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Lionpoint Group helps private equity firms and investors with modeling and analysis of investment funds and portfolio management
By Jonathan Balkin
Henri Wajsblat, Anaplan's Head of Financial Services Solutions, interviewed Anaplan partner and Lionpoint Group Managing Director Jonathan Balkin about how new technology solutions can help the private equity sector improve fund of funds (FoF) portfolio management.
Lionpoint Group recently released a Private Equity Portfolio Monitoring – Fund of Funds app on the Anaplan App Hub. Can you share some of the business challenges within the private equity industry that inspired you to build this new app?
Data transparency, monitoring, and reporting are increasingly challenging tasks for private equity. As the asset class has matured, the amount of opaque private data related to thousands of funds and investments has outpaced the operational capabilities of managers and investors alike. With evolving regulatory requirements and heightened investor scrutiny of returns, exposures, and fees, private equity managers are looking to new technology for improved insight into their data.
There are now more than 17,000 active private equity funds in existence, with a record 2,022 funds currently raising capital in the market.1 Tracking key fund metrics such as distribution to paid in (DPI), total value to paid in (TVPI), and internal rate of return (IRR)—as well as static data such as vintage year, geography, industry, fund size, and fund type—already presents a sizeable data management challenge.
Add even more data points related to underlying portfolio companies (enterprise value, cost, market value, EBITDA, etc.) into the mix and the challenges begin to multiply further. Many of the existing systems that private equity managers have in place, be it external software or internal systems built by firms themselves, simply can't cope with the sheer scale and structure of the data set.
The consequence that comes from using this lacking technology is inefficiency. At many private equity – Fund of Funds firms, investment professionals increasingly find themselves focusing on lower value work, such as reconciling data, fixing spreadsheets, and developing reporting workarounds, rather than analysis and investment strategy.
This can in turn impact investor relations (IR), as an industry or geography query by an important limited partner can result in a scramble between operations, compliance, IR, and the front office to deliver the correct answer. Such inefficiencies have finally reached a tipping point, leading private equity firms to explore new technology to improve their data analysis and modeling.
How have incumbent technologies responded to this business issue and have you identified any pitfalls?
Many software vendors have tried to solve the – Fund of Funds data challenge with varying levels of success.
First attempts were focused on building proprietary, centralized databases from which managers could access and analyze data gleaned from public sources and/or data that was manually captured from financial statements and investor reporting. However, the data quality of these databases was either inconsistent or did not go far enough into the detailed levels of financials, cash flows, and underlying metrics that private equity managers were seeking. Many private equity managers simply ended up extracting data from such systems and then worked within spreadsheets as the primary reporting layer.
More recently, vendors and service providers have tried to support – Fund of Funds data aggregation through the modification of accounting systems or by offering a managed service, supported by data collection automation. However, these solutions become limited by their own design in that deviances from a standard data collection template or a particular reporting model must be built by the vendor's development team. This ends up leading to delays and cost increases. Private equity managers instead want the control and flexibility to access, map, and model data in a way that makes sense to their own end users while maintaining a high level of data quality and governance.
Finally, integration with other source systems can be one of the key limitations with incumbent – Fund of Funds technologies. Where a manager is looking to consolidate and reconcile data between multiple systems (such as accounting systems, CRMs, etc.), legacy applications often require complex data management builds. Few solutions have yet to reap the benefits of cloud technology, which include reducing the need for complex data warehouses and internally supported IT environments.
How would you describe the benefits that your Private Equity Portfolio Monitoring – Fund of Funds app provides to private equity firms?
Lionpoint's Private Equity Portfolio Monitoring – Fund of Funds app takes data from source systems and/or Excel® and gives the end user the ability to analyze all key financial, operational, and performance data of their funds.
The model allows users to determine exposure across industry sectors and geographies, and view data easily in a centralized platform. The model produces key statistics such as commitment, remaining commitment, total contributed / distributed, net asset value, return on investment, DPI, TVPI, and IRR for underlying fund investments and their underlying portfolio of assets. The dashboards and visualizations enable firm management and investment analysts to answer critical questions from investors and executives to prepare insights and analytics for use across the firm.
The key benefits of the app are supported by the core functionality of the Anaplan platform. The solution provides many of the benefits of a traditional data warehouse while lending itself as an easy-to-use cloud-based platform for business users. It can serve as a tool for receiving information from multiple internal and external sources, such as administrators and operating partners, to model and evaluate cash flow data at the investment and investor levels. Anaplan's platform also has the computing power needed to handle the volumes of data that would otherwise cause performance issues within a spreadsheet-based application.
Lastly, it's flexible. Firms that utilize the Lionpoint app can easily customize and adapt the reporting and data capture elements to their own requirements. The Anaplan solution puts the control back in the hands of business users by enabling them to build the models that are useful to them. For private equity firms, this translates into gaining efficient and valuable insights in a competitive market.
For more information on Lionpoint Group's Private Equity Private Equity Portfolio Monitoring – Fund of Funds app and to learn how Lionpoint Group helps private equity firms improve transparency and performance management, explore the app on the Anaplan App Hub and read Lionpoint Group's "Anaplan for Private Equity" brochure.
1 "Preqin Quarterly Update: Private Equity & Venture Capital Q3 2017," Preqin Ltd, November 1, 2017. https://docs.preqin.com/quarterly/pe/Preqin-Quarterly-Private-Equity-Update-Q3-2017.pdf.
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An expert in business analysis, project management, system selection, and the implementation of solutions across the front and back office of investment managers, Jonathan has led strategic technology and operations initiatives at top private equity firms and institutional investors. He has also worked at Accenture leading process improvement and governance projects at Fortune 100 clients. Jonathan holds an MBA from Emory University and a BBA from George Washington University.


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The Kindersley and District Co-operative recognizes and supports the youth of our community for their dedication, involvement and participation in school activities, community events and programs. Each year upon graduation we award scholarships to students from our service area which includes Kindersley Composite School, Eaton School, Kerrobert Composite School, and Westcliffe School going on to post-secondary education or a recognized trade.
Two (2) Scholarship awards are presented each year at graduation in the amount of $2000 each.
Kindersley & District Co-op — Administration Office located at the Co-op Pharmacy at 214 Main Street, Kindersley.
**Fillable digital application forms can be obtained by contacting the Kindersley & District Co-op Human Resources Office at hrmanager@kindersleycoop.ca or 306-463-2624.
Member of the Kindersley & District Co-op trading area of Kindersley, Coleville, Kerrobert, Eatonia, Marengo and Brock.
Applicants must indicate their involvement in sports, community activities, volunteer activities, type and length of program entered, approximate annual cost of program and any other information deemed important.
Applicants must complete the application form and provide a letter of reference from a teacher, employer, minister or coach.
The Member Relations Committee of the Kindersley & District Board of Directors will review the applications received and present the Scholarship at Graduation 2019.
4. Program to be studied.
The Committee will arrange an official presentation of the Awards at which time photos will be taken so that the Co-op can announce publicly the winners.
If the successful applicant is a graduating student(s), the scholarship winners may be recognized at a function at the student's school.
Return the completed application to the Kindersley & District Co-operatives business office by 5:30 p.m.
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If you have any questions about the scholarship application or the requirements, do not hesitate to contact the Kindersley & District Co-operatives, Human Resources Office at 306-463-2624 or by email at hrmanager@kindersleycoop.ca.


Arianne Phosphate Announces MOU Agreement with FLSmidth to Act as Key Supplier to the Lac à Paul Project | Press Releases | Pressroom | Arianne Phosphate Inc.
SAGUENAY, QUEBEC - (April 11, 2017) - Arianne Phosphate (the "Company" or "Arianne") (TSX VENTURE: DAN; OTC: DRRSF; FRANKFURT: JE9N), a development-stage phosphate mining company, advancing the Lac à Paul project in Quebec's Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, is pleased to announce the signing of a memorandum of understanding ("MOU") agreement with FLSmidth to provide all production equipment and engineering for the future plant, in collaboration with the various key suppliers involved in the Lac-à-Paul project development.
As with other recent agreements, partners selected come with both strong technical ability as well as the ability to assist Arianne in sourcing the necessary financing solutions. To this end, FLSmidth has introduced Arianne's Lac a Paul project to the official Danish Export Credit Agency Eksport Kredit Fonden (EKF), an agency that has been in place since 1922, supporting commercial agreements by assisting with credit arrangements.
"FLSmidth is a leader in phosphate processing technologies covering the full flowsheet. This is one of the largest phosphate greenfield projects in the world; we look forward to providing our expertise in equipment and processes to ensure optimal productivity with the lowest total cost of ownership," says Group Executive Vice President for FLSmidth's Minerals Division, Manfred Schaffer.
FLSmidth is the market-leading supplier of productivity to the global mining and cement industries. Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, and with offices in more than 50 countries, FLSmidth delivers engineering, equipment and service solutions to customers worldwide. Productivity, sustainability, and quality are focus areas for the 12,000 employees in FLSmidth. The company generated revenue of DKK 18 billion in 2016. Read more on www.flsmidth.com.


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Two Stars: 'Spinning Man' Is the Kind of Movie You'll Want to Leave Early
By Rex Reed • 04/06/18 4:00pm
Minnie Driver and Guy Pearce in Spinning Man. Lionsgate
In what is so far tallying up as the worst year for movie attendance in history, an average of 10 to 15 films open every week in New York City, and five days later you are lucky if you can find one of them still playing. This is because battalions of untalented film school graduates want to be filmmakers whether the scripts are any good or not, and there is always another fool looking for a tax write-off eager and ready to finance their lame projects. Perfect example: a thriller with no thrills called Spinning Man. I went because of the attractive and experienced cast and by the end, I couldn't remember any of them or what I was doing there.
SPINNING MAN ★★
(2/4 stars)
Directed by: Simon Kaijser
Written by: Matthew Aldrich
Starring: Guy Pearce, Minnie Driver, Pierce Brosnan, Odeya Rush and Alexandra Shipp
Running time: 100 mins.
The always watchable and often memorable Guy Pearce plays Evan Birch, a philosophy professor in a small college with a strong sense of integrity, ethics and a dedication to living by the rules of decency and fair play. When a 17-year-old student disappears at a nearby lake, an eyewitness remembers seeing Evan's Volvo near the boat slip.
He was late picking up his daughter from camp that day, his classroom notes are found discarded in a dumpster near where the girl was last seen, and upon further investigation, the tough, humorless detective assigned to the case (Pierce Brosnan) discovers that the good professor may or may not have been involved in an affair with one of his students at the college where he formally taught, which may or may not have led to his dismissal.
With no crime, no evidence, and no sound reason for the girl's disappearance, the cop nevertheless makes Evan the chief suspect. Unable to defend himself adequately, even to his befuddled wife (Minnie Driver), the shadows of doubt create so many problems for Evan that things will never be the same, and the clumsy script by Matthew Aldrich pile on the most unfair twists of injustice for an innocent man since Alfred Hitchcock's The Wrong Man. Is he guilty or just an existential victim of fate? The film has no ending, so director Simon Kaijser leaves it up to you to decide. You might decide to leave early.
Devoid of suspense and purpose, Spinning Man doesn't spin. It doesn't even move. Another case of the right actors in the wrong picture.
Filed Under: Movies, Entertainment, Rex Reed reviews, Rex Reed, Alfred Hitchcock, Pierce Brosnan, Guy Pearce, Minnie Driver, Alexandra Shipp
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Biological Sciences Faculty Research and Publications
The Neuronal Network for Locomotion in the Lamprey Spinal Cord: Evidence for the Involvement of Commissural Interneurons
James T. Buchanan, Marquette UniversityFollow
David McPherson, Marquette University
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The spinal cord of the lamprey, a primitive vertebrate, has been used as a model system for investigating the cellular basis of rhythmic locomotor activity. Three classes of interneurons have been characterized that are active during locomotor activity in the isolated spinal cord (ie fictive swimming). The identified synaptic interactions of these neurons form a network which has been proposed to underlie locomotor rhythmogenesis. Modeling studies confirmed that the network can produce oscillatory activity with phase relations among the neurons similar to those found in the spinal cord. Within the network, inhibitory commissural interneurons form reciprocal inhibitory connections and play a key role in rhythmogenesis. Several experiments have been done to test whether these cells participate in the generation of rhythmic activity in the spinal cord. First, midline lesions that sever the axons of commissural interneurons eliminate rhythmic ventral root bursting. Second, photo-ablation of commissural interneurons on one side of the spinal cord alters the symmetry of ventral root bursts, alters the cycle period, and can eliminate rhythmic bursting. Taken together, these experiments support the model that commissural interneurons are involved in rhythmogenesis in the lamprey spinal cord.
Journal of Physiology - Paris, Vol. 89, No. 4-6 (1995): 221-233. DOI.
Buchanan, James T. and McPherson, David, "The Neuronal Network for Locomotion in the Lamprey Spinal Cord: Evidence for the Involvement of Commissural Interneurons" (1995). Biological Sciences Faculty Research and Publications. 199.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/bio_fac/199
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Isaac Young's Debate Team Shines in Competition!
From left: Francesca Iacovino (grade 7), Janeeta Latif (grade 7),
Katherine Kann (grade 6), Mia Barron (grade 6), Cameron Mack (grade 6). Not pictured: Naolin Concha (grade 7) and Amanda Galindo (grade 6).
Isaac E. Young Middle School's founding Debate Team and coach Nicole Neto participated in their first debate competition last month – and excelled!
The competition was hosted virtually by the American Debate League and included more than 500 debaters from 10 states. The team debated whether the United States should promote the development of market-rate housing in urban neighborhoods. Over the course of three rounds, they argued both sides. Isaac Young students presented their cases and engaged in rebuttal and refutation, as well as cross-examination during which they questioned the opposing team.
Isaac Young students triumphantly earned a Middle School Team Award for finishing in fourth place out of 17 possible placements. In addition, sixth-grader Cameron Mack ranked within the top 10 middle-school speakers and earned a bronze medal.
The debate team thrived as thinkers, speakers, and leaders! When asked what it was like to represent the City School District of New Rochelle in the competition, Janeeta Latif said, "I now feel more confident to speak with better arguments and a stronger voice." Bronze-medal winner Cameron Mack exclaimed, "Join the debate team! You get to learn to argue with people for fun – and respectfully!"


Understanding annuities for retirement not only from the investment benefits it provides, but also from the tax advantage it offers will get you started on choosing an annuity type that guarantees a happy life when you stop receiving a steady income.
An annuity is basically a contractual agreement between an individual and an insurance company where the individual pays some money to the insurance company with the hope of receiving the amount in form of income in future. We all seek a secure lifestyle especially after retirement and choosing the right type of annuity is a good first step. Depending on the lifestyle you live now and whether you seek a lifetime income or prefer the flexibility of withdrawing your saved amount before the agreed set time, there is an annuity plan to accommodate you. However, let's explore the advantages.
Tax-deferred growth: Annuities are tax-deferred that is they are not taxed yearly or even for any reason except in the case of a withdrawal before maturity. Even when your investment is fully mature, the tax is extremely favorable because you will be taxed on the gains and not the principal. By the time you are ready to begin enjoying the benefits of your annuity plan, you would be in a lesser tax bracket which means you would be giving less to the government and having more financial gains to enjoy. One of the most interesting things about the annuity is the fact that there is no limit on the amount you can invest which means you can legally avoid tax on a large chunk of money.
Flexibility and adaptability: Some of the popular available annuity types today include Fixed Annuity, Equity-Indexed Annuity, Variable Annuity, Deferred Annuity, Immediate Annuity, Fixed Period Annuity and Lifetime Annuity. These various types of annuities offers you the flexibility of choosing how much money you put into it, the time limit say 16 -18 years when you hope to keep getting income from your annuity and the rate at which you want these incomes. It offers the privilege of choosing when you'd like to be paid, monthly, bi-annually, quarterly, annually or totally putting off receiving any amount from the investment until an appropriate time.
State Regulated: Unlike other investment vehicles which is independent of the state laws and generally guided by market forces, an annuity investment is state regulated. Hence it offers an excellent investment tool that is secure and should be considered by everyone.
Other subtle advantages an annuities for retirement include being passed on to a beneficiary in cases of death, being able to make your money/savings last as long as you live especially with increasing life expectancy or just being able to cash out in an emergency.
Enter your zip code on the top of this page and we will help you to compare annuity plans from multiple providers for FREE to determine your highest eligible rate. It is important to provide accurate questions to these answers as our pool of providers will provide you with different rates depending on your individual situation.
States with "no gain or no loss shall be recognized on the exchange" of a life insurance policy for another life insurance policy or endowment or annuity policy.
• The originator or annuitant of the old contract must also be the originator or annuitant of the new contract.
• This exchange only applies to life insurance policies, endowment policies or annuity policies.
• There must be an actual "exchange" of the old contract for the new one. The code also allows for the exchange of two or more old contracts for one new contract.
Why change policies you may ask? There are different reasons why making a 1035 exchange may be the best way to go as regards managing one's financial investments. One major reason is that you can upgrade your investments to one that holds better advantages for you while avoiding tax implications. If the interest rates in your old contract are small compared to what is currently available in the market which may be more attractive, you may want to consider exchanging policies. The third reason is for wanting to change is that there may be new and better insurance products that offer more incentives or benefits than the previous one.
When one is nearing retirement, it may be a very good idea to review your previous annuity for retirement plans when one is nearing retirement, or when one swaps jobs. In spite of the fact that changing plans under the exchange code is advantageous, it may be time consuming as care has to be taken to ensure that the transfer is within the stipulated provisions. As with all other decisions regarding insurance policies and so on, it is advisable to seek professional help before taking decisions of this kind.
To get started, enter your zip code on the top of this page, and then answer some basic questions. This will help you to compare annuity for retirement plans from multiple providers for FREE to determine your highest eligible rate. It is important to provide accurate questions to these answers as our pool of providers will provide you with different rates depending on your individual circumstance and situation.
Retirement plans are designed in order to support you financially after your retirement and to let you be independent in that phase of life when you are in need of a stable source of income to meet your expenses. There are various types of retirement annuity plans available in the market. The insurance companies offer different benefits on various annuity plans.
There are fixed deferred annuity plan which secure you a stable immediate annuity quote at a regular basis because the principal money invested is used by the insurance company to invest in low risk government bonds and securities. Variable annuity plans offer a high rate of interest but the pay is irregular. Equity indexed annuity combines the benefit of both the plans. The rate of return guaranteed by the insurance company on different policies is called annuity quotes.
Immediate annuity quote is the index which you have to compare in order to select a suitable plan as your annuity scheme for retirement in case of an immediate annuity quote opted. Immediate annuity is that type of an annuity plan which starts paying out after a fixed annuity period of a month or a year which varies according to the terms of the policy. Additions of death benefits, protection against inflation are things to be considered. Immediate annuity pays you lump sum money as part of a financial arrangement during the life of the policy agreement. Immediate annuity is a safe investment which will support you in your life after retirement.
Some factors involved in determining immediate annuity quote are the market condition, inflation rate and Government monetary policy. The immediate annuity quote is state specific so you need to know whether the scheme is operating in your state or not. State Insurance Commission is a Government body that regulates the insurance companies and thereby influences the annuity plans designed by the insurance companies. If you compare the merits and demerits of annuity plans you'll find for yourself which suits you best. Immediate annuity quote plays an important role in deciding the annuity plan. Fixed deferred annuity plan gives you a low rate of interest where the focus is primarily on safety of the principal amount and variable annuity is irregular and but pays you high rate of interest on your capital. Thus immediate annuity plan which is also called 'Single premium Immediate annuity' is what you may opt if you require a good sum of money post-retirement.
Compare all annuity providers and decide on the best rates for yourself for free! You simply need to enter your zip and then answer just a few basic questions!
The buyer of an immediate annuity is weighed by two major characteristics. Firstly, this buyer has great desire for a lifelong income on regular basis. Secondly, the individual is eager to start the payments sooner than later without taking any chances. Indeed, a retiree perfectly fits this bill. Such an individual is keen on having savings meant for retirement being converted into income for a lifetime. They simply do not want to run out of cash at any one given time. Retirees whose investments are comprised due to lack of financial security have no better option but this offer.
Actually, they may choose to invest proceeds of pensions or personal savings accumulated over time by purchasing an immediate annuity. Most employees on the verge of retiring usually have big investments in the stock of their companies. These individuals have great financial backing to enable them expand when they finally retire. By so doing, they timely minimize or avoid any possible threats to their income. Therefore, the safest and easiest way of taming any risk that may come by in securing an immediate annuity. At the same time, this decision will materialize into a guaranteed source of income during the retirement period.
Besides retirees, the need for immediate annuities is common among those who reap off from legal settlements, lawsuits inclusive. Usually, the terms dictate that payments should be made cover up lost income perceived to have been realized later, say several years to come. Furthermore, the lost income to be replaced is provided with the same surety as the legal system is able to deliver. Given such an order, nothing other than an immediate annuity rises to the occasion. It is suitably designed to address length and breadth of the matter at hand. The court therefore orders the defendant to buy an immediate annuity in funds enough to satisfy the damage claims presented by the plaintiff. This is enough proof that court cases calling for monetary settlements will be fully handled by this annuity package.
Enter your zip at the top of this page and check immediate annuity quotes for free.
It is important that everyone understands what a fixed annuity can do for you. A fixed annuity is mostly preferred by many people because it is a very safe of safeguarding your retirement life. Because of the intensity, which comes with the plan, be it financial or time one need to plan well ahead of reaching their retirement age; it would be nice if one takes up an annuity plan ten or fifteen years before retirement age and while at it understanding the cost involved.
Surrender charge – when entering the fixed annuity contract the agreement is that for a certain period of time you are not supposed to withdraw or cancel out your annuity. If you breach this condition then you are liable to be charged a surrender charge, which varies from one state to another the lowest being 5%, and the highest being 25%. To avoid such a charge you will need to know that certain individuals or certain circumstances will not allow a person have an annuity. If you do not have any other kind of savings and you could find yourself withdrawing the annuity because of an emergency and thus the expensive charge. You could also be tempted to have a fixed annuity, so that you can use the proceeds to pay off your taxes. Please don't, the law makes it clear that everyone under the age of 59 ½ years will be charged a tax of 10% on the principle if they withdraw their annuities before it matures especially in the early stages.
The insurance company will normally need some money to advertisement or marketing money to make the fund plus also to administrate it. These charges are called 'the load' and sometimes they could even go up to 3%. It is therefore important that when searching for an insurance company that will offer the best rates compare the load in relation to what you will earning. You could find that insurance is offering 8% interest rate but it has a load of $3 whereas there is a company offering 6% but the load is 1%. It obviously follows that the second company is better.
• Percentage of net assets – This is a regular charge deducted from ones annuity's current accumulated investment.
• Percentage of premium – Whenever you pay a premium this charge is automatically deducted; it can reduce as the years go by or when a certain number of years are reached.
• Premium Tax – You will realize that some states charge this tax on annuities. The responsible insurance company collects the tax by either adding it to your premiums or deducting it when you are receiving your payout or when you withdraw an annuity.
Finally you are always entitled to a free withdraw but that is dependent on the amount you want to withdraw.


Identify patterns of events that occur throughout the calendar year with the 2012 Naturalist Almanac. Understand the bigger picture, visualize the cycles of the moon, seasonal harvests, animal migration, and realize how they all overlay and influence one another. Made by Free Time Industries.
23.5" x 23.5" with brads imbedded in each corner.
Identify patterns of events that occur throughout the calendar year with the 2012 Naturalist Almanac. Understand the bigger picture, visualize the cycles of the moon, seasonal harvests, animal migration, and realize how they all overlay and influence one another. The almanac is meant to be rotated at each season, creating a new ritual for the passing of time.
Starting from the center, the almanac tells you how to find the North Star, length of daylight, solstices, seasons, daylight savings, important days, living via the astrological signs, and keeping track of moon and menstrual cycles. The almanac also gives seasonal information on topics such as hunting, fishing, foraging, building, health, gardening, raising ducks, weaving, raising bees, starting fires, and natural cleaning methods.
Printed on heavy stock cream paper in Seattle, WA. Each is 23.5" x 23.5" with brads imbedded in each corner. Made by Free Time Industries.
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Israeli occupation forces detain eight Palestinians, injure two during raids in West Bank
January 7, 2021	Palestine News, West Bank
At least eight Palestinians were arrested and two others injured last night during raids by Israeli occupation forces which targeted the occupied West Bank districts of Bethlehem, Jenin, Hebron, and Qalqilia, according to Palestinian security and local sources.
Forces broke into Dheisha refugee in Bethlehem, provoking clashes with local residents during which a 19-year-old Palestinian youth was injured by live gunshots in his leg. During the raid, the occupation detained three Palestinians after raiding and searching their homes.
In the meantime, Israeli troops broke into the town of Qabatiya, in Jenin Governorate, and detained two Palestinians after raiding their homes.
Clashes also erupted with the occupation forces during the raid of Qabatiya, during which a youth was injured by a live gunshot in his leg.
A sixth Palestinian was also also detained by the occupation forces during a raid of Qalqilia city in the occupied West Bank.
Meanwhile, the occupation army broke into the town of Yatta, in Hebron Governorate, and detained a 22-year-old Palestinian young man after raiding and searching his home.
Another Palestinian young man from the town of Sa'ir in Hebron was also arrested by Israeli police from his workplace inside Israel.
Almost on a daily basis, basis and typically at nighttime, Israeli occupation forces raid towns and villages in the occupied West Bank to carry out arrests or summon civilians for questioning. This has been part of the daily life under Israeli military regime for decades.
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«Вкус ночи» () — фильм ужасов немецкого режиссёра Денниса Ганзеля, мировая премьера которого состоялась 7 октября 2010 года. В России фильм демонстрируется с 7 апреля 2011 года.

Сюжет
Родом из бедной семьи, уличная воровка Лина однажды попадает на закрытую ночную вечеринку, где знакомится с красавицей Луизой. Как оказалось, Луиза — вампирша. Новая подруга обращает Лину. Девушка знакомится с двумя другими подругами Луизы — весёлой Норой и молчаливой Шарлоттой. Лина окунается в мир кровавых ночных развлечений. Но веселье не может продолжаться долго, так как по кровавому следу вампиров идёт полиция во главе со знакомым из прошлой жизни Лины, Томом.

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Задуманный режиссёром Деннисом Ганзелем в возрасте 23 лет, фильм вполне соответствует юношеским представлениям о вампирской истории. Не вызывающий особых чувств страха или романтических переживаний, фильм воспроизводит массу устоявшихся клише о вампирах, и не может сравниться с богатыми по стилистике «Голодом» или «Интервью с вампиром». Образ стервозной предводительницы вампирш Луизы, лесбийские наклонности, с одерживающим над ними победу «мачо», склоки между женщинами, — всё это относит фильм к разряду юношеских фильмов наподобие классического Queen of Outer Space.

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Для съёмок этого фильма было изготовлено 30 литров искусственной крови.

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'Fueled by Hate': Trump Signs Order on Border Wall, Sanctuary Cities
President hits ground running with xenophobic national security measures; also reviewing keeping Guantánamo Bay open, reinstating CIA 'black sites'
Nadia Prupis, staff writer
Immigrant and refugee rights groups contend that they are nothing more than the institutionalization of Trump's infamously xenophobic campaign. (Photo: Getty)
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order that directs federal agencies to start building a U.S.-Mexico border wall and institute a crackdown on immigration, in the first of a series of measures expected this week.
Trump signed the actions during a visit to the Department of Homeland Security, where he said, "A nation without borders is not a nation. Beginning today, the United States of America gets back control of its borders."
The order for the wall instructs agencies to erect "a large physical barrier on the southern border."
Others seek to slash immigration and stiffen penalties for undocumented people.
The Hill reports:
The other order deals with immigration enforcement and ends the "catch and release" policy that quickly returned border crossers back to Mexico instead of arresting and processing them for deportation. The policy was a fixture of the Bush administration and was later reinstated on an informal basis by former President Barack Obama.
"Federal agents are going to unapologetically enforce the law, no ifs, ands or buts," [White House Press Secretary Sean] Spicer said.
The immigration actions also seek to withhold visas from countries to make sure they take back people in the U.S. illegally who are found to have broken U.S. laws. It would also strip federal grants from "sanctuary" cities and states that do not enforce federal immigration laws.
"We're going to strip federal grant money from the sanctuary states and cities that harbor illegal immigrants," Spicer said.
Marielena Hincapie, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center, called the border wall plan "incoherent and a monumental waste of taxpayer money."
United Farm Workers president Arturo S. Rodriguez noted that "U.S. Department of Labor surveys show the majority of U.S. farm workers are undocumented...So if today's executive orders from Donald Trump signal the beginning of fulfilling his oft-repeated campaign pledge to deport the undocumented, then who is going to feed America?"
"Who is going to feed the guests at Trump hotels and golf courses?" Rodriguez said. "Who is going to feed Donald Trump?"
Stephanie Taylor, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, said the new policies were "fueled by hate and contradict what America is all about."
César J. Blanco, political director of the Latino Victory Project, said, "The executive actions on immigration announced by President Trump today are simply un-American. President Trump's executive actions go against the principles and values that our country was founded on and will only tear families apart. These executive actions seem to be part of his efforts to delegitimize our democracy and our values. We must respond to his actions by defending Latinos and all minorities from threats against our humanity."
The actions also include a crackdown on sanctuary cities. Erik Andiola, political director of Our Revolution, said Trump's targeting of these cities presents "an ultimatum: either states comply with federal immigration enforcement officials who want to tear families apart, or they risk losing critical funding for much-needed services. This is a direct attack on progressive states and the policies they support. This moment requires that we come together to protect those who are most vulnerable under Trump's administration."
Blanco continued: "Let's pause and take a moment to think of how history will judge these executive actions. Now is the time for allies to cast aside the privilege of silence and inaction, to stand with Latinos, Muslims, refugees, immigrants of all walks of life, and minorities fearful for their lives. Inaction has led to some of the darkest moments in our history, and we know that silence will protect no one. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said it best: 'In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.'"
President Donald Trump on Wednesday will start signing a series of executive orders to fund construction of a U.S.-Mexico border wall, slash immigration, and temporarily ban refugees from Syria and six other countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
The wall order—which will also crack down on sanctuary cities and hire 5,000 more border agents—is expected to come Wednesday, with the others to be rolled out the rest of the week.
The refugee ban will instruct the U.S. to stop issuing visas to anyone from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen, while the immigration order will "target legal immigrants as early as this week...by halting a decades-old program that grants refuge to the world's most vulnerable people as he begins the process of drastically curtailing it and enhancing screening procedures," the New York Times reported.
While the president claims the measures are part of a national security policy, immigrant and refugee rights groups contend that they are nothing more than the institutionalization of Trump's infamously xenophobic campaign.
"We are aware that these policies serve to demonize and target immigrant communities, as well as erode the hard fought-for protections that we have won over the years," said Rosi Carrasco of the Chicago-based Organized Communities Against Deportations.
"We are worried that these executive orders also serve as a stepping-stone for more troubling policies that Trump has promised, including registries, raids, and deportations of Arab, Muslim, South Asian, African, and Latinx immigrants," Carrasco said.
"This will not stand. The American people are better than this."
—National Iranian American Council
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has estimated that a border wall would cost up to $15 billion to build. Despite Trump's order, Congress would need to approve any funding for the 1,954-mile long project.
Still, the actions seem to confirm that Trump's campaign promises, which frequently emboldened election rally-goers to chant "build the wall," are setting a xenophobic, Islamophobic tone for the new administration.
"Donald Trump is making good on the most shameful and discriminatory promises he made on the campaign trail. He called for a Muslim ban and is now taking the first steps to implement one. This will not stand. The American people are better than this," said the National Iranian American Council (NIAC). "This is dangerous as it pits Americans against Americans while undermining the very principles of inclusivity and tolerance that define America. We will not be silent and will use every resource at our disposal to fight these shameful actions and protect the values and people who make America great."
Christine Neumann-Ortiz, executive director of Voces de la Frontera, also said, "With the Trump administration threatening to repeal federal enforcement priorities and turn local law enforcement into immigration agents, we know that local government will lead the way in creating policies that place community trust and public safety ahead of fear-mongering and attacks on hard-working immigrant families."
Jewish Voice for Peace also pledged to "defend and fight alongside" communities under attack.
"Decades of racist, Islamophobic, and xenophobic policies and discourses around national security, the War on Terror, and immigration have laid the groundwork for this nightmare set of policies designed to target, profile, surveil, and ban people due to their religion, race, national origin, or legal status," the group said in a statement Wednesday.
Other actions to come this week are expected to include "reviewing whether to resume the once-secret 'black site' detention program; keep open the prison at Guantánamo Bay; and designate the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization," according to the New York Times.
The orders come as Trump prepares to meet with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto.
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Trump's Batty Garden of Heroes: Whitney Houston, Samuel Adams, Alex Trebek, Kobe Bryant, Johnny Appleseed and 200-Plus More Who've Done An Amazing Job He Notices
In a perfect finale to the long madness, Trump spent his last full day in office sulking, raving, issuing 45 pages of "racist nonsense," and signing a pointless executive order listing 244 weirdly random, deeply contradictory, historically inaccurate names - a statuary Night of 1000 Stars on steroids and Adderall - for his glorious, imaginary "Garden of American Heroes" to "reflect the awesome splendor of our country's timeless exceptionalism." He definitely should've bought Greenland.


The wedding has come and past and the honeymoon has lapsed, now its back to the 'real world'. No more manatees, stingrays, or body surfing. It really is sad, isn't it? Since our wedding website is now obsolete for keeping everyone abreast of our new family stories, we are switching to this blog. Hopefully Shelli and I will be a little more effective at keeping a regular stream of updates than we were that last month before the wedding (sorry, it got a little hectic there for a while). you can also now email us at johnsons@keldesignonline.com.
Thank you to everyone who helped us out with the wedding, especially in those last waining moments. We have received so many compliments on how beautiful the entire event was and we just couldn't have done it without everyone there helping us. We could not have dreamed of a better group of family and friends to have in our lives. You are all wonderful! Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I will be back shortly with some pictures of the wedding and honeymoon, but for now here's to all things new!


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The Brazilian jiu-jitsu ranking system is a means of signifying a practitioner's increasing levels of technical knowledge and practical skill within the art of Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Colored belts that are worn as part of the uniform are awarded to the practitioner. While the ranking system's structure shares its origins with the Judo ranking system and that of all colored martial arts belts, the Brazilian jiu-jitsu ranking system grew to incorporate unique aspects and themes. The system has minor differences from Judo in areas such as a division between youths and adults and the issuance of stripes and degrees. Some distinct differences have become synonymous with the art, such as a marked informality in promotional criteria, a focus on a competitive demonstration of skill, and a conservative approach to promotion.
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The Sherman Firefly was a World War II British variant of the American Sherman tank, fitted with the powerful British 17 pounder anti-tank gun as its main weapon. Originally conceived as a stopgap until future British tank designs came into service, the Sherman Firefly became the most common vehicle with the 17 pounder in World War II. Though the British expected to have their own new tank models developed soon, British Major George Brighty championed the already-rejected idea of mounting the 17 pounder in the existing Sherman. With the help of Lieutenant Colonel Witheridge and despite official disapproval, he managed to get the concept accepted. This proved fortuitous, as both the Challenger and Cromwell tank designs experienced difficulties and delays. After the problem of getting the gun to fit in the Sherman's turret was solved, the Firefly was put into production in early 1944, in time to equip Field Marshal Montgomery's forces for the Normandy landings. It soon became highly valued as the only British tank capable of defeating the Panther and Tiger tanks it faced in Normandy at standard combat ranges. In recognition of this, German tank and anti-tank gun crews were instructed to attack Fireflies first. Between 2100 and 2200 were manufactured before production wound down in 1945. The concept of fitting a 17 pounder gun into a Sherman tank had initially been rejected by the Ministry of Supply's Tank Decision Board. Although the British Army had made extensive use of the American-built Sherman tank, it was intended that a new generation of British tanks would replace it in the anti-tank role. First there was the Cromwell tank, which was expected to use the Vickers High Velocity 75mm gun; this gun would have had superior anti-tank performance to the US 75mm and 76mm guns that were mounted in the Sherman. The second was the A30 Challenger which was based on the Cromwell but with the even more powerful 17 pounder gun. These two tanks - and their successors, the Comet and the Centurion, which were already on the drawing board - were to have replaced the Sherman in British service, and so the prospect of spending time and money mounting a 17 pounder on the Sherman was not seen as desirable. Nonetheless several unofficial attempts were made to upgun the Sherman. The earliest attempt can be credited to Major George Brighty of the Royal Tank Regiment while he was at Lulworth Armoured Fighting School in early 1943. Despite the fact the A30 Challenger was undergoing initial trials at Lulworth, Brighty was convinced that the Sherman was a better mount for the 17 pounder. However he was stymied by the turret of the Sherman, which was too small to allow for the very long recoil of the gun. In a rather desperate move, Brighty removed the recoil system and locked the gun in place, thus forcing the entire tank to absorb the recoil, but this was a far from ideal situation and there was no telling how long the tank would have been able to handle such a set-up. Around June 1943, a colleague of Brighty, Lt. Col. George Witheridge of the Royal Tank Regiment, arrived at Lulworth. A veteran of the North Africa campaign, Witheridge had experienced firsthand the lopsided battles between British tanks armed with 2 pounder guns against Rommel's formidable panzers and anti-tank guns. During the disastrous Battle of Gazala in mid 1942, Witheridge had been blown out of his Grant tank, and though he recovered from his wounds, he was declared unfit to return to combat duty. Instead, in January 1943, he was posted to Fort Knox in the United States for six months to advise on gunnery, where he was "sold" on American tanks.While at Lulworth, Witheridge inspected the A30 Challenger, and "joined in the chorus of complaints" about the tank. Upon looking up Brighty and learning of his attempts to use the Sherman, Witheridge lent his assistance. He advised Brighty on methods to solve the recoil issue. Not long after, Witheridge and Brighty received a notice from the Department of Tank Design (DTD) to cease their efforts. Unwilling to abandon the project, Witheridge, using his connections with such influential people as Major General Raymond Briggs, former GOC of the 1st Armoured Division in North Africa and now Director of the Royal Armoured Corps, and successfully lobbied Claude Gibb, Director General of Weapon and Instrument Production at the Ministry of Supply, to make it an official ministry project. In doing so, the endeavour was taken out of the hands of the highly enthusiastic and devoted amateurs at Lulworth who had initiated it and given to professional tank developers.
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Description: Squeaky-clean Buffalo television newscaster Evan Baxter (Steve Carell) is headed for Washington D.C. after being elected a United States congressman. Together with his wife (Lauren Graham) and kids, he sets out for suburban northern Virginia to start his new life. Best laid plans sometimes have a way of not quite working out and as it turns out, it isn�t long before Evan�s happiness is rudely interrupted by the mysterious appearance of God (Morgan Freeman). Apparently, another massive flood is coming and God has chosen Evan to follow in Noah�s footsteps and build an ark enormous enough to house him, his family, and two of every species on earth. As outrageous as the situation may seem, Evan has good reason to believe that God is not leading him astray and so he begins the monumental construction. While he seems to have found new, spiritual enlightenment, his family and his neighbors start to think that he has actually gone insane. It may simply be a wild, mid-life crisis or perhaps, Evan is acting to serve humanity.


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Cook County investigating wedding reception at north suburban hotel
A north suburban hotel apologized Thursday after it hosted a wedding reception that triggered a Cook County health department investigation for violations of COVID-19 restrictions.
"Last evening, the Hilton Chicago/Northbrook hosted a family wedding with approximately 150 people in attendance. While the event was booked prior to the implementation of the state's latest mitigation measures, we sincerely regret allowing this gathering to proceed and our family apologizes to our guests, employees, and the Chicagoland community," general manager Holly Allgauer-Cir said in a statement issued Thursday afternoon.
"The coronavirus pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for the hospitality industry and our family-owned business. However, our hope to keep the hotel afloat and employees working should not outweigh health and safety."
Allgauer-Cir said the hotel will follow health officials' recommendations on contact tracing and testing.
The Cook County Department of Public Health has requested the guest list for the reception, spokesman Don Bolger said.
The hotel is in Prospect Heights, which issued the venue a written warning. City administrator Joe Wade said Thursday the hotel's general manager told him at least one hotel employee had urged members of the party to socially distance and wear masks.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker described the event as "very irresponsible."
"This is very concerning to all of us at a moment when we have rampant COVID-19 throughout Illinois," Pritzker said during his daily COVID-19 media briefing Thursday. "Here we have people who, in a concentrated fashion, have the ability now to go spread it to everywhere that they return to.
"I'm deeply worried for them and for the communities that they've returned to, for their families and so on. I hope that each of them will isolate and get a test."
Pritzker said it would be up to local authorities to mete out punishment.
The Illinois Hotel & Lodging Association said the event was "unacceptable and does not reflect the careful efforts the hotel industry as a whole has taken since the onset of the pandemic to protect guests, employees and our communities."
"The hotel industry is committed to working with policymakers and public health officials to ensure this situation is not repeated," association president and CEO Michael Jacobson said in a statement.
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Yesterday I had the pleasure of watching the first showing of the documentary, "Eating You Alive." In theaters for one day, this excellent film focuses on the extraordinary benefits of a whole foods, plant-based diet. If you enjoyed "Forks Over Knives," this documentary is a perfect companion as it further expands on FOK's premise by providing more details and case studies supporting the science of a plant-based diet.
"Eating You Alive" features leading doctors like T. Colin Campbell, Dr. Esselstyn, Dr. Dean Ornish, Dr. Micheal Greyer, Dr. Doug Lisle, Dr. John McDougall, etc. who explain how chronic diseases develop and how these chronic diseases can be treated/reversed by adopting a whole foods plant-based diet. The case studies focus on victims of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and obesity who were told they had no other option but to either have surgery, chemotherapy, heavy medication, or simply wait for death. In each case, the individual opted to go on a strict plant-based diet and within months, their blood-work markers had returned to normal levels and they had reversed their chronic diseases. Simply amazing!
The average American diet is loaded with animal and dairy products, white flour, sugar, oils, etc. and this diet is causing chronic diseases, mushrooming health care costs, animal cruelty, and climate change.
The documentary ends with 10 steps the viewer can follow to easily adopt a whole foods, plant-based diet which I found to be highly practical for the many people who will hopefully be inspired to change their diet. I encourage you to check out "Eating You Alive" – be prepared to be enlightened!


Even as Game of Thrones returns on Sunday night for its final season, the dispute between HBO and Dish keeps dragon on. In order to pacify Thrones fans who are also Dish subscribers, the satellite provider has taken the unconventional approach of directing customers to how they can separately sign up for HBO Now.
Despite Dish's drive to send its Game of Thrones-loving customers to HBO NOW, HBO isn't expecting to see a frenzy of sign-ups. One insider said that's because they haven't historically seen a spike in HBO NOW subscribers when "Thrones" returns (perhaps because the show, entering its seventh season, is already well-established).


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Greek industry has a powerful presence and a promising future; it can constitute a pillar of development for the Greek economy by providing good quality and specialised jobs. That was the strong message from the first Metal Machinery 2018 exhibition of industrial equipment, production technologies and metal processing that closed successfully and has already become an institution for the technical and industrial sector.
The exhibition opened on Friday 9th and closed on Sunday 11th November at Metropolitan Expo, in the airport area, and attracted high level exhibitors and thousands of visitors who honoured it and promised to meet again in November 2020, at the 2nd Metal Machinery, with even more participants from Greece and abroad.
For 3 days, the 103 high level exhibitors gave thousands of visitors, including industrial and processing industry executives, craftsmen and production sector professionals, the opportunity to see the most modern metal processing machinery and industrial equipment.
Metal Machinery 2018 proved to be a significant B2B tool. Within the framework of the exhibition, significant business agreements were signed for the sale of high level industrial equipment to both large and small industrial units in Greece. During the exhibition, significant interest in and high demand for specialised solutions that increase productivity and competitiveness, and improve energy efficiency was noted.
For modern industry, research and innovation constitute a competitive advantage. Within this framework, the participation of the Manufacturing Technology Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens at Metal Machinery 2018, was unique. Giorgos Vosniakos, Professor and Mechanical Engineering at the NTUO, MSc and PhD, stated that he considers their participation at the exhibition significant, given that it was an opportunity to present their practical market dimension, and also to meet with industry. Special presentations and seminars on the application of modern technologies and digitalisation in industrial processes were organised at the Laboratory's stand with the participation of a large number of students.
Fotis Karvelas, director of Fotis and Dimitris Karvelas OE, who has been involved in the metal machinery and processing trade for 50 years, stated that he was excited and positive about the future of the sector.
Metal Machinery 2018 was supported by SEKEM (Panhellenic Association of Dealers and Manufacturers of Metal Processing – Cutting – Welding – Machinery) and held under the auspices of Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV), the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EBEA), the Piraeus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EBEP) and the Union of Hellenic Chambers of Commerce (KEEE), while Moisiadis Publications (machine tools, Cutting-Forming-Welding), Moulding magazine and Plant magazine were communication sponsors.


Declaration of Independence in American Revolution contains the beauty and cogency of the preamble, reaching back to remotest antiquity and forward so an indefinite future, have lifted the hearts of millions of men and will continue to do.These words are more explosive and revolutionary than anything written ever those are a continual inspiration to the entire oppressed individuals around the world.
To put it another way, our vision is often affected by what we believe about the world; our beliefs often determine the information that we "see." Decision-making is about facing a question, such as, "To be or not to be? Yet almost nothing was known about fear until Freud began the study of unusual phobias.
Nor does anyone who is apt to get angry when hearing the truth should wonder why he does not hear it. Moreover, is a sure path to unhappiness which is a state of mind.
For example, when I asked a business manager what had made his organization one of the best in his industry, he pointed to his CIO and said "Joe is a millionaire. Decisions are at the heart of success, and at times there are critical moments when they can be difficult, perplexing, and nerve racking.
The expression "take the plunge" suggests the relevance of both meanings.
Learning the structured, well-focused approach to the decision-making process lessens decidophobia.
The gem of Applied Management Science is that it turns the old adage that "business managers are born, not made" into myth.
An effective and proven decision process has been developed over the last 70 years and is known as Operations Research/Management Science/Decision Science/Success Science (OR/MS/DS/SS).
In the serious decisions that mold the future of your business, freedom becomes tangible; serious decisions are objects of extreme dread.
", i.e., to be the one you want to be or not to be? A little later, some psychologists suggested that one dread is common to all mankind: the dread of death. The fear of making serious decisions is a new kind of fear, called decidophobia, proclaimed by Walter Kaufmann at Princeton University in 1973. As Eleanor Roosevelt said, "You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face." Wherever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision. Hence plants are called deciduous if their leaves fall off in the fall.
There has never yet been a person in the history of mankind who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering. The word fall started as "leaf fall" for autumn in the 15 century.
Serious business decisions that ultimately shape, guide, and direct our future are extremely fearful to business managers.


The average cost of a room in university owned accommodation in the UK doubled in just ten years, new figures from the National Union of Students (NUS) showed today (Friday).
The NUS/Unipol Accommodation Costs Survey, published recently, reveals that the average weekly rent for a room in university owned accommodation in the UK increased by 97 per cent, from £59.17 in 2001/2 to £117.67 in 2011/12.
There is also significant variation between weekly rents charged across different rental categories, with providers operating outside institutional links hitting an average of £140.07 in 2012/13, compared to university owned housing at £118.49.
Overall, the average rent across institutional, nominated, and private halls has increased by 25 per cent in the last three years since the last survey (2009/10).
In 2009/10 average weekly costs stood at £98.99 but by 2012/13 they had reached £123.96 a week, or £5,244.04 a year.
"Student rents have skyrocketed, leaving fewer reasonably priced accommodation options for students from lower and middle income backgrounds who are really feeling the pinch.
"The responsibility of universities to support their students does not begin and end at the doors of the lecture hall.
"Costs of private sector accommodation and educationally provided accommodation have moved much closer together over the last three years.
"It is important for universities and colleges to acknowledge the vital role they have to play in enhancing access and the student experience by providing distinctive and affordable accommodation for their students within a not for profit framework."


Join Omnitrans in a free community event to unveil the transit agency's new logo, colors and slogan. The celebration is scheduled for Wednesday, August 15th from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. It will be held in the Carousel Mall 4th St. parking lot across from Stater Bros between F & G Streets.
Enjoy delicious coffee and donuts from Frankie's Donuts and Grinders.
Get the first public look at our 2012 New Flyer Xcelsior Transit buses with updated fleet graphics.
Explore our exclusive Travel Training bus, a community outreach tool designed to educate first time riders.
Share a photo op with our updated agency mascot, Buster.
Attendees can enter on location for a chance to compete in a timed race to load a bike onto the bus rack.
Everyone who enters the contest will receive a free 1-Day Bus Pass.
Three competitors will be randomly drawn to participate in the race.
First prize is a new bike, with second and third place prizes to be announced.
There will also be a 2nd chance drawing with cool prizes for those in attendance.
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Q: TFS Agent idle/offline at Deploy test agent task TFS 2015 update 3 test agent goes idle/sleep every time I queue a build. I have automated UI build running test on my system itself. I have to manually refresh the agent every time.
Couple of other issues-
1.Access is denied error with WinRM even though nothing has been changed. This comes in subsequent runs. Will have to delete and re configure agent from start when this happens.
2.Agent is locked or sleep.
Please help.

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Steven from Blues Clues if he had a loooot of bodies buried in his crawl space.
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. /California Newswire/ — The Everest Foundation ("EF"), a non-profit 501(c)(3) located in Los Angeles, California that is nationally focused on the advancement of medical research, has partnered with Mount Sinai Medical Center ("MSMC") in Miami, Florida in a recent initiative to assist with research funding and Graduate Medical Education ("GME") support.
This recent Everest Scholar initiative will help MSMC grow their research and GME residency training program with additional funding. EF looks forward to advancing and collaborating with the prolific leaders of MSMC's GME program, primary investigators and EF Scholars that will help by focusing on research and residency training support.
Finding safer, more effective treatment options for all forms of disease is a primary focus of Mount Sinai Medical Center's mission. With over 700 physicians and 3700 employees it is the largest teaching hospital in all of South Florida.
The Everest Foundation is engaged in clinical research at various U.S. medical schools and ACGME teaching hospitals across the United States. It sponsors numerous collaborations nationally in various specialties from Internal Medicine, Physical Rehabilitative Medicine, General Surgery, Orthopedics and Psychiatry.
"We are all about helping GME programs getting better accreditation, better scholarly activity, and better patient care outcomes," says Mrs. Agata Everest, current CEO of the foundation that has partnerships from Los Angeles to Cleveland to New York. "We are always proud to be part of the excellent GME programs at wonderful institutions like Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Miami," she says, adding that the Everest Foundation looks forward to this new initiative growing and expanding in the years ahead.
If your organization, teaching hospital, medical school, or health system is interested in an alliance with The Everest Foundation, please visit their site at http://theeverestfoundation.org/ or call 310-477-7800.


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African nations seek scrutiny of US, others over systemic racism
By Jamey Keaten
Black Americans and COVID19
Black Americans are more likely to know someone who has been diagnosed with COVID-19 according to a survey.
GENEVA - African nations have prepared a draft resolution at the U.N.'s top human rights body that singles out the United States and would launch intense international scrutiny of systemic racism against people of African descent in the wake of recent high-profile killings of blacks by American police.
The draft text, a copy of which has been obtained by The Associated Press, could become the centerpiece for an urgent debate hastily scheduled for Wednesday for the Geneva-based Human Rights Council.
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Le Gran Premio Primavera de Ontur est une course cycliste espagnole disputée le  à Ontur, dans la province d'Albacete (Castille-La Manche). Organisée par le Club Ciclista Onturense, elle fait partie du calendrier de la Coupe d'Espagne amateurs depuis 2019.

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| 2003 ||  José Manuel Cuesta ||  Aritz Arruti ||  Juan Carlos Escámez
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| 2004 ||  Miguel López Solano ||  Esteban Perales ||  José Cánovas
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| 2005 ||  Ignacio Sarabia ||  José David Villegas ||  Álvaro Noguera
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| 2006
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| 2007 ||  José Ángel Rodríguez Arcones ||  Rafael Serrano ||  Jaume Rovira
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| 2009 ||  José Belda ||  Mario Villasevil ||
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| 2010 ||  David Calatayud ||  Esteban Parra ||  Miguel Ángel Lucena
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| 2011 ||  José Belda ||  Valery Kaykov ||  Evgeny Shalunov
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| 2012 ||  Armands Bēcis ||  Raúl García de Mateos ||  Mauricio Muller
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| 2013 ||  Iván Martínez Jiménez ||  Vicente García de Mateos ||  Javier Cantero
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| 2014 ||  Cristian Cañada ||  Pedro Gregori ||  Óscar Hernández
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| 2015 ||  Diego Pablo Sevilla ||  Julio Alberto Amores ||  David Casillas
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| 2016 ||  Óscar Hernández ||  José Manuel Gutiérrez ||  Sergey Belykh
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| 2017 ||  Deins Kaņepējs ||  Emīls Liepiņš ||  Juan Camacho
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| 2018 ||  Antonio Jesús Soto ||  Sebastián Mora ||  Raúl Rico
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| 2019 ||  Nahuel D'Aquila ||  Leangel Linarez ||  Gerard Armillas
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| 2021
|  David Martín
|  Miguel Ángel Fernández
|  Raúl Rota
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| 2022
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|  Andoni López de Abetxuko
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Compétition cycliste en Espagne
Sport en Castille-La Manche
Province d'Albacete


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What To Expect at the 2017 CMT Awards
Trigger Down with Pop Country 77 Comments
CMT Awards
June 7, 2017	@ 7:40 am
P.S.: IF a reliable online stream can be secured (since Saving Country Music headquarters doesn't have cable), and we're feeling froggy, perhaps there will be an anti-CMT Awards LIVE blog this evening to coincide with the presentation. We'll see.
Brandon F
You could do a 7-day free trial of Sling TV and then cancel it after.
Most every year they've provided an official online stream for non cable folks, and with so many cord cutters these days I would be surprised if they don't this year. They never promote the stream until the last minute though, so you never can be guaranteed it will happen. I remember one year they didn't have it. I found a renegade stream and then it got cut off halfway.
June 7, 2017	@ 5:23 pm
Sorry folks! Not finding any streaming options for the CMT Awards. So it looks like there will be no LIVE blog. All for the better likely.
seak05
Its on CMT.com but um yeah…also its terrible, just here for the drinking games
I've been all over CMT.com and aside from signing in with your cable provider, I'm finding nothing. I'm an old hand at securing streams and know all the right haunts. There's nothing I can find.
I know I don't get CMT on my cable that I don't actually have, and I clicked the cable provider stream, chose xfinity, and got the stream when I signed in with my email (nothing with the cable). Dunno?
But honestly, Pardi didn't get anything really, Brothers Osbourne was good, and even Miranda stunk
LOL – Love this!
Give em' hell Trigger
June 7, 2017	@ 12:28 pm
Defenseman for the Ducks?
Didn't even know it was happening.
Jeffro
Dude – surely you know someone who has cable TV. Blog from there.
June 7, 2017	@ 10:13 am
Asking friends if you can come over and commandeer their television to watch the CMT Awards is a good way of losing them.
Also, conducting a live blog is pretty intense. I need to be in my command station.
Gena R.
Hehe! 😀
I miss Stevie Gaines
LOL Dumpster fire +1 Trigg!
Along with the dumpster fire motif, per Rolling Stone (God, it's gotta be true) CMT Awards tap Jason Aldean, and Darius Rucker for Gregg Allman tribute. Must watch TV. Yeah, no.
Yeah, the Gregg Allman tribute is a sin.
Didn't see it. Friend of mine posted it was great, but she's a raging Luke Bryan fan, so…
Erik North
Apart from the notion of having your "hottest" artists do this, however variable the quality of their own work, this pairing for a supposed "tribute" to a Southern rock legend whose band's sound owes as much to the renegade country music of the late 1960s as to Southern R&B really doesn't make a whole hell of a lot of sense. But it also points out to something that I feel is true to this current generation of performers, country and otherwise, that they don't have much of any sense of the past. And so once again, George Jones' musical question "Who's gonna fill there shoes" seems to be answered with "It ain't gonna be THESE guys"/
Barstool Hero
It could be good with Willie, Isbell, Sturgill, Stapleton and the like. Even Brothers Osbourne and Eric Church, but I don't want to see Aldean and Rucker lip-syncing and pelvic-thrusting to anything by the Allman Brothers Band.
Did ya hear Kelsea Ballerini's new tune? Craptastic & NOTHING Country about it.
So, pretty much the same as the last one? And every other one before that?
Cali pepperoni is a dog faced gremlin
Chad Perry
Has it always been on a weekday, or have ratings been that bad? I remember they were terrible last year and even made some news headlines about the lack of country on the show. My last $5 say they bring Shitbull *ahem* I mean Pitbull back again.
It's usually on the Wednesday of CMA Fest, which happens in Nashville this week. And yes, the ratings suck. That's why it's mostly filled with B-level stars.
Kid Rock, wow.
Doyle Hargraves
I know Linda and Vaughn are gonna watch it. I hope there's a blog so I got something to do.
Aside from Jon Pardi, Midland, Miranda Lambert, and to a slightly lesser extent, Lauren Alaina and Brothers Osborne, the rest of the show will be a complete shitshow.
Probably the only ones playing country music all night will be Jon Pardi and Midland. And how much you wanna bet that neither one will get a full performance slot.
sbach66
shastacatfish
Serious question here. Is CMT even relevant? Radio barely even reaches that threshold (and even that is debatable). In the era of youtube, it seems outlets CMT and MTV are practically worthless.
What….you don't like "Still the King" or "Teen Mom"? Hater. 🙂
Man, now I am pissed. I had never even heard of Still The King. Now I know what it is and I am the lesser for it…
I'll be watching Cryptopsy perform the None so Vile album live tonight. Referencing the recurring joke in these comments that I hate: Cryptopsy playing None so Vile more country than the CMAs!…maybe not
Dawn of The Black Hearts by Mayhem is still more country than the CMT Music Awards.
Ugh…I guess there's a country connection in that Mayhem's album cover reminds me of the insert of Hank 3's Straight to Hell, although, Hank's insert was a drawing.
June 10, 2017	@ 12:48 pm
Is that the one where Dead blew his head off with a shotgun? Or the Deathcrush album?
Yeah, the cover of Dawn is the suicide photo of Dead with the gun laying next to him that was reportedly staged
by Euronymus (I think). As far as Hank 3s, album, I'm thinking of the illustration of the guy (I assume is Hank?) with the shotgun in his mouth. I was never much of a black metal fan, with a few exceptions, although I love blackened thrash.
Why is it necessary to have a country music award show on tv every three weeks? Especially when the music performed (and awards won) is rarely anywhere close to being country music.
Dobe Daddy
I would rather give David Allan Coe a sponge bath than watch the CMT Awards Show.
since CMT ain't country he'll wash his ass
-Ed.
lol I'm relatively new to this site but I had a feeling I'd like you.
I happily haven't owned a TV since 2006 and have never watched these award shows. Is this the one Brad Paisley hosts? He's been real busy lately, pulling his pud with Mick Jagger down on the river bank.
Tezca
Brad hosts the CMA awards and that's in November
Fuzzy TwoShirts
hmmmm………… what to do what to do…. intentionally eat raw chicken, watch the cmt awards, staple a cobra to my crotch, try boiling mustard to see what happens, you know what I'm going for the chicken, seems like a more productive evening that the constant mediocre trash awards.
I had to Google that,, lol
Since Brothers Osborne is playing tonight I guess this is a good time to share a story. I had a chance with my day job to chat with a local DJ. I asked him about Sam Hunt's Body Like A Backroad which the station plays every 15 minutes it seems like. He said they do get calls to play it, but it pales in comparison to the number of calls they get for "It Ain't My Fault," by Brothers Osborne. He said they get "tons" of calls to play it.
I said I was surprised because I rarely hear it on the station and he said and I'm not kidding "Oh, we're not really playing that song right now."
And I was like why not? He didn't really answer.
It's sad that listeners don't have a say in what's being played. Record companies pay to jam a song down people's throat until it's so engrained in their heads they like it. I really need to cut the cord on radio.
Fat Freddy's Cat
That's a big part of what drove me away from radio many years ago: the discovery that my requests were regarded as utterly meaningless. I can remember as a kid calling up the local Top 40 station, making a request, and actually hearing it on the radio (usually within 30 minutes) and the DJ would even say the requester's name and town. Nowadays the radio stations act as if I literally do not exist. That lack of a human touch makes an enormous difference.
Saving Bro Country Music
I agree that we've lost that nice human connection element, but the landscape makes it hard to program based on "requests."
On the one hand, the rise of technology has ruined the nature of requesting. You now have "fan armies" creating campaigns and building websites for the purpose of mass-requesting songs across every station. These people aren't actual listeners — they're just fans that want to get their "faves" on the charts.
On the other hand (and this has sort of always been true), "requests" aren't really the best way to gauge what the overall audience wants. Not when we have sales data, streaming data and callout research to give us a better understanding of what the overall market wants (don't get me wrong – these methods have their flaws – but they're more scientific than requests).
Only thing I don't understand is why someone would call a radio station to play a song
Because a lot of us are farmers that are in tractors or equipment 12-14 hours a day. Sure, satellite radio is pretty popular for truckers and people that spend long hours in vehicles but, for many, the local station is still our only connection to the weather forecast, local news etc.
I know a few farmers that don't even have cell phones, and at their ages they never will. But for the rest, calling in to hear a song still breaks the monotony of a long day.
I farm too….. and I get local radio. Download music on a device put in your earphones, get on the tractor and you'll never hear another commercial….
IMO the Brothers Osborne have talent but are more southern rock than country.
They aren't country, but they sure are good. Brothers Osborne is a very talented duo.
Huntermc6
And this right here is why radio will eventually fade into oblivion. They can't seriously be this out of touch with the listeners? The only thing that will be left is talk radio because it is similar to podcasts.
Speaking of Podcasts, Trigger that should be something you incorporate into this blog. A weekly or biweekly podcast would be a great addition.
justin casey
the moment that fgl and chainsmokers garbage started i was hoping you were live blogging
Well, FGL just won Duo of the Year so I really don't need to watch anymore.
Also, Jada Pinkett Smith as an announcer? What is Carrie Underwood wearing? Help.
Just watched the last 30 minutes. I must've missed the Country awards portion of the show….but they managed to cram pop, rock, punk, hip hop, rap and head banging in the last 30 minutes. I didn't realize that the "Country" part of CMT, was strictly referring to Location. Maybe FCMT (Foreign Country Music Television) will televise the Country awards.
I was hoping to get some insight from Trigger here as I enjoy his perspective of these 'events'. I rarely watch TV anymore but had a job obligation today that required a stay in a hotel. Turned on the TV and have been watching this crap show as in the same context of watching a car wreck. Good beJeebus.
So sad EWF agreed to participate in this shit show. Love them from my old school days. But I doubt the current effort targeting the new country tattoed-up wal-mart meth user country demographic would feel comfortable at all if a few older black guys showed up in their driveway or (better stated) their trailer park with a RV load of true funk.
Was there one steel, one fiddle present? Don't think I heard any.
I am now even more skeptical on how true country music will survive.
I think Keith and Carrie had fiddle in the remake of the fighter, and Blake has steel in EIHTS. Pardi has lots of fiddle, but he didn't get a full song. Brothers Osbourne is pretty country, even if they weren't using fiddle and steel…..and that's it I'm out. Don't think I saw a banjo around.
LOTS of horns….I blame Sturgill :p
I actually liked their version of the fighter last night, but I still don't like the song. It isn't country at all but if I remember correctly he did say it wasn't a country song.
Sam Cody
2 guns up. 10/10 for the dumpster fire photo. 😀
I am so disappointed (even though I guess I shouldn't be) at the results of the CMT awards. Eric Church Record Year and Dierks Bentley and Elle King didn't win an award. I don't even think that they listen to the lyrics anymore, the fans just vote on who they think is sexiest.
What scares me is this is what the fans think is good or do they not know anything else exists? Keith Urban seems like a nice guy, but I just can't with his music. Eric Church is really good and popular and he still gets short changed.
Yes, it is sad. Different for Girls and Record Year are very deep songs. Keith Urban seems like a nice guy but it seems like I am "settling" for who is "not as bad as the others". I don't listen to any modern day country music except for a few select artists or when I am with my mom and she is listening to it. What an absolute mess it is.
It's a music video awards show.
The Chainsmokers + FGL performance was the biggest hot mess I've ever seen.
I saw a STEEL GUITAR during the Miranda performance. It was barely audible above all the other junk, but it was THERE!
I also saw a steel guitar and fiddle during the first part of the Underwood/Urban train wreck, both not really audible. The first 2/3 of the arrangement of the song actually sounded decent – slowed down with minimal instrumentation, but then they took it down in a headlock with the electro-drums and synthesizers.
As usual, Jon Pardi was banished to the side stage to sing 10 seconds of "Dirt on My Boots," then after the commercial break, 10 seconds of "his other hit" "Head Over Boots." Those were the only 20 seconds of country music of the night.
Actually, Midland was allowed to perform 10 seconds of "Drinkin' Problem" on the side stage, so there was 30 seconds of country music including the 20 seconds of Jon Pardi.
I guess my prediction was right. I knew only Jon Pardi and Midland would be the only ones to sing actual country music. I didn't watch because I figured those two, Brothers Osborne, Miranda, and Lauren Alaina would be the only performances worth watching, and I wasn't going to sit through a show full of shit just to see a few decent-to-good performances.
Also, someone tell me how in the hell did we go from George Strait and Alan Jackson to FGL and the Chainsmokers? There's been an awful murder down on Music Row, that's for damn sure. I would love to know what Trigger's reaction to the FGL and Chainsmokers thing, but I guess the picture at the beginning of the article says it all.
Another thing, the fact that someone like Jon Pardi (an actual country artist, who even makes his worst songs try to sound country, someone who actually seems to care about country music and respects the roots and origins of country music) and someone like Chris Lane (just another wannabe pop singer who could give two shits less about country music) can be considered in the same genre of music just makes me sick.
Only country performances of the night were brothers Osborne and Jon pardi. And after the year Pardi had, they could have given him 3 minutes to sing dirt on my boots. This night made "every time I hear that song" look more country even though it's more southern rock-pop.
TJ Neyland
You think the host Charles Esten from Nashville wanted a trash can on fire on the stage?
He doesn't.
Aaaaaannnnd someone obviously didn't get the joke!!!
random question i'm hoping someone can answer
little big town played a cut off their new album that i actually didn't hate but that's not the point, did that happy happy joy joy song bomb so hard that they're pulling in favor of a different single after only a few weeks?
Yes, the song bombed, it only peaked at number 46.
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