group he had called the police.
Stewart and Ali ended up taping their complaints to the reception window before leaving — their baptism by frigid February air into the calling of activism having ended, only for the long haul to just begin.
"I was averaging 12 hours a day working a forklift," Stewart said in an interview the day before the protest. "I'd worked in just about all areas in that factory, but I was best at the forklift. I had to have been, because they kept feeding my hours, but they also kept screwing up on my hours."
Stewart, who made $9.25 an hour, claims that, during his roughly three months working at Ferrara, the company didn't pay him what he was owed and often justified the short payments on complications that didn't sound feasible to him.
"They'd claim I wasn't there, despite video showing me at the factory," he said. "They gave me a time card so I could prove I was there. It would show I punched in, but not that I punched out. Then, they told me they had me as permanent hire, which was why my hours were messed up. I'm barely making minimum wage, I don't know how they could confuse that."
"Then, it was an issue when they paid me for seven hours overtime and 32 hours of regular time. A red flag should've popped up, because you can only get paid overtime if you're over 40 hours in that pay period. I was supposed to have 32 hours of overtime and 40 hours of regular time. They kept telling me they didn't know what was going on. Come on now. We live in a world of technology; everything can be seen."
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Street photography workshops, portfolio reviews, walks with the members of Italian Street Eyes. You can meet the collective at the events, festival or at the workshops organized in Italy.
Street photography workshops can be held by one, two or more members depending on the event and the kind of workshop itself. Do not miss the opportunity to live a learning experience.
ISE also organizes portfolio reviews, talks or photowalks and partecipates at the event to offer these services. If you are a festival or an association you can invite one or all the members.


Urbano Barberini is a male adult film star whose adult industry career was launched in 1985.
Urbano Barberini has performed with a sizable group of performers including Nicoletta Elmi, Paola Cozzo as well as Natasha Hovey.
Mr. Urbano Barberini has only appeared in Demons.
While Urbano is not retired it has been 34 years since his last movie. We hope that this is just a very long career pause and that we will see some amazing new work from him in the near future.


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The Real Meaning of Islamophobia
by Adam Lee
I don't usually say these sorts of things about Republicans, but good for New Jersey Governor Chris Christie:
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is defending his pick of a Muslim for a state judgeship, saying critics of a lawyer who represented suspects after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks are "ignorant" and "crazies".
…"This Shariah law business is crap," said Christie, 48. "It's just crazy and I'm tired of dealing with the crazies."
Gov. Christie appointed Sohail Mohammed, who represented Muslims swept up in indiscriminate FBI dragnets after 9/11, to a seat on the Superior Court of Passaic County. Many of Mohammed's clients were American citizens, and none of them were convicted or even charged with terrorism, but that naturally doesn't matter to the raving, insane Christianist right:
Some political columnists and bloggers have accused Mohammed of having links to terrorism and said he'll be more likely to follow Shariah law, religious standards based on the Koran, instead of state or federal statutes….
Mohammed was nominated by Christie in January. That month, Debbie Schlussel, a columnist for publications including the New York Post and Jerusalem Post, wrote: "Chris Christie rewarded those Muslim mobs who cheered on U.S. soil for the mass murder of 3,000 Americans with a judgeship."
I wanted to mention this because, especially in the aftermath of the horrifying rampage in Norway last month, "Islamophobia" is a word that too often gets applied to every critic of Islam. I want to make the difference clear – if there's such a thing as Islamophobia, this is it: treating all Muslims as collectively guilty of the 9/11 attacks or other crimes of terrorism, making no distinction between those who supported those acts and those who didn't. To right-wing crazies like Schlussel, Muslims are an undifferentiated mob who all think and believe exactly the same things and who are all equally evil (see also this article, with some equally demented quotes from other right-wingers). It shouldn't escape notice that this is exactly the same way the Jewish people were often caricatured by anti-Semites.
The atheist critique of Islam, however, should be better aimed than this clumsy and belligerent racism. (Yes, Islam is a religion, not a race, but let's not pretend that Sohail Mohammed's being a brown person – he's actually Indian – isn't a factor in this.) We can and should point out the the violent, disturbing or otherwise immoral verses in the Qur'an without thereby accusing every Muslim of complicity in those deeds, just as we can point out the huge number of atrocious and violent verses in the Bible without calling every Christian or Jew a supporter of genocide. And we can and should criticize the evils that have been committed in the name of Islam, not to imply that every Muslim is guilty of them – in fact, other Muslims are more often the victims of these crimes than Westerners – but to encourage people of good will to see the harm done by religion and take a stand against it.
As Sam Harris has said, all major religious texts are "engines of extremism": they all teach primitive, irrational and long-outdated moral standards, and they all condone acts of evil and bloodshed against those who are declared to be enemies of God. When people believe in these texts and take them literally, then we know the result: acid attacks, honor killings, forced veilings of women, mutilation and stoning as punishments, censorship of free speech, oppression of religious minorities, all of which are endemic in Islamic theocracies. The fact that some Western fundamentalists respond with crazed violence of their own doesn't mean that the original acts should escape condemnation. There's a difference between irrational, unjustified fear of all the 1.5 billion people in the world who practice a particular religion, and rational, justified fear of the subset of that larger group who use their faith as an excuse to commit violence and attempt to force medieval moral norms on all of us.
Tagged: american politics, bigotry, Islam
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A while back, I posted something regarding an extremely useful method of nymphing. We figured a little video tutorial might be useful for people interested in using this method.
I haven´t hear about that tecnic. It´s kind of interesting. I know a part of a river where I can practice.
The key points are keeping your rod tip high in the air and following the fly as t drifts, and keeping the line between your rod tip and the nymph as tight as possible to detect any strikes that may occur!!


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Dwellings for the 'elderly', called almshouses, existed in most English villages and towns from the Middle Ages to the 20th Century and our borough's towns were no exceptions to this.
They were usually built and endowed by private charity, and then managed by a board of trustees. Residents lived rent-free and usually received food, fuel and a modest income, too.
A typical resident would be a widow in her 70s. She would be unable to adequately support herself financially, and would have lived in the parish for some years prior to admittance. Men were allowed, too, but, since age was a major reason for entry, there were inevitably fewer of them because of limited male longevity.
Married couples were favoured because this would mean that one flat could be occupied by two people rather than just one. Good behaviour was expected of the residents and those who did not adhere to the almshouse rules risked losing their place.
The buildings were usually made up of a collection of one-storey flats under a single roof, often in a row. As the 20th Century progressed, however, almshouses declined in number.
So how did someone gain residence to an almshouse, given that there were few places compared to the demand?
A petition had to be sent in writing to the trustees. Preference was often given to those who had not needed state support in the years leading up to admittance and to someone who could supply good references as to their character.
LOCAL ALMSHOUSES
There have been almshouses in Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell and Southall. Not all still exist. The one in Greenford was short-lived and by the early 19th Century the building had gone. There were the Katherine Buchan almshouses in Green Lane, Hanwell, from 1876, which existed for a century.
From the late 17th Century, Acton's almshouses were in the Steyne, where they existed until the 1960s. From 1811 there were also the Goldsmiths' Almshouses, just north of the Park. These were for the use of goldsmiths and their families. In more recent times these have become converted for use as luxury flats.
Almshouses do survive in Ealing and Southall. From the late 18th Century, Ealing's almshouses were located in the Mall, but were moved to a location near to St Mary's Church in 1902.
There are also the Norwood almshouses in Frogmore Green. In 1897 William Deloitte had
almshouses built in Mount Pleasant to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
Over the years, almshouses have adapted to meet current needs. In 1872 Ealing's almshouses were rebuilt because of the poor state of repair that neglect had resulted in. Southall's almshouses were altered in 1962 to make them more suitable for modern use.
In fact, even the very name 'almshouse' has often been altered, so the name St Mary's Church Homes was deemed more appropriate than Ealing Almshouses. Deloitte's almshouses, meanwhile, are now known as 'sheltered housing'.
This originally appeared in Around Ealing March 2013
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A 69-year-old Riverhead man was killed in a three-car collision on Route 25A in Wading River Sunday, town police said.
The man, who police did not identify, was traveling eastbound around 2:25 p.m. when he crossed over into the westbound lane just east of Wading River Manor Road and struck two other cars, police said. He was transported to Peconic Bay Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, according to a police press release.
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By Joshua Davidson on September 2, 2021 CSX, NECR New England Central RR, News, Pan-Am, Pan-Am sale, Public Policy, Vermont, Vermont Rail System
"The choice for Applicants is clear – present a truly competitive alternative, or face rejection of the application."
27.August, Montpelier VT – Vermont DOT (Vtrans, representing the State of Vermont) filed a stern Comment in Opposition to the CSX Revised Application to acquire Pan Am Systems. On the same day, Vermont Rail Systems filed their equally indignant Reply in Opposition to Pittsburgh & Shawmut's (subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming) Petition for Exemption to […]
By Joshua Davidson on August 31, 2021 Analysis, Connecticut, CSX, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, News, Pan-Am, Pan-Am sale, Vermont
Just When it Seemed Like the Line was Clear, The Department of Justice Throws up a Yellow Signal
26.August, Washington DC – A Comment submitted by the U.S. Department of Justice under STB Docket #36472 conveys the Administration's explicit distaste for a major part of CSX's plan for Pan Am Railways, the carefully-crafted proposal for a G&W subsidiary to operate the Pan Am Southern system. The Comment's very first line cites the 09.July […]
By Joshua Davidson on August 31, 2021 Connecticut, CSX, Maine, Massachusetts, MBTA/ Keolis, News, Pan-Am, Pan-Am sale, United States, Vermont, Vermont Rail System
High-powered Opposition Hits CSX/Pan Am Prospects
27.August, Washington DC – The deadline for descriptions of anticipated (including inconsistent) responsive applications filing brought a tsunami of filings, including Comments in opposition from the U.S. Department of Justice, Amtrak, State of Vermont (VTrans), Vermont Rail System, and Comments and Request for Conditions from Mass Water Resource Authority (MWRA) and Mass Department of Transportation/MBTA. Opposition […]
CSX: Files Supplemental 2022-2027 PAR/PAS Traffic Forecast
By Joshua Davidson on August 22, 2021 Analysis, Connecticut, CSX, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, News, Pan-Am, Pan-Am sale
CSX's Wallace responds to STB request for additional information on traffic forecasting in the Revised Application
19.August – CSX filed a response by EVP Mark Wallace to the Board's request in Decision #4 (30.July.2021) for additional information, to wit: So that the Board can fully evaluate whether the impact of the Merger and Related Transactions would have any potential for environmental impacts warranting environmental review when the PAR System integration has occurred, the […]
UPDATE #2 // PAR: Madison Abandonment to Proceed
By Joshua Davidson on August 18, 2021 Maine, News, Pan-Am, Pan-Am sale
The Madison Branch's abandonment is no surprise
Update#2 – 11.August.2021 11.August.2021, Washington DC – The STB Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) and the Maine Historic Preservation Commission have determined that separate conditions imposed in the 08.July Decision to conditionally approve the abandonment are satisfied. OEA concluded that the abandonment is exempt from Section 106 of the Historic Preservation Act, and the HPC […]
CSX/PAR Sale: STB Decision #4 Accepts Application
By Joshua Davidson on July 30, 2021 Amtrak, Connecticut, CSX, Maine, Massachusetts, MBTA/ Keolis, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, News, Pan-Am, Pan-Am sale, Public Policy, Vermont
Going forward, primary document to be called "Revised Application"
STB Decision No. 4 in STB Finance Docket No. 36472; Notice of Acceptance of Application and Related Filings; Issuance of Procedural Schedule. Click to read the Full Decision. Approved Schedule. Click to read the Full Decision, Approved Schedule.
PAR Sale: CSX PAR Lines Operating Plan Detail Analysis, Part I
By Joshua Davidson on July 23, 2021 Analysis, Connecticut, CSX, Maine, Massachusetts, MBTA/ Keolis, Metro-North, New Hampshire, New York, News, Pan-Am, Pan-Am sale, Railroads, Region Maps, Vermont
CSX PAR Lines Operating Plan Detail Analysis CSX's Amended and Supplemented Application (01.July.2021) includes a 60-page Operating Plan, Verified by Jamie Boychuk. It includes a detailed analysis of current PAR System operating characteristics, regional CSX operating characteristics, and a projected synthesis of the two into a CSX regional divisions directly connected to the CSX national […]
AMTK/MBTA/MNR: CSX PAR Lines Passenger Strategy Details
By Joshua Davidson on July 19, 2021 Amtrak, Analysis, CDOT (Hartford Line, Shore Line East, Metro-North), Connecticut, CSX, Maine, Massachusetts, MBTA/ Keolis, Metro-North, NECR New England Central RR, News, NS Norfolk Southern, Pan-Am, Pan-Am sale, Region Maps, Vermont
Capital investments that CSXT will make in the currently under-resourced PAR System will contribute to service reliability of all Amtrak routes
Key points of the Verified Statement of Mr. Andy Daly, CSX Senior Director of Passenger Operations, edited from the CSX Amended and Supplemented Application: "[The] Proposed Transaction and the Related Transactions will not produce significant changes to the existing routes, patterns, or types of service for the PAR System, PAS, or CSXT, or redirect existing traffic over those […]
CSX: MA Rep. Neal Raps PAR Merger
By Joshua Davidson on July 16, 2021 CSX, Massachusetts, News, Pan-Am, Pan-Am sale
Three of the region's highest traffic lines run through Rep. Neal's First Massachusetts District.
09.July, Washington DC – U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Richard Neal of Massachusetts registered a strenuous complaint against the prospective CSX/PAR "merger." In his letter to the STB, Neal casts numerous aspersions that CSX's stewardship of the PAS lines running through his MA First District will degrade them beneath Pan Am's standard. […]
CSX: The Goodness of Their Heart?
By Joshua Davidson on July 9, 2021 Analysis, Connecticut, CSX, infrastructure, Maine, Massachusetts, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, News, Pan-Am, Pan-Am sale, Railroads, Rails and Ports, United States, Vermont
By incorporating Pan Am Systems, CSX is giving its PSR champions a juicy, low-hanging target to drive down O/R and still spare the rest of its already-there network.
Identifying the Real Competition CSX's prospective acquisition of PAR presents an improvement in practically every aspect of New England's rail industry. Simply by virtue of being a Class I railroad, they will certainly improve the track, rolling stock, operation, and reliability along every mile of the PAR/PAS network. They will connect New England shippers/receivers to […]
About Pan-Am
Pan-Am Weight Limit Map
Tim Mellon, owner 1981-2020
David A. Fink, President
Cyndi Scarano, Executive VP
Pan-Am Network
Approximately 1,700 miles total including
Pan-Am system (east of Ayer MA) 808 miles
Pan-Am Southern 425 miles Approximately 470 miles of haulage rights.
NS, CSX, CP, EMRY/NBSR
BKRR,VRS,NECR,SLA,NHN
1981 Maine Central RR Purchased
1983 Boston & Maine RR Purchased
1986-7 Labor Strikes
1998 Pan-Am Airways Started
2006 Railroad Rebranded Pan-Am