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Irma Slams Cuba as Florida Braces for Hurricane's Arrival
September 09, 2017 1:28 AM update September 09, 2017 3:05 PM
Palm trees sway in the wind as Hurricane Irma bears down on Caibarien, Cuba, Sept. 8, 2017. Irma was weakened a bit by Cuba's terrain but it remains a very powerful Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 215 kilometers per hour.
Hurricane Irma continued Saturday to unleash powerful wind and heavy rain on the northern coast of Cuba as it churned toward Florida after killing at least 22 people and inflicting catastrophic destruction elsewhere in the Atlantic region.
In addition to Cuba, U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) hurricane warnings were in effect for the Bahamian islands of Andros, Bimini and Grand Bahama, the Florida peninsula and the Florida Keys.
The NHC said Irma had weakened from a Category 4 to a Category 3 hurricane but was expected to regain strength as it approached the Florida Keys.
The storm, one of the strongest in recorded history, was projected to begin pounding the Keys Sunday morning and approach the southwestern coast of Florida Sunday afternoon.
Traffic back-ups are seen in the northbound lanes of Interstate 75 near the Georgia-Florida state line as people try to escape Hurricane Irma, Sept. 8, 2017, in Jennings, Florida.
Florida asked 5.6 million people — more than one-quarter of the state's population — to evacuate ahead of the hurricane's expected landfall.
'Almost here'
Governor Rick Scott characterized Irma as "a catastrophic storm that this state has never seen before," noting that the storm was wider than the state.
Scott warned, "We are running out of time," and issued an appeal on Twitter for 1,000 volunteer nurses.
Forecasts indicatd the Keys, southwestern Florida and the Tampa Bay area might take direct hits from Irma. But southeast Florida, including Miami, could still feel the fury of the storm.
"That doesn't mean we won't have 20 inches of rain, storm surge. ... We're going to have a hurricane here," said Miami-based National Hurricane Center meteorologist Dennis Feltgen.
Florida Governor Rick Scott on Evacuations
Alp Inal, a businessman in Miami, told VOA's Turkish service that the city looked like a ghost town as most people heeded warnings to evacuate.
"South Beach, midtown, all these areas are empty. People are fleeing the city by car or by plane if they can find tickets to anywhere. You cannot find gasoline at gas stations, and more than half of the gas stations in Miami are not operational," Inal said.
He said his family was flying to Boston because it was the only place they could get plane tickets to. "We searched for tickets to New York, Washington, Atlanta and Nashville, but we couldn't find any," he said.
A street usually filled with cars is seen in deserted downtown Miami, Florida, Sept. 8, 2017. State authorities have asked 5.6 million people - more than one-quarter of Florida's population - to evacuate.
U.S. President Donald Trump and his Cabinet were to meet Saturday at the presidential retreat in Camp David, Maryland, to discuss the hurricane.
"It's a really bad one, but we're prepared at the highest level. Hopefully, everything will be well," Trump told reporters on the White House South Lawn Friday before departing for Camp David.
Trump posted a tweet Saturday that included links to shelters and other information that will be useful to storm victims.
Kathleen Fox, acting deputy administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), told VOA, "We've got tens of thousands of liters of water, we've got food, we've got cots, we've got medical supplies prepositioned, toddler kits, which include diapers, formula, those kinds of things."
Federal Disaster Officials Respond to Catastrophic Hurricane Season
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White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert was asked during a White House media briefing Friday about his greatest concern. "We're worried about the fuel shortages," he replied, noting five or six oil refineries in Texas were still out of operation because of damage from Hurricane Harvey last week.
Destruction in Caribbean
En route to Cuba and Florida, Irma ripped through 160-square-kilometer Barbuda, prompting Prime Minister Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda to say the island was now "rubble."
The prime minister estimated about 95 percent of all the buildings on Barbuda had been destroyed or damaged.
The island nation was bracing for the impact of Category 4 Hurricane Jose.
On the island of St. Martin, shared by France and the Netherlands, there were "scenes of pillaging" as people looted stores and took to the streets in search of food and water, according to Annick Girardin, France's minister for overseas territories.
In Photos: Hurricane Irma's Aftermath in Haiti
It could be up to six months before all power is restored on cash-strapped Puerto Rico, a U.S. commonwealth, where Irma knocked out power to more than 1 million people.
Irma also lashed Haiti and the Dominican Republic, which share the island of Hispaniola, with fierce winds and heavy rain, but spared those two countries a direct hit.
The U.S. Defense Department has deployed three Navy ships, about two dozen aircraft and hundreds of Marines to help with recovery efforts in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
After taking an aerial tour Friday of the destruction on St. John and St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Governor Kenneth Mapp simply said, "It's just bad."
Mapp said St. John seemed to have been "whacked harder" by the storm's strong winds, causing "structural collapses."
Four deaths were reported in the U.S. Virgin Islands, while there was widespread destruction on St. Thomas, including its hospital, port and sewage treatment plant.
Mehmet Sumer from VOA's Turkish service contributed to this report.
Hurricane Irma Slams Caribbean
Hurricanes May Dent US Economic Growth for a Few Months, Analysts Say
Miami Shelters Homeless Against Their Will as Irma Closes In
Irma Looms as Mythical 'Big One' Florida Has Long Feared
Monster Hurricane Irma Forces Airlines to Cancel 4,000 Flights
Florida Schools, Students Make Preparations for Hurricane Irma
'Extremely Dangerous' Hurricane Irma Hits Caribbean Islands


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Dr. Nicole Onetto joined NBE-Therapeutics' Board of Directors in November 2017 as an independent Board member. Dr. Onetto is an independent consultant in oncology, drug development and translational research. She was previously Deputy Director & Chief Scientific Officer at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research. Prior to this she was Chief Medical Officer at ZymoGenetics Inc, and Chief Medical Officer at OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Her career in the pharmaceutical industry also includes senior management positions at Bristol-Myers Squibb and Nexstar Pharmaceuticals, and Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Dr. Onetto is a member of the Board for both Basilea Pharmaceutica AG and Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and was previously a board member for Sierra Oncology, Inc. and for ImmunoGen Inc.
She holds a Doctorate in Medicine from the University of Paris, is Board certified from the University of Paris in pediatrics and hematology and holds a Master of Pharmacology from the University of Montréal.
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Worm was originally supposed to smoke but avid nonsmoker Edward Norton refused.
On the DVD commentary it's revealed that Edward Norton ad libbed a number of Worm's lines. Among them was, "She crossed her legs too fast," which is a quote from Chinatown (1974).
According to a Howard Stern Interview, the film is partially based on comedian/actor Norm MacDonald.
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Early on, Mike is seen taking money out of a poker book called "Super System", which was written by poker legend Doyle Brunson. He later pulls quotes from the book with the lines "Texas Hold 'em is the Cadillac of poker games" and "The trick to no limit is to put a man to a decision for all his chips."
Neve Campbell turned down the role of Jo.
Writers David Levien and Brian Koppelman have cameos in the Atlantic City poker scene; they're two of the players used to illustrate giveaway tells.
Rounders was set in New York City but all of the law school scenes were filmed in and around Rutgers Law School in Newark, NJ.
Tom Aldredge's character Judge Marinacci's last name is a reference to poker consultant Johnny Marinacci.
In the scene where Michael is talking to Judge Petrovsky in a bar the judge is drinking a bottle of Barton gin, a cheap well gin.
In the original version of the script, Mike McDermott was going to make a move on Phil Hellmuth in the Atlantic City big-money game, not Johnny Chan.
Director of photography Jean-Yves Escoffier based the look of the film not from the neon garishness of New York but on somber Flemish art.
Matt Damon's character "Mike McDermott" is based on singer/songwriter Michael McDermott. The film was also written by Michael's friends.
Matt Damon said in a interview that getting John Malkovich was a big deal for the film, so much so that on the first take John Malkovich did a very cartoonish and over the top performance at the end of which the whole crew applauded and praised him for how brilliant it was. At which point Matt Damon looked John Malkovich very confused, John Malkovich seeing him looking confused leaned over and said "I'm a terrible actor." Matt Damon said John Malkovich was trying to show him that "if you get to that point where no one gives you a straight answer, it's dangerous"
The chips used in both KGB's place and the Chesterfield Club were made by Atlantic Standard Molding (ASM) which makes custom chips for casinos and home games.
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The playing card brands used throughout the film, in order are: - Teddy KGB's place: Kem cards - Professor's game: Bicycle cards - Frat house game: Bicycle cards - Chesterfield's: Kem cards - Taj Mahal casino: casino branded cards - Union game: not identifiable - Cigar shop game: Bicycle cards - Coffee shop: not identifiable but "made in USA" (possibly Aviator cards, which has an Ace of Spades that resembles the one partially seen) - Golf club game: Bicycle cards - Cop game: Bicycle cards - Matt Damon vs Jon C. Chan: casino branded cards - Final game at Teddy KGB's: KEM cards.
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World's first cross-border emergency communication network in operation in Norway and Sweden
BAPCO/CCE 2019 Coventry - FREQUENTIS enables Norway and Sweden to strengthen emergency communication and save lives - Norway and Sweden have become the first two countries in the world to connect their national emergency communication networks. The Frequentis control room communication solution allows all Norwegian emergency centres to seamlessly manage both domestic and foreign resources on the Norwegian public safety network, Nødnett.
The Norwegian-Swedish Inter-System Interface (ISI) project was developed in 2016 to establish cross-border emergency communication between the two countries, for simplified and strengthened cooperation and interaction. The network organisations, Norway's Directorate for Civil Protection (DSB), and Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB), worked closely to develop common guidelines for the ISI project and complete testing to ensure the connection was stable and secure. In total, 28 different participants across Norway and Sweden demonstrated the new functionality through a common talk group trialed for a number of months in 2018. On February 1, 2019 the trial was officially put into operation. The ambulance services in both countries are now utilising the service.
Sweden and Norway share a 1,619-kilometer open border. Citizens can live, work and move freely between both countries, increasing the need for interconnected emergency communication to manage possible emergencies, international crime and terrorism, as well as major public events, state visits or environmental disasters. The Norwegian air ambulances faced particular challenges when dealing with ski incidents on the Swedish side of the Scandinavian mountains, often losing network coverage.
"Allowing Norwegian and Swedish emergency services to communicate seamlessly across the two networks will vastly increase cross-border communication and the ability to save lives. We are pleased to have been a part of such an important project to transform the way that the two countries communicate during emergency situations." says Oliver Ossege, Managing Director Frequentis Norway.
The deployment of Frequentis control room communication solution was completed in 2015 for all Norwegian emergency service centers, and updated in 2016 as part of the ISI project to support domestic and foreign TETRA resources.
Come and see FREQUENTIS on stand E1 at BAPCO/CCE 2019 TODAY!


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Biografia
Dopo la laurea in Scienze Politiche presso l'Università La Sapienza di Roma, ha iniziato la sua carriera professionale nel settore dell'advertising.

Nel 1994 entra in Lux Vide, la casa di produzione televisiva fondata da Ettore Bernabei nel 1992, e realizza in qualità di produttore associato le prime miniserie del progetto Bibbia.

Nel 2002 viene nominato Responsabile delle attività produttive della Lux Vide ed è responsabile dell'intero ciclo di realizzazione del prodotto: dall'ideazione, alla produzione, alla post-produzione.

Nel 2013, dopo venticinque anni di esperienza nella produzione internazionale, viene nominato Amministratore Delegato della Lux Vide S.p.A..

In questi anni ha realizzato produzioni quali "War and Peace", "Coco Chanel" nominata agli Emmy Awards (protagonista Shirley Maclaine), "I Medici" (protagonisti Richard Madden e Dustin Hoffman).

La rivista Forbes Italia lo ha inserito nella lista dei 100 manager del 2021.

Dal 1995 è sposato con Paola Lucantoni ed è padre di sei bambini.

Filmografia parziale
 Il dono di Nicholas (1998)
 Geremia il profeta (1998)
 Questa casa non è un albergo (2000)
 Padre Pio - Tra cielo e terra (2000)
 Don Matteo (2000-in corso)
 Gli amici di Gesù - Giuseppe di Nazareth (2000)
 Gli amici di Gesù - Maria Maddalena (2000)
 Lourdes (2000)
 San Paolo (2000)
 Gli amici di Gesù - Tommaso (2001)
 Gli amici di Gesù - Giuda (2001)
 Papa Giovanni - Ioannes XXIII (2002)
 Cuore di donna (2002)
 Il bambino di Betlemme (2002)
 Sant'Antonio di Padova (2002)
 Augusto (2003)
 Madre Teresa (2003)
 Maria Goretti (2003)
 Soraya (2003)
 Don Bosco (2004)
 Rita da Cascia (2004)
 Nerone (2004)
 Callas e Onassis (2005)
 Meucci - L'italiano che inventò il telefono (2005)
 San Pietro (2005)
 Edda (2005)
 Nati ieri (2006)
 Chiara e Francesco (2007)
 Pompei (2007)
 Ho sposato uno sbirro (2008)
 Coco Chanel (2008)
 Paolo VI - Il Papa nella tempesta (2008)
 Pinocchio (2009)
 Enrico Mattei - L'uomo che guardava al futuro (2009)
 Sant'Agostino (2010)
 Preferisco il Paradiso (2010)
 Sotto il cielo di Roma (2010)
 Atelier Fontana - Le sorelle della moda (2011)
 Cenerentola (2011)
 Un passo dal cielo (2011-in corso)
 Che Dio ci aiuti (2011-in corso)
 Talent High School - Il sogno di Sofia (2012)
 Maria di Nazaret (2012)
 Le mille e una notte (2012)
 I Medici (2016-2019)
 Diavoli (2020-in corso)
 Doc - Nelle tue mani (2020-in corso)
 Buongiorno, mamma! (2021-2023)
Apnea (2022)
 Viola come il mare (2022)
 Odio il Natale (2022)

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Voci correlate
 Lux Vide
 Ettore Bernabei
 Matilde Bernabei

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Although online dating sites and mobile apps have changed how people date, the fact that dangerous people still exist has not. Pleasant Police Department has dealt with two instances of criminal sexual conduct (CSC) as a result of people who met using a social media site or dating application.
The most recent incident involved a female student from Central Michigan University who was sexually assaulted after meeting up with a man she met on the mobile dating app Tinder.
[Read more] Meet Rachel and Jason who fell in love on the Tinder mobile dating app.
The two met on Tinder and talked for a few weeks before he started asking her if she would like to meet for coffee.
From a personal safety standpoint, the unregulated environment of cyberspace is virtually impossible to police.
The Internet has been called an electronic Trojan horse.
According to Statistics Canada, children are spending less time watching television and more time in front of the computer.
From a health standpoint, other activities such as outdoor play would be far more beneficial than sitting in front of a screen for long periods.
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Q: XML as complement to HTML I'm having trouble wrapping my head around using XML as complement to HTML. I know what they are used for but I don't quite understand how to use them together.
I know that you can use JavaScript to convert an XML file to HTML, but I don't get how that's going to do the trick. How would I be able to style this HTML-file?
I have a template form, which I want to be accessible on a server and for which I want to enable edits. Once edited I want to save the edits on a separate file, so that the template is still available.(Just so you guys have a little bit of background regarding what I need this for).
After a lot of research I came to the conclusion that I would need to use XML, as I will have to store and transport data.
Could anyone explain in more detail how exactly XML can be used as a complement to HTML?
If you need more details or information please let me know. I did do a lot of research and I read the other posts regarding how to convert XML to HTML with JavaScript, but that doesn't answer my question about how EXACTLY they complement each other.
I guess my problem here is that I have yet to manage to wrap my head around the concept.

A: XML is related to HTML, as it uses the same magic characters for its markup and the same logic where to put the data.

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*The characters <> are used to separate the markups from the content.

*The character & together with an entity code like < is used to encode characters, which would lead to troubles otherwise

*elements can contain attributes like <someElement someAttribute="attr value">

*elements can contain text or sub elements

The big difference is, that XML is absolutely free how you name your elements and attributes, while HTML relys on dedicated names (like <body>), whereas XML is absolutely strict in structure while HTML allows a lot (like unclosed tags).
As a thing in the middle there is XHTML, which is as strict as XML but sticks to the rules of HTML.
It is almost impossible to read HTML as XML, but you can easily create XML which is taken by any browser as a valid web page.
Your issue cries for XSLT. This is a method to transform a given XML into a new format. This allows for example, to export your data as XML and create a nice web page from it. Different XSLT will present the same data in different ways.
There are several online tools to test this feature. you might have a look here.
Your statement After a lot of research I came to the conclusion that I would need to use XML, as I will have to store and transport data is not all clear...  How you send data (to a web application), and the way you send the (manipulated) data back, is not bound to XML. This is very often done with JSON, using Java Script to read, edit and send it back.
XML -> XSLT - HTML is often seen to create (rather static) reports for a web viewer

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Try to flush the object out of your eye with a gentle stream of clean, warm water. Use an eyecup or a small, clean drinking glass positioned with its rim resting on the bone at the base of your eye socket.
Another way to flush a foreign object from your eye is to get into a shower and aim a gentle stream of lukewarm water on your forehead over the affected eye while holding your eyelid open.
If you're wearing contact lenses, it's best to remove the lens before or while you're irrigating the surface of the eye with water. Sometimes a foreign body can be embedded on the undersurface of the lens.
Seat the person in a well-lighted area.
Gently examine the eye to find the object. Pull the lower lid down and ask the person to look up. Then hold the upper lid while the person looks down.
If the object is floating in the tear film on the surface of the eye, try using a medicine dropper filled with clean, warm water to flush it out. Or tilt the head back and irrigate the surface of the eye with clean water from a drinking glass or a gentle stream of tap water.
Don't try to remove an object that's embedded in the eye.
Don't try to remove a large object that appears to be embedded in the eye or is sticking out between the lids.
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Buttaravoli P, et al. Minor Emergencies. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Mosby Elsevier; 2012. http://www.clinicalkey.com. Accessed Dec. 3, 2014.
Robertson DM (expert opinion). Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Dec. 10, 2014.
AskMayoExpert. Eye trauma. Rochester, Minn.: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research; 2012.
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CCE Wins $22M Patent Verdict Against Apple
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Cellular Communications Equipment, LLC sued Apple for patent infringement in 2014. Recently a jury awarded a running royalty verdict of $22.1m through March 2016 against Apple. Nigel Jones was one of plaintiff's experts in this matter.
FilmOn Settles with Broadcasters
Following an adverse ruling from the ninth circuit, FilmOn has settled with the major US broadcasters. Nigel Jones was the US broadcaster's expert in this matter.
Ninth Circuit Rules Against FilmOn
The ninth circuit has reversed a lower court ruling concerning whether FilmOn is entitled to a statutory section 111 license. The opinion relied in part on Mr. Jones's testimony.
Supreme Court Rules Against Aereo
The Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision ruled that Aereo was publicly performing plaintiffs' copyrighted works. This was a major victory for the plaintiffs in what was considered to be the biggest copyright ruling in years. If the Supreme Court had ruled in Aereo's favor, then plaintiffs still had various causes of action against Aereo and were planning on using Nigel Jones as an expert in pursuing those causes.
Class Action Against Ford to Proceed
A West Virginia judge upheld the warranty claims part of a class action lawsuit against Ford. Mr. Jones has been retained by the plaintiffs in this matter to assist them in examining Ford's source code.
Federal Judge Cites RMB Consulting Expert Witness Testimony in Granting $27m Summary Judgment
The United States District Court for the Southern District of California today granted a Summary Judgment against defendants Vicxon Corporation, a Korean corporation, and Soo Jong Yeo, a Korean citizen. In granting summary judgment and awarding plaintiffs $27,758,200, Judge M. James Lorenz extensively cited RMB's expert report.
Toyota agrees to $1.2B settlement
Following a string of well-publicized cases of unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles, the NHTSA commissioned NASA to study the Electronic Throttle Control System (ETCSi). Following the publication of a heavily redacted report, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said, "We enlisted the best and brightest engineers to study Toyota's electronics systems, and the verdict is in. There is no electronic-based cause for unintended high-speed acceleration in Toyotas."
However, for anyone that actually read the NASA report it was clear that Secretary LaHood was grossly mischaracterizing what NASA's engineers had found and reported on. Subsequently a class action lawsuit was certified against Toyota, and Nigel Jones was asked by the plaintiffs' counsel to be part of the team studying Toyota's ETCSi source code.
As explained by the plaintiffs' lawyers in this video, notwithstanding the stringent conditions imposed on the review of the code, the plaintiffs' experts were indeed able to find "deficiencies in the source code that were the basis of our contentions." The principal deficiency and a multitude of other deficiencies were discovered by Nigel Jones. Following the issuance of his and other expert reports, Toyota elected to settle the class action lawsuit for approximately $1.2B–$1.6B. A related bellwether personal injury case (Shirlene Van Alfen, et. al. v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A.) also settled under confidential terms.
The first case to go to trial in which the jury heard about the deficiencies Mr. Jones discovered in Toyota's ETCSi was in Oklahoma. The jury found for the plaintiff and determined that Toyota acted with "reckless disregard." Before the jury could rule on punitive damages, Toyota settled the case and shortly thereafter announced that they would enter into intensive settlement negotiations to resolve the hundreds of other outstanding unintended acceleration cases.
DISH Network Judgement Award over $65M
Today Federal Judge the Honorable William V. Gallo for the Southern District of California granted summary judgment in a case brought by DISH Network against Sonicview USA et al. The judgment awarded DISH Network $64,980,200 against the Sonicview Defendants, and $984,800 jointly against Duane Bernard and Courtney Bernard, as well as permanently enjoining the defendants and ordering them to destroy all remaining inventory. Judge Gallo's order made extensive reference to expert reports submitted by RMB Consulting's president Nigel Jones.
US District Court Cites RMB Consulting Expert Testimony in Granting Contempt Motion
The United States District Court for the Southern District of California today granted a Contempt Motion against defendant Christopher Whitcomb. In granting the contempt motion, Judge Thomas Whelan made numerous references to evidence presented by RMB Consulting.
Federal Judge Cites RMB Consulting Expert Witness Testimony in Awarding Preliminary Injunction
The United States District Court for the Southern District of California today granted a Preliminary Injunction against defendants Christopher Whitcomb & ProSonicview. In granting the PI, Judge Thomas Whelan extensively cited RMB's expert report in finding that the plaintiffs had "demonstrated a substantial likelihood of prevailing on the merits of its DMCA claim."


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NCAA denies Surrency appeal for another year
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Surrency's eligibility appeal denied
Heather DinichESPN Senior Writer
Graduate of Indiana University
The NCAA has denied Florida State Seminoles receiver Corey Surrency's appeal for another year of eligibility, according to a release from Florida State. The ruling means Surrency has exhausted his eligibility and will no longer play college football.
"We are disappointed that Corey has lost his appeal, but I appreciate our administration going to bat for him," coach Bobby Bowden said in a prepared statement. "I hope that Corey can continue to play on the next level and we will do all we can to help him get that chance."
The NCAA's decision was based on a rule that states if an athlete participates in an organized sport after his 21st birthday and before enrolling in college, it counts towards a year of varsity eligibility.
Surrency played for a Tampa-based team called the Florida Kings, which is loosely considered a minor league team. The program is known for helping athletes with a troubled past find their way into college. Following his time with the Kings, Surrency went to El Camino Community College before transferring to Florida State.
There were high expectations for Surrency last year, but he had a rather quiet season with 12 catches for 237 yards and four touchdowns. He played in 11 games and started two.
Surrency was suspended for the Georgia Tech game for a violation of team rules, and he was also one of five players suspended for the Boston College game because of his involvement in a fight outside of the student union.
Heather Dinich covers the ACC for ESPN.com.


So much for that buffer. I spent the last week doing pretty much nothing but playing video games and having a cold.
The next page is mostly done, so that should be going up on schedule. All I have for after that is my outline, so I guess I'd better get to drawing. But right now the sun is about to set and I'm probably going to fall back into the mindless embrace of trying to get a 100+ kill streak in Diablo 3 or something.
At long last, after a hundred and fifty or so pages, and almost four years of me drawing this comic, Rita gets to point a gun at Barrett and pull the trigger.
Didn't we see this chapter already?
Next page status: um I have some sketches? I'm also posting this a week and a half before it goes online.
Okay, we're in the final week of the Rita Kickstarter. I've gotten some better quotes, that are letting me revise the threshold for spot gloss down by a LOT – I think I can make it happen at around $6400. If you haven't ordered a copy, this is getting down to your last chance to get it for this price – it'll be $25 plus shipping afterwards, or $25 plus all the expense of attending a convention.
I'm debating whether or not this is the end of chapter VI. It'd make for the shortest chapter so far at only six pages, but I feel like I might need the chapter break to actually shift the scene like a normal comic for once. The last time I used this particular panel layout was back at the end of chapter 1; it really feels like part of this particular leitmotif might be that it ends a chapter.
ALSO I am finally starting to rebuild my habits of productivity after the trough caused by three cons in two weekends, a week of recovery, and another week of being down with some vicious concrud. So hopefully things should be a little more regular around here soon.
Thanks to Gabe for his pimpage of Rita and the Kickstarter on Dumm Comics, and to E.K. Weaver for the link from her TJ And Amal!
Only two more weeks to get a copy of the book! You get shipping for free; if you get one afterwards, it'll be $25 plus shipping. Or plus attending a con.
Man I'm gonna be glad when I finish this scene and can quit drawing all these friggin' exercise machines.
I actually have a buffer of a couple pages! We'll see how long that lasts.


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Senior tourist dies at Grand Canyon after fall
A 70-year-old tourist fell to her death yesterday, Tuesday, April 23, 2019, at the Grand Canyon in the US state of Arizona. She is the second person to die at this popular tourist destination this year. The Grand Canyon national park sees 6 million visitors every year.
A call went out to park rangers that someone needed help at the South Rim of the canyon, but by the time responders arrived, the person had fallen 200 feet below the rim. Her body was recovered using a helicopter. It is not known how the woman fell.
The Grand Canyon has designated trails and walkways as well as railings and fences at overlooks that will keep visitors at a safe distance from the rim's edge. Anyone who chooses to venture beyond that is literally taking their lives into their own hands.
In 2015, 8 men were hopping from one rock to another or posing for pictures, including a 38-year-old father from Texas who was pretending to fall to scare his daughter, but then really did fall 400 feet to his death.
On March 14, 2017, 30-year-old Gom Dang, of Ankeny, Iowa, fell to his death off the rim west of Mather Point as he was posing for a photo when he lost his balance and fell backward to his death. His body was recovered approximately 280 feet below the rim.
In this day and age of the selfie, many people have lost their lives trying to get the perfect picture. A tourist from Hong Kong died falling into the canyon on the Hualapai reservation, just outside the park's boundaries, on March 28, 2017. He was taking a photo at the time.
In that same year, 20 people fell to their death at the Grand Canyon. A 67-year-old man fell 400 feet from the South Rim and died on April 3. There were 290 search-and-rescues and 1,135 emergency medical service incidents.
Dying from heat or dehydration is more common than falling off the edge in the Grand Canyon, but it is still a major concern. On average, 2 to 3 deaths per year are from falls over the rim.
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Beach Vacation: What you do if a shark is about to attack?
Shark attack! The United States is the most dangerous country in the world when it comes to bloody encounters between people and sharks. It's especially true in regions where tourism is big business.
In Hawaii, children are always taught two things about the ocean and sharks.
Today a 65-year-old visitor vacationing on the Island of Hawaii was bitten on her right inner upper thigh by a shark. The bite mark was approximately 12 inches in diameter.
She was around several hundred yards offshore and brought in prone on a kayak via bystanders and does not remember events prior to being bitten. The victim was transported in stable condition to the hospital. A helicopter conducted a shoreline check within an hour of the incident, surveying several miles of ocean and along the coastline with no shark sightings.
What children are always taught in Hawaii about the ocean and sharks is to never turn your back on the ocean because then you won't be aware of wave swells or anything heading in your direction. They are also taught to never go in the ocean alone. You never know when you will need someone's help or you will need to help someone in distress.
When you enter the ocean, you are going into the domain of many aquatic animals, the scariest of which is the shark. Are there ways to avoid being attacked by a shark? Here, knowledge is definitely power.
If you see a shark and it is behaving aggressively, the best thing you can do is remain calm and as motionless as possible. While it may be hard not to panic, by not thrashing the water or screaming, this will likely be the biggest factor in whether or not you may be bitten.
Don't attract attention to yourself by wearing jewelry that shines and reflects light. It can cause sharks to mistake you for a fish in murky water.
If you see a bait ball, get out! A bait ball is when small fish swarm in a tightly packed spherical formation and is a last-ditch defensive measure when they are threatened by predators – as in sharks.
Before you even go in the water, if you see animal remains on the beach, like dead seals, fish, or whales, there are more likely to be sharks in the water.
Although a shark will be in the water at all times, they mostly hunt at dawn, dusk, and at night because the low light makes it harder for prey to see them coming, and many fish are most active at dusk. Plan your ocean activities accordingly.
Be vigilant around areas with a steep drop-off, because certain species like the great white shark will use the deep water to ambush potential prey.
If despite all your best efforts to avoid a shark, an attack occurs, punch the shark in the nose or eyes, and use anything you have (surfboard, dive tank, etc.) to put it between the shark and yourself.
Immediately seek help from others. If no one is around, use your shirt, wetsuit, surf leash, or anything long enough to tie a tourniquet above the wound on yourself or the person attacked. If the incident occurs while surfing, put the person on a board.
Stay in a group as this will deter sharks from investigating further.
When you get to the beach, keep the legs elevated by pointing the attacked person's head toward the water as the shore slopes down into the ocean.
Apply pressure directly to the wound with a towel or shirt until emergency responders arrive.
And in the ultimate prevention, first aid and CPR classes are extremely valuable for unexpected situations like a shark attack. Preparation is key and will increase your confidence in the ocean and in life.
Here is a story on the Great White Shark Attack in Australia.
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China announces Great Wall "emergency repair" over next 5 years
China's government has formulated an emergency work plan to repair dilapidated sections of the Great Wall in the next five years, according to the municipal cultural heritage authorities.
The work plan has set 2,772 meters of the Great Wall and 17 towers as the priority for "emergency repair" over the next three years.
Beijing boasts a total length of 520.77 km of the Great Wall, which is more than 21,000 km long and traverses through 15 provinces and cities.
Since 2000, Beijing has earmarked 470 million yuan (70 million U.S. dollars) for the Great Wall protection fund.
In the next stage, the city has planned to comprehensively protect and develop the Great Wall Cultural Belt, with a total area of 4,929.29 square km, which includes both heritage protection and ecological conservation.
Shu Xiaofeng, director of the Beijing municipal administration of cultural heritage, said Beijing will make use of scientific and technological means, such as unmanned aerial vehicles and sensors, to protect and monitor the Great Wall, and carry out archaeological research.
He said the protection of the Great Wall is not only to protect the wall itself, but also to protect cultural relics along the cultural belt.
The Great Wall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, consists of many interconnected walls, some dating back 2,000 years.
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Shangri-La issues statement: Attack on the Shangri-La Hotel Colombo Table One Restaurant
An explosion took place in Shangri-La Hotel, Colombo's Table One Restaurant on Easter Sunday during Easter Brunch at 9.05 am. As reported on eTurboNews on Sunday the veteran chef was killed with her daughter.
The explosion was part of a coordinated terror attack in Sri Lanka. A statement by Shangri La was received today in regards to the attack on their hotel. The statement says:
It is with great sadness that we can confirm that we are aware of a number of casualties among our guests and colleagues. This includes three of our colleagues who were fatally injured in the course of their duties. We will continue to work closely with local authorities and emergency services to provide our fullest assistance and support to all affected parties. Our hotel remains secured by the military and the police. We have also decided that the hotel will be closed until 30 April.
Our immediate priority continues to be the safety and well-being of all affected. We have also proactively carried out the following measures since the attacks in Colombo:
· We will continue to provide alternative accommodation for our affected guests
· Our team has been assisting with guest requests for transportation and flight arrangements
· We also have staff stationed at the airport and at the hospitals to render assistance where needed
· A dedicated Call Helpline (+603 2025 4619) has been set up for affected guests and/or their loved ones
· We are working closely with relevant embassy officials to support their respective citizens.
Our hotel team remains ready to offer any other assistance to our guests and their families and to provide the necessary support to our colleagues and their next of kin during this very difficult time. As this is an active investigation and out of respect to our guests and staff's privacy, we are unable to provide further details at this stage.
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Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority, U.S. and British Authorities warn in response to terror attacks
The Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority in a statement released urges hotels in Sri Lanka to take maximum measures to strengthen security as Hotels have been one of the main targets. Please assist us in spreading the word and let us not forget to help tourists who are currently in Sri Lanka."
The Sri Lanka travel industry is bracing for the impact of the horrific attack Easter Sunday in the nation's capital Colombo and in Negombo, where the airport is located.
Sri Lanka received 2.1 million tourists in 2017 and had set a target to double that number this year. Free visas to visitors from 30 countries including the U.S.,UK, EU and Thailand are part of this strategy.
Currently, Sri Lanka is quiet. It's a curfew and all roads are closed.
The U.S. embassy raised the level of travel advisory for Sri Lanka to level 2: The embassy warned terrorist groups to continue plotting possible attacks in Sri Lanka. Terrorists may attack with little or no warning, targeting tourist locations, transportation hubs, markets/shopping malls, local government facilities, hotels, clubs, restaurants, places of worship, parks, major sporting and cultural events, educational institutions, airports, and other public areas.
The White House issued a statement, that the United States condemns in the strongest terms the outrageous terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka that have claimed so many precious lives on this Easter Sunday. Our heartfelt condolences go out to the families of the more than 200 killed and hundreds of others wounded. We stand with the Sri Lankan government and people as they bring to justice the perpetrators of these despicable and senseless acts.
In the meantime, Sri Lanka arrested 13 alleged suspects. Another attack on the airport was prevented. 215 people including foreign tourists were killed, more than 500 injured in a series of planned and coordinated attacks on Easter Sunday.
The UK Foreign Department is telling British Citizens:
On 21 April 2019 bombs were used to attack three churches and three hotels in Sri Lanka, in central Colombo; in the northern suburb of Colombo Kochchikade, and in Negombo roughly twenty miles north of Colombo; and in the east of the country in Batticaloa. There have been significant casualties. If you are in Sri Lanka and you are safe, we advise that you contact family and friends to let them know that you are safe.
If you are in Sri Lanka and have been directly affected by the attacks, please call the British High Commission in Colombo: +94 11 5390639, and select the emergency option from where you will be connected to one of our consular staff. If you're in the UK and worried about British friends or family in Sri Lanka caught up in the incidents, please call the FCO switchboard number: 020 7008 1500 and follow the same steps.
Security has been stepped up across the island and there are reports of ongoing security operations. if you are in Sri Lanka, please follow the advice of local security authorities, hotel security staff or your tour company. The airport is operating, but with increased security checks. Some airlines are advising their passengers to arrive early for check-in, in light of increased security screening.
The Sri Lankan authorities have declared a nationwide curfew. You should limit movements until this has been lifted, following the instructions of the local authorities and your hotel/tour operator.
The Sri Lankan authorities have confirmed that, if you need to catch a flight from Colombo airport, you are able to travel to the airport provided you have both passport and ticket valid for travel that day. They have also confirmed that arrangements have been put in place for arriving passengers.
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Two Australian Heroes killed when saving a tourist from drowning
Tourism and Dairy are popular in Port Campbell, a coastal town in Victoria, Australia. The town is on the Great Ocean Road, west of the Twelve Apostles, in the Shire of Corangamite and has less than 500 residents.
Two of these residents a father and son today drowned trying to rescue a tourist from rough on Sunday have been described as selfless members of the local community and "like peas in a pod".
Ross, 71, and Andrew Powell, 32, were life-long members of the Port Campbell Surf Life Saving Club and were prominent figures in the local dairy farming industry.
They, along with one other lifesaver, were attempting to save a tourist at Sherbrook River, near the Twelve Apostles on Victoria's south-west coast, on Sunday morning when their boat flipped.
The father and son were declared dead at the scene, while the third lifesaver was seriously injured and airlifted to The Alfred hospital.
Ross was an inaugural member of the lifesaving club when it was formed in 1965 and maintained it his whole life putting his community first.
A 30-year-old male tourist got into trouble wading near the entrance to the Sherbrook River, a 10-minute drive from the Twelve Apostles, about 11am.
Rough surf caused the rescue boat to flip, tossing the three lifesavers into the ocean in an area Cr Trotter said was notoriously dangerous.
An emergency helicopter managed to safe one of rescuers and the tourist out of the water, however, the father and son's bodies were later found.
The surviving rescue worker, a man in his 50s, has injuries to his back and legs and was airlifted to The Alfred hospital in a serious condition. He remained in a serious but stable condition on Sunday evening.
The tourist who was swept into the water suffered hypothermia and was taken by road ambulance to the Warrnambool hospital in a stable condition.
Mr James said initial investigations found all three lifesavers had been wearing life jackets.
Earlier reports suggested the tourist was taking photographs when he was swept off a rock at the mouth of the river, but emergency services say this was not the case.
The Port Campbell Hotel said on Facebook that live music at the venue had been canceled due to the "heartbreaking tragedy in our community".
Police are preparing a report for the coroner
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Boat Charter Policy private stakeholder consultative meeting
A consultative meeting with private sector stakeholders to discuss the revision of the tourism Boat Charter Policy was held on the 5th April 2019 at the International Conference Centre of Seychelles (ICCS).
The Meeting was chaired by the Principal Secretary for Tourism Mrs. Anne Lafortune and in attendance was the Director for Policy, Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Mrs. Bernice Senaratne, Director for Standards and Monitoring, Mr. Louis Desnousse, relevant government agencies and boat charter operators.
The aim of the consultation meeting was to present and discuss the proposed amended Boat charter policy which dates back to 2008 in order to collect the views and recommendations of the private sector, mainly boat charter operators who will need to abide by this policy.
During the meeting, it was unanimously agreed that Boat Charter businesses should be reserved to Seychellois including all assets. The operators highlighted that by not allowing leasing of capital assets from foreigners, the charter businesses will remain free from foreign involvements. The Principal Secretary also assured the meeting that all 300 registered Boat Charter businesses are fully owned by Seychellois as per the Tourism Department's records.
One of the main concerns raised by the Boat Charter Operators during the meeting was regarding the availability of qualified and skilled labour. According to the operators, graduates who qualify under 'My first Job scheme' do not have the required skills and training for the job. The Assistant Director of the Seychelles Maritime Academy (SMA), Captain Wilton Ernesta also present during the meeting explained that the Academy provides the necessary training for maritime based operations and as of this year they have adopted a new strategy to recruit and produce quality students as opposed to quantity by the year 2020.
The boat charter policy comprised of 11 policy statements which include ownership and investment in the charter business, Fleet size, Qualifications required, Conditions of Licence, Standards to be maintained, Environmental actions, Preservation of the Environment, Operators subjected to Integration policy , Information to be submitted to the relevant Authorities, Non-compliance and Emergency and Evacuation procedures.
The main recommendations submitted by the operators in the meeting were regarding the preservation of the environment statement, whereby they emphasized on the need for better infrastructure and facilities to support this policy. The example of introducing a black water pump out system for the disposal of waste was given in view that currently waste is being disposed in the sea. They will be unable to implement the policy requirements without the proper infrastructure in place. It was also recommended that a Boat charter association should be set up to facilitate dialogue and support the operators and the different activities of this sector.
The Tourism department will be taking into consideration all comments and issues raised during the meeting. The proposed draft will be amended and presented to the stakeholders in a follow up validation workshop.
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At least three people die jumping from Bangkok skyscraper to escape hotel fire
A 57-floor hotel and shopping building has gone up in flames in Bangkok, Thailand. At least three people have died jumping to escape the fire, which ripped through the popular tourist spot.
The fire broke out at the Centara Grand hotel and Centralworld shopping plaza at around 6pm local time on Wednesday. Plumes of black smoke spewed out of the building, and three jumped to their deaths from the horrific blaze, local media reported.
Shocking footage shared on social media shows the smoke pouring out of the burning skyscraper.
Bangkok's typically gridlocked traffic hampered the efforts of emergency services to reach the scene of the blaze, but the fire was reportedly brought under control an hour or so after it broke out.
Bangkok Governor Assawin Kwanmuang told reporters that the fire broke out on the eighth floor, in a document storage room.
The Centara Grand hotel is the flagship hotel of the Central Group, and one of the largest hotels in the Thai capital.
Wednesday's blaze is not the first time the Centara Grand has gone up in flames. Anti-government protesters set the hotel and shopping complex on fire in 2010, after months of demonstrations. The fire gutted a department store and left parts of the building closed for months of repair work.
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10 tourists trapped by avalanches rescued in China's Xinjiang
April 9, 2019 by Forimmediaterelease
Ten people have been rescued Tuesday after being trapped by avalanches in a mountainous area in Changji, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, according to Xinjiang forest fire brigade.
They were rescued by two helicopters and transported to Urumqi, the regional capital of Xinjiang. Among them, two people who were lightly injured have been taken to the hospital.
The snowslide was first reported on Monday to hit a valley in Urumqi, but later confirmed to strike a grassland in the Ashili township in Changji, a city near Urumqi, said Urumqi's fire brigade.
The rescue forces could not reach the site at around 3,500 meters above sea level as the avalanches blocked the road. The local emergency department asked for helicopters to join the rescue efforts.
According to the Xinjiang forest fire brigade, several people decided to climb mountains during the Tomb-sweeping Day holiday. They encountered avalanches on Saturday and got trapped.
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Ethiopian Airlines has a statement on preliminary crash report
Ethiopian Airlines had a tragic year so far, but it appears without fault to the carrier. The preliminary report about ET 302 crash on March 10 came in and the airline responded with the following statement:
The preliminary report clearly showed that the Ethiopian Airlines Pilots who were commanding Flight ET 302/10 March have followed the Boeing recommended and FAA approved emergency procedures to handle the most difficult emergency situation created on the airplane. Despite their hard work and full compliance with the emergency procedures, it was very unfortunate that they could not recover the airplane from the persistence of nose diving. As the investigation continues with more detailed analysis, as usual, we will continue with our full cooperation with the investigation team.
Group CEO, Tewolde GebreMariam said that " All of us at Ethiopian Airlines are still going through deep mourning for the loss of our loved ones and we would like to express our deep sympathy and condolences for the families, relatives, and friends of the victims. Meanwhile; we are very proud of our pilots' compliances to follow the emergency procedures and high level of professional performances in such extremely difficult situations. We are also very proud of our Global standard Pilot Training Center and the Ethiopian Aviation Academy which is one of the largest and most modern in the world equipped with state of the art and latest training technologies.
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank our valued customers, the traveling public, the media and Global aviation professionals for the remarkably high level of a vote of confidences and strong support that you have been giving us starting from the day of this tragic accident. We will double our efforts every single day to win your confidence and earn your business. Your Safety will remain our top most priority and we will continue to work together with our partners around the world to make air travel safer and more comfortable. My highest appreciation also goes to my 16, 000 colleagues at Ethiopian Airlines for their resilience, high standards of professionalism and their continued commitment for operational excellence and their award-winning customer services which enabled us to continue our business without any operational disruption, flight delays or flight cancellations."
Ethiopian Airlines (Ethiopian) is the fastest growing Airline in Africa. In its seventy plus years of operation, Ethiopian has become one of the continent's leading carriers, unrivalled in efficiency and operational success.
Ethiopian commands the lion's share of the Pan-African passenger and cargo network operating the youngest and most modern fleet to more than 119 international passenger and cargo destinations across five continents. Ethiopian fleet includes ultra-modern and environmentally friendly aircraft such as Airbus A350, Boeing 787-8, Boeing 787-9, Boeing 777-300ER, Boeing 777-200LR, Boeing 777-200 Freighter, Bombardier Q-400 double cabin with an average fleet age of five years. In fact, Ethiopian is the first airline in Africa to own and operate these aircraft. Ethiopian is currently implementing a 15-year strategic plan called Vision 2025 that will see it become the leading aviation group in Africa with Six business centers: Ethiopian International Services; Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics Services; Ethiopian MRO Services; Ethiopian Aviation Academy; Ethiopian ADD Hub Ground Services and Ethiopian Airports Services. Ethiopian is a multi-award winning airline registering an average growth of 25% in the past seven years.
Mr. Asrat Begashaw
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News – Tagged "foundry" – Cowboy Toffee Co.
If you like chocolate, wine, or Ludi Hinrichs, (or any combination of those) you will enjoy The Union's 2nd Annual Chocolate Infusion on Sunday, January 26th from 1:00 to 4:30 pm inside the beautiful and historic Miners Foundry in Nevada City.
Everyone who attends gets to sample delicious chocolate creations including chocolate mousse, caramels, truffles, toffee, cakes and cookies (and so much more) from noted chocolatiers and chefs. Some of our vendors include Cello Chocolate (who makes their chocolate from the cocoa beans), Nevada City Chocolate Shoppe, Jim E's Catering, Sierra Mountain Coffee Roasters, Broad Street Bistro, and The Truffle Shop. In addition to our local confectioners we have Cowboy Toffee, Amella Caramels, and Clarine's Florentines coming up for this special event to share with you their amazing treats. Amella Caramels won the Best Caramels award at the Los Angeles Chocolate Salon, and Best Chocolatiers & Confectioners in America Award at the International Chocolate Salon in San Francisco. Clarine's Florentines is also an award winner with a Best Chocolatiers & Confectioners in America Award at the International Chocolate Salon in San Francisco.
Attendees 21 or over will receive a souvenir wine glass for wine tasting. Several local wineries including Lucchesi, Solune and Avanguardia will be pouring tastes of their delicious wines throughout the afternoon. Ol' Republic Brewery has partnered with Cello Chocolate to make a special chocolate stout that you can taste at Chocolate Infusion.
For your entertainment, the very popular Ludi Hinrichs will be returning again this year, playing the beautiful grand piano in the Stone Hall.
The Nevada City Chamber of Commerce is again the sponsor of the no-host Chocolate Martini Bar. All proceeds from the bar will go to the Nevada City Chamber.
Tess' Kitchen Store will also be represented at Chocolate Infusion, and is our ticket sponsor. Every ticket has a $5 coupon for Tess' on it.
Last year's event was a sell-out, so you are encouraged to get your tickets soon. They are $20 in advance ($25 at the door) and include a souvenir wine glass, and all your samples. Tickets are available at The Union office, 464 Sutton Way, Grass Valley, at the BriarPatch in Grass Valley, or by calling (530) 273-9561.
Mark the date and come join us for chocolate, wine, and jazz... You deserve it!!!
Like chocolate? Then you will love The Union's Chocolate Infusion, an afternoon of chocolate, wine, & jazz on Sunday, January 20, 2013. Taste delectable chocolate creations from chocolatiers and chefs, savor delicious local wines, and enjoy Ludi Hinrichs on piano from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Tickets are $20.00 in Advance and $25.00 at the door, and are available at The Union, 464 Sutton Way, Grass Valley. Of course Oakdale's own Cowboy Toffee Company will be there sampling your favorite flavors just in time for Valentine's Day!!!


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Danebridge Medical Centre is accessible to those who have access requirements.
There is designated blue badge parking adjacent to the main doors, step free routes into and throughout the ground floor of the building, accessible toilet facilities and an induction loop is available at Reception.
We continually strive to improve our facilities embracing an 'access for all' ethos and 'accessibility' is always an integral aspect of any changes made.


The validity of your contract is linked to your rental registration at your educational institute. When unregistered, your rental contract also ends.
The landlord is allowed to annually check if the tenant is still enrolled at the educational institution. The landlord is hereby allowed to ask for a proof of enrolment.
The tenant always has a maximum of 3 months to hand over the proof of enrolment, starting from the moment that the landlord requests it.
If you cannot show any proof of enrolment as a tenant, then the landlord has the right to end the contract. In this case, the landlord has to stick to the legal notice. Depending on the duration of your stay, this notice can vary from a three to six months maximum.
When the landlord wants to end the rental agreement, because you are not (or no longer) able to show that you are registered at an educational institution and you are not cooperating, then the landlord can decide to take the matter to court.
If the judge is in favour of the landlord, the expenses will be on your account as a tenant.
Tip: You can only speak of a campus contract when the contract explicitly states that the living space will be rented out again to another student after termination of the contract. If this clause cannot be found in the contract, then there is (technically speaking) no campus contract. In that case, a landlord cannot use the lack of proof of registration as a legitimate reason to end the rental agreement.


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India's dodo dynasties fear extinction at the polls
Published Thu, Mar 6 20146:17 PM EST
Victor Mallet
Has dynastic politics had its day in the world's biggest democracy?
That is the tempting conclusion to be drawn from the fact that India's two most prominent politicians today come from ordinary families with no notable historical involvement in politics or government.
(Read more: Street fighting erupts as India heads for election)
As some 800 million Indian voters prepare for a general election to be held over five weeks in April and May (the results will be announced on May 16), they have identified a new breed of politician in candidates such as Narendra Modi and Arvind Kejriwal.
It is not that the two men share an ideology. On the contrary, they are bitter rivals. Mr Modi is the prime ministerial candidate of the Bharatiya Janata party, the Hindu nationalist opposition to the governing Congress party.
Political party advert in a newspaper.
Mr Kejriwal is an anti-corruption campaigner of leftist sympathies whose Aam Aadmi or Common Man party has caught the public's imagination over the past year and whose popularity could limit the scale of Mr Modi's expected election victory.
Both, however, come from relatively humble backgrounds. Mr Modi, a professional politician who has run the state of Gujarat for the past 12 years, boasts that his father was a tea-seller.
Mr Kejriwal is a former tax inspector and engineer's son who won entry to one of the highbrow Indian Institutes of Technology and passed the civil service exams through his own efforts.
Those life stories are in stark contrast to the privileged upbringing of Rahul Gandhi, the Congress figurehead and son of party leader Sonia Gandhi.
(Read more: India to kick off world's biggest election on April 7)
Descended from no less than three Indian prime ministers – Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi – Mr Gandhi has never been in government. Widely regarded as amiable but ineffective, he is nevertheless marketed as a future prime minister by virtue of his illustrious forebears.
"Both Modi and Kejriwal – part of their attraction is precisely that they are outsiders, and have no political lineage," says Ashutosh Varshney, a political scientist and author of a new book on Indian democracy. Famous names that once impressed rural Indians have less impact in the country's fast-growing cities, he says.
Gurcharan Das, who used to run the Indian operations of consumer goods group Procter & Gamble, says young members of the Indian middle class are offended by brazen displays of nepotism and aware of the dangers of employing the unqualified.
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"There's a real problem with putting your nephew into a job where he cannot perform. You lose market share," he says. "So it's a combination of competitive markets and a mindset which says that 'I have come up through my own hard work, and why should that guy over there get a head-start because of who he is?'."
Nepotism in India's extraordinarily corrupt politics is by no means confined to Congress. Wives, children, cousins, uncles and minor royalty are deployed by almost all parties in constituencies where name recognition is important.
(Read more: Poll indicates landslide victory by India's BJP Party)
Akhilesh Yadav, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh – the most populous state in the union – is the son of Samajwadi party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, who was three times chief minister himself. The younger Yadav's wife and two uncles are also in politics.
Patrick French, a political scientist, calls such political families "hyperconnected" and notes that two-thirds of sitting members of parliament under the age of 40 have a close relative in politics, while nine out of 10 young Congress MPs hold what are effectively hereditary seats. MPs from established political dynasties, furthermore, are nearly five times richer than the unconnected.
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Yet opinion polls show that support for Congress is likely to collapse in the coming election. Mr Modi's rise to national fame over the past two years – largely the result of his personal ambition and powerful oratory – and the recent surge in support for Mr Kejriwal suggest that young, educated Indians are increasingly impressed more by merit than by birth.
Ramachandra Guha, a historian, says that Congress has relied excessively on the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, "a family whose charisma declines with every generation". Mr Varshney agrees, judging that Mr Modi's deliberate focus on his humble origins has helped change the way Indians think, while Congress faces diminishing returns from its reliance on the first family.
"Dynasty in Congress is like chemical fertilizer in agriculture," he says. "It increases your yield today but it hurts the productivity of the farm in the long run."


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Boreal Shores Art Tour
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Jamie Hogaboam
Jamie is a realism painter who works in acrylics. Jamie was born in California in 1965 to Canadian parents. He and his family moved back to Winnipeg in 1966, where he has spent most of his life. Jamie always dabbled with paint since a young child, but didn't attempt a career in painting until 2001. He began painting sports figures like he had done as a young child, and was accepted in the Artbeat Studio program in 2007, where he began to experiment with other subjects like landscapes and nudes. After receiving a grant from the Manitoba Art Council he spent 7 weeks in a tent at Grand Beach in 2008 painting and photographing the area. He fell in love with the East Beaches of Lake Winnipeg and Boreal Forest, and spent the next 5 summers working at the parking lot at Victoria Beach, to continue his art of the area. Jamie has been nicknamed "Neptune" for his ability to capture water. Jamie was homeless from 2014-16 after he experienced a breakdown, and sold his art on the street corner to survive, where Mark Chipman on CEO of the Winnipeg Jets Hockey Club recognized Jamie's abilities and commissioned Jamie to paint portraits of all the Winnipeg Jets Hall of Fame inductees. With the help of the Jets and friendships he made at Victoria Beach he was able to move there and focus on his art and his career.
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