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Top Beermakers Struggle With China's Changing Tastes, BMI Says
February 23, 2017 12:47 PM By Publications Checkout
Brewers are finding it tough in China, the world's largest beer market.
Consumption volume has declined in the last two years, and is set to continue to do so for the next five, according to BMI Research. The reasons include intense competition, changing tastes, growing health awareness and a slower economy, which is squeezing out lower-income consumers, the research arm of Fitch Group said.
Asahi Group Holdings is looking to exit its 19.9 per cent stake in Tsingtao Brewery Co after eight years, epitomising the troubles operators face in the market. Sales of Tsingtao Beer have been falling, but so too have the Chinese company's higher end products such as Augerta and Classic 1903, BMI said in a 17 February note.
"Tsingtao is finding itself in a position of not being premium enough for high earners and not cheap enough for lower income consumers," the note said. "Further, the company has been around for over a century and Chinese consumers are increasingly trying new options, emphasised by a rise in craft beer options."
Many Chinese breweries are under similar pressure, it said.
Carlsberg A/S is reported to be considering the Tsingtao stake for around $1.2 billion, but it may not be able to influence the strategic direction of the company, with Tsingtao Brewery maintaining a majority share, BMI said.
"Whether Carlsberg is able to negotiate a stronger decision-making platform within Tsingtao's structure may decide if a deal can be made," it said. Otherwise, Carlsberg will likely "find itself attached to a sinking ship."
Carlsberg already has a stake in Chongqing Brewery Co, which it has helped turn around over the last year, selling off brewery sites and some subsidiaries and retreating from the east of China, BMI said. This at least bodes well for the potential purchase of Asahi's Tsingtao stake, provided Carlsberg has a say in how the brewer should best navigate these difficult times.
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Carlo von Tiedemann (born 20 October 1943, in Stargard, Pommern) is a German television presenter.

Life
Since 1971 Tiedemann has worked as a television and radio presenter for German broadcaster NDR. From 1980 to 1988 Tiedemann was married for the first time. Tiedemann has been in his second marriage since 2012. He has four children. Tiedemann lives in Quickborn and Hamburg.

Television

 Aktuelle Schaubude (1977–1988, 1997–2004)
 Show & Co. mit Carlo
 Lachen macht Spaß
 Eurotops
 Deutscher Musikladen
 Große Hafenrundfahrt
 Große Show für kleine Leute (ZDF, 1984)
 DAS!
 Tipps für das Wochenende: Was ist los in Hamburg?
 Lachen mit ...
 Große Freiheit
 NDR 90,3 Fofteihn
 NDR 90,3 Zur Sache
 NDR2 – Der heisse Draht
 NDR2 – Von neun bis halb eins
 NDR2 – Am Vormittag
 NDR-Talkshow
 NDR-Quizshow

Literature
 So. Und nicht anders. Mein aufregendes Leben, by Jens Meyer-Odewald, Verlag Die Hanse, Hamburg 2005, .

German game show hosts
German television talk show hosts
1943 births
Living people
People from Stargard
People from the Province of Pomerania
Norddeutscher Rundfunk people
Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

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Irish Aquatics is committed to providing a safe and nurturing environment for each of our athletes at all practices, meets, and social functions sponsored by the team. Below you will find team specific policies designed to keep our athletes safe as well as resources from USA Swimming and the Center for Safe Sport. Any questions or concerns about anything in the realm of Safe Sport can be directed to Head Coach Matt Dorsch or the team's Safe Sport Coordinator, Michelle Horvath.
Minor Athlete Abuse Protection Policy (MAAPP)
MAAPP 2.0 (Effective September 1, 2021)
Safe Sport Policies of Irish Aquatics including the MAAPP
MAAPP Parent Acknowledgement - To be signed by every family each competition year (September through August) and a copy retained by the club.
MAAPP Acknowledgement Electronic Response
MAAPP Exception Waivers
Practice Transportation - Must be signed by the parent or legal guardian of any minor athlete who will be transported to or from practice by an unrelated applicable adult. The waiver must be signed each season that the transportation arrangements will be in place. The club will retain a copy of the signed waiver.
Competition Travel - Must be signed by the parent or legal guardian of any minor athlete who will be transported to or from a competition by an unrelated applicable adult. The waiver must be signed for all competitions that the athlete will travel with the unrelated applicable adult and is only valid for that competition. The club will retain a copy of the signed waiver.
Lodging with Unrelated Adult Athlete - Must be signed by the parent or legal guardian of any minor athlete who will share lodging with an unrelated adult athlete at a team travel competition. The waiver must be signed for all competitions that the lodging arrangements will be in effect and is only valid for that competition. The club will retain a copy of the signed waiver.
Massage Therapist/Athletic Trainer - Must be signed by the parent or legal guardian of any minor athlete who will receive care or treatment by a team provided massage therapist or athletic trainer. The club will retain a copy of the signed waiver.
Mental Health Care/Health Care Professional - Must be signed by the parent or legal guardian of any minor athlete who will receive care or treatment by a team provided mental health care profession or other health care professional. The club will retain a copy of the signed waiver.
Team Policies
COVID-19 Return to Practice Policy - for known close contact, individuals with COVID symptoms, and individuals tested positive for COVID-19
Electronic Communication Policy
Travel Policy
To Report a Concern
If you have a Safe Sport concern, you can find more information on reporting it here: https://www.usaswimming.org/safe-sport/deal-with-a-safe-sport-concern
USA Swimming: (719) 866-4578
U.S. Center for Safe Sport: (720) 524-5640 or use the online reporting form.
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user means an end-user or a supplier of public telecommunications networks or services.
any other measure relating to telecommunications networks or services.
Article 11.22 shall apply to any measure relating to broadcast or cable distribution of radio or television programming, to the extent that the measure also affects public telecommunications networks or services.
prevent a Party from prohibiting a person who operates a private network from using its private network to supply a public telecommunications network or service to third persons.
The Parties recognise the value of competitive markets to deliver a wide choice in the supply of telecommunications networks or services and to enhance consumer welfare, and that economic regulation may not be needed if there is effective competition or if a service is new to a market. Accordingly, the Parties recognise that regulatory needs and approaches differ market by market, and that each Party may determine how to implement its obligations under this Chapter.
use any other appropriate means that benefit the long-term interest of end-users.
Each Party shall ensure that any enterprise of the other Party is accorded access to and use of any public telecommunications network or service, including leased circuits, offered in its territory or across its borders, on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms and conditions.
use operating protocols of their choice other than as necessary to interface with public telecommunications networks and services.
Each Party shall ensure that an enterprise of either Party may use public telecommunications services for the movement of information in its territory or across its borders, including for intra-corporate communications, and for access to information contained in databases or otherwise stored in machine-readable form in the territory of either Party or any non-party which is a party to the WTO Agreement.
Notwithstanding paragraph 3, a Party may take measures that are necessary to ensure the security and confidentiality of messages and to protect the privacy of personal data of end-users of public telecommunications networks or services, provided that those measures are not applied in a manner that would constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination or a disguised restriction on trade in services.
protect the technical integrity of public telecommunications networks or services.
a licensing, permit, registration or notification procedure which, if adopted or maintained, is transparent and provides for the processing of applications filed thereunder in accordance with the laws or regulations of a Party.
The Parties recognise this Article does not prohibit either Party from requiring an enterprise to obtain a licence to supply any public telecommunications service within its territory.
Each Party shall provide its telecommunications regulatory body with the authority to require that suppliers of public telecommunications networks or services in its territory provide, directly or indirectly within the same territory, interconnection with suppliers of public telecommunications services of the other Party in a timely manner, on terms and conditions (including technical standards and specifications), and at cost-oriented rates, that are reasonable (having regard to economic feasibility), non-discriminatory and transparent.
In carrying out paragraph 1, each Party shall ensure that suppliers of public telecommunications networks or services in its territory take reasonable steps to protect the confidentiality of commercially sensitive information of, or relating to, suppliers and end-users of public telecommunications services obtained as a result of interconnection arrangements and that those suppliers only use that information for the purpose of providing these services.
Each Party shall ensure that suppliers of public telecommunications services of the other Party established in its territory are afforded access to telephone numbers on a non-discriminatory basis.
The Parties shall endeavour to cooperate on promoting transparent and reasonable rates for international mobile roaming services that can help promote the growth of trade between the Parties and enhance consumer welfare.
A Party may choose to take steps to enhance transparency and competition with respect to international mobile roaming rates, such as ensuring that information regarding retail rates is easily accessible to consumers.
Each Party shall ensure that suppliers of public telecommunications services in its territory or its telecommunications regulatory body make publicly available retail rates for international mobile roaming services, for voice, data and text messages.
The Parties recognise that a Party, if it has the authority to do so, may choose to adopt or maintain measures affecting rates for wholesale international roaming services with a view to ensuring such rates are reasonable. If a Party considers it appropriate, it may cooperate on and implement mechanisms with the other Party to facilitate the implementation of such measures, including by entering into arrangements with the other Party.
A Party may require suppliers of the other Party to fully utilise commercial negotiations to reach agreement on the terms for accessing such rates or conditions.
A Party that ensures access to regulated rates or conditions for wholesale international mobile roaming services in accordance with paragraph 5 shall be deemed to be in compliance with its obligations under Article 9.4 (Most-Favoured Nation Treatment) of Chapter 9 (Trade in Services), Article 11.4, and Article 11.7 with respect to international mobile roaming services.
For greater certainty, nothing in this Article shall require a Party to regulate rates or conditions for international mobile roaming services.
Each Party shall maintain appropriate measures for the purpose of preventing suppliers of public telecommunications networks or services who, alone or together, are a major supplier in its territory, from engaging in or continuing anti-competitive practices.
not making available, on a timely basis, to other suppliers of public telecommunications services, technical information about essential facilities and commercially relevant information that are necessary for them to provide services.
For greater certainty, nothing in this Article shall prevent a Party from maintaining measures for the purpose of preventing anti-competitive practices by suppliers of public telecommunications networks or services who are not major suppliers.
No Party shall introduce or maintain laws or regulations that prohibit the resale of any public telecommunications service8.
Each Party shall endeavour to promote resale of public telecommunication services subject to its laws and regulations.
Each Party may determine, in accordance with its laws and regulations, which public telecommunications services must be offered for resale by suppliers of public telecommunications services, based on the need to promote competition or to benefit the long-term interests of end-users.
does not impose unreasonable or discriminatory conditions or limitations on the resale of those services.
Subject to paragraph 2, each Party shall ensure that suppliers of public telecommunications networks or services in its territory offer to other suppliers of public telecommunications networks or services access to network elements on an unbundled basis on terms and conditions, and at cost-oriented rates, that are reasonable, non-discriminatory and transparent, for the supply of public telecommunications services.
Each Party may determine, in accordance with its laws and regulations, the network elements in its territory to which it requires access under paragraph 1. When a Party makes this determination, it shall take into account factors such as the competitive effect of lack of such access, whether such network elements can be substituted in an economically or technically feasible manner in order to provide a competing service, or other specified public interest factors.
on request, at points in addition to the network termination points offered to the majority of users, subject to charges that reflect the cost of construction of necessary additional facilities.
the terms and conditions set by a Party's telecommunications regulatory body or other competent body.
In addition to the options provided in paragraph 2, each Party shall ensure that suppliers of public telecommunications services of the other Party have the opportunity to interconnect their facilities and equipment with those of the major supplier through the negotiation of a new interconnection agreement.
Each Party shall make publicly available the applicable procedures for interconnection negotiations with a major supplier in its territory.
the public availability of a reference interconnection offer.
Subject to paragraphs 2 and 3, each Party shall ensure that a major supplier in its territory provides to suppliers of public telecommunications networks or services of the other Party in the Party's territory physical co-location of equipment necessary for interconnection or access to unbundled network elements, on a timely basis, and on terms and conditions (including technical standards and specifications), and at cost-oriented rates, that are reasonable (having regard to economic feasibility), non-discriminatory and transparent.
Where physical co-location is not practical for technical reasons or because of space limitations, each Party shall ensure that a major supplier in its territory cooperates with suppliers of public telecommunications networks or services of the other Party to find and implement a practical and commercially viable alternative solution.
Each Party may determine, in accordance with its laws and regulations, the locations at which it requires major suppliers in its territory to provide the physical co-location or the practical and commercially viable alternative solutions referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2. When a Party makes this determination, it shall take into account factors such as the state of competition in the market where co-location is required, whether those premises can be substituted in an economically or technically feasible manner in order to provide a competing service, or other specified public interest factors.
If a Party does not require that a major supplier offer co-location at certain premises, it nonetheless shall allow service suppliers to request that those premises be offered for co-location in accordance with paragraph 1.
Each Party shall ensure that a major supplier in its territory provides access to poles, ducts, conduits, and towers, or any other structures as determined by the Party, and the sites on which these are located, owned or controlled by the major supplier, to suppliers of public telecommunications networks or services of the other Party in that Party's territory on a timely basis, on terms and conditions and at rates, that are reasonable, non-discriminatory and transparent, subject to technical feasibility.
A Party may determine, in accordance with its laws and regulations, the poles, ducts, conduits, and towers, or any other structures and the sites on which these are located to which it requires major suppliers in its territory to provide access in accordance with paragraph 1. When the Party makes this determination, it shall take into account factors such as the competitive effect of lack of such access, whether such structures can be substituted in an economically or technically feasible manner in order to provide a competing service, or other specified public interest factors.
Each Party shall provide its telecommunications regulatory body with the authority to require that, where suppliers of telecommunications networks or services operate submarine cable systems to provide public telecommunications networks or services in a Party's territory, those suppliers provide reasonable and non-discriminatory access to those systems to suppliers of public telecommunications networks or services of the other Party, in accordance with its laws and regulations.
Each Party shall ensure that suppliers of public telecommunications networks or services of the other Party can apply to land a submarine cable in its territory and that such applications are administered in a reasonable, objective and impartial manner in accordance with its laws and regulations.
The Parties recognise the importance of international submarine cable systems, and the expeditious and efficient installation, maintenance and repair of these systems, to national, regional and global telecommunications connectivity.
any fee charged by any of its relevant bodies to obtain, maintain or renew any such permit is reasonable, transparent and is limited in amount to the approximate cost of services rendered by that Party in respect of any such fee.
If a Party (the first Party) considers that a measure of the other Party creates a material impediment to the ability of suppliers of public telecommunications networks or services of the first Party to expeditiously and efficiently install, maintain or repair submarine cable systems, it may request consultations with regard to that measure. The Parties shall enter into consultations with a view to exchanging information on the operation of the measure and to considering whether further steps are necessary and appropriate.
Each Party shall ensure that its telecommunications regulatory body is separate from, and not accountable to, any supplier of public telecommunications networks or services. With a view to ensuring the independence and impartiality of telecommunications regulatory bodies, each Party shall ensure that its telecommunications regulatory body does not hold a financial interest10 or maintain an operating or management role in any supplier of public telecommunications networks or services.
Each Party shall ensure that the regulatory decisions and procedures of its telecommunications regulatory body are impartial with respect to all market participants.
Neither Party shall accord more favourable treatment to a supplier of telecommunications services in its territory than that accorded to a like service supplier of the other Party on the basis that the supplier receiving more favourable treatment is owned by the national government of the Party.
Each Party shall ensure that any supplier of public telecommunications networks or services of the other Party that is aggrieved, or whose interests are adversely affected by a determination or decision of a telecommunications regulatory body of the first Party, may obtain review of the determination or decision by an administrative, arbitral or judicial tribunal or authority or according to administrative, arbitral or judicial procedures. If such procedures are not independent of the telecommunications regulatory body, the first Party shall ensure that the procedures in fact provide for an objective and impartial review.
Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligation it wishes to maintain. Such obligations, including any cross subsidisation policy provided for under the laws and regulations of each Party, shall not be regarded as anti-competitive per se, provided they are administered in a transparent, non-discriminatory and competitively neutral manner, and are not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service defined by the Party.
the period of validity of a licence.
Each Party shall administer its procedures for the allocation and use of scarce telecommunications resources, including frequencies and numbers, in an objective, timely, transparent and non-discriminatory manner.
Each Party shall make publicly available the current state of frequency bands allocated to specific uses but retains the right not to provide detailed identification of frequencies that are allocated or assigned for specific government uses.
For greater certainty, a Party's measures allocating and assigning spectrum and managing frequency are not per se inconsistent with Article 9.5 (Market Access) of Chapter 9 (Trade in Services). Accordingly, each Party retains the right to establish and apply spectrum and frequency management policies that may have the effect of limiting the number of suppliers of public telecommunications services, provided that the Party does so in a manner that is consistent with other provisions of this Agreement. This includes the ability to allocate frequency bands, taking into account current and future needs and spectrum availability.
When making a spectrum allocation for commercial telecommunications services, each Party shall endeavour to rely on an open and transparent process that considers the public interest, including the promotion of competition. Each Party shall endeavour to rely generally on market-based approaches in assigning spectrum for terrestrial commercial telecommunications services. To this end, each Party shall have the authority to use mechanisms such as auctions, if appropriate, to assign spectrum for commercial use.
Each Party shall provide its telecommunications regulatory body with the authority to enforce the Party's measures relating to the obligations provided for under Article 11.4, Article 11.5, Article 11.7, Article 11.8, Article 11.9, Article 11.10, Article 11.11, Article 11.12, Article 11.13, Article 11.14 and Article 11.15. That authority shall include the ability to impose, or seek from administrative or judicial bodies, effective sanctions, which may include financial penalties, injunctive relief (on an interim or final basis), or the modification, suspension or revocation of licences.
suppliers of public telecommunications services of the other Party that have requested interconnection with a major supplier in the Party's territory may seek review, within a reasonable period of time after the supplier requests interconnection, by its telecommunications regulatory body or other relevant body to resolve disputes regarding the terms, conditions and rates for interconnection with that major supplier.
No Party shall permit the making of an application for judicial review by enterprises, including suppliers of public telecommunications networks or services, to constitute grounds for non-compliance with the determination or decision of the telecommunications regulatory body, unless the judicial body issues an order that the determination or decision not be enforced while the proceeding is pending.
measures of bodies responsible for preparing, amending, and adopting standards-related measures affecting access and use that are, to the extent required, endorsed under the laws or regulations of a Party.
To the extent possible, each Party shall allow a reasonable period of time between publication of a measure of general application relating to this Chapter, proposed or final in accordance with its legal system, and its effective date.
Each Party shall publish the names and addresses of the competent authorities responsible for measures related to the operation of this Chapter.
On request of a Party, the other Party shall promptly provide information and respond to questions pertaining to any actual or proposed measures materially affecting the operation of this Chapter.
Each Party shall ensure that, where information is required to be published in accordance with this Chapter, such information is published on the internet.
Neither Party shall prevent suppliers of public telecommunications services from choosing the technologies they wish to use to supply their services, subject to requirements necessary to satisfy legitimate public policy interests, provided that any measure restricting that choice is not prepared, adopted or applied in a manner that creates unnecessary obstacles to trade. For greater certainty, a Party adopting those measures shall do so in accordance with Article 11.22.
When a Party finances the development of advanced networks, including broadband networks, it may make its financing conditional on the use of technologies that meet its specific public policy interests.
1. For Indonesia, a reasonable profit shall not apply for interconnection rates.
2. For greater certainty, nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to require a Party to authorise an enterprise of the other Party to establish, construct, acquire, lease, operate or supply public telecommunications networks or services.
3. For greater certainty, no Party may, solely on the basis of any obligations owed to it by the regulating Party under a most-favoured-nation provision, or under a telecommunications-specific non-discrimination provision, in any existing international trade agreement, seek or obtain for its suppliers the access to regulated rates or conditions for wholesale international mobile roaming services that is provided under this Article.
4. For greater certainty, access under paragraph 5(a) to the rates or conditions regulated by the first Party shall be available to a supplier of the second Party only if such regulated rates or conditions are reasonably comparable to those reciprocally regulated under the arrangement referred to in subparagraph (a). The telecommunications regulatory body of the first Party shall, in the case of a disagreement, determine whether the rates or conditions are reasonably comparable.
5. "Reasonably comparable rates or conditions" means rates or conditions agreed to be such by the relevant suppliers or, in the case of disagreement, determined to be such by the telecommunications regulatory body of the first Party.
6. For greater certainty, such additional requirements may include, for example that the rates provided to the supplier of the second Party reflect the reasonable cost of supplying international mobile roaming services by a supplier of the first Party to a supplier of the second Party, as determined through the methodology of the first Party.
7. This article shall apply to Indonesia no later than 31 December 2020.
8. For greater certainty, paragraph 1 does not limit the right for the Parties to otherwise regulate resale.
9. This article shall apply to Indonesia no later than 31 December 2020.
10. This paragraph shall not be construed to prohibit a government entity of a Party other than the telecommunications regulatory body from owning equity in a supplier of public telecommunications networks or services.
11. For greater certainty, another relevant body of a Party may include a judicial body.
12. For greater certainty, seeking input does not include internal governmental deliberations.
13. For greater certainty, a Party may consolidate its responses to the comments received from interested persons.


Since many of you were away for the holiday weekend, you may not be aware that Father Eamon is no longer exercising his priestly ministry here in our parish. The following is the text that I received from Abbot Giles Hayes, Abbot of St. Mary's Abbey, Thursday evening, May 21st.
Abbot Giles P. Hayes, O.S.B.
The announcement of Fr. Eamon's leave was a complete surprise to all of us, and thus, a bit of a shock. This is a difficult time for both Fr. Eamon, and our parish community. I ask each of you to heed the request of Fr. Abbott by keeping Fr. Eamon in your daily prayers.
We all need to respect Fr. Eamon's privacy. I have been assured that, at the appropriate time, we will be able to send cards and letters expressing our prayerful support.


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Books, dance lessons, 'Sopranos' — freebies abound online these days
AP Entertainment Writer
NEW YORK — We might not be totally free these days, but there's a lot out there that is.
Companies like Pure Barre and Peloton are offering free access to fitness classes. Amazon is giving away book classics like "The Call of the Wild" and "Emma," and MasterClass has experts offering their wisdom for nothing.
The coronovirus's shutdown has wreaked havoc on so many lives and also disrupted many company plans. But some are offering their goods for free or dropping their paywalls for a limited time.
It may not make the best financial decision, but marketing experts say it's good public relations and a nice way to hook future customers as long as it doesn't seem like companies are taking advantage of the virus.
"You have to be careful," said Penny Sansevieri, the CEO of Author Marketing Experts. "You don't want someone on social media to all of a sudden say, 'Well, you're just trying to take advantage of the fact that people are stuck at home.'"
Free shows and films from the entertainment world are a warm blanket for the home-bound. HBO is making free streams of "The Sopranos," "Veep," "Succession," "Six Feet Under" and "The Wire" on HBO Now.
Apple TV Plus is allowing free access to some of its original programs, including "Servant" from M. Night Shyamalan. The distributor FilmRise has the campy 1960s series "Batman" with Adam West — "Bam! Pow!" — and Showtime has extended its free trial period to 30 days. PBS is streaming " Nature " episodes and its " Great Performances," from Shakespeare to "Kinky Boots," and YouTube is making many of its original series available to anyone without a subscription.
A nice corporate gesture during dark times can do wonders. Sansevieri points to Hallmark, which had a rough few months with controversies over actress Lori Loughlin and its handling of a gay-themed wedding commercial.
But in the face of the virus, Hallmark mailed out 2 million free greeting cards to anyone who asked — real cards, not e-cards — "to help put more care in the world."
Sansevieri said the gesture had a lot of "feel-good attached to it," adding: "Was it a way for Hallmark to wipe away all the other bad stuff? Probably. But it was very smartly done."
"Tuesdays with Morrie" author Mitch Albom is going past a mere gesture. He's writing a new serialized story " Human Touch," set in Michigan during these coronavirus days, with free chapters available every Friday and suggested donations to his charity SAY Detroit.
"I got the idea of how life would be reflected through this virus on one street corner where there were four homes," he said. "I hope it makes some kind of difference and I hope it provides diversion for people, too." Fans as far away as Iran have thanked him for the effort.
The free gesture works best when it aligns with the company's core mission. The educational platform MasterClass has launched weekly free live streaming seminars with such luminaries as "The Da Vinci Code" author Dan Brown and designer Kelly Wearstler.
"It's not a circumstance we would have wished for but to have an opportunity to do the thing we love at a time when people really need us is very special," said David Schriber, MasterClass' chief marketing officer.
Companies hoping to get us off the couch also have deals: Nike has made online workouts free, Planet Fitness is streaming live workouts on Facebook and Gold's Gym is offering free access to its app. The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has online classes for the brave — or you can just soak in one of their ballets, all free.
Live theatrical venues like the Metropolitan Opera plans a streaming gala later this month, Cirque du Soleil has put out free 60-minute compilation specials every week and Andrew Lloyd Webber has new streaming broadcasts of his musicals each Friday for 48 hours on a dedicated YouTube channel.
Apple TV Plus has also made some of its kids' offering free, including the series "Snoopy in Space" featuring everyone's favorite fictional beagle. Peanuts Worldwide is offering free online educational materials to boost the show's learning.
"We're a feel-good property and I think that's why we feel it's really important to make people feel a little bit of comfort during this really awkward time," said Melissa Menta, senior vice president at Peanuts Worldwide.
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"Marvins Room" is a song by the rapper Drake . After the song debuted on his official blog October's Very Own on June 9, 2011. it was met with popularity, resulting in it being released as a single via radio airplay and digital download on June 28, 2011. It was later included on Drake's second studio album Take Care, from which it serves as a prequel single, with it being followed by lead single, "Headlines". It has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of at least 500,000 copies in the US. Read Full Bio"Marvins Room" is a song by the rapper Drake . After the song debuted on his official blog October's Very Own on June 9, 2011. it was met with popularity, resulting in it being released as a single via radio airplay and digital download on June 28, 2011. It was later included on Drake's second studio album Take Care, from which it serves as a prequel single, with it being followed by lead single, "Headlines". It has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments of at least 500,000 copies in the US.
The song was allegedly recorded inside the studio of the same name once owned by singer Marvin Gaye.


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One-woman orchestra, Zoë Keating (USA)
Zoë Keating performs by using a cello and a foot-controlled laptop to record layer upon layer of cello, creating intricate, haunting and compelling music. Throughout the US and Europe, Zoë is known for both her use of technology – which she uses to sample her cello onstage – and for her DIY ethic which has resulted in the sale of over 45,000 copies of her self-released albums and a devoted social media following with over 1.3 million Twitter followers.
Zoë's grassroots, label-less approach has garnered her much public attention and press. She speaks regularly on artist-empowerment, sustainable careers and the concept of artist-as-entrepreneur (most recently as special guest "Artist Ambassador" at France's MIDEM conference) and has been named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.
Zoë spent much of 2011 touring across North America, young baby in tow, to support her latest album, Into the Trees, which spent 49 weeks on the Billboard classical charts, peaking at #7. Her first self-produced album One Cello x 16: Natoma spent time on iTunes as both No.1 on the classical chart and No.2 on the electronica chart.
Classically trained from the age of eight, the Canadian born artist continued to play cello ever since. Her early 20's saw a period she dubs her 'detour', during this time Zoë worked as an engineer at a tech startup and simultaneously moonlighted as a cellist in rock bands. She eventually combined the cello and the computer, developing her signature style of live-layered music by improvising for late night crowds at her San Francisco warehouse.
Over the years, Zoë has performed and recorded with a wide range of artists, including Imogen Heap, Amanda Palmer, Tears for Fears, DJ Shadow, John Vanderslice, Rasputina, Pomplamoose and Paolo Nutini. She is a regular collaborator with WNYC's Radiolab and is also known for her work in film and dance. Commissions include music for the San Francisco MOMA and soundtracks for the films Ghost Bird, The Devil's Chair and Frozen Angels.
As an avid appreciator of independent artistry and the innovative and fresh perspective, Zoë makes an effort to reach audiences wherever they are, performing on radio, television and webcasts, outdoors in the desert, in churches and concert halls, at universities, museums, technology conferences, executive brainstorming sessions, airports, house concerts, bars and rock clubs around the world. Her show's are inspiring, uplifting and truly out of this world and something not to be missed.
Australia will be the first territory where Zoe's albums will see planned physical distribution. Both of her albums have previously been self distributed globally. On May 18th, Instrumental Recordings/MGM will oversee the release of both albums simultaneously.
"…a distinctive mix of old and new — layers of sound, that feel more like orchestrations than a solo instrument. " – National Public Radio
Swoon-inducing. Like taking a tripleshot of Absinthe before stepping outside of the bar just in time to see the sun exploding.
– San Francisco Weekly
…uses live looping to transform solo performances into multipart masterpieces.
– Electronic Musician
Into The Trees & One Cello X16: Natoma
instores May 18th via Instrumental Recordings/MGM.
Artist website: www.zoekeating.com
Twitter: zoecello
Facebook: www.facebook.com/zoekeating
Instrumental Recordings/Top Shelf: Contact Jordan Verzar – jordan@topshelf.com.au or 0408 962 319
Press Enquiries: Chrissie Vincent Publicity – 0418 598 929 or chrissiev@cvp.net.au
© 2018 Top Shelf Productions


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Bada Bing! is a fictional strip club from the HBO drama television series The Sopranos. It was a key location for events in the series, named for the catchphrase "bada bing", a phrase popularized by James Caan's character Sonny Corleone in The Godfather. The popularization of the fictional club benefited the real-life go-go bar, Satin Dolls, where scenes were filmed. The Bada Bing is loosely based on Wiggles, a strip club owned by New Jersey mobster Vincent Palermo before it was shut down.

Strippers at the Bada Bing were portrayed by extras including Elektra, Gina Lynn, Justine Noelle, Kelly Madison Kole, Luiza Liccini, Marie Athanasiou, Nadine Marcelletti, Rosie Ciavolino and Sonia Ortega. The "Bada Bing Girls" appeared in a photo spread in the August 2001 issue of Playboy magazine. Michelle Eileen, another frequently portrayed Bada Bing extra, also appeared in Playboy Fall 2002 with photo spreads over 3 separate Playboy Special Edition magazines.

Use and effect on the series

The Bing is owned and chiefly operated by Silvio Dante, Tony Soprano's consigliere, in Lodi, New Jersey. Tony's office is in one of the back rooms of the Bing, and the DiMeo crime family often conduct their business either in the office or at the bar.

The use of Bada Bing as the name of the club and elsewhere in the series popularized the catchphrase such that it was added to the 2003 Oxford English Dictionary as an exclamation to emphasize that something will happen effortlessly and predictably. Bada bing is imitative of the sound of a drumroll or rim shot, or may also derive from the "bada-bing" sound effect that James Caan's character, Sonny Corleone, makes to describe an up-close shooting in The Godfather.

Alcohol and nudity
Being a topless go-go bar selling alcoholic drinks, Bada Bing represents a deviation from reality insofar as real-world New Jersey state law prohibits topless or nude dancing in establishments that sell alcohol. However, New Jersey strip clubs without liquor licenses may opt to permit patrons to bring in their own alcoholic beverages, while full bars with liquor licenses are allowed to feature non-topless or non-nude go-go dancers (i.e. "bikini bars").

The show frequently used the club for sexposition scenes. Reviewer Paul Levinson described the Bada Bing, and its background of nudity, as a key setting for the series:

Key scenes
The Bing is where:

 Tony Soprano and his crew find out Jackie Aprile Sr. has died from his illness. One of the dancers (played by Theresa Lynn) vows never to forget where she was the day Jackie died.
 Tony Soprano cancels the hit on Don Hauser, his daughter's soccer coach, and an uncovered statutory rapist.
 Tony and Sil agree to have Richie Aprile killed but are preempted by a deadly domestic dispute involving Richie and Janice.
 Tony Soprano and Paulie Walnuts agree to have Big Pussy whacked if they found out he was wearing a wire for sure.
 Ralph Cifaretto beats his pregnant girlfriend Tracee, a Bing dancer, to death in the parking lot just outside the building. He gets beaten in turn by Tony for "disrespecting the Bing".
 Johnny Sack informs Tony that he is prepared to reconcile with Ralph following an insult to Sack's wife, in turn allowing Tony to cancel a planned hit on him.
 Christopher Moltisanti threatens Tony with a gun for allegedly having an affair with his fiancée, but he has already emptied his gun of bullets by shooting Tony's old SUV in the parking lot, a burgundy 1998 Chevrolet Suburban, which Tony presumably is back to driving since totaling his white Escalade.
 Tony makes the case for not killing Vito Spatafore over his homosexuality to Silvio and Carlo Gervasi.
 Paulie has a vision of the Virgin Mary hovering over the dance floor, leading him to reconcile with his aunt and adoptive mother Marianucci.
 Silvio Dante is shot several times in the parking lot on an ordered hit from Phil Leotardo. Patsy Parisi accompanies him but flees on foot. Silvio is hospitalized in critical condition.
 Matthew Bevilaqua and Sean Gismonte desperately and unsuccessfully try to gain the attention of Tony Soprano, angering him by openly boasting of criminal activities in his presence in the washroom.
 Silvio Dante arrives at the club to open it in the morning and finds Christopher Moltisanti, coming down from a heroin binge vomiting heavily in the toilet, his hair in the toilet water. He later brings this up at Christopher's rehabilitation intervention.

Filming location

All interior and exterior shots of the Bada Bing were filmed on location at Satin Dolls, an actual go-go bar on Route 17 in Lodi, New Jersey. Occasionally the neon "Satin Dolls" logo is visible on an interior wall of the club. The office scenes, however, were filmed on a sound stage at Silvercup Studios.

The popularity of the series and the notoriety of the Bada Bing! resulted in economic benefits through tours and souvenirs for the real-life club.

After the series finale, the owners of the real bar decided to auction off the furnishings at the club and replace them with new ones.

The club's name has inspired a coffee shop chain in New Jersey called Bada Bean and a darts team in Los Angeles named "FADA Bing!".

See also
Satriale's Pork Store

References

External links
 Official website of the Satin Dolls club

Lodi, New Jersey
Fictional drinking establishments
The Sopranos


When Most Revered Swami Vireshwarananandaji Maharaj visite d Mysuru in the year 1983, he expressed the need to start a chain of simple hut temples of Sri Ramakrishna in the rural areas, wherein the service and spread of culture is being taken up along with the worship of Holy Trio and local deities.
This Ramakrishna Seva Mandir will be managed by the local people under the guidance of Mysore Ashrama and the basic concept and mode of operation of the project is to make it "by the people and for the people". Local school teachers, leaders and volunteers who are service minded will be identified and trained in the Mysore Ashrama and asked to manage the Ramakrishna Seva Mandira.
It is a unique rural service project which has a potential to pave way for a future neo-temple movement to spread the culture and essential knowledge and values to the people living in the rural area along with the usual worship.
Temple was inaugurated on 26.11.2016 by Rev.Swami Bodhasaranandaji Maharaj, Assistant General Secretary Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, Belur Math.


Before dropping your cat off at the cattery, schedule some time to look around it and get a sense of how it feels. Cats who are anxious are typically more easily bothered by noises or intense activity. To help your cat stay calm, the ideal cattery should be a relaxing, quiet and low key place. If you walk in the door to the sound of cats howling, it is probably not the right place for you. However, if it has quiet punctuated by purring, you have found the perfect place.
Options for great boarding facilities include Welcome Boarding Kennels & Cattery.
When animals or people feel anxious or afraid, they often feel more calm if they can hide. This is one of the reasons that cats tend to like cardboard boxes. Look for a cattery that has large areas for each cat to stay, and look for a way to include a hiding spot for your cat in that area.
Just a simple box with a blanket in it should suffice. Your cat will feel more comfortable with the option to hide away as he or she needs.
Herbs like catnip, valerian and chamomile are known to help kittens feel calm. You can give your cat the herbs to chew on, or you can infuse them into water or oil and spray them around your cat's area. If possible, leave some extra herbs with the cattery so that they can dispense them as needed.
Just as people have anti-anxiety meds, pets do as well. If your kitten really struggles with anxiety, talk to your vet about prescription medications. You can also get sedatives that allow your cat to sleep through most of their stay.
When choosing a cattery for your furry feline, talk with the staff. Ask them if they know how to calm an anxious kitten, and ask about which calming strategies they use in particular. If they do not know how to deal with anxiety, look for a cattery with staff members that specialise in reducing anxiety.


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Steven Spielberg delivers top-rate musical entertainment with West Side Story
In case you aren't aware, West Side Story (originally a Broadway musical in the 1950s and first adapted into film through a 1961 Best Picture-winning feature) is a take-off on Romeo and Juliet set between two street gangs in 1950s New York City. On one side is the Jets, a collection of white teenagers, and on the other side is the Sharks, comprised of Puerto Rican teenagers. The two groups duke it out in the streets with fiery hatred for one another. In the middle of all this conflict, romance blossoms between former Jets leader Tony (Ansel Elgort) and the younger sister of the leader of the Sharks, Maria (Rachel Zegler). Their romance is as forbidden as the passion they feel for one another is unstoppable. This situation produces emotions that run so high they can only be communicated through songs penned by the late Stephen Sondheim.
Remakes are often such a disappointing hollow shell of familiar classic movies that the prospect of a new take on West Side Story cant help but gear one up to be underwhelmed. Within moments of West Side Story beginning, though, I knew I was in good hands. Nearly 50 years after he helmed Duel, director Steven Spielberg still demonstrates such an impressive command of his camera, which is made apparent through an opening single-take guiding the viewer through decimated remains of an old neighborhood. What used to house families is now being destroyed to make ritzy new domiciles and push out the poor. Without speaking a word, Spielberg and cinematographer Janusz Kaminski quietly unfold the tragic backdrop that inspired the conflict between the Jets and Sharks.
From there, the commanding visual language of the feature is put to even better use framing the musical numbers. Starting with Dexter Fletcher's Rocketman in 2019, American musicals got over the choppy editing and clumsy camerawork that plagued past modern entries in the genre like The Greatest Showman. Crisp visuals that captured people who could sing and dance, rather than hurriedly darting between big-name movie stars and stunt doubles, became the name of the game. This welcome departure is epitomized in West Side Story, with a cast of Broadway veterans singing and dancing their hearts out with all the emotion they can muster all while Spielberg's precise camera movements capture every detail of this splendid showmanship.
Combining these visual traits with Sondheim's wonderfully detailed lyrics ("You're a Jet with a capital G!" still makes me giggle) makes the opening number of West Side Story not only outstanding but a perfect harbinger of what's to come. Time after time, this movie delivers set pieces that are rich with emotions, mesmerizing cinematography, and incredible choreography. Neither the visuals nor the way the tunes are presented makes any apologies for this being an unabashed musical. On the contrary, Spielberg's take on West Side Story demonstrates the powerful feelings and spectacle that you could only get in this genre.
Even better, screenwriter Tony Kushner keeps finding ingenious ways to make familiar West Side Story tunes fresh again primarily through giving them new backdrops. You may know every lyric to America, but it'll feel brand new thanks to how Kushner ingeniously brings this musical number out into the street of New York City so that visual aids can be used to illustrate the pros and cons of living in the titular country. The underlying brutality of the lyrics in the seemingly comical ditty Dear Officer Krupke, meanwhile, gets reinforced wonderfully through staging this song as something members of the Jets sing to one another in isolation. Rather than rehashing what you already know, West Side Story keeps serving up imaginative interpretations of some of the best musical numbers of all time.
These songs are belted out by an impressive assortment of talented actors, many of them making their feature film debuts. Rachel Zegler, for one, immediately stands out as an instant movie star through her breathtaking singing voice and ability to capture such vivid deep emotion with just a glance. Ariana DeBose, inhabiting the part of Anita, provides similarly unforgettable work while supporting players Mike Faist and David Alvarez are just riveting in their screen presence. As for Ansel Elgort, he's...the weakest link by far in the whole movie. Elgort's got a fine singing voice, but he can't hope to compare to his Broadway vet co-stars. Every time he's paired up with Zegler or Faist, it only reinforces how he's a steep step down from the rest of the cast.
An underwhelming male lead aside, though, West Side Story is otherwise a fantastic musical, whose greatness is reflected in how even the tiniest details of the production occupied my mind once my screening ended. The use of Spanish dialogue in the screenplay, for instance, is terrific. I love that it's used to not only reflect the interior lives of the Puerto Rican characters but also as a tool of rebellion against authority figures like a cop played by Corey Stoll. Meanwhile, the various sets and practical filming locations for West Side Story are gloriously-realized. No distracting green-screen artifice here, there's a tangibility and depth to the environments that lends instant believability to a story involving people who can't stub their toe without belting out an extended musical number.
And the colors! West Side Story is unafraid to embrace a wide variety of bright hues in even the most mundane environments. A church date between Maria and Tony involves washing the two characters in streaks of red and blue light while the vividly-colored clothes hanging out to dry in Anita's apartment make any scene set here instantly pleasing to the eyes. Looking on all the things West Side Story does right, it's wonderful how its best parts aren't just nodding to the original (though it is wonderful to see Rita Moreno return as a new version of the character Doc). Though rooted in one of the most famous movie musicals of all time, Steven Spielberg's West Side Story is something that has no problem standing on its own and even suggesting (GASP!) that sometimes, remakes can be quality movies. Perish the thought!
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Q: Выводить из mysql по городам Есть две таблицы user и info
В таблице user храниться id пользователя и его город, а в таблице info есть так же id пользователя, город и еще два поля, подскажите как вывести пользователю всю инфу с таблицы info, для его города?

A: Задача:
Есть таблица пользователей user (код пользователя user_id, город city) и таблица сообщений help (код пользователя user_id, заголовок title, сообщение message). На входе город $city. На выходе - список сообщений от пользователей из этого же города.
SELECT title, message FROM help h, user u WHERE h.user_id = u.user_id and city = '$city'

Итоговый код, сообща отлаженный в комментариях
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Earnest money – What is it?
Home|Earnest Money, Forum|Earnest money – What is it?
Earnest money is the money a buyer puts up at the beginning of the contract. Usually about 3 to 5 days MEC (Mutual Execution of Contract the point when all parties sign the original offer). The earnest money is usually (at least in the Denver and Denver Foothills) in the neighborhood of $5,000 to as much as $25,000 depending on the price of the home. Sometimes even more. This amount has gone up in recent years due to it being a seller's market as well as our low inventory. The sellers are not wanting to remove their home from the market unless a buyer has full intentions of fully fulfilling their contractual obligation.
Who determines how much money to hold in earnest money?
Earnest money amounts are set by the seller and listing agent. The market also bears the responsibility of setting the amount. If the market won't put up with rising amounts then the amount must come down. The amount of earnest money is not usually a huge deal. The earnest money is considered as part of your down payment or cash due at closing. The Colorado contracts are also set up in the buyer's favor and as long as you meet all dates and deadlines you will receive your earnest money back as long as you cancel the contract for a good reason under the deadline that coincides with your reason.
Who physically holds the earnest money?
Earnest money is held by one of three parties but is always held in the same type of account. It is either held by the listing broker's firm, the title company or an attorney. The money is always held in a trust account. This trust account can either be intrest bearing or not. It doesn't really matter because neither the buyer or seller is given the interest. Whoever is in charge of the earnest money is not able to release to either party until the contract is executed at the closing table or both parties sign an earnest release form.
What happens in an earnest money dispute?
The third option for the earnest to be released is after a dispute. Both buyer and seller must go to mediation to see which one can prove they are in the legal right to have the earnest money.


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Q: Stop Page redirection on Form Submit I've looked up a lot of tutorials and poked around on here but haven't found anything that addresses my specific issue.  I am guessing I have a syntax error or logic error somewhere in my code.  My issue is that whenever I submit the form, I get directed to the test.php page.  The php is working correctly as it is returning the correct result but I just want that to run and display the submitted form information underneath.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
index.html

<title>Computer swap form</title>

<form method = "post" action = "test.php" id="computerForm">
Serial Number:

<input name="serialnumber" type="text">

<button id = "sub"> Submit </button>
</form>

test.php
<?php

$sn = $_POST['serialnumber'];

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{
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}
else {
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}
?>

my_script.js
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         $("#computerForm").serialize(),
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});

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});

A: To achieve what you require put all your logic in the submit handler, and call preventDefault() on the event argument provided to the handler function:
$("#computerForm").submit(function(e) {
  e.preventDefault();
  $.post(this.action, $(this).serialize(), function(info) {
    $("#result").html(info);
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});


With Product Combo extension, You can easily Sale your multiple products( bundle ) in one click. and helps your customers to save more. Your customer happy they save more on and store owner as well because of its sale more items.


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You are here: Home / Business / Events / Human Interest / Music / PYX 106, Albany's Classic Rock Station, hosted the 2016 Toys for Tots Bike Run on October 23rd; The event collect over 500 hundred toys and raised over $7,600 for Capital Region Toys for Tots, an organization that collects Christmas toys and gifts for the less fortunate children in the community
PYX 106, Albany's Classic Rock Station, hosted the 2016 Toys for Tots Bike Run on October 23rd; The event collect over 500 hundred toys and raised over $7,600 for Capital Region Toys for Tots, an organization that collects Christmas toys and gifts for the less fortunate children in the community
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PYX 106's 2016 Toys for Tots Bike Run Collected over 500 hundred toys and raised funds FOR
Albany, N.Y. – November 3, 2016 – PYX 106, Albany's Classic Rock Station, hosted the 2016 Toys for Tots Bike Run on October 23rd. The event collect over 500 hundred toys and raised over $7,600 for Capital Region Toys for Tots, an organization that collects Christmas toys and gifts for the less fortunate children in the community. PYX 106 will continue to partner with the Capital Region Toys for Tots to help raise monetary and toy donations throughout the 2016 campaign season.
The bike run kicked off at Brunswick Harley Davidson and featured a parade of over 400 motorcyclists that traveled through Troy, Waterford, Clifton Park, Niskayuna, Schenectady and Glenville. PYX 106 on-air personality John Cooper participated alongside more than 600 community members who each brought either a new unwrapped toy or a $10 cash donation. Brunswick Harley Owners Group was the official sponsor of the event.
"We are always so appreciative of the generosity of our PYX 106 listeners," said John Cooper, PYX 106 on-air personality and iHeartMedia Regional Vice President of Programming for the Hartford Region. "The Biker Community, of which I am proud to be a part of, has once again shown how caring they are. The kids in need in the Capital Region will have holiday gifts this year thanks to this kindness!"
PYX 106 is a leading media outlet in the Albany market and its content is available across multiple platforms, including its broadcast station; online via its branded digital site; mobile; and social, with nationwide listening through iHeartRadio, the all-in-one streaming music and live radio service.
About iHeartMedia Albany:
iHeartMedia Albany owns and operates WTRY-FM, WRVE-FM, WRVE-HD, WKKF-FM, WPYX-FM, WGY-AM & FM, WOFX- AM, and is part of iHeartMedia. With over a quarter of a billion monthly listeners in the U.S. and over 85 million social followers, iHeartMedia has the largest national reach of any radio or television outlet in America. As the leader in multiplatform connections, it also serves over 150 local markets through 858 owned radio stations, and the company's radio stations and content can be heard on AM/FM, HD digital radio, satellite radio, on the Internet at iHeartRadio.com and on the company's radio station websites, on the iHeartRadio mobile app, in enhanced auto dashes, on tablets, wearables and smartphones, and on gaming consoles.
iHeartRadio, iHeartMedia's digital radio platform, is the fastest growing digital audio service in the U.S. and offers users thousands of live radio stations, personalized custom artist stations created by just one song or seed artist and the top podcasts and personalities. With over a billion downloads, iHeartRadio reached 90 million registered users faster than any other radio or digital music service and even faster than Facebook.
iHeartMedia's platforms include radio broadcasting, online, mobile, digital and social media, podcasts, personalities and influencers, live concerts and events, syndication, music research services and independent media representation. iHeartMedia is a division of iHeartMedia, Inc. (OTCBB: IHRT). Visit iHeartMedia.com for more company information.
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College of Natural Resources receives $50 million naming gift
February 29, 2020 By Kara Manke
Former dean Gordon Rausser has made a commitment of $50 million to the College of Natural Resources. Photo by Keegan Houser.
The College of Natural Resources at the University of California, Berkeley, has been renamed the Rausser College of Natural Resources in honor of a landmark $50 million gift by Gordon Rausser, former dean of the college and the Robert Gordon Sproul Distinguished Professor Emeritus of agricultural and resource economics at UC Berkeley.
The gift, the largest donation ever received by the college and the largest naming gift of any academic unit at UC Berkeley, will support the school's land-grant mission to take on key economic, social, environmental and health challenges facing the state and the nation. Major initiatives led by the college include mitigating and adapting to climate change, accelerating the clean energy transition and improving food security and nutrition for all.
"The state of California, and the nation as a whole, face enormous environmental risks today that didn't exist 20 years ago, and we as a society haven't found the will to address them squarely," Rausser said. "Rausser College has some of the best economists in the world and some of the best scientists in the world, and by working together, as they must, they uniquely position the college to provide not only the fundamental science, but also the practical solutions, needed to tackle these challenges."
"Gordon Rausser's incredible contribution of his own personal resources to support the mission of UC Berkeley and Rausser College is an unparalleled vote of confidence in the college, the university and our mission," said Chancellor Carol Christ. "Gordon's legacy of outstanding leadership at the college in and of itself left an indelible mark on our campus and community. His willingness and ability to now provide a strong financial foundation for the college's future is a contribution whose true value is beyond measure."
The majority of the funds will create an unrestricted endowment that can be used at the direction of the dean, in consultation with faculty leadership, to support a variety of needs across the college's five departments — from supporting graduate students to launching new interdisciplinary research programs.
In addition, a portion of the gift will be used to establish the Gordon Rausser Endowed Chair in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, where Rausser served for over four decades. Another portion will help set up a Rausser-Zilberman Program Endowed Fund for the Master of Development Practice (MDP) Program, which will support students, curriculum enhancements and field opportunities abroad.
"An endowment gift of this size and nature provides the college with a permanent funding source that will fuel innovation and creativity, enhance the quality of our programs and help us stay competitive — it is truly extraordinary," said David Ackerly, dean of Rausser College. "We will invest in graduate student support to recruit and train the world's best scholars and support innovative interdisciplinary research to tackle major problems at the state, national and global levels."
Other priorities include faculty recruitment and retention, equity and inclusion programs and curriculum innovations, Ackerly said.
Rausser first joined the Berkeley faculty in 1978 after leaving his faculty position at Harvard University. He went on to serve as chair of the Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics on three separate occasions before being appointed dean of the College of Natural Resources in 1994. As dean, Rausser oversaw a massive expansion and reorganization of the college, growing the number of faculty at the college by approximately 20%.
Rausser foresaw the need to increase the college's fundraising enterprise, and under his leadership the college greatly expanded its philanthropic activity. During his time as dean he worked in partnership with the alumni community to create eight new faculty endowed chairs. Today these endowed chairs are a crucial tool for recruiting and retaining the highest-quality faculty. He also spearheaded the Berkeley-Novartis Agreement, a creative research and development agreement between the College's Department of Plant and Microbial Biology and the Novartis Agricultural Discovery Institute to advance fundamental research in plant biology and genomics. The Berkeley-Novartis Agreement was novel at the time and laid the groundwork for future public private partnerships.
Outside of Berkeley, Rausser has distinguished himself as an economic and policy adviser to the U.S. government and the state of California, as a business consultant and venture capitalist and an entrepreneur. While on academic leave, he served as senior economist on the President's Council of Economic Advisors (1986-1987) under Ronald Reagan and subsequently became chief economist of the U.S. Agency for International Development (1988-1990). His accomplishments also include co-founding Emeryville-based OnPoint Analytics, which provides business consulting services specializing in expert testimony in economics, data analytics, finance and statistics, and co-founding with Berkeley colleagues the Law and Economics Consulting Group.
He is the recipient of 29 academic research, teaching and leadership awards. The most recent of which is having his professional society — the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) — honor his work by naming the conference keynote, in perpetuity, in recognition of his lifetime research achievements and exceptional intellectual leadership of the profession. The first Rausser Keynote address will take place this year at the AAEA annual society meetings.
Rausser said the gift is a continuation of his more than 40-year commitment to the campus and its public mission — and that his success as a business leader and entrepreneur enabled him to make it happen.
"Personally, I can think of no institution in California that's had a greater impact on our past, or has a greater power to shape our future, than Berkeley has, and I take great pride in the fact that Rausser College is one of the cornerstones of this remarkable institution," Rausser said. "I know what the college is capable of, given the right resources, and I want to ensure that the college achieves an unparalleled level of excellence."
Read this announcement on the Berkeley News site.
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INA, Ill. – The second-ranked Vincennes University men's basketball team opened the postseason with a bang, winning 87-58 over Shawnee in the quarterfinals of the NJCAA Division I District 16 Tournament on Tuesday.
Sophomore Keith Clemons scored a game-high 20 points for the top-seeded Trailblazers at Rend Lake College. Sophomore Lony Francis Jr. added 19 points and a team-high eight rebounds. Sophomore George Dixon contributed 16 points and grabbed seven rebounds. Freshmen Craig Porter and Kevin Osawe scored 11 points apiece. Osawe and freshman Colton Sandage both finished with five rebounds.
With Tuesday's victory, the Trailblazers hit the 30-win mark for the third consecutive season. They own a 30-1 overall record.
VU and No. 8 seed Shawnee opened the tournament with a contest that began at 2 p.m. EST.
Dixon scored 12 of his 16 points in the first half. Francis had 11 of his 19 points before halftime. Clemons poured in 11 of his 20 points prior to the break. Those strong first-half efforts helped propel VU to a 44-23 halftime lead.
"We did a pretty good job taking over from the very beginning," Franklin said. "Defensively we were good. We moved the ball, got some shots early and got a lead. We really controlled it the whole way.
The Trailblazers, who finished the regular season No. 2 in the Division I national poll, are focused. They have 15 straight victories and are vying for the automatic bid to the national tournament that comes with winning the District 16 tourney. VU has made six consecutive national tournament appearances since 2013, setting the modern-era record.
VU is on to the District 16 tournament semifinals. The Trailblazers will play No. 5 seed Kaskaskia on Wednesday, March 6 at 6 p.m. EST.
Kaskaskia set up the meeting with VU by defeating No. 4 seed Olney Central 94-91 in a quarterfinal Tuesday. Olney Central is the only team that has beaten VU this season.
The Trailblazers defeated Kaskaskia twice in the regular season. They won 98-92 in overtime on Dec. 8 and posted a 70-57 victory on Feb. 9.


The Board of Directors of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel gave the green light for the General Strategic Plan 2009-2012 on July 1, 2009. Drawing up this ambitious plan for the future was not taken lightly by the university. The presentation of the Strategic Plan was preceded by a thorough and long preparation period, and essential contributions from all faculties and departments of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel were incorporated.
The objective of the General Strategic Plan is clear: to provide a strong response to the many challenges the university is currently facing. The plan reflects our vision of the future within a continuously changing environment. What is our position in the revised higher education landscape in Flanders, how do we respond to globalisation, and how can we better benefit from our central location?
These and other questions require an effective reply. We must attract more students, we must build and renovate, internationalise, perform better and, last but not least, remain financially healthy.
The Vrije Universiteit Brussel is a competitive, high-quality, socially committed and internationally-oriented university located in Brussels.
The core activities of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel are education, research and social services. The university has more than 9,000 students and more than 150 research groups, including research groups that are absolute world leaders in their field. The UZ Brussel (University Hospital Brussels) records about 20,000 out-patients and 27,000 hospitalised patients a year. We aim to co-create the future of the society in which we live by providing education, research and social services.
The Vrije Universiteit Brussel will cooperate on a preferential basis with its alliance partner, the Ghent University, in order to strengthen a number of Master programmes, as well as to mutually support each other's research.
Aware of its social significance for Flanders and for Brussels, the Vrije Universiteit Brussel will develop the (bio)medical campus in Jette into a competitive University Medical Centre through additional investments.
On the basis of its unique position in the capital of Europe, and the historic relationship with the Université Libre de Bruxelles (supplemented by its alliance and association partners), the Vrije Universiteit Brussel will concentrate its efforts on pushing internationalisation forwards.
In Brussels, The Vrije Universiteit Brussel will take the lead in recruiting high-level international students and professors by offering an attractive, international and English language education portfolio.
The presence of foreign students and researchers must also benefit the Flemish students and researchers on our own campuses. In this way, the Vrije Universiteit Brussel will gain the status of a broadly international university, where international communities consisting of experts and experts-to-be work together in educational and research programmes with one common objective: sustainable innovation. This project will be named the "Brussels University Alliance".
The Brussels University Alliance is a particularly ambitious project, including in financial terms. The Vrije Universiteit Brussel cannot support this project on its own. For this reason, we need partners to strategically strengthen the portfolio. This relates in the first place to our sister university, Université Libre de Bruxelles, the Vesalius College and our association partner, the Erasmushogeschool Brussel.