This is a game where you start off in 1 of 4 sectors with a team, you have 25 minutes to gather materials and build a fort. Once the timer ends, the walls are dropped and its an intense team based battle. This is going to be a great team based game once we can implement it into chose. Once the finishing touches are done there will be test runs of it before it is released as a regularly hosted event.
Do not sabotage your own team.


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To Gain Votes in Albany, Speed Cam Compromise Won't Protect Every School
Instead of allowing New York City to place speed enforcement cameras by every school, a revised bill would increase the number of cameras to 200 — covering about 10 percent of schools. Graphic: Transportation Alternatives
Assembly Member Deborah Glick has put forward a revised speed camera bill in an effort to pick up more votes in Albany. The new version — Assembly Bill 10652 — authorizes 200 speed cameras in New York City, an increase from the current limit of 140, but nowhere near enough to implement automated speed enforcement by every school, as the initial legislation (A9861) would have enabled.
With the legislative session wrapping up at the end of the week, time was running out to pass a bill. Glick's initial bill had the support of 28 of her Assembly colleagues, but Jose Peralta's counterpart bill in the State Senate seemed unlikely to pass without the support of Independent Democratic Conference chief and Senate co-leader Jeff Klein. In the past, Klein has called speed cameras "a very smart approach," but he did not step forward to support the recent bill.
State Senator Jeff Klein has called speed cameras "a very smart approach to eliminate speeding," but has yet to support legislation this session to expand New York City's automated speed enforcement program.
Glick staffer Charles LaDuke said the legislation was amended because the initial bill "wasn't getting enough traction." Streetsblog has asked Klein's office for his position on the new bill and has yet to receive a reply.
The city's automated speed enforcement program has proven effective. Speeding was reduced 60 percent in locations with cameras, according to NYC DOT, and overall traffic deaths in the city have fallen to record lows since the cameras began operating. Still, with nearly 2,600 schools in the city, 93 percent of schools remain unprotected, and more than 200 people are killed in traffic every year.
While the compromise bill won't protect streets near every school in the city with speed cameras, it would be a significant improvement in two ways.
In addition to increasing the number of locations from 140 to 200, or 43 percent, the bill would fix a major flaw in the current program by allowing cameras to be placed within a quarter mile radius of schools, instead of within a quarter mile of a school entrance on the street abutting the school. Without this fix, cameras often can't be placed on the streets where speeding poses the greatest risk near schools, since those streets don't directly abut a school entrance.
But instead of allowing speed cameras to operate at all times, as Glick's original bill would have, the compromise defines the hours of enforcement as 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. In practice, this would be an increase of an hour or two compared to the current law, which limits camera enforcement to hours during school activities.
The compromise bill also retains the restriction against enforcement during summer recess. Not only does this limit the effectiveness of the cameras, it also causes more drivers to be fined, since the rate of speeding violations rebounds during the two months when the cameras are off.
Image: Transportation Alternatives
The revised bill prohibits cameras from being installed "on a controlled-access highway exit ramp or within three hundred feet along a highway that continues from the end of a controlled-access highway ramp" — a response to complaints about a handful of cameras placed on streets where drivers exit highways. Under the new bill, there would be less incentive for motorists to decelerate to safe speeds for surface streets at these locations.
The bill also requires the city to post signage informing drivers of the presence of a speed camera. While this may make the city more hesitant to move the cameras around to different locations, in effect it codifies current practice, said Transportation Alternatives Deputy Director Caroline Samponaro.
Although the compromise weakened the bill and won't achieve the goals of TA's "Every School" campaign, the new version gets the city's speed enforcement program closer to where it needs to be, said Samponaro. "Zero progress this session would mean maintaining the current rate of crashes and deaths, progress via this bill will reduce crashes and injuries caused by speeding," she said in an email. "That is our goal and we won't stop working on this until every school is protected."
Filed Under: Deborah Glick, Jeff Klein, State Legislature, Traffic Enforcement
Albany Leaders Fail to Act on Speed Cameras as Session Comes to a Close
As Albany wraps up its legislative session today, Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders are taking no action to protect New Yorkers from a leading cause of death on city streets — speeding drivers. A bill to expand the number of speed cameras in the city from 140 to 200 and loosen restrictions on how they […]
Top Cuomo Aide: Albany Will Pass Speed Cam Expansion Bill By End of April
By Stephen Miller	| Apr 3, 2014
Governor Andrew Cuomo's top aide said this morning that the governor is committed to signing a bill to expand the number of New York City school zone speed cameras before the end of April. The firm stance comes after a plan to expand the number of speed cams in NYC stalled during budget negotiations. WNYC's Brian […]
Teachers Union Wants Speed Cameras at #EverySchool
By David Meyer	| Jun 7, 2016
The United Federation of Teachers, which represents the teachers and para-educators of the New York City public school system, wants Albany to let NYC install life-saving speeding enforcement cameras at all its schools. Current state law limits NYC to 140 speed cams that must be placed near school zones and operate during school activities. That means 93 percent of schools […]
Thank Simcha Felder and Senate Republicans for Obstructing Life-Saving Speed Cameras
By Brad Aaron	| Jul 5, 2017
The State Senate bill to expand New York City's speed camera program did not pass in part because of opposition from Brooklyn rep Simcha Felder, according to a Senate source familiar with the negotiations.
NYC Students Rally for Speed Cameras at Every School. Where Is Jeff Klein?
With time running out on the legislative session in Albany, NYC students and parents gathered at City Hall this morning to call on the state legislature to expand the city's life-saving speed camera program. Pending legislation in Albany would allow New York City to effectively enforce the speed limit at all of its schools, but it currently lacks support […]
Speed Cameras Get Traction in Albany, But Marty Golden Promises to Obstruct
Members of Families for Safe Streets are in Albany today to talk to state legislators about expanding NYC's automated speed enforcement program. After legislative leaders failed to advance a similar bill last year, this session it appears to have more traction.

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SCHEDULE 13G
(Amendment No.   2   ) *
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Check the  appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule
is filed:
[X] Rule 13d-1 (b)
[ ] Rule 13d-1(c)
[ ] Rule 13d-1(d)
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting  person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for any  subsequent  amendment  containing  information  which  would  alter the
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise  subject to the liabilities of that section of the ACT
but  shall be  subject  to all other  provisions  of the Act  (however,  see the
Notes).
SEC 1745 (3-98)
CUSIP No.  909214108
1.   Names of Reporting Persons.          Brandes Investment Partners, L.P.
I.R.S. Identification Nos. of
above persons (entities only).       33-0704072
2.   Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)
(a) [ ]
(b) [ ]
3.   SEC Use Only
4.   Citizenship or Place of Organization             California
Number of           5.   Sole Voting Power
Shares Bene-        ------------------------------------------------------------
ficially owned      6.   Shared Voting Power               31,539,195
by Each             ------------------------------------------------------------
Reporting           7.   Sole Dispositive Power
Person With:        ------------------------------------------------------------
8.   Shared Dispositive Power          41,369,152
9.   Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
10.  Check if the Aggregate  Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares (See
Instructions)                                                      [ ]
11.  Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)
12.  Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
IA, PN
1.   Names of Reporting Persons.          Brandes Investment Partners, Inc.
I.R.S. Identification Nos. of        33-0090873
above persons (entities only).
41,369,152  shares  are  deemed to be  beneficially  owned by  Brandes
Investment  Partners,  Inc.,  as a control  person  of the  investment
adviser.  Brandes  Investment  Partners,  Inc.  disclaims  any  direct
ownership of the shares  reported in this Schedule 13G,  except for an
amount that is  substantially  less than one per cent of the number of
shares reported herein.
CO, OO (Control Person)
1.   Names of Reporting Persons.          Brandes Holdings, L.P.
Holdings, L.P., as a control person of the investment adviser. Brandes
Holdings,  L.P.  disclaims any direct ownership of the shares reported
in this Schedule 13G.
PN, OO (Control Person)
1.   Names of Reporting Persons.          Charles H. Brandes
4.   Citizenship or Place of Organization             USA
41,369,152  shares are deemed to be  beneficially  owned by Charles H.
Brandes,  a control  person of the  investment  adviser.  Mr.  Brandes
disclaims any direct ownership of the shares reported in this Schedule
13G, except for an amount that is substantially less than one per cent
of the number of shares reported herein.
IN, OO (Control Person)
1.   Names of Reporting Persons.          Glenn R. Carlson
41,369,152  shares  are  deemed to be  beneficially  owned by Glenn R.
Carlson,  a control  person of the  investment  adviser.  Mr.  Carlson
1.   Names of Reporting Persons.          Jeffrey A. Busby
41,369,152  shares are deemed to be  beneficially  owned by Jeffrey A.
Busby, a control person of the investment adviser. Mr. Busby disclaims
any direct  ownership  of the shares  reported in this  Schedule  13G,
except for an amount that is  substantially  less than one per cent of
the number of shares reported herein.
Item 1(a)      Name of Issuer:
Item 1(b)      Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
Unisys Way, Blue Bell, PA  19424
Item 2(a)      Name of Person Filing:
(i)  Brandes Investment Partners, L.P.
(ii) Brandes Investment Partners, Inc.
(iii)Brandes Holdings, L.P.
(iv) Charles H. Brandes
(v)  Glenn R. Carlson
(vi) Jeffrey A. Busby
Item 2(b)      Address of Principal Business office or, if None, Residence:
(i)  11988 El Camino Real, Suite 500, San Diego, CA  92130
(ii) 11988 El Camino Real, Suite 500, San Diego, CA  92130
(iii)11988 El Camino Real, Suite 500, San Diego, CA  92130
(iv) 11988 El Camino Real, Suite 500, San Diego, CA  92130
(v)  11988 El Camino Real, Suite 500, San Diego, CA  92130
(vi) 11988 El Camino Real, Suite 500, San Diego, CA  92130
Item 2(c)      Citizenship
(i)  California
(ii) California
(iii)California
(iv) USA
(v)  USA
(vi) USA
Item 2(d)      Title of Class Securities:
Item 2(e)      CUSIP Number:
Item 3.        If this  statement is filed pursuant to ss.ss.  240.13d-1(b),  or
240.13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a:
(a)  | | Broker  or dealer registered under section 15 of the Act
(15 U.S.C. 78o).
(b)  | | Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C.
78c).
(c)  | | Insurance  company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the
Act (15 U.S.C. 78c).
(d)  | | Investment  company  registered  under  section 8 of the
Investment Company Act (15 U.S.C. 80a-8).
(e)  | | An investment adviser in accordance with ss.240.13d-1(b)
(1)(ii)(E).
(f)  | | An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance
with ss.240.13d-1(b)(ii)(F).
(g)  | | A parent holding company or control person in accordance
with ss.240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G).
(h)  | | A  savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the
Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813).
(i)  | | A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an
investment   company   under  section  3(c)(14)  of  the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3).
(j)  |X| Group, in accordance with ss.240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J).
This statement is filed by Brandes Investment Partners,  L.P., an
investment adviser  registered under the Investment  Advisers Act
of 1940, its control persons and its holding company. (See, also,
Exhibit A.)
Item 4.        Ownership:
(a)  Amount Beneficially Owned:  41,369,152
(b)  Percent of Class:  13.0%
(c)  Number of shares as to which the joint filers have:
(i)  sole power to vote or to direct the vote:     0
(ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote:  31,539,195
(iii)sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:
(iv) shared  power  to  dispose or to direct the disposition
of:  41,369,152
Item 5.        Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.
If this  statement  is being  filed to report the fact that as of
the  date  hereof  the  reporting  person  has  ceased  to be the
beneficial   owner  of  more  than  five  percent  of  the  class
securities, check the following |_|.  N/A
Item 6.        Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.
Item 7.        Identification   and   Classification  of  the  Subsidiary  Which
Acquired the  Security  Being  Reported on By the Parent  Holding
Item 8.        Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.
Item 9.        Notice of Dissolution of Group.
Item 10.       Certification:
(a)  The  following   certification  shall  be  included  if  the
statement is filed pursuant to ss. 240.13d-1(b):
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge
and belief,  the securities  referred to above were acquired
and held in the  ordinary  course of  business  and were not
acquired  and are not  held for the  purpose  of or with the
effect of changing or influencing  the control of the issuer
of the  securities and were not acquired and are not held in
connection  with  or as a  participant  in  any  transaction
having that purpose or effect.
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Date:  February 14, 2002
BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, L.P.
By:/s/ Adelaide Pund
Adelaide Pund as Attorney-In-Fact for
Charles H. Brandes, President and Chairman
of Brandes Investment Partners, Inc., its
BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, INC.
BRANDES HOLDINGS, L.P.
Charles H. Brandes, Control Person
Glenn R. Carlson, Control Person
Jeffrey A. Busby, Control Person
IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF THE GROUP
Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b)(ii)(J) and Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934, the members of the group making this joint filing are
identified and classified as follows:
NAME                                 CLASSIFICATION
----                                 --------------
Brandes Investment Partners, L.P.     Investment adviser registered under
(the "Investment Adviser")            Investment Advisers Act of 1940
Brandes Investment Partners, Inc.     A control person of the Investment Adviser
Brandes Holdings, L.P.                A control person of the Investment Adviser
Charles H. Brandes                    A control person of the Investment Adviser
Glenn R. Carlson                      A control person of the Investment Adviser
Jeffrey A. Busby                      A control person of the Investment Adviser
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO RULE 13D-1
This  agreement is made pursuant to Rule  13d-1(b)(ii)(J)  and Rule  13d-1(k)(1)
under the  Securities  and  Exchange  Act of 1934  (the  "Act") by and among the
parties  listed  below,  each  referred to herein as a "Joint  Filer." The Joint
Filers  agree that a statement of  beneficial  ownership as required by Sections
13(g) or 13(d) of the Act and the Rules thereunder may be filed on each of their
behalf on Schedule  13G or Schedule  13D,  as  appropriate,  and that said joint
filing may  thereafter  be amended by further  joint  filings.  The Joint Filers
state that they each  satisfy the  requirements  for making a joint filing under
Rule 13d-1.
Dated:  January 31, 2000
By:/s/ Charles H. Brandes
Charles H. Brandes, President and
Chairman of Brandes Investment Partners,
Inc., its General Partner
By:/s/ Glenn R. Carlson
By:/s/ Jeffrey A. Busby
DISCLAIMER OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Brandes Investment Partners,  Inc., Brandes Holdings,  L.P., Charles H. Brandes,
Glenn R. Carlson and Jeffrey A. Busby,  disclaim  beneficial  interest as to the
shares referenced above,  except for an amount equal to substantially  less than
one percent of the shares  reported on this Schedule 13G. None of these entities
or individuals holds the above-referenced  shares for its/his own account except
on a de minimis basis.
EXHIBIT D
POWER OF ATTORNEY FORMS FOR
SCHEDULES 13G AND FORMS 13F
I, Charles  Brandes,  as director and chairman of Brandes  Investment  Partners,
Inc.,  which is the sole General  Partner of Brandes  Holdings,  L.P.,  and as a
Managing Partner of Brandes Investment Partners,  L.P., hereby appoint Gerald W.
Wheeler and Adelaide Pund as attorneys-in-fact and agents, in all capacities, to
execute,  on my behalf  and on  behalf of  Brandes  Investment  Partners,  Inc.,
Brandes Investment Partners,  L.P., and Brandes Holdings, L.P., to file with the
appropriate issuers, exchanges and regulatory authorities, any and all Schedules
13G and Forms 13F and documents  relating thereto required to be filed under the
Securities  and  Exchange  Act of  1934,  including  exhibits,  attachments  and
amendments  thereto  and  request  for  confidential  treatment  of  information
contained therein. I hereby grant to said attorneys-in-fact full authority to do
every act necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully,  to all
intents and purposes,  as I could if personally  present,  thereby ratifying all
that said  attorneys-in-fact  and agents may  lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
I hereby execute this Power of Attorney as of this 31 day of January, 2000.
/s/ Charles H. Brandes
Charles H. Brandes
SCHEDULES 13G
I, Glenn R.  Carlson,  hereby  appoint  Gerald W. Wheeler and  Adelaide  Pund as
attorneys-in-fact  and agents, in all capacities,  to execute, on my behalf, and
to file with the appropriate issuers, exchanges and regulatory authorities,  any
and all Schedules 13G and documents  relating thereto required to be filed under
the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,  including  exhibits,  attachments  and
contained   therein  in  connection  with  my  being  a  "control   person"  (as
contemplated for purposes of Schedule 13G) of Brandes Investment Partners, L.P.,
its subsidiaries and affiliates.  I hereby grant to said  attorneys-in-fact full
authority to do every act necessary to be done in order to  effectuate  the same
as fully, to all intents and purposes, as I could if personally present, thereby
ratifying all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ Glenn R. Carlson
Glenn R. Carlson
I,  Jeffrey A. Busby  hereby  appoint  Gerald W.  Wheeler and  Adelaide  Pund as
/s/ Jeffrey A. Busby
Jeffrey A. Busby


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School Gardening in the early 1900s through today
School Gardening in the early 1900s through today: School Gardening
Primary source materials and information about gardening within K-12 schools in the early 20th century through today. Now a part of the AgNIC network!
US School Garden Army Manuals
BOE Documents
Older works-Articles
Michigan Resources
National Websites, Associations
Images, Misc.
Contemporary works-Books, Documents
Contemporary works-Articles
School Garden by Corbett, L. C. (Lee Cleveland)
Call Number: A 19.7:SCH 6/1
Farmers' bulletin 218 / United States Department of Agriculture
School gardening and nature study in English rural schools and in London [online] by Sipe, Susan B.
School Gardens
Gardening as part of the school curriculum began in the United States in the early 1900s and is still thriving today. Magazine articles, education and extension bulletins, and even associations were written and created to support the growing of food and the responsibility it entails to children. This Research Guide pulls together many of the documents from the early twentieth century through World War II that have been digitized (scanned) and are available to the public through the Internet. This is by no means a complete list, but provides a launching pad to the primary documents from this era on this subject.
The tabs at the top of the guide address many of the key documents that have been digitized, namely the United States School Garden Army documents and many of the Department of Interior, Bureau of Education documents, including the set of 17 School Home-Garden Circulars. The other tabs include lists of other digital documents from this ere, plus contemporary online information and some national and state-based school gardening organizations.
OVERVIEW DOCUMENTS
For a historical overview of gardening in the schools, consult the following documents as they provide insight to the topic from both the educator and the agriculturist/gardener points of view.
School Gardens with Constance Carter
Constance Carter, Head of the Science Reference Section, Library of Congress, describes the history of the school garden in America and offers reasons why school gardens are making a comeback. [The webcast is excellent.]
School Gardens / E. Gang. Report of the commissioner of education [with accompanying papers], 1899. Chapter XX, pp 1067-84.
Children's gardens for school and home: A manual of cooperative gardening / Louise Klein Miller
NY: Appleton, 1904, 235 pages.
The school garden, Farmers Bulletin 218 / Lee Cleveland Corbett
USDA, 1905, 40 pages
School and home gardens / William Herman Dietrich Meier
Ginn and Company, 1913. 319 pages
The war garden victorious / Charles Lathrop Pack
Chapter VIII: The Army Of School Gardeners: How the Children of America were Mobilized by the Government
Philadelphia, J.P. Lippincott Company, 1919. 179 pages
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2016. The year of the unexpected. The darkest timeline. The upside down.
Given all that's happened this year, it's easy to be pessimistic about the future. In 2016, we've lost countless legends, seen countless black men and women become victims of police brutality, and had an election season that's said more about us as a nation than we care to admit.
When Donald Glover released Because the Internet three years ago, the thing that struck me the most about the album was its pervading sense of hopelessness. Listening to Because the Internet was like reading Albert Camus' The Stranger—it was a journey down the dark side of existentialism. From the music videos to the tie-in script, Because the Internet was a bleak and brilliant experience. It signaled the arrival of an artist who wasn't afraid to lay bare his deepest fears and darkest thoughts for all the world to see.
Donald Glover did a similar thing with Atlanta. Buried beneath the gut-busting laughs provided by Felon DeGeneres and The Invisible Car were a series of harsh truths about what it's like to be young, black and poor in America today. Whether it was Earn's first time in jail or a commercial for your new favorite cereal, Atlanta's best moments came when the series didn't hold back in showing you life's harsh realities.
Donald Glover's somewhat pessimistic worldview is one that I also share. He represents the dark side of me that I try to keep at bay. The part of me that automatically becomes anxious and paranoid whenever I see some bad news on TV. It's a negative trait that I also see in the works of my favorite writer of all time: F. Scott Fitzgerald.
When Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby, it was during a time of economic prosperity. The Wall Street Crash was four years away and World War II would start ten years after that. In what would eventually become his most celebrated novel, F. Scott Fitzgerald effectively gave a eulogy to an era that hadn't finished yet. It's no surprise that The Great Gatsby received such a mixed reception when it was first released.
However, if there is one thing to learn from Fitzgerald's life, it's to never let the darkness consume you. While despair might have inspired some beautiful writing, it brought F. Scott Fitzgerald to a state where he pretty much died drunk, penniless and alone. Fitzgerald's inability to see past his failures and imagine a better future stopped him from maximizing his potential.
It's a scary time to be an immigrant. It's a scary time to be a minority. It's a scary time to be 25 and knowing that this is the world you're going to inherit. But with fear comes hope and with darkness comes light. This is the eternal yin and yang of the universe. We just have to remain hopeful in fearful times.


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Man sentenced in fatal stabbing case
TOPICS:Brandon LaFavreDerek BlemkeJennifer MazzuchiKarl NuminenLarry LaFavreMarquette County Circuit Court
Posted By: Alyssa Lambert October 16, 2017
MARQUETTE — The case of a 21 year-old man who was stabbed to death while he was sleeping came to a close Monday in Marquette County Circuit Court. Twenty-four year old Derek Blemke showed nothing but remorse for his actions.
"Brandon never deserved it. Brandon was a good guy. If there was any way that I could give my life so that Brandon could live today, I would gladly do it," said Blemke.
Earlier this year, Blemke entered a no-contest plea to a second degree murder charge. Blemke was arrested after fatally stabbing 21 year-old Brandon LaFavre while he slept in his home on the 200 block of Wright Street last June.
His lawyer fought for the minimum sentence of 13 and a half to 20 years, saying Blemke was a "productive member of society" with no previous criminal record or history of mental illness.
"Fueled by alcohol, in a complete black out state that he was in at the time, and taking the life of another person, it just doesn't seem like the Derek Blemke that his friends and family, those who know him, could be possible," said defense lawyer Karl Numinen.
LaFavre's friends and family, however, fought for the opposite, begging the court for the maximum sentence.
"Although I'll never be able to let my son go, I would, however, like to feel that his life meant something," said Larry LaFavre, the victim's father.
While Marquette County Circuit Court Judge Jennifer Mazzuchi acknowledged that Blemke maintained a remorseful attitude throughout the proceedings, it still wasn't enough to hand down the minimum recommended sentence.
"There isn't a number that reflects the depth of loss here. The justice system, however, has an obligation to set numbers as a means of sentencing with the recognition of various factors including effect that this has had on the victim, the characteristics of Mr. Blemke as an offender and the characteristics of this offense," said Mazzuchi.
Blemke will serve 20 to 40 years in jail, with credit for time served.
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Tit For Tat: China Strikes Back In Trade Dispute With U.S. With New Tariffs
BALBOA August 23, 2019 in Markets & Trading
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China unveiled on Friday retaliatory tariffs against about $75 billion worth of U.S. goods, putting an additional 10% on top of existing rates in the latest tit-for-tat exchange in a protracted dispute between the world's top two economies. The latest salvo from China comes after the United States unveiled tariffs on an additional $300 billion worth of Chinese goods, including consumer electronics, scheduled to go into effect in two stages on Sept. 1 and Dec. 15. China's commerce ministry said in a statement it would impose additional tariffs of 5% or 10% on a total of 5,078 products originating from the United States including agricultural products such as soybeans, crude oil and small aircraft. China is also reinstituting tariffs on cars and auto parts originating from the United States. "China's decision to implement additional tariffs was forced by the U.S.'s unilateralism and protectionism," the Chinese ministry said in a statement, adding that its retaliatory tariffs would also take effect in two stages on Sept. 1 and Dec. 15.
Pavel + 374
Fear of recession is coming stronger and stronger...
joze44 + 33
Like every war, this war will end without the winner and with "many victims"...
50 shades of black + 244
Trade war heats up, again!
ThunderBlade + 228
In trade terms, this means watching a war that is coming slowly and inevitably.
francoba + 86
Not a surprise. It was a matter of a day when they would attack...
JR EWING + 123
14 minutes ago, francoba said:
Apparently they are not afraid to go 15. I think originally trump had their attention but not now. China will go all in.
ronwagn + 2,186
12 hours ago, Pavel said:
Mainly because the left wing media is rooting for it. The China issue is more important than any fear of recession.
Feature story today on The Epoch Times:
Trump Hits Back at China With More Tariffs Following China's Retaliation
In the latest escalation of the U.S.-China trade war, President Donald Trump announced on Twitter Aug. 23 that he will balance the "very unfair trading relationship" with the Chinese regime by raising tariffs on $250 billion worth of Chinese goods from 25 percent to 30 percent.
The new rate will go into effect on Oct. 1.
"For many years China (and many other countries) has been taking advantage of the United States on Trade, Intellectual Property Theft, and much more. Our country has been losing hundreds of billions of dollars a year to China, with no end in sight," Trump said in an Aug. 23 tweet.
"As President, I can no longer allow this to happen!" he added.
Trump's decision came after China imposed an additional 10 percent of tariffs on roughly $75 billion worth of U.S. goods earlier in the day, a tit-for-tat retaliation for the U.S. administration's decision to impose tariffs on a previously untaxed $300 billion worth of Chinese goods that will go into effect on Sept. 1.
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3 hours ago, Tom Kirkman said:
Trump is blinking like a busy LED panel.
footeab@yahoo.com + 628
On 8/23/2019 at 6:54 AM, joze44 said:
Victims.... none. Assailaints: some
Either you hold a nation accountable for their actions or not.
Pretending no consequences is absurd.
Edited August 24, 2019 by footeab@yahoo.com
used wrong word
On 8/23/2019 at 10:46 PM, Tom Kirkman said:
We are the victim of China, and ourselves for letting this go on for so long. Now we have a real leader.
Jan van Eck + 5,173
China is hitting three sectors because those sectors lie in the US Midwest. But upon examination, it is not the hammer that China is pretending.
The US soybean export trade was negligible twenty years ago. Midwest farmers switched to soybeans specifically because of Chinese demand for the product. That land can (and will) be used for other crops soon enough. The "hit" to the farmers is nowhere near as large as the pundits are trying to make it out to be.
Crude oil flowed to China both from the Texas Gulf and from North Dakota. There is lots of world demand for oil, and the Chinese are now stuck with buying lesser grades, with sulfur, from others. It seems to have hurt exports of WCS from Canada, again a Chinese embargo over the Huawei Executive issue, So far the Canadians have found no solution.
Light aircraft are manufactured in the US Midwest, from Minnesota to Kansas to Texas, although I suspect the major portion that would be exported would be from the Cessna and Beech plants in Kansas. Again, their idea is to hit Kansas voters, whom are suspected of being trump supporters. They probably are. That said, I don't think the hit is anywhere near as big as the Chinese would like to make it out to be.
Putting a tariff on what you are already not buying is just show. That does not provide real bite.
It is my prediction that this will continue to rise until the US reaches a 100% tariff on most Chinese goods. It will go to at least 45% by next year. There is not going to be some "trade deal." The two countries are disengaging. Ultimately, import quotas will be added to the mix. Those will be so restrictive that nothing much will transport.
It leaves two interesting thoughts: (1) what does China propose to do with its pork plants in the USA? China bought out some large pork producers, I think Smithfields is one of them, and that pork, originally calculated for the Chinese market, is now going nowhere. (2) what are the big containership companies going to do with all that newly surplus tonnage? Start scrapping it? Ouch.


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Mourners gather to remember black South Carolina man shot by police
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Hundreds of mourners gathered on Saturday morning at a South Carolina chapel to remember Walter Scott, an African-American father of four who was shot in the back last week while running from a white patrolman.
Scott's death, caught on a bystander's video, has reignited a public outcry over police treatment of African-Americans. Michael Slager, the North Charleston officer who fired eight times at the man's back as he fled from a traffic stop, has been charged with murder.
Under cloudy skies, an early crowd stood under the portico of W.O.R.D. Ministries Christian Center in Summerville behind police tape that separated them from television cameras and media tents. The service, scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. EDT, will be open to the public.
"This is a sad day," said Rev. James Johnson, a minister who is president of the local chapter of civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network.
"God has got a reason for what has happened," he told Reuters. "Hopefully this will heal the world."
Scott's family is expected to be escorted to the funeral by North Charleston police. The family changed its mind on allowing media to attend after a newspaper reported that the family wanted Sharpton to stay away, Johnson said.
Sharpton was always welcome, though the family had not scheduled him as a speaker, he said.
Sharpton said on Friday that he had a scheduling conflict but would attend church services and a vigil in North Charleston on Sunday.
Scott, 50, was driving a black Mercedes-Benz on April 4 when he was pulled over by Slager, 33, for a broken tail light. Video from the dashboard camera in Slager's police cruiser recorded a respectful exchange between the two men before the officer returned to his patrol car.
A few minutes later, after being told by Slager to stay in the Mercedes, Scott emerged from his car and took off running. He was apparently unarmed.
A second video by a bystander showed the men in a brief tussle before Scott ran off again, Slager fired his gun and Scott slumped into the grass.
In the days since his death, Scott has been remembered for his love of dancing and the Dallas Cowboys. He had a history of arrests for failing to pay child support and was forced out of the U.S. Coast Guard in 1986 after more than two years of service due to a drug offense.
He was nonetheless discharged under honorable conditions because he had a good record of service, the Coast Guard said.
An obituary published on Friday said Scott's survivors include his parents, two brothers and four children.
(Writing by Colleen Jenkins and Frank McGurty; Editing by Susan Fenton)


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Tales From The Underdorks
The D&D adventures of a group of nerds
Campaign: Curse of Strahd
Campaign: Rise of Tiamat
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Episode 16: A Day with the Dead
Billie	Campaign: Curse of Strahd	 16th Jan 2020
The adventurers wake refreshed and, after performing their various morning rituals, they pack up their belongings and steel themselves for another day of danger and mayhem inside the castle. The only viable exit they can find from the brazier room is a door that has a set of steps leading upwards behind it, and on ascending them they find a long corridor carved into the stone foundations of the castle and swathed in a swirling mist that obscures the floor. Obryn tells everyone to stay at least ten feet behind him, while Devlin casts Dancing Lights in front of him so that he can see a little better. Being a dwarf, though, Obryn knows his stone. He determines that this tunnel is a relatively recent construction and that it leads towards a doorway at the far end, so he strides confidently down the passageway like he's on a mission. What he doesn't see, however, is the trapdoor that opens in the floor beneath his feet. The others gasp as the dwarf suddenly disappears in a swirl of mist; there one moment and gone the next.
Devlin runs over, careful not to step on the open trap.
"Oi, dwarf! Where have you gone?" he shouts. There's a creak as the trapdoor closes and the sorcerer briefly glimpses an angled slide below it, leading south, but there's no reply from Obryn.
In a bid to find their lost friend, the adventurers put a crazy plan into operation. Thia ties a rope around her waist with Siri hanging on to the other end, then Devlin opens the trapdoor and Thia climbs down. The trouble is that the paladin can't take her weight and topples over, so Devlin levitates her into the air. She yelps in surprise, clinging on to the end of the rope for dear life as Haldar grabs her leg and drags her backwards like some kind of weird balloon. Meanwhile, Thia is left dangling halfway down a slippery passage as the trapdoor slowly returns to its closed position.
As Obryn's eyes adjust to the darkness, he sees that's he's in a tiny, barred cell and up to his chest in filthy, stagnant water.
"I see the trapdoor has caught another one."
The dwarf can't see where the voice is coming from, but he can tell that it's a man who sounds as if he's given up all hope of ever getting out of this place.
"Hello?" he asks, gruffly. "Who's there, how did you get down here?"
"I chose the wrong side, and Strahd doesn't appreciate that," comes the reply. "I was taken from my family a few weeks ago and left in this cell. They feed me once a day, scraps mostly."
Obryn casually tests the bars in front of him but they seem solid despite showing signs of rust damage below the water level. He runs his feet around the bottom of cell, finding nothing.
"And what is your name, stranger?" he asks.
There's a slight pause before the voice speaks again, quieter than before.
"My name is Rolan."
In the corridor above them, the rescue attempt is getting more and more chaotic. Devlin has now cast Fly upon himself and has pushed open the trapdoor, enabling the others to pull Thia back up again. Then, controlling his flight, he makes his way easily down the passageway and pushes open the trapdoor at the other end. He grins at Obryn.
"About bloody time," grumbles the dwarf.
"I see the trapdoor is busy today," murmurs Rolan. "More victims?"
"Help," replies Obryn. "Or at least, I hope it's help."
Devlin makes his way into the cell, although it's very cramped with the two of them in there and the dwarf is forced to squash himself against the slimy stone wall to make room. The sorcerer casts his eyes around the cell.
"Who's your friend?" he asks, trying to peer down the flooded corridor on the other side of the bars.
"It's Rolan," says Obryn simply, nodding his head in the direction of where he believes Thia and the others to be, although he's a little off. Devlin raises his eyebrows.
"I think we need to tell you something," he says, trying to direct his voice at the adjacent cell. "One of our friends is someone very important to you."
There's a sigh from nearby, and the sound of someone moving in the water.
"Don't tell me Zuleika rustled up a rescue party?"
"No," replies the sorcerer. "Does the name Thia mean anything to you?"
This time the pause is longer.
"My daughter. But she is either really brave or really foolish to come to Barovia."
Devlin takes a few minutes to formulate a plan and, after the man confirms that he would very much like to get out of the cell and see his daughter again, the sorcerer reaches his hand through the bars and casts Dimension Door, immediately teleporting himself and Rolan back to the brazier room. The man is frail and sopping wet, but he makes it up the stairs and along the corridor with Devlin's help. Thia is overjoyed to see him, and the two hug each other while the sorcerer makes a return trip for Obryn.
Taking a little time to rest and catch up with each other, the cleric explains to her father about the deal they made with Zuleika to find her mate, Emil Touranescu, and how in return the werewolf pack leader permitted them to take the children they'd been holding, including Thia's own two daughters, away from the den. Rolan tells her that he has not seen either Emil or their missing friend, Nordan, and that he only took his grandchildren so he could turn them into werewolves, guaranteeing them safety within the pack. This appals Thia and she tries to persuade him to let her remove his curse, but he insists that it's the only way they all can be together, given that the mists prevent anyone from escaping the valley. Barovia is his home now, and he wants to remain as a werewolf. He laughs when the cleric asks him if he would reconsider should they manage to kill Strahd, not believing that they would be capable of such a victory. But he agrees to think about it, and she hugs him again.
"Will you come with us?" Thia asks, not wanting to leave him behind in case he is captured and lost again.
Rolan nods, slowly.
"I am too weak to be of much use in a fight," he says wearily, noticing as Obryn favours him with a suspicious look. "And no, before you ask, sir dwarf, I would not attack the people who rescued me and reunited me with my daughter, either."
After about an hour, they gather up their things and head towards the doorway at the end of the stone corridor, making sure that they jump over the trapdoor this time. Haldar pushes the door open wide, and Siri wrinkles her nose at the scent of death as they step into the cavernous room beyond. Squinting into the darkness, they see that they're standing in a huge hall built from stone and filled with rows and rows of tombs, stretching as far as they can see. Above them, the vaulted ceiling is constantly moving with the furry, black bodies of thousands of bats, and the flagstones beneath their feet are caked in a thick layer of foul-smelling droppings. Grimacing and trying to walk carefully, the adventurers examine the inscriptions on a few of the tombs nearest to them. Some seem to be the graves of people who were involved in building the castle; some sound like important nobles, while others could be adventurers like themselves, it's hard to say. The friends are aware that they haven't got nearly enough time to peek inside each one, and most of them are a bit hesitant to do that anyway, but Siri's curious nature pushes her to at least check the tombs bearing names that she recognises.
In Piddlewick's tomb, she finds a box containing a Deck of Illusions and murmurs a 'thank you' to the ghost for pointing her there. Further on, she sees the name 'Tasha Petrovna' engraved above one of the stone slabs; the same name that she saw on the rose-covered gravestone in the grounds of the Abbey of Saint Markovia. Knowing that this lady was good of heart, she enters and places her hand reverently on the chest of the body inside.
"Rest well, Tasha," she whispers.
A soft voice echoes from the walls around her.
"There is a grave to the west, with roses that never die, in a place built by healers, in a village called Krezk. When all turns to darkness, touch this holy symbol to the grave to summon the light and find a treasure long lost."
Siri gently removes the pendant from around the lady's neck and joins the others again to tell them what she's heard, so when the next tomb they recognise is that of the wizard, Kazan, Haldar and Devlin are the first to go inside and explore.
The skeleton laying on the marble plinth within is draped in rags, but the skull has black opals in its eye sockets and amber jewels for teeth. The sorcerer tries to see if the teeth are loose, but they're jammed in tight and he's not too enthused about taking the entire skull with him. He leaves, and Siri tiptoes in to take a look.
"You know," she says to Haldar, thoughtfully. "We called out the wizard's name to find the Holy Symbol of Ravenkind, and the inscription on this tomb reads 'His word was power'. Do you think that something will happen if we say his name again?"
Haldar is reluctant, but Siri is feeling brave and, standing in the centre of the tomb, shouts out the name of the wizard. To her surprise, a magnificent black staff appears from nowhere, floating just above the skeleton and glowing with dim, magical light.
The paladin looks at the ranger, but seeing that he is apprehensive to take it, she gives a shrug and grabs hold of it in her right hand. There's a flash of bright, white light as lightning bolts crackle from the walls and converge on Siri, causing her to cry out in pain, but when the energy fades the staff remains in her grip and she carries it triumphantly outside. Haldar casts Identify on it and discovers that it's a Staff of Power, so he keeps it with the intention of attuning to it when the adventurers rest for the night. Siri's not happy about this, but resigns to it after Haldar offers her the Icon of Ravenloft in exchange.
Resisting the urge to check out the crypt of Elsa von Twitterburg, whose inscription states that she was a 'beloved actor with many followers', the group continues to read the inscriptions on each of the tombs to make sure they're not missing anything important, despite the fact that they could swear they hear a long and heavy sigh from somewhere far away.
Apart from a surprise attack by three giant spiders, one of which Obryn manages to kill by booting it across the room, the rest of the search is uneventful until Siri finds an intriguing tomb towards the south end of the hall that has a blank inscription. Curious, she goes inside and finds it empty, save for two large alcoves with 'Pass not these portals foolish mortals' engraved into the stonework above them. Cocking her head inquisitively to one side, Siri sticks her arm into the right-hand one. There's a whooshing sensation and she suddenly feels as if she's being pulled forward at tremendous speed, causing the rest of the party to cry out as she disappears from the tomb.
The paladin emerges from the right-hand alcove of a similar pair, except that she's now in a very different tomb. This one is much larger, with sculpted black marble walls and an ornate black coffin made of finely waxed wood in the centre, resting on a mound of fresh earth. On the far side of the room, she spots three similar mounds of earth, and her memory instantly reminds her of the crates filled with earth that they'd found in the coffin maker's shop, and which turned out to be the resting places of some rather nasty vampire spawn. The sense of evil in this room is palpable. Moving as quietly as she can, Siri tiptoes to the left-hand alcove and sticks her arm into it, hopefully. This time, the whooshing sensation returns her to the original crypt where she quickly ushers her friends outside, describing to them what she's seen.
Nearly at the far end of the hall now, the next crypt they visit is inscribed with 'Gralmore Nimblenobs, Wizard Ordinaire'. Haldar and Thia chuckle at the name as they pull open the door and, on entering the tomb, they see a desiccated corpse with long, white hair, clutching a staff across its chest with bony fingers. Thia picks it up and examines it, noting that one end of the staff has a marble nob while the other has a brass nob, and that there appears to be a recess in one end of the wizard's marble plinth which looks about the same size.
"Which end should we put in though?" Thia says, thoughtfully. "Marble or brass?"
Siri peeks around the side of the door and grins.
"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, marble to marble, brass to brass. How does that sound?"
Thia shrugs and returns the smile.
"Seems fair!" she replies, and promptly sticks the marble nob of the staff into the recess. There's a worrying rumble and both adventurers freeze, but then the plinth levitates upwards by about five feet to reveal a hidden compartment beneath it that contains a black leather pouch. Haldar bends down, pulls out his sword and gently hooks the pouch out with the tip of the blade. It contains three spell scrolls; one of Fireball, one of Lightning Bolt, and one of Cone of Cold. The ranger pockets them happily.
Although it's hard to tell in the darkness of the stone hall beneath the castle, the day is wearing on. The adventurers have made a note of the location of the tomb of St. Markovia, along with three large sets of stairs leading further down; one to the north, one to the east and one to the south, but for now they continue towards the south.
Devlin suddenly frowns as they approach the staircase.
"Wait," he says, rubbing his forehead. "I can sense magic between these two crypts here. It feels like conjurati…"
The others turn around as he stops talking, but the sorcerer has vanished. In his place stands a slavering, snarling undead wight that promptly takes a swing at Obryn, so he retaliates, raging at it with his war axe. Thia manages to finish it off with her spiritual weapon, but even when the foul creature lies dead on the floor, Devlin doesn't return.
Siri wonders if he might be in the nearby tomb of Sir Klutz Tripalotsky, who fell on his own sword, because setting off a magical trap does seem to have been a bit clumsy. She finds the knight's corpse with a sword still sticking into his chest and, feeling a bit sorry for him, pulls it out. The ghost of Sir Klutz suddenly appears and bows, losing his balance so that his head goes through Siri's chest. She squeals.
"I do apologise, my lady," he says sheepishly. "But thank you for removing my sword. In return, I shall fight alongside you!"
"Good-oh!" grins Siri, leading him outside and trying to ignore the fact that the ghost immediately trips over his own boots. "Hey everyone, I found a friend!"
As the paladin introduces him to the group, Obryn's face grows red with rage at having to put up with a strange and clumsy phantom, but Thia distracts him with a plan.
"I think I might be able to find Devlin if I concentrate on an item that he's wearing," she offers, waving her hands to cast Locate Object. Closing her eyes and picturing the Ring of Lesser Polymorph that the sorcerer is currently wearing on his finger, she senses its presence not far away, though at a disturbingly lower depth.
From Devlin's point of view, he went from walking and talking to silent and laying on his back in an instant. Not entirely sure of where he is, he feels around and finds himself surrounded by flat planks of wood that encase him and don't permit him to sit up, so he comes to the logical conclusion that he's in a coffin. Unable to push the lid open himself, he shrugs and settles down to meditate, figuring that he may as well get a rest out of his situation.
"Over here!" yells Thia, pointing to a crypt with the inscription 'Stahbal Indi-Bhak: A truer friend no ruler ever had. Here lies his family in honor', while running towards it. "He's in here somewhere, I think!"
Obryn pulls open the door, but beyond it there is only a shaft that leads straight down to a depth of about twenty feet. Stagnant water is pooled at the bottom, and the dwarf can see bones floating on its murky surface.
"Lower me down," he says, hastily knotting a rope around his waist and urging the others to hang onto the end of it. "I'll go get him."
The bottom of the shaft opens into a wide, underground cave, and Obryn has to tread lightly so that the bones crunching beneath his feet don't make too much noise. Calling quietly to Devlin, he locates the sorcerer in a wooden casket inside a stone crypt, manages to free him, and the two escape without rousing any more wights that may be lurking in the many other coffins that litter the cave. Figuring that they've had enough excitement for that day, Haldar puts up his hut and the adventurers rest for night, hoping to finish their explorations of the remaining crypts the next day.
After eating breakfast and performing their morning rituals, the group sets out in earnest to find out all they can before heading back upstairs to the drier and less smelly areas of the castle. Stopping first at St. Markovia's crypt, Thia detects the scent of roses but sees only a large bone on the marble slab inside. She touches it and thanks the Saint for blessing the pool in Krezk that helped so many children overcome their madness, and as she does so a shimmering image of St. Markovia appears before her.
"The vampires must be destroyed," it whispers in the faintest of voices. "Use me as your weapon."
Thia picks up the bone, thanks her and goes to join the others, who are trying to lift a portcullis in front of the stairs in the northern part of the hall.
This tomb contains the remains of Strahd's brother, Sergei. The atmosphere inside is incredibly peaceful, and the white marble walls behind the sarcophagus are carved with a relief of Sergei being lifted towards the sky by two angels. Haldar points out that one of the angels strongly resembles the Abbot of St. Markovia's Abbey. Siri's Sun Sword, which used to belong to the brother, communicates its feelings of sadness and shame that it was unable to save him, so she leaves it on top of his tomb for a little while, hoping it can find peace. Sir Klutz is also wistful.
"I liked Sergei," he whispers. "He was a good man."
In the eastern tomb, they find the crypts of Strahd's parents, King Barov and Queen Ravenovia.
This leaves only the southern tomb as the possible resting place of Strahd himself, and Siri thinks that she may have been there before. Leading them to the crypt with the blank inscription, she points them to the right-hand alcove and they all walk through it, emerging into the tomb with the black casket and mounds of earth. Haldar has a plan to take the coffin out of the room, hopefully scuppering Strahd when he can't get to it to sleep, so Thia casts Dispel Magic on it, just in case. When she does so, however, three corpses spring from the ground on the far side of it, and the adventurers suddenly have a fight on their hands against three of Strahd's old brides, not looking quite as beautiful as perhaps they once were.
Haldar hurriedly levitates the casket, but when he tries to touch it to give it a push, he vanishes. In his place, there's now another wight to deal with. Obryn rampages at one of the brides and gives her a good whack, while Siri casts Turn the Unholy with the help of the Icon of Ravenloft, making all the undead in the crypt leg it in fear. Two of the corpses run for the portcullis and desperately try to lift it so Devlin hurls a Chromatic Orb at them, damaging them as it explodes in a ball of fire.
Meanwhile, Obryn charges the wight, roaring as he brandishes his war axe at it. Siri yells at another of the brides and takes a swing but loses her grip on her sword and it drops to the floor. Swearing under her breath, she turns to bite the wight instead and, hanging on for dear life despite the awful taste on her tongue, grapples it in place giving Devlin the opportunity to finish it off with another Chromatic Orb of fire. Siri yelps as it strikes, still terrified of the flames.
As Devlin had told the others where he had been teleported to when he'd activated the magical trap, Haldar knows immediately that he's inside a coffin in the cave beneath the tomb of the Indi-Bhak family. Pulling a face, he manoeuvres the Staff of Power to a position where he can use it, then casts Levitate on stone slab above him before pushing his way out of the wooden casket. Jumping onto the hovering slab, he rides it back to the bottom of the shaft like a surfboard as more wights begin to break out of their coffins, staring up at the ranger with their cold, blue eyes and slashing at him as he passes.
Back in Strahd's crypt, Siri has managed to light up her sword once more, flooding the chamber with sunlight. Two of the brides are dead and the last scrambles up the walls and across the ceiling, but there's no escape from Thia's Spiritual Weapon or Devlin's Chromatic Orbs. The corpse drops to the floor, dead once more, and also a little bit on fire.
Without wasting any time, Thia dispels the magic on the black casket, and Obryn and Siri smash it into little pieces. They did consider setting it upside down against the wall so that if Strahd teleports into it he would suddenly be standing on his head, but with Haldar still missing they need to act quickly.
Meanwhile, Haldar has made it to the shaft of the crypt. He levitates the slab up towards the top as the wights start to claw their way up the walls to get to him from below, but he makes it to the crypt doorway, steps off and then drops the Levitate spell. The slab crashes back down the shaft taking all the creatures with it, and the ranger dusts off his hands, pushes the door open and steps back out into the dark hall. He meets the rest of his friends coming the other way.
"Let's get out of this place," he says, with a grin.
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Is Management Really to Blame for GoPro's Woes?
If you're going to announce painful news, you may as well rip the Band-Aid off like action-camera maker GoPro (NASDAQ: GPRO) did. In one press release for its preliminary fourth-quarter earnings results, it announced it was lowering its full-year guidance, exiting the drone business, and laying off 20% of its workforce.
Then, in a follow-up interview, GoPro CEO Nick Woodman declared the company would entertain someone coming in and rescuing it, either by partnering with it or buying it out. Needless to say, the reaction to the calamitous pronouncements was swift: GoPro's stock plunged 30% in one day.
Obviously GoPro's business has been struggling for some time, which culminated in the dramatic decisions it made, but should management be blamed for the position it found itself in that necessitated the moves? In a word, yes.
Problems pile up
The action-camera maker has suffered from a series of products that failed to capture consumers' attention, but continued to price them at premium levels even after they were left gathering dust on retail store shelves.
GoPro detailed it was surprised to find that despite consumers liking its Hero 5 Black cameras, they were reluctant to pay the same price as when they were first introduced the year before. While it subsequently dropped the price on Dec. 10, which seems to have helped sales pick up ahead of the Christmas holiday, it was also forced to cut the price on its new flagship Hero 6 Black camera, lowering it from $499 to $399.
But the Hero 5 was beset with problems from the beginning, and GoPro got involved in a dispute with Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), apparently over pricing, that saw GoPro pull the camera from the site, albeit temporarily.
Part of GoPro's problem is their cameras are too good, so there's little need to upgrade to the next model once you own one. Because the Hero 5 really didn't offer that many new features over the existing Hero 4, GoPro launched a buyback program for customers to upgrade to the latest model.
Although you can't fault management for making a good product, it is a problem if you're not continuously improving in every iteration. Apple is able to sell hundreds of millions of new iPhones every year even though the products are exceptionally well made because the newest models offer enough new features that people are enticed to trade up.
Droning on
Then there was its drone debacle that saw it recall its $799 Karma model because they kept falling out of the sky. Sloppy manufacturing of the drone's battery retention system saw them power down in midflight, causing them to crash.
Whether it was an oversight failure or trying to rush to market to catch a wave of consumer interest in the space, management neglected to perform its duties sufficiently to protect its business. Now it's being forced out of the market, ostensibly because of what it calls a "hostile regulatory environment," but that's also been apparent for a while yet it still wanted to get in.
This episode ought to serve as something of a cautionary tale for vanishing message app Snap (NYSE: SNAP), which bills itself as a camera company and tried to heavily invest in the drone business. It may have dodged a bullet on that one, but the fact it is still determined to call itself a camera company suggests its own management team is blind to its problems.
While GoPro says it's not actively shopping itself, that it is even entertaining the idea that it would sell itself to the highest bidder shows how far management has allowed the company to fall. It was a business with a lot of potential when it went public two years ago, and the blame for what has occurred since should definitely be laid at the feet of management.
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Sundram Fasteners Bags $250 Million Contract From Global Automaker
Auto components maker Sundram Fasteners Ltd on said it has bagged a $250 million (nearly Rs 2,045 crore) contract.
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Auto components maker Sundram Fasteners Ltd. on Tuesday said it has bagged a $250 million (nearly Rs 2,045 crore) contract from a "leading global automobile manufacturer" to supply sub-assemblies for the latter's electric vehicle platform.
To support the new orders under a six-year long purchase package involving supply of input and stator shaft sub-assemblies and drive gear sub-assemblies, the company plans to invest Rs 200 crore, Sundram Fasteners said in a statement.
The company said it would ship parts from its powertrain divisions located at Mahindra World City in Tamil Nadu, and Sri City in Andhra Pradesh. The parts will be serviced from its warehouse in North America.
"The win underscores the trust and confidence reposed in us by our clients both in India and globally. Going forward, it will spur expansion of our global business as we continue to work on our strategic roadmap for the future," Sundram Fasteners' Managing Director Arathi Krishna said.
Sundram Fasteners said the sub-assemblies will be used in the EV models such as mild hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery EV, covering various segments, including mid-size trucks, SUVs and sedans.
"The launch of the new vehicles is planned from the North America platform in 2024", it said.
It has estimated an annual sales peak of $52 million in 2026, with a supply of 1.5 million transmission sub-assemblies per annum.


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HONG KONG, August 13, 2015 – Lenovo Group (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) today announced results for its first fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2015. Quarterly revenue was US$10.7 billion, a three percent increase year-over-year. First quarter pre-tax income decreased 80 percent year-over-year to US$52 million. Net income declined 51 percent year-over-year to US$105 million.
Lenovo saw severe challenges in its main markets. It faced significant declines in the global PC and tablet markets, as well as slowing growth and increasing competition – especially in China – in smartphones. There were macroeconomic challenges in Brazil and Latin America and large currency fluctuations, intensifying competition, which hurt Motorola's profitability in particular. Finally, Lenovo saw a rapidly shifting technology demand landscape in the enterprise business.
Despite this tough environment, Lenovo continued to deliver solid results. Its PC business reached record worldwide share of 20.6 percent. It gained share in every geography and achieved the # 3 position in the critical U.S. market, with record high share of 13 percent. Lenovo gained nearly one point of share and strengthened its #3 position in the tablet market. For the third consecutive quarter, the enterprise business had positive operating margin, before non-cash M&A-related accounting charges. In smartphones the company accelerated its shift from a carrier-focused business model in China to the open market in the rest of the world, which drove Lenovo brand smartphone volume outside China up 68 percent year-on-year.
Nevertheless, in the face of financial results that did not meet expectations, Lenovo is undertaking broad, decisive actions – including better aligning its businesses and significantly reducing costs – to return to profitable, sustainable growth and achieve its long-term goals.
"Last quarter, we faced perhaps the toughest market environment in recent years, but we still achieved solid results. Our PC business remained number 1 for the 9th straight quarter. In the smartphone business, our strategic shift from China to the rest of world has paid off. And our combined enterprise business achieved operational PTI for the third consecutive quarter," said Yuanqing Yang, Chairman and CEO of Lenovo. "But to build long term, sustainable growth, we must take proactive and decisive actions in every part of the businesses. We will further integrate elements of the acquisitions with our legacy businesses in Mobile and Enterprise, while building the right business model and cost structure. We will reduce costs in our PC business and increase efficiency in order to leverage industry consolidation increase share and improve profitability. We will come through these efforts as a faster, stronger and better aligned global company."
Focus and repositioning the Enterprise Business Group to attack the most relevant and attractive market segments, while increasing overall speed and cost-competitiveness.
Accelerating the drive for 30 percent share in PCs by better taking advantage of consolidation, while becoming even more efficient and reducing costs to ensure sustainable, profitable growth.
Drive for greater efficiency across all of Lenovo's functions. Lenovo will better leverage technology, the internet and innovative approaches in every function to drive transformation and become faster and more customer-centric.
This effort will reduce expenses by about $650 million in the second half of this year and about $1.35 billion on an annual basis. These actions will include a reduction of 3,200 people in our non-manufacturing workforce around the world. This equates to about 10 percent of non-manufacturing headcount and about 5 percent of our total population of around 60,000 people. The company will incur restructuring costs of approximately $600 million and additional spending to clear smartphone inventory of approximately $300 million.
The Company's gross profit for the first fiscal quarter increased 22 percent year-over-year to US$1.6 billion, with gross margin at 15.4 percent. Operating profit for the quarter declined 67 percent year-over year to US$96 million. Basic earnings per share for the first fiscal quarter was 0.95 US cents, or 7.36 HK cents. Net debt reserves as of June 30, 2015, totaled US$0.5 billion.
In the PC Group, or PCG, which includes PCs and Windows tablets, Lenovo's quarterly sales were US$7.3 billion, with pre-tax income of US$368 million, down 8 percent year-over-year. Pre-tax income margin was strong at 5.1 percent, improving 0.3 points year-over-year. Lenovo remained #1 for the ninth consecutive quarter with record high 20.6 percent market share, widening its lead over the #2 vendor. It shipped 13.5 million PCs in the quarter, down 7.1 percent year-over-year, verses an overall market decline of 12.8 percent. Lenovo saw share gains in every geography, while in the US it achieved the #3 position and saw a record market share of 13 percent, up 1.6 percent year-over-year. Lenovo's goal is to achieve 30 percent worldwide PC market share in three years.
In the Mobile Business Group, or MBG, which includes products from Motorola, Lenovo-branded mobile phones, Android tablets and smart TVs, Lenovo quarterly sales were US$2.1 billion, up 33 percent year-over-year, due to the inclusion of revenues from Motorola. Motorola contributed US$1.2 billion to Lenovo's MBG revenues. MBG's total pre-tax loss was US$292 million, with a pre-tax loss margin of negative 13.8 percent.
Despite strong growth in emerging markets and selling 16.2 million smartphones in the quarter – a 2.3 percent year-over-year increase – tough competition and a rapidly changing technology landscape saw Lenovo's share of the worldwide smartphone market decline 0.5 points to 4.7 percent, making it the fifth largest smartphone vendor.
Motorola's contribution to Lenovo's smartphone shipments stood at 5.9 million units, a 31 percent decline year-over-year. This performance resulted from several factors including intensifying competition, long product development lifecycles with related inventory issues, macroeconomic issues in Brazil (a large market for Motorola), and a fixed cost structure that was out of balance with the losses incurred. With the restructuring actions announced today, management reiterates its commitment to see profitability in Motorola within 4-6 quarters of close (2-3 quarters from now), though this goal is now being extended to the full MBG unit, where Motorola's results are included.
In the tablet market, Lenovo continued to outpace the market. It solidified its worldwide #3 position with 5.6 percent, growing shipments 3.8 percent year-over-year, to 2.5 million units, while taking share from the #1 and #2 players.
In the Enterprise Business Group, or EBG, which includes servers, storage, software and services sold under both the Lenovo ThinkServer brand and the System x business unit, sales were US$1.1 billion, up 5.8 times year-over-year due to inclusion of System x this year. In its third full quarter with System x, EBG delivered operational pre-tax income, although its standard PTI – which included non-cash, M&A-related accounting charges – was negative US$40 million. The ThinkServer brand that targets small and medium sized enterprises saw strong revenue growth of over 40 percent year-over-year. Lenovo remains confident that EBG will realize $5 billion in revenue with good margin one year after the close of the System x deal.
In China consolidated sales in the first fiscal quarter, declined by 16 percent year-over-year to US$3.2 billion, accounting for 30 percent of the Company's worldwide sales. Operating margins fell 0.7 points to 4.8 percent. These declines were driven by weak performance in mobile. The mobile business in China suffered in the face of intense competition and telecom subsidy cuts. In PCs Lenovo kept steady market share with good margin performance while seeing strong shipment growth from ThinkServer in its China Enterprise business, which allowed it to recapture the #1 position in the China x86 server market.
In the Asia Pacific region, Lenovo achieved sales across the region of US$1.6 billion or 15 percent of Lenovo's worldwide sales, while operating margins were down 1.9 points to 2.2 percent because of dampened Motorola performance. Lenovo Asia Pacific PC market share was up 0.9 points year-over-year to 15.9 percent. In Enterprise, Lenovo is leveraging channel expertise and ecosystems to accelerate the business. In Mobile, Lenovo branded phones had very strong performance, pushing shipments up 81.7 percent.
Lenovo in Europe, Middle East & Africa had consolidated sales in the first quarter of US$2.6 billion, a year-over-year decline of 5 percent, as PC sales slowed with the broader market. EMEA accounted for 25 percent of Lenovo's total worldwide sales. Operating profit margin was 1.5 percent, a 1.9 points decrease year-over-year. Lenovo grew PC market share to 19.9 percent, up 1.9 percent year-over-year. In Mobile, smartphone shipments registered very strong 153 percent growth, mainly from Lenovo-branded product. In Enterprise, the EMEA team is attacking more opportunities with an integrated team.
In the Americas, Lenovo saw consolidated sales grow 46 percent year-over-year to approximately US$3.3 billion in the first quarter, driven by the inclusion of the two acquisitions. This represented 30 percent of Lenovo's total worldwide sales. Operating margin was negative 4 percent, weighed down by losses from Brazil and Motorola. In PCs, share was up 0.6 points year-over-year to 13.1 percent. Lenovo was #3 in the US, with a record 13 percent share and strong 8.8 percent shipment growth. In Mobile, the Americas saw weaker smartphone shipments growth because of slower Motorola product transitions. In Enterprise, the company is poised to capture new opportunities in the future.
** These figures, which include such items as intangible asset amortization, imputed interest expense of promissory notes and others, are provided for greater transparency and to aid further analysis of the business.
*** The Company provided financial breakdowns by product through the FY14/15 Q2 results announcement. After the Motorola and System x investments closed during Lenovo's FY14/15 Q3, Lenovo began reporting by business group in order to aid understanding of the performance of these businesses.


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Q: Simulation getting terminated abruptly I am getting the below mentioned message and my code terminates execution.

This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an
  unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more
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What is the reason behind it? Well my simulation contains close to a 100,000 nodes. Is it because of that? I am using omnetpp-4.6 on windows 7.

EDIT: after trying lower number of nodes
I tried changing the number of nodes but still got the below message :

This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an
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So I guess this is also running out of memory

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