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Do you enjoy paying hundreds of pounds a year out of your investments to a middleman who does nothing to help you? Almost certainly not. Few people do.
Yet if you're buying your funds the wrong way, that's exactly what you're doing. If you're investing directly with a fund manager or through an traditional broker, you are almost certainly paying far more in fees than you should.
For most investors, the best way to buy funds is to use a fund supermarket and a discount broker. Doing this could save you a great deal of money and also make managing your investments much simpler.
Let's take a look at what these firms do, how it all works and how much you can save.
Fund supermarkets and discount brokers
Let's start with a couple of definitions. A fund supermarket is a platform that allows you to invest in a wide range of funds from different companies from within a single account. Almost invariably, the supermarket will allow you to hold your funds in a tax-efficient wrapper such as an individual savings account (ISA) or self-invested personal pension (SIPP).
The first advantage of a fund supermarket is convenience. It's clearly much easier to be able to deal with hundreds of different funds and dozens of providers from one account than end up with separate accounts with managers such as Aberdeen, Fidelity, Invesco and so on each time you want a fund from a new provider.
It's also much quicker to reorganise your investments. The supermarket lets you switch from one fund to another, rather than having to spend days withdrawing money from one manager than paying it into another.
Supermarkets aren't just for retail investors. In fact, their advantages are so great that brokers and independent financial advisers (IFAs) often use the supermarkets when buying and selling funds for their clients rather than dealing directly with the fund providers.
What a fund supermarket won't automatically do is save you money. To do this, you need to pair it up with a discount broker.
This is a company that buys and sells funds on your behalf over the supermarket, like the regular brokers and IFAs mentioned above. The difference is that the discount broker's main purposes is to cut the fees you have to pay – and the savings from a good one can be very substantial.
What a discount broker can do for you
To understand how the right combination of fund supermarket and discount broker can save you money, you need to know a bit about how fund fees operate.
When you invest in a fund, you pay an initial charge or entry fee (which can be 5% or more in some cases). You then pay an annual management fee (typically 1-2.5% a year). Finally, and less commonly, there's sometimes an exit fee (perhaps 2.5%) when you take out your investment.
Many people aren't aware that the fund manager doesn't hold on to all this money. Instead, they pay a proportion of it to your broker or IFA as a commission for putting you into the fund. The share of the initial fee they get is called initial commission and the share of the management fee is called trail commission.
When a regular broker or IFA gets this commission, they hold onto it as payment for their services – ie the advice they've given you. But what happens if you don't want advice and so want to avoid paying someone an ongoing fee for nothing?
Your first thought might be to go direct to the fund management company – but this usually won't get you any discount. Instead, they'll just pocket the extra part of the fee that they don't have to pay as commission to the broker or IFA in your case, rather than give it back to you.
And this is where discount brokers come in. Essentially, a discount broker passes some or all of the commission they gets from the fund manager back to you.
Obviously, they still need to be paid for their service and different discount brokers charge in different ways. Some will simply charge a flat fee, some will hold on to part of the commission and some will charge their own annual fee based on the amount you have hold with them.
However, even after you've paid the discount broker's fee, you should still end up saving a large amount – often the whole of the initial charge and sometimes about a third of the annual management charge on some funds.
Note that the savings the discount broker can pass on to you depends on the commission they get offered on the fund in the first place. This in turn depends on the fund supermarket they use.
Different supermarkets negotiate different rates from different fund managers – and then take their own cut of that commission as the fee for running the supermarket (this is known as the platform charge). Thus a discount broker that uses two different supermarkets may offer you two different discounts on the same fund depending on which supermarket you buy the fund through.
Exactly who gets paid what varies depending on fund manager, platform and broker/IFA. But roughly, if the fund has an annual fee of 1.5%, you might assume that the manager keeps 0.75%, the fund supermarket gets 0.25% and the broker/IFA gets 0.5%. So picking the right broker might save up to 0.5% per year in fees on your fund.
Who's who among the supermarkets
There are three UK fund supermarkets that are widely used by brokers and IFAs. These three are
FundsNetwork, which is owned by fund manager Fidelity, but offers funds from a number of other managers as well. You can open an account with Funds Network directly – but in fact there's little reason to. On most of the funds it offers, you'll save more money by using a good discount broker that trades on FundsNetwork, because FundsNetwork will only pass trail commission rebates onto brokers and IFAs, not to individuals. Currently offers around 1,200 funds from 70 managers.
Cofunds, which is aimed at brokers and IFAs. You can't open an account directly – you need to open an account with a discount broker that uses Cofunds. Offers around 1,500 funds from 90 managers
Skandia, which more widely used by IFAs than self-directed investors, but is available through a few discount brokers. Again, it doesn't let you open an account directly. Offers around 1,000 funds from 80 managers.
There are also a number of fund supermarkets set up by brokerage groups. Here, the distinction we made earlier between the discount broker and the fund supermarket begins to blur a bit, because both are part of the same firm. The three main ones are:
Vantage, run by Hargreaves Lansdown. The best-known fund supermarket among individual investors, although not the cheapest. Offers around 2,400 funds from 200 managers.
i.nvest, run by Alliance Trust Savings. Offers around 1,400 funds from 40 managers.
Select, run by Bestinvest. A relatively new arrival, launched in 2011. Offers around 2,000 funds from 75 managers.
Apart from these, there are also platforms such as Ascentric, Nucleus and Transact that offer a wider range of investments and tax wrappers, but at a higher cost. They are used mostly by financial advisers for clients with larger portfolios.
Who's who in discount brokers
Discount brokers vary greatly. Some are ultra-lean services designed for those who know what they're doing and want to do it as cheaply as possible. Others offer extensive inhouse research and investment guides – but charge higher fees.
There are dozens of such firms offering access to Cofunds and FundsNetwork in particular. However, because one broker is generally clearly cheapest for any given fund supermarket, the number worth considering is much smaller. In practice, it's probably less than six.
Cavendish Online. For most investors, this is likely to be the cheapest of the lot. It offers the FundsNetwork platform and rebates 100% of trail commission. There are no explicit fees – it gets its cut from a small share of FundsNetwork's platform fee. Absolutely no frills.
Commfreefunds. Rebates all trail commission on the Cofunds platform and charges a 0.2% annual fee (capped at £60). It also offers FundsNetwork on the same terms, but Cavendish will work out cheaper for this.
Clubfinance. Rebates 75% of trail commission on Skandia, making it the cheapest option for that platform (note that Skandia charges an explicit £68.50 annual fee as well as taking its platform fee so will be generally more expensive than FundsNetwork or Cofunds). Also offers FundsNetwork and Cofunds, but Cavendish or Commfreefunds will be cheaper.
Alliance Trust Savings. Since this broker runs its own platform, it can rebate a share of the platform fee as well, meaning that it can sometimes offer bigger discounts than Cavendish. A £12.50 dealing fee and (for ISAs) a £25+VAT annual fee will offset that for smaller portfolios, but it may be the best option for larger investors.
Hargreaves Lansdown. Rebates around one-third to one-half of trail commission on funds on its own Vantage supermarket. Provides extensive fund research information, which may appeal to less experienced investors, but fees are now looking quite expensive compared to its peers.
Bestinvest. Rebates around one-third to one-half of trail commission on funds on its own Vantage supermarket. Like Hargreaves Lansdown, it provides plenty of online information, but again that comes at the cost of higher fees.
Using any of these firms could secure you some substantial savings. For an example, let's take a look at the First State Asia Pacific Leaders Fund to see what you'd pay normally – and what these supermarket/broker combinations can get it down to.
Alliance Trust i.nvest
Bestinvest Select
Cavendish and FundsNetwork
Clubfinance and Skandia
Commfreefunds and Cofunds
First State
Funds Network
Hargreaves Lansdown Vantage
Initial charge 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 4% 1% 0%
Annual charge 0.85% 1.35% 1% 1.1275% 1.1275% 1.5% 1.5% 1.35%
Other fees £12.50 None None Account annual fee of £68.50 Account annual fee of 0.2% (max £60) None None None
As you can see, there is a significant difference in how much the fund will cost through different brokers and platforms. The most competitive are Cavendish/FundsNetwork and Alliance Trust – the former will be best for smaller investors, while the increased rebate Alliance Trust provides will offset its dealing fees for larger portfolios. Note that going directly through Funds Network rather than using Cavendish doesn't save you much – Funds Network just pockets your commission.
For more details of each of the brokers listed above, see the fund supermarkets comparison table. In addition, this very comprehensive article on discount brokers by Justin Mowdray on Candidmoney.com is also worth reading. He also has a detailed feature on the major fund supermarkets if you're looking for more background information.


The good news is that anyone can increase emotional intelligence.
How can I be emotionally intelligent? originally appeared on Quora, the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. You can follow Quora on Twitter, Facebook, and Google Plus.
This is a crucial question for businesses to tackle. Emotional intelligence makes leaders more successful. It's a key leadership skill. Executives with higher emotional intelligence are more likely to transform their organizations.
A helpful definition comes from Psychology Today: "the ability to identify and manage your own emotions and the emotions of others." It's a combination of emotional awareness, the ability to harness and apply emotions to tasks, and the ability to manage and regulate emotions.
It's also set to become more important than ever over the next decade. As artificial intelligence and machine learning transform how businesses operate, people will need to focus more on uniquely human skills like empathy and awareness. So not only is emotional intelligence a competitive advantage for the businesses of today, it's also a necessity for the businesses of tomorrow.
For business leaders, these conversations need to take place frequently, and in both directions -- with leaders listening as much as they're speaking.
Share power. Be unafraid to let your reports take on projects and leadership. Don't "helicopter parent" them. Giving them room to succeed builds trust and confidence, and allows for much greater emotional connection.
See everyone as equal. Having different levels of responsibility in the workplace does not remove the inherent equality we all have as human beings. As top executives make decisions that can dramatically change people's lives and ability to support their families, it's easy to lose this sense of equality. Executives need frequent reminders that when it comes to one-on-one interactions, they should treat people with equal concern and emotional awareness.
Encourage people to question you. Some leaders don't like to be questioned. But if they reject or put down people for doing so, they're missing out. Many people ask questions simply to understand. Or they may want to offer ideas. Always welcome this, and have the confidence to encourage it.
* Emotional Intelligence: What can men do to support women in the workplace and at home?
* Understanding Emotions: Why do I feel empathy for almost everyone?
* Gender Differences: Are women naturally kinder than men?


UNITED NATIONS, November 4 -- After the floods in Pakistan, the International Monetary Fund said it was much concerned, was only waiting for a joint assessment mission in order to consider how to help the country.
Now an IMF team in Islamabad is back to playing hard ball, about not only the country's utilities but now its textile sector.
To this, spokesperson Caroline Atkinson merely said that with an IMF team in the country, she would not comment. But Pakistani officials have been speaking, off the record, about the IMF's demands.
"The IMF supports the modernization of the tax system in Ukraine in a manner that is consistent with medium term fiscal sustainability. An IMF mission is currently in Kyiv for the first review under the Stand-By Arrangement. The mission will be discussing with the authorities the draft tax code to ensure that is consistent with the program and promotes the rationalization of the tax system, broadens the tax base, and strengthens tax compliance".
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Food traditionally means some kind of breadkind; otherwise, you name the specific food.
Intransitive. See also 'ur-aating' with the same meaning and intransitive too. The corresponding transitive verb is 'ur-uung' (to throw).
'uruk' means flower in compounded words such as 'puulik uruk' (cotton). 'A flower' is 'katuruk'.
Complex spatial postposition, with relational noun 'uruk' plus two postpositions 'su-ka'.
Transitive. There are two corresponding intransitive verbs : 'ur-aating' or 'ur-ting' (to drop).
Are made with different whits, often wari whit. made for storing items in the kitchen, usually, or for carrying items such as seeds, fruits, shellfish.
The fowl comb (crest) is red.
La cresta del ave es roja.
Usru aing kungsungup katuruk mamaama. Nguu tuksu yaapuni. saala yaungai ansam yaltangi.
the rooster comb flowers are tame. They grow around the house. They look red, they look pretty.
Expression based on another expression : 'usru aing kungsungup' means 'rooster crest'.
Usru ngaarak sukwaakitka, usru aing kuung traali. Kiikik sukaikungka, sutiisi itraali maap su.
When we have lots of fowl, we feel the fowl lice walk. In the night when we lay down, we feel it walk on out body.
Cuando nosotros tenemos muchas aves sentimos los piojos de las aves caminar. En la noche los sentimos caminar sobre el cuerpo.
Surely has a variant 'utik' used when suffixed with subordinator, but it does not appear in the data. See also 'alautik' with the same meaning.


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Q: Sentence construction, and meaning
I have never been so sure about anything in my life before.
I have never been so sure about anything in my life.
I have never been as sure as I am about this than anything in my life.

Are all the above sentences grammatically correct?
Do all of them convey the same meaning?

A: Consider StoneyB's suggestion for the third sentence. And that said, rest of the two are okay.
However, the meaning may change for those two.

I've never been so sure about anything in my life before

talks about the point of time you are talking.  So, when you utter that sentence, it is in the context of what is happening to you right now, at this moment.
But, on the other hand...

I have never been so sure about anything in my life.

is a general statement and is true even at this point of time. And, probably for the future.
Consider an example:
You just made a new friend. While exchanging each others' information, you formally say...

I have never been so sure about anything in my life.

This means you are giving a general statement and has nothing to do with the present situation.
Now, imagine that you and your friend are on trekking. You feel so energetic today. There's a big hill and you confidently tell your friend that you can climb it for sure.

I have never been so sure about anything in my life before.

This means that this time, you are sure that you can climb the hill without any problem! 'Till now,' you weren't so sure like this.
So, to repeat, when you add 'before', it talks about things 'till now'. When you don't add it, it makes a general sentence.

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Okay wait, first the face and now this? The mars rover snapped a picture on the Martian surface and guess what we found – a rat, well a rat looking something on the planet. NASA's Mars rover Curiosity snapped this panorama of the "Rocknest" site with its MastCam camera on sol 52 of the mission which was on Sept 28th 2012. Now a UFO enthusiast realized there was a camouflaged rodent hiding in the rocks. There is no evidence supporting the claim that it was actually a rat, it may merely be a rock looking like a rat.
This certainly isn't the first time shapes on Mars have fooled the brains of many. The name for this psychological phenomenon: pareidolia where our brain is trained to recognize or look for familiar shapes or faces in objects around us.


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Once a foil of the city's master builders, Sam Williamson now guides the URA while leading a union, advocates and a political 'army'
by Rich Lord April 20, 2020 November 5, 2021
Sam Williamson, who made his name in Pittsburgh by railing against development deals from the East End to the North Shore, now chairs the board of the Urban Redevelopment Authority. (Photo by Elan Mizrahi/Pittsburgh Magazine)
This story was produced in partnership with Pittsburgh Magazine.
A chain and padlock bound the mayor's office doors on a sweltering July 2009 afternoon. Inside was Luke Ravenstahl's administration. Outside – chanting, but barred by the links from the city's corridor of power – were some 100 labor activists upset about North Shore development decisions. Among their leaders was Sam Williamson.
Williamson, district leader of Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ, recounted that day, when he reminded some 50 SEIU members of how far they've come at a February meeting at the local's Fourth Avenue office.
"Ten years ago, we were a union that was literally getting locked out of the mayor's office when we went to try to have a conversation about power, job standards and development, right?" he said.
In 2007, Williamson only had enough clout to sway one city council member to vote against the Bakery Square development.
Now, Williamson — who made his name in Pittsburgh by railing against development deals from the East End to the North Shore — chairs the board of the Urban Redevelopment Authority [URA]. In March, as the coronavirus crisis shut down much of the city's business activity, he was reelected as chairman by the board at a meeting held by video conference. He closed that virtual gathering with these words: "Stay safe, be careful. We're going to get through this, and when we do, the URA is going to have an enormous amount of work to do to help the people and businesses of Pittsburgh to recover."
The political player leads a purple-clad army and wields a campaign warchest that can decide council races. The activist against whom the doors were chained helps direct an organization that demands seats at the budgeting table — sometimes to the chagrin of a mayor he helped to elect.
Those roles make him a Pittsburgh insider and outsider at the same time, and an unconventional choice for URA board chair — a volunteer role usually held by top mayoral aides.
Some wonder whether Williamson can translate vision to action as predecessors have done. And Williamson knows his roles could clash.
But even as he vows to avoid conflicts of interest, Williamson won't shy away from conflict. This year, he and his local plan to win 41 contract fights, target new employers for unionization, influence a presidential election — and maybe settle a decade-old political score.
"Our economy will be weaker if what we're doing is following the historical pattern of subsidizing big developers to build big buildings and make big profits but not create good jobs for everybody who ends up working in those developments." – Williamson, in an interview
Hours before Mayor Bill Peduto unveiled his new URA director and freshly hired chief economic development officer to the press in January, a few dozen insiders, including Williamson, got a closed-door introduction. As developers and neighborhood activists started trickling out, Sam Williamson exited those mayor's office doors, hurrying to another meeting while giving voice to the administration's philosophy.
"Our mayor's goal, the URA board's goal," Williamson said, as he awaited the city hall elevator, "is to make sure that we have development policies that lift people out of poverty, that help to grow the economy of the city in a way that is putting us on a footing to succeed in the 21st century."
As URA board chair, 43-year-old Williamson, of Friendship, is charged with guiding the city's main development organization in its efforts to channel local, state and federal money toward creating jobs, encouraging business growth and improving neighborhood quality of life. Until Williamson took that chair in February 2019, its occupant was traditionally connected at the hip to the mayor's office. During Mayor David Lawrence's tenure, he chaired the URA himself.
Sam Williamson, district leader of Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ, speaks to members a February meeting at the local's Fourth Avenue office. (Photo by Elan Mizrahi/Pittsburgh Magazine)
There were two reasons to link the chair to the mayor's office, said Rob Stephany, senior program director for community and economic development at the Heinz Endowments, who was executive director of the URA from 2008 through 2012. First, it ensured the mayor's vision was faithfully communicated to the URA. Second, the chair traditionally brought the URA's priorities to the attention of city departments, particularly planning and public works, and the water authority.
In terms of shepherding a growing economy that lifts all boats, Stephany said, "I can't think of a better guy to grapple with those things than Sam." But can he rally the city's disparate arms to a development challenge?
Stephany said his "only concern" with Williamson is that "while he's got a good, close, probably speed-dial relationship with the mayor," his position outside of city government limits his ability to push through "what could be a solid change agenda."
Peduto appointed Williamson to the URA board in December 2017 and supported him for chair 14 months later.
"Sam and I had gone through battles together," Peduto explained in a March interview. He said the union leader is "somebody that I can trust" who "has the capacity to not only understand what [the mayor's] vision is, but to agree with it completely."
"That's a last name we have some special feelings about in this union, right?" — Williamson, in a February union meeting, upon mention of state Rep. Adam Ravenstahl
Elected in 2010 while his elder brother was mayor, state Rep. Adam Ravenstahl has won eight contested elections and two uncontested. The upcoming primary is one of the former, with SEIU 32BJ lining up behind his Democratic primary opponent, Emily Kinkead.
"[A]ny organization that's willing to put substantial dollars and boots on the ground is obviously concerning," Ravenstahl said. Another reason for concern: "I view this endorsement as a personal attack on myself and my family."
Last year, SEIU 32BJ — which counts many foreign-born workers among its office cleaners, security officers, school and university workers — opposed a bill that requires construction firms verify the Social Security numbers of employees. Ravenstahl joined large state House and Senate majorities in voting for it. Williamson said that vote drove the union's decision to back Kinkead.
Ravenstahl, of Ross Township, doesn't buy it.
"In my humble opinion, they're using the e-verify vote as cover to come after me personally," Ravenstahl said, noting that several other Pittsburgh-area Democrats voted for the bill without incurring the union's ire. With Luke out of office and their father, longtime North Side District Judge Robert Ravenstahl, freshly retired, the union, said Adam, wants to put "an end to the Ravenstahl name" in politics.
"Our mayor's goal, the URA board's goal," Williamson said, "is to make sure that we have development policies that lift people out of poverty, that help to grow the economy of the city in a way that is putting us on a footing to succeed in the 21st century." (Photo by Elan Mizrahi/Pittsburgh Magazine)
The political rise of Williamson and SEIU 32BJ was spurred in large measure by Luke Ravenstahl, who ascended to mayor upon Bob O'Connor's 2006 death.
Two years before the chain-and-padlock standoff, when Williamson led the hospitality workers union, he urged the city not to back the Bakery Square development in Larimer. The reason: Its hotel was effectively exempt from an ordinance requiring that hospitality businesses in city-backed development agree not to fight unionization. Developer Walnut Capital and the URA exempted the hotel by technically locating it in the "air rights" above the development, rather than on a parcel of land.
When Williamson and allies lobbied council against city support for Bakery Square, they got a sympathetic ear from Peduto, who then represented the eighth district. But in the end just one council member — Len Bodack — voted against the development. Council voted 7-1 to back the development, without forcing Walnut Capital to come to terms with the unions.
Later, Ravenstahl's administration sold North Shore land between the stadiums to Continental Real Estate Companies over the objections of unions asking that higher wages and advocacy groups seeking an agreement that would guarantee specific benefits to surrounding neighborhoods.
Williamson called the period "painful, frankly, for our members."
"If we really wanted to change the way that decisions were being made and make sure that low-income workers and their communities … were actually concerned in these major decisions … then we had to build more power." — Williamson, in an interview
One component in the quest for power is Pittsburgh UNITED, an advocacy coalition founded by labor, community, faith and environmental organizations in 2007. In 2010, it pushed city council to pass legislation requiring that hoteliers, building managers and grocers in city-backed developments pay prevailing wages to their employees.
Another component is raw electoral might.
In 2011, Williamson joined SEIU 32BJ as assistant district director. Three years later, that union was a key to the selection of Luke Ravenstahl's successor.
Its political action committee was "able to match what the other labor unions were putting in against me," Peduto said of his successful 2013 run. Working with Peduto, SEIU 32BJ then backed passage of a bill requiring that nearly all employers in the city provide nearly all workers with paid sick days. The local also pushed a $10 million-a-year Housing Opportunity Fund, filled through a hiked deed transfer tax.
And when city council members don't listen to SEIU 32BJ and its nearly 7,000 Western Pennsylvania members?
Sam Williamson, district leader of SEIU 32BJ, at a February meeting at the local's Fourth Avenue office. (Photo by Elan Mizrahi/Pittsburgh Magazine)
Councilwoman Darlene Harris voted against the paid sick day ordinance and the tax hike. Last year, the union's members repeatedly knocked North Side doors for her opponent Bobby Wilson. SEIU 32BJ's political action committee [PAC] gave Wilson's campaign $10,000 and spent another $55,246 on materials, consultants and other independent expenditures meant to win him votes. The PAC's support alone was more than either Harris or independent Chris Rosselot raised for their campaigns.
Now Wilson fills the seat Harris held for 13 years.
SEIU "bought the campaign. That's what they did," Harris said.
"This is a decision that their union made, and their workers made, and I'm honored that they would see my race as one in which they could have a voice," Wilson said.
Wilson's bid got the most support, in dollar terms, of the 26 races, from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia, in which SEIU 32BJ's PAC donated to a specified 2019 candidate. In 21 of those cases, the local's pick won.
"If you want an army to be out there knocking doors and making phone calls and communicating between its membership and its membership's families and really organizing for Democratic politics 100% of the time, there's nobody like the army in purple," Peduto said.
With that army against him, Adam Ravenstahl argues that those dollars and boots would be better saved for autumn's electoral armageddon. "A personal attack," he said, against a Democrat, "quite honestly, hurts the effort of House Democrats to take the majority."
"I think it's perfectly reasonable, and frankly perfectly healthy, for us to be challenged by anybody, whether it's Pittsburgh UNITED or the fair housing community or anybody else, over the decisions that we're making." — Williamson, in an interview
Celeste Scott walked to the podium at the February meeting of the URA board. The affordable housing organizer for Pittsburgh UNITED was concerned about the way the URA was spending a $1 million chunk of the Housing Opportunity Fund meant to be used to cover salaries and overhead. "The Housing Opportunity Fund is supposed to be transparent and accountable, and we'd like to answer to the community as to where that money is going," she said.
Scott was talking to a board chaired by Williamson, critiquing a program the city created at Williamson's urging — and doing it as a representative of an organization co-founded by Williamson and on whose board he sits. Even as he strolls freely in and out of the corridors of power, an organization he helps to guide bangs on the gates.
In December, Pittsburgh UNITED gathered 50 people in front of Council Chamber to criticize Peduto's 2020 budget proposal. The coalition's organizing director Brandi Fisher said the city needs to "start by putting our money where our priorities and our values are."
The administration defended its budget but also said it was "committed to work with [advocacy groups] in the coming year to address their concerns and improve our practices." Later, Peduto bristled. The mayor said Pittsburgh UNITED and its allies are demanding a "type of control" that they would never want the city to cede to a corporate group, such as the Allegheny Conference on Community Development.
"I would say, I love them, and they drive me crazy," the mayor said of Pittsburgh UNITED and other advocacy groups. "It becomes difficult to read the tweets when it seems like the arrows are pointed at you."
"When you have Google paying you office rent, you shouldn't have janitors living in poverty." — Williamson, in an interview
Early in Peduto's administration, the mayor convened a meeting between Williamson and Todd Reidbord, president of Walnut Capital, the developer of Bakery Square. Before the meeting, Walnut Capital's signature development, anchored by Google, was serviced by non-union cleaning and security contractors. "We had had many years of tension and outright animosity and campaigning against them," Williamson recounted.
Asked about the meeting in a February interview, Reidbord said he believed "the mayor asked most developers if they would agree to use union labor for some functions." Reidbord acquiesced.
"We represent the cleaners and the security officers at Bakery Square now," Williamson said. "And as a result of our last contract, they're on their way to $17 an hour now."
Related: Pittsburgh's Urban Redevelopment Authority has taken more than 90 significant actions since Sam Williamson became the chair in February 2019. Here are a dozen of the most significant.
In November, Reidbord and Williamson were in the same room again as Walnut Capital and two allied firms asked the URA board for its OK to negotiate on the development of seven parcels in East Liberty. Williamson urged that the team work with neighborhood groups, then voted to authorize talks between the URA and the firms.
Williamson said he's ready for the scenario in which the URA board must vote on a project involving a company with which his union, or its coalition partners, is actively grappling.
"I would not engage in the URA discussions around those issues," he said.
In his first year as chair, Williamson abstained from one vote, in which the board decided to extend the city's union-friendly prevailing wage policy to URA-backed developments. He did, however, participate in the board discussion of the measure.
He said he won't let his development role curb his role as an advocate for working people. "We're not going to stop doing that," he said. "I'm not going to stop doing that."
"Last night I had a dream that I became a Sith Lord. @Sam_Williamson had a dream he was about to be crowned the King of England. We see you 2020 and we're ready." — Tweet posted on New Year's Eve by Nikki Lu, Pennsylvania director of the State Innovation Exchange, and Williamson's partner
Williamson's guests at that February union membership meeting included Kinkead, embattled Democrat state Rep. Summer Lee and a Carnegie Mellon University student who led campus activism in favor of SEIU employees. The third guest symbolized the local's plan to push aggressively for new, better contracts for 2,000 workers this year and to prepare to brainstorm "the biggest industries and the biggest employers that we can go after so we can start raising standards" in the service sector, as Williamson put it.
"Might be airport workers," he said. "Might be parking workers. Might be a regional food service campaign" focused largely on colleges.
And if that's not enough, they have to defeat a president.
"We can't withstand four more years of Donald Trump," he said. "We have to win Pennsylvania, and in order to win Pennsylvania, our plan is to mobilize more of our members across the state to register and vote than we ever have before. … A few thousand votes might sway the election from one candidate to the other. It might actually make the difference."
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Unhappy Suh plans to appeal $20K NFL fine for hit on Dalton
Published: Aug 17, 2011 at 10:54 AM
ALLEN PARK, Mich. -- Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh acknowledged Wednesday that he's clearly "not happy" with the $20,000 fine the NFL slapped on him for his hit on Cincinnati Bengals rookie quarterback Andy Dalton in last week's preseason opener.
Suh plans to appeal the punishment -- "Who wouldn't?" he asked rhetorically -- and said this incident won't impact the way he plays football.
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"I'm not going to stop playing hard," Suh said. "I owe it to my fans and to my teammates and coaches. ... There's a reason why football is football."
Suh was fined twice last year for hits on Chicago's Jay Cutler during the regular season and Cleveland's Jake Delhomme in a preseason game.
Suh's checking account can absorb the latest hit. His five-year contract is worth $40 million guaranteed and as much as $68 million, though the NFL has increased the fine each time.
"Twenty grand? For the preseason? They're trying to send a message," Lions wide receiver Nate Burleson told The Associated Press.
Suh was fined $7,500 for what he did to Delhomme, grabbing his face mask, twisting it and slamming him to the ground. He was docked $15,000 for shoving Cutler hard and high in the back from behind during a game last December.
Detroit's second preseason game is Friday at Cleveland. Browns offensive tackle Joe Thomas said he and his teammates are mindful of what Suh can do.
"Everybody sees it, and it's the back of your head, but it's not really something you worry about," Thomas told The AP. "Most of our focus and attention is between the whistles, and it seems he's getting a name for himself for what happens after the whistle."
Suh compared his situation to what recently retired NBA star Shaquille O'Neal went through early in his career, enduring lots of foul trouble for being much bigger and stronger than opponents but ultimately persevering.
Earlier on Wednesday, Suh let be known just how angry he was in a post on Twitter.
"$20,000REALLY???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #NFL #BIGFAIL," he wrote.
But the Lions rallied around Suh and came to his defense.
Quarterback Matthew Stafford, who has taken his share of tough hits and suffered more than his share of injuries, said he believes Suh's play is misunderstood.
"He's kind of gotten a bad rap early on here," Stafford said after a spirited practice. "He plays hard, and he plays all the way to the whistle, but he doesn't hit guys late.
"He doesn't hit in the helmet. He always plays hard, and that's the way you're supposed to play football. I'm glad I don't have to go against him. But he's just playing up to the whistle."
Lions coach Jim Schwartz declined to directly comment on the fine, but he was asked about whether or not Suh's unprecedented size and speed lead to his hits perhaps appearing more violent than they are intended to be.
"It does look different when he does it," Schwartz said, "but it is what it is. The league puts it on the defensive player to know when the ball is gone."
Schwartz noted there is a "fine line" between curbing a player's intensity and style of play and going too far in the other direction.
One Lions official said the organization isn't inclined to address the infractions with Suh and isn't overly concerned. The Lions realize what a smart player Suh is, as well as his overall intellect. They believe Suh will figure out "where the line is" for himself.
Lions defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham said he had a 40-minute chat with Suh on Wednesday, and it was as enjoyable as any in his 30-year coaching career. Cunningham was adamant that Suh's ability and prowess make him impossible to block and works against him in instances like this.
"No one has ever played like this at defensive tackle," Cunningham said.
"There is no malicious intent on anything," he added.
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A Tennessee man was convicted Thursday in the stabbing deaths of two college students, including Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback C.J. Beathard's brother, outside a Nashville bar in 2019.
Cardinals star CB Patrick Peterson set to play out contract
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Maryland's Michael Locksley forms group for minority football coaches
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Panthers HC Matt Rhule considers kneeling during national anthem
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Mike Gundy meets with OK State players, commits to changes
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Attorneys for Baker, Dunbar claim clients' innocence
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Furniture retailer MFI has gone into administration - citing falling demand for big ticket items, cash-flow problems and the withdrawal of credit.
Some stores will continue to trade, but 26 will close. Existing orders will be either met or refunded, MFI said.
The GMB union had warned this was likely unless the firm's store landlords agreed to a rent-free period.
MFI's administrators told the BBC they had received two expressions of interest from potential buyers.
The firm, subject of a management buy-out in September, has 110 stores and a workforce of more than 1,000 people.
Analysts said that the downturn of the housing market was a major contributor to MFI's decline, people stopped buying things such as new bathrooms and kitchens.
MCR have been appointed as administrators, who will work to maximise returns to creditors.
"Whilst a decision has not been made as to an appropriate exit route and the future of the company, the administrators will be reviewing the possibility of a sale of some or all of the Company's stores," said MCR's Phil Duffy.
All outstanding employee wages have been paid up to date and ongoing wages for retained staff will continue to be paid he added.
MFI has seen sales fall in recent years as it has faced increased competition from newer rivals such as Ikea.
The management buy-out bought MFI from its previous owner, private equity group Merchant Equity Partners (MEP).
MEP bought the retail business for £1 in 2006 from the former MFI company, which renamed itself Galiform and maintained ownership of the manufacturing arm.
The GMB union said that MFI employees would not have been surprised at the development, saying the firm had been "badly managed for some years".
But the union's Yorkshire regional secretary Tim Roache said is was "disappointing that the landlords of the shops pulled the plug and did not give the management time to turn it around".


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The Gaza Strip (/ˈɡɑːzəˈstrɪp/;Arabic: قطاع غزة Qiṭāʿ Ġazzah [qɪˈtˤɑːʕ ˈɣazza]), or simply Gaza, is a small self-governing Palestinian territory on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, that borders Egypt on the southwest for 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) and Israel on the east and north along a 51 km (32 mi) border. Gaza, together with the West Bank, comprise the Palestinian territories claimed by the Palestinians as the future sovereign State of Palestine. The territories of Gaza and the West Bank are separated from each other by the territory of Israel. Both fall under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority, but Gaza has since June 2007 been governed by Hamas, a Palestinian Islamic organization which came to power in free elections in 2006. It has been placed under an Israeli and U.S.-led international economic and political boycott from that time onwards.
The territory is 41 kilometers (25 mi) long, and from 6 to 12 kilometers (3.7 to 7.5 mi) wide, with a total area of 365 square kilometers (141 sq mi). With around 1.85 million Palestinians on some 362 square kilometers, Gaza ranks as the 6th most densely populated polity in the world. An extensive Israeli buffer zone within the Strip renders much land off-limits to Gaza's Palestinians. Gaza has an annual population growth rate of 2.91% (2014 est.), the 13th highest in the world, and is often referred to as overcrowded. Due to the Israeli–Egyptian blockade, the population is not free to leave or enter the Gaza Strip, nor allowed to freely import or export goods. Sunni Muslims make up the predominant part of the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip.
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Gaza Strip is a 2002 documentary film by James Longley which records events taking place in 2001 during the Second Intifada.
The film focuses on 13-year-old Mohammed Hejazi, a second-grade dropout the filmmaker encountered at the Karni crossing in the Gaza Strip, where Palestinian children often gather to throw stones. The director has made this film available for free online streaming on the official site, below.
Death in Gaza, 2004 documentary film
Gaza Strip at the Internet Movie Database
Gaza Strip at Rotten Tomatoes
Hall, Phil (July 31, 2002). "Gaza Strip". Film Threat. Archived from the original on June 23, 2013.
Parry, Nigel (July 29, 2003). "Film review: James Longley's Gaza Strip (2002)". The Electronic Intifada.
Scott, A. O. (August 1, 2002). "Hard Life in Gaza, Through 13-Year-Old Eyes". The New York Times.
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Gaza may refer to:
Gaza Strip, a Palestinian region on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea
Gaza City, a city in the Gaza Strip
Gaza Governorate, a governorate in the Gaza Strip
Gaza, New Hampshire, village in the town of Sanbornton, New Hampshire
Little Gaza, an Arab-American ethnic enclave in Anaheim, California
Gaza Strip, colloquial name for Anaheim Island, California, unincorporated area in Orange County, California
Klemzig, South Australia, renamed Gaza from 1917 to 1935
Gazaland, region in southern Mozambique and Zimbabwe
Gaza Province, province of Mozambique
Gaza Empire, a former Nguni kingdom in southern Africa
Gaza people, a Nguni people in southern Africa
Porphyry of Gaza (347–420), Bishop of Gaza 395 - 420
Choricius of Gaza (c.500), Greek sophist and rhetorician
Gaza Triad, three 6th Century Christian theologians from Gaza city
Aeneas of Gaza (d.518), Neo-Platonic philosopher
Procopius of Gaza (c.465-528), Christian sophist and rhetorician
Zacharias Scholasticus (Zachariah Rhetor) (d. before 553)
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The fifth season of the American political drama television series The West Wing aired in the United States on NBC from September 24, 2003, to May 19, 2004, and consisted of 22 episodes. This was the first season with executive producer John Wells as showrunner after series creator Aaron Sorkin departed the series after the conclusion of the previous season.
The fifth season had star billing for nine major roles, all nine of these were filled by returning main cast members from the fourth season. Martin Sheen receives the "and" credit for his role as President Josiah Bartlet. The rest of the ensemble are credited alphabetically, while Channing is only credited for the episodes in which she appears
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Dulé Hill as Charlie Young
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The Gaza Empire (1824–1895) was an African empire established by the powerful general Soshangane and was located in southeastern Africa in the area of southern Mozambique and southeastern Zimbabwe, as well as parts of South Africa (sections of Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces). The Gaza Empire, at its height in the 1860s, covered all of Mozambique between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers.
In the 1820s, during a period of severe drought, after the abolition of slavery caused the Great Trek, Nguni armies, Southern (Xhosa) and especially Northern Nguni (Zulu, Swazi, Shangani, Gaza, Matabele or Ndebele, and Ngoni) people who speak related Bantu languages and inhabit southeast Africa from Cape Province to southern Mozambique, began to migrate to Mozambique from what is now South Africa. One Nguni chief, Nxaba, established a short-lived kingdom inland from Sofala, but in 1837 he was defeated by Soshangane, a powerful Nguni rival. Eventually Soshangane established his capital in the highlands of the middle Sabi River in what is present day Zimbabwe. Soshangane named his empire "Gaza" after his grandfather.
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Radio Stations - Gaza Strip
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A CDN (Content Delivery Network) is one of the key technologies that website owners can use to speed up their websites without wasting too much time and resources on optimizing other stuff. There are so many CDN providers in the market now and CDN77 has recently established a name for themselves in this tough industry and is considered to be one of the top CDN providers in the world. Let's see if the service is worth all the hype.
Page load speeds is one of the over 200 criteria for ranking higher in SERPs set by Google. So it becomes essential for your website to load faster so you can effectively compete with your competitors. An efficient CDN can make this job much easier.
A content delivery network or content distribution network (CDN) is a geographically distributed network of proxy servers and their data centers. The goal is to distribute service spatially relative to end-users to provide high availability and high performance. CDNs serve a large fraction of the Internet content today, including web objects (text, graphics and scripts), downloadable objects (media files, software, and documents), applications (e-commerce, portals), live streaming media, on-demand streaming media, and social networks.
However, when we use a CDN service, the request is handled not by one server but by a network of different servers. Requests from the user's end will go to the CDN Network and based on their location the best route (which is the fastest) is chosen.
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CDN77 comes with loads of features which are beyond industry standards as well. This gives them a competitive edge in the market. They have a very credible clientele which includes locomotive giant Scania and the European Space Agency. The incredible images that we see from the Hubble telescope comes through CDN77's servers. They help with you in website acceleration, software distribution and have solutions that can help with your video on demand services, gaming and private CDN. Let's take a deeper look at the kind of features that CDN77 has.
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Optimizing basic filtering rules processing is very important since basic rules are the most resourse-consuming among all. This change will result in Adguard working faster and spending less resourses.
Previously the 'keep-alive' time for connections was higher and Adguard consumed more battery resourse than it should. Now, when we lowered the connections 'keep-alive' time, the resourse consumption during the 'idle time' will be significantly lower as well.
New version is available through the in-app update, so try it and leave your comments below.
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Modern times unkind to Amaravathi -- the Sangam-era river
One of the State's longest rivers, the Amaravathi finds many mentions in the literary works of the Sangam era.
Published: 28th September 2021 05:37 AM | Last Updated: 28th September 2021 05:37 AM | A+A A-
Amaravathi river flowing through the Chettipalayam check dam in Karur | express
By Aravind Raj
Express News Service
KARUR: One of the TN's longest rivers, the Amaravathi finds many mentions in the literary works of the Sangam era. The modern times, however, haven't been so kind to her. For centuries, Amaravathi, also known as Aanporunai, has been a vital source of irrigation for farmers of Tiruppur and Karur. It originates near the Manjampatti Valley and flows through the two districts for 282 km before its confluence with Cauvery at Thirumukkudalur; it is Cauvery's longest tributary.
Over the past few decades, dyeing and other industries along its banks have been dumping massive amounts of effluent into the river, poisoning its water. "The TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) level in the Amaravathi water crossed the 2,000 mark," said Ramasamy, president of Amaravathi Irrigation and Effluent Affected Farmers' Association. It is to be noted that even a TDS level of 500 is considered dangerous. "We filed a case in the Madras High Court in 2003, after which several illegal dyeing units were shut down," he added.
By that time, however, the damage had already been done. According to Ramasamy, swathes of farmland in Karur became barren because of the polluted river water. "Though the court ordered the government to provide a compensation of `6.36 crore to around 1,750 effluent-affected farmers in Karur, neither the district administration nor the TNPCB has done so," he said.
When contacted, Karur TNPCB Officer Ravichandran told TNIE: "Although the court formed an authority and ordered the dyeing units to pay compensation to farmers, the authority was later dissolved after the formation of the NGT. "Now, the NGT is dealing with all the disputes. As the dyeing units have been shut down for over a decade, both the district administration and the TNPCB are unable to get the compensation amount from them. The NGT have been maintaining status quo in this matter."
To make matters worse for the river, Karur municipality is allegedly releasing its untreated sewage into the river, drawing flak from environmentalists. But Karur Municipality Engineer (ME) Nakheeran told TNIE they are constructing a drainage system to divert the sewage. "Some are smuggling sand and sinking bore-wells on the riverbed, exacerbating the situation. If these thugs are not controlled, the Amaravathi will soon be history," said Sundar, a social activist from Karur. To this allegation, Amaravathi PWD Assistant Engineer Rajagopal said they conducted inspections of the riverbed in the summer and took action against water thieves.
It may be recalled that, based on a TNIE report titled 'A Cooum in the making in Karur' on November 27, 2020, the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court took suo motu cognisance of the matter and initiated proceedings against the polluters. In this series, TNIE looks at the problems plaguing the rivers flowing through TN.
KARUR: One of the TN's longest rivers, the Amaravathi finds many mentions in the literary works of the Sangam era. The modern times, however, haven't been so kind to her. For centuries, Amaravathi, also known as Aanporunai, has been a vital source of irrigation for farmers of Tiruppur and Karur. It originates near the Manjampatti Valley and flows through the two districts for 282 km before its confluence with Cauvery at Thirumukkudalur; it is Cauvery's longest tributary. Over the past few decades, dyeing and other industries along its banks have been dumping massive amounts of effluent into the river, poisoning its water. "The TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) level in the Amaravathi water crossed the 2,000 mark," said Ramasamy, president of Amaravathi Irrigation and Effluent Affected Farmers' Association. It is to be noted that even a TDS level of 500 is considered dangerous. "We filed a case in the Madras High Court in 2003, after which several illegal dyeing units were shut down," he added. By that time, however, the damage had already been done. According to Ramasamy, swathes of farmland in Karur became barren because of the polluted river water. "Though the court ordered the government to provide a compensation of `6.36 crore to around 1,750 effluent-affected farmers in Karur, neither the district administration nor the TNPCB has done so," he said. When contacted, Karur TNPCB Officer Ravichandran told TNIE: "Although the court formed an authority and ordered the dyeing units to pay compensation to farmers, the authority was later dissolved after the formation of the NGT. "Now, the NGT is dealing with all the disputes. As the dyeing units have been shut down for over a decade, both the district administration and the TNPCB are unable to get the compensation amount from them. The NGT have been maintaining status quo in this matter." To make matters worse for the river, Karur municipality is allegedly releasing its untreated sewage into the river, drawing flak from environmentalists. But Karur Municipality Engineer (ME) Nakheeran told TNIE they are constructing a drainage system to divert the sewage. "Some are smuggling sand and sinking bore-wells on the riverbed, exacerbating the situation. If these thugs are not controlled, the Amaravathi will soon be history," said Sundar, a social activist from Karur. To this allegation, Amaravathi PWD Assistant Engineer Rajagopal said they conducted inspections of the riverbed in the summer and took action against water thieves. It may be recalled that, based on a TNIE report titled 'A Cooum in the making in Karur' on November 27, 2020, the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court took suo motu cognisance of the matter and initiated proceedings against the polluters. In this series, TNIE looks at the problems plaguing the rivers flowing through TN.
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Third, although the efficacy of initial surgical cytoreduction in patients with stage III disease has been accepted on the basis of retrospective analyses, prospective trials are needed to address several important questions. One such study suggests an advantage for interval surgical cytoreduction at the midpoint of a series of chemotherapy courses. Prospective randomized trials of initial or secondary surgical cytoreduction have not been completed. Investigations of the relative merits of each of these approaches versus no surgery are needed, as well as trials evaluating which of these points in the therapy represents the optimal time to introduce surgical resection into the management of advanced disease. Such studies are difficult to conduct because of the widespread acceptance of the role of surgical cytoreduction in ovarian carcinoma. A confirmatory trial of interval cytoreduction is nearing completion, but further study is needed.
Fourth, efforts continue to investigate the role of new agents in the management of ovarian carcinoma. Current interest continues to center on further delineation of the role of paclitaxel. The plethora of new agents with activity in patients who are clinically resistant to the platinum compounds and paclitaxel, however, opens the possibility for the addition of clinically non-cross-resistant drugs to front-line paclitaxel-platinum therapy. Defining the role of these new agents is of paramount importance.
Finally, dose intensity continues to command significant interest. Three basic ways to enhance the dose intensity have been proffered: escalation of dose within the range that can be achieved without marrow reconstitution, high-dose chemotherapy with support of autologous bone marrow transplant or peripheral stem cell transfusion, and, in the case of ovarian carcinoma, intraperitoneal administration of drug. Eight randomized trials of dose escalation over a standard range of doses have been completed. Six show no advantage to a doubling of dose intensity, and the other two have major design problems. Further exploration of this approach seems unwarranted.
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Lil-lil has thrown herself into preschool life head first. She loves it. She loves having friends. She loves having a bit of independence away from me, away from her sister. At the moment, the thing she loves best of all is a playdate. Every single afternoon it's: "Can so-and-so come over and play? Puhleeeeeeeeeease?"
It's the first time in her life that she's got to pick her own friends. Not being told: "Hey, look at this kid, he/she is your friend." It's lovely to see her building up all those little friendship groups and negotiating all the social parts of friendship.
This whole playdate thing has opened up a whole new world for me though. Having to spend time with the mums who are essentially strangers. Getting to know them. Navigating a minefield of expectations, rules, etiquette. So far, it hasn't been bad.
The one person who's not too happy about playdates is Goosey. She doesn't like having to share her big sis and the big girls are too 'cool' to play with a two-year-old, so poor old Goose is left with the younger brother. Put out that she's been banned from the big games, she now has to deal with some boy touching her stuff. Let's just say, she's not happy. The last playdate involved me and the other mum pulling the two littlies' brawl apart. There was blood. I was upset and embarrassed.
Thankfully, Lil-lil has chosen friends with really nice parents. There are a couple of mums I hide from during drop-off and pick-up. You know the type who smile sickly at you and call you by the wrong name and 'Oh did you get the latest committee email, Karen? You've been a little quiet haven't you??' Thankfully their kids don't seem to appeal to Lil-lil either.
Best be off, got another playdate to prepare. I'll pack the band-aids this time.
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Sales of small cars have dropped sharply in the U.S. and companies are seeking to cut costs making them.
Ford's president of global operations Joe Hinrichs said the move to China will save the company $1 billion, including $500 million for canceling plans to build the Focus in Mexico.
Wary of the response from President Donald Trump, who has criticized Ford for making vehicles outside the U.S., Ford said the move won't cost U.S. jobs. The suburban Detroit plant that currently makes the Focus will be converted late next year to produce the Ford Ranger pickup and Ford Bronco SUV.
Hinrichs said Ford's research shows that customers - who are used to phones and other gadgets from China - care more about product quality than where their vehicles are made.
Ford also said on June 20 that it plans to invest $900 million in its Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville to make the new, aluminum-sided Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs. Those vehicles will go on sale this fall and will be exported to more than 55 markets globally, the company said. The investment will secure 1,000 jobs at the Kentucky plant.
The Focus has been bounced around over the last few months as Ford tried to squeeze some profits from the ailing small car segment. U.S. Focus sales were down 20 percent through May, hurt by low gas prices and consumer preference for SUVs.


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"Investigation of Nitric Oxide Synthase (NOS) Redox and Catalytic Activ" by Bhagya Gunasekera, Tamara Lubysheva et al.
Nitric oxide (NO) is known to counteract platelet aggregation in mammals, and thus can stop the thrombosis cascade on the surface of blood-contacting medical devices. Nitric oxide synthases (NOSs) are enzymes responsible for catalytic conversion of the substrate L-arginine to NO and L-citrulline. By using NO releasing biomaterial that mimic mammalian tissue, one may be able to solve the issue of thrombosis on the surface of foreign devices implanted or used as part of cardiovascular procedures. In the past, we have tested the use of NOS enzymes in layer-by-layer thin films as a source of in-situ NO generation and release. Our objective in the current work is to use NOS enzymes trapped in electrospun fibers as a biocompatible platform for NO release.
In this project, we investigate the possibility to use nitric oxide synthase (NOS) as NO-making component trapped in aqueous pockets of electrospun biopolymer matrices. The polymers used in this preliminary work are polycaprolactone (PCL) and Polyurethane (PU). A guided stream of polymer solution containing suspended aqueous pockets of enzyme solution is directed towards a collector drum (or an electrode) in strong electric field. In its path of acceleration towards the target, the solvent evaporates and the charged jet thins-out leaving a fibrous membrane, devoid of solvent and containing 'nodes' of aqueous pockets with entrapped NOS enzymes. Surface characterizations such as Transmission Electron Microscopic (TEM) and Atomic Force Microscopic (AFM) imaging are carried out on the newly formed NOS-containing electrospun fibers. Further, the NOS-modified membranes are tested electrochemically using a characteristic electrocatalytic reaction mediated by entrapped NOS enzymes. Finally, the NOS-containing electrospun membranes are subject to assays under various conditions to determine the structural integrity of NOS enzymes and their enzymatic activity. Just like the case of our layer-by-layer films reported earlier, we find that the entrapped NOS in electrospun fiber conserves its redox activity and catalytic function. Results on NO flux measurements under physiologically relevant conditions will be presented and discussed.
Gunasekera, Bhagya; Lubysheva, Tamara; Bose, Tiyash; Kantz, Timothy; Russo, Michael; Kalil, Haitham F.; Wnek, Gary; and Bayachou, Mekki, "Investigation of Nitric Oxide Synthase (NOS) Redox and Catalytic Activity in Electrospun Fibers" (2011). Chemistry Faculty Publications. 483.


Ruins Koretsky lock expressive red brick gate tower are the hallmark of the city. The first wooden fortress built in the XV century. on p. Korchik Prince Ostrog. Later, the castle passed into the possession of Volyn magistrates B. Koretsky, who strengthened his stone walls with towers and bastions, circled column earthen rampart and a moat, is filled with water from the river. In the XVIII century. fortifications served as the basis for the construction of the palace complex of the Czartoryski Princes. In 1832 the palace burned down and since then has not recovered. Preserved three-storey gate tower, adjoining the ruins of the outer walls of the palace buildings, as well as trёhpilonny chetyrёharochny bridge (reconstructed in recent years).


Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are — John 17:11.
As we come to consider this beautiful expression of the Lord's sentiments with reference to the Church, we catch a glimpse of the glory of the blessed oneness of the Divine family. It is a oneness of purpose, a oneness of confidence, a oneness of sympathy, a oneness of love, a oneness of honor, and a oneness of mutual possession. This oneness our Lord described as already existing between Himself and the Father, but so far as His disciples are concerned it was and still is prospective; and its full accomplishment is the ideal goal toward which we are taught to aspire—Z '03, 77 (R 3160).
The Redeemer's prayer for His own is beautiful in its simplicity and comprehensive in its scope. He requests the Father, whose holiness He reverently acknowledges, to use His glorious attributes, plan and works in the interests of His disciples—guiding, directing, restraining, correcting, encouraging and ennobling them to the end that they all might grow into the fullness of the one holy Spirit of God and thus attain the same kind of unity as that which exists between the Father and the Son—not a unity of being, which would imply that all the Lord's people would be one being, but a unity of heart, mind, purpose and will. A glorious family oneness is this and is devoutly to be sought—P '33, 111.
Parallel passages: 1 Pet. 1:5; Jude 1, 24; John 6:39; 17:2, 9, 10, 12-18, 21-23; Rom. 12:5; 1 Cor. 1:10; Gal. 3:28; John 10:30, 38; 14:9, 11, 20; 1 John 1:3; 3:24.
Hymns: 78, 27, 165, 23, 326, 281, 170.
Poems of Dawn, 68: Bringing Home the Flock.
Tower Reading: Z '03, 77 (R 3160).
Questions: Have I this week grown into more of the unity of the Divine family? How? What helped or hindered therein? What were the results?