It's that time of year, the garden is just about to move past its peak and we're all searching Pinterest for ways to preserve the harvest. In recent years I've decided to leave the vegetable gardening to others infinitely more qualified at growing those things and focus on herbs. Herbs have incredible healing powers in addition to their culinary uses… and they grow like weeds, so I'm qualified there as well.
Herbs need consistent cutting back, but now is the time for all Midwesterners to begin the process of putting our gardens to sleep, and herbs are a good place to start. One of my favorite ways to preserve the flavor and essence of things like mint, basil, lavender, and even rosemary is to make something called a simple syrup.
For those of you who enjoy the occasional (or frequent) cocktail, you probably know simple syrup as the sweetening agent in many of our favorite alcoholic beverages. But simple syrups are great in nonalcoholic applications as well. Perhaps the most notable being lemonade. Recently I've had a profusion of lavender, and it's been a warm fall in Wisconsin so lavender lemonade has been a frequent visitor on my table. It's ridiculously easy to make, and if you have a variety of simple syrups on hand you can get pretty creative with these… basil, strawberry lemonade, mint limeade (mojito anyone?)… there really is no limit. Simple syrups can also be frozen in ice cube trays and popped into seltzer water for a refreshing revisit to summer in the dark winter months.
So… how do we make this thing? It's almost not worth a formal recipe, but I'll give that to you now. Be aware, you can substitute other sweeteners for the cane sugar. When I lived in Vermont I used maple syrup. Some folks like agave. And if you aren't vegan honey is a nice option. Use what you got, and what you like! Another hint… if you want a more intense flavor, simmer the herbs longer, or include more herbs. And the reverse is also true… you can back off the amount of herbs, and the time you allow them to steep.
Combine all ingredients in a sauce pan on the stove. Brin gup to a simmer and hold for about 5 minutes. Turn off the heat, cover and allow the mixture to steep until it cools down. Strain through a mesh sieve. Store in the refrigerator or freeze for longer holding.
Mix all the ingredients together and serve over ice.


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En mathématiques, le théorème de Schur-Horn est un théorème d'algèbre linéaire caractérisant l'ensemble des diagonales possibles, pour une matrice hermitienne de valeurs propres prescrites.

Énoncé
Étant donnés  réels

s'il existe une matrice hermitienne d'éléments diagonaux les  et de valeurs propres les , alors (théorème de Schur)

Réciproquement, si ces conditions sont vérifiées alors (théorème de Horn) il existe une matrice hermitienne, et même une matrice réelle symétrique, d'éléments diagonaux les  et de valeurs propres les .

Reformulation

Pour deux vecteurs de ℝ,

il existe une matrice hermitienne (et même alors une matrice réelle symétrique) d'éléments diagonaux les  et de valeurs propres les  si et seulement si
 (lire : «  majorise  »),
c'est-à-dire — par définition — si, lorsqu'on réordonne de façon décroissante les composantes de ces deux vecteurs, l'égalité et les  inégalités ci-dessus sont vérifiées.

Or il existe des caractérisations équivalentes de la majorisation :
 majorise  si et seulement s'il existe une matrice bistochastique  telle que .
 majorise  si et seulement s'il existe une suite finie de vecteurs dont le premier est , le dernier est  et le successeur de chaque vecteur  est une combinaison convexe de  et de l'un de ses transposés.

Démonstration
Notons  la matrice diagonale des .

⇒ : Soit  une matrice hermitienne , de valeurs propres les  et de diagonale les . Puisque  est normale, il existe une matrice unitaire  telle que  donc
autrement dit, en notant  et  :

Comme  est unitaire,  est bistochastique, ce qui prouve que  majorise .

⇐ : Réciproquement, supposons que  majorise . On peut alors passer de  à  par une suite finie de vecteurs dont chacun est obtenu à partir du précédent en ne modifiant que deux composantes , augmentant  d'au plus  et diminuant  d'autant. Construisons par récurrence, pour chaque vecteur  de cette suite (en particulier pour le dernier, ce prouvera l'implication), une matrice réelle symétrique de valeurs propres les  et de diagonale . Pour le premier vecteur, , la matrice  convient. Supposons construite une matrice  pour le vecteur  et construisons une matrice  pour son successeur , qui ne diffère de  que par deux coordonnées, par exemple, pour simplifier les notations :  et  avec  compris entre  et . D'après le théorème des valeurs intermédiaires, il existe un angle  entre  et  tel que

Soient  la matrice de rotation plane d'angle  et  la matrice identité de taille . La matrice diagonale par blocs

est orthogonale, et un calcul immédiat montre que  convient.

Notes et références

Article connexe
Inégalité de Hadamard

Théorie des ordres
Schur-Horn
Matrice
Théorie spectrale

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Trigonura guttatipennis är en stekelart som först beskrevs av Girault 1927.  Trigonura guttatipennis ingår i släktet Trigonura och familjen bredlårsteklar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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"The Vic & Paul Show" — 2 for 1 for One More Week!
Here's the bad news: Mayne Stage made a mistake and took the 2 for 1 offer on tickets to "The Vic & Paul Show" off their website too soon.
Here's the good news: To make up for their mistake – Mayne Stage is extending the special 2 for 1 deal through Friday, November 4th.
So, to take advantage of the deal that Mayne Stage is offering friends of The Practical Theatre Company, just type in the promo code "paul" when ordering tickets.
"The Vic & Paul Show" will run for 10 performances, December 20-30, at Mayne Stage in Rogers Park.
And we'd love you to be there with us.
And type in the promo code "paul" when you order your tickets through Friday, November 4th.


The Sega Genesis (known as Mega Drive outside the USA) is a 4th generation console created by Sega. It was a direct rival to the SNES. It later received two peripherals in the form of the 32X and Sega CD/Mega CD.
Gens KMod is a modification of the Gens emulator that adds various debug functions. You can download it Here.
Now you have two options: you can either save the tiles to a bmp file, by using the "Tiles to Bitmap" button, or you can Print Screen and paste on Paint or another image editing program to edit.
Much like Kmod, DebuGens is also a hack of Gens to add debug functions. You can download it Here.
DebuGens includes the same options as Kmod, as such the methods for ripping are the same.
See here for more info. Please note that a large majority of games are compressed with some games able to rip just the main character or nothing at all without extra tools.
BizHawk uses the Genesis Plus GX emulator and adds a tile/background viewer however... If you change palette, it crashes the entire emulator and the tiles in the tile viewer are not correct in size so it's really only good for ripping backgrounds with the viewer. Like GensKMod though, you can disable the layers and turn the background pink (or any color). See below in regards to emulation quality.
Kega Fusion emulates the Genesis, the 32X and the Sega CD as well as SG-1000, Master System and Game Gear. For years, this was considered the best Mega Drive emulator however it has not been updated in years making it harder to run on modern computers that run on Windows 10 as well as features that no longer work such as the MSN Messenger display.
Despite being a newer emulator, BlastEm is a fast and an accurate emulator that supports the Genesis as well as the Master System using the backwards compatibility mode. Even able to run tech demos such as Titan Overdrive that Kega Fusion and other emulators struggle with. Just like Kega Fusion, it works on Windows, Mac and Linux. In the future, there are plans for Sega CD and 32X emulation as well as a better GUI (currently it is using a ROM based menu).
After Kega Fusion but before BlastEm, this was considered the most accurate emulator due to its sound and emulation in regards to compatibility running most games including Virtua Racing. It runs Sega CD games as well but not 32X due to its platform choice of that it can not cope. While it was developed with the Wii in mind, you can play on it on your PC via RetroArch or BizHawk.
While not having any debugging features, it does include a layer removal feature. It should also be noted that this emulator will not run Sega CD or 32X games.
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Rocket League freebies: $10 Epic Game Store credit and new PS Plus DLC Pack
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Rocket League free-to-play is now live, and we are starting to see some interesting promotions surrounding the vehicular soccer destruction title. Now that is has been taken down from Steam (although you can still play your copy of it there), Epic Games is now offering a no-strings-attached $10 credit for redeeming the game on its PC/Mac gaming service, alongside a new freebie PlayStation 4 DLC pack from Sony. Head below for all of the details.
Last we heard from the Rocket League camp, cross-play and cross-platform progression were added to the experience, along with a new Knight Rider DLC featuring the iconic K.I.T.T smart car. Since then, Rocket League free-to-play on console has gone live, the game has been removed from Steam, and is now the recipient of some FREE platform-specific goodies.
Rocket League FREE content:
First up, Epic Games is offering a FREE $10 credit just for redeeming the game on its PC/Mac service. This promotion is live from now through October 23, 2020, at 11 a.m. ET and can be used via the Epic Game Store on content worth $14.99 or more. Now as expected, pre-orders, in-game currency, and other specialty items are excluded here, but it's a great way to score a deal on your next game purchase.
You don't even need to play the game, just add it to your library and then go claim the $10 credit here.
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The Rocket League free content doesn't stop there though. Sony is also offering its PlayStation Plus members (one-year subs still on sale from $32 right here) the new Rocket League PlayStation Plus Pack for FREE. It contains four customization items "including Blue Notch Wheels, Blue Smoke Boost, Blue Rocks Trail, and the Trimpact BL Player Banner." More details from Sony right here.
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Hey Mr Squirrel
21st February 2010 /1 Comment/in Reviews /by Mary Murphy
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The last time I sat in a room listening to a man with a guitar, a mouth organ, and a sense of humour was on a rainy night in Dublin. The man: Kris Kristofferson. The venue: the Point Depot. Fast forwarding about six years to a rainy Saturday night in Budapest, I found myself in another room, listening to a man with a guitar, a mouth organ, and a sense of humour. The man: Bob Pike. The venue: Manga Cowboy.
You're mad, I hear you say. You've lost all sense of scale. The Point holds thousands; Manga holds maybe 40. Kris has billions of fans; Bob, well, maybe not quite as many….yet. Kris has sold millions of albums; Bob has yet to cut one. Kris has a beard. Bob has a shadow. No matter. Both have a story to tell, if you want to listen.
I don't mind, if you don't mind. We'll take our time till closing time. Last call!
Last night at Manga Cowboy, in the first of a series of acoustic gigs at that venue, Bob met his public. Outside, pedestrian umbrellas battled it out with the wind and the rain. Inside, Bob battled through the emotional upheavel of marriage, divorce, and Irish dancing. I'm no expert but I know what I like: a good tune with thoughtful lyrics; a song that both sings to me and talks to me.
I've had my fill of Babe Ruths; I want your apple pie
Some were listening; some were passing notes; others were chatting amongst themselves. Some were dancing quietly in their chairs; some were tapping out a beat with chins and hands and heads and feet; others had just come along for Manga's American fusion food and excellent Hungarian wine. But when the lyrics hit home, you could see it: the momentary start of surprise at hearing your thoughts in song; the quiet smile acknowledging a shared experience; the quick flash of memories revisited; the out-loud laugh at something that traversed the ridiculous to the sublime.
Hate to see you go
I cried in public when I heard that Johnny Cash had died. I've missed this sort of music; these sorts of raw lyrics. I'm tired of being told what to think, and what to expect and how to feel. I'm sick of authors who signpost their books; playwrights who leave nothing to the imagination; scriptwriters who fill in all the blanks. Show me, don't tell me. Give me a melody that I'll still be humming a week from now; give me a lyric I can quote; give me a story I can relate to. And show me that you mean it.
He says he hasn't done this in a while. Voice a little rusty? Maybe. The man himself a little reticent? Perhaps. As his wit was watered, he seemed to relax. The humorous asides, the short explanations, the clever commentary – all added to the music in what was a marathon set. But I wanted more of it: that conversation between the man and his public. I wanted people to shut up and listen; to give the man his due. I saw him wow the audience on stage on Wednesday night at the Gift of the Gab speech slam with his take on nose hair and being Bob. Last night, that witty, irreverent, piss-taking comic was replaced by a thoughtful, introspective, slighly zany singer/songwriter. Both equally clever. Both equally entertaining. Bob Pike, boys and girls, is one talented man. I'm glad I dug out my umbrella!
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The Catch 22
16th February 2010 /1 Comment/in Budapest Times articles /by Mary Murphy
I am not political. I have never been political. The permutations and combinations that need to be worked out in order to decide who gets to sit in parliament, any parliament, are way beyond my simple maths. I have yet to understand the nuances that lie beneath the political rhetoric offered by opposing sides: to me, it all sounds the same. In Ireland, the differences between political ideologies are slim enough to be practically invisible and to my unpoliticised mind, the same could be said of many other countries. The end goal of any party seems to be pure, unadulterated power. And so, for the first time in my apolitical life, I find myself a little concerned. Actually, I'm downright nervous about the idea of one political party, any political party, in any country, having a majority that will effectively allow them to change the Constitution without referendum. For a nation's people to be so powerless is scary. But then again, I'm not a politician.
Before I cast my vote, I'd like the answer to two questions: Why – in a country that has produced 18 Nobel Prize winners, a notable collection of writers, artists, composers, scientists and mathematicians – are teachers so underappreciated and horribly underpaid? Don't they hold the future of this country in their classrooms every day? G. K. Chesterton said that 'without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously'. Now, more than ever, we need our children to be educated to think for themselves, to form opinions, to question the status quo, to learn right from wrong, to forget about how it has been done and to think about how it should be done, to face up to their responsibility as citizens of this great country.
Gullible or naive?
I've recently heard Hungarians I know recount stories of faking diplomas, having someone else sit their exams, paying someone to write their thesis or dissertation and then being coached by them to defend it. Any minute, I thought, the candid cameraman will jump out and laugh at me for being so gullible as to believe it all. But he never did. Perhaps this happens the world over…and 'naive' is my middle name! But I was shocked. And I can't help but thinking that if teachers were given the respect their responsibility deserves and paid accordingly, if the disease were treated, and not merely the symptoms, then education might once again be something to be proud of and the future might look a little less bleak.
Health is wealth
That brings me to Question No. 2. Why are doctors and nurses paid so little? Society's obligation to its elderly, its sick and its infirm surely goes without saying. Recent conversations with doctors, specialists and medical staff have left me flabbergasted. When a man in an Armani suit gets to jump the hospital queue and the little old lady has to wait for yet another hour, there is something not quite right. When families are subsidising their doctor sons and daughters so that they can work the wards, something is wrong. When patients are giving backhanders to ensure a level of healthcare that is their right, something is very wrong. When countryside practices lie empty because those who might have staffed them have gone abroad to countries where their expertise is valued and rewarded accordingly, something is very, very wrong. Who will take care of those left at home?
To my unpoliticised mind, it's not the alphabet army of CEOs, CFOs, and COOs, or the politicians who should be earning the big bucks; it's the teachers and the doctors and the nurses. Those people whose very job it is to nurture society, to educate it, to keep it healthy and strong, and to care for it as it grows older. For only with a strong, educated, and healthy mind, is society in a position to effect change: to right the wrongs, to grow its economy, to take its place on the world stage. The alternative doesn't bear thinking about: a future in which we abdicate responsibility to whatever political party has come up with a majority; a future in which citizens are in danger of losing control of their Constitution; and even worse, where they are too worn out and apathetic to care one way or another.
But the Catch 22 is that in order to accomplish anything, the government needs money. And for this to happen, people need to pay taxes. But for this to happen, the tax system needs to be reformed and the government's accounting made transparent. A flat rate would be a start, followed by society disowning those who avoid their responsibility as citizens. But hey, what would I know? I am not political.
First published in the Budapest Time 15 February 2010
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Walk left, stand right
5th February 2010 /0 Comments/in Uncategorised /by Mary Murphy
There is a debate raging in Budapest that has nothing to do with politics, religion, or the price of a tea in China. The proponents and opponents of this particular issue cannot be divided by race, class or creed. Unless you've been dragged into this debate by someone eager to bolster support for the side they happen to be taking, you're probably unaware that it's going on. Yet it's consuming an inordinate amount of time in conversations around the city; time that used to be spent talking about things that actually matter, like politics, religion or the price of tea in China.
Right, left or in the middle?
So, where do you stand…on an escalator? On the right, on the left, or in the middle? More importantly perhaps, why do you stand there?
If you stand on the right, do you do so because a) you've been institutionalized: walk left, stand right is pretty much universal and why should Budapest be any different; b) you've read the safety reports and know that the safest way to ride an escalator is to stand on the right and hold on to the rail; c) you value your thinking time and don't want it interrupted by a constant stream of elnézésts as those trying to get fit, stay fit or in a hurry pass you by; or d) you don't want to stand in the way of progress.
If you stand on the left, do you do so because a) this is the only opportunity you have to stand beside your friend and chat; b) you're anti-establishment and never follow rules, even those that involve social etiquette; c) it's an escalator, damn it, and if people want to walk or run up or down, they should take the stairs (if you lived in Washington DC, people would call you an 'escalump' – the human equivalent of a speed bump; or d) you live in Hungary because it isn't the UK or North America and you see this conformity as the first step down the rocky road to sameness.
If you stand in the middle, do you do so because a) you have friends on both sides of the debate and don't want to alienate anyone; b) you've been working out and have bulked up so it only looks like you're standing in the middle – really you're standing on the right; c) you're indecisive but believe in taking 'average' to new heights; d) you have no friends and by standing in the middle, you're guaranteed that someone will talk to you, either to ask you to move right or to engage you in a spate of escalump bashing.
Or perhaps you don't stand at all – you move – but you want other people to stand on the right so that you can keep moving.
The laws of motion
A typical argument from the static left is that escalators, unlike moving walkways, are not designed for walkers or runners and therefore it shouldn't matter where they stand. This is combated by the moving left, who maintain that an escalator is, in effect, a stairs, and people don't stand still on stairs, now do they?
Another argument from the static left is that running or walking doesn't save you time so why bother…you're really only rushing because you want us to think that you have places to go and people to see. But, say the moving left, you have no idea why we're running? Maybe we're getting fit, staying fit, or in a hurry home. Why are you so interested, anyway?
In Budapest, almost 10,000 people have joined the Facebook group Jobbra állok a metró mozgólépcsőn. BKV's terms and conditions of travel state: 'Travel on the right-hand side of the escalator and leave the left-hand side free for passengers in a hurry to pass you.' In other words, walk left, stand right. But in Toronto, in 2007, the Transit Commission removed all signs suggesting the walk left, stand right practice from their 294 escalators after a safety inspection agency told them that they were condoning unsafe behaviour: apparently, moving on an escalator can be dangerous! So who's right? Or wrong? And does it really matter?
For me, there's no contest. The etiquette of standing right, walking left makes perfect sense. You never know, one day I might get the urge to exercise and it would be nice to have a clear left lane so that I could act on the impulse before I have time to change my mind. But, more importantly, on the escalator in Moszkva tér in particular, it means having an uninterrupted 1.56 minutes to think about important things in life, like politics, religion, and the price of tea in China.
First published in the Budapest Times 1 February 2010
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Johnny Depp Attorney Camille Vasquez Joins NBC News in Legal Analyst Role
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Camille Vasquez, an attorney who worked for actor Johnny Depp during his recent defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard, is now working with NBC News in a legal-analyst role
Vasquez made her first appearance as a contributor Monday on "Today." She discussed the arrest of Bryan Kohberger, the suspect in the much-scrutinized stabbing of four University of Idaho students.
Vasquez works as a partner in the litigation & arbitration practice group at Brown Rudnick and is also co-chair of the firm's brand & reputation management group. She and colleague Benjamin Chew served as lead attorneys for Depp in a case that drew attention across the globe.
Late last year, Depp and Heard settled. Depp had been awarded $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages. The punitive damages were reduced to $350,000. Heard was awarded $2 million in a counterclaim. Press reports suggested the two sides agreed that Heard would pay $1 million to Depp, who expected to donate the money to charity.
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Donna I. Anderson
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Donna I. Anderson, 83, of Altoona, passed away Friday at the Altoona Center for Nursing Care, while surrounded by family. She was born in Altoona, the daughter of the late Ellis and Gertrude (Marshman) Ardrey. She married Allen Grant Anderson Sept. 23, 1978, in Altoona. The marriage was blessed Sept. 23, 2012, at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Altoona.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by an aunt, Louise Marshman of Altoona; a niece, Cindy Donatucci in Florida; and a cousin, Becky Marshman of Altoona.
She retired in 1975 as a housekeeper/kitchen worker at Petticoat Junction, Juniata, with eight years of service. She was previously employed as a laundry worker at Sewickley Hospital, Sewickley, Pa.
She was a member of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Altoona. For many years, she and her husband ate supper each day at Eat n' Park Restaurant in Altoona.
Donna was a graduate of Moon Township High School. She was a member of Cathedral Prayer Group and enjoyed embroidery, crafts, watching television and listening to CDs and radio music.
Friends will be received from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Altoona, where a funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. with Msgr. Stanley B. Carson officiating. Committal rites will be held at the Cathedral.
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ANTONI: Biden's Economic Claims Would Make Orwell's Ministry Of Truth Proud
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While many presidential administrations play it fast and loose with the truth, none resemble more closely Orwell's ironically named Ministry of Truth than the Biden administration. Its recently released "Economic Blueprint" is a perfect example.
The document is a combination of outright falsehoods and numerical half-truths, perfectly illustrating the old saying that if you torture the data enough, it will confess to anything. Consider some of the administration's "achievements."
The blueprint claims Biden achieved the "fastest job market recovery in nearly 40 years—creating [sic] 9.7 million jobs." Biden must suffer from severe memory loss. His immediate predecessor recovered 12.5 million jobs in less time, averaging 1.4 million jobs per month to Biden's 500,000. Forget 40 years – it's not even the fastest recovery in four years.
The White House also asserts there has been "faster wage growth for the bottom 50 percent than in past recoveries," but that is only nominally true. While wages have risen, prices have risen even faster, wiping out all those nominal gains, and then some.
Inflation has crushed the middle and working classes, driving real wages down, not up. Additionally, it's ironic to cite lower-income earners since they are hit the hardest by the hidden tax of inflation.
Another deception is that the administration is making "food more affordable for families." By what metric? People are flocking to foodbanks because food prices are rising at double-digit rates annually. Having to increase food stamp handouts because of rampant inflation is not a sign of "food affordability" or whatever other euphemism the administration uses.
The blueprint doesn't stop there. It asserts that the Inflation Reduction Act — another purposeful misuse of language — will bring down Medicare (public) drug prices by giving the government negotiating power. But what the law actually does is index public drug prices to a percent of the price in the private market. That merely gives drug companies a double incentive to raise prices in the private market: it limits losses in the public market while making up for those losses via higher prices in the private market.
Far from "taking on Big Pharma," as the blueprint claims, this was a giveaway to the pharmaceutical industry. As always with the Ministry of Truth, the situation is exactly the opposite of what Big Brother is saying.
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If the White House cannot even be accurate looking on past data, their projections certainly should not be trusted, and this blueprint is no exception. Despite reiterating the tired talking point of not raising taxes on "those making less than $400,000 a year," that is exactly what will happen with a wave of new IRS audits, courtesy of an $80-billion infusion. If these auditors are really aimed exclusively at high-income earners, then why was an amendment to codify that in statute voted down on party lines?
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Known English illusionist Derren Brown has revealed his latest production, mixing virtual reality with a theme park ride.
Thorpe Park's biggest and most ambitious investment for an attraction to date, the ride is housed in a massive warehouse, with the centerpiece being a 7 ton Victorian train carriage that is suspended in mid air some 10 feet (3 meters) above ground by iron chains. "Passengers" will be able to enter the train carriage via a metal bridge and prepare for their mind-bending journey.
A choose your own adventure type VR theme park ride that puts you inside a floating train carriage.
This "smart ride" has 12 different journeys and 2 endings that is intended to give each individual 'passenger' a unique experience from others on the ride. It is expected that riders will experience a variety of multi-sensory surprises, with the use of virtual reality to complete the full mind-bending ride experience.
Although Thorpe Park isn't giving much away about the experience, multi-sensory attractions like what we have also seen at the VOID VR theme park in Utah, is a glimpse into a bright future of theme park attractions that take you on rides that can only be accomplished in virtual reality.
The Ghost Train experience is due to open this Spring at Thorpe Park Resort, which is located just 10 miles from Greater London.


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House of Fraser is een Britse warenhuisgroep met 47 filialen in het Verenigd Koninkrijk. Het werd in 1849 in Glasgow, Schotland opgericht als Arthur en Fraser. Vanaf 1891 stond het bekend als Fraser & Sons . Het bedrijf groeide gestaag in het begin van de 20e eeuw en na de Tweede Wereldoorlog werd het bedrijf een landelijke keten door een groot aantal overnames.

Vanaf 1936 breidde het bedrijf aanzienlijk uit door overnames, waaronder Scottish Drapery Corporation (1952), Binns (1953), Barkers of Kensington (1957) en Dickins & Jones en de Harrods-groep (1959). In 1948 werd het bedrijf voor het eerst genoteerd aan de London Stock Exchange. Latere overnames waren onder meer Howells (1972) en Army & Navy Stores (1973).

In 1985 verwierd de familie Al Fayed  de groep voor £ 615 miljoen, en in 1995 werd het opgenomen in de FTSE Index als House of Fraser plc. en werd het warenhuis Harrods privébezit van de Al Fayeds. In de jaren negentig werden verschillende winkels gesloten en werden vijftien winkels ondergebracht in een joint venture met British Land Company, die vervolgens onder hun oude naam actief bleven. De voormalige winkel van de Harrods-groep, D H Evans in Oxford Street, Londen, werd in 2001 omgedoopt tot House of Fraser en werd de vlaggenschipwinkel van de keten.

In 2005 verwierf het de warenhuisgroep Jenners (£ 46 miljoen) en de warenhuisgroe Beatties (£ 69 miljoen). In 2006 werd het bedrijf overgenomen door een consortium van investeerders (Highland Group Holdings), waaronder het IJslandse Landsbanki (35%). In 2007 werd een online winkel gelanceerd. In 2014 werd de groep (als Highland Group Holdings Ltd) voor ongeveer £ 480 miljoen verkocht aan Nanjing Xinjiekou Department Store Co. (Sanpower Group), een toonaangevende keten van Chinese warenhuizen.

Er werden filialen geopend in de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten. Een filiaal in het winkelcentrum Yas Mall en een filiaal in het WTC van Abu Dhabi. Dit laatste filiaal was het eerste filiaal buiten het Verenigd Koninkrijk en Ierland en werd geopend in oktober 2013. In april 2016 werd het filiaal gesloten.

In 2016 werd het eerste House of Fraser in China geopend in Nanjing met een oppervlakte van bijna 42.000m². Daarna werden in het derde kwartaal 2017 winkels geopend in Xuzhou en Chongqing. De planning was om 30 House of Fraser-winkels te openen in China.

In mei 2018 vroeg de groep surseance van betaling aan en in juni werd de sluiting van 31 winkels aangekondigd. Op 10 augustus 2018 stemde de Sports Direct- keten van Mike Ashley ermee in om het bedrijf (winkels, voorraad, merk) te kopen voor £ 90 miljoen nadat de keten eerder die dag in faillissement was gegaan.

Geschiedenis

De vroege jaren
Het bedrijf werd in 1849 opgericht door Hugh Fraser en James Arthur als een kleine textielwinkel op de hoek van Argyle Street en Buchanan Street in Glasgow, Schotland, handelend onder de naam Arthur and Fraser.

Hugh Fraser was in de leer geweest bij Stewart & McDonald Ltd, een textielmagazijn in Glasgow, waar hij opklom tot magazijnbeheerder en van waaruit hij veel van de eerste klanten haalde.

James Arthur had ook een detailhandel in gordijnen in Paisley, in de buurt van Glasgow: hij stelde een manager aan om toezicht te houden op de activiteiten in Paisley terwijl hij zich concentreerde op zijn nieuwe bedrijf.

Het bedrijf vestigde een groothandel in aangrenzende panden in Argyle Street. In 1856 verhuisde de groothandel naar een grotere locatie in Miller Street, Glasgow, en begon handel te drijven onder de naam Arthur & Co. De detailhandel breidde het bedrijf uit naar de leegstaande gebouwen die door de groothandel waren achtergelaten.

Tijdens de late jaren 1850 en vroege jaren 1860 werd de detailhandel geleid door een professionele manager - eerst Thomas Kirkpatrick en vervolgens Alexander McLaren. In 1865 werd het partnerschap tussen de partners ontbonden en nam Fraser de controle over de detailhandel over, terwijl Arthur achter bleef met de groothandel. In 1865 werd McLaren partner van de detailhandel en werd de naam gewijzigd in Fraser & McLaren.

Fraser & Sons
Toen oprichter Hugh Fraser in 1873 stierf, verwierven zijn drie oudste zonen, James, John en Hugh, een aandeel in het bedrijf. James en John Fraser waren aanvankelijk directeuren in het bedrijf en namen Alexander McLaren en later John Towers in dienst om het voor hen te leiden. In 1891 sloot Hugh zich ook aan bij het samenwerkingsverband dat toen Fraser & Sons heette.

In 1879 werd de huidige vlaggenschipwinkel aan Oxford Street in Londen geopend door Dan Harries Evans, een 23-jarige uit Whitemill in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Hij was eerder in de leer geweest bij een stoffenhandelaar in Forest Hamlet nabij Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Hij verhuisde in 1878 naar Londen om zijn eigen bedrijf op te zetten op Westminster Bridge Road. De winkel handelde tot 2001 onder de naam D H Evans.

Tegen 1900 had Hugh Fraser II de leiding: hij vormde het bedrijf om tot Fraser & Sons Ltd in 1909 en introduceerde het beroemde hertenkopmotief.

Nadat Hugh Fraser II in 1927 stierf, werd zijn zoon Hugh Fraser III, een accountant, voorzitter van het bedrijf. Hij opende nieuwe afdelingen, vergrootte de tearoom, opende een restaurant en begon ook te kijken naar mogelijke overnames. In 1936 kocht hij Arnott & Co Ltd. en zijn buurman Robert Simpson & Sons Ltd in de nabijgelegen Argyle Street, en fuseerde de bedrijven om synergievoordelen te behalen. In 1948 werd het bedrijf voor het eerst genoteerd aan de London Stock Exchange als House of Fraser.

Jaren 50 tot 70

In 1951 kocht het bedrijf McDonald's Ltd en daarmee een filiaal in Harrogate. Fraser kocht vervolgens de Scottish Drapery Corporation in 1952, gevolgd door de in Sunderland gevestigde Binns-winkelgroep in 1953.

Fraser verkocht de eigendommen aan verzekeringsmaatschappijen en huurde ze vervolgens tegen gunstige tarieven lange tijd terug. Hierdoor werd kapitaal vrijgemaakt voor de aankoop van nieuwe panden en de modernisering van bestaande winkels. In 1957 werd de winkelgroep van John Barker & Co Ltd uit Kensington overgenomen en in 1959 kwamen ook Harrods en Dickins & Jones  bij de groep.

Sir Hugh Fraser volgde zijn vader op als voorzitter van het bedrijf toen zijn vader stierf in 1966.  Sir Hugh zette de uitbreiding van het bedrijf voort in 1969 met de overname van J J Allen Ltd, een in Bournemouth gevestigde groep.

In de jaren zeventig verwierf de House of Fraser Group meer bedrijven, waaronder T. Baird & Sons Ltd uit Schotland, Switzer & Co. Ltd uit Dublin, Ierland, en E. Dingle & Co. Ltd, Chiesmans Ltd, Hide & Co en de Army & Navy Stores in Zuid-Engeland. Daarnaast werden meer dan 50 onafhankelijke winkels overgenomen gedurende het decennium. In 1973 overwoog de House of Fraser Group een fusie met het Britse apotheekbedrijf Boots, welke zelfs leidde tot schriftelijke vragen in het House of Commons. In 1974 besloot de regering de voorgenomen fusie te verbieden

1980-1985
In 1981 volgde prof. Roland Smith Sir Hugh Fraser op als voorzitter. Een overnamebod van Lonrho werd doorverwezen naar de mededingingsautoriteit en in strijd met het algemeen belang verklaard. Tussen 1980 en 1984 werden vier nieuwe winkels geopend, waaronder D H Evans in Wood Green, Noord-Londen in 1980, Dickins & Jones in Milton Keynes in 1981, Frasers in Perth in april 1984, en Army & Navy in Epsom, Surrey in mei 1984.

Het bedrijf, tegen die tijd handelend onder de naam House of Fraser PLC, diversifieerde in sportartikelen onder de naam Astral Sports and Leisure (later verkocht aan Sears plc, eigendom van de Olympus Sport-divisie) en in begrafenissen met Wylie & Lochhead. Het lanceerde ook het 'You'-assortiment van cosmetica- en juwelierszaken, en in 1985 verwierf het Turnbull & Asser Holdings Ltd, overhemdenmakers in Jermyn Street, Londen en Kurt Geiger Holdings Ltd, schoenenwinkels. Andere ontwikkelingen in de jaren tachtig waren de introductie van het 'Lifestyle' assortiment en een enorme investering in landelijke winkelrenovaties. In 1983 introduceerde het bedrijf de Frasercard (later omgedoopt tot Recognition), geldig in alle winkels en beheerd vanuit een centrale faciliteit in Swindon.

1985-2006: Al Fayed eigendom
In 1985 kocht de familie Al Fayed het bedrijf voor £ 615 miljoen. De Al Fayeds steunden de voortdurende expansie van het bedrijf en vervingen het logo van het hertshoofd door een hert dat uit een groene driehoek springt met uithangborden uit deze periode met een dubbellaags san serif-lettertype. In 1988 werd een strategisch businessplan voor vijf jaar aangekondigd waarin de winkels werden gerationaliseerd. Kleine takken moesten worden opgegeven en vervangen door grotere eenheden.

In september 1990 werden twee nieuwe warenhuizen geopend, een House of Fraser in het Meadowhall Shopping Center in Sheffield en Schofields in Leeds. In 1991 werd een nieuwe House of Fraser-winkel geopend in het Lakeside Shopping Center in West Thurrock, Essex.

In 1994, voordat House of Fraser PLC opnieuw op de London Stock Exchange werd genoteerd, werd Harrods uit de Groep gehaald, zodat het in privé-eigendom kon blijven van de familie Al Fayed. John Coleman, die in 1996 werd benoemd tot CEO van de House of Fraser Group, lanceerde het merk Linea in 1997, samen met Platinum and Fraser het jaar daarop. Het logo van House of Fraser werd in 1996 herzien, waarbij het springende hert nu over een "F"-schaduw gaat en uithangborden met een schreeflettertype. Er waren veel winkelsluitingen in deze periode, waaronder de sluiting van filialen in onder meer Sheffield (House of Fraser), Newcastle (Binns), Sunderland (Binns), Bradford (Rackhams) en Leeds (Schofields, dat slechts zes jaar na opening alweer werd gesloten), met het verlies van ongeveer 1.000 banen.

House of Fraser richtte in 1999 BL Fraser op, een 50-50 joint venture met de British Land Company, om 15 House of Fraser-winkels te kopen die door House of Fraser geëxploiteerd zouden blijven worden.  In het jaar 2000 voegde Hpouse of Fraser een aantal huismerken toe aan het assortiment. Het bedrijf voegde in 2000 huismerk toe met House of Fraser-dameskleding, The Collection-herenkleding en een Linea Home.

In 2003 deed Tom Hunter een vijandig bod op de Groep, met de mogelijke bedoeling om te fuseren met Allders, een ander warenhuis waarin hij aandelen had. Daarnaast was er een grote vermindering van het aantal House of Fraser-winkels in Schotland, waaronder de verkoop of sluiting van filialen in Aberdeen (Frasers), Dundee (Arnotts), Inverness (Frasers), Paisley (Arnotts) en Perth (Frasers).

2005 was een jaar van groei voor House of Fraser met de overname van de vier Jenners-warenhuizen in april voor £ 46 miljoen,  en Beatties, een voornamelijk in Midlands gevestigde warenhuisketen met 12 locaties, voor £ 69,3 miljoen in de zomer van 2005. Naast het kopen van bedrijven zette House of Fraser zijn eigen uitbreidingsprogramma voort en opende het nog een aantal winkels, waaronder de eerste winkel buiten het Verenigd Koninkrijk (sinds de verkoop van de Switzer-activiteiten in Ierland in 1991) in het Dundrum Town Centre, Dublin, Ierland.  evenals winkels in Maidstone en Norwich .

In 2006 consolideerde het bedrijf zijn warenhuisportfolio door op 2 januari 2006 de 135 jaar oude Barkers-vestiging in Kensington High Street te sluiten en op 14 januari 2006 zijn Dickins & Jones-winkel in Regent Street in Londen na een aanzienlijke toename van de huur. Bovendien sloot het bedrijf Beatties in Birmingham in januari 2006.

2006-2014: Highland Group Holdings

In februari 2006 kondigde de Groep aan dat het een voorlopig bod had ontvangen ter waarde van £ 300 miljoen van het Highland-consortium. In augustus 2006 bevestigde House of Fraser een definitief overnamebod van het Highland-consortium te hebben gekregen, dat het bedrijf in november 2006 voor £ 351,4 miljoen verwierf. Highland Group Holdings Limited was voor 35% eigendom van Landsbanki. Als onderdeel van de overname door Highland werden alle merknamen voor hun winkels, inclusief de meeste Beatties-filialen, omgedoopt tot House of Fraser, uitgezonderd de Jenners-filialen. Het logo met het hert zou verdwijnen en een nieuw schreefloos lettertype werd geïntroduceerd.

In september 2007 lanceerde House of Fraser zijn online winkel.

Het bedrijf had in 2008 vier grote openingen, waaronder de eerste winkel in Noord-Ierland in het nieuw gebouwde Victoria Square Shopping Centre in Belfast in maart. Met een oppervlakte van 11.000 m²  was het de grootste winkel die House of Fraser in het Verenigd Kononkrijk had geopend (in plaats van overgenomen). Eveneens in maart 2008 opende het bedrijf een 8.800 m² grootte winkel in High Wycombe. Op 25 september 2008 opende het bedrijf een 9.300 m² grootte winkel in het nieuw ontwikkelde Cabot Circus in Bristol, en op 30 oktober 2008 werd een 6.500 m² grootte vestiging in Westfield London geopend.

House of Fraser lanceerde HouseofFraser.com "Buy & Collect" conceptwinkel in oktober 2011 met zijn eerste locatie in Aberdeen. Een andere locatie, in Liverpool, werd in 2012 geopend. Deze kleine winkels waren uitgerust met computerterminals zodat klanten konden bestellen via de website van House of Fraser. Beide winkels werden in de zomer van 2016 gesloten.

In december 2013 werden er gesprekken gevoerd over de overname van House of Fraser door het Franse warenhuis Galeries Lafayette, terwijl House of Fraser in de zomer van 2014 ook nog eens onderzoek deed naar een beursgang op de London Stock Exchange als de overname zou worden stopgezet.

2014–2018: eigendom van de Sanpower Group
Op 2 september 2014 kondigde Don McCarthy, aftredend CEO van House of Fraser de voltooiing aan van de verkoop van 100% van de preferente gewone aandelen en gewone B-aandelen en ongeveer 89% van de gewone A-aandelen en preferente aandelen van Highland Group Holdings Ltd, aan Nanjing Xinjiekou Department Store Co, een toonaangevende keten van Chinese warenhuizen en onderdeel van de Sanpower Group, voor een ondernemingswaarde van ongeveer £ 480 miljoen. Hiermee was een bedrag van £ 450 miljoen gemoeid.

In 2017 werd een nieuw warenhuis geopend in de ontwikkeling van Rushden Lakes in Rushden, Northamptonshire . De sluiting van House of Fraser Outlet in Leicester vond ook plaats in de loop van het jaar en een nieuwe sluiting, in Aylesbury, werd aangekondigd voor 2018, maar dit is nooit gerealiseerd na de overname door Sports Direct International . Een nieuwe winkel in Chester werd aangekondigd in februari 2017 en de bouw zou medio 2018 starten. Later in 2018 werd aangekondigd dat House of Fraser zich terugtrok uit deze plannen vanwege hun financiële problemen.

2018: Uitstel van betaling
Op 2 mei 2018 kondigde het bedrijf aan dat het een voorwaardelijke verkoop zou aangaan van een meerderheidsbelang in het bedrijf aan Nanjing Cenbest (een andere dochteronderneming van Sanpower Group) aan Hamleys-eigenaar C.banner, een ander Chinees bedrijf. Voorwaarde voor de verkoop was dat het bedrijf zijn bestaande warenhuizenportfolio en kostenbasis stroomlijnde. Op dezelfde dag is het voornemen bekend gemaakt om een vrijwilige vertrekregeling te lanceren. Later trok C.banner zich echter terug.

Op 7 juni 2018 kondigde het bedrijf aan dat het 31 van zijn 58 winkels in het Verenigd Koninkrijk zou sluiten:

Altrincham • Aylesbury • Birkenhead • Birmingham • Bournemouth • Camberley • Cardiff • Carlisle • Chichester • Cirencester • Cwmbran • Darlington • Doncaster • Edinburgh Frasers • Epsom • Grimsby • High Wycombe • Hull • Leamington Spa • Lincoln • London Oxford Street • London King William Straat • Middlesbrough • Milton Keynes • Plymouth • Shrewsbury • Skipton • Swindon • Telford • Wolverhampton • Worcester.

Hieronder waren de vlaggenschipwinkel aan Oxford Street en de grootste winkel in Birmingham, die in januari 2019 gesloten werden. Richard Lim van Retail Economics zei dat het "moeilijk bleef om met enige zekerheid te weten wat er daarna zal gebeuren bij House of Fraser", maar dat het zonder externe financiering binnen een paar weken onvermijdelijk failliet zou gaan.  Vóór de voorgenomen sluitingen had het bedrijf direct 6.000 mensen in dienst en nog eens 11.500 via concessies. .Met de daaropvolgende uitstel van betaling van het bedrijf kwam abrupt een einde aan de vrijwillige vertrekregeling en de bijbehorende herstructureringsplannen (inclusief de eerder aangekondigde winkelsluitingen).

2018–heden: Sports Direct en de Frasers Group PLC
Op 10 augustus 2018 kreeg House of Fraser uitstel van betaling. Later die dag stemde Sports Direct (nu Frasers Group ) ermee in om de activa van het bedrijf - de House of Fraser-winkels, het merk en de voorraad - te kopen voor £ 90 miljoen in contanten. Kort na de overname werden veel winkelsluitingen aangekondigd, waaronder de winkels in Manchester Nottingham, Lakeside, Gateshead en Norwich. Na maandenlange onderhandelingen werden echter bijna alle winkels gered, met uitzondering van de filialen Shrewsbury, Cirencester, Edinburgh Frasers, Chichester en London King William Street, die allemaal in december 2018 en januari 2019 werden gesloten.

In oktober 2018 kocht Frasers Group plc het iconische Frasers-gebouw in Glasgow voor £ 95 miljoen en beloofde het gebouw in zijn oude glorie te herstellen.

Op 14 juni 2019 werd bevestigd dat de winkel in Hull, die in december bijna gesloten was, in de zomer van 2019 zou sluiten omdat er geen overeenstemming werd bereikt over de herontwikkeling van deze locatie.

Op 26 juli 2019 werd bekend dat Sports Direct een rekening van £ 605 miljoen had ontvangen van de Belgische belastingdienst. De retailer weerlegde de beweringen en de zaak werd in januari 2020 opgelost. Sports Direct beschreef de problemen bij House of Fraser als "niets minder dan terminaal". De kosten om de groep draaiende te houden waren op dat moment £ 51 miljoen. De eigenaar zei dat er nog meer winkelsluitingen zouden komen en voegde eraan toe dat er een aantal winkels waren die, ondanks het betalen van geen huur, nog steeds onrendabel waren. De CEO van Sports Direct, Mike Ashley, schreef de ineenstorting van House of Fraser toe aan de "incompetentie van het vorige management".

In de tussentijdse resultaten van Frasers Group plc in december 2019 gaf de groep aan dat er tekenen van herstel te zien waren naarmate het bedrijf integreerde in de groep en nieuwe disciplines, ervaring en vaardigheden werden ingebracht om een ommekeer te bewerkstelligen. De groep gaf ook aan dat het de strategie van Frasers is om een superieure winkelervaring voor de consument te creëren, die als eerste zal worden doorgevoerd door de oorspronkelijke Frasers in Glasgow.

Filialen

Huidige filialen
Alle winkels handelen als House of Fraser, tenzij anders vermeld (november 2019):

 Altrincham, Rackhams (voorheen Brown Muff, geopend 1978)
 Aylesbury (voorheen Beatties  verworven 2005)
 Balloch, Loch Lomond Shores, Jenners (verworven in 2005)
 Bath, Jollys (verworven 1971)
 Belfast (geopend 2008)
 Birmingham (voorheen Rackhams; verworven 1959)
 Bluewater (geopend 1999)
 Bournemouth (voorheen Dingles, en oorspronkelijk Brights; verworven 1969)
 Bristol (geopend 2008)
 Camberley (voorheen Army & Navy, en oorspronkelijk William Harvey; verworven 1973)
 Cardiff (voorheen Howells / James Howell & Co.; verworven 1972)
 Carlisle (voorheen Binns, en oorspronkelijk Robinson Brothers; verworven 1953)
 Cheltenham, Cavendish House (verworven 1969)
 Croydon (geopend 2004)
 Cwmbran (voorheen David Evans; verworven 1977)
 Darlington, Binns (voorheen Arthur Sanders; verworven 1953)
 Doncaster, House of Fraser Outlet (voorheen Binns, daarvoor Owen Owen en oorspronkelijk Verity & Sons; verworven 1976)
 Edinburgh, Jenners (verworven 2005)
 Epsom (voorheen Dickins & Jones en oorspronkelijk Army & Navy; geopend 1984)
 Gateshead, MetroCentre (geopend 1986)
 Glasgow, Frasers (voorheen McDonalds, Wylie & Lochhead en oorspronkelijk de afzonderlijke winkels van McDonalds en Wylie & Lochhead; verworven respectievelijk 1951 en 1957)
 Guildford (voorheen Army & Navy, en oorspronkelijk William Harvey; verworven 1973)
 High Wycombe (geopend 2008)
 Huddersfield (voorheen Beatties; verworven 2005)
 Leamington Spa (voorheen Rackhams, voorafgaand aan dat Army & Navy, en oorspronkelijk Burgis & Colbourne; verworven 1973)
 Leeds (voorheen Rackhams, daarvoor het tijdelijke pand van Schofields, en oorspronkelijk de Leeds tak van Woolworths ; verworven 1988)
 Lincoln (voorheen Binns, en oorspronkelijk Mawer & Collingham ; verworven 1980)
 Maidstone (geopend 2005)
 Manchester (voorheen Kendals / Kendal Milne & Co .; verworven 1959)
 Middlesbrough (voorheen Binns, en oorspronkelijk Thomas Jones; verworven 1953)
 Norwich (geopend 2005)
 Nottingham (geopend 1997)
 Oxford Street, Londen (voorheen DH Evans; verworven 1959)
 Plymouth (voorheen Dingles / E Dingle & Co; verworven 1971)
 Reading (geopend 1999)
 Richmond (voorheen Dickins & Jones, geopend in 1970 op het terrein van Gosling & Sons, verworven in 1957)
 Rushden, Rushden Lakes (geopend 2017)
 Sheffield, Meadowhall (geopend 1990)
 Solihull (voorheen Beatties; verworven 2005)
 Sutton Coldfield (voorheen Beatties; verworven 2005)
 Swindon, House of Fraser Outlet (voorheen House of Fraser; geopend 1996)
 Telford (voorheen Beatties; verworven 2005)
 Victoria Street, Londen (voorheen Army & Navy / Army & Navy Stores; verworven 1973)
 West Thurrock, Lakeside (geopend 1991)
 White City, Westfield London (geopend 2008)
 Wolverhampton, Beatties (verworven in 2005)
 Worcester (voorheen Beatties; verworven 2005)

Frasers
In mei 2019 werd in de pers vermeld dat Mike Ashley van plan was de volgende generatie lifestyle-winkels te openen, genaamd Frasers. De strategie van Frasers is om de consument een superieure winkelervaring  te laten beleven.  Het concept werd als eerste uitgerold in de oorspronkelijke Frasers in Glasgow. Frasers zal openen op nieuwe locaties, evenals enkele voormalige House of Fraser-winkels; in januari 2020 werd aangekondigd dat House of Fraser Meadowhall een aanzienlijke investering zou ontvangen voor de ombouw tot Frasers-winkel. Frasers-winkels worden gepositioneerd aan de luxe kant van de markt en richten zich op merken, ervaringen en diensten. Het project wordt geleid door Michael Murray, Head of Elevation van de groep. Naast de vlaggenschiplocatie in Glasgow werd op 8 mei 2019 de geplande ombouw van de House of Fraser in Belfast naar het Frasers-formaat bevestigd. Er werd ook een winkel geopend in Liverpool. Op 3 oktober 2019 werd aangekondigd dat een nieuwe Frasers-winkel van 8.700 m² in het Mander Centre in Wolverhampton zou worden geopend in een pand dat begin 2020 door Debenhams zou worden ontruimd. Tegelijkertijd werd de sluiting van de Beatties-winkel van 34.900 m2 bevestigd.

Toekomstige sluitingen
De volgende vestigingen zijn gepland voor definitieve sluiting (vanaf augustus 2020).

 Altrincham, Rackhams
 Lincoln
 Richmond
 White City, Westfield Londen
 Wolverhampton, Beatties (verhuizen naar The Mander Centre, als onderdeel van een bredere Frasers-conceptstore met Sports Direct, FLANNELS en Costa Coffee).

Naast de bevestigde sluitingen onderzoeken veel verhuurders van House of Fraser momenteel alternatieve toepassingen voor locaties die door de groep worden bezet. Deze omvatten warenhuizen in Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh (Jenners), Guildford, High Wycombe, Londen (Oxford Street), Middlesbrough, Plymouth en Reading.

Voormalige regionale groepen
House of Fraser handelde voorheen onder veel verschillende, lang gevestigde merknamen. Een aantal regionale winkelgroepen werd verworven en vervolgens uitgebreid of samengevoegd. De groepen Arnotts en Frasers zijn vanaf nul door House of Fraser opgericht. De belangrijkste groepen waren:

 Army & Navy, Victoria Street, Londen en Zuidoost-Engeland;
 Arnotts, middelgrote winkels in Glasgow en in Schotland;
 Beatties, winkels gevestigd in de Midlands. House of Fraser blijft handelen als Beatties in Wolverhampton.;
 Binns, Sunderland, het noorden en oosten van Engeland;
 Dickins & Jones, Regent Street, Londen en omgeving;
 Dingles, Plymouth en Zuidwest-Engeland;
 David Evans, Swansea en Zuid-Wales;
 Frasers, luxe winkels in Glasgow en andere belangrijke Schotse steden;
 Rackhams, Birmingham, de Midlands en het noorden van Engeland. House of Fraser blijft handelen als Rackhams in Altrincham.

Voormalige onderdelen
In de loop der jaren zijn er toentallen warenhuizen gesloten of handelen niet langer als onderdeel van het bedrijf.

 Aberdeen, Arnotts (voormalig Isaac Benzie)
 Aberdeen, Frasers (voormalig Falconers / John Falconer; gesloten in 2002)
 Aberdeen, A & R Milne
 Aberdeen, Reid & Pearson
 Aberdeen, R J Smith
 Aberdeen, Watt & Grant
 Airdrie, Arnotts (voormalig Bairds)
 Aldershot, Army & Navy (voormalig Thomas White)
 Arbroath, Arnotts (voormalig Soutars)
 Aviemore, Arnotts
 Banff, Arnotts (voormalig Benzie & Miller, en oorspronkelijk Rankin & Co.)
 Basildon, Army & Navy (voormalig Taylors)
 Bath, Cavendish House (samengegaan met Jollys)
 Bellshill, Arnotts (voormalig Bairds)
 Bingley, Brown Muff (voormalig Pratts)
 Birkenhead, House of Fraser (voormalig Beatties, oorspronkelijk Allansons; overgenomen in 2005; gesloten op 25 maart 2020)
 Birmingham, Beatties (de voormalig Birmingham-vestiging van C & A; gesloten in 2006)
 Blackpool, Binns (voormalig R H O Hills)
 Bournemouth, J J Allen
 Bradford, Rackhams (voormalig Brown Muff / Brown, Muff & Co.; gesloten in 1995)
 Bridgwater, Dingles
 Bridlington, Binns (voormalig Hammonds, oorspronkelijk Carltons; gesloten in 1995)
 Brigg, Binns (voormalig Lacey & Clark)
 Bristol, Dingles (voormalig Brights, daarvoor de voormalige Bristol-vestiging van Bobby & Co., oorspronkelijk John Cordeux & Sons)
 Bristol, House of Fraser (voormalig Bentalls, daarvoor John Lewis, oorspronkelijk de Bristol-vestiging of Lewis's; gesloten in 2008)
 Bristol, Jollys
 Bromley, Army & Navy (voormalig Harrison Gibson; gesloten in 2004)
 Burton upon Trent, Beatties (overgenomen in 2005, gesloten op 29 september 2012)
 Cardiff, Seccombes
 Chichester, House of Fraser (voormalig Army & Navy, oorspronkelijk J D Morant; overgenomen in 1973; gesloten op 26 januari 2019)
 Cirencester, House of Fraser (voormalig Rackhams, oorspronkelijk Frederick Boulton; overgenomen in 1975; gesloten op 5 januari 2019)
 Coatbridge, Arnotts (voormalig Bairds)
 Crouch End, James H Wilson
 Dingwall, Arnotts (voormalig Alexander Henderson)
 Doncaster, Brown Muff
 Dorchester, Dingles (voormalig Army & Navy, and originally Genge & Co.)
 Drumchapel, Arnotts (voormalig Thomas Muirhead, relocated from Glasgow)
 Dudley, Beatties (gesloten 2010)
 Dumfries, Binns (voormalig Robinson Brothers)
 Dundee, Arnotts (voormalig D M Brown; gesloten in 2002)
 Dundee, Alexander Ewing & Co.
 Dundrum, House of Fraser (opened 2005; gesloten in 2020)
 Eastbourne, Army & Navy (voormalig Barkers, oorspronkelijk Dale & Kerley; gesloten in 1997)
 East Kilbride, Arnotts (voormalig Bairds)
 Edinburgh, Peter Allan
 Edinburgh, Arnotts (voormalig J & R Allan)
 Edinburgh, Arnotts (voormalig Patrick Thomson)
 Edinburgh, J D Blair & Son
 Edinburgh, Darling & Co.
 Edinburgh, Frasers (voormalig Binns, oorspronkelijk Robert Maule & Son; overgenomen in 1953; gesloten op 10 november 2018)
 Edinburgh, William Small & Sons
 Elgin, Arnotts (voormalig Benzie & Miller, oorspronkelijk A L Ramsay & Son)
 Epsom, Army & Navy (voormalig Chiesmans, oorspronkelijk Reids / H L Reid & Co.; overgenomen in 1975; gesloten in 1984)
 Evesham, Rightons
 Exeter, House of Fraser (voormalig Dingles, oorspronkelijk Colsons; overgenomen in 1969; gesloten op 2 november 2019)
 Falkirk, Arnotts (voormalig Bairds)
 Falmouth, Dingles (voormalig Cox & Horder)
 Fraserburgh, Benzie & Miller (overgenomen in 1958; gesloten in 1968)
 Glasgow, Arnotts (voormalig Arnott Simpson, oorspronkelijk Arnott & Co. en Robert Simpson & Sons)
 Glasgow, Copland & Lye
 Glasgow, Dallas's
 Glasgow, Dalys
 Glasgow, Duncans
 Glasgow, Fraser, Sons & Co. (gesloten in 1975; verkocht aan tegenovergelegenMcDonald's Wylie & Lochhead)
 Glasgow, Pettigrew & Stephens
 Glasgow, Thomas Muirhead (verhuisd naar Drumchapel)
 Glasgow, Wood & Selby
 Gravesend, Army & Navy (voormalig Chiesmans, oorspronkelijk Bon Marche)
 Greenock, Arnotts (voormalig D & A Prentice)
 Greenock, J & S Shannon
 Grimsby, House of Fraser (voormalig Binns, oorspronkelijk Guy & Smith; overgenomen in 1969; gesloten in 2020)
 Harrogate, Binns (voormalig Edward J Clarke)
 Harrogate, Schofields (voormalig Cresta House, oorspronkelijk de Harrogate-vestiging van Marshall & Snelgrove)
 Helston, Dingles (voormalig B Thomas)
 Hove, Army & Navy (voormalig Chiesmans, daarvoor Stuart Norris, oorspronkelijk Driscolls)
 Hull, House of Fraser (voormalig Hammonds; overgenomen in 1972; gesloten op 4 augustus 2019)
 Ilford, Army & Navy (voormalig Chiesmans, oorspronkelijk Burnes)
 Inverness, Arnotts (voormalig Benzie & Miller, oorspronkelijk Young & Chapman; overgenomen in 1958; gesloten in 2003)
 Irvine, Arnotts
 Islington, T R Roberts
 Kensington, Barkers / John Barker & Co. (overgenomen in 1957; gesloten in 2006)
 Kensington, Derry & Toms (overgenomen in 1957; gesloten in 1973)
 Kensington, Pontings / Ponting Brothers (overgenomen in 1957; gesloten in 1970)
 Kilmarnock, Arnotts (voormalig Frasers, oorspronkelijk Hugh Lauder & Co.)
 Kingston upon Thames, Army & Navy (voormalig Chiesmans, oorspronkelijk Hide & Co.)
 King William Street, London, House of Fraser (geopend in 2003; gesloten op 29 december 2018)
 Kirkcaldy, Arnotts (voormalig Sutters)
 Leeds, Schofields (gesloten in 1996)
 Leicester, House of Fraser Outlet (voormalig Rackhams; geiopend in 1991; gesloten in 2017)
 Leicester, Rackhams (voormalig Morgan Squire; overgenomen in 1969; gesloten in 1990)
 Lewisham, Army & Navy (voormalig Chiesmans)
 Liverpool, Binns (voormalig Hendersons / William Henderson & Sons)
 Liverpool, House of Fraser.com (geopend in 2011; gesloten in 2013)
 Maidstone, Army & Navy (voormalig T C Dunning & Son; gesloten 2005)
 Maidstone, Chiesmans (voormalig Denniss Paine)
 Milton Keynes, House of Fraser (voormalig Dickins & Jones; geopend in 1981; gesloten op 1 februari 2020)
 Motherwell, Arnotts (voormalig Bairds)
 Newcastle upon Tyne, Binns (voormalig James Coxon; gesloten 1994)
 Newport, Isle of Wight, Army & Navy (voormalig Chiesmans, oorspronkelijk Morris / Edward Morris)
 Newquay, Dingles (voormalig Hawke & Thomas)
 Newton Abbot, Dingles (voormalig William Badcock & Son)
 Newton Abbot, J F Rockhey
 Newton Abbot, Henry Warren & Son
 Northampton, House of Fraser (voormalig Beatties; overgenomen in 2005; gesloten 2014)
 Oswestry, Rackhams (voormalig Bradleys)
 Oxford, Webbers (gesloten 1971)
 Paisley, Arnotts (voormalig Robert Cochran & Son; gesloten 2003)
 Paisley, Fraser & Love
 Penzance, Dingles (voormalig John Polglase)
 Perth, Frasers (geopend in 1984; gesloten in 2002)
 Perth, Gordon & Stanfield
 Perth, D A Wallace & Co.
 Peterhead, Benzie & Miller (verwoest bij brand in 1977)
 Plymouth, Pophams
 Port Glasgow, Bairds
 Port Talbot, David Evans (voormalig W J Williams)
 Portsmouth, Army & Navy (voormalig John Anstiss)
 Regent Street, London, Dickins & Jones (overgenomen in 1959; gesloten in 2006)
 Rochester, Army & Navy (voormalig Chiesmans, oorspronkelijk Leonards)
 St Albans, Army & Navy (voormalig W S Green)
 Salisbury, Dingles (voormalig Clark & Lonnen)
 Scunthorpe, Binns (geopend in 1974; gesloten in 1997)
 Sheffield, House of Fraser (voormalig Rackhams, oorspronkelijk Walshs / John Walsh; overgenomen in 1959; gesloten in 1998)
 Shotts, Arnotts (voormalig Bairds)
 Shrewsbury, Grocott & Co.
 Shrewsbury, House of Fraser (voormalig Rackhams, oorspronkelijk Joseph Della Porta; overgenomen in 1975; gesloten op 12 januari 2019)
 Skipton, Rackhams (voormalig Brown Muff, oorspronkelijk Amblers; overgenomen in 1977, gesloten op 6 december 2019)
 Southend-on-Sea, Army & Navy (voormalig Chiesmans, voormalig Southend-filiaal van J R Roberts)
 Southport, Binns (voormalig Alexanders)
 South Shields, Binns (voormalig Fowler & Brock; overgenomen in 1953; gesloten in 1995)
 Spalding, Berrills
 Sunderland, Binns (overgenomen in 1953; gesloten in 1993)
 Swansea, David Evans (overgenomen in 1977; gesloten in 2005)
 Torquay, Dingles (voormalig J F Rockhey)
 Trowbridge, Dingles (voormalig Fear Hill)
 Truro, Dingles (voormalig Criddle & Smith)
 Tunbridge Wells, Army & Navy (voormalig Chiesmans, oorspronkelijk Waymarks)
 Upton Park, Army & Navy (voormalig Chiesmans, daarvoor The John Lewis Store of Upton Park oorspronkelijk John Lewis & Co.)
 Wells, Dingles (voormalig Fear Hill, oorspronkelijk Edwin Henley)
 West Hartlepool, Binns (voormalig Gray Peverell; gesloten in 1994)
 Whifflet, Arnotts (voormalig Bairds)
 Winchester, Army & Navy (voormalig Chiesmans)
 Wishaw, Arnotts (voormalig Bairds / T Baird & Sons)
 Wolverhampton, Rackhams (voormalig Army & Navy, oorspronkelijk Thomas Clarkson & Sons)
 Wood Green, A Barton & Co.
 Wood Green, D H Evans
 Yeovil, Dingles (voormalig Gamis's)

De volgende warenhuizen werden afgesplitst of verkocht als lopend bedrijf:

 Ayr: David Hourston & Sons (voor de verkoop handelend als Arnotts)
 Belfast, Robertson Ledlie Ferguson & Co.
 Kopenhagen: A C Illum
 Cork: Cashs (tegenwoordig Brown Thomas)
 Cork: Robertson Ledlie Ferguson & Co.
 Dublin: Switzer & Co.
 Galway: Moons (now Brown Thomas)
 Glasgow: Muir Simpson
 Hamilton: Bairds (voor de verkoop handelend als Arnotts)
 Knightsbridge, London: Harrods
 Limerick: Todds (tegenwoordig Brown Thomas)
 Richmond: Wright Brothers
 Stirling: McLachlan & Brown (voor de verkoop handelen als Frasers)
 Waterford: Robertson Ledlie Ferguson & Co.

Externe links
 Officiële website
 Archiefproject House of Fraser, Universiteit van Glasgow
 House of Fraser Archive

Brits bedrijf
Brits warenhuis


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Q: Filter list with Linq I have a class :
public class Car
{
    public string Color { get; set; }

        public string Speed { get; set; }
}

And one instance :
List<Car> Cars = new List<Car>()
{
     new Car()
     {
           Color = "Green".
           Speed = "100"
      },
      new Car()
     {
           Color = "Yellow".
           Speed = "150"
      }
}

I want to filter this List
I do :
List<Car> Conditions = new List<Car>()
{
     new Car()
     {
           Color = "Green".
           Speed = "100"
     },
     new Car()
     {
           Color = "Yellow".
           Speed = "100"
     },
     .......
}

How to browse my list and take only the car which corresponds at least to a condition with Linq?
Here, take only the first index of my list for example
My expected output :
  List<Car> Cars = new List<Car>()
    {
         new Car()
         {
               Color = "Green".
               Speed = "100"
          }
    }

Because Color AND Speed match with one index of Conditions

A: var FilteredCars = Cars
    .Where(car => Conditions.Any(c => car.Color == c.Color && car.Speed == c.Speed));

If Car would override Equals + GetHashCode in this way you could also use this:
var FilteredCars = Cars.Where(Conditions.Contains);

A: If you need set of cars
var result = Cars
    .Where(car=>Conditions.Any(cond=>
        cond.Speed == car.Speed && cond.Color == car.Color)).ToArray();

If you need only one car from set of matches to your condition
var result = Cars
    .FirstOrDefault(car=>Conditions.Any(cond=>
        cond.Speed == car.Speed && cond.Color == car.Color));

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You are here: Home / Entrepreneurship / Why Software Development Can Be Dead-End Job After 40?
Generally, software development is a dead-end job and though we can argue with few examples of programmers but it doesn't happen to most of us.
Generally, software development is a dead-end job and though we can argue sighting examples of few awesome programmers coding even at the age of 60 but it doesn't happen to most of us (the developers).
If you start your job at the age of 25, with 15 years of experience and at the age of 40 your salary will quadruple if each of your increment for 15 years is just 10% and it will be 8 times if all your increments are 15%.
In India, more than 15% increase in salary is quite normal. When I started in 2004 my CTC was ₹96k and it was 6 times when I left 4+ years in 2008. As your salary multiples, you have to make sure your productivity multiplies at the same rate as well.
How is software development a dead-end?
I am in touch with many of my old colleague and 4 of them I know were fired. All had awesome development and debugging skills and I looked up to them to become as good as them.
Few of my college friends foresee similar issue now.
Normally the reason is performance but there is nothing much that can be done about it either.
As your salary increases, you will not be allocated to projects to keep the cost of the project under control.
If you keep your salary under check, it is not possible either because if you don't get satisfactory increments and remain under the same salary bracket for long, it can your performance is not good either.
In either case, you lose the job.
Keep switching jobs every few years. Move to a different technology. If you are doing the same job for the same company for 5 years, you should definitely consider switching because your learning curve has topped out and you are still trying to play it safe which can lead to disaster.
After a couple of years of experience as a developer any time is a good time to quit your job and become a self-employed freelancer but at 40, you aren't too old either to be self-employed.
If you don't quit your job, jobs can quit you.
If you want to quit your job here are 6 steps I used to quit my job.
We always switch jobs for better pay but opt to move to a better technology even if it is at the cost of lower than your current salary. It can help many folds. You learn new technology but it also means your hikes are not making project cost sky rocket and with past development experience you can excel in new technology and can move from being a developer to business development where there is no dead-end.
If you can't increase your productivity, with every salary hike you are increasing your risk of being fired. No company will be more than happy to pay you more for the same work that can be done by someone else at a lower cost.


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Looks like the SCOTUS is stepping into the fray...
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling Monday night in a 5-3 vote, prohibiting the State of Wisconsin from counting mail-in ballots that arrive days after the election. Voting rights groups, state and national
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The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling Monday night in a 5-3 vote, prohibiting the State of Wisconsin from counting mail-in ballots that arrive days after the election.
Voting rights groups, state and national Democratic parties and the League of Women voters sought to extend ballot counting in Wisconsin, according to NBC News. They argued that the coronavirus pandemic presents challenges to voters who wish to vote by mail, but the Supreme Court ruled that citizens have plenty of options if they wish to vote.
"Particularly in a Presidential election, counting all the votes quickly can help the State promptly resolve any disputes, address any need for recounts, and begin the process of canvassing and certifying the election results in an expeditious manner," Justice Brett Kavanaugh said in the opinion.
Kavanaugh also quoted Richard Pildes, a New York University School of Law professor, who wrote in June that counting late votes could cause panic and allegations of a "rigged election."
"If the apparent winner the morning after the election ends up losing due to late-arriving ballots, charges of a rigged election could explode," Pildes wrote in The University of Chicago Law Review. "[The] longer after Election Day any significant changes in vote totals take place, the greater the risk that the losing side will cry that the election has been stolen."
U.S. District Judge William Conley ruled in favor of the plaintiffs and ordered the state to accept ballots up to six days after the election, according to NBC News. However, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the order.
"A last-minute event may require a last-minute reaction. But it is not possible to describe COVID-19 as a last-minute event," the appeals court said, NBC News reported.
Republicans had argued that Wisconsin provides citizens more opportunities to vote than most states including weeks of in-person early voting, according to NBC News.
Justices John Roberts, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas concurred while Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayer and Stephen Breyer dissented.
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Deplorable Yankee
7 days to go for 4 more years baby!
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North Coast, USA
I think this tells us something about the Democrats' internal polling. They want to delay the vote count because they think Trump is going to win in Wisconsin again.
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eagle1462010
Mail in voting should be a vetted process.........and only for people who can't be there to vote in person.
We all know the left pushes this for ballot harvesting......and why they have to be sued to force updating voter rolls............
The post office said they couldn't guarantee timely delivery when millions of votes are cast ......massive amount of more volume than normal.
So the left screams foul when they purposely set up a system guaranteed to CAUSE CHAOS.
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Mad_Jack_Flint
Obiwan said:
If the ballot is not in on November 3rd then it should not be counted!
Everyone of voting age know November 3rd is the final day of voting and anything that come in after that date should not be accepted!!
If you fail to mail in your vote already and fail to vote in person on November 3rd or before ( if you did not mail your vote in ) then there is no one to blame but yourself!
I was thinking why can't we change the election from Election Day to election week starting in 2022 and just have people vote from the first Tuesday of November until the second Tuesday of November which will give every voter a chance to vote in person?
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Muhammed said:
I have Trump winning Wisconsin and I have Biden winning the Electoral College...
Many will disagree with me and come Tuesday I will either be correct in my prediction or will lose two bets but in the end it matter not for me because with either candidate my life keep on moving forward...
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In Alabama the rules applying are the same as before Covid BS...........Absentee ballots are ok and are for certain cercumstances........vetted.
Rest...........if you want to vote ........you WILL DO IT IN PERSON and YOU WILL SHOW AN ID.
Which is how it is supposed to be..........those states using this Mail in Virus to be lazy asses and refusing to vote in person.
Well........if you cry about it .........I don't care......get off your lazy asses and go vote.......I guarantee you have no problem shopping for food in crowds.....so voting in crowds shouldn't be a problem.
Oh well........we all know this an attempt to defraud the election by the left.
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JimBowie1958
I plan to vote tomorrow, God Willing, for the Best President we have had in over 150 years - DONALD J TRUMP!
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Mad_Jack_Flint said:
I may be mistaken, but IIRC, you also predicted that Biden will win Ohio. I'm from Ohio and I just don't see that happening. There is a lot of voter enthusiasm for Trump here, like I've never seen for any political candidate in my life. And I'm not from one of the rural areas, I'm from Toledo, which is traditionally a Democratic party stronghold.
The Democrats don't have the ground game here that they used to have. There hasn't been a single Democrat operative knock on my door to get out the vote this year, when usually they would canvass the area over and over again.
And the tsunami of chartered busses full of non-residents from out of state stopping by early voting sites is down to just a trickle this year. I may be wrong, but I'm thinking that their usual voter fraud antics in Ohio have been significantly mitigated by C-19.
Would you still have Biden winning the EC without Ohio?
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Trump is going to win Ohio by about 5% points.
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Jake Winker Frogen
It is up the the states to decide this.
That is how voting works.
Personally If the vote was submitted before the election day it should be counted, even Gore versus Bush did not dispute that concept, it simply held there is a safe harbour date for counting to end.
In December.
But if the Supreme court is going to backtrack on previous ruling then it is simply begging for it to packed by the Democrats.
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We will see but remember if Biden does win Ohio it mean no path for Trump to win and I have Biden winning Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Arizona while winning all the States Clinton won in 2016.
I believe Trump will win Georgia and Florida while also holding onto Texas and Wisconsin...
So let the see on November 4th or 5th who won if we even know by then...
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JimBowie1958 said:
Double digits wouldn't surprise me.
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JoeB131
Chicago, Chicago, that Toddling Town
No, they are just legitimately worried Trump is trying to sabotage mail in ballots with slow mail service.
How about just counting all the votes?
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Dogbiscuit
JoeB131 said:
Because it would never end, and you know it.
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I agree if the votes aren't counted by the end of the day on Nov 3rd they shouldn't count. Folks have plenty of time to vote. Vote early. That's the way to go.
If they want to change things for 2022 its something to consider.
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kyzr
The AL part of PA
How about they get the votes in on time?
There is no excuse for late ballots.
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So you're saying that, as usual, the Democrats fucked up and came up with a scheme that couldn't get the votes in on time???
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easyt65
Democrats want to use the 8 days after the election to see how far Joe is behind and manufacture that and more to steal the election.
-- There is a reason lmost the rest of the entire world has outlawed Mail-In Ballot voting.
Joe Biden voted himself IN PERSON - no problem with COVID.
There are specific deadlines when votes must be turned in, counted, certified, and given to the Electoral College voters. These deadlines have been used 'forever'. Democrats should know...but after Hillary demonstrated she did not know the Presidency depends on the Electoral College and NOT the popular vote, who the hell knows how intelligent Democrat voters are.
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Then Democrat held areas would count Democrat areas first and slow walk the GOP areas like molasses on a cold winter morning.
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