ROCK legend Eric Burdon will headline the 25th anniversary Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival in Colne over the August Bank Holiday weekend.
Festival organisers have pulled off a major coup by securing the services of the Animals' former frontman, who will make Colne his only UK date in 2014.
A member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Burdon was voted the 57th greatest vocalist of all time by Rolling Stone magazine and with the Animals, songs such as Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood and House of the Rising Sun pushed the band to the forefront of the British invasion of the States in the early Sixties.
Burdon is just one of a series of major stars who look like making the 25th anniversary festival one to remember.
Also confirmed on the line-up are guitar virtuosos Eric Sardinas and Lucky Peterson, Canada's Power Blues Band and American keyboard maestro Bob Malone, best known for his work with John Fogerty.
Two artists who played the first festival in 1990 have been asked to return for this special anniversary year — Mike Sanchez and Otis Grand.
Also lined up at the Muni are The Band of Friends, a tribute to the late Rory Gallagher featuring his former bandmates Gerry McAvoy and Ted McKenna with Marcel Scherpenzeel, the Yardbirds, Connie Lush, Grainne Duffy and the Groundhogs.
The final night of the festival will see former Amen Corner vocalist and guitar supremo Andy Fairweather Low followed by the hard driving R&B of Dr Feelgood.
A Saturday night headliner has yet to be announced and full line-ups for the British stage, acoustic stage and Roadhouse venues will be revealed later.
Festival organiser Alison Goode said: "This year we are celebrating our 25th anniversary, which we are thrilled about and consider it a fantastic achievement to still be going so strong after all these years. Every year we try to cater for all musical tastes and again, we are really excited by the line-up we have already secured. We look forward to welcoming back loyal supporters who return year after year to enjoy four whole days of live music, as well as those visiting for the first time.
This year's event will run from Friday, August 22 to Monday, August 25. The Muni will be the venue for the international stage. There will also be a British stage at Pendle Lesiure Centre and an acoustic stage at the Lesser Muni plus a series of official Roadhouse venues around the town centre.
There will be some fresh, new, young talent performing throughout the festival as part of the Jessica Foxley Unsigned initiative and there will be an outdoor stage in the town centre For the second year running, the festival will also host the British Blues Awards.
Special early bird full festival tickets are now on sale for £105 if booked before 5pm on Friday, June 20. After that full festival tickets will be £127. Tickets for Friday are £27.50, Saturday and Sunday £38 and Monday £33.50.
For details visit www.bluesfestival.co.uk or call the festival box office on 01282 661234.


I've been an interested follower of the band for many years. But what's happened?
No members listed, no news since May. Former players - some of the best - achieving awards with other bands.
Abergavenny Borough was once a first class (Championship Section) band. The website as it is won't attract people to future events and to pay for tickets to future concerts.
The internal politics of ABB aren't of interest but at least update the website.
Well another year has began with lots and lots of jobs and the usual contests to follow, good luck to all.
Best of luck to you all for Saturday. I will watch the match for you, and let you know what happens.
"Thought I would have to endure 2 hours of music I would not like, just to listen to 10 mins of the children from llanfoist school. But, I thought the whole concert was fantastic. When is your next concert?"
"Had such an amazing night this evening at the Borough Theatre.The Band just blew us away, didnt know such sweet music could be played like that,it sent chills down our spines. Brilliant compere, very funny, we liked him, and the crazy funny lady who conducted the children and got the audience participation going, she should be on the telly, haven't laughed so much in all my life. We were doing "the waltz" in the car going home. That was genius. As for the children from Llanfoist School,were they not just AMAZING!Good grief, the littlest children with such powerful voices. Moving,funny and so so sweet. We have a rather eccentric mayor methinks who seemed to thoroughly enjoy herself. I know;we were sat in the same row!But as my my partner said "well dont you know how to have a good time haha". All in all a good night, and one we will not forget for a long time.
"Our school was delighted to have been invited to perform in your Christmas concert this year. It was a truly enjoyable evening for both children and adults from Llanfoist Fawr, and we felt honoured to be able to perform alongside such accomplished musicians as yourselves. Many thanks to you all, and also to Sharon Havard with whom I have liaised over the recent months".
Well done band on an excellent turn out for yesterdays parade. The band sounded great and the last post was awesome.
well done everyone on a solid performance in Swansea shame about the results but im sure we will get there soon.


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What is the EUSP?
More than just a prize
We're a leading public-private initiative co-founded by the European Parliament's Transport and Tourism Committee Chairwoman, Karima Delli, Boston Consulting Group and Via ID.
Supported by both the European Parliament and the European Commission, as well as influential partners such as ADP, GRDF, Europcar Mobility Group and RATP, the competition invites mobility startups from around Europe to participate. These partners all bring together their networks, financial knowledge and key areas of influence as they work to recognize future mobility champions over the course of the competition.
"Europe is your playground"
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Karima Delli
Chairwoman of the European Parliament's Transport and Tourism Committee
Chairwoman of the European Parliament's Transport and Tourism Committee
Responsible for a report on sustainable urban mobility when the Volkswagen scandal broke out, she gradually specialised in the air pollution issue and the future of mobility. In February 2016, after having worked to set up a European Parliament inquiry committee on the "dieselgate", she became vice-president of the Commission of Inquiry on the measurement of emissions in the automotive sector. She is also a member of the Employment and Social Affairs Committee where she continues to defend the health and safety of workers and fight against social dumping, particularly in the transport sector.
Violeta Bulc
European Commissioner for Transport | Sponsor
Since her nomination to the post of European Transport Commissioner in 2014, Violeta Bulc has made transport innovation, digitalisation and decarbonisation priorities for the European Union. An academic, author and former Vice-Prime Minister of Slovenia, Violeta Bulc has also led Vibacom, which brings innovative solutions to enterprises in the domain of sustainable development.
Joël Hazan
Partner & Managing Director at the Boston Consulting Group
A Fellow at the BCG think tank BCG Henderson Institute (BHI), where he focuses his research on the mobility of the future, Joël Hazan has a client base of several European leaders in transport services and infrastructures, mobility platforms and OEMs. He launched and piloted Mobility Nation, a unique initiative that brought together public and private, start-ups and research institutes around the definition of a vision for Mobility in 2030 in the Parisian region.
Jean-François Dhinaux
Head of Strategy and Synergies at Via ID
Jean-François DHINAUX is Head of Strategy and Synergies at Via ID, a start-up accelerator focused on new mobilities, part of Mobivia (Norauto/Midas/ATU). Passionate about useful innovations, serving the customer experience, Jean-François has previously led the sales and digital transformation of several international brands. He also supported entrepreneurial projects within an investment fund before creating his own 2 disruptive Service and Tech Startups. Jean-François is a specialist in entrepreneurship, with an approach primarily focused on team's strengths. With Via ID in Paris, San Francisco, Berlin, and Singapore, Jean-François has developed an expertise in new mobilities and transportation. He's the co-founder, with the CNPA, of the mobilities Startup accelerator of Station F, World largest startup campus in the world, called Moovelab, he's also the co-founder of the European Startup Prize for mobility with the European Parliament et the Boston Consulting Group.
Bertrand de Singly
Head of Strategy at GRDF
Bertrand de Singly has an MBA from the Collège des Ingénieurs. He also holds degrees from Ecole polytechnique and from Ecole nationale des Ponts et Chaussées – ParisTech (the French national civil engineering school). After two years working for Dalkia and Capgemini, he was put in charge of opening up the gas market to competition at the Ministry of Industry, from 2001-2003. He worked at the French Treasury from 2004-2005: he was Deputy Secretary General of CIRI (the Interministerial Committee on Industrial Restructuring) and was in charge of monitoring financially-distressed companies. He served as advisor on Industrial Redeployment to the offices of the Minister of the Economy and of the Minister of Industry. From 2007-2009, he oversaw two building sites for the Vinci Group. Subsequently, he joined the office of Prime Minister as advisor on energy and environmental affairs. After 3 years in a strategy advisory company he joined GRDF as Head of the Strategy unit in November 2015.
Nicolas Bailleux
Director, Innovation Lab at Europcar Mobility Group
Nicolas is responsible for driving all customer-facing innovation activities at group level.
Edward Arkwright
Chief Executive Director of Groupe ADP
Having held several positions at the Ministry of Finance and worked as Director of Strategy and Sustainable Development at the Caisse des Dépôts Group, Edward Arkwright joined Groupe ADP with the ambition of accelerating the competitiveness of air transport by making the group a reference model. Edward Arkwright, who is a strategist and a true passionate of the sector, brings his field experience to the group.
Tanja Kufner
Partner at MHP and Co-Founder at dynamics.vc
Tanja Kufner is Partner at MHP and responsible for its startup and investment programs. She's co-founder of dynamics.vc and stage-agnostic programs for growing innovative companies in the mobility, AI, IoT, cyber security, fintech, and smart cities sectors.
Prior to MHP, she was the Managing Director of Startupbootcamp Smart Transportation & Energy in Berlin since its launch in 2014. With her focus on investing in Startups in this vertical, she has worked with companies such as Mercedes-Benz, Cisco, here, Airbus, DB, Kühne + Nagel, Vinci, EnBW, SBB, and more, helping them on their innovation journeys and matching them with relevant Startups. Before SBC, she was Director of the Wayra Academy in Munich, and she has over 20 years of experience in the areas of Venture Capital, Management Consulting, and Telecommunications. In 1994, she earned her MBA from the University of San Francisco and has worked in Corporate Venturing, VC, and Family Offices since. In 2017, EU-Startups named her one of the Top 50 Most Influential Women in the Startup and VC space, having invested in over 100 startups to date, ranging from Seed to Series A.
dynamics – powered by MHP – is the home of collaborative innovation. Set to launch in 2018, dynamics will offer access to unparalleled industry expertise, funding, and mentorship through tailored programs created for stage-agnostic startups in the Future Mobility, AI, Predictive Analytics, Smart Cities, FinTech, Manufacturing, IoT and Robotics, and Cybersecurity spaces.
Martin Villig
Co-founder at Taxify
Stéphanie Bourgeais
Managing Director of RATP Capital Innovation
Stephanie is responsible for new activities for RATP Group and is managing RATP Capital Innovation, the investment fund of RATP Group dedicated to the new mobilities and the Smart City.
"Mobility is a very inspiring business sector for start-ups and innovations"
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Home Latest News RPW Group buys two Westchester Avenue office buildings for $14.75 million
RPW Group buys two Westchester Avenue office buildings for $14.75 million
Ryan Deffenbaugh
RPW Group has expanded its considerable Westchester Avenue office portfolio with a $14.75 million purchase of 925-1025 Westchester Ave., two buildings totaling 192,711 square feet in White Plains.
The deal was announced Tuesday by CBRE Group Inc., which represented the seller and procured the buyer.
While CBRE declined to disclose the seller, the buildings were previously part of Normandy Real Estate Partners LLC's Westchester office park portfolio, branded as The Exchange.
1025 Westchester Ave. Photo by Bob Rozycki
"These are two great buildings that complement our portfolio," said Robert Weisz, CEO of the Rye Brook-based RPW Group. "We have approximately 3 million square feet in Westchester, especially on the east side of the county, and we felt this was a great opportunity to add more square footage."
RPW Group is one of the largest private holders of office space in the county. Its portfolio includes 1133 Westchester Ave. and 800 Westchester Ave., two former corporate office buildings totaling more than 1 million square feet that Weisz purchased and converted into multitenant properties.
While the company has made a couple of deals for office properties in Manhattan (in 2014 and 2016), this deal marks RPW Group's first purchase in Westchester for close to a decade. That dates back to 2009, when the company paid $20.8 million to buy back the 146,000-square-foot CrossWest Office Center building at 399 Knollwood Road in Greenburgh that it had sold to SL Green Realty Corp. two years earlier for $31.6 million. RPW Group sold the building again in 2015 for $24.5 million to SKA Equities LLC.
"I had stopped buying a few years ago, but now we are going to intensify acquisitions once again," Weisz said.
He said a main factor driving that change is the incorporation of his son and daughter into the company, RPW vice presidents Andrew Weisz and Alexandra Weisz. Future deals, the CEO said, would likely concentrate on areas where the company has "a strong presence and want to grow further."
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That includes around I-287, which he called the spine of the county, and Mamaroneck Avenue, where RPW already owns a 223,000-square-foot office building at 440 Mamaroneck Ave. in Harrison.
The 925 and 1025 buildings are about 65 percent occupied, CBRE reported. Weisz said RPW is planning upgrades to the buildings' elevators and utilities, common areas and bathrooms, and landscaping. He expects the building should draw a mix of professional firms.
"Technology, advertising, insurance, banking – it's going to be a cross-section," Weisz said. "The buildings have great parking, and the location is very accessible and convenient to the (Hutchinson River Parkway), I-95 and the west side of the county. So we think that will attract all types of industries."
The deal represents the latest shake-up to Normandy's Westchester portfolio, a group of 14 office buildings that totaled about 1.5 million square foot along I-287 when Normandy took over the properties in early 2009 from RXR Realty LLC. Normandy branded them as The Exchange.
The portfolio, built by Westchester developer Lowell Schulman in the 1970s and '80s, originally included 701-777 Westchester Ave., 925 and 1025 Westchester Ave., 2500 and 2700 Westchester Ave., and 103, 105, 106, 108 and 110 Corporate Park Drive.
The five Corporate Park Drive buildings have been demolished over the past 18 months to make way for the construction of an apartment building from Toll Brothers and Wegmans grocery store.
CBRE noted in its announcement that the 925 and 1025 Westchester Ave. buildings received improved amenity spaces under the previous owners that should make the property attractive in a tight market.
"The landscape of the Westchester Avenue and I-287 corridor is shifting, especially as new retailers like Wegmans and Life Time fitness enter the market and offer new amenities for the community," said CBRE Vice Chairman Jeffrey Dunne. Dunne represented the seller along with Steven Bardsley and Stuart MacKenzie of CBRE's Institutional Properties Group, in collaboration with Brian Carcaterra of CBRE's Advisory & Transaction Services Group and Ten-X, an online real estate marketplace.
Dunne added that the region's shift is "creating a tightened office market and should bode well for RPW in attracting new tenants and leasing up the remaining vacancies at 925-1025 Westchester Avenue."
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Carl Lewis is still the face of track and field
By Katrina Martinez October 16, 2019
For many, including senior sprinter Jermaine Holt, who has been training with Carl Lewis since 2018, when "you think track and field, you still think Carl Lewis." | Courtesy of UH athletics
In a brightly lit stadium on a summer night in Tokyo, Carl Lewis and seven of the fastest men in the world stood side by side surrounded by thousands of onlookers when the shot rang out.
It was go time.
On that Sunday during the 1991 World Championships in the Japanese capital, Lewis ran a 9.86 100-meter dash, beating the previous world record set by American sprinter Leroy Burrell.
Lewis, a Houston alumnus and now assistant coach of the Cougars under head coach Burrell, represented the United States and UH in four Olympic games. He has amassed 10 Olympic medals and 10 World Championship medals.
"This past August, it would have been 40 years since I walked on campus in Houston," Lewis said in an interview with KRIV (Channel 26). "It's obviously been my home. Everything that's great that has happened to me as an adult has happened in Houston."
Now, Lewis is set to be recognized in January with an induction into the Houston Sports Hall of Fame, about 22 years after he was inducted into the UH Athletics Hall of Honor in 1998.
"I mean, being in the Hall of Honor at U of H and now to be in the Hall of Fame at Houston with some of the greatest people in world history, not just the city of Houston," Lewis said, "I'm really, really honored."
He began running for Houston in 1979 under head coach Tom Tellez and qualified for the 1980 Olympics but could not compete due to the Olympic Boycott.
Lewis won nine Olympic gold medals and one silver medal in his career. He dominated the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles by earning gold medals in all four of his categories: the 100-meter, 200-meter, 4×100-meter relay and long jump.
Then 35 years old, Lewis won his last gold medal in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, where he surpassed Mike Powell and Joe Greene, who were among the best long jumpers of the time. This was Lewis' fourth consecutive gold medal in the long jump category.
Lewis retired from professional track and field the next year, and he has since turned to coaching. He is in his fourth season as a full-time assistant for the Cougars.
"You can definitely tell he's very passionate about track and field still," said senior sprinter Jermaine Holt. "He still loves the sport."
Holt has trained with Lewis since joining the program in 2018. While Lewis primarily coaches, Holt said he also has a lot of wisdom to share with his aspiring athletes.
"Every track athlete's dream is we want to go professional for this, and one thing he did teach me was there is a lot more to becoming professional rather than just running fast," Holt said. "He introduced the idea that opened my mind up to how I can better brand myself as not just an athlete but as an individual."
During his time as a professional athlete, Lewis' performance brought a lot of attention to the sport, Holt said, and he believes that with the awards he has accumulated, Lewis is more than deserving to be recognized in the Hall of Fame.
"On top of what he has done for the sport, he also has given back because he's still coaching, he still travels, speaks," Holt said. "He tries to still push track to the next level in terms of publicity and how the sport is viewed."
For many in the sport, Lewis left his mark. For Holt, there's a lot to live up to considering Lewis' legacy.
"He's not even running anymore, but when you think track and field, you still think Carl Lewis," Holt said. "So, it made me really think about myself and figure out what I can do within this sport to reach that same status as an athlete.
"Basically, he set quite a high standard."
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'30 Rock' Co-Creator Tells The Story Behind Leap Day William
Why does he have gills, anyways?
by Reyhan Harmanci February 29, 2016
'30 Rock' Co-Creator Tells The Story Behind Leap Day William
The classic tradition of standing around crying while Leap Day William tosses candy. (Photo: NBC)
It's hard to believe that it's been four years since we met Leap Day William.
For the uninitiated—someone who is not a 30 Rock superfan—Leap Day William is the keystone of a leap year tradition, where you wear blue and yellow; you stand around and pretend to cry so Leap Day William showers you with sweets ("He emerges every four years to trade children's tears for candy"); if you see someone not wearing yellow and blue, you are entitled to shout, "Poke your eyes, pull your hair, you forgot what clothes to wear," and poke and pull.
Leap Day William himself has a complicated backstory. Part Santa Claus, part sea monster, he appears as an old man twirling a Mark Twain-style mustache and wearing (of course) a blue suit with a wide-brimmed hat. He spends every day besides Leap Day underwater ("the Mariana Trench"), and, in the depiction starring Jim Carrey as Dave "Leap Day" Williams and Andie MacDowell as his wife on 30 Rock, appears to have grown gills.
Mostly, though, Leap Day William and Leap Day in general exist to remind you to take chances. It's an excuse to follow your dreams. Or, as the characters on 30 Rock keep telling each other, nothing that happens on Leap Day really counts.
But where did this creation come from?
"Leap Day William threatened us," says 30 Rock co-creator Robert Carlock. "He made us do it."
Like many things on the internet, Leap Day William has taken on a life of its own—type in "Leap Day William" and see autofills like "Is Leap Day William real"—but the holiday and the character are wholly unique to the show. The idea came up during shooting.
"We had been talking about leap day and this whole mythology arrived, which we loved instantly. Like Woollie, a whole other world opens up to you. You have all the short hand, the millennia of traditions, with so many holidays," he says. "It was as if we had a completely untouched new Christmas."
Jim Carrey, playing Dave "Leap Day" Williams on 30 Rock. (Courtesy of NBC)
And indeed, in the episode (season six, episode nine, "Leap Day"), the holiday is obvious to all the characters, each of whom, in their own way, have to figure out how to spend this extra day. (One problem that Carlock remembers is how to explain why the show had ignored the previous leap day, which became a line about Tina Fey's character, Liz Lemon, being on a cruise.)
Liz has to decide whether to accept her college-friend-turned-internet-billionaire's indecent proposal (take Thad's virginity for $20 million), Jack has to perfect his work-life balance, Tracy has to spend his Benihana's gift card before the clock strikes March 1. And, then, of course, there's the movie-within-the-TV show, running in the background.
What would be a fake holiday on the internet without fan art? (Photo: Tumblr)
"I don't know how we got them," says Carlock, referring to Carrey and McDowell, "But they both said yes right away." In particular, Carrey was excited. "We met with Jim who was bubbling over with ideas. Tina had to say, 'We're shooting this tomorrow, Jim, I don't think we can go to the Empire State building.'"
But Carrey did get to add a few things, as they filmed the bare bones of a conventional Santa Claus tale. When Carrey is running down the street at the end, shouting a series of non-sequiturs ("I saved Leap Day and connected with my son and I solved a big case from earlier!"), he is ripping off his clothes. "That was not scripted," Carlock says, "on a pretty cold day."
The choice to make the Benihana part, where Tracy has to work off a ridiculous gift card to the restaurant in one day, had real-life inspiration. "Tracy Morgan himself is a great fan of Benihana. We shot at Benihana and everyone who worked there knew him," Carlock says. "This came from our sense that, at least, he gets to eat something he likes while shooting."
But why the gills on Leap Day William? "When the world changed, some of the old gods, the Vikings and the Romans and the Assyrians, some of them hid," Carlock says, "a bubbly god of chaos has taken on the form of Leap Day William. I don't know if he had gills before he hid from the new order, or if he's real."
Like the Easter Bunny or Santa Claus, Leap Day William is a mythological mess, and if the show's last shot is any clue, maybe don't follow him down a dark alley. But he delivers a lesson we can all heed today: carpe diem. Or as another character notes, "real life is for March."
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Is there a way to slow down the Polaris backup valve?
I have a Polaris 280 system with G52 backup valve. Recently the sweep gets locked in one end of pool and will never migrate to the other end. I observed that the backup value is only moving the sweep like 5 feet backwards during its cycle and then the sweep just goes forward again and gets locked up. I checked that I have roughly 30rpm on sweep wheels so I think I have the right pressure coming into system.
Is there a way to "slow down" the G52 so that it moves the sweep like 15 feet backward before the end of the cycle? I bought a new G52 and put it into system this weekend. Identical results. I am thinking of taking old G52 (which I have taken apart) and cut down 50% of its turbine fins. I think that would cause the gears to run more slowly which should cause the backup part of the value to run longer? Would this work?
ANSWER: using a 50% cutoff with a Dremel of the fins inside the G52, I was able to take the "backup time" from 6 seconds to more than 30 seconds. This is great to get the polaris to a new region of the pool to clean it.
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No new deal with Lynx left Seimone Augustus…
No new deal with Lynx left Seimone Augustus 'shocked' and 'confused'
Guard Seimone Augustus (33) poses for a photo at the Minnesota Lynx Media Day at Target Center in Minneapolis on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)
By Jace Frederick | jfrederick@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer Press
PUBLISHED: March 4, 2020 at 8:39 p.m. | UPDATED: March 5, 2020 at 9:35 a.m.
Seimone Augustus took to her Instagram page Tuesday to shed some light on why she chose to sign with the Sparks over the Lynx during WNBA free agency.
The Lynx, Augustus noted, offered the 14-year veteran more money than Los Angeles did. So why leave?
The negotiations between Augustus and the only franchise she had ever known, apparently, did not go well. How much Augustus asked for is unknown. All she said in her Instagram video was that it was not the "max."
"We came together, we tried to negotiate a deal, and both parties, we just basically didn't come to an agreement on anything. And it was just unfortunate," Augustus said in the video. "I was hoping to go back to the Lynx, but things happen. It really shocked me and confused me. … The confusion, the frustration, disappointment, everything. … I understand negotiations, but it went so far left for me that I was just like, 'Whoa.' I was kind of taken back by it."
Augustus likened the negotiations to an argument with your significant other, and someone reveals something about how they felt that the other did not know. When it happens, Augustus said, you can hold on to that and have it come out again later, or you can simply call it quits.
At that point, Augustus said, it was not about the money.
"Because I just could not get over my feelings," she said. "It was never about the money. It was just about the way you engage with people, especially someone you spent so much time with. It wasn't about that. So I took less money to go to L.A. I just couldn't shake that feeling."
Augustus recognized she's an older player nearing the end of her WNBA career, so she didn't think she'd have much interest from other teams, but she did.
She said she only had a few conversations with the Sparks and told them throughout that if she could strike a deal with the Lynx, she would instantly go back to Minnesota.
It never happened. She did not choose the Sparks because they were a rival of Minnesota, she said.
"It wasn't like I was going there because 'Minnesota has (ticked) me off.' No," Augustus said. "It took a lot of thought to go into this whole process."
In Los Angeles, she sees a city with great weather and atmosphere, as well as post-career opportunities, and a team set up to compete for a title now.
But that didn't make leaving Minnesota any easier. Augustus noted her parents were surprised by the move. Her mom was in the process of planning a number of events in the Twin Cities over this next season as a sort of "thank you" to Minnesota for taking care of her daughter. Those won't happen. Augustus said how the entire situation played out brought her mother to tears.
The phone calls to inform her Lynx teammates of her decision were not any easier. She called this offseason "the most stressful situation" she's dealt with.
"This … wasn't easy at all," Augustus said in her video. "I really had to sit in my feelings. I really had to go through this whole process. Some part of me is still confused, some part of me is still frustrated. But life goes on. When things happen, they happen for a reason. When things happen, there's always something good on the other side."
Jace Frederick
Jace has covered a slew of sports since he joined the Pioneer Press in May 2015, but his primary duty is covering high schools. Jace enjoys the beat, even though he's been mistaken for a student on multiple occasions.
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Two of the game's brightest minds, Alex Cora and AJ Hinch, are now unemployed, forced to confront the possibility that their suddenly tainted reputations might prevent them from ever managing again. Two of the sport's most dominant teams, the 2017 Houston Astros and the 2018 Boston Red Sox, now shoulder the reputation of cheaters, their illegal sign-stealing practices spoiling the memories of their greatness.
It has been an unimaginably dispiriting start to the 2020s for Major League Baseball, and this might only be the beginning.
The Astros have been hit with an array of penalties that include year-long suspensions for their two most important employees, the loss of four draft picks within the first two rounds and the largest allowable fine. But the Red Sox, who got out in front of looming punishment by firing Cora on Tuesday evening, are next. And other teams might eventually be incriminated in one of the biggest cheating scandals in sports history.
Many, as you might imagine, have thoughts. ESPN spoke to more than 15 executives, coaches, scouts and players about key topics surrounding the Astros' cheating scandal — from the stiffness of the penalties to the perceptions of wrongdoing to potential ways to prevent it. Opinions were provided under the condition of anonymity because MLB asked its personnel not to comment.
The 2020 Astros were not hurt nearly enough
A longtime executive went through the penalties to illustrate how the Astros were not necessarily harmed in a big-picture sense.
• A $5 million fine? Chump change for a team that profited far more than that by winning the World Series, and something that probably pales in comparison to not having to pay Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow during their season-long suspensions.
• The loss of a first- and second-round pick in the 2020 and 2021 drafts? Successful teams pick later, which lessens the value of their picks, and they're constantly giving up future assets for immediate returns.
The longtime exec called those draft picks "a liquidated cost," and a veteran scout stated the organization "should have been hammered" internationally — an area where the Astros were not penalized whatsoever.
• The biggest blow, it seems, comes from the suspensions of Luhnow and Hinch, the two foundational pieces in the Astros' resurgence. Both were subsequently fired by owner Jim Crane, who must find a new GM and manager with only weeks remaining until spring training. But the Astros can simply replace them internally, with bench coach Joe Espada expected to be the new manager and assistant GM Pete Putila probably handling most of the baseball-operations work moving forward.
Firing Luhnow and Hinch grants the Astros "a clean slate," the executive said — a benefit for Crane, given the fallout.
"In one sense, it was on the lighter side because the commish was clear and then they broke the rules some more," another executive told ESPN." So this was the least they could do. If this was isolated, maybe it's not so bad. But they were brazen in breaking the rules."
Isn't a tarnished reputation enough?
Doug Glanville explains that firing AJ Hinch and Jeff Lunhow was the best move for the Astros so they can set the tone for the organization going forward.
That's the question a longtime manager posed when asked if the penalties were enough to serve as a deterrent for other teams, making the point that Luhnow and Hinch could struggle to work in baseball again and might never hold such high-profile positions.
"At the end of the day," the source said, "all we have in this game is our reputation."
A front-office executive agreed, calling the punishments "stiff" while saying: "I would be surprised if anyone else would want to jeopardize their livelihoods and reputations."
But some players presented an interesting scenario: If you were to go back in time and tell Crane that he would win the World Series, but then have to suffer through the fallout of this scandal — the fine, the loss of draft picks, the suspensions and subsequent firings of his two most important employees, the public smearing for unethical practices — would he take that deal? The players, emphatically, believe that he would.
And that brings us to another point: The position players who used the system and potentially reaped the benefits were unharmed.
"It's hard for me not to look at my own numbers against them and be pissed," a retired major league pitcher said. "Everyone involved deserves to be seriously punished because it's wrong."
How can a player-driven scheme not punish any players?
This was definitely on the minds of executives and players alike. And for good reason. One player likened it to giving immunity to a burglar just so he can tell you how he broke into your house and stole your television.
"It makes zero sense," one rival player said.
But when pushed on how to dole out punishments, that same player was at a loss. Another player might have summed it up best.
"You can't punish a whole team," this pitcher said. "And some of those guys are not with the Astros anymore. It has to be the organization. Like in college football — when there's misconduct, by the time it's found, most players and sometimes coaches are gone. The fans and the current players take the brunt of the punishment. Same here."
Executives were more concerned about the message it sends. Perhaps they're also concerned about their own fates being tied to the players.
"It doesn't seem like there are any consequences for players for doing this stuff, so as a result, why would they stop?" one executive asked. "I suppose if they see how much trouble they can get their manager in, then maybe that will matter."
One thing is for sure — it's going to be a major topic this spring.
"Frankly, players have been aware for a while," another exec said. "But now that people have lost jobs, it will be addressed again with our team and I'm sure every other one in baseball starting next month."
What did opposing players know or suspect of the Astros cheating?
It was a pretty open secret among rival players that the Astros were stealing signs in some fashion, but no one ESPN spoke with knew to what extent they were doing it.
"I faced Carlos Beltran in 2017," one pitcher said. "I actually went back and looked at the AB. I knew it could be the last time I might pitch against him and I wanted to get him out. He was always such a hard out. I got ahead 0-2, then he laid off four straight pitches. I couldn't believe it. When I went back to watch it, I heard the banging. I just figured I was tipping or whatever. No one knew to what extent they were doing it, but we all suspected something."
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Some players said suspicions about the Astros illegally stealing signs were a constant topic of conversation coming in and out of series in Houston dating as far back as 2016. Grievances were filed, one player said, and baseball did not act until the issue reached the public. But multiple pitchers also put the onus on themselves, assuming they were tipping their pitches or, at worst, the Astros had an elaborate — but legal — process of stealing and relaying signs. They definitely wondered how the Astros were winning the battle when the bases were open (meaning no runner on second base).
"MLB knew teams were up to something more than I think I even realize because why else would these employees be sitting with us monitoring all this stuff and then putting the clubhouse TVs on eight-second delays," one pitcher said. "That's where I figured the stealing was coming from. I guess I wasn't that far off. TVs were used."
2017 World Series, Game 4
A longtime scout cited Game 4 of the 2017 World Series from Minute Maid Park to prove a point about the Astros' sign-stealing chicanery. Dodgers starting pitcher Alex Wood performed well, giving up only one run and one hit over the course of 5⅔ innings — but his process was telling.
That night, Wood and his catcher, Austin Barnes, switched their sequence every eight pitches or so out of paranoia that the Astros were stealing the signs, the scout said. Earlier this offseason, in the wake of Mike Fiers' public comments about the Astros' illegal sign-stealing, Wood told The Athletic that he had "heard whispers of some of the shady stuff they'd been doing" and thus accounted for them — though he did not realize the extent of them.
The Astros went 8-1 at home while on their way to a championship that October, winning every postseason game except the one against Wood. The seven other starting pitchers who faced the Astros at Minute Maid Park that month — names such as Chris Sale, Masahiro Tanaka, CC Sabathia, Yu Darvish and Clayton Kershaw — gave up a combined 28 runs in 31⅓ innings.
The scout also recalled a handful of ugly swings and misses by some of the Astros' stars during that postseason, when the bat path was nowhere near the pitch's trajectory.
Strangely, this also provided him with confirmation.
"Good hitters don't miss pitches like that," the scout said, "unless they think they are getting something hard and they get spin instead."
Less technology? More technology?
Tim Kurkjian is concerned that the Astros' scandal is a sign that some of the new-age executives in MLB think they can outsmart the game.
So what can baseball do to stop this problem going forward? A veteran pitching coach says he believes MLB can quell the sign-stealing issue with one simple mandate: a technology shutdown at the start of games. It means no iPads in the dugout and no functioning TVs nearby, with the only exception being the replay-review room — where an MLB representative is always stationed throughout the game, a policy that was instituted last season.
A longtime manager says he believes video coordinators should not be allowed near the dugout and should not be in communication with the players and coaches because they can provide teams with the most valuable resource of all — real-time video of the game, rather than the standard eight-second delay that is current policy.
"It's Pandora's box," the source said. "You allow communication in the dugout [with the video replay room], and players are asking, 'What signs are they using?'"
But a current pitcher says he believes an uptick in technology might hold the answer, and summoned another sport for a potential solution. In the NFL, coaches and players — usually quarterbacks and linebackers — use headsets to communicate plays on the field, the pitcher noted. And the same should be true for a catcher, pitching coach or manager and the pitcher, with other players — the third baseman, shortstop, center fielder, or anybody else who traditionally reads the signs to determine positioning — gaining access if they desire.
The system wouldn't just crack down on sign-stealing, the pitcher said, but potentially also quicken the pace of games, an ongoing pursuit by MLB. Catchers wouldn't be making so many trips to the pitcher's mound to change sign sequences. And perhaps those prolonged bullpen games that come into play when a starting pitcher gets knocked out early would be minimized.
Is anyone shocked Alex Cora lost his job in this?
Not after the news out of Houston broke Monday. More than one player agreed Cora was the "ringleader" for the Astros sign-stealing saga. As often is the case with teams, the bench coach has intimate knowledge of the goings-on with players even more than the manager does. In this case it cost Cora his job with the Red Sox. There was no getting around it.
"A few of us texted with each other that we knew Cora was next," one player said. "It's been a rough 24 hours for baseball."
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\subsection{Build RAVEN Input: \xmlNode{PostProcess}}
\label{sub:ravenPostProcess}
The \textbf{PostProcess} step is used to post-process data or manipulate RAVEN entities. It is intended to perform
a single action that is employed by a \textbf{Model} of type \textbf{PostProcessor}. The specification of this
type of step is defined within a \xmlNode{PostProcess} XML block. As for the other objects, the attribute
\xmlAttr{name} is required and is used to refer to this specific entity in the \xmlNode{RunInfo} block under
the \xmlNode{Sequence} node.

In the \xmlNode{PostProcess} input block, the user needs to specify the objects needed for the different allowable
roles. This step requires the following roles:

\begin{itemize}
  \item \xmlNode{Input}: accepts \textbf{Files}, \textbf{DataObjects} or \textbf{Databases}.
  \item \xmlNode{Model}: Only \xmlString{Models} and \xmlString{PostProcessor} can be assigned to the node's
    attributes \xmlAttr{class} and \xmlAttr{type}, respectively.
  \item \xmlNode{Output}: accepts \textbf{Files}, \textbf{DataObjects}, \textbf{Databases} or \textbf{OutStreams}.
\end{itemize}

As mentioned before, only the model with type \textbf{PostProcessor} is allowed for this step. A post-processor
can be considered as an action performed on a set of data or other type of objects. Most of the post-processors
contained in RAVEN, employ a mathematical operation on the data given as \textbf{``Input''}. Currently, the
following \textbf{PostProcessor} are available in RAVEN:

\begin{itemize}
  \itemsep0em
  \item \textbf{BasicStatistics}
  \item \textbf{ComparisonStatistics}
  \item \textbf{ImportanceRank}
  \item \textbf{SafestPoint}
  \item \textbf{LimitSurface}
  \item \textbf{LimitSurfaceIntegral}
  \item \textbf{External}
  \item \textbf{TopologicalDecomposition}
  \item \textbf{RavenOutput}
  \item \textbf{DataMining}
\end{itemize}

One can use the node attribute \xmlAttr{subType} to select which of the post-processors to be used. As with other
objects, the attribute \xmlAttr{name} is always required so that other RAVEN input XML blocks can use this name
to refer to this specific entity. In addition, each post-processor may require extra sub-nodes, and the user can refer
to the RAVEN user manual for the detailed specifications.

In this example, the \textbf{BasicStatistics} post-processor is used to demonstrate the \textbf{PostProcess} step.
\textbf{BasicStatistics} is a container of the algorithms to compute many of the most important statistical quantities.
Both \textbf{PointSet} and \textbf{HistorySet} can be accepted to compute the static statistics and dynamic statistics,
respectively. In case an \textbf{HistorySet} is provided as \textbf{Input}, the user need to define the \textbf{pivotParameter},
and sometimes the user need to synchronize the \textbf{HistorySet} first via the \textbf{Interfaced} post-processor of
type \textbf{HistorySetSync}.
\xmlExample{framework/user_guide/ravenTutorial/PostProcess.xml}{Models}
In this example, all the metrics of \textbf{BasicStatistics} will be computed for the response $A$.

The \xmlNode{Files} will be used to include all input and output files. In this example, a single input file
for the driven code and two output files of the \textbf{PostProcess} step are defined here. As shown in the following,
two output files are defined for this case study to store the static statistics and dynamic statistics information.
The \xmlString{time} is used as the \xmlNode{pivotParameter}.
\xmlExample{framework/user_guide/ravenTutorial/PostProcess.xml}{Files}

As before, all defined RAVEN entities are combined in the \xmlNode{Steps} block.
\xmlExample{framework/user_guide/ravenTutorial/PostProcess.xml}{Steps}
In this case, three steps have been defined:

\begin{itemize}
  \item \xmlNode{MultiRun} named ``sampleMC'', used to run the multiple instances of the driven code and
     collect the outputs in the two \textit{DataObjects}. As it can be seen, the \xmlNode{Sampler} is inputted
     to communicate to the \textit{Step} that the driven code needs to be perturbed through the Monte Carlo sampling
     strategy.
  \item \xmlNode{PostProcess} named ``statAnalysis\_1'', is used to compute all the statistical moments and FOMs
    based on the data obtained through the sampling strategy. As it can be noticed, the \xmlString{PointSet}
    ``samplesMC'' is used as input to compute the static statistics.
  \item \xmlNode{PostProcess} named ``statAnalysis\_2'', is used to compute all the statistical moments and FOMs
    based on the data obtained through the sampling strategy. As it can be noticed, the \xmlString{HistorySet}
    ``histories'' is used as input to compute the dynamic statistics.
\end{itemize}

%FIXME: The outputs from PostProcess is now stored in the DataObjects, XML format is not supported
%The results from the first \textbf{PostProcess} are listed as follows:
%\xmlExample{framework/user_guide/ravenTutorial/gold/stat/static.xml}{BasicStatisticsPP}

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HashKey Capital Closes $500M Funding for its Fund III
A global asset manager is expecting to use funds to push the mass adoption of blockchain and crypto.
HashKey Capital, a Hong Kong-based global asset manager specializing in blockchain and crypto, has raised $500 million during an investment round for its FinTech Investment Fund III.
According to the announcement shared on January 17th, Fund III will be used to finance tools, infrastructure and applications, which can boost the mass adoption of blockchain technology and crypto.
When talking about the company's newest fund, HashKey Group Chairman, Dr Xiao Feng, noted:
Fund III will follow our time-tested investment principles while also looking for game-changers, which would be those that will propel the industry forward into the next stage.
Moreover, HashKey Capital revealed that Fund III will target investments across various crypto areas with a specific focus on application and infrastructure builders.
It is worth noting that the company started raising funds over a year ago. At the beginning of 2022, the fund had raised $360 million in commitments. HashKey Capital's chief executive officer (CEO) Deng Chao claimed that initially, the firm aimed to raise $600 million. However, noted that at this point, "timing matters more than the size," adding:
We are now at the bottom of the next cycle. That's why we closed the fund and launched it officially. We closed our previous two funds too at the bottom of the next cycles in 2018 and 2020.
In the announcement, HashKey Group revealed that it was one of the first investors in Ethereum. Dr Xiao Feng claimed that the company was "the inspiration behind the Shanghai Upgrade."
The HashKey Group was the inspiration behind the name 'Shanghai Upgrade' for Ethereum. As one of the earliest institutional investors in Ethereum and the host of Devcon2, we have maintained since the first day that the power of blockchain and crypto innovation can create a better future.
Since its launch in 2018, HashKey Capital has reportedly managed over $1 billion in client assets.
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American Heart Association revision stresses stepped care for pain
Heidi Belden, PharmD
The new guide recommends that physicians start with nonpharmacologic treatments such as exercise, physical therapy, weight loss, and heat or cold therapy. If there is no relief of pain, physicians should consider acetaminophen, aspirin, and even short-term use of narcotic analgesics as a first step, taking the patient's medical history into account.
Additional data from trials of COX-2 inhibitors have reinforced the link between the CV events and the drugs. In addition, several reports have identified an increased risk of CV events even with the nonselective NSAIDs. Thirdly, other countries have introduced similar warning statements and advisories to both healthcare professionals and the lay public about the use of NSAIDs.
"The new scientific advisory is important, as it reemphasizes the step-wise approach for pain management that has been around for decades-although, in this case, it has been tailored for CV patients or patients at risk for CV disease," said Tien M. H. Ng, Pharm.D., BCPS, assistant professor of clinical pharmacy at the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy. Specifically, the new guide recommends that physicians start with nonpharmacologic treatments such as exercise, physical therapy, weight loss, and heat or cold therapy. If there is no relief of pain, physicians should consider acetaminophen, aspirin, and even short-term use of narcotic analgesics as a first step, taking the patient's medical history into account. If more pain relief is needed, non-COX-2 NSAIDs should be considered first, with a move toward the least selective COX-2 inhibitors, and eventually more selective COX-2 inhibitors, only if necessary. In each case, the lowest dose possible should be used to control symptoms and for the shortest duration.
Naproxen appears to be the preferred choice, although clinical trials to date have had limitations. Next, in increasing degrees of selectivity for COX-2, and increased cardiovascular risk, are ibuprofen, diclofenac, celecoxib (Celebrex, Pfizer), valdecoxib (Bextra, Searle), rofecoxib (Vioxx, Merck-no longer marketed), and etoricoxib (Arcoxia, Merck-not yet Food & Drug Administration-approved). Once a decision is made to prescribe an NSAID, additional concerns come into play.
For instance, patients should be monitored for increased blood pressure, edema, worsening renal function, and gastrointestinal bleeding. The new statement also suggests adding a proton pump inhibitor to patients who require low-dose aspirin, to diminish the risk of bleeding.
"The data clearly indicate that non-COX-2 NSAIDs and selective COX-2 inhibitors are associated with an increased risk of CV events," said Ng. "The risk appears to be accentuated in patients with underlying CV risk factors or documented CAD [coronary artery disease], although the exact magnitude of increased risk is poorly defined." Ng explained that there are numerous potential mechanisms that have been postulated to cause the increased risk, but the most commonly cited include inhibition of endothelial prostacyclin, which increased prothrombotic potential and raised blood pressure. "The risk also appears to be dose-dependent," Ng explained.
One other issue highlighted in the new statement involves whether patients using aspirin for cardioprotection can also use NSAIDs or selective COX-2 inhibitors for pain relief. According to the authors, evidence indicates that ibuprofen, but not rofecoxib, acetaminophen, or diclofenac, interferes with aspirin's ability to irreversibly acetylate the platelet COX-1 enzyme, and could, although it has never been proven, reduce the protective effect of aspirin on thrombosis. The FDA has also said that patients taking low-dose aspirin and ibuprofen 400 mg should take the ibuprofen at least 30 minutes after aspirin ingestion, or at least eight hours before aspirin ingestion to avoid any potential interaction.
"It is important for both healthcare practitioners and the lay public to recognize that the concomitant use of aspirin with ibuprofen is not recommended for patients with CV disease. In many instances, acetaminophen can be substituted for ibuprofen or other NSAIDs," Ng said.
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On June 9th, MP released ESG in Private Equity SM – 2015, its fourth flagship report. The report, subtitled "ESG Becoming Core to GP Investment Process," sought to provide deeper insight on the state of ESG in private equity. Through primary responses from more than 70 private equity general partners (GPs) and limited partners (LPs), MP pushed beyond established answers and placed ESG into broader trends in private equity today.
The report was released to significant praise from industry professionals and private equity journalists. Coverage of the study has been included in Private Funds Management (subscribers), Dow Jones Private Equity News (subscribers), Corporate Eco Forum's Weekly Briefing, International Securities Services Magazine, and the UN PRI Signatory Implementation Support Monthly Newsletter.
In Private Funds Management, author Nick Donato explored the report from the limited partners' perspective, titling his article "What investors really want on ESG." In the piece he quoted MP Senior Associate and lead author Ryan Miller on the growing importance of more frequent and non-traditional channels for LPs to "check-up" on GPs commitments.
Jennifer Bollen, of Dow Jones Private Equity News, addressed the GP audience with her sub-header "Private houses on the fundraising trail take note: Make sure you have a proper environmental and social governance policy in place or some investors won't make a commitment," astutely summarizing MP's findings on the integration of ESG into the "go/no-go" conversation of fund manager selection.


Guitar Club. He has gained a strong experience teaching online and in regular classes. His background as musician and session man spans from jazz to progressive metal. Beside music, Jerry loves watching movies, reading, swimming and eating sushi. Sometimes he drinks a frozen glass of Mirto.
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What do Captain D.L. Creaser and John Lennon have in common?
Nova Scotia's South Shore Sailors
Riverport was settled in 1604. Rum runners, caves and sailing men make a potent mix. For generations the men of Riverport and Rosebay went to sea.
The harbour of Ritcey Cove is free from shoals, and marine craft are safe from every wind. It is considered one of the finest harbors in North America. Sailors and fishermen have tied their vessels to the wharf there for centuries. Even a generation before mine, boys went to sea as cabin boys at the age of thirteen, sailing on ships powered only by sails. The runs often went to Spain for salt.
Those boys grew into first class sailors and many served in the Merchant Marine during WW11. My children's grandfather was among those ranks and his achievements illustrate the fortitude of those sea going men.
CREASER, Douglas Lealand, Second Officer - Member - Order of the British Empire (MBE) - CN Steamship Colborne -Awarded as per Canada Gazette of 16 June 1945 and London Gazette of 14 June 1945. Home: Rosebay, Luneburg County, Nova Scotia. See also Douglas Gordon Dauphinee.
"Together with Mr. D.G. Dauphinee, Third Officer, manned and fired the two machine guns in the bridgenests, against two formation of Japanese aircraft which rained bombs around the ship, destroying the lighters. The Colborne sustained fifty holes from shell fragments and was making water in No. 3 Hold."
The S.S. Colborne (Canadian National Steamships was attacked by Japanese aircraft, on 11 December 1944, at anchor in Penang. She was holed 50 times but got away with a valuable rubber cargo.
His wife remembered hearing an announcement by the infamous Toyko Rose that he and all his shipmates were lost at sea. It was weeks before she knew the truth. They were all safe. Family legend also notes that he swam through seas covered in burning oil to take the rope for a buoy chair to a floundering ship. He saw the entire crew to safety before he left the burning vessel. He never mentioned it. The story came from his shipmates.
Even in non-war years, it was a tough life with often eleven months between visits home.
Later in life he was one of the few captains qualified to handle a full masted sailing ship. Family rumor has it he was asked to captain the Bounty replica for the movie but declined.
The Griffin
After years as an officer on the Lady Boats for Canada's West Indian sailing fleet, he worked in the Canadian Coast Guard captaining the buoy ships. As Captain of both the original Griffin and the new one built in the 1960's he served along the Saint Lawrence River for years. In the end was the most senior captain in Canada.
Is it any wonder I am drawn to this location and its people for my reading and to populate my Caleb Cove Mystery Books. What location are you drawn to because of its history?
And if you weren't sure. Both John Lennon and Douglas L. Creaser were awarded the MBE.
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Canada's Townline Ventures Enters Phoenix Office Market
The firm acquires a 20-story mid-rise office building in Phoenix, its first office acquisition in the market.
By Kelsi Maree Borland | December 10, 2019 at 04:00 AM
Canada's Townline Ventures has entered the Phoenix office market. The firm has acquired 2600 Tower, a 20-story mid-rise office building in Phoenix and its first office acquisition in the market.
The class-A property was developed in 1982, with all of its major building systems having been modernized, replaced or refurbished recently at an expense exceeding $5.8 million. It is 68% leased and features 323,607 square feet and houses five different federal agencies.
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Kelsi Maree Borland is a freelance journalist and magazine writer based in Los Angeles, California. For more than 5 years, she has extensively reported on the commercial real estate industry, covering major deals across all commercial asset classes, investment strategy and capital markets trends, market commentary, economic trends and new technologies disrupting and revolutionizing the industry. Her work appears daily on GlobeSt.com and regularly in Real Estate Forum Magazine. As a magazine writer, she covers lifestyle and travel trends. Her work has appeared in Angeleno, Los Angeles Magazine, Travel and Leisure and more.
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Comedian Dennis Miller of SNL fame talks about his falling out with Jay Leno and looks toward what comes next in his entertainment career.
Other appearances
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Conan O'Brien talks about the recent success of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien." 17:26
Robert Reich; Dennis Miller; Joseph Steffan
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Clinton economic advisor Robert Reich on the '92 presidential campaign; what's next for Dennis Miller; gays and the U.S. Navy. 54:33
Comedian George Carlin talks about his career and ninth HBO comedy special. 16:02
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NBC Universal C.E.O. Jeff Zucker comments on recent controversies facing the company. 31:03


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While photographing a historical building, I saw this small tree next to one of the side walls. I immediately knew I had one fine image waiting for me and I took my shot. I really liked the composition and contrasting colors in this scene.


In May, My Petite Box was super excited to collaborate with Unwrapped Life, a Calgary based company offering amazing products.
Their mission is to reduce single-use plastics in products around the home by making sustainability accessible and stylish: empowering a low-waste lifestyle. They're about everyday people taking responsibility for the waste they produce, the products they use, and the impact they have on themselves and the environment.


Guitar maestro, Joe Satriani and Ibanez recently released a new signature series of the maestro, which is called JS2450MCB. The MCB on that name tag is a short name for Muscle Car Black which basically representing the guitar's color and finishes. It's quite intriguing an interesting design indeed, albeit the basic is pretty much Satch's natural JS signature model, but this new model somewhat have that badass aura, which might also be suitable for hard rock or metal players.
In terms of specification, JS2450 is crafted with an alder body, rosewood fretboard along with Mother of pearl dot inlay, Edge tremolo bridge, DiMarzio pickups in both neck and bridge, basic factory tuning (normal E tuning) and 0.09 string gauge setup. This axe also has an interesting tone pot switch setup which pretty much affecting its pickups' switch system. Overall, an interesting and high tech guitar that you surely expect to come from someone like Joe, who has been known for his intensive care for sound and tech aside from exquisite playing skills. More details about this guitar can always be checked out at Ibanez.com site.
The price for this fascinating guitar is somewhere in the range of $2700, which is quite expensive but also rather common in this current era where prices going nowhere aside from moving up. Anyway, those who are keen on collecting top quality axe and have the finance for it, should just go for this precious piece as it looks line an excellent piece of work.


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TVR Sports Car To Utilize Gordon Murray's iStream Carbon Construction
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British sports car marque TVR has been revived and is planning a handful of new models, the first of which is coming in 2017 with a Cosworth-tuned version of the Mustang's 5.0-liter V-8 and a design developed by none other than Gordon Murray. We now know a little more about the famed McLaren F1 designer's influence on the project as TVR has confirmed its sports car will utilize the new iStream Carbon construction pioneered by Gordon Murray's eponymous design and engineering skunkworks Gordon Murray Design.
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iStream Carbon was first announced at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show where it was displayed in the form of the Yamaha Sports Ride concept car. iStream Carbon has been described as the world's first affordable high-volume carbon fiber chassis structure, allowing for lightweight yet sturdy cars that you don't need to be a supercar buyer to afford. It differs from regular iStream construction in that it uses carbon fiber instead of conventional materials, yet the production process is still fully mechanized which means it can be mass produced.
TVR will use iStream Carbon for a special Launch Edition version of its new sports cars. Both the car's monocoque tub structure as well as the body shell will be made from carbon fiber. Later versions of the car will come with regular iStream construction though buyers will be able to opt for iStream Carbon.
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"From early on it became apparent that there was no reason why we couldn't develop a carbon fiber chassis structure for the new TVR at a lower cost than manufacturing processes previously allowed," Gordon Murray said in a statement. "I am delighted that TVR is able to offer a carbon fiber option and bring the lightweight TVR principle back to life in a very exciting contemporary way."
TVR plans to show a concept of its new sports car at a public event in the coming months. The company has also invited fans that have already placed a deposit to preview showings. The project has proven to be extremely popular, with the first year's production already fully allocated. Should everything go to plan, TVR says it will add three more models within the coming decade.
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JUNG (the Java Universal Network/Graph Framework) is an open-source graph modeling and visualization framework written in Java, under the BSD license. The framework comes with a number of layout algorithms built in, as well as analysis algorithms such as graph clustering and metrics for node centrality.

JUNG's architecture is designed to support a variety of representations of entities and their relations, such as directed and undirected graphs, , graphs with parallel edges, and hypergraphs. It provides a mechanism for annotating graphs, entities, and relations with metadata. JUNG also facilitates the creation of analytic tools for complex data sets that can examine the relations between entities as well as the metadata attached to each entity and relation. JUNG includes implementations of a number of algorithms from graph theory, data mining, and social network analysis, such as routines for clustering, , , random graph generation, statistical analysis, and calculation of network distances, flows, and importance measures.

JUNG provides a visualization framework that makes it easy to construct tools for the interactive exploration of network data. Users can use one of the layout algorithms provided, or use the framework to create their own custom layouts. In addition, filtering mechanisms are provided which allow users to focus their attention, or their algorithms, on specific portions of the graph.

See also
JGraph

References

External links
Official JUNG Page
Experience Design Agency
Original JUNG Page (Deprecated)

Java (programming language) libraries
Graph drawing software
Free data visualization software
Software using the BSD license


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Salafi cleric detained for 'opposing Qatar siege'
Press Shia – Human Rights Watch expressed concern over the arrest of an anti-Saudi Salafist cleric for "opposing the al-Saud in putting Qatar under siege."
Press Shia – Salman al-Awdah, a prominent Saudi cleric has been detained by the Al Saud government for alleged "failing to sufficiently back Saudi policies, including the isolation of Qatar by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Egypt."
Human Rights Watch reported that Saudi officials have asked Salman al-Awdah to "tweet a specific text to support the Saudi-led isolation of Qatar. Instead, he posted a tweet on September 9, the second part of which stated, 'may God harmonize between their hearts for the good of their people,' an apparent call for reconciliation between the Gulf countries."
Meanwhile, 17 members of al-Awdah's family were banned from leaving the country and even his younger brother, who reported his brother's detention in a tweet, was arrested by security forces and his fate is still unknown.
One of the sources close al-Awdah told Human Rights Watch, the security forces informed them that their travel ban was ordered by the Saudi rulers.
The Middle East director at Human Rights Watch, also condemning the "arbitrary arrest" of a well-known Saudi ambassador, stated, "Crown Prince Muhammad ibn Salman's efforts to reform the Saudi economy and society are bound to fail if his justice system scorns the rule of law by ordering arbitrary arrests and punishments."
Sara Watson argued, "There's no justification for punishing family members of a detainee without showing even the slightest evidence or accusation of wrongdoing on their part."
al-Awda was among the first of dozens of people detained in mid-September.
On September 12, Saudi authorities confirmed a crackdown against those acting "for the benefit of foreign parties against the security of the kingdom and its interests."
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Optional arguments to the RiskOutput( ) function let you designate a name for the output, or specify multiple outputs as an output range. For details on usage, please see the RiskOutput topic in the @RISK for Excel Help file or in the Reference section of the @RISK for Excel user manual.


• On March 15, the U.S. Department of Justice filed charges against four people in connection with the massive 2014 Yahoo compromise of 500 million accounts.
• Significantly, two of the individuals charged are officers of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), marking the first time the U.S. has brought cyber-related charges against Russian officials.
• Russia has effectively merged state-tolerated criminal hacking with state-directed cyber-espionage—an unprecedented convergence with enormous reach and few constraints.
• Traditional efforts to deter espionage have proven ineffective against the present cyber threat posed by Russia; the indictment is best viewed as a high-profile warning to back off.
The March 15 indictment of two Russian intelligence officers by the U.S. Department of Justice represents the most explicit evidence to date that Moscow has effectively combined state-tolerated cyber crime with state-directed cyber-espionage efforts. Despite certain depictions in pop-culture, the ways intelligence agencies and criminal networks operate are extremely different. Intelligence agencies work to obtain targeted information about foreign governments, groups, or individuals with the overarching goal of gaining insight into the motivations and intentions of adversaries (and sometimes even allies). By contrast, most criminal enterprises try to obtain information for financial gain, while some do so with the intention of causing disruption and chaos. The targets of intelligence agencies and cyber criminal networks are usually very different. Russian efforts, however, have increasingly blurred the lines between cyber-espionage and cyber crime in an unprecedented manner. Examples of the convergence of malicious cyber activity by Russia include the hacking of Western political parties and groups, the curiously selective and well-timed releases by Wikileaks—which is widely believed to be a Russian proxy—and theft from purely commercial entities such as Yahoo.
The indictment of two Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers along with two other Russian nationals in the 2014 Yahoo breach represents the first time the U.S. has charged any Russian officials with cyber crime offenses. The indictment alleges that the two Russian intelligence officers directed and supported the other two individuals indicted in breaching and exploiting Yahoo's defenses. The intelligence officers were looking for information on reporters, officials from numerous governments, and other individuals that were targeted. The two other defendants—both known cyber criminals—were free to use whatever other personal account information they could obtain for illegal profit through spear phishing and identify theft.
At the time, the 2014 Yahoo breach was the largest cyber crime in history, only to be surpassed by reports in 2016 of a hack that occurred in 2013 which exposed more than a billion accounts (Russia has not been publicly implicated in the 2013 breach). The sheer scale of high-value targets that use email services such as Yahoo and Gmail are of interest to both intelligence and criminal gangs; Russia appears to have merged the two with devastating results.
The indictments are one of the few avenues for the U.S. to react to the Russian activity in a meaningful way, yet without dramatically escalating a cyber free-for-all that could easily get out of control. The U.S. is hoping that the high-profile move will serve as notice to the Russian government that it has overstepped the long-accepted boundaries of espionage by purposefully veering into criminality. In addition to the indictment, there are several congressional investigations just getting underway regarding the alleged Russian interference and active measures surrounding the 2016 U.S. presidential election. While that disinformation campaign was unrelated to the 2014 Yahoo breach, it represents another example of the dramatic evolution and convergence of Russian cyber-theft, election interference, and traditional espionage.