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Dual-motor kickscooter is ready to ride rough
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Commuter 60
Electric Works out of Boulder, Colorado, has launched a powerful new electric kickscooter on Indiegogo called the C60. The industrial-looking e-scooter is built using aerospace-grade aluminum, can be had with over 60 miles of range per charge and comes with air suspension, all-terrain tires and disc braking.
The Commuter 60 – or C60 for short – looks like one tough cookie, and offers to standing or seated riding positions, the latter courtesy of an optional seating attachment. It tips the scales at 59 lb (27 kg), is designed to carry up to 264 lb (120 kg) of rider/cargo and folds down for between-ride transport in the trunk or on the bus.
The C60's dual hub motors are rated at 1,200 watts each, with acceleration up to 38 mph (60 km/h) controlled by a finger throttle and the e-scooter reported able to tackle 40-degree inclines. There are two battery options available – 10 Ah or 20 Ah LG battery pack for a per charge range of up to 62 miles (100 km). Either way the battery pack can be removed from the lockable compartment in the rubberized deck for charging in the home or office.
Features include IP65 waterproofing, adjustable air shocks with damping control at the front and back, with three inches of travel, each wheel is wrapped in 11-inch multi-terrain tubeless tires, and stopping power comes courtesy of mechanical disk brakes front and rear. There's a color LCD display on the handlebar that shows trip info such as remaining charge, ride mode (there are three to choose from) and speed, and a button activates LED head and tail lights for increased visibility.
Electric Works says that the C60 electric kickscooter is ready to roll and has opened pre-orders on Indiegogo. Savings of 40 percent off the retail price can be had, with pricing starting at US$1,495 and estimated shipping slated for December. A number of add-ons are available too, including a seat kit for $89 and a rear cargo rack for $49. The video below has more.
This article was originally published on newatlas
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A Trio of Books to Start off the New Year
by Book Review · Published January 3, 2018 · Updated January 15, 2018
Winter is the perfect time of the year to settle into a comfy chair with a cozy blanket, a cup of tea, and a good book. We have three recommendations all written by Tomatoes, including a sneak peek of the soon-to-be-released novel written by the Head Tomato. Hooray!!!
COMING THIS MONTH: CAN YOU SEE US NOW?
Three best friends rebel against unsolicited AARP cards, hot flashes, bosses, becoming invisible, and the perceptions of what's old.
"CAN YOU SEE US NOW?" (release date Feb. 2018 from The Three Tomatoes Publishing, available mid-January for pre-order on Amazon) is the debut novel from Cheryl Benton, founder and publisher of The Three Tomatoes. Inspired by her own experiences and those of her successful, accomplished New York City friends, this grownup novel will resonate with any women over the age of 40 who has ever felt invisible and marginalized in our youth obsessed culture.
Suzy, Trish, and Madge, best friends since their early twenties, seemed to have it all. Beautiful, smart, and successful, they'd made it to the top in the most demanding city of them all, New York. Then they turned 50 and found that the world which once was their oyster started closing up faster than a New York minute. Bartenders ignore them, bosses marginalize them, and they've aged out of the prized 25-49 year-old demographic that marketers woo. They had suddenly become invisible. Stay tuned for pre-order info.
Sass, Smarts, and Stilettos – A Celebration of Italian Women!
Gabriella Contestabile has written the most beautiful love story to Italian women who know how to make the ordinary, extraordinary. And she should know, since she is one of those women, and was raised by an extraordinary mother and inspired by many other stylish, smart, sassy Italian women who make the Italian lifestyle, "La Dolce Vita." Gabriella who was born in Italy, then moved to Canada and then New York, where she has resided for many years, takes the reader on a beautiful journey of the Italian life style, including fashion, beauty, culture, food, and an appreciation of quality in everything. We loved every moment of this delicious book. If you're not Italian, you will want to be by the end of the book. Get it now.
Burnt Out? Stressed Out? This book is for you!
Our friend Janet Neal, a reformed "superwoman", has written the most delightful little book, The Superbwoman, that only takes about an hour to read so even the most stressed out among you can find time to read it. It is jammed packed with invaluable lessons for all of us. In this cleverly written parable, Bea, a single stressed out working mom, goes on a quest to find out how a media icon, admired by all, "does it all." So, she seeks out women in our own life who seem to have it all together to get their secrets. Each chapter ends with a lesson learned, and by the end of the book, Janet has gifted each of us excellent advice, like forgiveness, gratitude, and getting rid of the "should", which will help women of all ages and stages to live our lives more fully – just add the "BE". Release date, Jan. 16, 2018. PRE-order now.
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Agata Stanford says:
Yay, Cheryl Benton! Looking forward to reading your new book. You are an inspiration and proof to the adage, "You're not getting older; you're getting better".
Cheryl Benton says:
Thank you Agata. And when is your next book?
Susan R Meyer says:
I've been thoroughly enjoying Sass, Smarts and Stilettos and was delighted to learn it was written by a Tomato. Heading over to Amazon to review this and Janet's new book and can't wait to review Cheryl's.
K. S. R. Burns says:
Congratulations, Cheryl! What a major accomplishment!
Judy Davis says:
I didn't know you before, but it sounds like you hit the ground running when you turned 50!
Congratulations Cheryl and may you sell as many books as Michael Wolfe!
So excited to read your novel Cheryl….it will resonate with so many. How about a book tour here in Northern California????

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Why Pudsey Bear is the BBC Children in Need mascot
Yahoo Celebrity UK 15 November 2019
Pudsey Bear, pictured with Tottenham Manager Mauricio Pochettino, is the most recognisable face of Children in Need (Photo by Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty Images)
By Charlie Duffield
Pudsey Bear has become a well-recognised TV mascot and much-loved icon of the BBC charity Children in Need for years.
As the annual telethon returns to our screens on Friday November 15, Pudsey will be joined by a host of celebrities fundraising to help disadvantaged children and young people.
Last year a record-breaking £60.7 million was raised in just one night - so the stakes are high for Pudsey and his team to bring in even more donations this time round.
With his bright yellow fur and distinctive multi-coloured spotted bandana, Pudsey is always the star of the show.
Here's how the official mascot of Children in Need was born.
Kylie Minogue, Charlotte Tilbury and BBC Children in Need's Pudsey Bear switch on the Covent Garden Christmas lights at Covent Garden on November 14, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images)
Where did Pudsey Bear come from?
The very first BBC broadcast appeal for children happened almost a century ago in 1927, with a five-minute radio broadcast on Christmas Day. In 1955, the first televised appeal was scheduled, as the Children's Hour Christmas Appeal.
However, it wasn't until 1985 that BBC designer Joanna Lane was asked to revamp the Children in Need logo.
Ms Lane told the BBC: "It was like a lightbulb moment for me. We were bouncing ideas off each other and I latched on to this idea of a teddy bear.
Read more: Everything you need to know about BBC Children in Need
"I immediately realised there was a huge potential for a mascot beyond the 2D logo.
"It was very important to me that whatever we came up with was something that young children could relate to."
Pudsey took his name from Ms Lane's home town in Yorkshire, and quickly became a mainstay on the programme.
Ms Lane said: "I went to the production team and said, 'we need to name it'. So they turned around and said 'if you think it's important to name him, you do it'.
Rickie Haywood-Williams (L) and Melvin Odoom backstage at BBC Children In Need's 2018 appeal night at Elstree Studios on November 16, 2018 in Borehamwood, England. (Photo by Dave J Hogan/Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)
"It came from the heart - I looked to my own experience and named him in honour of my hometown and my grandparents."
He was introduced to the public by TV presenter Terry Wogan in 1985, but started out life with regular brown fur and circular buttons running down his front with the letters BBC spelt out. He also wore a red bandana with black triangles dotted across it.
What about Pudsey's patch? There's no official reason for the bear to wear his spotted bandana, but most have assumed it's to convey that he is 'in need'.
The bear we recognise today was created in 2007; he had all his buttons removed and his bandana became multi-coloured instead of pure red.
Pudsey Rabbit
In 2015, Pudsey Bear was subject to a brand makeover and became Pudsey Rabbit.
On April 1 the head of BBC Children in Need said: "Pudsey has been a bear for 30 years and has become a bit bored of honey, growling and doing bear related stuff. Also he's always thought his ears were far too small."
Pudsey was "unavailable to comment ", and luckily it turned out to be an elaborate hoax for April Fools' Day!
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Reality Check: Is Past Prologue? High-Speed Rail Hopes Yes
Published December 18, 2013 • Updated on December 18, 2013 at 5:50 pm
Transformative public works projects in California's history have shown a tendency for rough starts.
In some cases, those projects have been delayed years or even decades for a whole spate of reasons: Lawsuits, ballooning costs, right-of-ways, easements, pushback from wealthy communities, environmental clearance and, of course, politics.
Are those obstacles simply the price of change in California?
High-speed rail organizers currently beset with a combination of issues certainly hope so.
Donald MacDonald, architect of the eastern span of the Bay Bridge, can empathize.
"It was supposed to get done in 4 or 5 years," MacDonald said, referring to the venture he signed on to in 1997. "But as you know, the politics got involved with Jerry Brown and our [former San Francisco] mayor, Willie Brown, and they had all kinds of concessions they wanted and mitigation measures."
The Bay Bridge's eastern span finally assumed its soaring spot in the city skyline in September, some 16 years after the state legislature passed a bill funding a replacement bridge, and at roughly six times the original cost estimate.
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MacDonald says such a high-profile project can be slowed down in any number of ways, from tug-of-wars over design, innovations and peer review panels to drilling rights and gubernatorial intervention.
The architect added that in 2004, then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger set back the whole process years by scrapping the signature span on account of its cost.
"The politics in California, as you probably know on high-speed rail and things like that are quite devastating," MacDonald said. "You might say, in a sense, that it doesn't let us progress toward better things for society, and there are a lot of individuals involved."
Efforts to launch the Golden Gate Bridge back in the 1930's were equally riddled with roadblocks.
Rod Diridon, a transit expert and former chairman of the High-Speed Rail Authority, recalled how lawsuits and cost overruns seemed to doom the iconic bridge then, too.
"The Golden Gate Bridge in 1930 had 2,300 lawsuits against it," Diridon explained. "2,300 individual lawsuits against it! The California high-speed rail project, there are only 8 lawsuits against the project."
The funding needed to build the Golden Gate also seemed insurmountable, Diridon said.
"The price tag on that in dollars from those times was mind-boggling," he recalled. "By the time they got done doing full engineering, the price tag had gone up dramatically - couple of hundred million dollars!"
Flashing a smile, Diridon quipped, "goodness, a couple of hundred million dollars, in 1935 that was a few bucks."
Actually, according to the statistics posted by the Golden Gate Bridge's Highway and Transportation District, the cost to build the bridge in today's dollars (as of 2003) would be $1.2 billion.
Assuming some inflation over the last decade, even a cost of $2 billion or more would still pale in comparison to what the final tab figures to be for high-speed rail.
Conservative estimates have the rail project pegged at around $70 billion, with some studies showing cost estimates well in excess of $100 billion.
And the high price point is only one place where high-speed rail diverges from other generational projects, according to critics.
Michael Brady, a Redwood City attorney representing several of the plaintiffs suing the High-Speed Rail Authority, says the only reasonable modern-day comparisons to high-speed rail are the Boston Big Dig and the Bay Bridge project.
"The Boston Big Dig, the estimate was $3 billion and it turned out to be $22 billion in costs," Brady said. "The Bay Bridge turned out to be six times bigger than the estimates.
Both projects just went wild with lack of oversight and no control over the costs."
This time around, however, Brady says taxpayer dollars won't come so freely.
That's because the 2008 ballot measure that paved the way for high-speed rail in California, Prop 1A, contained numerous requirements and criteria that keep the nearly $10 billion in taxpayer bonds under tight watch.
"The legislature had to sell this to the voters," Brady explained. "So the voters…needed to be reassured that *this time would be different. Their funds would not be at risk. There would be no financial risk to the state."
One such protection requires the California High-Speed Rail Authority, or CHSRA, to demonstrate in court it can pay for the first operational segment of the route.
The 300-mile span from Merced to the San Fernando Valley carries an estimated cost of $31 billion. Right now, the CHSRA has identified about $6 billion for the 'first construction segment' from Madera to Bakersfield.
Brady says the law also prohibits the agency from using any government money to pay for operational costs.
"There is no railroad in the world or this country that operates without a government subsidy," he said. "That's just unheard of."
Diridon rejects the premise of government subsidies, stating that high-speed rail will be making money and not vacuuming it up.
Where does this leave us?
California has a historically-expensive project which is guarded by unprecedented protections on taxpayer dollars.
Still, both MacDonald and Diridon concur that there is a certain 'inevitability' involved with high-speed rail as California's transportation needs grow.
"The Bay Bridge only came about when there were about 27 ferry boats ferrying people all over the Bay," MacDonald noted. "And they got up to 40,000 cars a day and they decided they needed a bridge! That's the way things usually work."
Diridon, likewise, pointed out that the current highway and airport infrastructure is not set up to support California's burgeoning population for much longer.
The California Department of Finance estimates the state's population will break 50 million people by 2050.
"What happens when that occurs?" asked Diridon. "Are you going to build two more international airports so people can zoom back-and-forth using commuter airlines? It has to happen, otherwise California is out of business."
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Man convicted of shooting death in Independence
Erik S. Schwartz killed in October 2013
Updated: 7:38 AM CST Dec 12, 2014
A Kansas City man has been convicted of killing a man who was asleep in his vehicle in Independence.Chad D. Terry Jr., 20, was convicted late Wednesday of first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the October 2013 shooting death of 33-year-old Erik S. Schwartz of Raytown.The Independence Examiner reported that witnesses told police four people were looking for cars to steal from when they came across Schwartz sleeping in his vehicle in Independence. The thieves reportedly took only his cigarettes.A second defendant, Charles T. Carr, earlier pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and armed criminal action and is awaiting sentencing.
A Kansas City man has been convicted of killing a man who was asleep in his vehicle in Independence.
Chad D. Terry Jr., 20, was convicted late Wednesday of first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the October 2013 shooting death of 33-year-old Erik S. Schwartz of Raytown.
Men make court appearance in Independence slaying
The Independence Examiner reported that witnesses told police four people were looking for cars to steal from when they came across Schwartz sleeping in his vehicle in Independence. The thieves reportedly took only his cigarettes.
A second defendant, Charles T. Carr, earlier pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and armed criminal action and is awaiting sentencing.


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Addustour daily (Jordan), Baghdad, 28 Sep 2013 – Following the murder of his father, Abbas Garmabi, in a massacre in Camp Ashraf belonging to Iranian refugees, and also his mother being abducted and arrested as a hostage in the hands of Iraqi authorities, an Iranian young man by the name of Hanif Garmabi sent a message asking for help to those having awaken consciences.
Hanif Garmabi says his friends on September 1st at 7 am informed him Iraqi forces had attacked Ashraf and he becomes very concerned because his mother and father, along with many of his longtime friends, are in the camp.
Hanif adds at 8:30 am after hearing the first news of the Iraqi forces attack against Ashraf he realizes a large number of the defenseless and unarmed residents of the camp were shot upon by the attacking soldiers and many were killed and injured, and most of those killed were murdered while their hands and feet were tied.
"I was left shocked. What I had in my hand fell to the ground. I could hear my heartbeat. I remembered my mother and father, and the memories of my childhood passed before my eyes," Hanif says.
"During the early 1980s when Khomeini's regime was busy arresting and executing its dissidents, especially supporters of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI), my mother and father were forced to exit Iran and leave me behind while I was only a small child, without the love of my parents… I always thought of them. During my teenage years the regime in 1998 began harassing and interrogating me to therefore place pressure on my mother and father and force them to leave the PMOI," he added.
"In the year 2000 while I was accepted into college, I was forced to leave Iran due to the increasing pressures from the regime's Ministry of Intelligence and their death threats against me. I came to Iraq and after many years I saw my mother and father, and I was along their side during these years of the ups and downs of the struggle against Khomeini's regime," Hanif continues.
"I remembered the last time I saw my father. Before coming to Liberty when I was saying goodbye to him, I hugged him and told him it is hard for me to go to Liberty without you. He gave me assurance and said this too is part of our struggle and we must continue on for our cause," he addd.
"I always wanted to die alongside my father, and even thinking about their death was unbearable for me… I knew that their staying in Ashraf brought many dangers along with it. In the midst of all these thoughts all of a sudden the voice of the TV anchorman announced the names of the September 1 massacre in Ashraf. With each name so many memories rushed to my mind. I was engulfed with pain, as if I was suffocating, and even my body began to tremble. The TV anchorman announced the last name: 'Abbas Garmabi'. A particular cold rushed through my body. I placed my head between my knees so no one would see my tears. My friends were expressing their condolences, but I couldn't hear anything, I couldn't see anybody. Just the memories of my mother and father, and the heavy weight of this pain passed through my mind. The number of the martyrs increased and finally reached 52. At 5 pm, once again the Resistance TV station aired breaking news and announced the names of seven residents taken hostage by the criminals. Hearing my mother's name I thought my heart had stopped beating and was going to explode in my chest. I was like a lost ghost… I could no longer walk. I would shout within myself: 'People, look at those who claim to be Muslims, look at the crimes they are committing in the name of Islam. How they are taking hostage a Muslim woman member of the PMOI, defenseless and unarmed, who had fled the cruelty of the mullahs' and sought refuge in a neighboring Muslim country. What will be her fate, while her husband has been killed and she herself has been taken hostage?'" Hanif pleaded.
"Seeing the image of my injured father, who had been killed by the agents placing a bullet in his head, ignited a new fire in me… This is by all definitions a true epic; an epic of standing to the end… an epic of saying 'no' to ruthless killers," he added.
"Many of my friends and I here in Liberty from the very first day of September saw no other way than launching an unlimited hunger strike protesting the irresponsible nature of the UN and international community in the face of the security of Ashraf and Liberty residents, due to the US turning its back again and again on its commitments regarding our safety and security. We will continue our hunger strike until all our main demands are met and an impartial delegation is sent to investigate into the grave crime in Ashraf, UN forces are stationed in Camp Liberty and the immediate release of the hostages," he added.
"For freedom, there is a door that is knocked with bloody hands," Hanif finalized.


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Meet Waldan Watches: A Brand With History Unlike Anything You've Ever Heard
Roberta Naas / July 8, 2015
Waldan Watches' Astronic Chronograph with its 18K Yellow gold case and white dial.
Unless you're a trained professional, it wouldn't be considered wise to take apart a watch just to put it back together again. However, decades ago, a young Oscar Waldan, of Waldan Watches, secretly did just that with his father's pocket watch simply to locate and diagram how the pieces fit together. Shockingly the story doesn't end there. The Swiss-based Waldan Watch brand holds a rich history, which not only serves as an amazing backstory, but also sets it into a league of its own in terms of design and originality. Recently, ATimelyPerspective had the opportunity to speak with Oscar's son, Andrew Waldan to hear the entire story.
Oscar Waldan's life is something out of a Hollywood movie. At the onset of World War II, the Polish native was forced into a concentration camp after being invaded by Nazi Germany. His passion and fascination with watches, however, managed to flourish while in the camps. He worked with a POW Jewish watchmaker by the name of "Manek" who was favored by the Germans because of his ability to repair their watches. After the war, and surviving his persecution, Waldan made his way to Germany, and then eventually, by 1955 to Le Locle, Switzerland to apprentice under Charles Tissot.
Waldan's Chronograph Chronometer with a unique blue dial and 18k Yellow Gold case
His work took him even further as he created connections with the likes of Omega, IWC, and Rolex. He worked with Tiffany & Co. as well as the still-developing Ulysse Nardin. After producing some amazing results for each brand he worked with, Waldan decided his efforts would be best spent in his own endeavors. Thus, in 1979 Waldan founded and established Waldan International. Just 10 years ago the brand stepped up its manufacturing and focused on making quality timepieces by a man with a rich history.
One of the things that Waldan Watches prides itself on is its breadth of each model, as well as its focus on making quality watches. Waldan Watches focuses its attention on making a wide range of color schemes within its existing six models. The Chronograph Chronometer has such a diverse color collection, which results in between 20 to 30 different combinations. Its website doesn't even list all of the possible combinations — leaving the option open for a buyer to create a custom order.
The Chronograph Chronometer features a tried and tested C.O.S.C certified 25 jewel Valjoux 7751 movement. As previously mentioned, at the core of Waldan watches is its promise to use quality materials. That being said, the Chronograph Chronometer comes in a two piece solid 18K yellow or white gold case, with an additional option for a solid platinum case. Keeping with an elegant look and going against the modern large-watch trend, this piece comes in a 36mm or 38mm sized case.
Another highly unique and refined piece loaded with history is the brand's Astronic Chronograph. This watch, again, has a wide variety of color combinations fit for a range of styles. However, the story behind the inner workings of this piece date back to the early 1980's and the quartz crisis that followed. While some brands were worried that their mechanical movements would soon become dated, Oscar Waldan felt a watch's true value would always be within its technically complex mechanical movements. When Waldan learned that the likes of Zenith was liquidating its 1969 El Primero 3019 PHF he quickly stockpiled the collection. The Astronic Chronograph, complete with triple date features, tachymeter and a rotating moonphase has incorporated that very 1969 El Primero 3019 PHF retro movement into its present day watch.
Waldan's blue Astronic Chronograph powered by the 1969 El Primero 3019 PHF retro movement
This piece as well as all Waldan pieces are Swiss-made and C.O.S.C. certified to highlight the quality and precision within each one of its timepieces. The brand's largest case is 40mm, which hints at the fact that Waldan Watches aims to make classically elegant wristwatches with a vintage look and feel. Don't let the old time feel fool you, Waldan watches has an extensive website which features an online store. Of course for the more unique designs and colors you may want to visit a Waldan retailer.
Oscar Waldan turns 100 years old this month. His son Andrew is excited and honored to be part of one of the few family-owned watch companies still in existence. And while the times may change, Waldan Watches continues to tell it in the same elegant and uniquely stylish way.
Oscar Waldan – image courtesy of www.waldanwatches.com
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i have spoken to Mr.Waldan many times over the last twenty years and have found him to be a man of honor,soft spoken and the consummate professional.
Rocco Proia says:
I have loved the Waldan watch since acquiring the White Gold Astronic Chronograph with the 1969 Zenith El Primero 3019 ELP movement over twenty years ago. Had the honor of meeting this gentleman on a trip to NY, found him very pleasant and patient, answering all my questions. Recently I was lucky enough to acquire a second Rose Gold Astronic from a dealer who informed me of the sad news of his passing last spring. Rest in Peace to a sensational watchmaker and wonderful individual.


Wonga's ambition was to continue revenue generation to a diminished customer and prospect base, under a revised and compliant business model. Their desire was to outsource their entire CRM capability to drive positive prospect and customer behaviour, and experiences with the brand, across all direct & digital channels.
Our key analytical, tech & CRM strategists worked together to utilise our growth acceleration framework for Wonga.
Our first port of call was to truly understand the Wonga base. Leveraging our Data Science capabilities, we undertook a series of data analytics and modelling strategies that enabled integration, with all channels centred around the individual consumer. Data driven insight allowed us to get the right communications, to the right people, in the right channel, at the right time of their journey.
From this we created an ambitious prospect and customer experience journey that would truly transform Wonga's business. Triggered by transactional and behavioural data, we served omni-channel always-on automated customer journeys, which allowed us to have meaningful and dynamic relationships with consumers at every stage of the performance vision journey.
Campaigns and data are connected to, and powered by, the Salesforce Marketing Cloud (SFMC) campaign management tool.
The heart of the solution was an intelligently designed Marketing Single Customer View (SCV) database. The SCV receives daily and weekly refreshes of prospect, customer and behavioural data and serves this out to the relevant consumer touchpoints.
We defined, built and delivered an entirely joined-up direct capability and full customer journey experience. Leveraging machine learning algorithms, we deployed an always-on approach to measurement and optimisation. Connecting to the SCV & SFMC, we created a bespoke dashboard for Wonga to showcase the true incremental value derived from each journey, communication and individual.
Within less than 6 months, we delivered a best in class direct capability solution that was an always-on incremental revenue driver for Wonga – achieving an ROI of 4:1 in the first 2 quarters of initial roll-out.
Our automated solution also meant a positive impact on staffing levels, generating a large upside in resource capacity and efficiency for Wonga.


At a launch event for the Audi E-Tron electric crossover in Holland, the German automaker announced it will produce a smaller, entry-level electric crossover.
Exterior design lead Andreas Mindt showed an image of the vehicle, which he described as a "smaller E-Tron SUV," as quoted by Autoweek Netherlands. Mindt stated that the vehicle won't be a mere design concept and that full reveal of the compact electric vehicle was promised for the Geneva Motor Show in March.
Unlike Audi's other EVs, which include the E-Tron, E-Tron GT, and just-confirmed PB18 E-Tron, this smaller crossover is expected to utilize the modular EV platform designed by its parent company, the Volkswagen Auto Group. It is believed that the entry-level model is the same as that referenced by Mindt in an interview at the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show, where he confirmed a small, MEB-based electric Audi to be on the way in early 2019.
This model is thought not to be the same as the cheaper E-Tron, whose market arrival is predicted to be by the end of 2019. The first Audi E-Tron delivered to customers will start at a staggering $74,800, but Audi knows the market capable of affording such a vehicle is of limited size. It reportedly will walk a path similar to that of Tesla by selling high-profit margin vehicles with the debut of a new EV, later unlocking more affordable alternatives.
The Drive speculates that less-expensive Audi EVs will reduce their cost with more pedestrian interiors, as Audi has limited wiggle room to offer shorter-range models—the E-Tron's 249-mile range is nothing particularly earth-shaking as is.
Volkswagen's modular electric vehicle platform will allow it to make more niche products—such as a possible recreation of this throwback favorite.


David Brooks is Always Wrong — NPR Edition, Part Two.
Back in Part One, we covered one of David Brooks' many transgressions as a financial pundit, his claim, repeated last Friday on NPR's "All Things Considered" that the new health care law is a budget buster.
I called it an error. It is more precise to term it a lie, as the best available data, stuff that Mr. Brooks cannot fail to have encountered — CBO estimates and other, less formally constrained estimates — all support what proponents of the law have said, that the reform is mildly deficit reducing over the next decade, with the potential, at least, for major savings to come in later years.
But now, let's shift to a wider frame. In that same NPR appearance, Mr. Brooks offered a corollary of the presumed budget busting nature of health care reform: a familiar, ritual claim that portrays current deficits or deficit trends as inherently destructive, unsurvivable. Brooks complained in the piece that if the deficit did remain at a projected 90% of GDP level by the end of the decade, that would be a disaster.
First, the American experience with deficit levels in that range does not suggest disaster. Since the start of World War II, US deficits as a percentage of GDP topped at over 120% in the late 1940s (after the war, as the US was rebuilding Europe and ramping up military expenditure at the onset of the Cold and Korean Wars. As I recall, most folks thought the 1950s were a reasonably successful time in US history, at least as far as economic growth and the creation of a thriving middle class went.
What is all this history doing here? Because of what must be obvious already to the readers of this blog.
Think what happened in Britain's nineteenth century. Think what happened in the US during the '50s and 60s.
Observe the fact that Britain and the US both managed to bring their debt levels down as a fraction of GDP after their rises to historic highs and the US did it again in the 1990s after twelve years of GOP transfer payments from the middle class to the rich once again unhinged the budget.
And last, for a quick, back of the envelope correction to current hankie clutching by Mr. Brooks et al., consider this from Paul Krugman.
The shorter of that already brief post: cutting away at the debt incurred in our current attempt to use Keynesian methods to return from recession will require only modest shifts in either revenue or expenditure (or, of course, of both). Same deal as in the fifties and early sixties — or rather a less draconiann one than that which that famous socialist, Dwight Eisenhower achieved with his 90% highest marginal tax rate.
In other words, this is yet one more case of the GOP and its useful-idiot allies like Mr. Brooks inventing facts to advance a purely political calculation.
Pay no attention to the real world, they say, nor the record of historical experience. Listen instead to the mewling and puking of the GOP deficit babies until the cry "we're doomed! doomed!" comes to be seen as fact.
But in making decisions about what the government should or should not attempt to do, reality does matter. And here the story is clear: deficits — even ones much higher than Mr Brooks has said he fears — do not imply in and of themselves extended periods of economic hardship.
What's more: why you borrow matters.
And on that point, health care reform clearly falls into the realm of policy that forms part of the long term context of economic growth (and by extension, healthy government revenues, which then constrain the expansion of a public deficit).
Consider this one, on the significance of health care reform on innovation.
This is not to suggest that Mr. Leonhardt, as good a reporter as he is, is some gold standard of judgment on economic policy. But his work and that of many people who actually know things about fiscal policy and health care economics have noticed that the particular form of a nation's health care system can have enormous consequence for seemingly completely unhealth-related sectors of the economy.
For jsut one example: the social safety net helps in difficult-to-quantify ways because, it turns out, it is when people feel secure in their basic needs that they accept more risks. They leave bad jobs to seek better ones; they invest in their own education; they, as Leonhardt details, are more willing to gamble on their own vision as entrepeneurs.
It may be difficult to quantify, or rather to predict the degree to which such easing of care will add to GDP, and hence increase government revenues, and hence to reduce the scale of government borrowing, but the underlying concept is just not that hard to grasp. The idea that you will be more adventurous economically f you know that you or your kid won't lack for access to health care if something goes wrongis beginning to penetrate the mass media in such distant locations as the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Apparently, the news has yet to reach the more hypoxic floors of the Great Grey Lady (formerly) of 43rd St.
Update: Via Brad DeLong, see Mark Thoma saying the same thing, only better.
From that thought, let me hand the next step of the argument over to old friend Tim Ferris, who in his recent book, The Science of Liberty notes that Democrats have consistently achieved a better economic growth outcome through that party's commitment to a market system with a social network and a regulatory framework, compared with the GOP's pursuit of policies that underregulate the market and undermine — at least confidence in — the social safety net.
Arguing from a classically liberal viewpoint Ferris reports what is available to anyone (are you paying attention, Mr. Brooks?) (No. SASQ — ed.) with access to Teh Google, that economic growth is much better maintained by Democratic adminstrations and policies than by the GOP lip-service he pays so readily to the icons of budget puritanism.
Which means: the general claim of deficit apocalypse is bullsh!t, a right wing mantra now being pushed to counter Democratic efforts to solve some of the problems that eight years (and most of the last thirty, in fact) of often criminal misrule have left behind.
In that context, health care reform is more than a moral victory, a statement by our society that tens of thousands of people per year should not die for lack of insurance.
Health care reform is more than mildly deficit reducing, a small down payment on the much larger reform that could both enhance the quality and reduce the cost of care by creating a national body of knowledge about best practices whilst paying for care rather than procedures.
In that context, I guess the only remaining question is why David Brooks — and his too-many allies on the right — so hate America that they'd rather see a budget balanced on the ill-health of the nation instead of a society betting on its own members to create a richer future.
**And of course — if you take Ferris's historical analysis seriously, and I do, then the first two of Roosevelt's four freedoms are equally important to the formation of a creative and scientifically innovative society.
Thomas Eakins, "The Agnew Clinic," 1889.


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A good mechanic is capable of making a huge difference in your overall experience as a customer and how your aircon and car itself turns out. What sets us apart from some servicers is some tend to have general knowledge only, rather must be specialized to be able to determine the real aircon issue and know exactly what to do. Our car aircon repair workshop exhibits consistency in accepting the most complex aircon issues and repair works. We have employed only first-rate car aircon repair specialists to check out your unit incorporated in all types of automobiles, whichever make or model you have.
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Good day, How can i use the function Line, It is in clase CCanvas.
For draw adk the follow parameters (x1, y1, x2, y2, color) all integers. know what x1, x2 are times and y1, y2 are prices, how i use this? i have use severeal form without results.


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package com.rockyniu.todolist.database.comparator;

import com.rockyniu.todolist.database.model.ToDoItem;

public class PriorityComparator extends ToDoComparator {

	@Override
	public int compare(ToDoItem arg0, ToDoItem arg1) {
		int result = super.compare(arg0, arg1);
		if (result != 0)
			return result;
		//first priority, then duetime;
		if (arg1.getPriority()==arg0.getPriority()) {
			if (arg0.getDueTime()==null)
				return 1;
			if (arg1.getDueTime()==null)
				return -1;
			return (int)(arg0.getDueTime()-arg1.getDueTime());
		}
		//inverse sorting
		return (int)(arg1.getPriority()-arg0.getPriority());
	}

}


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Focus on eating heathy whole foods. Try to eat more fruits, veggies, and lean meats. Avoid sugar and processed foods as much as possible.
Surround yourself with positive people that are working on the same goals. Consider a workout partner.
Hire a personal trainer. Many people buy a cheap membership at local gyms expecting to get results and get discouraged with the lack of results. Buying a gym membership and expecting to get results is kind of like buying a bunch of tools and thinking you can fix your car when it breaks. Trust me, your body is way more complicated than a car!
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Solidarity matters
The militancy of the strike is inspiring workers and activists around the country and support is pouring in.
Around £22,000 has been raised for the Tower Hamlets strikers so far. Lecturers at City and Islington College raised £1,100 and UCU members have voted to each donate £10 a week for the strike fund. Ealing NUT union branch donated £500. The East London Teachers' Association (ELTA) has donated £1,000. Alex Kenny from the ELTA said, "We know that lots of others workers will face the kind of cuts planned at Tower Hamlets College."
Around 400 Tower Hamlets strikers and supporters rallied last Saturday in support of the action. Jenny Sutton, a lecturer at the College of North East London (Conel), was there. "Militancy is infectious," she told Socialist Worker.
"We had strikers speaking in our union meeting last week and they had a real impact on people. We are facing death by 1,000 cuts in education and the only way to fight is to go all-out."
Workers at Westminster Kingsway College have so far collected £1,400 for the strike.
Everyone should invite Tower Hamlets strikers into their workplace, college or campaign group.
Get a striker in to address your union meeting. Go round your canteen or staff room and collect for the strike fund.
Take a petition around your workmates and send it to Michael Farley, [email protected]
Topics Education, Strike
Tower Hamlets College workers all out to win


Australian students develop an autonomous, self-driving Power Wheels car powered by a single smartphone and camera sensor.
Three college students from Griffith University in Australia have created an autonomous vehicle using just a smartphone and a toy Power Wheels car. This self-driving car navigates its way around by plotting a GPS course on the smartphone. Meanwhile, it uses a connected camera sensor to see where the road lanes are, and to spot any other hazards on the traffic-laden streets. This one smartphone system also controls all of the car's steering and acceleration.
It's amazing how these three Griffith University managed to develop a self-driving car using just a single smartphone with a camera sensor. More elaborate self-driving cars such as the Google's, on the other hand, utilize a computer control system linked to lasers and other hazard sensing cameras.
The self-driving car, developed by Tommi Sullivan, Michael Lennon, and Yukito Tsunoda, recently won the Queensland iAward. Next up the team plans on migrating their autonomous smartphone system to a larger, more road-worthy three-wheeled vehicle.


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Q: Radio buttons result show on body onload in show/hide div This shows result on selected radio button. I have a problem, when the page is refreshed no div shows and no result displays.  I want show the Carsbuy div on page refresh.
    $(document).ready(function() {
        $("input[name$='mode']").click(function() {
            var test = $(this).val();

            $("div.desc").hide();
            $("#Cars" + test).show();
        });
    });

<input type="radio" name="mode" checked="checked" value="buy"  />

Buy

<input type="radio" name="mode" value="rent" />

Rent

    Buy Cars Result Display Here On Select Buy

    Rent Cars Result Display Here On Select Rent

A: You can use following at the beginning of your js code to shoe specific DIV on page load:
$("#Carsbuy").show();

Edit:
for a specific DIV and radio button, use following:
var selected = 'rent';
$("div.desc").hide();
$("#Cars" + selected).show();
$('input[value="' + selected + '"]').attr('checked', true);

You can change the value of var selected to select a specific radio button and DIV
Demo

A: As much i understand your requirement, you can do it as below.
HTML:
<input type="radio" name="mode" checked="checked" value="buy"  />
Buy
<input type="radio" name="mode" value="rent" />
Rent

  // include buy type cars initialy while page load.

JQuery:
$(document).ready(function() {
   $('input[type="radio"]').click(function() { // detect when radio button is clicked
     var carType = $(this).val(); // get the value of selected radio type
     $.ajax({
      url : "cartype.php", // link to file containing data of cars
      type : "GET",  // request type
      data : "carType="+carType,  // send the selected car type (buy or rent)
      datatype : "html",
      success : function(response){  // get the response
            $('#CarsDetails').html(response);  // put the response in div.
      }
     });
   });
});

A: In the following code ,on page load check if a radio button is selected then its appropriate div is displayed . If condition is used to prevent if no radio button is selected
$(document).ready(function()   {
var selected =  $("input[type='radio']:checked").val();

if(selected !== 'undefined')
{
   $("#Cars" + selected ).show();
}

$("input[type='checkbox']:checked").attr('id')
    $("input[name$='mode']").click(function() {
        var test = $(this).val();

        $("div.desc").hide();
        $("#Cars" + test).show();
    });
});

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Biografia
Era il primogenito di Granville Leveson-Gower, I marchese di Stafford, e della sua prima moglie, Lady Louisa Scroop. Studiò a Westminster School e alla Christ Church di Oxford.

Carriera politica e diplomatica
Fu deputato per Newcastle-under-Lyme (1779-1784) e per Staffordshire (1787-1799). Tra il 1790 e il 1792 fu ambasciatore in Francia, pur non avendo alcuna esperienza diplomatica. L'ambasciata fu ritirata nel mese di agosto 1792 dopo la prigionia della famiglia reale durante la Rivoluzione francese. Dopo il suo ritorno in Gran Bretagna rifiutò le cariche di Lord Steward della famiglia e Lord luogotenente d'Irlanda. Tuttavia, nel 1799 accettò la carica di ministro delle poste, che mantenne fino al 1801. Giocò un ruolo importante nella caduta dell'amministrazione di Henry Addington, nel 1804, dopo aver cambiato fede politica da Tory a Whig.

Fu Lord luogotenente di Staffordshire (1799-1801) e Lord luogotenente di Sutherland (1794-1830). Fu un Consigliere della Corona nel 1790, un Cavaliere della Giarrettiera nel 1806, e fu creato duca di Sutherland il 28 gennaio 1833.

Matrimonio
Sposò, il 4 settembre 1785, Lady Elizabeth Sutherland, XIX contessa di Sutherland, figlia di William Sutherland, XVIII conte di Sutherland, e di Mary Maxwell. Ebbero quattro figli:

 George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, II duca di Sutherland (1786-1861);
 Lady Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower (1788-1870), sposò Henry Fitzalan-Howard, XIII duca di Norfolk, ebbero figli;
 Lady Elizabeth Mary Leveson-Gower (1797-1891), sposò Richard Grosvenor, II marchese di Westminster, ebbero figli;
 Francis Egerton, I conte di Ellesmere (1800-1857).

Morte
Morì nel mese di luglio 1833, a 75 anni, e fu sepolto nella Cattedrale di Dornoch.

Onorificenze

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Duchi di Surtherland
Cavalieri dell'Ordine della Giarrettiera

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Today Zschäpe defense counsel Grasel continued the defense closing statement. He announced that he would turn to the legal characterization of facts, but in fact often returned to the consideration of evidence, thus repeating nearly all of the arguments which had already been brought by his colleague Borchert. According to Grasel, his client's acts did not make her a co-perpetrator of the murders and attempted murders committed by the NSU. Above all, he stated, the only reason she had helped camouflage the underground life of herself, Böhnhardt and Mundlos was to avoid arrest, not to facilitate other crimes. Grasel referred to several of Zschäpe's acts in the years between 1998 and 2011, as proven by the evidence in court, and tried to show why none of them had necessarily "enabled" individual acts of murder. According to him, Zschäpe had simply wanted to live together with Böhnhardt and Mundlos, avoid police detection and finance their lives with the robberies committed by the two men.
Grasel thus eluded a consideration of the facts considered in total – a consideration, however, which is mandatory here. Zschäpe was an active part of the "Section Jena" of the "Thuringia Home Guard", she participated in violent activities of that group, she rented the garage in which were found not only a bomb workshop, but also an archive of zines showing a detailed consideration of of violent political actions committed from "underground". Zschäpe moved to Chemnitz with Böhnhardt and Mundlos, took part in discussions about "armed struggle" with members of Blood and Honour, and it was due to her decision that Böhnhardt and Mundlos aborted their plans to go abroad. Zschäpe did not simply share apartments with them: several NSU documents were found on her computer; city maps, notes on potential targets, weapons, the NSU newspaper archive and more pieces of evidence were found in the apartments. By staying behind and securing the group headquarters while the man committed murders, she fulfilled the exact role which blue prints for the NSU such as the "Turner diaries" had foreseen for female members of Nazi terror cells.
Grasel's arguments were not only inconsistent with the evidence, but they were not even internally consistent: according to Zschäpe's written statement prepared by Grasel and Borchert, Böhnhardt and Mundlos had usually told Zschäpe of their murders shortly after having committed them. Accordingly, after her claimed initial attempts to dissuade them had proven unsuccessful, she must have known – even according to her own statement – that her further conduct would allow the men to commit further crimes. The defense did not consider questions such as this one at all.
Instead, Grasel put forth nonsensical arguments such as the claim that Zschäpe's wager in a bet of "cutting 200 video clips" had referred to the deletion of ads from recordings of the TV series "House MD" – a series which was first broadcast in Germany a year after the bet in question. Just as absurd was Grasel's claim that Zschäpe did not have "right wing views" anymore, as he could assure the court after "several discussions". Even if Zschäpe has realized in six years of provisional detention that it will not be personally advantageous for her to continue the fight against the "Zionist occupied government", what is relevant for the judgment is of course her ideology in the years from 1998 to 2011. And besides everything that is known from the times spent in Jena and Chemnitz, her very close friendship with Susann and André Eminger, who clearly shows his ideology even on his body given his large "Die Jew Die" tattoo and several other National Socialist markings, is much more relevant than any "conviction" of her defense attorney.
As to the claims of alcoholism brought forward in the written statement, or the claims that Zschäpe had been drunk when she set fire to the house in Zwickau, or the claims that Zschäpe was beaten and suffered from "dependent personality disorder" – none of those were considered in any detail by Grasel, only in passing to argue that Zschäpe had set fire to the house and sent out the NSU videos only to fulfill the "last wish" of the two Uwes, following a dependency which lasted beyond their death, and not, as would seem plausible, in order to further the political goals of the NSU. Nonetheless, Grasel once more painted a picture in which Zschäpe appears as a victim rather than a perpetrator: having gone underground out of love and fear of the police, sitting at home alone and in fear while the two Uwes were out murdering people, coerced and beaten by Böhnhardt, pre-judged and insulted by the press and victims and their counsel.
Counsel Borchert brought this closing statement to its logical conclusion in his statements on sentencing. Even here, he did not even refer to Zschäpe's alleged alcoholism as a mitigating circumstance – and thus in effect admitted that this had been simply made up by the defense, another in a long list of lies calling into question the believability of the written statement.
Borchert's repeated referral to this "sincere apology" shows once more that the entire statement by the Zschäpe defense is nothing but a tactical ploy by the accused and her defense counsel, that the Zschäpe defense is playing with the pain and suffering of the NSU victims' families and using it to prepare their own myth of victimization – which again shows them deeply enmeshed in the strategy of "reversal of guilt" that is so popular with neo-Nazis.
At the end of the trial day, the presiding judge tried to find a schedule for the remaining closing statements, which proved somewhat difficult as many defense teams had special requests as to when they could hold their statements. In the end, it was decided that defense counsel for Carsten Schultze will hold their closing statement next week (March 2 and 3), followed (on March 8 and 9) by those for André Eminger and Holger Gerlach. Ralf Wohlleben's counsel will hold their closing statement in the last week before the Pentecost break (March 15 to March 17. If this schedule is kept, the only thing left after the break (which ends on June 5) will be the closing statement of Zschäpe's "old defense counsel" and the last words of the accused, which means that a final judgment may well be announced in mid-June.


5 days and counting. This is all that stands between you and the Xbox One exclusive Halo: The Master Chief Collection. That and the fact that you need to own a One and a copy of the game. The new launch trailer takes an overlook of the package and it looks tastier than a non-Vegas all you can eat buffet.
Halo The Master Chief Collection Launch Trailer takes you into the definitive Halo experience coming November 11, 2014. The Master Chief Collection features a remastered Halo 2: Anniversary, along with Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 3, Halo 4, Halo: Nightfall (a new digital series), and access to the Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta. Honoring the iconic hero and his epic journey, the Master Chief's entire story is brought together as The Master Chief Collection, a collection of all four Halo games, including the remastered Halo 2: Anniversary and over 100 multiplayer maps, all at Xbox One visual fidelity and 60 fps.
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The Indiana Toll Road: How Did a Good Deal Go Bad?
Capital Flows Contributor
Guest commentary curated by Forbes Opinion. Avik Roy, Opinion Editor.
Guest post written by
Robert Puentes
Robert Puentes is a senior fellow and director of Metropolitan Infrastructure. Patrick Sabol is a senior policy/research assistant.
What happens when the wave of the future files for bankruptcy?
That's what they're asking in Indiana now that its privatized toll road, lauded as a new era in public/private infrastructure partnerships, has filed for a "pre-packaged" Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Now, after years of low traffic volumes, the Indiana Toll Road is facing major financial restructuring and likely new management.
What went wrong? And what does this mean for Indiana and for the use of public/private partnerships for American infrastructure?
Some background: In 2005, newly elected Gov. Mitch Daniels needed a couple of billion dollars to help fund "Major Moves," his 10-year plan for building and fixing roads throughout the state. His idea was to solicit bids for the 157-mile Indiana East West Toll Road that directly connects the Chicago Skyway to the Ohio Turnpike. In exchange for managing and operating the road the private partners would receive the tolls paid by motorists—though the road would remain owned by the state.
On June 29, 2006 the Indiana Toll Road Concession Company—a joint venture between Cintra, a Spanish construction firm, and Macquarie Atlas Roads, an Australian toll road company—was awarded the right to operate the road for75 years. The consortium got the contract due in large part to their $3.8 billion upfront payment, which was nearly a billion dollars higher than their closest competitor.
Unfortunately, the economic and financial fundamentals of this multi-billion dollar investment faced challenges right from the start.
For one, the Indiana Toll Road, as well as many others, experienced dramatic drops in traffic due partly to the Great Recession. In 2010 it was estimated that the road needed nearly 11 million toll-paying trucks each year just to break even, but only half as many traveled the highway.
While the revenue situation improved in 2012, the road's financing structure may have had an even bigger impact. Using a common project finance tool called anaccreting swap, the consortium hoped to exchange low debt service costs early on with higher costs later, and then eventually refinance. But the consortium's inability to meet these increasing debt costs that ultimately prompted the filing. The road's total debt obligations now stand at nearly $6 billion, up from $3.4 billion at the time of acquisition
Fortunately, the debt restructuring should have no negative impact on the toll-paying public due to the legal and contractual arrangement the state negotiated up front. The original agreement includes specific limits on the amount of toll increases and the financial impact of the restructuring is limited to the debt and equity holders. As the chief operating officer of Macquarie Infrastructure Partners recently put it, "it's a private-sector risk at the time the transaction was financed… and the equity and debt holders have to live with that."
Plus, Indiana gets to keep the initial $3.8 billion payment it is using for Major Moves. The public also benefits from the improvements made by original investors, such as the installation of an electronic toll collection system. With more than 66 years left on the lease there is still time for the project to generate a profit. In fact,recent reports show strong increases in heavy truck traffic. So it will probably be refinanced by other private debt and equity groups.
The implication for the public/private infrastructure market is unclear. Private investors are still interested in finding ways to invest in infrastructure as evidenced by the bids for projects like the Bayonne's municipal water authority, Pennsylvania's bridge replacement project, and the Port of Miami's freight tunnel.
But states and cities need to get more sophisticated in order to get deals done and protect the public. Many countries as well as states like Virginia have established governmental units that support efforts to procure projects through a public/private process. The Obama administration's Build America Investment Initiativeshould help with technical assistance. We also like the nascent West Coast Infrastructure Exchange which is working to develop standards for contracts, transparency, labor and risk allocation.
Even though the agreement on the lease of the Indiana Toll Road insulated the public sector from risk, the restructuring will inevitably lead to a lot of confusion and misinformation. What it should not do is derail the growing momentum for similar deals between the public and private sector for investing in the nation's infrastructure.


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China's 'underground' churches told to seek 'guidance' from state-approved bodies
June 22, 2018 By World Watch Monitor China Catholics, China, Communism, Henan, House churches, Jiangxi, Religious freedom, Sinicisation, Three-Self Patriotic Movement, Xi Jinping, Zhejiang
A 'house church' meeting in China in 2005. (Photo: World Watch Monitor)
A newly implemented directive from the Chinese government forces Protestant 'house churches' and Catholic 'underground' communities to seek "guidance" from recognised religious organisations.
A notification from the State Administration for Religious Affairs, issued earlier this month, requires organisers of religious activities at temporary sites to also apply for a permit that is valid for three years, Catholic news website UCAN reported.
According to Professor Ying Fuk-tsang, director of the Divinity School at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, these recognised religious organisations include the China Christian Council and the national committee of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement, which are known in China as the lianghui, or "two organisations".
The directive has caused fear among the 'underground' communities that they will come under greater control, according to UCAN.
"It is well known that many 'house churches' are reluctant to register and are willing to be an illegal organisation because they do not want to be under the two organisations," Professor Fuk-tsang wrote on his Facebook page.
The notification follows revised religious regulations in February, which spelled out criteria that religious organisations have to meet in order to be registered or to establish a place for religious activities.
100 churches closed in one month
The revised regulations have in reality been in force since the early 1980s, according to Aaron Ma, an Asia-based researcher for the Christian advocacy charity Open Doors International, but he said they were now being taken more seriously.
"There is now a heightened sense that a breach of regulations will be met by some form of warning, increased surveillance, or punishment. Certainly, most churches feel it is time to take extra precautions, to downsize or maybe even relocate some of their ministries," he told World Watch Monitor.
The enforcement of the religious regulations varies across the country and appears to depend on local authorities' interpretation of it, a local source told World Watch Monitor. Church leaders in several places, such as the eastern province of Zhejiang, where between 2013 and 2015 over 1,200 crosses were pulled down from churches, told the source that although "it sounds becoming more serious, yet at this moment we don't feel much different".
One hundred churches were closed in Nanyang, in central Henan province, in the month of March alone. Ma said local contacts told him that "Christians who used their own church building for meetings were targeted, and their buildings closed". Consequently, he said, Christians had gone back to meeting in homes.
Elsewhere in Henan, Ma said that officials banned 'house church' meetings and then went door-to-door, warning residents to stop attending 'illegal' church meetings – or else face serious consequences.
In March 2017, Party officials told villagers in Jiangxi province to replace images of Jesus with portraits of the Chinese President, Xi Jinping. (lvv2.com)
The researcher suggested officials sometimes felt torn between superiors who voiced hostility towards Christians, and the local Christians with whom they had built positive relations. "In the wake of recent speeches by top leaders, local authorities do not want to appear weak when implementing new regulations. Conversely, they do not want to upset the tentative, but effective, relationship they have with local churches," he said.
"There is also the possibility that a crackdown will spark demonstrations, or lead to information being leaked to overseas media [seen as 'biased' by the government], so authorities must be extremely prudent in their engagement with the Church. The level of enforcement also varies from region to region, depending on this tentative relationship, and how the Church responds each time pressure is applied."
One example of what appears a measured and acceptable way for local authorities to show their subservience to the ruling party is to warn unregistered churches not to meet in rented or self-built church venues (e.g. commercial buildings), Ma said.
More and more regions are adopting this approach, and an increasing number of landlords refuse to extend leases to local churches, he added.
'A de-stabilising force'
Two fears held by the Chinese government are foreign forces using religion to infiltrate China, and social unrest or separatism at home, said Ma.
Beijing has long sought the 'Sinicisation' of religion, which requires religions considered foreign to China, whose may adherents may attract foreign support, to adapt to Chinese socialist society.
"Some surmise that so-called 'foreign' religions, particularly Islam and Christianity, will be forced to cast off their attachment to external forces and morph into Chinese-style religions that fit both culturally and politically. Affiliation with overseas religious groups and receipt of overseas funding are the primary concerns voiced by authorities," Ma said.
In March, China's Communist Party (CCP) disbanded its Religious Affairs Bureau to bring religion under the direct control of the party's Central Committee. Catholic commentator Eric Lai said at the time that the Communist Party wants "to use religion as a tool for stability" – mirroring the approaches of other authoritarian governments, such as Russia.
Sinicisation is also the government's answer to unify its culturally, linguistically and religiously diverse population, Ma said.
"Rather than encourage unity based on a celebration of diversity, they have preferred an intentional and sustained process of Sinicisation to create uniformity in order to achieve President Xi Jinping's dream of 'rejuvenation of the Chinese nation'. Social stability must be preserved at all cost," he said.
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In this scenario Christians are an enigma to the CCP, he explained: "The CCP believes the Church is a de-stabilising force, but not because it is bad; in fact, local communities and authorities tend to believe Christians are good people. Some suggest that because Christians' allegiance is first and foremost to God and not the Communist Party, there is a conflict of interests that the party believes can potentially hinder the process of unification. Others are more concerned by what they perceive as potential 'chaos' arising from the huge number of Christians."
As World Watch Monitor reported in October, the rapid growth of Christianity in the country has made some government officials nervous. According to Fenggang Yang, a professor of sociology at Purdue University and a leading expert on religion in China, China's Christian population might reach 247 million by 2030, "making it the world's largest congregation".
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Organization expands promotion of its Know it / Report it / Reward it campaign, which offers rewards to individuals who report incidents.
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"BSA has been shining a light on software piracy for more than a decade, and today, that light is about to get much brighter," said Neil MacBride, BSA's vice-president of antipiracy and general counsel. "While much progress has been made to reduce software piracy, more work needs to be done. One out of every five pieces of software used in the United States today is pirated. This is unacceptable. If one in five cars driven on the streets were stolen, it would not be tolerated. Stealing software is no different. This campaign will put businesses and consumers on high alert that BSA is intensifying its efforts to reduce software piracy."
"The Million Dollar Rewards campaign has been successful in driving awareness of software piracy," added MacBride. "We've also learned over the past year that many of the reports are from individuals who are more interested in doing the right thing than in receiving a cash reward. In fact, nearly 50 percent of individuals reporting piracy to BSA choose not to participate in the rewards program. Many of the reports come from individuals who recognize and respect the importance of intellectual property and simply do it because it's the right thing to do."
Of those who received rewards during the past year, 88% reported the illegal software use in their current or former workplaces via BSA's online reporting form with the remaining 12% submitting a report via BSA's toll free hotline, 1-888-NO PIRACY.
Later this month, BSA will release state piracy reports for the six states that provide the most piracy leads to BSA, which include New York, Texas, California, Ohio, Florida, and Illinois. In addition, BSA will announce settlements with several companies recently caught using pirated software in these states. Later this year, BSA will offer businesses new resources to help them ensure software compliance.
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