Martin Luther King, Jr. Day honors the famous American civil rights leader who dedicated his life to achieving equality for people of all colors. Although few kids would question a day off from school, some may wonder why there is an entire day devoted to one man. Dr. King's message of peace and justice touched many Americans. The national holiday that remembers him is a time to learn about history and reflect on some valuable messages that are still meaningful today.
So many great stories have been written to teach about Dr. King and the civil rights movement. Read one of our favorites to start the conversation.
After teaching your children about Martin Luther King Jr., ask them these open-ended questions to facilitate a deeper understanding.
What was so unique notable about the way Dr. King encouraged people to take a stand?
What do you think the world would be like if Martin Luther King Jr. had not stood up for civil rights or helped to organize others?
Or ask them to write a letter to his children. Dr. King and his wife had four children who were young when he was assassinated in 1968.
Encourage your children to explain why the world is a better place because of Dr. King, or why they're glad that Dr. King had the courage to stand up for such an important cause. They can even express their condolences or share their own experiences.
Martin Luther King Jr. wrote, spoke, marched, and stood up for what he believed in. Remind kids that Dr. King worked hard and was willing to give of himself to benefit a cause. Choose a cause that interests your kids and give back together.
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Vande Bharat Express Become India's Fastest Train
The Indian Railways is developing a sleeper Vande Bharat Express train that would reach a top speed of 220 kmph, 40 kmph faster than the chair car Vande Bharat trains of the current generation.
According to officials, the semi-high-speed trains, which have gained popularity among train passengers, would be built to move at a speed of 220 km/h. As with the Vande Bharat 2.0, these trains will be made of aluminium rather than steel, which will reduce the weight of the vehicle and increase its speed.
Although the sleeper Vande Bharat trains will have a top speed of 220 kmph, making them the fastest in India, they will operate on the rails at a speed of 200 kmph, they claimed. The new sleeper Vande Bharat trains will take the position of the Delhi-Meerut RRTS trains as India's fastest trains once they are put on the tracks. A 180 kmph top speed is also available on the RRTS.
Despite having a top speed of 180 kmph, the current Vande Bharat Express can only travel at 130 kmph for safety reasons.
According to officials, the chair car Vande Bharat Express trains would gradually replace the Shatabdi Express while the sleeper version will serve as a substitute for Rajdhani Express trains.
400 Vande Bharat trains have been put out to bid by the Railways, and the project will be approved by the end of this month. According to officials, some of the first batch of these trains may also be sleeper variants of the trains produced locally. Four significant domestic and international corporations have expressed interest in the production.
According to the plan, the first 200 Vande Bharat trains will be equipped with seating similar to that of the Shatabdi Express and will be capable of 180 km/hr travel. According to officials, these trains would be made of steel.
200 sleeper Vande Bharat trains made of aluminium would run in the second phase. "The second version of the sleeper Vande Bharat trains will run at a maximum speed of 200 km per hour. For this, the tracks of Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Kolkata railways are being repaired, signal system, bridges are being fixed, and fencing work is going on," official said
Additionally, the official stated, "Apart from this, anti-collision technical armour is being installed on both the railway routes at a cost of Rs 1,800 crore," In the upcoming two years, 400 trains would be produced at ICF in Chennai, Tamil Nadu; Latur, Maharashtra; and Sonepat, Haryana, according to officials.
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General Discussion / Feedback for maps added at 08.09.
Please give feedback whether you like them or not. Good and bad things. So we can take care of/fix them if necessary.
Maps are mainly old, and i had to do some modifications on them to get them work at current cRPG version. So will see in time how they will settle down.
Most of the maps you probably remember from the names and even had some nostalgic memories.
I would like to thank the map makers for making these maps.
Maps will hit the rotation after next server restart at EU 1&5 and NA 1.
Nyt ollaan sit kaikki Kalevalalaisia.
Here is compiled thread of my maps in a single post now on, so no more threads needed for them.
The map will need some tweaking, so please help me get this map working and give constructive feedback.
- The map has Siege defense & attack spawns and flag point placed (0-64 & 66).
- Attacker spawn is now closer.
- Main gate is broken now and small doors added before 3th courtyard.
- Placed all entry points (0-69) so map can be used on other game modes, if somebody wants another arena style map.
- Spawns and MotF (0,32,67,68&69) placed.
- Spawns and MotF flags (0,32,67,68&69) placed.
Normal maps are 60-150 players, small maps vary between 10-80.
- All the entry points (0-69) placed.
This map should work with any amount of players.
Also i would suggest this map for up to 80 men server. Propably works best at ~50 men server.
Starting my series of countryside maps.
- Has entry points 0,32,67,68, 69 (battle spawns & MotF flags).
- Made the big ship a bit narrowed.
- Battle spawns and Master of the Field Flags.
Bar fight went out of hands!
- Added rest entry points 1-65.
So map can be used on other game modes.
Bunch of bum's were thrown out from the bar and now they seek revenge!
Same map as Battle in Swadia but remade for smaller servers ~30 men.
-Only Battle mode & MotF entry points inside the smaller area (0,32,67,68,69).
-Map has entry points 0-69 placed, so it can be used: Battle, Deathmatches or CTF.
-The map has MotF flags and only 0 and 32 spawn points (battle spawns).
-Map has MotF flags placed and all the spawn points, so it can be used on deathmatches.
-The map might be too big, after seeing it ingame.
-Walls & Roofs are blocked. Entry points 0,32,67,68,69.
So your map is ready? Don't forget to check these things before releasing your map.
- Make sure there is enough room for a full line to spawn (test with bots).
- Make sure there is enough room for the amount of people to spawn, what you have though this map could be for (test with bots).
- Test siege spawn points multiple times with bots, so attacking team won't spawn inside etc.
- Getting stuck in spawn is really really annoying, check the possibilities.
- Entry points 67,68 & 69. Place them to prevent draw.
- Try to make them for fair places for both teams and every class.
- There is countless maps where objects are placed in the air! Don't make one of these maps. Always double check objects you have placed from close.
#4 Smooth the corners of the hills.
- Not everything needs to be smoothed, but the pointing corners and too straight hill walls might need editing.
- Roads are in mud, fields are in mud, don't forget to paint a bit of your map.
Could someone translate Official cRPG server rules for here too and make them sticky.
Also here is the map i did in last summer. Was on the Pecores map contest, but as there haven't been any kind of info about it, i consider it's been forgotten and therefore terminated contest.
The map has MotF flags and only 0 and 32 spawn points (battle spawns).
So, here is the download link for everyone who wants to use it on their server and couple pics.
ps. Let me know if people founds glitches or possible exploits, so i will fix them.
I got this city map finished finally (almoust took 2 months since started lol).
Don't know how the fps is on this map, but if your pc is old, god bless you. I tested this with 100 bots vs 100 bots and didn't get any fps drops.
Map has MotF flags placed and all the spawn points, so it can be used on deathmatches.
The map is... well.. take a look at the screens and you see how it looks.
With new anti-cav items ranged could have some protection against cavalry on flat ground and hopefully ladders could be removed from the battle modes.
These spike walls would be easy to get over by being infantry, so these would only give protection against cavalry.
Note: The spike walls does not need to do damage. It is there to stop cavalry charge and provide certain protection from cavalry from specific direction.
Also the spike groups, would propably best to do from single spikes (as in pic #2), as the spike_group props might be a too tight to get over by foot.
Send me a pm if your interested! or check the preset offers at market.
I lost one heirloom level, from 2 times heirloomed in to 1 time heirloomed 1h sword.
Got this city map finished, so here it is.
-Walls & Roofs are blocked so no hiding places for roofmonkeys!
-There is a dungeon way for ninjas and rambos.
You can freely use this map on your Warband servers.
When you get to play this map (and why not in advance suggestions), please give me some feedback about the map, good and bad things. So i know what to improve and what to not make in future maps.
I has being making this village map lately. And would like to hear some feedback and suggestions now.
This map is free to use.
Removed old pics and added new one's.
Most of them needs a tweaking at spawn locations. The current spawns are unbalanced.
River 1/2/3 maps spawns are next to each others.
Steppe Lair: The 2nd team needs to have path to up too.
Desert Lair: Propably needs invisible walls at surronding mountains.
Sea Lair: Spawn locations needs a change.
Forest Lair and Mountain Lair seemed to be quite balanced already.
Wooden Ladder graphix is broken while carrying.


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Recent Trends in Vacationland: The Ebb and Flow of the Coastal Maine Lodging Market
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Coastal Maine market, including Portland, has experienced a renaissance of leisure travel. This seasonal drive-to market has remained a stalwart of the New England region, while corporate and group-focused urban cores have been slower to rebound. Pent-up demand has catapulted Coastal Maine markets beyond pre-COVID peaks. This article highlights the market's triumphs and challenges in recent years.
By Brian F. Bisema , Raymond Parejo
Tourism and Leisure
The primary economic engine of Coastal Maine, also known as Vacationland, is the summer tourist season, which experienced tremendous growth in 2021 and continued strengthening in 2022. Attractions such as Acadia National Park, local beaches, lighthouses, and a host of restaurants, bars, breweries have remained the drivers of leisure travel. Bleisure travel (a combination of business and leisure travel) to the Maine/Greater New England area has also increased substantially over the past 18 months, further bolstering lodging performance. Despite the staggered opening of the U.S.–Canada border, and with COVID-19 testing and/or vaccination requirements through early 2022, the market continued to grow.
The strength of tourism in this market is evident in the recent statistics. Acadia National Park hosted a record four million visitors in 2021, and attendance held strong at over 3.3 million visitors from January through September 2022. Furthermore, Maine travel spending was up 25% from January through May 2022 compared to the same period in 2019, according to the U.S. Travel Association. In 2021, tourism generated $7.9 billion in revenue and supported 143,000 jobs, as reported by the Maine Office of Tourism. A total of 9.1 million visitors came to Maine in the summer of 2022, with 83% from out-of-state. Furthermore, the Maine Office of Tourism reported that, for May 2022 through August 2022, statewide occupancy reached 67.6% (a 5.3% increase from the 2021 level), statewide ADR was recorded at $235.71 (a 24.4% increase from the 2021 level), and statewide RevPAR reached $159.27 (a 30.9% increase from the 2021 level). During this period, the number of visitors declined by nearly 10%; however, the average length of stay increased, resulting in greater spending.
Despite the aforementioned positive factors, similar to the majority of markets across the nation, the workforce has arguably been the most difficult challenge for Maine's leisure industry. With the pandemic as a catalyst, employees have left the workforce for various reasons: to pursue higher education, to retire, to care for family members, to start a business, and so on. This trend has negatively affected the quality of service and guest experiences; according to the Maine Office of Tourism, 14% of visitors from early 2022 reported that customer service did not meet their expectations. As a result, visitors may feel discouraged from returning. To combat this issue, in addition to competitive wages and benefits, employers have been implementing incentives and initiatives to create rewarding work and help employees feel appreciated and to ultimately attract and retain a qualified workforce. Although staffing has been the Achilles' heel of the industry, there is a general sense of cautious optimism for the near- and long-term outlook.
In Portland, one of Maine's primary commercial markets, the entrance of new supply over the last several years has also been noticeable, including a Canopy by Hilton that opened in July 2021 and a Cambria that opened in October 2022. The additions have significantly heightened competition, although the supply has continued to be absorbed by the market. Since Portland's Old Port revitalization in the 1990s, the city has become a bustling summer leisure destination. The market finished 2021 with occupancy in the low 60% range (a 45% increase from 2020) and ADR spiking to the $240s (an over 60% increase from 2020), with RevPAR rebounding to pre-COVID levels. For 2022, the market is on pace to finish with occupancy in the high 60s or low 70s, ADR in the mid-to-high $200s, and RevPAR surpassing pre-COVID peaks.
The majority of Coastal Maine markets have already recovered to pre-pandemic levels from a demand perspective and have undeniably surpassed these thresholds from an ADR standpoint. So, where do the market trends go from here? There are mixed sentiments on where market metrics, particularly ADR, will land. Some believe that a correction will occur and ADR will tumble back down to pre-COVID levels, while others expect that rate will continue to grow or will stabilize at the new higher levels. With significant increases in pricing nationwide, exacerbated by inflation, rate integrity appears likely to remain in place for the near future, albeit with more tempered growth than what the market has experienced in the past two years. While some uncertainty remains, Coastal Maine is sure to remain a strong leisure market.
We continue to monitor the factors affecting Coastal Maine lodging market through our regular consulting engagements. For more information or to inquire about a specific hotel project, please contact Brian Bisema or Raymond Parejo of our Boston team.
Contributions to this article were also made by Ayushi Shah and Michael Farbman.
About Brian F. Bisema
Brian Bisema is a Managing Director and Partner with HVS Boston. Brian brings over 15 years of hotel expertise, delivering appraisals, valuations, and consulting services that provide clients with credible results to make confident investment decisions. He has completed hotel valuations and appraisals on hotel real estate with an aggregate value of over $20 billion. For more information, contact Brian at +1 (781) 454-8930 or [email protected].
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Raymond Parejo is a consulting and valuation Project Manager in the Boston HVS office. Originally from California, he obtained his Bachelor of Hospitality Administration degree from Boston University in May 2020. In May 2021, he graduated from the Boston University School of Hospitality Administration with a Master of Management Hospitality degree with a concentration in Real Estate, Revenue Management and Analytics. During his time at Boston University, he helped develop a Covid Community Information Exchange for Starbucks to help disseminate relevant information for Starbucks locations. For more information, contact Raymond at +1 (781) 265-9368 or [email protected].
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Backstreet Boys Wannabe on tour with Spice Girls, and We Want It That Way
by Molly Ulm
While we do have have this epic rendition of the classic Spice Girls hit Wannabe, we might be lucky enough to experience a real life resurrection of the iconic girl group themselves – and if that wasn't enough, a reunion tour is apparently in the works with nineties heartthrobs the Backstreet Boys.
When 2 Become 1: the Spice Girls and Backstreet Boys have been talking about an "epic tour" and we've already got all their songs stuck in our heads.
Backstreet Boy Nick Carter and 'Baby Spice' Emma Bunton are co-hosts on a new show Boy Band.
In an interview with US Weekly, Carter said he'd been talking with former Spice Girls about a collaboration as a "supergroup."
"We've had conversations, I've had conversations with Scary Spice and Emma, and we've talked about it. I think it's all about them getting the girls together(…) but we're always open to doing a tour with them. I think it would be an epic tour," said Carter.
According to the interview, The Backstreet Boys are keen but not all of the British girl group are up for it, particularly Melanie C and Victoria Beckham.
Carter and Bunton's friendship goes way back to touring radio shows in the UK in the early days.
Boy Band's Nick Carter teases possible Spice Girls reunion: https://t.co/NIKacnGIa5 pic.twitter.com/u7ZUd7NsSQ
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COVID-19: Locked-down UK economy shrank by 1.5% in first quarter
The UK suffered a difficult start to the year but an upturn in March was a "promising sign", chancellor Rishi Sunak said.
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Wednesday 12 May 2021 11:19, UK
Chancellor upbeat over March growth
Britain's locked-down economy shrank by 1.5% in the first quarter of the year, official figures show.
The data covers a period when a resurgence in coronavirus cases resulted in renewed restrictions including school, retail and hospitality closures and "stay at home" advice.
But the impact on the economy appears to have been much smaller than during the first lockdown last year when gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 19.5% over the April-June period.
'Thank goodness' for recovery - but longer term relatively weak, says BoE governor
Overall, 2020 saw GDP shrink by nearly 10%, the worst decline for three centuries.
But experts think the resilience of businesses throughout the latest lockdown, added to a strong bounce-back as restrictions ease for the remainder of the year, will result in 2021 seeing the strongest annual growth since the Second World War.
A month-by-month breakdown of the latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows GDP shrank by 2.5% in January but grew again, by 0.7%, in February, and expanded by a better-than-expected 2.1% in March.
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The ONS figures showed the economy was still 8.7% smaller than where it was at the end of 2019.
Britain's tough start to the year has also been affected by a slump in trade with the EU following the end of the Brexit transition period, which resulted in additional red tape and costs.
The latest figures showed that exports to the continent had by the end of March recovered almost to December levels though imports from the bloc remained sluggish.
Image: The Bank of England's latest forecasts show how quickly it thinks the economy will return to pre-pandemic levels
Chancellor Rishi Sunak said: "Despite a difficult start to this year, economic growth in March is a promising sign of things to come.
"Even with this positive news, we know that many businesses and people still need our help, and that's why I want to reassure everyone today that our plan for jobs will continue to create, support and protect jobs in the coming months."
Darren Morgan, ONS director of economic statistics, said: "The strong recovery seen in March, led by retail and the return of schools, was not enough to prevent the UK economy contracting over the first quarter as a whole, with the lockdown affecting much of the services sector.
"However, construction grew strongly over the quarter, and in March, was above its pre-pandemic level.
"Manufacturing also recovered from an initial fall, increasing strongly in February and March, as businesses continued to adapt and make themselves COVID-19 secure."
Last week, the Bank of England revised up its forecasts for the UK economy, which it now expects to grow by 7.25% this year - the fastest pace since 1941.
Image: Chancellor Rishi Sunak said growth in March was a promising sign
Britain's slump last year was the worst among all of the G7 group of major advanced economies.
Samuel Tombs, chief UK economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, said the latest figures suggested it continued to lag behind other G7 nations when comparing how much they were still behind pre-COVID levels.
However, he said that as Britain "exhibited signs of life" in March and showed further momentum in April, a recovery in the second quarter should mean it "hands over the wooden spoon".
Alpesh Paleja, lead economist at the CBI, said: "While latest data confirms the economy was hit once again by a renewed lockdown at the turn of the year, the fall in activity was much smaller compared with spring 2020.
"Households and businesses have clearly adapted better to working and living under COVID restrictions, despite the brutal cost of doing so.
"A range of indicators, including CBI business surveys, point to a rebound in activity heading into summer - with the economy opening up and pent-up demand waiting to be unleashed.
"But this is a recovery that will be felt more by some.
"Undoubtedly, hardest-hit sectors and households have a longer road ahead."


EARLY this week, President Muhammadu Buhari set target for the country's Senior national football team, the Super Eagles, as they prepare to face the rest of the world in the Russia 2018 FIFA World cup finals.
PRESIDENT Buhari during a meeting with the Minister for Sports and Youth Development, Solomon Dalung told the minister to do everything possible to ensure that Nigeria does not go to Russia as a mere specter but as a strong contender for the ultimate football glory.
made it clear during the meeting that performing well during the world cup finals in Russia would ensure that the country sustains the tempo of successes recorded in the sports sector in 2017.
EVEN though the minister did not disclose the minimum stage the President demanded from the team, he said that President Buhari encouraged him to retain the tempo of successes recorded in sports in 2017, especially the world cup finals in Russia.
DALUNG had told sports writers that the President challenged him to make sure that the Super Eagles surpass the world cup records of their predecessors in Russia. He explained that he told the President that part of the strategies put in place by his ministry to achieve success in Russia was to ensure that by March, all the match, training and allowances are paid up front to the players while their bonuses would be paid in terms of their progression according to performance at the Mundial.
SPEAKING further on the preparations of the team towards the task of giving Nigeria and Africa good representation in Russia, the minister said, "for the world cup, I think we have lined up so many friendlies to play with countries participating in the world cup and top ranking countries that did not make it to Russia, so as to strengthen our team".
GOOD as the plans sounded, it must be noted that doing well at a competition like the world cup that involves the best teams in the world goes beyond lining up top friendly matches, other technical, administrative and psychological preparations are involved. Fair enough, the minister and the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) realised the importance of early and prompt payment of players allowances and bonuses.
IN THE past, Nigeria had her smooth sailing in some previous editions of the world cup destroyed because of issues partaining to payment of allowances and bonuses. It is our belief that the planned up-front payments of the players' entitlements would serve as a strong morale booster and motivation. It would also bring with it unity and atmosphere devoid of rancour, internal wranglings and bickering. And by so doing, Nigeria would follow some great footballing nations of the world that are doing so.
FOR instance, the German Football Federation has lined up some improved incentives for their players to retain the world cup trophy which they won in Brazil four years ago. Not only that they plan to pay the allowances and bonuses of the players up-front, they also opted for the payment of winning bonuses in terms of their progression according to performance during the world cup just like Nigeria.
IN THE area of technicalities, the Super Eagles bench led by Gernot Rohr has shown that they have the know-how to lead the team to the expected heights. To encourage them to do well, the technical crew must be given absolute free hand to select the 23 players that would make the team. In the same vein, they must also be allowed to choose their players for every match during the competition and no federal character formular should be allowed.
IN THE important area of psychology, most of the players are playing at the world cup level, which is the biggest stage in football for the first time, they need good psychologists to prepare them to be equal for the task ahead.
NIGERIA is in a tough group, the group comprising great footballing nations in the world like Argentina, Croatia and Iceland has been variously described as group of death by soccer analysts and pundits. Nigeria has a young and talented team no doubt, the other teams also have their fair shares of talented footballers. The factors that would make the different are adequate preparations, unity, self confidence among the players, motivation etc.
WE BELEIVE that the victory of the Nigerians over one of their group opponents and second placed team in the last edition in Brazil, Argentina, should serve as a morale booster during the competition. Although the victory came during a friendly, the watchword, should be, if we beat them during a friendly match we can also beat during the world cup.
WE ADVISE at this juncture that the Super Eagles and their handlers must avoid the temptation of focusing all their attentions on Argentina and ignore Croatia and Iceland that can cause them heartaches if neglected.
THE players and their handlers must also not forget that victories over Croatia and Iceland would give them qualification before the match against Argentina which would have little or no effect on their qualification from the group stage, win or lose.


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No ship has become more emblematic of the Rebel Alliance than the T-65 X-wing. A mainstay of the Rebel fleet throughout the Galactic Civil War, this versatile craft was present at almost every major space battle, proving itself to be one of the most effective military vehicles in the galaxy.
The T-65 X-Wing Expansion Pack for X-Wing Second Edition includes a beautifully-painted T-65 X-wing miniature for you to add to your squadron, a maneuver dial, and all the ship and upgrade cards you need to fly this iconic starfighter into battle. In addition, the T-65 X-Wing Expansion Pack contains a few entirely new cards that have never before appeared in the game's first edition. These new cards and associated punchboard are also included in the Rebel Alliance Conversion Kit for the benefit of veteran players!
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Facebook bans American company for advertising patriotic merchandise, you won't believe why
By Byron Lee on January 12, 2021 Business, Featured, Politics, U.S. News
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VIDEO: FBI confirms BLM activist was inside Capitol, no charges filed
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Capitol Police Chief resigns, records show Capitol police refused help for free speech demonstration more than once
By Daily Lash News on January 11, 2021 Politics, U.S. News
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Alhamdulillaah, I am back in Malaysia, which means I am also back with my wife. Words cannot express how much joy the two of us are experiencing being together once again. More than six months have passed since we'd been together the last time. In case it is not obvious, the reason we are not yet able to live together permanently is due to the fact that the U. S. Citizenship & Immigration Services has not yet approved the petition for my wife's immigration visa, and thus, I cannot legally bring her into the country. Therefore, until such a time as the petition is approved (and the NVC approves the visa, and my wife passes the interview) in shaaʾ Allaah, we will face challenges to living together permanently.
Of course, there is also the question of "why don't I just move to Malaysia to be with my wife for the duration of the immigration process?". And that is quite a legitimate one as well as one I have often asked myself. And, if it weren't for the fact that my employment ties me to the US, I would be here with my wife 24/7. Alhamdulillaah, though, my employer has been accommodating enough to allow me to work for nearly the entire duration of my stay here remotely on a trial basis.
However, for now I am enormously content and overjoyed to simply be physically with my wife, so I need not dwell on extranous issues for the time being. And, now for what you've all been waiting for — rest assured that I have in store some media in the form of stills, panoramas, time-lapse shots, and videos!
May Allah facilitate your affairs. AMeen. Send my salam to your wife, Ya Basil.


Interesting! Makes me want to watch Star Trek, ufufufu.
Wanted to point out that the links to Tiggy Malvern´s fics aren´t working. Do you know of any alternatives?
Tiggy's links work now. I was unaware they had moved to a different host site.


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Twitter's "Trending Topics" For Sale?
Well, the obvious answer is that if something is quite popular, it is going to get retweeted a lot. But it is possible to pay someone to make something trend artificially?
Of course. Where there is money to be made, rules will be broken.
Twitter makes money by allowing businesses to push "Promoted Tweets." However, those adverts are clearly marked. But there are companies that try and get around Twitter's rules. They offer to make something trend for a price.
How do they do that? They use bots.
Bots are automated accounts, and you can make them say anything you like. If you've got enough of them, you can make it look as though your message is being retweeted by thousands of people.
There are omes companies that are offering to boost hashtags onto Twitter's "Top Trends" list in various countries. While this is against Twitter's policies, this is not stopping the practice, and even though Twitter claims to have shut down over 100,000 accounts linked to manipulating trends, the service is booming.
Why? Because trends are in demand and people and companies what it now and not tomorrow.


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Home Owners Triumph in Insurance Test Case
Householders whose homes were hit by storm and flood damage were reluctantly at the epicentre of a High Court case with crucial implications for the insurance industry but have defeated claims that they should be held personally liable to pay builders who carried out repairs.
The four property owners all held home insurance policies and put in claims to industry giant, Zurich Plc. However, due to an unfortunate series of events entirely beyond their control, they ended up being sued by building company, A.J. Building and Plastering Limited, which had been sub-contracted to carry out the repair works by Zurich's nominated contractor, Rok Building Limited.
Zurich had paid Rok for the work but the money was not passed on to A.J. Building before Rok went into administration. Rok was subsequently wound up and A.J. Building was left out of pocket. A.J. Building argued that the home owners were personally liable to pay for the work carried out on their homes. The company pointed to 'mandates' signed by each of the householders which, it claimed, put them under a direct contractual duty to make payment in full.
However, dismissing A.J. Building's case, the court noted that the company had been the third and final link in a contractual chain and ruled that, on a correct interpretation of the mandates, the householders did not assume the risk of the money paid by Zurich 'disappearing in Rok's hands'.
Observing that his decision would affect the outcome of a significant number of similar cases, Judge Keyser QC said that the home owners had known nothing of the background situation. Absolving them of liability, the judge said: 'This conclusion would cause me no regret'.
A.J. Building and Plastering Limited v Turner & Ors. Case Number: 2QT05649


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Timothy Lane: Taking precautions - the Canadian approach to foreign reserves management
Remarks by Mr Timothy Lane, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada, at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington DC, 6 February 2019.
by Timothy Lane
Foreign exchange reserves, and their use for interventions in the foreign exchange market, have played a notable and sometimes controversial role in the world economy and financial system. This is partly because of their sheer size-estimated at some US$11 trillion worldwide. Changes in holdings of foreign exchange reserves, and in how they are invested, can matter-not just for exchange rates, but potentially for a whole range of asset prices. Reserves are usually seen as an important element of self-insurance that complements the access to financing provided to countries by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other multilateral organizations.
In contrast, Canada's foreign exchange reserves stand out for their relatively modest size and their stability. Our reserves are about US$85 billion, some 5 per cent of our gross domestic product (GDP). This compares with the 10-year average of about 13 per cent of GDP for other advanced economies and 20 per cent for emerging-market economies.
A key reason Canada's international reserves are nonetheless adequate is our freely floating exchange rate. Canada adopted a flexible exchange rate in 1950 and, except for an eight-year stretch in the 1960s, our dollar has floated ever since. We have not intervened to stabilize the Canadian dollar for over two decades now.
This is a period that encompassed major changes in our exchange rate. During the commodities supercycle, the Canadian dollar rose from 62 cents US in 2002 to $1.08 in 2007. During the global financial crisis, it dropped sharply to as low as 76 cents US before settling above parity for almost five years. It depreciated by about 25 per cent again with the collapse of oil prices in 2014, and has fluctuated around 75 cents US since then.
These exchange rate movements helped the economy adjust to the shocks. Such shifts are always painful for some and beneficial for others. But the Canadian economy is diverse and dynamic and, over time, able to achieve a new balance of growth among regions and sectors.
In my talk today, I'm going to expand on these points and explain why we stopped using our reserves to stabilize our dollar. A central theme is that, because we no longer use them routinely to intervene in foreign exchange markets, we hold reserves mainly as a precaution against extreme tail events. I'll discuss what we consider to be an adequate level of reserves and how we manage them.
Why not intervene?
Canada's foreign exchange reserves belong to the Government of Canada, while in a number of other countries they are an asset of the central bank. They are managed within the terms of an established governance framework by the Department of Finance and the Bank of Canada. Together, we develop strategies and policies for the management of the reserves. The Bank, as the government's fiscal agent, carries out related market transactions.
Most of the time, exchange rate movements driven by the market have contributed to Canada's economic stability-helping our economy ride the rising and falling tides of the global economy. As a commodity exporter, Canada has been subject to swings in world commodity prices which affect our terms of trade. Let me make a few observations related to recent experience.
To a certain extent, movements in the Canadian dollar reflect the comparative strengths of the Canadian and US economies-which are linked, in turn, to expectations for each country's monetary policy path. We've seen these forces shift significantly over time.
In particular, the past year has seen an important change in the relative performance of the two economies-despite the fact that the Canadian economy is generally in a good place. Economic activity has been running close to potential for nearly two years and economic growth has been solid. Unemployment rates have been at historic lows, employment creation has been strong and inflation has been hovering around our 2 per cent target. In that context, we took steps to move our policy interest rate upward by a cumulative 1¼ percentage points.
But uncertainty about US trade policies has been holding back Canadian business investment below what our strong economic fundamentals would indicate. Lower oil prices in recent months have caused a deterioration of Canada's terms of trade, which in turn reduces domestic income and wealth. Housing investment and consumption spending have also softened. The result has been a temporary slowing of Canada's economic growth. Meanwhile, the US economy has been powering ahead with the effects of the fiscal stimulus and, in response, the Federal Reserve has taken several steps over the last year to move interest rates toward their neutral level. This combination of factors has been putting downward pressure on the Canadian dollar. The lower Canadian dollar, in turn, will help support the economy through this period.
It's been almost half a century since we set a target for the exchange rate. By and large, the exchange rate movements delivered by the market have served Canada well. Trying to hold the dollar constant would have given us larger fluctuations in unemployment, output and inflation.
Nonetheless, for many years we did have a policy of routinely using our foreign reserves to resist, in an automatic fashion, any significant upward or downward pressure on the dollar. For example, between 1995 and 1998, we intervened roughly 150 times. We weren't targeting a particular level for the exchange rate but simply smoothing its movements. This reflected a belief at the time that markets did not function efficiently and could give rise to volatility that could be destabilizing.
But this view gradually gave way to the weight of evidence and experience. By 1998, we had concluded that such interventions weren't particularly effective. We saw the futility of attempting to moderate exchange rate movements caused by changes in the underlying fundamental factors. Trying to counter them was a bit like tapping on the brakes while skidding on ice. It can help, momentarily, but not by much.
So where does that leave us?
We do have a policy framework that would allow us to intervene in the unlikely event that it's needed. That could happen under two scenarios. The first would be a market breakdown with extreme price volatility. Buyers or sellers would be increasingly unwilling to transact, indicating a severe lack of liquidity in the Canadian-dollar market. The second would be sharp currency movements that seriously threaten the conditions that support sustainable, long-term economic growth. In a market breakdown, intervention would aim to restore market functioning and would likely be quite short-lived. In extreme currency movements, it's understood that intervention would be part of a broader set of policy changes to re-establish confidence in Canadian economy. This framework is transparent-it is posted on our website.
Thus, we are ready to intervene, if necessary. But as I said, we have not seen the need to do so at any time throughout the past two-often turbulent-decades.
There have, however, been a couple of occasions over that period when Canada participated in concerted intervention along with other countries. In 2011, Canada joined an action to stem excess volatility and disorderly movements in the exchange rate of the Japanese yen following the earthquake and resulting tsunami and nuclear crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant. The intervention involved selling the yen against our respective domestic currencies to send a clear signal that the goal was to weaken the yen and not to strengthen other currencies. And in September 2000, we joined the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Bank of Japan and the Bank of England to support the euro. These episodes were in response to exceptional developments affecting other currencies of global importance, and were not specifically aimed at influencing the Canadian dollar.
How, then, should we think about Canada's current level of foreign exchange reserves?
Internationally, a number of factors influence reserve holdings. In some cases, such as China, movements in international reserves are largely a by-product of the country's exchange rate regime and associated trade and capital flows. A number of countries, typically emerging-market economies, may choose to hold large reserves to offset volatility in capital flows and, in some cases, to ride out trade imbalances resulting from the fluctuations in the prices of their major exports.1 Among advanced economies, Switzerland accumulated large reserve holdings when it set a floor for its exchange rate. In contrast, our flexible exchange rate and non-intervention policy allow us to keep a much smaller level of reserves.
Given that we intervene so rarely, why do we hold any reserves? And how do we gauge whether they are adequate for our needs?
First, we must be prepared to intervene in case of events that are even more severe, and improbable, than those we have experienced in recent decades. We periodically examine such extreme scenarios and estimate the scale of intervention that would be required.
A second important purpose of our foreign exchange reserves is to ensure that the Government of Canada can meet its payment obligations in situations where normal access to funding markets may be disrupted or delayed. Reserves help insure against rollover risks for public borrowing.2 While Canada has not faced any such difficulties since the Second World War, the Government of Canada reassessed its own potential liquidity needs in the wake of the global financial crisis. It opted for a larger buffer-and accordingly, beefed up both its demand deposits and its foreign exchange reserves.
Third, Canada's foreign exchange reserves serve to reinforce confidence in the soundness of the Canadian financial system. They are among several factors that do so. Canadian banks manage their risks prudently and are well-regulated and supervised. Even during the financial crisis, banks remained in good financial health and did not have to rely on direct official support. Ten years later, Canada's financial institutions have ample buffers of capital and liquidity and the system remains resilient.
Financial institutions are expected to take responsibility for managing their own foreign currency exposures. They implement hedging and funding strategies to that end. Indeed, so do other major Canadian foreign-currency borrowers, such as provincial governments.
In the unlikely event that a Canadian financial institution had exceptional needs for liquidity in US dollars or other foreign currencies, the swap lines the Bank of Canada has established with other G7 central banks would enable us to obtain funds in any of four other currencies. These lines were introduced in response to the global financial crisis. They were renewed in response to market stresses in Europe and later turned into standing agreements. The Bank of Canada has never drawn on these swap lines, nor has it faced a request to provide Canadian dollars. But these arrangements are available if needed.
Even though it is very unlikely that Canada's foreign exchange reserves would need to be drawn down for financial stability purposes, their existence provides further reassurance of the safety and soundness of the Canadian financial system. Such confidence, in turn, helps maintain stability in times of financial stress.
All this considered, Canada holds foreign exchange reserves as a precaution against extreme events. Even though Canada has had no history of such events, we know from international experience that they are possible.
So far, I've emphasized the role of Canada's reserves in serving Canadian purposes. I should also mention the use of our reserves in our role as a good global citizen. Part of our Official International Reserves-around US$10 billion-are held at the IMF. Canada, like a number of other advanced economies, also makes a portion of its reserves available for IMF programs.
Taking all these potential needs into consideration, Canada's level of liquid international reserves is set at a minimum of 3 per cent of nominal GDP-a floor which it generally significantly exceeds. This level is simple to communicate to the public, credit rating agencies and investors. While, as I've noted, it is low relative to many countries, it is in line with a set of similar countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia. Together with our Department of Finance, we review this level periodically in light of various metrics and international comparisons-and particularly with regard to extreme scenarios that would imply a draw on reserves. The last such review, completed in 2016, concluded that the 3 per cent minimum remains adequate to meet Canada's needs, even under such extreme conditions.
How do we manage our reserves?
Given that the primary purpose of our international reserves is precautionary, a key strategic objective in managing them is to maintain a high standard of liquidity under all circumstances. The preservation of capital value and optimization of returns are also essential.
To maintain liquidity, we hold reserves in assets that mature or can be sold on very short notice with minimal market impact.
To preserve value, we minimize the risk of loss by holding a diversified portfolio of high-quality assets, managing liquid assets and liabilities on a matched basis.
We aim to achieve the highest return while respecting the objectives of liquidity and capital preservation.
To maintain both the liquidity and capital value of reserve assets, the term to maturity of individual assets is limited, currently to a maximum of 10½ years. This reflects the fact that shorter-term securities are typically more liquid, and their value less sensitive to the interest rate, than longer-term securities by the same issuer and in the same currency.
While our liquid reserves are diversified across currencies, more than half is held in US dollars, because of the greater liquidity of US-dollar markets and since potential foreign currency needs are most likely to be in US dollars. The remainder is held in euros, pound sterling and Japanese yen.3 We have explored the possibility of adding other currencies but decided against doing so because they were less liquid and there were fewer investment options.
Let me expand on the point about asset-liability matching. Our liquid foreign reserves are held primarily in the Exchange Fund Account (EFA). These assets are funded by Government of Canada liabilities denominated in, or converted to, foreign currencies. They largely consist of foreign currency securities, which are mostly government treasury bills and bonds, and fixed-income securities issued by sovereign-supported issuers, sub-sovereign entities and supranational institutions. Other eligible assets include deposits with commercial banks, central banks and the Bank for International Settlements.
The assets in the EFA are matched in currency and duration to the government's liabilities that fund the liquid securities in order to minimize its exposure to currency and interest rate risks. These matching requirements are part of our asset-liability-matching (ALM) framework. To my knowledge, no other central bank exclusively manages reserves in this manner.
The ALM framework, which allows us to earn a positive net return, is consistent with our floating currency. Indeed, if we intervened continuously, we would not be able to match assets to liabilities. This approach has proven to be an effective way to minimize interest rate and foreign exchange risk to the government's fiscal position. However, there is still residual market risk that is derived from the credit-spread exposures inherent in the assets and liabilities-and the lack of perfect correlation between the two. Since the EFA is predominantly funded with cross-currency swaps, there are non-zero levels of basis risk. There is also an element of credit risk, both with regard to the issuers of reserve assets and swap counterparties.
We conduct our own risk assessments, including credit risk, which we have significantly enhanced in response to the Financial Stability Board's call to reduce reliance on credit rating agencies.
In large measure, the difference between our approach to reserve management and those of other reserve managers is related to the relatively small size of our reserves, our ALM framework and our focus on liquidity. In their pursuit of higher returns, many countries are pushed to explore alternative asset classes, such as higher-yielding bonds and equities. Moreover, most countries have a net asset position, which means they have outright exposure to currency movements. This increases the need for diversification into other currencies. Because our portfolio is asset-liability matched, volatility in currency markets is a lesser concern to us.
I should say a brief word here about gold. Some countries continue to hold portions of their reserves in gold, sometimes for symbolic reasons. Canada doesn't. In 1980 the government implemented a policy of selling its gold at a gradual and controlled pace to enhance the return for the EFA. Gold bullion is not considered as liquid as, for example, US Treasury securities and, to the extent that physical delivery may be involved, could entail significant costs for secure transport and storage. As such, gold doesn't fit well within the asset-matching framework. Proceeds from gold sales were invested in high-quality, interest-bearing, foreign-currency assets. While these assets may not have the reassuring physical heft of a gold bar, we believe they are better suited to the purposes for which we hold reserves. The last of the government's gold bullion was disposed of in 2003. The gold reserves that remained were coins, which have also since been sold.
Our dollar as a reserve currency
One of the relatively recent developments for our dollar that we are monitoring closely is its use as a foreign reserve currency by other countries. Following the global financial crisis, central banks and monetary authorities around the world began adding Canadian-dollar assets to their reserve portfolios. Reserves in Canadian dollars now amount to around $200 billion-close to 2 per cent of the global total.
The move to hold a portion of reserves in Canadian dollars is part of a broader strategy of reserve diversification. It is also, in some sense, a vote of confidence in Canada: reserve managers tell us they are attracted by Canada's sound financial system and fiscal position, as reflected in its high credit ratings.
Even though the Canadian dollar is only a small share of global reserves, the total allocations to our dollar may be large relative to the size of our market. Combined with the fact that some reserve portfolios are buy-and-hold, inflows from reserve managers may have a material impact on Canada's financial markets, particularly the government bond markets in which these flows are concentrated. Although the flows tend to be relatively stable, they may put downward pressure on yields, lowering the government's funding costs. At the same time, the increasing presence of these large buy-and-hold investors might negatively affect the markets' liquidity because of the effects on secondary market trading and the availability of collateral. We continue to assess the impact of such activity on the bond market and its potential implications for financial stability, particularly since the government debt market and the associated market for repurchase agreements are core funding markets. We also regularly review our market operations, recognizing the influences of various holders, and have implemented policies that aid in providing or enhancing liquidity via repo, securities lending and our own balance sheet management.
Finally, the impact of our own reserves on the exchange rate is negligible because of our non-intervention policy and asset-liability matching. However, Canadian-dollar-denominated reserves at foreign central banks as well as allocations to Canadian-dollar assets by foreign private investors may cause appreciation of our dollar during times of heavy portfolio inflows.
To conclude, I would like to touch on the new Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), or USMCA as it is known here, which has been signed but not yet ratified. In one chapter, the parties are enjoined from manipulating their exchange rates to gain an unfair trade advantage. This is not a controversial issue for us. We have long relied on our market-determined flexible exchange rate to absorb external shocks and cushion the economy from their impact. This policy has served Canada well. Without a freely floating currency, prices, wages and unemployment would fluctuate markedly, creating havoc for people and businesses. A flexible exchange rate is essential for us to be able to pursue an independent monetary policy.
We maintain a high standard of transparency, both with regard to our framework for managing foreign exchange reserves and the publication of relevant data. This speech is another step in making sure that our framework is well understood.
I would like to thank Wendy Chan, Eric Chouinard, Mervin Merkowsky and Maksym Padalko for their help in preparing this speech.
1 Some prominent international literature on reserve adequacy focuses on emerging-market economies that are subject to sudden stops in capital flows. See, for instance, O. Jeanne and R. Rancière, "The Optimal Level of Reserves for Emerging Market Countries: A New Formula and Some Applications," The Economic Journal 121, no. 555 (2011): 905-930.
2 The role of international reserves in mitigating rollover risk has been an important focus of the literature. See, for instance, J. Bianchi, J. C. Hatchondo and L. Martinez, "International Reserves and Rollover Risk," American Economic Review 108, no. 9 (2018): 2629-2670.
3 As of January 2019, the currency composition of our reserves was 67 per cent USD, 19 per cent EUR, 10 per cent GBP and 3 per cent YEN. See Official International Reserves, Department of Finance Canada.
Timothy Lane
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"Bring back Giles!" That was the most-heard feedback from #CU17. So - here he is!
This opening session will challenge how you view work and maybe even life, and leave you motivated to shake things up, for the better.
Expelled twice, once by his father, Giles' best qualification is a B in O Level Metalwork. After a disastrous education Giles joined the Army and spent 10 years building stuff, blowing it up, marching about a bit and not getting caught. On leaving he spent a year in the music business creating and managing a boy band before selling everything he owned and setting off on a year long honeymoon with his new wife, Annie, travelling around the Mediterranean, Middle East and North Africa on two motorbikes.
On the return from the trip the couple set up Olives Et Al having spotted a non existent gap in a non existent market. So he knows a bit about being disruptive!
20 years later the company now employs more than 70 people and supplies over 6,000 outlets across the UK and beyond. Over the years they have built up an enviable reputation for innovative products and remarkable marketing backed up by excellent service and a leadership style founded on the basis of honesty and integrity.
Giles says the only reason he ended up starting his own business was no-one else would employ him. We're not sure we agree….


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Acupuncture has essentially no negative side effects as it utilizes the body's own infinitely intelligent healing mechanism to produce healing. It does this by allowing the body to regulate it's own life force energy(QI) flow throughout energy pathways. What we feel as pain is blockage in the flow of energy and the blood that it circulates. At Wholistic Acupuncture Clinic, my goal is to promote the circulation of(QI)and blood throughout the whole body, thereby strenghening the immune system and allowing the body to heal and prevent further illness and pain.


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Tax troubles plague Shiprock shelter
Dan Schwartz
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FARMINGTON — A former director of a Shiprock domestic violence shelter admits she didn't consistently pay several years of federal taxes as she tried to keep the shelter open for families in need during financial hard times. And now the IRS appears to be ready to try to collect approximately a quarter million dollars in unpaid taxes.
In late October, an IRS official visited a storage facility in Kirtland to catalog furniture the Home for Women and Children bought for a new shelter that remains unoccupied, said Reddawn George, the shelter's finance director. She said the IRS intends to seize the furniture to recover some of the back taxes.
An IRS spokesman would not confirm that the agency is seizing any shelter property, saying he can't comment on the taxes of a business or individual. But The Daily Times obtained copies of federal liens from the San Juan County Clerk's office that document some of the taxes owed.
The records list $267,905.88 in unpaid federal taxes between 2009 and 2013. The unpaid amounts were owed by the nonprofit for the federal taxes withheld from employee wages and other compensation. According to one lien stamped at the county clerk's office with a January 2013 date, $30,123.60 of the taxes were paid.
Gloria Champion directed the shelter for 21 years until June 2014. She couldn't say exactly when, but she said she eventually stopped paying federal taxes because the Navajo Nation cut critical funding to the shelter. Her board of directors, she said, approved keeping the shelter open by any means.
"They said do what you can to keep the shelter open however you can because it's a matter of life and death," she said.
The Daily Times made numerous efforts to reach previous board members. None wanted to be quoted by name.
One board member reached by phone said she served when Champion was director – though she couldn't remember exact dates – and she didn't recall any unpaid federal taxes.
Another board member said over the phone that she came to the shelter after "that whole mess happened," and she would have never approved foregoing federal taxes.
"The intention, in terms of the taxes, was never to be naughty or not nice," Champion said. "The intention was to hold it (the shelter) together."
She said the administrations of former Navajo Nation presidents Joe Shirley Jr. and Ben Shelly held back funding while she was trying to build a new shelter. A contractor had demolished the old shelter to make room for the new one, and staff were working out of modular units, she said.
But leasing those units cost $6,000 a month, she said. When she stopped getting tribal funds, she had to find a way to stay open, she said.
Former chiefs of staff for both presidents said their offices did not cut funding to the shelter, directing blame instead to other tribal departments. They said that Shirley Jr. and Shelly believed the shelter was an important service.
George, the shelter's finance director, said the tribe gave the shelter ample funding.
While she was still director, Champion said she began paying back the taxes every month. But she can't remember when she began paying them back, and she can't remember how much she paid back. At some point, the IRS came after her personal finances to recover the taxes, she said.
George said Champion's story isn't true. She said the shelter only began paying back the taxes in January. To date, she said, it's paid back $45,000.
She said the shelter has also hired certified public accountant Sonia Lukow to investigate whether Champion embezzled or misused shelter funds. And she questions why the IRS would come after Champion's personal finances.
Champion said she did not embezzle or misuse shelter money.
Now, George said, the shelter is trying to move forward. It has a new board of directors. Staff took pay cuts. Its new CPA is working closely with the IRS, she said. But because of its tax problems, she said, acquiring funding is now difficult.
In July, the shelter requested $350,000 in supplemental funds from the tribe, according to shelter documents. But they didn't get the money, George said.
According to IRS Form 990s available online, the shelter has operated in the red for three out of four consecutive years, ending with the most recent report in 2013.
In 2010, it spent $86,346 more in salaries, benefits and other expenses than it took in through contributions and grants. In 2011, it posted a $191,420 deficit. It rebounded in 2012 with a $164,165 surplus by taking in more money in contributions and grants and cutting expenses. But in 2013, it posted a deficit of nearly $46,000 as the grants and contributions it received dropped by more than $200,000 from the previous year.
And between 2011 and 2013, the shelter's debt far outstripped the value of the assets it owned, with a peak negative fund balance of $374,443 at the beginning of 2012.
Champion says she tried to help the shelter. George says her actions only hurt it. Meanwhile, a partially finished building sits unoccupied — unable to provide shelter for women and families in need.
"That's not how a director or board should have handled it," George said.
Dan Schwartz covers government for The Daily Times. He can be reached at 505-564-4606.


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Commit of the week: CB Quincy Wilson
Fort Lauderdale cornerback Quincy Wilson and his University School football team, the defending state champions in Class 3A, faced Homestead on Sunday in one of the premier preseason games of the weekend.
Televised by ESPNU, the 6-foot-1, 197-pound Wilson helped lead the Suns to a 41-21 win with his exceptional coverage. Many recruiting analysts feel Wilson is better suited to play safety, but he did a superb job guarding fellow Florida commit and the nation's No. 2 receiver, Ermon Lane.
He held Lane to just four catches for 42 yards, one of which was a 21-yard reception when Wilson wasn't on him. His highlight of the game was an interception he returned 28 yards for a touchdown to give University School a 34-14 lead in the fourth quarter.
Wilson celebrated in the end zone with a series of Gator Chomps.
"It felt great," he said of the pick-six. "I read the quarterback and made a big play, and my team needed it."
Here are some other UF pledges who performed well last week:
QB Will Grier, Davidson (N.C.) Day: In a 61-6 blowout victory against Albemarle, Grier threw for 309 yards and seven touchdowns on 16-of-25 passing and rushed for 67 yards and another score on six carries.
RB Dalvin Cook, Miami Central: The Under Armour All-American accounted for two touchdowns, including a 53-yard punt return, as the defending Class 6A state champs topped Dwyer, 44-13.
TE C'yontai Lewis, Alabaster (Ala.) Kingwood Christian: Lewis had 131 receiving yards and a 19-yard touchdown catch to help his team edge Jackson Academy, 43-34.
DE Justus Reed, Clearwater Central Catholic: In just one half of football, Reed registered five sacks and two tackles for a loss in a 22-13 preseason victory over Clearwater Countryside.
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Really appreciate the updates Zach. You're a very good resource. Wow these new recruits are something! Keep the news coming please.
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Way to go C. Lewis. A 3* tight end lighting it up. Champ found a future jewel.
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Arlington, Va.—In a unanimous opinion issued today by the U.S. Supreme Court, and authored by Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, the Court ruled in Tanzin v. Tanvir that individuals may seek damages as a remedy when federal officers violate their rights. The opinion closely tracks an amicus brief submitted by the Institute for Justice.
The case involved FBI agents who retaliated against Muslim-Americans and green-card holders who followed the dictates of their faith and refused to cooperate with the FBI by spying on their own communities. As a result of their refusal to cooperate, these individuals were placed on the No Fly List, which caused significant hardship, such as the inability to travel to visit family or for work. Luckily, Congress provided a statutory authorization to sue for violations of religious rights, allowing a plaintiff to receive "appropriate relief against the government."
Not surprisingly, in the lawsuit against the FBI agents, the government argued that the words "appropriate relief" do not include damages. According to the government, damages might be an appropriate remedy against private actors, but damages should not be allowed if the person who violated your rights happens to work for the government.
The Institute for Justice filed an amicus brief arguing against this radical notion. IJ's brief outlined how suits for damages against government officials are the historical cornerstone of government accountability, how damages are often the only way to vindicate constitutional rights, and how none of the government's policy justifications against damages have a basis in reality. IJ further explained that matters of policy should be left to Congress, not courts.
In a unanimous opinion, the Supreme Court agreed.
According to the Court, "in the context of suits against Government officials, damages have long been awarded as appropriate relief." And that has been true not only for state and local officials, but also federal officials, like those employed by the FBI. Moreover, the Court highlighted that damages are important because they are often the only remedy available. For example, for one of the plaintiffs, Muhammad Tanvir, who lost his job because of his placement on the No Fly List, it is damages or nothing. Finally, in response to the government's argument that policy favors denying a damages remedy against government officials, Justice Thomas, just like Justice Story two centuries before him, emphasized that it is the job of Congress to engage in policy making: "[T]here are no constitutional reasons why we must do so in its stead."
"The Court today has provided its full-throated endorsement of damages as a necessary and historic mechanism for constitutional accountability," said Scott Bullock, IJ's president and general counsel. "In doing so, the Court also reiterated its support for the foundational principles of this country, such as that damages can be awarded to check the government's power and that it is Congress' job to engage in policy making. The Court's job is to interpret the law, not to do policy."
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Fennel is indigenous to the shores of the Mediterranean, but these days is grown world wide and almost year round. In Australia Fennel is in season from March-May, which is one of the reasons it currently features in many of our side salads.
It is delicious when shaved extremely fine and used in salads, as it has such a crunchy and refreshing texture. It is also a main ingredient in our very popular Cured Ocean Trout and Spanner Crab Salad.
When using fennel at home try roasting it with mushrooms and garlic, or lightly sautéing it through an Italian sausage and tortellini dish.
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Jean-François Galaup de La Pérouse. "Plan of the Entrance of the Port of Bucarelli on the North West Coast of America, in 55° 15' of Latitude North & 136° 15' of Longitude West of Paris*; Discovered in 1775 by the Spanish Schooner la Senora Commanded by D. Juan Fco. de la Quadra & D. Franco. Anto. Maurelle; and more amply explored in the Expedition of 1779, by the same officers and others of the Spanish Navy." (With note "*This longitude is determined by La Pérouse's chart of the north west coast of America; the Spanish chart from which the present plan has been reduced fixes the longitude of Port Bucarelli at 140°15'.")
London: G.G. & J. Robinson, Paternoster Row, November 1, 1798. 15 x 19 1/4. Copper engraving by Samuel John Neele (1758-1824). Very good condition.
Jean-François de Galaup, Comte de La Pérouse (1741-ca. 1788) entered the French Navy at the age of fifteen and served in action against the British off North America in the Seven Years War. He later served in India and China and became famous when he captured two British forts in Hudson Bay. In 1785 he was appointed to lead an exploratory expedition to the Pacific Ocean using two ships that would become famous: the Astrolabe and the Boussole. Among the crew were an astronomer, a physicist, three naturalists, a mathematician, and a number of draftsmen.
Leaving Brest in 1785 and rounding Cape Horn he visited the Spanish colonies in Chile, Easter Island, Hawaii and Alaska. After losing twenty one of the party in a landing operation, the expedition visited Monterey, California, and then sailed to the South Pacific and Southeast Asia. Sailing next to Kamchatka, he arranged to have manuscripts and drawings by members of the expedition sent across Russia to France where they arrived one year later. The two ships next sailed back to the South Pacific where they disappeared. Many years later evidence was found of the ships being wrecked on reefs and the crews killed by natives. The drawings and maps which survive today in the atlas first published in Paris in 1797 are a tribute and merely an insight into what would have been an enormous cache of information on the Pacific world if the expedition had survived. Subsequent editions of text and atlas were published in English, Dutch, Swedish, and Italian. Interestingly, this map, from the English edition, shows depth soundings.
As the title of the map indicates, Alaska's Bucareli Bay had been named in a 1775 expedition by Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, commander of the ship Sonora, and in honor of Antonio Maria de Bucareli y Ursúa, the Viceroy of New Spain. To the east the twenty-five mile long bay connects to various waterways, such as San Alberto Bay, and to the west it opens directly to the Pacific Ocean.
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This project was for the 2011 Fox News Republican primary debate, sponsored by Google. I did front-end web development connecting to a Google App Engine and Google Moderator back-end. I used jQuery and jScrollPane to create custom scrollbar and an ajax continuous scroll.


I am trying to make a custom ListView that can track where the list is in the view.
To do this I need to set the delegate of the control, but if I do this I loose original functionality (Like ItemSelected).
I guess that Xamarin have made a delegate for the ListView and I am setting my CustomListView to a new delegate, but I can't "get" a delegate from control.delegate.
Should I override Xamarins delegate or how can I do this?
You're correct that Xamarin.Forms is already using that Delegate. If you set it to something else, you'll lose all the built-in functionality. To work around that, you could copy the existing delegate into a new variable, then in your custom delegate, call those same methods on that variable, with any customizations following it.
Just to be sure, is this what you mean?
And I need to do this for every method that ListView uses (At least the ones I need)?
The variable that is going to hold the existing delegate have to be public.
When I try to get the type of the existing delegate I get this "Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS.ListViewRenderer+ListViewDataSource"
I have never seen a plus operator in a type name, what is this?
Yes, that is what I was thinking. The + sign is the way reflection denotes a nested type.
@JohnMiller I can't figure out what type to use for the variable that is going to hold the existing delegate?
I can't say var oldDelegate = Control.weakDelegate; because I need the variable to be public, and I don't know how to allocate it with the type of "Xamarin.Forms.Platform.iOS.ListViewRenderer+ListViewDataSource"
Bummer, I didn't realize it was internal.
I don't think this is possible then, unfortunately. What do you want to customize / add?
@JohnMiller I just realized that WillSelectRow is not a part of the Xamarin assembly.
If someone is interested in what the final code is looking like.
// We can see what functions Xamarin already implemented in the ListViewRenderer assembly.
Oops, I didn't comprehend the error message you mentioned at first.
Glad you figured it out though!
By setting the Control.WeakDelegate = this you lose a lot of built in functionality. For instance if that was a grouped listiview you would notice that grouping no longer works. You technically need to wrap all the methods used by the internal datasource.
So everything thats "overriden" in ListViewDataSource needs to be exported and pointed back to the oldDelegate.


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Trygve Brudevold (* 19. Dezember 1920 in Stange; † 19. August 2021 in Oslo) war ein norwegischer Bobsportler und Unternehmer.

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Trygve Brudevold wurde in Stange geboren, wuchs in Furnes auf und zog später mit seiner Familie nach Sinsen zog.

Bei den Olympischen Spielen 1952 startete er als Anschieber von Arne Holst im Viererbob-Wettkampf. Es folgten in den drei Jahren darauf Teilnahmen an Weltmeisterschaften sowie eine weitere Teilnahme an den Olympischen Spielen 1956 in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Im Bob von Pilot Arne Røgden belegte Brudevold zusammen mit Arnold Dyrdahl und Odd Solli den 11. Platz im Viererbob-Wettkampf.

Bekanntheit in seinem Heimatland erlangte Brudevold jedoch durch seine gleichnamige Wohnungsbaugesellschaft, die er 1946 gegründet hatte. Der gelernte Maurer konnte bereits drei Jahre später sein erstes Großprojekt fertigstellen und expandierte in ganz Norwegen, wodurch er sehr wohlhabend wurde.

Trygve Brudevold starb am 19. August 2021 im Alter von 100 Jahren und war zum Zeitpunkt seines Todes Norwegens ältester Olympiateilnehmer.

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