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Canucks gauging progress against league titans during 'huge trip'
Vancouver Canucks left wing Tanner Pearson, left, is greeted by teammates after he scored an empty-net goal during the third period against the Seattle Kraken, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022, in Seattle. (AP/file)
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Thursday is the one-month anniversary of Jim Rutherford's first day on the job, on the ground, as the Vancouver Canucks' new president of hockey operations.
Almost lost amid the big-picture ideas he laid out for reporters on Dec. 13 was his statement regarding taking the measure of the struggling team he was inheriting.
"Watch it, really, through the month of January and ... I'll have a better idea where we're at," Rutherford said. "We're going to have a real tough road trip in January ... going through the gauntlet there of Florida and Carolina and Washington. But we'll get a better read on this team at that time."
And here we are, the Canucks facing the Stanley Cup-champion Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday after getting smacked 5-2 Tuesday by the Florida Panthers, the first of five Murderers' Row opponents Vancouver faces over a span of eight days.
All five teams are among the top seven in the National Hockey League and four of them, including the Lightning, have been on forceful runs the last month.
As measuring sticks go, this one would have been dauntingly tall and sharp, even under ideal circumstances for the Canucks. But as reinforced by Tuesday's loss – remarkably, the first in regulation since coach Bruce Boudreau beat Rutherford to Vancouver by a week – the last two weeks were far from ideal.
A nine-day layoff between games, created when the Canucks chose last week to postpone highly winnable home matches last week against Ottawa and the New York Islanders, robbed the team of any momentum lingering from its 8-0-1 start under Boudreau. And COVID-19 protocols robbed key forwards Brock Boeser and Elias Pettersson of the chance to practise and at least stay in game shape.
So what exactly are we measuring now? Durability, resolve, belief?
"Fair or not fair, it's reality," Boudreau told reporters Wednesday when asked about the circumstances surrounding a torture test that, honestly, could finish with zero wins. "We're going to definitely know where we are at the end of this seven-game stint."
Boudreau was including in this examination of the Canucks the first two home games back in Vancouver – as yet unpostponed – against the Panthers and St. Louis Blues.
"These seven games," he continued, "are going to say whether we've got a chance to do something serious here or whether we're going to have to fight and claw and put another eight- or 10-game win streak together just to make the playoffs."
The Lightning are not trying to make the playoffs; they're trying to build a dynasty, validate themselves as the greatest NHL power since the Edmonton Oilers of the 1980s.
The Canucks, 16-16-3 even after December's surge, are trying to make the Stanley Cup tournament for the third time in nine years.
"We worked hard to get ourselves back in this race and we're in it now," veteran Vancouver defenceman Luke Schenn said. "And you can't have a trip where, you know, you don't put up points in the win column, so obviously it's a huge trip."
Schenn has Stanley Cup rings earned with the Lightning the last two seasons, so he understands better than anyone else on the Canucks what they need to aspire to, and the hunger required to keep winning.
"As soon as you lose that hunger and that competitiveness and ... you're content with where you are, it's exactly when you start to fall," Schenn said on Zoom. "There's a reason why teams obviously don't win back to back very often. It's because you go through it once, you know how hard it is and what you have to put into it, and it's not an easy thing to do. Same thing when you're in a grind in the middle of the season. We know how hard it is to win hockey games, and you've got to show up every night because ... as soon as you don't bring it and you let your foot off the gas a little bit, that's exactly when things don't go your way. We saw that last night.
"You look at all the good teams around the league; they're at the top of the league, the top of divisions and conferences, because they don't lose multiple games in a row. That's what got us out of the race (in November) and winning multiple games, that was what got us back into it. So the more consistency you can have and being resilient after a loss is the sign of a good team."
Boudreau said: "When Luke talks, people should listen to him because he knows what he's talking about. He's a very high first-round draft choice that's won two Stanley Cups, and I don't think there's too many guys in that room that can say the same thing."
About zero, in fact.
Thatcher Demko, the best goalie in the league in December, looked especially cold after the layoff. But he probably isn't stealing a game against some of the titans the Canucks face on this trip. The players in front of him have to be better than they were Tuesday: quicker, cleaner with the puck, more attentive defensively, better on special teams.
They've lost their momentum, but need to maintain that hunger.
"We're learning as we go here and last night was an example," Schenn said. "After a loss, your character shows through going into the next game. Everyone wants to bounce back and step up and, like I said, not let it carry over and bleed into consecutive games."
It took the Canucks nine games to play themselves back toward the outer fringes of the playoff race. It would take far less time to play themselves back out of it.


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donald trump government shutdown donald trump tantrum nancy pelosi chuck schumer wall mike pence john thune donald trump brought candies chuck and nancy lisa murkowski susan collins mitch mcconnell shutdown 800 000 government employees unpaid government shutdown talks collapse
Donald Trump Has Dainty Rage-Gasm, Politely Removes Self From Chuck 'N' Nancy's Presence
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Donald Trump only made it a little way into a meeting with congressional Democrats yesterday before losing his shit and stomping out of the room in a diaper-soiling huff. The Dems, you see, hadn't budged on their opposition to WALL, even though Trump went out of his way to tell them it would be a steel wall, not a concrete wall, which he'd somehow convinced himself was what Dems were after.
Here's President Weaselpoots on the Twitter:
After Democrats asked Trump to at least reopen most of the government, Trump asked Nancy Pelosi if she would agree to WALL, but she did not agree to WALL, and then Trump slammed his hand on the table while he pooed himself (allegedly), according to the Washington Post.
"Well unfortunately, the president just got up and walked out," said Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)." "He asked Speaker Pelosi, "Will you agree to my wall?" She said no. And he just got up and said, Then we have nothing to discuss' and he just walked out. Again, we saw a temper tantrum."
For her part, Pelosi suggested Trump doesn't really have any clue why missing a paycheck might be a problem for government employees: "He thinks maybe they could just ask their father for more money. But they can't." Good one, Madame Speaker!
To ensure balanced coverage, WaPo notes, Democratic and Republican lawmakers "then took turns addressing reporters at the White House, trading blame and accusing each other of mischaracterizing the meeting and being intransigent." We'll assume that means Republicans said the Democrats hadn't given adequate credit to Trump for his manly resolve, while Democrats recounted exactly what Trump said, and maybe Pelosi rolled her eyes and made the universal jerk-off gesture, as one does.
Ah, but Mike Pence remembers it all very differently. A tantrum? Heavens no!
The president walked into the room and passed out candy," Vice President Pence said. "I don't recall him ever raising his voice or slamming his hand."
Senate Majority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.) said later that the candy distributed was Baby Ruth bars, M&M's and Butterfinger bars.
See? Trump couldn't have had a tantrum if he'd handed out candy, because don't be silly, you don't see the Easter Bunny slamming his paw down in a fit of pique, do you? Also, is Mike Pence capable of NOT lying? One Democratic source said Trump's walkout "felt totally staged."
Just so we can now have a properly stupid fight about whether there was slamming, President Grandpa fired back this morning with NO SLAMMING, NO SLAMMING, YOU'RE THE SLAMMING:
Begun this Slamgate has.
Before meeting with Chuck 'n' Nancy, Trump had held a closed-door meeting with Senate Republicans to let them know they were 100 percent behind him, capisce?
"There was no discussion of anything other than solidarity," Trump told reporters after meeting with GOP senators[.]
That's not what "lawmakers present" at the meeting told WaPo, noting that senators Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins both "pleaded with Trump to reopen the government," but Trump wasn't about to let two dames who betrayed him on killing Obamacare get in the way of WALL:
Trump said that he was doing everything he could — but that he wouldn't end the standoff by taking nothing, according to two people familiar with the exchange who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the private discussion.
Following the meeting, Murkowski said she "shared [her] support for the need for border security in the country and what we should do from a humanitarian perspective but a recognition that when the government is shut down there are consequences and people are starting to feel those consequences.
Meanwhile, the Washington Post reports that Collins "urged Trump to consider a previous deal she was a part of that would trade $25 billion for the wall for permanent protections for undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children," but Trump apparently told her to fuck off. We bet Collins is this very moment working on a hell of a floor speech that will decry the needless hardship of government workers who must go without, because of all this awful intransigence on both sides, and then she'll vote against reopening the government because she believes Trump will come to his senses.
Haha, we are joking of course. Susan Collins will not do any of that because Mitch McConnell has promised no bill to reopen the government will make it to the floor unless Donald Trump approves. That's the same Mitch McConnell who, before the shutdown, allowed the Senate to pass a continuing resolution to fund the government without WALL -- the very same bill the House has already passed and is ready to vote on again, just to make Rs sweat.
In other hot shutdown action, the House voted 240 to 188 yesterday to fund the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service, along with a few other agencies, with eight Republicans joining Democrats. Reopening the IRS has been a concern since there are worries that with tax season underway, the agency may be unable to process returns and send out refunds. Needless to say, McConnell won't allow a Senate vote on reopening anything, because winning.
If no deal is reached and the shutdown lasts past Saturday, it will become the longest government shutdown in US history, and Donald Trump will no doubt tweet about keeping 800,000 federal employees going without pay as if it's an achievement.
He likes anything that's biggest, because that makes him the bestest!
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The objective of this project is to identify needed updates to current design policy, and/or necessary changes in the fundamental design process to incorporate the latest design principles. The geometric design of facilities designated as low volume presents unique challenges to engineers across the United States. These roadways, designated by low traffic volumes thus reduced frequency of crashes, require the use of design principles unlike those applied to higher volume roads. Accomplishing the design of a low-volume highway - its three-dimensional features (horizontal alignment, vertical alignment and cross-section) and appurtenances to provide for drainage, traffic control and safety, requires a well-defined process. the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) initially developed the guidelines for geometric design of very low-volume roads in 1996 and the final product was published in 2001. During the past 11 years, much has changed in the vehicle fleet, knowledge about driver characteristics (i.e., human factors), and safety and operations of these types of facilities. AASHTO policy requires that all reference material be reviewed and analyzed for potential updates. An assessment of the current publication and design process is needed to appropriately leverage and/or reflect recent advances and emerging issues contained in the documents.
This project has been incorporated into NCHRP Project 15-47, Developing an Improved Highway Geometric Design Process, as Phase III.


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Let me begin by setting the context. Snake River wild salmon and steelhead are the backbone of the Columbia Basin fish runs. Many residents of the Pacific Northwest do not realize this. The quality and quantity of fish habitat in the Snake River drainage far exceeds that of the remaining Columbia Basin accessible to salmon. The Snake Basin supports about 70% of the remaining habitat for wild spring/summer chinook and summer steelhead in the Columbia Basin.
Central Idaho, the most pristine watershed in the lower 48, is where wild salmon and steelhead are born. New eggs are laid for the next generation in clean and productive spawning grounds. Quality riparian habitat supports the nursery areas for growing juvenile fish in an optimum setting.
Wild Snake River spring/summer chinook and steelhead historically numbered in the millions. Their populations have decreased significantly since dam counts began in the 1950s (see population graphs). The steep decline is directly related to the construction of four lower Snake River dams between 1961 and 1975. The cumulative impacts of eight dams and reservoirs in the Columbia/Snake Rivers are pushing the fish populations toward extinction.
The biological diversity and genetic integrity of the Snake Basin's 52 major wild populations of salmon and steelhead are remarkably intact. But they can't be sustained because of the fish-killing impacts of Snake/Columbia River dams and reservoirs. The fish runs are not meeting viability criteria (extinction risk) measured by abundance, productivity, spatial structure and diversity as established by federal, state and tribal fish scientists.


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Boy Saves Father From Foul Ball
During Sunday's baseball game at AT&T Park in San Francisco (7/12/15), a 10-year-old boy saved his dad from taking a foul ball in the side of the head off the bat of Brandon Crawford.
I'm going to drop a little metaphor here. Pretend I am the kid in this video and YOUR company/business is the Dad.
It's what I do for a living. Save your business from potential disaster 😉
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Top 5 Most Targeted Industries For Cyber Attacks
According to IBM's 2014 Cyber Security Intelligence Index, over 75 percent of the cyber attacks the company monitored in 2013 targeted the following five industries:
1. Finance and insurance (23.8 percent)
2. Manufacturing (21.7 percent)
3. Information and communication (18.6 percent)
4. Retail and wholesale (6.2 percent)
5. Health and social services (5.8 percent)
Every day, more than 1 million people become victims of cyber crime. Cyber criminals look for the weak spots and then attack, no matter how large or small the organization. Cyber attacks can result directly from deliberate actions of hackers, or attacks can be unintentionally facilitated by employees—for example, if they click on a malicious link.
Check out these 3 reasons why hackers love your small business:
3 REASONS HACKERS LOVE YOUR SMALL BUSINESS INFOGRAPHIC @stopthinkconnect http://t.co/lJkaF63UXZ
— Kristin Judge (@kfjudge) November 14, 2014
Jimmy Kimmel Surprises Hero Who Saved Man From Burning Building
Here's a good news story: Recently in Fresno, California an unidentified man wearing a Dodgers baseball cap was captured on video rescuing a stranger from a house fire. His name turned out to be Tom Artiaga. Jimmy invited him on the show to reward his good deeds with the help of legendary Dodgers Manager Tommy Lasorda.
Right on Jimmy Kimmel! And even better, the story involved my Dodgers 🙂
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2014 Most Frequently Cited OSHA Standards
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently unveiled its top 10 most frequently cited violations at the annual National Safety Council Congress and Expo. The agency reports the leading causes of workplace injuries during its fiscal year (October through September).
The 2014 top 10 list of most frequently cited standards did not change significantly from 2013, with fall protection violations remaining at the top of the list. In fact, the top four most cited violations remained the same. The 2014 top 10 most frequently cited standards are as follows:
Fall Protection (29 CFR 1926.501)
Hazard Communication (29 CFR 1910.1200)
Scaffolding (29 CFR 1926.501)
Respiratory Protection (29 CFR 1910.134)
Lockout/Tag out (29 CFR 1910.147)
Powered Industrial Trucks (29 CFR 1910.178)
Electrical – Wiring Methods (29 CFR 1910.305)
Ladders (29 CFR 1926.1053)
Machine Guarding (29 CFR 1910.212)
Electrical – General Requirements (29 CFR1910.303)
This is kind of the abbreviated version. If you're interested in seeing the definitions/explanations of these violations, you can contact me direct and I'll send.
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Travelers Insurance: Insuring Technology Companies
Travelers Insurance Company has joined the ranks of other major carriers such as The Hartford in writing coverage for technology companies. Travelers Global Technology President Ronda Wescott and Chief Underwriting Officer Mike Thoma provide their perspective:
If you have a Life Science or Software and Information Technology Company and would like a review of your current insurance portfolio, feel free to contact me anytime. I can help market your coverage's with all the major carriers specializing in this sector.
Some of the most common insurance coverage's important to the Life Science or Software and Information Technology industry are:
Professional Liability (Errors & Omissions)
Commercial Umbrella/ Excess Liability
Cyber Liability & First Party Data Privacy Expense
Directors and Officers Liability (D&O)
Kidnap and Ransom
Group Medical Insurance
Group Life and Disability
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The 10 Worst Cities for Drivers
Consumer advice website NerdWallet recently compiled a list of the 10 worst cities to drive in, based off five different criteria:
number of days of precipitation
annual hours of delay per commuter
average city car insurance rates.
Here are the results:
I'm absolutely shocked that Los Angeles nor Orange County, CA is on this list. As the most dense city in America, New York City takes the top spot. While many of the others on this list are very dense cities as well, large
public transportation systems can be found in each and offer a less stressful option for getting around (Not true for LA or OC!)
Bank Robbery Conspirator/ Deadbeat Charged With Workers' Comp Fraud
One of the various reasons we see Workers Compensation Insurance rates on the rise are due in part to deadbeats like this. Not only in aiding of the robbery of her on bank branch of $565,500, Aurora Barrera, 33, later filed a claim for post-traumatic stress disorder. "The bank's insurance company subsequently paid her more than $35,000 in disability benefits and covered more than $9,000 in medical bills associated with the alleged workplace injury."
See the full story from the Los Angeles Times. More than happy to see her locked up for 9 years. Honest employers pay the price for frauds like Aurora Barrera.
With workers' comp claim, sham bank-heist figure compounds the nerve http://t.co/nLpZ8PeEjz
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) August 12, 2014
Is Sitting The New Smoking?
Some doctors are saying that sitting is the new smoking. According to the Mayo Clinic, sitting, like smoking, is a pervasive problem that harms your health. Approximately 80% of Americans work a non-active job, making all-day sitting a common occurrence.
Lengthy, uninterrupted periods of sitting cause poor circulation and low calorie burn and are linked to various health problems, including obesity, hypertension, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, as well as stiffness, headaches and sluggishness.
Your job may require you to spend a considerable amount of time at a desk, or maybe you're fond of all-day movie marathons. Try these tips to sit less, move more and improve your health:
Stand while talking on the phone or watching television.
Have a walking or standing meeting at work.
Stand up and stretch at least every hour.
Wear a pedometer and find ways to add steps into your daily routine.
Take the stairs when possible.
Consider walking or biking when commuting to work or running errands.
Source: Zywave, Inc.
Employers Rethink Benefits
According to the new Aflac Workforces Report, 49% of employers agree that controlling costs is the top business issue facing companies today. In 2013, as a result of Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation and rising costs, businesses:
Eliminated or delayed raises (32%)
Eliminated or cut back on benefits (22%)
Changed some full-time workers to part-time workers (21%)
Reduced the number of major medical plan options (14%)
Credit: iamagazine.com
Download OSHA's Heat Safety Tool To Keep Workers Safe
When you're working in the heat, safety comes first. With the OSHA Heat Safety Tool, you have vital safety information available whenever and wherever you need it—right on your mobile phone.
The app allows workers and supervisors to calculate the heat index for their work site, and, based on the heat index, displays a risk level to outdoor workers. Then, with a simple click, you can get reminders about the protective measures that should be taken at that risk level to protect workers from heat-related illness.
For more information about safety while working in the heat, see OSHA's heat illness Web page, including new online guidance about using the heat index to protect workers. Download the app directly from OSHA's website.
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Net Book Agreement
The Net Book Agreement (NBA) was a fixed book price agreement in the United Kingdom and Ireland between The Publishers Association and booksellers which set the prices at which books were to be sold to the public. The agreement was concerned solely with price maintenance.[1] It operated in the UK from 1900 until the 1990s when it was abandoned by some large bookshop chains and was then ruled illegal. It also operated in Ireland until shortly before its final demise.
2 Dissolution of the NBA
It came into effect on 1 January 1900 and involved retailers selling books at agreed prices. Any bookseller who sold a book at less than the agreed price would no longer be supplied by the publisher in question. In 1905, The Times tried but failed to challenge the agreement by setting up a low-cost book borrowing club.[2]
In 1905, following The Education Act, The Publishers Association introduced the practice of deeming school books 'non-net' allowing schools discounts that were not available on other books. There were also agreements in place to allow public libraries to receive discounts of up to 5% on the net books they purchased. [3]
In 1962 the Net Book Agreement was examined by the Restrictive Practices Court, which decided that the NBA was of benefit to the industry, since it enabled publishers to subsidise the printing of the works of important but less widely read authors using money from bestsellers.
In 1991 the large bookshop chain Dillons, followed by Waterstones, began to offer some books at a discount.[4]
As the agreement did not cover books that were damaged (or second hand), shops that wished to sell "new" books below cover price for any reason (for example to get rid of obsolete stock or titles that were not otherwise selling) adopted a simple strategy which meant that they were still sticking to the terms of the agreement: they deliberately defaced or damaged the book(s). The two methods most commonly used were to either use a hole punch to punch a hole in the cover of the book or to use a marker pen to mark the edge of the pages. The marker pen method was the most common as it took the least effort.
Dissolution of the NBA[edit]
The Publishers Association applied the NBA in the Republic of Ireland until 1992, after the Competition Act 1991 came into force. In June 1994 Ireland's Competition Authority refused to license the NBA, on the grounds that UK publishers' market share was high enough for the NPA to distort competition in Ireland.[5]
In the UK in August 1994 the Director General of the Office of Fair Trading decided that the Restrictive Practices Court should review the agreement. In September 1995 several major publishers (including HarperCollins and Random House) withdrew, and in September 1996 the Booksellers Association decided to take no part in the case. In March 1997 the Restrictive Practices Court ruled that the Net Book Agreement was against the public interest and therefore illegal.[6]
The collapse of the Agreement strengthened large bookstore chains and reduced book prices. It also paved the way for the large supermarket chains to take a chunk of the book business, typically offering a small number of best-selling titles at deeply discounted prices. As of 2009, 500 independent bookshops had closed since the demise of the agreement.[7] An early example of the changes in the book publishing markets following the termination of the agreement was the entry of the US-owned booksellers Borders into the British high street, following their purchase of Books Etc.
However, market concentration and a demise of independent bookshops have also taken place in economies such as Germany and France where a fixed book price agreement is still in place.[8] The loss in small business was smaller than predicted by many commentators and the number of titles published in the UK has increased despite claims to the contrary when the NBA was dissolved.[9] Also, the volume of books sold in the UK has increased by about 30% between 1995 and 2006.[10]
United States v. Apple Inc., a book price-fixing conspiracy, which also involved collusion between publishers and was also ruled illegal
^ Kingsford, R.J.L. (1970). The Publishers Association 1896-1946. London: Cambridge University Press. pp. 209. ISBN 0 521 07756 7.
^ Daunton, Martin (2005). The Organisation of Knowledge in Victorian Britain. Oxford University Press. p. 275. doi:10.5871/bacad/9780197263266.001.0001. ISBN 978-0197263266.
^ UK Publishing global information partnership. London: Bookseller Publishing, The Publishers Association. 2000. p. 16. ISBN 0 85021 283 9.
^ Cassidy, Suzanne (7 October 1991). "THE MEDIA BUSINESS; British Book Shops in Price Skirmishes". The New York Times.
^ "Written Answers - NET Book Agreement". Dáil Éireann Debates. Dublin: Oireachtas. 6 February 1996. pp. Vol.461 No.1 p.159 cc193–195. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
^ McCarthy, Daniel (2010-02-09) Politics and the NBA, The American Conservative
^ BBC - The Money Programme, 12 February 2009
^ Kaufmann, Problems of a Fixed Book Price Agreement under European Competition Law, 1998.
^ Davies/Wilson, The Benefits from Competition: some illustrative UK cases Archived 29 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine, 43 f.
^ Office of Fair Trading, An evaluation of the impact upon productivity of ending resale price maintenance on books Archived 2 April 2014 at the UK Government Web Archive, 42.
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In 2012 Travka releases their third album - OKEAN. The band decided to print just 5 records of Okean and launched each of them in five major cities of Romania asking their fans to engage into communication and pass the album from one to another. Okean became the first traveler's album ever.
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The Diaspora University development plan is a plan for advancing Kenya Constitution Rights through research and education.
Kenya Constitution Rights Article 33. (1) Every person has the right to freedom of expression, which includes— freedom to seek, receive or impart information or ideas; (b) freedom of artistic creativity; and (c) academic freedom and freedom of scientific research.
Kenya Constitution Rights Article 43 (1) Every person has the right— (a) to the highest attainable standard of health, which includes the right to health care services, including reproductive health care; (b) to accessible and adequate housing, and to reasonable standards of sanitation; (c) to be free from hunger, and to have adequate food of acceptable quality; (d) to clean and safe water in adequate quantities; (e) to social security; and (f) to education.
Diaspora Scholars are founding the Diaspora University through Founder Plans that input 100 Courses and Professional Part time or Full Time during the 5 Year University Founding Period that shall end on graduation day of first class enrolled.
From Left: Dr. Wilson Endege of Diaspora University, Prof. Michael Ginzberg Dean of WPI Business School, Prof. Philliph Mutisya of Diaspora University, Prof. Wole Soyoika Dean of WPI Engineering School and Dan Kamau of Diaspora University Town at WPI 2017.


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"The Grammys remain corrupt" – The Weeknd after nomination snub
Canadian star, Abel Makkonen Tesfaye aka The Weeknd, has reacted to his snub from the 2021 Grammy Award nomination list.
He said the award remain corrupt.
Many were left shocked after The Weeknd failed to receive any nominations for the 2021 awards for his latest album, 'After Hours'.
"The Grammys remain corrupt," he wrote on Twitter. "You owe me, my fans and the industry transparency."
The Grammys remain corrupt. You owe me, my fans and the industry transparency…
The Grammys said they "empathised" with his disappointment but that some "deserving" acts missed out every year. Responding to The Weeknd's tweet, in a statement provided to Rolling Stone, Recording Academy Chair Harvey Mason Jr. said,
"We understand that the Weeknd is disappointed at not being nominated. I was surprised and can empathise with what he's feeling.
"His music this year was excellent, and his contributions to the music community and broader world are worthy of everyone's admiration. Unfortunately, every year, there are fewer nominations than the number of deserving artists.
"All Grammy nominees are recognised by the voting body for their excellence, and we congratulate them all," Mason Jr. concluded.
After Hours is the biggest-selling album of the year so far in the US, while Blinding Lights is the longest-running top 10 hit in US chart history.


The more we know about ourselves and others, the better we can work with and relate to other people. The Personal DISCernment Inventory® (PDI) helps us understand how and why people are likely to behave in one way or another.
This unique educational instrument is based on the time-tested DISC theory that provides powerful insights into your work and social style. It will enable you to discover and define how you view yourself and how you want others to see you. And through that process, you will learn more about the real you – a person who might be slightly different than you thought.
The Personal DISCernment Inventory® isn't an exam; there are no right or wrong answers. It is a tool for helping you discover and analyze your own behavioral style so that you can better adapt your behavior to particular situations and create more productive working and interpersonal relationships with others.


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Resto Le Cordon hosts Comedy nights – Tickets available
Le Cordon hosts Comedy nights – Get ready to laugh out loud on Friday March 6 at Resto Le Cordon in Lachine. The restaurant will be hosting their well-known Comedy nights with Montreal's best comedians. The show will be hosted by Darren Henwood, hailing from Scotland who will keep you on the edge of your seat with his witty and hilarious tales of personal true events with North American culture. His sarcastic remarks and comedic taunts will keep you laughing all night.
Resto Le Cordon in Lachine
Headlined by Chantal Desjardins, a multi-talented comedian, television and radio host, and voiceover actor who has performed on CBC's The Debaters, the Laval Laughs Comedy Festival and was named One to Watch by the Montreal Gazette. She has performed on comedy stages all across Canada, the US, and Singapore.
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The evening's lineup is stellar and joining the show is Ben Cardilli who has been making waves in the Montreal comedy scene with his married-freeloader humour and anecdotes. He co-produces the monthly Comedy Confessional and hosts Open Mic Night at Mckibbins every Monday. Ben has won several local comedy competitions, was a finalist in the MTL Grand and has recently been touring Ontario & Quebec with Tinder Tales playing to sold-out rooms. The multi-talented act was also on La Voix.
Named as one of the artists to watch in 2018 by The Montreal Gazette, Wassim El-Mounzer will be among the amazing acts. El-Mounzer has been making audiences across Canada laugh while recently opening for Sugar Sammy. He has been featured on the BBC on Arts Hour and the CBC's Laughter at Lion D'Or.
Finally, Geoffrey Applebaum, will take the stage and will bring his high energy making his audience laugh hysterically. Known for being a Master of sound effects, he has appeared in Just For Laughs' Zoofest, Juste Pour Rire, and the Laval Laughs Festival. This show promises to be the best lineup to-date for Resto Le Cordon's Comedy Nights.
Comedy Night at Resto Le Cordon Tickets
Resto Le Cordon has created a special menu for the evening that will include their famous fall off the bone ribs, wood-fired pizzas, homemade cheesecake and so much more. Get your ticket before the show sells out! Tickets are $20 and can be purchased directly on eventbrite or $25 at the door (plus fees and taxes). The purchase of one ticket includes your entrance and seating for the show. Puchase your tickets here
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Are you a real estate agent that wishes homes would show better?
Are you a homeowner trying to sell your home but not quite sure how to go about staging it?
Do you wish you knew how to portray your home to make it look the very best it can be?
Awhile back, I posted that I was staging my mom's empty home that's currently for sale.
When I started pulling things out of my truck and hauling them into my mom's place, it felt so… odd. These were MY things. Not my mom's.
And it was shocking. After seeing the rooms so bare and empty, even one thing in the room caused your eyes to refocus in a very different way. You REALLY saw objects.
So whatever I used, I had to make sure they were pretty to look at. I love this vintage mix master with the heavy porcelain bowl. And it was perfect for the kitchen.
This experience was interesting. The more I attempted to make an empty home look lived in, the stranger everything looked. It was so painfully obvious that it was empty, so overdoing some rooms while others had nothing didn't work.
Loose sanded down palette boards simply placed overtop a little bench created some extra instant warmth to this area.
And yes, there were indeed moments of sadness. (she passed away in March) But it wasn't long before I switched gears into design mode and went with it. I was on a mission to make my mom's house sing. One last time.
I realize staging an empty home is VERY different from decluttering a full one. I think both scenarios bring issues into play. But it's my belief that if you wish your home to look it's best, depersonalizing and decluttering are VERY important. This home looked HUGE with all the roomy closets and living spaces! And newer too.
From hereon out, I'm going to allow the pictures to do all the talking. I created an online magazine spread for the benefit of our real estate agent as well as a means of an online portfolio for myself so I can show what I can offer others.
Click HERE for the fullsize online YUDU magazine spread.
And I have to just thank Layla from The Lettered Cottage. When I saw her magazine spread for the cottage she decorated, I 'bout died. I had no idea this format was available to us. Thanks for your never ending inspiration you offer my way, Layla!
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Sorry about your mom. You did a nice job bringing lovely back to the house!
Donna, thank you so much for this! We are currently working on getting my parent's home ready to sell. We have stripped the wallpaper, patched walls, changed out flooring, and so much more and yet it is now devoid of any sort of personality when it used to be so full of life!
I will take these great hints and do something similar. I believe it will really make a difference, so thank you very much for this!
Awesome. I'm sure UR mother is smiling upon U.
It looks great Donna… very professional. I hope your agent makes lots of copies available for people to take home from the showings. We were given a mini "book" of the house we bought… loved that idea.
I think you did a wonderful job bringing warmth back into the house. Everything looks so pretty. Love the mantel. As a buyer though, I'd want more information about the house. Such as square feet, electric or gas, age of the home and stuff like that. Is there a way to add more information?
#7 Anita, absolutely! I don't know if the portfolio will be even used this round for the real deal but if it is, I'll be enhancing the works to incorporate important info if need be.
Wow. This is perfect. A great way to highlight an empty home, but make it "homey", too. Yes, the house is singing again. I'm sure this wasn't the easiest task. I always love looking at your designs.
The home looks fabulous!! You filled it perfectly with wit and charm! The magazine spread is lovely! Really shows off the beautiful home and your mom would be proud, I am sure!!
And it is one gorgeous home. For it is definitely more than a house since you put your touches into it. Well done!!
You did an amazing job! I love the magazine spread and even empty the house has warmth and charm, something that is hard to imagine in a completely empty house. As a former Realtor and stager (who dealt with many very unimaginative clients), I can say you did this perfectly. I'm sure your mom would be super proud of how beautiful you made her home.
It's absolutely beautiful! Just the right amount to get someone begging for more!!! I want to walk around inside NOW!
The photos are so pretty! I mean that's the word. Pretty. And stylish. And clean. Oh so clean! You are amazing! Once again! Adding old country charm to this more modern style home! I hope your phone starts ringing off its hook!!!
Now there is a fun business to start…'Staging For Sale' and taking nice photos like that for the realtor will sell houses fast! Great idea.
I am so sorry to hear about your Mom, you can know how proud she is of you! Nice job. It must have been hard to be alone there.
I am very sorry about your mom Donna. I am sure that she is smiling down on you and your son and all that you have accomplished. What a wonderful tribute to put your touch into her home, even if you have to sell it. That must have been hard at times but you did a wonderful job!
Your mom's house looks great – I'm about to sell a house and we're doing some renovations – will have to keep some of your ideas in mind! Thanks for stopping by from Margos place! Nice to meet you! Keep up the great junking!
You did a beautiful staging! I love the magazine format!
Looks great! And that magazine thingy is really cool!
Your Mom's house looks warm, inviting and amazing. I LOVE that whole YUDU magazine spread. That is sooo cool!


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If you think you're having a bad day at work, pity the poor sysadmin at Victoria University of Wellington in Australia New Zealand, who accidentally nuked the desktops of pretty much everyone at the university. This apparently happened last week and impacted everyone connected to the university network with a Windows machine, which had any files stored on their desktops deleted and also appears to have reset user profiles to the default state. This caused no end of consternation, especially among those who use their desktop folder to organize work in progress; we'd imagine more than one student at VUW is hating life right now for not storing work on a backed-up network drive. The problem seems to have started with an attempt to clean up files and profiles left behind by former students; how that escalated to nuking files on the desktop will require some 'splaining.
Speaking of mea culpas, there was quite a dustup this week in the Cricut community. It started when the maker of CNC cutting machines announced its intention to limit uploads to their online design software unless the user signs up for a $10 a month account. After getting an earful from the users, the CEO of the company announced that these changes would be delayed until the end of 2021. That decision still didn't sit well with the community, which includes a fair number of users designing PCBs, and two days later, the CEO announced that they were throwing in the towel on the whole plan, and that everything was going back to status quo ante. Story over? We'll see — it seems like Cricut has tipped its hand here that they're looking to extract more money from the users, and the need for that likely hasn't gone away just because they relented. As Elliot Williams pointed out when we discussed the whole debacle, it's easy to see how Cricut could start adding new features to the paid version of their software, basically abandoning the free user base. We'll have to see how the obviously vociferous community responds to something like that.
Much interesting news from Mars this week, where the Perseverance rover is getting used to its new home and getting itself ready to roll. Late last week, Perseverance successfully dropped the "belly pan" that was covering the sensitive instruments under the rover, including the Adaptive Sample Caching system that will seal up Martian core samples and drop them out onto the surface for later pickup. This seemingly simple task was a critical one; had the pan not cleanly separated, the mission could have been severely impacted. Perseverance also did a little test drive this week, and recorded what it sounds like to drive on Mars. The audio clip is 16 minutes long, and the noises coming from the billion-dollar rover are just awful at times. We hear clunks and clanks and squeals galore, and while we're sure they all have a good explanation and will provide valuable engineering data, they sound somewhat alarming to us.
But not so alarming as the sounds that must have come from a Jeep that suffered a bad tow job recently. The cringe-making story starts with a brand-new Jeep being towed on its wheels behind a motorhome, which allows the RV owners to park their rig and still have something to drive around in while they camp. The towed vehicle, or "pusher", is normally equipped with a manual transmission, as towing with the wheels on the ground for extended distances is easier with them. Unfortunately, the Jeep's owner set up the shift levers wrong and left the transmission in first gear, with the transfer case in low range. The linked article estimates the gearing ratios meant that the poor Jeep's engine was being spun at something like 54,000 RPM; chances are good the engine exploded long before that point. The damage shown in the video accompanying the article is just brutal — the oil pan and bell housing are gone, the bottom of the crankcase is blown out, and at least two pistons and their share of the crankshaft are missing in action. We feel sorry for the owner, but really wish the Jeep had had a belly cam like the one on Perseverance.
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Synchronise and charge your Samsung Galaxy S8 with the stylish, useful and compact VoltDock desktop dock from 4smarts. This handy dock also doubles as a desk stand, allowing you to display your device in pride of place on any flat surface.
This charging dock is small, neat and appears well-made and put simply, does the job. I'm ordering another one!
Utilising innovative pass-through technology, this charging dock allows you to connect your Galaxy S8 to the cradle via a USB-C connection and use a USB port on a computer or laptop to charge your device as well as synchronise your data. This means that you can not only be sure that your Galaxy S8 is fully charged, but that you can quickly and easily back up important data onto a computer or laptop.
This dock can also be used with a USB mains charger, if you don't have an available USB port nearby.
More and more devices are adopting the USB-C standard - a faster, better and fully reversible connector which is capable of carrying significant current, as well as achieving impressive data transfer speeds. This dock has a universal USB-C connector which will work with the Galaxy S8 and any other USB-C compatible device on the market. The connector is positioned snugly and optimally for placing most devices.
The Kidigi Desktop Charging Dock stands your Galaxy S8 at a comfortable viewing angle. It features a unique tilting connection tip which provides enough room for you to use it with your device with or without a case attached, so you don't need to constantly remove your case from your Galaxy S8 every time you wish to use the charging dock.
The dock's rubberised build provides a stable and secure base, so there's no chance of your Galaxy S8 moving around or becoming dislodged while docked. VoltDock will also declutter and make your desk look neater with its high quality chrome-style finish.
You can take this dock anywhere you need to go. Measuring in at a mere 60 x 46 x 56mm and weighing just 92g, this dock won't trouble any luggage, backpack or other carrying container at all - why lose access to your charging dock just because you're not at home?


Spain should meet its obligations to the European Union on the timing of budget deficit reduction, refraining from giving conflicting promises, the coordinator of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Citizens Party told Sputnik.
MADRID (Sputnik) – The European Union budgetary rules stipulate that the national budget deficits should remain under 3 percent of GDP. Spain is expected to reduce its deficit from 5.1 percent in 2015 to 2.5 percent in 2017.
"It is necessary to fulfill the promises to the European Union and not to give conflicting signals — promises of [deficit] correction at the same time as tax cuts," Francisco Andres Perez said in an interview.
The politician also called on the government to conduct a policy of fiscal stability without having to lay additional burden on the middle class.
"It is necessary to refocus our economic model to make it more attractive to investment, innovation and high-tech sectors. With the current model, it is not possible to conduct a long-term social policy," Perez said.
Spain is set to hold early elections on June 26. The latest polls suggest that the liberal Citizens party is set to come fourth with 38-39 seats, while the Spanish conservative People's Party (PP) may win the general elections. The left-wing Podemos and social-democrats from the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) are expected to secure the second and the third places, respectively.
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Joker is a big fat joke in Shrish Kunder's oeuvre, if he has one
The bubble has burst. Shirish Kunder's dream of many years, Joker, has arrived. To say the least and yet say it all, Kunder is doomed. Here's why. Long ago, Kunder pitched the idea of Joker to Shahrukh Khan, who chided at him for coming up with such garbage. Kunder took offence to it and swore by his long locks that he will go ahead and make it. Gritty and goaded with a purpose, Kunder did manage to make Joker 3-4 years later and get UTV Films and Akshay Kumar on board. However, the problems didnt end there. Joker was supposed to be shot/converted to 3D and release as India's first 3D film. That didnt happen. It was also pinned to be Akshay and Kunder's multi-crore dream that is staged in grand. Even this did not happen. Kunder fell out with Akshay and got slapped by SRK at a party. That did happen.
Mostly everyone in the cast and crew bailed out on Kunder right upto its release due to 'creative differences'. UTV drowned their sorrows a month of ago, sitting put in the wake of a washout. Kunder's wife and co-producer, Farah Khan, was nice enough to launch her acting debut barely a week before the release of Joker. Akshay also remained obscure in all promotional campaigns due to his 'shoot schedules', but found enough time to promote his other release Oh My God at every possible platform. The first trailer of Joker garnered only negative vibes due to its tacky feel and amateurish idiocy. So did every other consequent promo, with the marketing campaign consisting of Chitrangada Singh talking about it and the fruit-looking aliens making public appearances, including at SRK's house, after Kunder had said sorry to him on Twitter. You know what to expect out of a film if the satellite rights have been bought by Zee Cinema. Kunder pushed for Joker, aided by Farah in the last one week, but now he can go back to editing films only or watch his worst nightmares come true.
In all honesty, I feel bad for Shirish Kunder and would save some ridiculing for some other time. To be fair, Joker is vested in a novel idea, just like the despicably directed Jaaneman, Kunder's debut venture. Unlike the obnoxiously loud and chronically moronic Tees Maar Khan which he wrote, Kunder had the right intentions with Joker, but is still reprehensible for a movie that even the most lenient of 'critics', had ugly things to say about. Joker is doused with cringe-inducing weak plotting that leaves you with no reaction, not even anger or disgust. Kunder's writing and direction are astoundingly inane, with a grave attempt to dispense with any research or common sense. Unlike Akshay's recent megahits, Housefull 2 and Rowdy Rathore, Joker never gets annoyingly loud or caricaturish-ly lame, yet the ham-fisted writing and amateurish direction makes it falls flat on the ground. Akshay Kumar plays a NASA scientist who is building a supremely garish machine to communicate with the aliens as Kunder attempts his jokes weaved around a town that has a history of residing dumb people, since there was an asylum in the town once before India's independence. Akki plays Agastya whose brother is named Babban, the village of Paglapur has all resources, including getting Chitrangada to do an item number with a large crew, before they fight for them again, a bunch of scenes are filmed as circuitous repetitions in the same setting, unoriginal comic tracks include Asrani translating English lines to Hindi with a Nazi hangover and schmaltzy dialogues that state the obvious with much effect are the order of the day. In one scene, Babban, played by Shreyas Talpade, who is playing a leaf out of Tusshar Kapoor's character in Golmaal series speaking gibberish, talks to a 'real' alien, who apparently understands his language and apparently speaks the same. Really? You see, thats how you would feel all through the short run-time of 100 odd minutes of Joker.
Joker comes across as an appalling half-baked product that had incompleteness stretched on its face, almost in all technical aspects also. The unusually weak scripting is accompanied by stuttering tonal shifts and shameful production that will induce a soggy deflation of the 50Cr balloon. If you manage to seat yourself through to the end credits, you will see Kunder's name re-appearing in almost all departments of production. Its almost as if everyone except for Kunder got disinterested in the project midway. The Production Design by Samir Chanda is gawdy and listless. Cinematography by Sudeep Chatterjee is wistful and lacks energy. The visual effects by Prime Focus are shoddily done, being blurry at most instances. The action or the sound, nothing brings out the racy effect or the sublimity required in scenes. Music by G.V. Prakash Kumar is incredulous, without one single memorable track.
Its relieving to see Akshay Kumar taking a break from his over-the-top tomfoolery but he does not offer anything else to Joker either. Sleepwalking through a crippled script definitely seemed the easiest way to go about it, and to top it all, he left the project much before its release paralyzing its release. Sonakshi Sinha is increasingly assuring of her incapability to act, squandering away her time in pointless roles. If you look at Shreyas Talpade in Joker, you will have difficulty in believing that he ever did a movie like Iqbal. Minnisha Lamba has a couple of scenes with air being thrown at her hair, and two dialogues in the whole movie. Asrani, Darshan Jariwala and Vrajesh Hirjee are seen suffering from hangover of all other roles they have done. Vindu Dara Singh and the usually dependable Sanjay Mishra are found contributing the couple of chuckles that you might have during Joker. Pitobash is wasted in an inexorably inconsequential role. Chitrangada Singh looks smoky as long as the item number lasts, but her looks fail to salvage the trite affairs of things.
Despite Kunder being deeply passionate about Joker, it comes out as an overbearingly weak film. He must relinquish his ideas of direction because his skills are several notches below anyone who wants to be a writer/director. Joker is the kind of film that is not a pepper spray worthy secret ploy to grab cash but is also a film that gets the biggest production house backing it when writing is clumsily amateurish. Such a waste of resources! The film has taken a dull start at the Box Office and is bound to sink very soon. Over the past few days, almost everyone in the world of media and films had predicted this outcome for the movie and Joker lives upto it. I can try to tell you to go watch it out of pity for Kunder, but I cant, and I wont.
Rating - 1/5
Barfi is a poetic masterpiece
Joker is a big fat joke in Shrish Kunder's oeuvre,...


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Built in products – Installation service covers transfer of existing door panel(s) & plinth to new appliance (if suitable- ie not warped) and basic woodwork only. We reserve the right to decline this service should we discover upon arrival that you need a kitchen specialist. (In this case our installation charge would be refunded) .
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Q: How to use cssSelector with targeting any number? I got this html code
<li class="col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-4 col-xs-6 item " data-product-id="6718">

I use generally
item.findElements(By.cssSelector("li [data-product-id*=\"6718\"]"));

This will find the element.
But I need a way to find without knowing the number? Is there any wildcard which will support it?

Update:
In case of anything then li[data-product-id] would work. But if just numbers then it is unknown.

A: This could be achieved with some restrictions, but only using xpath and if the number is of the same length every time (4 for this example), try this:
item.findElements(By.xpath("//li[translate(@data-product-id, '0123456789', 'xxxxxxxxxx')='xxxx']"));

This will match what you are looking for.

A: this will match number only with any length.
//li[not(translate(@data-product-id, '0123456789', ''))]

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This spectacular extra long Fun Run has the 'wow factor' for any party. High energy with a large bounce area and an assortment of obstacles including a fantastic bump slide finale. Great fun and exhausting from start to finish. For all indoor bookings you will receive free use of our great Plasma Cars.


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Our proposals for a new motorway service station on the new A1(M) near Selby have been submitted to the Local Authority following a successful public consultation in the summer of 2019.
Located west of Junction 42 on the new A1(M), the development would be built on land west of Selby Fork Interchange.
The design for both the proposed buildings and extensive landscaping has been carefully considered to enhance its surroundings whilst minimising the impact on the environment and local neighbourhood.
The challenge on a proposal such as this was to ensure the architecture of the proposed development sat harmoniously within the context of its rural setting with a seamless blend of materials and soft landscaping to reflect the local vernacular for the region.
ClientRoadchefAddressCatterick, North YorkshireYear2019FootprintUndisclosed.
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studio@carneyarchitects.co.uk
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Voices From the Grave is a documentary film that seeks to function as an intimate chronicling of infamous story based in Northern Ireland that has come to be known as The Troubles, an ethno-nationalistic conflict. It follows the accounts of two men who found themselves on opposing sides: Commander of the Belfast Brigade Brendan Hughes of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) and David Ervine leader of the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) and member of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). Having had sworn to not divulge their interviews lest the two men gave their permission or have passed on, the documentary uses footage of the two men telling their sides of the story from the researchers of Boston College who interviewed them over more than a decade ago.
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Scott T. Frederiksen
Chief Executive Officer and Trustee
Mr. Frederiksen is the Chief Executive Officer of the REIT and a member of the board of managers of Welsh and the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of managers of WPT Capital. Mr. Frederiksen has served in many distinguished roles during his 30-year tenure with the Welsh organization.
Starting as an industrial broker in 1987, he was named Senior Vice President in 1996 and became a Principal of Welsh Companies, LLC in 2006. Mr. Frederiksen also served as President of WelshInvest, LLC from January 2008 until his appointment as Chief Executive Officer of Welsh in 2010. In his current role as Chief Executive Officer of the REIT, Mr. Frederiksen is responsible for strategic oversight of the asset-based growth of the company, leading a team of dedicated professionals in the areas of financial analysis, acquisitions, due diligence, legal, investor relations, financing, asset management and dispositions. He serves as a frequent speaker and panelist for regional and national industry organizations in the U.S. and Canada. Mr. Frederiksen holds a Bachelor of Science degree from St. Cloud State University, where he graduated summa cum laude. He is a Certified Commercial Investment Member, a member of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts and the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors, and holds a Real Estate Broker's License in the State of Minnesota. Mr. Frederiksen also holds his Series 24, 7 and 63 securities licenses.
Independent Trustee
Matthew J. Cimino
Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel
Mr. Cimino is Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel of WPT Industrial REIT. Mr. Cimino oversees day-to-day operations of the firm and strategic initiatives. Mr. Cimino also oversees all legal operations for the REIT, including securities matters, corporate governance, compliance, insurance, litigation and the structuring and negotiation of all joint ventures, private placements, acquisitions, dispositions, development, financing and leasing. Mr. Cimino also serves as the company's corporate secretary. Prior to his appointment as Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel, Mr. Cimino served as General Counsel & Secretary, with primary responsibility for all legal operations of the firm. Before joining the Welsh organization in 2007, Mr. Cimino worked in private practice, serving as external counsel to Welsh and its subsidiary companies. While in private practice, Mr. Cimino focused in the areas of real estate, finance, corporate and environmental law. He is a frequent speaker on real estate legal matters such as the structuring and negotiation of joint ventures and commercial lease transactions and was also a recipient of the First Chair Award for "Top General Counsel" in 2012 and 2013. Mr. Cimino is admitted to practice law in Missouri and Minnesota and is a member of the Real Property Law Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association, The Association of Corporate Counsel and The Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals. Mr. Cimino is also the Chairman of the NAIOP National Forum for Real Estate Law and Transactions. He received a Juris Doctor degree from Creighton University School of Law and a Bachelor of Science degree from Montana State University.
Judd K. Gilats
Mr. Gilats is Chief Financial Officer of WPT Industrial REIT. Mr. Gilats oversees the firm's accounting, financial analysis and other financial operations. Prior to joining WPT, Mr. Gilats was Chief Financial Officer for U.S. Assets and Dislocated Industries at Castlelake, L.P., a global investment firm based in Minneapolis, MN. Before Castlelake, Mr. Gilats held various corporate finance and capital markets roles with Ares Management, Wrightwood Capital, Chiron Corporation and Deloitte & Touche LLP, where he earned his CPA designation. Mr. Gilats received his BBA in accounting from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and his MBA from the Hass School of Business at the University of California – Berkeley.


Seen on the bulletin board at RainRock Treatment Center for eating disorders: "My soul is hungry, time to make art." I love the suggestion to replace my over-snacking with creativity. But how do I get out the paint or the flower vases while I'm here in a parking lot?
Applied to this moment, it's time to create my life as a lifestyle which is beautiful, artistic, thought-provoking, energizing, inspiring to myself and to others, building resilience, and, like good art, enduring over time. I wish to build sustainability into my lifestyle art. When I am most challenged, most distracted, by short-term gratification, what can I do? Invoke my desire to create and enduring work of art with my life.
What? Blog about my own foibles and goof-ups? Hah! As if the rest of you don't stumble as well. I endeavor to empower you to get the most milage out of your learning experiences by sharing my own.


If average speed of your car will be standard for this route between Chitina, Alaska, Verenigde Staten and Fairbanks, Alaska, Verenigde Staten and road conditions will be as usual, time that you will need to arrive to Fairbanks, Alaska, Verenigde Staten will be 1 hour.
Driving distance between Chitina, Alaska, Verenigde Staten and Fairbanks, Alaska, Verenigde Staten is calculated by google maps and it is 99 mi.
You need 2 hour to reach Fairbanks, Alaska, Verenigde Staten from Chitina, Alaska, Verenigde Staten , if you are travelling by car.
Average amount of gas with an average car when travelling from Chitina, Alaska, Verenigde Staten to Fairbanks, Alaska, Verenigde Staten will be 7 gallons gallons which costs 10 $.


In the mountainous terrain of northern Vermont, where temperatures drop below freezing and the snow covers the landscape, Marines were pushed to their limits as they battled against the extreme winter weather.
Marines with 1st Battalion, 24th Marines, 4th Marine Division, pushed through frigid conditions as they participated in the two-week exercise Nordic Frost on Camp Ethan Allen, Jan. 13-27, 2018.
The goal was to improve the unit's environmental capabilities by testing their squad and fire team level of defensive tactics in a winter environment.
This cold environment adds additional training to the operations the Marines would otherwise not see in warmer weather conditions. Leadership at all levels must ensure that all training was conducted in a safe manner. The Marines conducted exercises such as land navigation, marksmanship training, demolitions, call-for-fire training and other core competencies.
Safety is accomplished by knowing how to properly operate in the weather. The Marines were able to safely train and stay warm after instruction on how to properly employ their cold weather gear.
Experiencing the cold weather training gave the Marines the confidence to trust that no matter what the conditions are, their equipment and gear, from weapons to warming layers, are effective in any clime and place.


Washington Area Bike Forum > Forum Topics > Capital Bikeshare > Fairfax bikeshare, someday?
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No definite plans yet, but the county has already contacted bikeshare vendors. They haven't decided on joining Capital Bikeshare, but they call the CaBi option "a very attractive one."
It's a good idea, though I wonder if it can really be connected to the existing CaBi infrastructure. Perhaps better to plant the seed in Tysons or Reston and see if it can grow from there. It would require a firm hand, I think. As we've seen even in this forum, people don't quite understand the importance of the network effect on the success of bike sharing, and end up demanding stations in front of their houses (regardless of whether it fits into the topology).
Even if Fairfax decided it didn't care to integrate its bikeshare into the existing network, and was meant solely to be part of the urbanizing of Tyson's and/or Reston or whatever, is there a reason for FFX County or Alta to NOT go with CaBi? Seems like using an existing local system with a large membership base located close by would simplify and encourage use, especially among people who would be inclined to metro out there and CaBi from the mall to the Galleria or whatever.
I could see some limited ways it would be useful in Fairfax County, like those already mentioned (Reston, Tysons). I could possibly see it for short, popular trips that aren't otherwise easily accessible by public transit -- such as between Vienna metro station and the Maple Avenue corridor in Vienna (my hesitation there is that it involves some hills that would be tough on a CaBi, and the lack of anywhere else to go with the network -- Maple Avenue itself isn't real bikeable for the novice cyclist).
Here's my way outside of the box idea about where bikeshare would be most welcome and most used -- put a station every mile or so on the W&OD.
I agree that CaBi should be the option to beat, notwithstanding their recent growing pains.
Fairfax would probably follow Arlington's strategy of grouping the first stations near Metro stations and other locations within easy cycling distance from the stations. So the initial network could be narrowly restricted to the Tysons and Reston stations and vicinity.
Arlington plans to extend its network along Lee Highway, out to East Falls Church, if adequate funding can be found. (Maybe through advertising.) If this is the case, and maybe if Falls Church added a few within their city limits, then any Fairfax system would tie into the Arlington network. No word on when the Lee Highway stations could come online.
East Falls Church is close to the W&OD. The W&OD could help to form the spine of a bike network in the East Falls Church, Falls Church, Tysons, Merrifield/Mosaic District area. Too bad there isn't a raised bike route network in and around Tysons, like the one in the Netherlands (or was that Denmark?), hovering above the congested car roads.
CaBi would make the most sense, even with the publicized supply issues. Maybe Fairfax is just exploring all options and trying to negotiate a better arrangement by talking with other potential partners.
By the way, I added most of the pins on the CaBi crowdsourcing map for the Tysons area last year. I hope they follow my station recommendations to the exact inch.
I can see a CaBi Pod being set up around Vienna, Reston, Herndon, maybe even GMU, FFX city, etc, but with docks set up more far apart than in DC, Alexandria, or ARL, you might have to extend the free use times to 45-60 minutes. Hard to get more than a 2-3 miles in hilly Fairfax on a CaBi in under 30 minutes. separate time structures may make a system other than Cabi make more sense.
GMU is already planning to set up a non-CaBi bikeshare system in the near future.
GMU's system has been up and running for a while now (http://fabb-bikes.blogspot.com/2012/09/first-bike-sharing-stations-installed.html). They just had the "official" launch recently, I think. It's an interesting system that is more free-form without centralized docking stations. Tyler Orton, the GMU Bike Program Coordinator, was a huge help with putting together FABB's Fairfax Bike Summit.
I agree that it would put Fairfax County in a poor negotiating position to just decide on a vendor in the early planning stages. Better to identify the goals, budget and scope first.