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Why Haier Electronics Group Co., Ltd. (HKG:1169) Could Be Worth Watching
Haier Electronics Group Co., Ltd. (HKG:1169), which is in the consumer durables business, and is based in Hong Kong...
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Haier, the world's biggest maker of household appliances, is planning a major restructuring that will see its main unit Haier Smart Home list in Hong Kong to take another group company valued at $7.7 billion private, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said. Under the deal, Haier Smart Home, formerly known as Qingdao Haier and already listed in Shanghai, would offer minority shareholders in unit Haier Electronics Group newly issued Hong Kong stock for their shares, they said. Financial advisers have been hired to work on the deal, which would give Haier Smart Home access to cash at Haier Electronics, the sources said, declining to be identified as negotiations were private.
Haier Electronics Group (HKG:1169) Shareholders Booked A 64% Gain In The Last Three Years
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Jack Ma Is Ripping Up a $12 Trillion Stock Market
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Jack Ma is riding high this week. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., the company he founded, has won approval to forge ahead with a Hong Kong share sale that could raise at least $10 billion. On Monday, China's largest e-commerce company logged more than $38.3 billion of purchases during its annual Singles' Day shopping event, a new record. The rest of China's retail sector hasn't been so lucky. Just as shoppers were placing gadgets in their carts, investors were selling their consumer stocks. In two days, Gree Electric Appliances Inc. of Zhuhai and peer Midea Group Co. tumbled 7.4% and 6.2%. That's despite electronics companies notching a 30% rise in sales this Singles' Day.What explains the selloff?Blame Jack the Ripper. He's killing the most beloved trade in China's $12 trillion stock market: a bet on consumers. The retail sector, excluding cars, has been remarkably resilient this year.Now Alibaba's Singles' Day has kicked off a price war. Over the weekend, Gree announced it would forgo 3 billion yuan ($427.5 million) in profit just to please China's lonesome hearts. Its air conditioners sold for as little as 1,399 yuan, a 42% discount, both online and at the company's thousands of retail outlets. China's biggest electronics makers have been caught in a three-way race, so it's little surprise that rivals from Midea to Haier Electronics Group Co. quickly followed suit.Investors were already looking at Monday's stellar statistics with suspicion, after an alarming report over the weekend that producer prices fell again in October. Call it bad timing — blockbuster sales on the heels of dour economic data. It's also a stern reminder that deflation still grips broad swathes of the economy.There are good reasons to like consumer stocks. They are a bet on China's rising middle class. Companies like Gree and Midea are also highly profitable, both notching a return on equity of more than 25%. This may not last much longer, however, with falling prices spreading through China's manufacturing sector. A full-blown price war that erodes these companies' profitability seems inevitable. In that light, you could argue that Alibaba is a good hedge against China Inc.'s deflation problem. If consumers expect deals, they'll only visit the company's Taobao and T-Mall platforms more frequently. When Alibaba lists in Hong Kong later this month, mainland investors will get an opportunity to buy shares via the stock connect with Shanghai and Shenzhen. Some may well dump their consumer-stock holdings to free up money for the e-commerce company. Everyone likes a good bargain; but once price wars take hold, it can be tough to find the basement.To contact the author of this story: Shuli Ren at sren38@bloomberg.netTo contact the editor responsible for this story: Rachel Rosenthal at rrosenthal21@bloomberg.netThis column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.Shuli Ren is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering Asian markets. She previously wrote on markets for Barron's, following a career as an investment banker, and is a CFA charterholder.For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com/opinion©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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These webinars provide step-by-step design procedures and design aids that make designing and detailing reinforced concrete diaphragms simpler and faster. The information that is presented is based on the 2014 edition of ACI Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete for buildings assigned to Seismic Design Categories (SDC) A through F. Practicing engineers, individuals studying for licensing exams, and students will find the requirements presented in a straightforward manner with emphasis placed on the proper application of the ACI 318-14 provisions and on economical detailing. The information presented in these webinars is based on the CRSI publication Design Guide for Reinforced Concrete Diaphragms, and is also applicable to the 2019 edition of ACI 318.
This webinar presents methods on how to determine the required thickness of a diaphragm based on serviceability and strength (in-plane and out-of-plane) requirements. Also presented are step-by-step procedures on how to determine in-plane diaphragm forces due to wind, general structural integrity, seismic, soil, transfer, anchorage, and connection forces based on the requirements of ASCE/SEI 7-16. Also covered are procedures on how to determine collector design forces for buildings assigned to SDC C through F.
This webinar presents the general modeling and analysis requirements for diaphragms given in ACI 318-14. Information is given on how to determine whether a diaphragm is rigid, semirigid, or flexible. Also covered is horizontal distribution of lateral forces to the vertical elements of the lateral force-resisting system (LFRS), including methods on how to determine the center of rigidity of a system and approximate in-plane stiffnesses walls and frames. Equivalent beam models are covered in detail, with in-depth information provided on how to determine in-plane forces in diaphragms and collectors. Included is a design method for collectors that are wider than the vertical elements of the LFRS that they frame in to.
This webinar presents comprehensive information on how to determine and detail the required reinforcement for diaphragms and collectors in accordance with ACI 318-14 and ASCE/SEI 7-16 for buildings assigned to SDC A through F. Step-by-step methods are provided on the following types of reinforcement for two common types of construction: (1) chord reinforcement, (2) diaphragm shear reinforcement, (3) shear transfer reinforcement between the diaphragm and the vertical elements of the LFRS, (4) shear transfer reinforcement between the diaphragm and collectors, (5) anchorage reinforcement, and (6) collector reinforcement. Guidelines and recommendations for economical detailing are provided along with a comprehensive summary of design and detailing requirements.
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Shami at Liberty
Essay & memoir
Writers have always been at Liberty. Since our very beginnings, as the National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL) in 1934, they have played a significant role in our struggle to protect civil liberties and promote human rights in Britain. H. G Wells, Vera Brittain, E.M Forster, A. A Milne, George Orwell and Aldous Huxley are just a few of the authors who supported us in the early years – and it's probably not surprising that those with sufficient empathy and imagination to write, feel a special affinity with human rights' values and ideals.
A few years ago, a new generation of 42 writers wrote for Liberty and against 42-day pre-charge detention in the culmination of our long and hard "Charge or Release" campaign. That ended with a huge defeat for the last Government in the House of Lords.
Now we celebrate 80 years of 'the fight that is never done' and as part of this remembrance many of our author members answered the question 'What does Liberty mean to you?'. The pieces we received are imaginative and varied; sometimes uplifting and sometimes more despairing – but all powerful and moving nonetheless.
Orwell's observation on the power of language 'to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable' is something which Liberty has witnessed throughout its history. However the trend was especially prevalent during the twelve years since fiendishly skillful speech writers on both sides of the Atlantic went to war with an abstract noun. For we more readily tolerate abomination in a war, that would never pass in peacetime and a "War on Terror" is one without limits of time or decency.
A permanent emergency or "new normal" so easily becomes a nightmare without end. And our leaders lost sight of the moral and legal framework of rights and freedoms, paid for with the blood of previous generations who knew all about war. They also seemed to forget that we hold these precious liberties on trust for generations yet to come. So 'Extraordinary rendition' wasn't sweet singing but a chilling euphemism for kidnap and torture, and 'water boarding' never a seaside sport but interrogation by drowning in freedom's name.
Governments have twisted words to cover up cruelty and obscure outrage, and the abuse of people so often begins with that of language. But equally, literature can sometimes change minds and behaviour for the better more convincingly than the most forceful of political polemic or even legislation. Human beings are story-telling creatures after all.
This is a pivotal moment in Liberty's history- a time of blanket surveillance and State-sponsored xenophobia. The powerful seek to divide and rule and so understandably undermine the universal human rights and rule of law values that bind humanity together.
This collection of prose and poetry compels, persuades and ultimately triumphs in reflecting the restless spirit of Liberty. We take considerable comfort and courage from the good guys having pens too.
Shami Chakrabarti has been Director of Liberty since the autumn of 2003. Her first book "On Liberty" will be published by Penguin in the autumn of 2014.

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Country Stars' Side Hustles: 14 Artists Who Do More Than Sing
These country stars have cooking shows, clothing stores and more!
Top 10 Country Songs About Kissing
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Paisley earned a big hit with his song "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)," but he almost gave it away!
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"Summertime, and the livin' is easy" -- so goes the old American standard.
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On June 7, 1997, McGraw and Hill soared to the top of the charts with their duet, "It's Your Love," from McGraw's 'Everywhere' album.
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These nine country stars started out as a Grand Ole Opry security guard, a Dollywood performer and more.
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On May 16, 1998, Hill landed at the top of the charts with her single "This Kiss."
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These 10 country tunes say a whole lot of fantastic things about moms -- and, yeah, they make us cry, too.


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Where the Growth Is: Sept. 24 Webcast to Focus on Small Cap Opportunities
Financial advisors, on September 24 we invite you to take an hour-long break from worrying about the UK leaving the European Union, Germany's billion-dollar sale of 30-year negative yielding bonds and even the U.S./China trade negotiations. Join our "Finding Growth in a Low-Growth World" webcast (register here) to learn about investing opportunities with the potential to benefit your clients' investment portfolios over the long-term.
"There's a lot of macro noise out there," says Brandon M. Nelson, Calamos Senior Portfolio Manager. "But it's possible to focus too much on the macro. It's not just about the macro. Yes, macro is important, and we do our best to navigate it. But there are a lot of company-specific situations that are looking great right now."
As the leader of the Calamos Timpani Small Cap Growth (CTSIX) portfolio management team, Nelson is specifically enthusiastic about small cap growth opportunities in what he calls a "fantastic" market.
"Stocks with positive fundamental momentum are being disproportionately rewarded. Stocks with poor fundamental momentum are being punished disproportionately," says Nelson. "Despite the crazy daily headlines, we're in a healthy, normal environment where company-specific fundamentals matter and thus stock-picking matters."
Here's a quick preview of what Nelson and Ryan B. Isherwood, Senior Research Analyst, will discuss during the webcast:
The current disparity between valuations of large and small caps—small caps haven't looked this cheap versus large caps since 2003. Such lopsidedness has historically corrected in dramatic fashion, according to Nelson.
Small caps tend to be insulated from trade tensions and global sluggishness because they're less reliant on non-U.S. economies. About 20% of revenues and sales for Russell 2000 Growth companies came from outside of the U.S. while CTSIX was even more domestic, with just 15% non-U.S exposure (as of 6/30/19).
Where the opportunities are, and how actively managed CTSIX is finding them. "From a micro perspective, we're seeing a lot of fundamental momentum across a variety of sectors—most notably technology, healthcare and consumer discretionary," says Nelson.
How the team takes action when there's evidence of fundamental fatigue. Key to the CTSIX's winning ways is its sell discipline, whose proven results you'll hear all about.
Financial advisors, to learn more about where CTSIX is finding growth in this low growth world, join us at 2 p.m. EDT Tuesday, September 24, for an Advisor Perspectives-produced webcast.
Click here to view CTSIX's standardized performance.
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Opinions and estimates offered constitute our judgment and are subject to change without notice, as are statements of financial market trends, which are based on current market conditions. We believe the information provided here is reliable, but do not warrant its accuracy or completeness. This material is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any financial instrument. The views and strategies described may not be suitable for all investors. This material has been prepared for informational purposes only, and is not intended to provide, and should not be relied on for, accounting, legal or tax advice. References to future returns are not promises or even estimates of actual returns a client portfolio may achieve. Any forecasts contained herein are for illustrative purposes only and are not to be relied upon as advice or interpreted as a recommendation.
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The principal risks of investing in the Calamos Timpani Small Cap Growth Fund include: equity securities risk consisting of market prices declining in general, growth stock risk consisting of potential increased volatility due to securities trading at higher multiples, and portfolio selection risk.
The Fund invests in small capitalization companies, which are often more volatile and less liquid than investments in larger companies. As a result of political or economic instability in foreign countries, there can be special risks associated with investing in foreign securities, including fluctuations in currency exchange rates, increased price volatility and difficulty obtaining information. In addition, emerging markets may present additional risk due to potential for greater economic and political instability in less developed countries.
The Russell 2000 Growth Index is a composite of small cap companies located in the U.S. that also exhibit a growth probability.
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Florent Willems (Luik, 8 januari 1823 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, nu deel van Parijs, 23 oktober 1905) was een Belgisch kunstschilder. Hij maakte vooral genrewerken en later vrouwportretten in de stijl van de zeventiende-eeuwse Hollandse meesters. Ook was hij een vaardig tekenaar.

Leven en werk
Willems werd geboren in Luik en kreeg zijn opleiding aan de kunstacademie te Mechelen, waar hij in 1832 naartoe was verhuisd. Hij kwam vervolgens te Brussel aan de kost als restaurateur van schilderijen en kopieerde oude Hollandse meesters, met name Gerard ter Borch, Caspar Netscher en Gabriël Metsu. Vanaf 1840 stelde hij ook eigen werken tentoon, voor het eerst in de Antwerpse salon. Ook in Brussel had hij succesvolle exposities. Hij vond een beschermheer in de Britse diplomaat Sir George Hamilton Seymour, wiens familie hij ook portretteerde.

In 1844 verhuisde Willems naar Parijs en exposeerde tweemaal in de Parijse salon. Ook restaureerde hij in die periode in het Louvre het schilderij Saint-Jean van Rafaël Santi. In 1855 nam hij deel aan de wereldtentoonstelling.

In de beginfase van zijn carrière schilderde Willems vooral interieurs, genrewerken en historische taferelen in de traditie van de oude Hollandse meesters uit de zeventiende eeuw, in welke tijd hij zijn werken ook vaak situeerde. Later zou hij zich meer toeleggen op portretten, vooral van elegante vrouwen, en kostuumschilderijen. Hij was gekend om zijn glazige, geëmuleerde techniek en de minutieuze weergave van texturen, niet alleen van kleding, maar ook van ornamenten , meubels, behang, enzovoort. Het anekdotische element is erg belangrijk in zijn werk.

Willems was een vriend en mentor van Alfred Stevens, die van hem de kunst van het vrouwen portretteren leerde. Hij verkocht veel werk in Amerika, waar zijn werk erg populair was. In 1878 werd hij opgenomen in het Franse Legioen van Eer. Hij overleed in 1905, 82 jaar oud. Zijn neef Charles-Henri Willems werkte eveneens als portretschilder te Parijs.

Galerij

Tentoonstellingen
Salon 1840, Antwerpen
Salon 1842, Brussel : "Le Corps-de garde" en "De Muziekles"
Salon 1845, Brussel
Tentoonstelling van Levende Meesters 1847, Den Haag : "Boogschutterfeest"
Salon 1848, Brussel
Tentoonstelling van Levende Meesters 1849, Den Haag : "Voorlezing uit de bijbel ten tijde van Karel IX"
Wereldtentoonstelling 1855, Parijs : "Interieur van een zijdehandelaar anno 1660" en "Koketterie" (aangekocht door respectievelijk Keizer Napoleon III en Keizerin Eugénie)
Tentoonstelling van Levende Meesters 1877, Amsterdam : "Het bezoek" en "Moederzorg"

Musea
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum
Antwerpen, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten
Brugge, Groeningemuseum
Brussel, Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België
Brussel, Charlier Museum
Dublin
Hamburg
Lier, Museum Wuyts Van Campen en Baron Caroly
New York, Metropolitan Museum
New York, Public Library
Nice, Musee des Beaux Arts
Philadelphia,  W.P. Wilstach Coll.
Vannes
Wenen, Czernin Galerie

Literatuur
P.B. Gheusi, Florent Willems, Parijs, 1905
P. en V. Berko, Dictionnaire des peintres belges nes entre 1750 et 1875, Brussel-Knokke, 1981.
Le dictionnaire des peintres belges du XIVe siècle à nos jours, Brussel, 1994.
Bénézit, Dictionary of Artists, 14, Parijs (Gründ), 2006.

Externe links
Biografie van Willems
Willems op Answers.com

Belgisch kunstschilder

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Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen donates Celebrity Painting Challenge artwork to Tenovus Cancer Care
Fans of Strictly Come Dancing have the chance to own a unique piece of artwork featured in the final of the hit programme Celebrity Painting Challenge, thanks to the generosity of TV personality Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen.
Tenovus Cancer Care patron Llewelyn-Bowen has kindly donated his portrait of Strictly Come Dancing duo Flavia Cacace and Vincent Simone to be given away as a raffle prize to raise funds to support cancer patients and their loved ones in Wales.
It was painted in the dramatic final of the BBC show Celebrity Painting Challenge, which airs on Thursday at 8pm on BBC 1 (Friday at 8.30pm on BBC 2 in Wales).
He said: "My wife and I have always had a very close personal link with Tenovus Cancer Care, and as a patron I'm always keen to support them in new and interesting ways.
"Following the tremendous success of the Celebrity Painting Challenge I was inspired to donate my painting of Vincent and Flavia from the final episode of the series. I can think of no worthier cause than Tenovus Cancer care, and hope that it provides a great deal of joy in its new home."
The competition saw six celebrities put their artistic skills to the test by completing a series of challenges, judged by acclaimed artists Daphne Todd OBE and Lachlan Goudie.
Llewelyn-Bowen made the final alongside musician George Shelley and television presenter Josie d'Arby following three weeks of tasks and masterclasses.
Claudia McVie, Tenovus Cancer Care Chief Executive, said: "We are absolutely thrilled Laurence has donated his stunning painting to Tenovus Cancer Care.
"He has done incredibly well on Celebrity Painting Challenge and his natural flair and talent shines through in the wonderful artwork of Flavia Cacace and Vincent Simone.
"With the popularity of Strictly Come Dancing and Celebrity Painting Challenge, we are hoping we can raise lots of money to help support cancer patients and their loved ones."
Raffle entry is £10 (per entry) and is online only via the JustGiving link below. Entrants must tick the box to say "I'm happy to be contacted by" Tenovus Cancer Care. JustGiving can then share entrants' contact details with the charity to register the entry in the raffle.
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Angels' Huston Street unavailable after losing 13 pounds because of flu-like symptoms
Closer Huston Street pitches during the ninth inning of a game against the Houston Astros in Anaheim on Sept. 11.
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By Mike DiGiovannaStaff Writer
Sept. 15, 2015 11:27 PM PT
Reporting from Seattle —
Baseball announcers will often say that a reliever is "throwing up in the bullpen." Had they said that about Angels closer Huston Street during Sunday's game against the Houston Astros in Anaheim, it would have been true. Literally.
Street began suffering flu-like symptoms on Saturday and was vomiting in the bullpen during the sixth and seventh innings on Sunday. What happened in the ninth made him even more ill -- he failed to hold a three-run lead and gave up five runs in a devastating 5-3 loss to the Astros.
"When I started throwing up, they asked me straight up, 'Can you go? Do you feel like you can go?' My answer was yes, absolutely," Street said. "And I felt fine out there Sunday. You've got a lot of adrenaline, it's a big game, it's a big moment. I'm not blaming it on that by any means whatsoever."
Street's spot came up again Tuesday night against the Seattle Mariners in Safeco Field, but he could not go. He was still regaining his energy from a three-day illness that caused him to lose 13 pounds and required him to take two bags of intravenous fluids on Monday.
With a one-run lead, Trevor Gott threw a scoreless eighth inning and setup man Joe Smith struck out three of four batters in a scoreless ninth, as the Angels held on for a 4-3 victory. Street said he expects to be available Wednesday night.
"They just wanted to give me one extra day to make sure I'm recovered," Street said. "For the most part. I've got my appetite back. I've been able to eat. I didn't eat Sunday and I didn't eat Monday.
"I haven't been able to keep any food down, but I didn't want to make a big deal about it because people would want to use that as an excuse, and I didn't want to use it as an excuse. ... A lot of guys are sick, they get the job done, and they never talk about it."
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Mike DiGiovanna has been covering Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Times since 1995 and spent 19 years as the Angels beat writer and two seasons on the Dodgers. He won Associated Press Sports Editors awards for game-story writing in 2001, feature-story writing in 2017 and breaking news in 2019. A native of East Lyme, Conn., and a graduate of Cal State Fullerton, he began writing for The Times in 1981.
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Download NBA Playoffs 2014 Western Conference Finals Game 1 Thunder vs Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs were planning to attack the lane whether Oklahoma City big man Serge Ibaka was playing or not. The fact that the Thunder's athletic defender was absent only made things easier for them.
Tim Duncan scored 27 points and San Antonio took advantage of Ibaka's absence to dominate the paint, beating the Oklahoma City 122-105 on Monday night in the opener of the Western Conference finals.
Tony Parker did not appear limited by a hamstring injury, scoring 14 points and having 12 assists in 36 minutes.
"We always want to try to penetrate," Parker said. "We always want our ball movement, that's how we play -- kick and pitch and stuff like that. You know, obviously it's a little bit better with (Ibaka) not being in the paint, but we're still going to try to penetrate and make stuff happen."
The Thunder got their usual offensive outputs from All-Stars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, who scored 28 and 25 points, respectively. But Oklahoma City's remaining starters, Nick Collison, Thabo Sefolosha and Kendrick Perkins, combined to score five points with 13 rebounds and one assist.
But it was defensively where the Thunder struggled without Ibaka, who will miss the remainder of the postseason after suffering a calf injury in Oklahoma City's series clincher against the Los Angeles Clippers.
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Disney Studios Wreck-It Ralph Display at Disney's Hollywood Studios Animation Gallery Including Artwork and Maquettes – Photos and Video
By Jeff, on August 9th, 2012
We stopped by Disney's Hollywood Studios yesterday, and visited the Magic of Disney Animation Building to see if anything had changed. We expected the Brave art exhibit to be there, but instead found Wreck-It Ralph concept art and displays in the Production Gallery (below, left)! Ralph (below, right) spends over 30 years as a villain in a game called Fix-It Felix, but grows weary in playing the bad guy. He leaves the game, and soon ends up in other adventures. Ralph (below, right), offers Pac-Man cherries to Q*Bert characters.
Ralph (below, left) looks as if he's in a down moment. You can see here what a Fix-It Felix Jr. game looks like (below, right). Disney will be releasing a Fix-It Felix game for Nintendo at the time of the film's release in November.
There are a wide variety of characters in Wreck-It Ralph (below, left), both new ones and many that you'll recognize from real-life games. Doctor Eggman from Sonic the Hedgehog, Frogger from the game Frogger, Paperboy from Paperboy, and characters from the game Q*Bert are just a handful of those you'll see! This character (below, right) reminds us of John Lasseter.
Within the cases, there is an area dedicated to the character of Fix-It Felix (below, left), played by Jack MacBrayer in the film. Wreck-It Ralph comes face to face with Vanellope von Schweetz (below, right), who comes from the world of Sugar Rush. Vanellope is played by Sarah Silverman.
Much of the display in the gallery is candy and cake themed (below, left). It is enough to make one hungry! A piece of cheesecake and a handful of strawberries surround the artwork in this case (below, right). We also have full coverage of past Animation Gallery displays including: Disney/Pixar's BRAVE, Disney/Pixar's Cars 2, Disney's Winnie the Pooh, Disney's Tangled, Disney/Pixar's Toy Story 3, Disney's The Princess and the Frog, Disney/Pixar's UP and more!
King Candy (below, left) is voiced by Alan Tudyk, and Disney says about the character, "All hail King Candy-ruler of the race track, captain of confectionary, sovereign of sugar". Not surprisingly, the most powerful figure in the Sugar Rush game is also the best racer on the track. He may look noble enough, but he doesn't exactly welcome Ralph with open arms". King Candy believes that Vanellope von Schweetz (below, right) is a glitch in the game Sugar Rush.
Ralph also enters the world of Hero's Duty, a first-person shooting game that looks similar to Halo (below, left). Apparently this is where he escapes to first, before eventually entering into the above world of Sugar Rush. He helps Sergeant Calhoun (voiced by Jane Lynch) battle the villains of that game, called Cy-Bugs (below, right). Wreck-It Ralph opens in theaters on November 2nd.
Video – Disney Wreck-It Ralph Concept Art & Displays, Disney's Hollywood Studios – Fix It Felix, King Candy – Disney Studios Wreck-It Ralph opens on November 2nd. This is the display at Disney's Hollywood Studios featuring concept art from the film! Characters such as Fix-It Felix, King Candy, Sergeant Calhoun and Vanellope von Schweetz are all included!
For many more great photos, please check out MouseSteps latest update HERE!
All-New Release – Journey Into Imagination with Original Dreamfinder Ron Schneider: Exclusive Signed Edition
Join Ron Schneider as he chronicles his journey from the early days of Disneyland to his years at EPCOT Center's Journey Into Imagination – including a previously unreleased ride-through of the classic original attraction!
The Ron Schneider Story (2012) – Ron shares in exciting detail the creative challenges he faced in bringing EPCOT Center's only characters to vivid life. Anyone who's a fan of Disney theme parks – or has ever held the dream of performing for an audience of millions – will enjoy these behind-the-scenes tales, told by a talented storyteller and theme park legend.
Journey Into Imagination with Commentary by Ron Schneider (1997) Ron offers up his thoughts and remembrances while you watch this never-before-seen footage from the original Journey Into Imagination!
Journey Into Imagination (1997) Enjoy this previously unreleased 1997 ride-through of the classic Journey Into Imagination. This version features the exterior, queue and complete ride including all of your favorite original scenes with Dreamfinder and Figment!
Also available: Jeff Lange Remembers: Epcot's Journey Into Imagination Collectors Edition 2-Disc Set
Celebrate Spring – Epcot Flower & Garden Festival 2012:
Jeff Lange Experiences: Epcot's Flower & Garden Festival 2012
Celebrate spring at one of Disney's most anticipated events of the year: The Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival 2012.
Experience these unique panoramic displays throughout Epcot's Future World and all around World Showcase!
Also available: Jeff Lange Experiences: Epcot's Flower & Garden Festival 2011, Jeff Lange Experiences: Epcot's Flower & Garden Festival 2010, Jeff Lange Experiences: Epcot's Flower & Garden Festival 2009, Jeff Lange Experiences: Epcot's Flower & Garden Festival 2008
All New – The Very Best of Disney's Nighttime Fireworks Spectaculars!
Jeff Lange Presents: Walt Disney World Nighttime Fireworks Spectaculars
Jeff Lange takes you to Walt Disney World to experience the very best of Disney's Nighttime Fireworks Spectaculars!
Featuring: Disney's Celebrate America! A Fourth of July Concert in the Sky, Wishes: A Magical Gathering of Disney Dreams – 40th Anniversary Special Edition, IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth, Let There Be Peace on Earth Finale, Fantasy in the Sky New Years Eve Fireworks and BONUS: The Magic, The Memories, and You! (Romance Segment).
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Remember Christmas: Holiday Treat 2011 DVD – Available Now:
Jeff Lange's Holiday Treat 2011 (Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party 2011)
Seasons Greetings from Jeff Lange! Celebrate the holidays with this new DVD featuring the 2011 Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party at Walt Disney World.
Features yearly favorites such as: "Cinderella's Holiday Wish (Castle Lighting)", "Mickey's Once Upon A Christmastime Parade", The Magic, The Memories and You! (Holiday Segment), "Holiday Wishes Fireworks – Celebrate the Spirit of the Season", "Celebrate the Season Show", Very Merry Party Scenes, and much more!
Halloween at Walt Disney World (Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party 2011) – Available Now:
Featuring: Br'er Rabbit's Laughin' Place Candy Patch, The Headless Horseman, Mickey's Boo-to-You Halloween Parade, Happy HalloWishes Fireworks, Villains Dance Mix and Mingle, Not So Scary Party Scenes, Haunted Mansion at Midnight and more!
Also available: Trick or Treat vol 1 – 8 (Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Parties 2003-2011) – Click HERE
Halloween Time at Disneyland (Mickey's Halloween Party)
Jeff Lange's Disneyland Trick or Treat (Mickey's Halloween Party 2010)
Jeff Lange presents this all-new DVD from the 2010 Mickey's Halloween Party at Disneyland!
Featuring: Spooky Halloween Party Scenes, Snow White's Scary Adventures, Mickey's Costume Party Cavalcade, Space Mountain: Ghost Galaxy, Halloween Screams – A Villainous Surprise in the Skies Fireworks, Haunted Mansion Holiday and more!
Also available: Halloween Titles (Including Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Parties 2003-2011) – Click HERE
Jeff Lange's Magic Kingdom Summertime 2011
Celebrate the summer of 2011 in style, as Jeff Lange brings you the newest offerings from Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom!
Featuring the following 2011 summertime favorites: Entrance Scenes, Haunted Mansion Interactive Queue, Haunted Mansion Ride, Snow White's Scary Adventures, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Magic, The Memories, and You! plus BONUS: Disney's Celebrate America! A Fourth of July Concert in the Sky Fireworks Spectacular !
Also available: Jeff Lange's Magic Kingdom Summertime 2010 (Featuring SpectroMagic, Summer Nightastic! Fireworks Show, Main Street Electrical Parade and more!)
Recent Releases – Frontierland Classics, Adventureland Classics and Liberty Square Classics:
Jeff Lange Remembers: Frontierland Classics
Take a trip back in time to experience classic Walt Disney World "Frontierland" attractions. This fifth volume in the series features the following: Splash Mountain (1992), Frontierland Shootin' Arcade (2006), Country Bear Jamboree (1992), Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (1997), Tom Sawyer Island (2006) and more!
Also available: Jeff Lange Remembers: Fantasyland Classics
Jeff Lange Remembers: Adventureland Classics
Take a trip back in time to experience classic Walt Disney World "Adventureland" attractions. This fourth volume in the series features the following: Adventureland Tour (1992-1997), Jungle Cruise (1993), Enchanted Tiki Birds Tropical Serenade (1992), Pirates of the Caribbean (original version including Barker Bird 1992), Pirates of the Caribbean (1997) and more!
Jeff Lange Remembers: Liberty Square Classics
Take a trip back in time to experience classic Walt Disney World "Liberty Square" attractions. This third volume in the series features the following: The Hall of Presidents (Original Version – 1993), Mike Fink Keel Boats (opening day attraction – 1992), Haunted Mansion (original version – 1992), Haunted Mansion Bonus Ride (my final recording of the original version with some special surprises – 2006)!
Also available: Jeff Lange Remembers: Tomorrowland Classics
Epcot Center Historical DVDs – Available Now:
For fans of classic Epcot Center, I present my Epcot Center Historical Collection!
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Walt Disney World Vintage Footage:
Disneyland Vintage Footage (5 Volumes Available):
Aladdin's Royal Caravan (1993), Disneyland Railroad(1992) including the burning settlers cabin, Big Thunder Ranch and more, Beauty and the Beast Show (1993),Pinocchio's Daring Journey (1993), Alice in Wonderland (1993) andFantasy in the Sky Fireworks (1993)!
Whats Happening Alan Tudyk, Cy-Bugs, Disney Studios Wreck-It Ralph, Fix-It Felix, Frogger, Hero's Duty, Jack MacBrayer, Jane Lynch, John Lasseter, King Candy, Magic of Disney Animation Building, Pac-Man, Q*Bert, Sarah Silverman, Sergeant Calhoun, Sugar Rush, Vanellope von Schweetz, Wreck-It Ralph, Wreck-It Ralph concept art and displays


Russian relationships: collusion or treason?
1. Irrespective of GOP-Russia collusion, the fact is that Putin's FSB Security Agency wanted the GOP to win, not just the presidency, but across the board. That outcome is what they blatantly sought. And that is a fact of profound political redolence. It should deeply bother all patriotic Americans. While that motive and goal is not a court-of-law conviction, it is consistent with mountains of evidence that the Republican Party is not healthy for the U.S.
2. All right then, but did the GOP collude with Moscow, toward that goal? We are not (yet) in a court of law, so demanding court-of-law proof of GOP-Russia collusion is just plain wrong. The pile of circumstantial evidence is overwhelming. It's a mountain!
Manafort, Flynn, Pence, the ENTIRE circle of people surrounding Jared Kushner, secret meetings and channels! Scads of business connections and sweetheart deals with Russian-mafiosi oligarchs. Exxon, for H sake! "Emoluments" amounting to billions! You know I could go on and on.
Dig it. We do not need to be hamstrung or stymied by court-of-law standards when deciding that something stinks to high heaven and the security of the American state is at stake. Those who demand court-of-law standards are Fox shills. They scream "witch hunt!" while the townsfolk close in on a coven of pointy-hatted, Satan-chanting crones who have children suspended over a cauldron. These may not quite be witches — (heck, not one of them is female) — but we are perfectly right to demand answers to our questions.
3. Court-of-law hairsplitting over definitions of "obstruction" are necessary when deciding on criminal prosecutions and whether to deprive the perpetrator of either life or freedom with prison. But it is an absurd standard politically. These are traitors, pure and simple. That is "traitors" with a small-t … for now… until it's proved in court. But the shoe fits.
4. The same term applies to those who drag their feet over reforming the weaknesses that the Putin-cabal tried to exploit. The issue is not whether the FSB etc were THE tipping factor in 2016. The issue is the fact that Congress is holding ZERO hearings about how to strengthen U.S. electoral processes, investigating corruptible voting machines. The horrific influence of partisan secretaries of state. Gerrymandering. Weaponized narrative. They would leave all of that in place, for future elections. If you don't call that implicitly complicit, then you have your head in the sand.
Did fake news on social media sway the election?
No U.S. election has ever been so highly swayed by news and 'fake news' filtered through online social media. The New York Times documented the many instances of hoaxes, fake news and misinformation on Election Day — arising from social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook, as well as printed fliers and inaccurate election guides sent to voters. Media companies have been slow to rise to this challenge.
An analysis by Buzzfeed news found that viral fake news stories outperformed real news, resulting in more engagement of readers on Facebook than election news from nineteen major news sites combined. Merrimack Professor Melissa Zimdars has compiled a list of fake or misleading news sites that warrant caution. Some are merely click-bait; some unreliable or biased; a few may even be satire. The toxic Infowars by the ever-angry Alex Jones is an obvious offender.
John Pavley, Sr. Vice President at Viacom, takes this thought farther in his posting: Trolls Are USA, talking about how these new media are causing social breakdowns. moreover, this lobotomization is familiar, from history.
"The broadcast technologies of the pre-social media world coerced us into consensus. We had to share them because they were mass media, one-to-many communications where the line between audience and broadcaster was clear and seldom crossed. Then came the public internet and the World Wide Web of decentralized distribution. Then came super computers in our pockets with fully equipped media studios in our hands. Then came user generated content, blogging and tweeting such that there were as many authors as there were audience members.
Max Read argues in New York Magazine that our 'echo chamber' mentality, to gather in likeminded swarms online, may have been a crucial factor this year. Polemically fervid-uniform 'nuremberg rallies"… and there are (yes) some on the left, too.
Faced with increasing criticism, both Facebook and Google have announced changes in their oversight of fake news sites. Google said that it would prohibit fake news sites from using its online advertising service. Similarly Facebook recently updated its policy about placing ads on sites that display misleading content. In a The New York Times article, Jim Rutenberg writes, "The cure for fake journalism is an overwhelming dose of good journalism." And of course, you get what you pay for.
For modern journalism is being undermined by one flaw in today's internet. By the net's astonishing over-reliance on advertising to pay the bills. By sucking away the revenue source of old-fashioned, fact-centered investigative news media, this business model has harmed us all. In a series on Evonomics, I've made out a case for a micropayment system to effectively fund online content: Advertising Cannot Maintain the Internet and the follow-up: Beyond Advertising: Will Micropayments Sustain the New Internet?
We live in a tsunami of information. The problem is to avoid drowning in it. As citizens, we need to hone our skeptical skills to better sort truth from dross. And we need reliable methods to ensure accountability and trustworthiness for our news sources.
Voter ID Laws: Scam or Accountability?
To some, these laws deal with a problem — electoral fraud, when cheaters pretend to be someone else to cast illicit vote. Statistics show such voter fraud is extremely rare. (See "Voter Fraud is Rare, but Myth is Widespread.") Still, when it happens it is a bad thing.
"If you don't want voters to show ID, it's because you want to cheat." This is how you get a reversal of those who are blatantly cheating accusing others of cheating. It's important to parse this issue.
To reiterate this point: there is nothing intrinsically wrong with gradually ratcheting up the degree to which we apply accountability to potential failure modes in society. This is what my book, The Transparent Society, is all about. We apply reciprocal accountability to each other. For example, we have poll watchers to make sure there is no cheating during elections.
Is there a test that would nail down whether Voter ID laws are, as their proponents say, merely ratcheting up accountability – or, whether they are, as the opponents of these laws say, blatant fragrant attempts to cheat and steal votes away from poor people, minorities, young folks, and women.
Is there a way such a simple and clear test?
According to the conservative thinkers and agendas going back to Buckley and Goldwater, regulations that are onerously placed on business should be accompanied by assistance so those businesses can meet and comply with these new regulations. This is standard conservative dogma.
Indeed, Democrats agree! Almost always, whenever new and onerous regulations are applied to business, there are allocations of money to set up offices, call-lines, visiting experts and grace periods with the aim of helping corporations – and the rich – comply with the new regulations. It's called compliance assistance.
You can see how this applies to the topic at-hand. The fundamental test here is this: In any of the red states that have passed new Voter ID laws, or other laws that restrict the ability of poor people young people, women and so on to exercise their franchise, were any significant funds appropriated or allocated for compliance assistance?
Were any new offices, call-lines, visiting experts and grace periods set up to help them comply? "Here is an onerous new burden upon the poor, women and so on — but we are going to show our commitment to assist voters with these new regulations, by allocating money." A serious effort to go out into the communities and help the poor, minorities, recent immigrants, women, young people – to obtain the identification they need to exercise their sovereign right to vote.
Note! This type of outreach would not just help them with voting, but would likely help them to STOP being poor! By helping them get on the path to helping themselves. This should be what conservatives are for.
Instead these efforts are sabotaged, deliberately and relentlessly. Not one red cent has been allocated for compliance assistance in any of the red states that have passed these new voter ID laws. Not one red cent.
There you have it, you liberals out there. Don't make this a matter of goody-goody, or of denying a long term need to ratchet up accountability. It makes it look like you're in favor of cheating. Or it gives fools that excuse.
Make it a matter of hypocrisy. Of lying. The blatant lack of sincere compliance assistance provides clear-cut and decisive proof that these are attempts to steal elections – just like gerrymandering.
Your silver bullet. This is what you use. The fact of zero Compliance Assistance exposes the hypocrisy here.
That is what makes the difference between people who say, "We need to have more accountability in the voter rolls" and blatant, lying, hypocritical thieves, for whom no excuse or shelter can excuse the title of traitor.
Make this clear to your uncles and cousins. If, when they hear about this, they are still supporters of these horrid hypocritical robber, then the tar sticks to them as well.
Gerrymandering – I appraised it back when most blue and Red states shared equally in this crime against democracy. Now, big changes are afoot, at long last, and reform has veered in unexpected ways. Prepare for several surprises.
…which is another grumbled version of the Tytler Calumny… (O'Reilly only replaces a smartypants word "largesse" with "stuff.") This slander against democracy has been dogma in grouchy circles for 90 years, even though it lacks a single actual example from all of human history.
Sure, demographic shifts have some effect. (Watch Jon Stewart remind O'Reilly of times when "white America" fretted about unclean immigrants called "the Irish.") But that's not the real explanation for what happened in California.
There is news under the news, a political revolution that ignores the chattering caste and the lobotomizing "left-right political axis." It does bear on real differences between Red and Blue America, but not those that you think.
Care to explore what really happened?
(3) make those primaries open, so that all voters could pick among all candidates, choosing the pair in each race who would run-off in the fall.
2012 was the first year with clear results, which were unexpected and epochal because of how the three reforms interplay. I'll get to all that in a minute.
… but of course, that never would have happened. I was wrong and the people were right. Someone had to do it first. And, in fact, California voters proved stunningly wise.
1) No longer able to arrange purely safe districts for themselves, nearly all state legislators and congressfolk now have to work harder in the general election than before. Aw. Too bad.
3) In many cases, the result has been a general election in which two republicans face off against each other, or two democrats! Suddenly they are interested in, and are listening to and trying to please folks who are the minority in their district. That minority transforms into tie-breakers, the king-makers.
Ponder that. For the first time, if you are in the minority party of your district, someone will listen to you anyway. Your vote will actually matter. If you are a republican in a largely democratic district, you may never have a conservative representative. But you'll be able to tip the balance between two liberals. And they'll know that fact. They'll talk to you.
4) And finally, the big surprise result that no one expected. The dems picked up more seats in the Assembly, State Senate and Congress.
But… but how did the democrats do even better without gerrymandering? That shouldn't happen, because the districts are now fair! I will tell you how, and it should have been obvious all along.
Under gerrymandering, the ruling party jiggers districts to their own advantage. In Texas, not long ago, some were more than a hundred twisty miles long with necks less than one mile wide. (Be proud, you Republicans, be very proud.) They arrange boundaries so that there are a few tortuous districts with 90% or more democratic voters and a lot more districts with 65% republican voters. The result, in theory, should be more republican seats. That is the logic and it is why republican voters in the state go along with such a blatantly cynical and rapacious scheme. Out of partisan loyalty.
In California, the new redistricting law replaced this system (though it had never been as horrific as Texas) with sensible, compact districts… a whole lot of which happened to be merely 55% democratic. This meant that the local politicians could not take victory for granted, they had to work hard and woo some republicans… but the odds were still slightly in their favor, since CA has an overall demo-tilt. And this showed in a year when democrats were highly motivated to vote. They worked harder… and their party gained seats.
Now think about this result. What it means is that gerrymandering was never what the politicians claimed it to be! A way for democrats in California or republicans in Texas to eke out a few more seats for their side. That justification, after all, might persuade your radical Tea Party voter to shrug and go along, because Fox has him so riled up he will forgive an obvious scam (gerrymandering) because it hurts the hated other side.
But no, gerrymandering is not about party advantage, at all!
It is about reinforcing radicalism and — above all — it is a job protection racket for elected politicians. Designed to preserve safe seats and ensure that the pol needn't ever fear a threat that voters might actually judge him, consider alternatives, or even fire him. Just look at the results! Congress as a whole has a national approval rating of just 9%! Yet, individual representatives in safe districts get returned again and again. This is the biggest reason.
Yes, there is a partisan tint to all this… voters have risen up against gerrymandering in several blue states but not a single red one, and this shows in the radical, never-compromise, manichean dogmatism of the Republican House. It shows in the fact that the not-gerrymandered U.S. Senate shifted left this election along with the overall electorate re-picking President Obama, while the gerried House only nudged a little, even in the face of 9% approval ratings for the institution.
But the partisan tint does not matter. By any standard, gerrymandering is filth. It is crime. Its nineteenth century vileness is indefensible in the 21st. It doesn't even make logical sense in the terms used by its defenders!
And we will all have a better America when it's gone.
Given the entrenchment of both partisanship and job-protection thinking among the politicians in some parts of the country, it's hard to see this obscenity ever being negotiated away. I am hoping that a few more blue states — notably Maryland, New Jersey and Illinois — will see citizen uprisings against gerrymandering. But the GOP has probably learned its lesson from the surprising way things turned out in California. They will be tepid, at best, and possibly help to oppose such reforms in states like New York.
No, there is just one locus for salvation and hope — one that should have stepped in ages ago to save us. The courts. Because gerrymandering is blatantly, despicably an outright effort to steal elections and votes – a guild-protection racket by a profession against its customers, deliberately repressing competition in restraint of fair trade. A scheme to disenfranchise 40% of the electorate in any state, denying them the chance, ever, of voting for a person they feel actually listens to them or might represent them.
It has exacerbated partisan radicalism, fury and impracticality in American political life. And it does even more foul things that you can read about in my older essay on the subject.
Will the courts ever throw out this blatant violation of the principle of one person, one vote?
…well… I honestly can't figure any clear or logical or cogent reason why. As I've shown, only short-sighted fools believe anymore that gerrymandering is actually about partisan advantage. One can picture the clever – if biliously partisan – Justice Scalia finally realizing this. One can envision him accepting that there's no justification – not even a cynical one – for the outrageously unjustifiable, and at last voting to end the crime, bringing Thomas and Alito with him. Yes, one can picture it.
Still, you know they won't do it, as sure as day. A future court, honored by posterity, will erase this felony, a crime in which history will judge this court to be complicit.
And so — we'll wait.
1. See the same California transition and realization, told interestingly from a more partisan democratic perspective. As I said, the real victor in California was moderation. Hence, although the California legislature is now 2/3 democratic, the big surge came among moderates. Don't expect compulsory Druid-worship. Or broccoli-eating mandated by Jerry Brown's denim-levi secret police. I'll take wagers on this.
2. If you live in a still-gerrymandered state, you aren't helpless! Try a lovely judo tactic. Register in whatever party "owns" your district! All democrats in republican districts should talk fellow democrats into registering republican! And vice versa for you republicans in democrat-gerried districts. Forget labels, or which party has your loyalty nationally or by doctrine. The election that matters to you is the primary! If enough of your neighbors do this, you'll be able to help a moderate republican take on the radical republican incumbent. (Or the same thing in a dem-held area.) You and others who pull this trick – you will become the swing voters, the king-makers. Your vote will matter again.


This 2357 course is the complete practical, theory, skills & qualification training you will need to become a fully qualified electrician. You will not need any further formal training. It contains the 9 Practical & Theory training units of the City and Guilds 2357 NVQ Diploma. It's both workshop and classroom learning, all the good stuff you expect. (Often called the Knowledge Units). Full details on the C&G 2357 course can be found below however please note that we now deliver the C&G 2365 Diploma with a 2357 Bridging unit and this seems to be the preferred route for most adult learners.
WE DO NOT CURRRENTLY OFFER THIS COURSE BUT NOW OFFER THE NEW CITY & GUILDS 2365 COURSE WHICH IS THE EQUIVALENT THE 2357 PRACTICAL & THEORY UNITS ONLY.
About the C&G 2357 Course, Part One.
It is open to anyone aged 16 and above.
You are able to work as an electrician after completing this course. You will be employable; you will be skilled and qualified, you could even opt to be self employed.
The course is run one week per month for 16 months.
The 2357 NVQ, & AM2.
You do need to be employed or under supervision to take the NVQ part of the 2357 Diploma.
It is not compulsory that you take the NVQ or AM2, though we recommend you complete your full qualification perhaps at a later date when it suits your circumstances.
The NVQ Part Two of the 2357 is often called 'on site assessments'. Essentially it's the part where an assessor is sent to your workplace to assess how you're progressing; typically they visit you a number times, no matter where in Britain you live.
To finalise your full NVQ, you have to complete an AM2 assessment at a local AM2 centre or one near to you. It's a three day deal.
It is possible to complete the whole thing in 18 months; though 3 years is more typical. It very much depends on how varied your job is to enable you to complete all the varied tasks.
The cost of this part will vary depending on your experience and as such there is no fixed cost that can be quoted.
This enables a candidate to understand the health and safety and environmental legislation. The candidate will be able to produce a method statement and risk assessments for each aspect of the electrical installation. The candidate will also have an understanding of managing the project as regards health and safety and timely progress.
This unit provides the background scientific knowledge to complete unit 306.
The units will cover both single phase and three phase circuits.
All aspects of practical installation are covered.
This unit provides the background scientific knowledge to complete unit 305.
These units cover cable and equipment selection including cable sizing. a large emphasise is on compliance with BS7671 and the requirements of building regulations etc. 17th Edition and Part P Building regs.
This unit covers both fundamental electrical principles and advanced electrical principles. The fundamental principles will have been covered in earlier weeks. This week will cover motors and the science needed to complete units 307 and 308.
These units cover inspection and testing, certification and fault finding.
You will receive 16 weeks of on site training at Trade Skills 4U. This will be taken 1 week a month for 15 months. Please note there will be a break for Christmas so please contact us for specific course dates.
We also offer the 2365 Course which is almost identical to the 2357 course. This course runs 2 weeks on 2 weeks off. Click Here for more info.
Throughout the course you will complete the various units being tested by online exams and practical assessments.
On successful completion of Part One you will receive 9 Unit Certificates of Credit. On completion of the NVQ & AM2 you will receive the full Diploma certificate.


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I have been amazed at the difference trust has made to my life, and what it can effect in others around me. For most of my life I have lived – without realising it – from the assumption that the world is an unfriendly place; help, empathy and confidence can't be relied on.
I didn't realise that this also meant something about how I viewed myself and my capacity to cope. No confidence – or faith – in the outer world reflected my lack of faith in my inner resources. I hadn't realised that one could make a choice to believe in the basic goodness of people, their intelligence, resourcefulness, creativity, ability to think things through and come to their own solutions.
When I came across this Positive Philophical Choice of the Thinking Enviroment™, I felt such a relief: someone believed in me, I didn't have to prove I was worthy of thinking things through for myself. I found this hard to cultivate though, this new positive belief. I could think to myself, whilst listening to other people, 'how capable you are, you'll work it out', but found it much harder when it came to my turn for thinking to believe in my right even to take someone's listening time. I really had to work on this, with lots of compassion for myself, and I found the writings of Julian of Norwich, the medieval mystic, full as they are of compassion and the promise that all shall be well, invaluable in building this faith in myself.
Recently I experienced a new surge of doubt in my ability to think well for myself. It's a truly terrifying feeling, not being able to trust one's own judgment, like falling with no parachute. Ultimately it's paralysing, leading to being unable to make choices or decisions, stuck, powerless to move forward, and for me thinking like this creates a downward mental spiral. Thinking this way also makes engaging with the world very difficult; it's no position to try to effect some good from. Why would you try if you thought everyone is basically self-serving, mean to others and competitive?
So trust is something vital to being healthy and having a healthy society. It seems especially important in counteracting the culture of fear in which we live. Listening well, which means with trust and faith, to others, and oneself, is a profound act for positive change, and something we can all cultivate.


Now I see why John McCain was hiding Sarah Palin away from the media. In her first interview with ABC's Charlie Gibson, she made it clear that she wouldn't win a high school Model United Nations debate, much less exercise good judgement if she were in possession of the nuclear codes.
Nor will Palin win any points for her "clarification" of what she meant when she said, in her church, that the Iraq war was "God's plan." Clearly the McCainiacs have told her that she can't say those kinds of things now that she's in prime time, and she valiantly huffed and puffed and tried to backpedal, but Gibson pressed her, and it was obvious that she was trying to change the subject. The whole thing was painful to watch.
I would feel bad for her if she weren't, you know, possibly about to be AMERICA'S NEXT VICE PRESIDENT. In light of that scary fact, her obliviousness and cluelessness isn't just her problem—it's my problem too. And I sincerely hope that the American people are, like me, still concerned enough about the state of the world to want a leader who knows what's going on out there, and still worried enough about the future to elect someone based on their ability to think critically and consider other points of view. Palin is not that leader. I don't care how many moose she can field-dress. Let's hope that the media does its job and insists, through interviews, on showing this to the American people.
Did you watch the Palin interview? What did you think?


• Imagine you are a medium-sized company in Rhineland, western Germany, and you entrust your internet services to a local provider – the second largest in the country – where they shake their heads if you ask about cloud applications, saying, "Too insecure." And then suddenly in 2017 they become cloud providers themselves – what happened?
Ralf Koenzen and his staff at the network specialists Lancom Systems in Würselen in the Rhineland feel they had no choice. The software they had been using for their client management systems was no longer being developed. For years they had been avoiding cloud-based systems because they did not want to store their data externally. Many of their clients felt the same, uncomfortable about no longer safeguarding all that valuable information themselves. But when no one was any longer offering software that would allow the data to be processed and managed on the firm's own computers, screened from the outside world, there was no escaping the cloud.
To a private individual who has been storing photos and music files in the cloud since the mid-noughties it might seem a long overdue move, but for a company it has far-reaching implications. Taking the plunge means more than just simply storing data somewhere else. In order to access the powerful computers of the cloud providers from their office or to use the capacity or software installed there while travelling, they must hand over sensitive data.
These days, Koenzen – a former sceptic – knows the advantages: "On the one hand you can make great savings, for example in purchasing the server hardware, electricity for operating and cooling, and maintenance personnel. What is more, you don't have to worry about updating any programs you are using or about system backups. All that is taken care of by the cloud supplier." It can pay off for large and small companies. "You can adapt the extent of the services used to the needs of the company and you are only charged on that basis, so that also makes it interesting for small firms and startups." It helps them create a powerful IT infrastructure very quickly without having to invest in their own staff and equipment – and the capacity can be expanded at any time, or trimmed back if things are not going so well.
But these advantages come at a price: in-house data has to be handed over. Koenzen says that was the main reason why companies in Germany took a sceptical view of cloud computing for so long. However, the mistrust is ebbing away. A study by the IT trade association Bitkom and the auditors KPMG shows that the number of cloud users in Germany has been steadily rising for some years. Whereas in 2011 only 28% of German firms were using cloud services, by 2016 nearly two-thirds were. And another 18% were planning or considering making the switch. The cloud market grew nearly 20% in the past year, according to the analysts Gartner. In 2016 turnover with public cloud computing was about $220bn (£158bn). The software developer Synergy sees Amazon as way ahead of the field with a market share as big as that of its four closest rivals – Microsoft, IBM, Google and Alibaba – put together.
Meanwhile, Lancom has become not just a user but also a supplier of cloud services. Koenzen founded the company in 2002 with a colleague he had been working with in the professional data communications department at Elsa Technology in Aachen. When the firm went bankrupt, they bought the department and founded their own setup for network devices such as routers and switches. (The communications solutions company Devolo also emerged from Elsa.) Today Lancom, with some 330 staff and an annual turnover of about €60m (£53.5m), reckons it is second only to the American provider Cisco Systems in the domestic network market. Its customers include the German software company Datev, the clothing label Marc O'Polo, the Germany bakery chain Kamps and the German Aerospace Centre (DLR). Its appliances are also used in many German police stations and the Federal Chancellery.
Koenzen is backing a mixed solution for Lancom's operations. Client management is outsourced, but the email servers and the computers used to develop the software for the network devices are at the firm's headquarters. And that does not seem likely to change in a hurry.
Of course, when a company is thinking of outsourcing data and services, there are geographical considerations. "The location of the provider is decisive for whether and in what cases third parties can gain access to the information stored," says Johannes Caspar, Hamburg's commissioner for data protection and freedom of information. "With providers based in the US or China, the legal environment means that authorities like the secret service or law enforcement agencies can be expected to take a look at the data. In contrast, users can expect a good level of protection from German or other European cloud firms." US investigators should not be legally able to access the data; however, German and other European public institutions can, by means of a court order.
In Caspar's view, the security issue is also unclear if the data is stored in Europe but the cloud provider has a connection with the US. He points to an ongoing legal dispute in which the US supreme court has to decide whether the FBI can make Microsoft hand over data stored in a computer centre in Ireland and processed by the Microsoft office in that country. That makes the trustee approach, which the American firm is pursuing in Germany with the Telekom subsidiary T-Systems, interesting. It involves Microsoft not using any computer centres of its own but storing the data on its partners' servers, with no access to it except when accompanied by the partner, it says. "In my view, it is still an open question whether that means access by US authorities can actually be prevented," says Caspar.
Koenzen has noticed that many firms, including some big ones, still have a very carefree attitude to the whole issue. "Once you make them aware that their data is stored in the USA, a lot of them are astounded," he says. There is still a lot of educating to do.
But to what degree a company's information is safeguarded depends not only on selecting the right operator but also on the behaviour of the company's own employees. If they access the data from insecure private devices then hackers can seize the opportunity. That is why it is important to keep such processes of so-called shadow IT under surveillance by evaluating firewall log files or using protection programs to control the cloud services in use. Astonishingly, according to a Bitkom study, many companies only apply one or two such surveillance measures, and a third of companies do without them completely.
To find the right cloud you need to ask providers some key questions. In its guide on opportunities for medium-sized enterprises through cloud computing, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy suggests asking: how does the provider safeguard the data on its servers? Is encryption possible? How does the provider react to security-related incidents? Does it inform clients? What measures does it offer for safeguarding and restoring data?
Koenzen also advises clients to think about how to get out before going in. "First, I have to find out whether I can safely exit the cloud in an emergency," he says. That's why it is important to know whether the data can be imported and processed by other programs outside the cloud. Or, for example, whether it would be possible for a user to transfer the services to a private cloud.


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EUGENE, Ore. -- Oregon's strategy in the final seconds was simple: Foul before UCLA could get off a tying 3-pointer and then get the ball into Payton Pritchard's hands.
MiKyle McIntosh and Victor Bailey Jr. had 18 points each for the Ducks (13-7, 3-4 Pac-12), who led by as many as 18 points in the second half. Troy Brown added 17 points.
"We needed to find a way to win," Oregon coach Dana Altman said, "so to hang on, and Payton hitting those free throws late, was really good."
Aaron Holiday launched a half-court shot at the buzzer that could have forced overtime but bounced off the rim for the Bruins (13-7, 4-4), who lost their third consecutive game. Kris Wilkes led UCLA with 21 points, and Thomas Welch had 17 points and 10 rebounds.
The Bruins trailed 88-77 with 2:55 to play before Wilkes scored five points in a 10-0 run to cut the lead the one with a minute left. Oregon staved off the rally by hitting six straight free throws in the final minute.
The Ducks led 90-87 when a shot-clock violation gave UCLA possession with 12.6 seconds left. Altman had his players foul twice before the Bruins could shoot, and though Alex Olesinski and Holiday hit all four free throws, Pritchard countered both times from the foul line.
UCLA shot 58.1 percent (18 of 31) in the second half, including 8 of 16 from 3-point range.
"Defensively, we didn't get many stops the second half," Altman said. "They kind of took it wherever they wanted. Holiday created a lot of opportunities for their guys, and they shot it well."
Oregon had squandered late leads in each of its last two games. This time, the Ducks made the plays they'd been missing in those losses to Arizona and USC.
"It shows growth for sure," McIntosh said. "The last games we were fouling and making bonehead decisions in the last four minutes of the game, the last minute. I think it shows the team coming together, listening to coach.
"Even though some things didn't go our way, we ended up pulling it out."
The Ducks had three players in double figures by halftime and led 52-38 at the break. They shot 55.6 percent (20 of 36) from the field and had zero first-half turnovers.
Holiday, UCLA's leading scorer at 19.1 points per game, was called for his third foul with 8 1/2 minutes to go in the first half, but the Bruins were able to keep contact by hitting 17 of 22 free throws. Holiday finished with 14 points and five assists.
Dana Altman won his 200th game as Oregon's coach as the Ducks, with a pregame RPI of 97, fanned their flickering hopes of a sixth straight trip to the NCAA Tournament. Oregon advanced to the Elite Eight in 2016 and the Final Four last season.
UCLA takes a three-game losing streak back to Pauley Pavilion to start a three-game home stand tied for fifth place in the Pac-12. The Bruins were swept at Oregon State and Oregon for the second time in four seasons.
Oregon had a 31-29 edge in rebounds to improve to 12-1 when it outrebounds its opponent against 1-6 when it doesn't. McIntosh led the Ducks with eight boards.
Bailey brought the crowd of 12,364 to its feet late in the first half with a soaring dunk off a lob from Pritchard after McIntosh made a steal and pass as he was falling out of bounds.
Pritchard was 8 of 13 from the field, including 5 of 8 beyond the arc, for his best back-to-back shooting performances of the season. The sophomore hit 15 of 25 overall, 7 of 12 from the arc and all six free throws for 43 points against USC and UCLA.
Freshman Kenny Wooten is more than halfway to Jordan Bell's Oregon season record of 110 blocked shots with 56 through 20 games. . UCLA had a 25-23 edge in bench points, led by Jaylen Hands with 12. . Elijah Brown, Oregon's second-leading scorer at 13.6 points per game, finished with five and had 14 combined in the split with USC and UCLA.
UCLA: Hosts California on Thursday night to finish the first half of its Pac-12 schedule.
Oregon: Hosts Oregon State in a Civil War rematch on Jan. 27.


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C-Path's Alzheimer's Disease Consortium Expands Data Repository
Posted on Mon/12/April Mon/12/April by AZBio
New patient-level data will facilitate more efficient clinical trial design
TUCSON, Ariz., April 12, 2021 — Critical Path Institute's (C-Path) Critical Path for Alzheimer's Disease (CPAD) Consortium today announced that it is significantly expanding its Alzheimer's disease (AD) patient-level data repository with high-quality contemporary industry clinical trial datasets, focusing on early stages of the disease.
Generous data contributions and support from the pharmaceutical industry have made it possible for the CPAD team to integrate 42 high-quality clinical trial and observational studies in AD, containing more than 21,000 patient-level records.
Since July 2019, CPAD has signed Data Contribution Agreements (DCAs) with data contributors, for five highly relevant datasets, representing over 4,000 patient-level records, which have been integrated into the CPAD repository. CPAD also expects the transfer of two additional datasets with another 4,000 patient-level records. In addition, CPAD is currently negotiating DCAs with five CPAD member pharmaceutical companies, with an expected addition of nine datasets, bringing in more than 10,000 additional patient-level records to the CPAD repository.
"Serving as a neutral third party, CPAD provides a safe harbor for individual organizations to share data in a pre-competitive environment," said Sudhir Sivakumaran, Ph.D., Vice President, Neuroscience at C-Path and Executive Director of CPAD. "By facilitating cross-functional, pre-competitive collaboration and active engagement between the regulatory agencies and drug development professionals, we can make a significant difference in the bench to bedside timeline for patients."
The expanded patient-level data will allow generation of novel drug development tools (DDTs) and solutions such as disease progression models across the entire continuum of AD, incorporating various fluid and imaging biomarkers, in addition to genotype, cognitive and functional outcome assessments and demographics. The novel tools and solutions will enable a more efficient design of clinical studies with better informed inclusion criteria, endpoint selection and patient enrichment strategies. C-Path's quantitative approach allows for a comprehensive integration of relevant patient characteristics for informed and efficient decision‐making in drug development.
Data sharing is fundamental to enable the development of novel DDTs, which require integration and aggregation of patient-level data from multiple independent sources and studies. Successful data sharing for the purpose of seeking regulatory endorsement of a DDT relies on extensive partnerships between industry, academia, research institutes and societies, patient-advocacy groups, and governmental regulatory agencies. "CPAD's successes and accomplishments in the last decade is testimony to the extensive collaboration, partnership, and support of the industry members," Sivakumaran continued. "The consortium seeks to continue accelerating drug development by increased data sharing and ultimately, be able to successfully address the key unmet needs and unanswered questions including the voice of the patients."
"CPAD provides the AD field with a unique opportunity to transform patient-level data into actionable solutions, which can in turn transform the drug development process for Alzheimer's disease," said C-Path Chief Science Officer and Executive Director for Clinical Pharmacology Klaus Romero, M.D., M.S., F.C.P. "The unique way in which CPAD presents such solutions for formal regulatory review generates the necessary confidence for the adoption of such solutions by our industry partners."
Data acquisition and integration is a critical prerequisite for the development of novel regulatory-grade quantitative drug development solutions. For more than a decade, CPAD has led the space with regulatory successes and expertise in data aggregation and generation of novel drug development tools. The consortium continues to pursue efforts to expand its datasets, which will significantly add to the increased understanding of disease progression and pathology in AD.
For more information, visit https://c-path.org/programs/cpad/.
To learn more about data contribution to the repository, email info@c-path.org.
To access the Critical Path Institute (C-Path) Online Data Repository (CODR) go to
https://codr.c-path.org/main/applyDatabaseSelection.html
Critical Path Institute is supported by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and is 55% funded by FDA/HHS, totaling $14,575,306, and 45% funded by non-government source(s), totaling $11,916,747. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, FDA/HHS or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit FDA.gov.
Critical Path Institute (C-Path) is an independent, nonprofit organization established in 2005 as a public and private partnership. C-Path's mission is to catalyze the development of new approaches that advance medical innovation and regulatory science, accelerating the path to a healthier world. An international leader in forming collaborations, C-Path has established numerous global consortia that currently include more than 1,600 scientists from government and regulatory agencies, academia, patient organizations, disease foundations, and dozens of pharmaceutical and biotech companies. C-Path US is headquartered in Tucson, Arizona and C-Path, Ltd. EU is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, with additional staff in multiple other locations. For more information, visit c-path.org and c-path.eu.
Kissy Black
C-Path
kblack@c-path.org
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BAYWIND Co-operative, the UK&#039s largest and oldest community energy company, will be opening its gates to the public. Haverigg wind farm in Cumbria will take part in the...
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BAYWIND Co-operative, the UK&#039s largest and oldest community energy company, will be opening its gates to the public.
Haverigg wind farm in Cumbria will take part in the first ever nationwide, simultaneous opening of wind farms in support of Embrace the Revolution, the national campaign for wind energy.
Everyone is invited to come along to Haverigg wind farm and join thousands of others across the UK putting their hands up in support of wind energy and Touch a Turbine.
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