How to Promote Data Security in the Workplace | DLO Move Support Services Ltd.
Data protection experts say that the workforce should act like a 'human' firewall to keep data safe. But data security training seems to be lagging because careless and negligent employees are one of the biggest security risks in the workplace today.
Here are 4 data security strategies for training new and long-term employees on information security.
1. Be serious about security from the start. To lay a solid foundation, schedule security training during new employee induction.
3. Support the workforce with the best and latest IT safeguards. Install anti-virus and other safeguarding software on all devices. Schedule automatic updates and patching and set clear rules for what employees can install and keep on work computers.
4. Teach secure data disposal. Classify, label and store documents properly. De-clutter regularly, and partner with a document destruction company for secure paper and digital data destruction services. A "Shred It all Policy" should instruct employees to securely destroy all documents that are no longer needed.
Jesse was welcomed to the DLO team with an abundance of experience in client services and organizing in retail management. As the Operations Supervisor, Jesse supports Rob in the day to day running of DLO, including the crews, trucks and most importantly, client services. Always thinking ten steps ahead, Jesse ensures every day's plan allows us to work smarter, and more efficiently for each client. He believes the key to success is ensuring every client is a happy client – no exceptions – and thrives on making someone's day!


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Q: How to pass a int * to a function having parameter of type int []? How do you pass a int pointer to a function with parameter of type int [] ?
I need to pass the pointer data from below code:
char* data = stackalloc char[123];

to a function with parameter of int [].
foo(char [])

Follow up question:
How is the int[] represented in C# ? Is it the same as in C++ (pointer ?)

A: Don't use unsafe code unless you have a good reason.
In any case, you can only use and manipulate pointers in unsafe code. Your Foo method accepts int[], not int*, not char*, not void*. int[] is safe and verifiable - char* isn't. You simply cannot pass a pointer, much less a pointer that's of a different type.
I assume you're just confused about how C# works, and you're trying to write C code in C#. If you want to work with an integer array, work with an integer array. If you want to work with a char array, use a char array.
Arrays are an actual type in C#, unlike C's syntactic sugar - this means they're a lot easier to work with, but it also means that they behave very differently from C. The same way, you shouldn't really use stackalloc unless it's necessary - leave the memory management to the runtime, 99% of the time. Only think about hacks like this when you've identified this code as the bottleneck, and even then only if the performance improvements (if any) are worth it.
So yes, working with arrays is as simple as this in C#:
var integerArray = new int[] { 1, 2, 3 };
var charArray = new char[] { 'a', 'b', 'c' };

MethodTakingIntArray(integerArray);
MethodTakingCharArray(charArray);

If you need stackalloc (again, you really shouldn't, most of the time), all the methods handling that pointer must be unsafe, and they must take a pointer argument:
private unsafe void HandleArray(int* array)
{
  // Do whatever
}

The reason is simple - unsafe code isn't verifiable by the runtime, and pointers aren't arrays. While you can do integerArray.Length, there's no such thing on a pointer (obviously) - they're a completely different type.
Another warning: char isn't the same thing as in C/C++. If you want a byte array, use byte[] - char is actually a unicode character, and shouldn't be used for non-character data.

A: Read this : https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/4d43ts61(v=vs.90).aspx
Since arrays are reference type, when you pass an array to a function, you pass a reference(or a pointer) to the array.
You would pass it simply like this:
int[] arr = {1, 2, 3};
foo(arr);

And this is how you create a char array in C#:
char[] data = new char[123];

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Lifestyle News Trend Watch #Tokyo2020: Meet The 8 Anime Characters Chosen As Olympic Ambassadors
#Tokyo2020: Meet The 8 Anime Characters Chosen As Olympic Ambassadors
Although the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is 3 years away, netizens can't seem to stop talking about it.
Last week, the Olympic Channel introduced the most epic team of anime ambassadors for the upcoming Olympics via a Facebook video, which has been viewed over 2 million times. According to the organisers, the characters were chosen to gain the attention of younger Olympics fans and as a way forJapan to promote its influence on modern culture.
From Sailor Moon to Crayon Shin-Chan, here are the 8 anime characters that are included in the ambassador line-up for the Olympics:
1. Sailor Moon
Source: Giphy
"Sailor Moon" is a widely popular shojo manga (literal translate as "young women comics") that focuses on a not-so-ordinary high school girl named Usagi Tsukino, who can transform into Sailor Moon using a magical item called the "Legendary Silver Crystal". She is the leader of Sailor Soldiers (or Sailor Guardians in later editions) and the group's quest is to protect the Solar System from the forces of evil.
The manga extends an array of spin-offs including video games, films, anime, and accessories.
2. Astro Boy
Source: Screen Rant
Known in Japan as "Mighty Atom", "Astro Boy" is a Japanese manga series created and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka from the early 50s to the late 60s. The plot is set in a futuristic world where robots co-exist with humans and it revolves around Doctor Tenma's powerful android named Astro Boy, who was created to replace his deceased son, Tobio.
In 1963, "Astro Boy" was adapted into a television series and it became the first domestically produced animated program on Japanese television.
3. Crayon Shin-Chan
Written and illustrated by Yoshito Usui, "Crayon Shin-Chan" stars 5-year-old Shinnosuke "Shin-chan" Nohara, a cute and cheeky boy who seems to do everything he can to annoy his parents, teachers, and friends. He is known for his thick black eyebrows and weird sense of humour.
The anime adaptation of the manga began airing on TV Asahi in 1992 and is still ongoing. The beloved show has now been dubbed into 30 different languages.
4. Luffy
Eiichiro Oda's "One Piece" is the #1 best-selling manga in the world, so it's not hard to see why Luffy is selected as one of the ambassadors for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Monkey D. Luffy, or otherwise known as "Straw Hat Luffy", is the lead character of the manga and is the founder of the Straw Hat Pirates. The story centres on his journey to become the Pirate King as he believes that it can give him the "most freedom in the world". He is also known as one of the biggest troublemakers in the World Government's list.
5. Naruto
Naruto Uzumaki is the main protagonist of Masashi Kishimoto's manga, "Naruto". Based on one-shot manga by Kishimoto, the series tells the story of Naruto, an adolescent ninja who constantly searches for recognition and dreams to become the Hokage, the ninja in his village who is acknowledged as the leader and the strongest of all. The original anime series ended in December 2009 while the sequel, "Naruto: Shippuden", began airing in January 2014.
According to Wikipedia, the manga has sold over 220 million copies worldwide as of October 2015.
6. Jibanyan
Source: Tenor GIF Keyboard
As the lovable mascot of "Yo-kai Watch", Jibanyan is a red, cat-like yo-kai (supernatural being) of the Charming tribe. Before his death, Jibanyan was a normal cat named Rudy whose human is a young girl named Amy. He likes Chocobars and his favourite band is Next HarMEOWny.
Created and developed by Level-5, "Yo-kai Watch" is a series of role-playing games and a mixed-media franchise. It follows Nate, a boy who is able to identify and see various different Yo-kai that are haunting people and causing mischief.
Unless you've been living under a rock, you probably know who spiky-haired Son Goku of "Dragon Ball" is.
Born Kakarot, Goku is a male Saiyan (an endangered race of extraterrestrials) from Akira Toriyama's best-selling manga. He is the adoptive grandson of Grandpa Gohan who was initially sent to Earth as an infant with the mission to destroy it. However, he lost all his memory as a Saiyan after hitting his head, causing him to later become Earth's greatest defender, as well as the informal leader of the Z Fighters (aka Dragon Team). He can also transform into a great ape.
8. Cure Miracle and Cure Magical
Source: Zerochan
Featured in "Maho Girls PreCure!" (literally translates as "Witch Pretty Cure"), Cure Miracle and Cure Magical are designed by Emiko Miyamoto. The 2016 Japanese anime series follows 13-year-old duo Mirai Asahina (Cure Miracle) and Liko Izayoi (Cure Magical) and their adventures as legendary magicians known as the Pretty Cures to fight dark magicians.
"Pretty Cure" is a magical girl anime meta-series created by Izumi Todo. Each series revolves around a group of magical girls who battle against evil forces.
What do y'all think about the ambassadors? Do you guys think that these characters should be in the line-up? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
Sources: Wikipedia, Anime News Network, One Piece Wikia, Naruto Wikia, Yo-kai Watch Wikia, Dragon Ball Wikia.
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Crosstown reconstruction update
Michael Metzger
Updated: July 28, 2007 - 9:16 pm
According to the Minnesota Department of Transportation, on Monday, August 6, Minnehaha Parkway will be shut down for three weeks. The work is part of the Crosstown reconstruction project.
As part of that project, the Lyndale Avenue South exit from Highway 62 has been reduced to 10 feet wide through the end of August.
Daytime work on the bridge at I-35W and Highway 62 also continues with what the Department of Transportation calls "excessive noise." Nighttime work will also be conducted there after 10 p.m. on occasion.
You can get more information at www.dot.state.mn.us.
Chros McDougall
Updated: July 9, 2007 - 3:28 pm
As work on the Crosstown reconstruction project moves forward, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) offers a weekly update.
Lane closures
Some lanes on I-35W and Highway 62 will be closed between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. as crews continue to set concrete barriers for work zone protection, evacuate and haul earth in various locations and pour concrete.
Diamond Lake Road
Excess noise may be heard near the Diamond Lake Road Bridge due to pile-driving. The Diamond Lake Road Bridge and ramps are scheduled to be closed for a year but MnDOT and the contractor are working to accelerate the opening date. Construction on I-35W around Diamond Lake Road continues as walls with pile foundations are installed. There will be parking restrictions along Stevens Avenue South and Second Avenue South.
In order to widen I-35W and Highway 62, tree removal will take place on I-35W from 42nd Street to Diamond Lake Road, westbound on Highway 62 from Portland Avenue South to Penn Avenue South, Highway 121, and eastbound on Highway 62 from Penn Avenue South to I-35W. The tree removal on Highway 121 is to construct a new on-ramp to westbound Highway 62 and to construct noise walls on Highway 121. Streets may be closed except to local traffic and parking will be prohibited while the work is conducted.
Noise walls come down
Noise walls on northbound I-35W from 66th Street to Lyndale Avenue, eastbound Highway 62 from Lyndale Avenue South to Portland Avenue South, and westbound Highway 62 between Nicollet Avenue and the Soo Line RR will be taken down. Existing noise walls will be kept in place as long as possible and new walls will be put up as quickly as possible.


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/**
 * An implementation of IEnumVariant based on code submitted by Thomas Hallgren
 * (mailto:Thomas.Hallgren@eoncompany.com)
 */
public class EnumVariant extends JacobObject implements
		java.util.Enumeration<Variant> {
	/** pointer to windows memory */
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	}

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		int[] hres = new int[1];
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			this.release();
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			// looks like a double release
			if (isDebugEnabled()) {
				debug(this.getClass().getName() + ":" + this.hashCode()
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How do I write my name in Japanese?
1 How do I write my name in Japanese?
1.1 Can you write Japanese with letters?
2 Is Senpai a crush?
2.1 Is Japanese top to bottom?
3 What does ONII Chan mean?
To write your name in Japanese, the easiest way is to find a Katakana letter that corresponds to the pronunciation of your Japanese name. For example, if your name is "Maria," look for the Katakana character for Ma, which is マ, then the character for Ri, which is リ, and then character for A, which is ア.
What Japanese writing is used for names?
Japanese names are usually written in kanji (Chinese characters), although some names use hiragana or even katakana, or a mixture of kanji and kana.
Can you write Japanese with letters?
Yes, it's true. Japanese has three completely separate sets of characters, called kanji, hiragana, and katakana, that are used in reading and writing. That first rendering of "Tokyo" is in kanji, with the hiragana version next, and the katakana one at the bottom.
What is fancy Japanese writing called?
Japanese calligraphy (書道, shodō) also called shūji (習字) is a form of calligraphy, or artistic writing, of the Japanese language.
Is Senpai a crush?
A senpai is not necessarily someone's crush, by the way. It just happens that a lot of anime characters may have crushes on their senpai.
How do you say 1 2 3 in Japanese?
Use flashcards or a similar system to memorize these characters and their pronunciations.
One (1) is 一 (ichi, pronounced "ee-chee").
Two (2) is 二 (ni, pronounced "nee").
Three (3) is 三 (san, pronounced "sahn").
Four (4) is 四 (shi, pronounced "shee").
Five (5) is 五 (go, pronounced "goh").
Is Japanese top to bottom?
When written vertically, Japanese text is written from top to bottom, with multiple columns of text progressing from right to left. When written horizontally, text is almost always written left to right, with multiple rows progressing downward, as in standard English text.
Is reading kanji hard?
Even kanji, the boogeyman of the Japanese language, is actually pretty easy. Technology has not only made it a lot easier to learn kanji (through spaced repetition systems), but a lot easier to read and write kanji too. You no longer have to memorize the stroke order of each kanji; now, you can just type it in!
What does ONII Chan mean?
According to Drexel University, the Japanese language word onii-chan, or "oniichan" means big brother, or older brother in English. Oniisan, or onii-san: This is the general term for older brother. Oniichan, or onii-chan: This is the term for older brother that signifies closeness.
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Its existence is tied to mine.
I have altered the course of natural divine time.
I have made myself God.
And my lips begin to loose suction.
I crumble to dust; a failed experiment.
I do not need anyone's permission to say so. lol.
Seriously though. Help me make this better.
Tel me everything that is confusing and what could be better.
Good job. never give up.
A man who fails is a man who stops trying.


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Study: 2022 Sees Massive Uptick In TV Shows With Abortion Plotlines
The overturn of Roe v. Wade caused many progressives to lose their minds, since their desire to kill babies was no longer legally protected at the national level. Predictably, Hollywood contributed to the outrage by putting more pro-abortion plotlines in its TV shows in 2022 than it had in the past five years. The pro-abortion group Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSRH)…
Messi, Argentina Win Thrilling World Cup Final For First Title Since 1986
Editor's Note: The opinions in this piece are the author's alone and in no way reflect the views of MRCTV. Furthermore, words like "thrilling," "suspenseful," and "exciting" should be understood to be wholly subjective. Some folks don't get out much. But MRCTV respects varying perspectives. If foreigners in shorts running around aimlessly floats your boat, that's between you and your God. …
NBA Wants To Have Female Coach Within The Next Five Years
Don't be surprised if in the next five or so years the NBA has a female head coach. NBA commissioner and CCP puppet Adam Silver said that his league has not caught up to speed with the current times and should by now have a woman skippering an NBA team. "This generation coming in grew up differently, and has a different sensibility about roles men and women can play in the workforce. I've said…
NFL Executive Compares Combine Experience To Slavery
The NFL Combine is a yearly experience where the top college athletes looking for a shot to play professionally showcase their skills to a crowd of scouts. But one of the NFL's higher-ups thinks the combine has racism baked into its core. At a league meeting on Wednesday, Executive Vice President of Football Operations Troy Vincent said that the Combine is comparable to a slave auction. NFL…
BBC Broadcaster Calls America 'Extraordinarily Racist' Ahead of 2026 World Cup
The 2022 World Cup isn't even over yet, and we're already getting complaints about the 2026 tournament. The United States, Canada, and Mexico will co-host the next World Cup, but BBC broadcaster Gary Lineker already thinks this is a bad idea because of how racist of a nation we apparently are. "And we're off to America in four years' time, with Canada and Mexico, but obviously America's an…
Now That's a Darn Shame: Jemele Hill's Memoir Bombs
CNN's Jemele Hill released a book on October 25th. Apparently, very few cared that she did. Since its publication, the abrasive racist's memoir "Uphill" has sold a meager 5,034 copies. To give some perspective, the 2015 children's book "Spooky Pookie" has sold more copies than Hill's dud of a novel. To make things worse for Hill, at its best, there were still 2,960 books that were selling at…
WaPo Slams Argentinian National Team For Not Being Black Enough
If you've been watching the 2022 World Cup, you know that Argentina is playing in the final on Sunday against the winner of the France vs. Morocco match. But if you've seen La Albiceleste play, you likely haven't thought to yourself, "They're aren't enough black guys on that team." That is, unless you're the ever-liberal Washington Post. Erika Denise Edwards published a long-winded article that…
Disc Golf Places Tighter Restrictions On Transgenders Competing In Women's Division
The Professional Disc Golfer's Association (PDGA) is coming back to its senses. In recent months, the PDGA celebrated golfer Natalie Ryan, a man masquerading as a woman who was raking in thousands after competing in several major women's tournaments across the country. Unsurprisingly, it took Ryan very little time to ascend to the top five of the female division, and he clearly had numerous…
Pittsburgh Penguins Host 3rd Annual 'Pride Game'
The Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Dallas Stars 2-1 last night, but the game itself was overshadowed by progressive themes. That's because last night was the third annual Pride Game in Pittsburgh. Yup, last night the Penguins were all about the gay. Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and all the Penguins stars were wearing warm-up uniforms that incorporated the multicolored LGBT flag in the…
Dedham, MA Library Keeps Christmas Tree After Uproar On Social Media
Community members of a suburb of Boston are recovering from a case of the humbugs. Earlier this month, the Dedham Library in Dedham, MA (which also has a branch in Endicott) said that it would not be placing Christmas trees in the building as decorations during the Christmas season. Lisa Desmond, the manager of the Endicott branch, took to Facebook to tastefully voice her displeasure with her…


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Title 40 → Chapter I → Subchapter C → Part 63 → Subpart RRRR → §63.4981
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Subpart RRRR—National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Surface Coating of Metal Furniture
§63.4981 What definitions apply to this subpart?
Terms used in this subpart are defined in the CAA, in 40 CFR 63.2, and in this section as follows:
Add-on control means an air pollution control device such as a thermal oxidizer or carbon adsorber that reduces pollution in an air stream by destruction or removal before discharge to the atmosphere.
Adhesive means any chemical substance that is applied for the purpose of bonding two surfaces together.
Capture device means a hood, enclosure, room, floor sweep, or other means of containing or collecting emissions and directing those emissions into an add-on air pollution control device.
Capture efficiency or capture system efficiency means the portion (expressed as a percentage) of the pollutants from an emission source that is delivered to an add-on control device.
Capture system means one or more capture devices intended to collect emissions generated by a coating operation in the use of coatings or cleaning materials, both at the point of application and at subsequent points where emissions from the coatings and cleaning materials occur, such as flashoff, drying, or curing. As used in this subpart, multiple capture devices that collect emissions generated by a coating operation are considered a single capture system.
Cleaning material means a solvent used to remove contaminants and other materials, such as dirt, grease, oil, and dried or wet coating (e.g., depainting), from a substrate before or after coating application or from equipment associated with a coating operation, such as spray booths, spray guns, racks, tanks, and hangers. Thus, it includes any cleaning material used on substrates or equipment or both.
Coating means a material applied to a substrate for decorative, protective, or functional purposes. Such materials include, but are not limited to, paints, sealants, caulks, inks, adhesives, and maskants. Decorative, protective, or functional materials that consist only of protective oils for metal, acids, bases, or any combination of these substances are not considered coatings for the purposes of this subpart.
Coating operation means equipment used to apply cleaning materials to a substrate to prepare it for coating application or to remove dried or wet coating (surface preparation); to apply coating to a substrate (coating application) and to dry or cure the coating after application; and to clean coating operation equipment (equipment cleaning). A single coating operation may include any combination of these types of equipment, but always includes at least the point at which a coating or cleaning material is applied and all subsequent points in the affected source where organic HAP emissions from that coating or cleaning material occur. There may be multiple coating operations in an affected source. Coating application with hand-held nonrefillable aerosol containers, touchup markers, or marking pens is not a coating operation for the purposes of this subpart.
Coating solids means the nonvolatile portion of the coating that makes up the dry film.
Continuous parameter monitoring system (CPMS) means the total equipment that may be required to meet the data acquisition and availability requirements of this subpart, used to sample, condition (if applicable), analyze, and provide a record of coating operation, or capture system, or add-on control device parameters.
Controlled coating operation means a coating operation from which some or all of the organic HAP emissions are routed through an emission capture system and add-on control device.
Deviation means:
(1) Before September 12, 2019, any instance in which an affected source subject to this subpart or an owner or operator of such a source:
(i) Fails to meet any requirement or obligation established by this subpart including but not limited to any emission limit, or operating limit, or work practice standard;
(ii) Fails to meet any term or condition that is adopted to implement an applicable requirement in this subpart and that is included in the operating permit for any affected source required to obtain such a permit; or
(iii) Fails to meet any emission limit, or operating limit, or work practice standard in this subpart during startup, shutdown, or malfunction regardless of whether or not such failure is permitted by this subpart; and
(2) On and after September 12, 2019, any instance in which an affected source subject to this subpart or an owner or operator of such a source:
(i) Fails to meet any requirement or obligation established by this subpart including but not limited to any emission limit, or operating limit, or work practice standard; or
(ii) Fails to meet any term or condition that is adopted to implement an applicable requirement in this subpart and that is included in the operating permit for any affected source required to obtain such a permit.
Emission limitation means an emission limit, operating limit, or work practice standard.
Enclosure means a structure that surrounds a source of emissions and captures and directs the emissions to an add-on control device.
Exempt compound means a specific compound that is not considered a VOC due to negligible photochemical reactivity. The exempt compounds are listed in 40 CFR 51.100(s).
Facility maintenance means the routine repair or renovation (including surface coating) of the tools, equipment, machinery, and structures that comprise the infrastructure of the affected facility and that are necessary for the facility to function in its intended capacity.
Manufacturer's formulation data means data on a material (such as a coating) that are supplied by the material manufacturer based on knowledge of the ingredients used to manufacture that material, rather than based on testing of the material with the test methods specified in §63.4941(a)(1) through (3). Manufacturer's formulation data may include, but are not limited to, information on density, organic HAP content, volatile organic matter content, and coating solids content.
Mass fraction of coating solids means the ratio of the mass of coating solids to the mass of a coating in which it is contained, expressed as kg of coating solids per kg of coating.
Mass fraction of organic HAP means the ratio of the mass of organic HAP to the mass of a material in which it is contained, expressed as kg of organic HAP per kg of material.
Month means a calendar month or a pre-specified period of 28 days to 35 days to allow for flexibility in recordkeeping when data are based on a business accounting period.
Organic HAP content means the mass of organic HAP per volume of coating solids for a coating, calculated using Equation 2 of §63.4941. The organic HAP content is determined for the coating in the condition it is in when received from its manufacturer or supplier and does not account for any alteration after receipt.
Permanent total enclosure (PTE) means a permanently installed enclosure that meets the criteria of Method 204 of appendix M, 40 CFR part 51, for a PTE and that directs all the exhaust gases from the enclosure to an add-on control device.
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Alan B. Soschin for appellant.
Mary S. Pence, with whom Pamela B. Forbes and Garrett L. Lee were on the brief, for appellee.
Before Farrell and Ruiz, Associate Judges, and Retchin,* Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
Ruiz, Associate Judge: Daniel Bliss appeals from a judgment enforcing a Russian custody order, awarding sole custody of the parties' son, Nikita, to the mother, Elena Bliss. Appellant argues that the trial court erred in its determination that he had been afforded procedural due process in the Russian court. In addition, appellant contests the trial court's subsequent order awarding attorney's fees to Ms. Bliss under D.C. Code §16-4515(d) (1997), asserting that he could not have violated the Russian custody order until the trial court had determined that the Russian order was valid. We affirm.
Elena Trush Bliss, a citizen of Russia, married Daniel Bliss, a United States citizen, in February 1995. The couple resided in Moscow where Mr. Bliss worked. Elena Bliss gave birth to a son, Nikita, later in 1995 during a four-month stay with Mr. Bliss's mother in the District of Columbia. Shortly after the couple's return to Russia, they began to have marital difficulties. During one argument, Mr. Bliss allegedly struck his wife. Thereafter, however, things seemed to improve until, without warning, on October 5, 1996, Mr. Bliss brought Nikita back to the United States with him while his wife was out of the house.
The Russian custodial proceeding and order.
Upon her return to Russia, Ms. Bliss began custodial proceedings there. Mr. Bliss first received notice of her petition in late November 1996, when she telephoned him, followed by personal service on him at his residence on November 26, 1996. The summons instructed Mr. Bliss to return to Russia on December 5 for a court hearing. Mr. Bliss then began to look for Russian counsel and sent the Russian court a fax on December 2, 1996, requesting a delay in the case so that he could present his objections and documentation to the court.
On December 5, Mr. Bliss received a second summons from the court, notifying him that the hearing had been rescheduled for December 14. However, Mr. Bliss did not sign acknowledging receipt of the documents as requested because the summons was not legible. The next day, Mr. Bliss was served again with a better copy of the summons, but was not asked to sign anything. Mr. Bliss sent the court another fax on December 12, again asking for more time to organize his trip and prepare documents. On December 14, Mr. Bliss's Russian counsel represented to the court that they did not have proper papers and asked for additional time to prepare for the case. The case was postponed on December 30 for the last time to January 20 because a representative from the government agency concerned with the rights of children was not present.
Although Mr. Bliss never secured a visa, he continued to remain in telephone contact with his Russian counsel up until the January 20 hearing. Mr. Bliss testified that he had been able to come to Russia, he "would have worked with my lawyers, I would have helped the secure and choose witnesses, I would have helped with the cross examination" and would have testified on his own behalf. However, Mr. Bliss did not explore any other alternatives to participating in the proceedings, such as tele- or video conferencing.
At the hearing in Moscow on January 20 and 21, Mr. Bliss's attorneys cross-examined Ms. Bliss's witnesses as well as Ms. Bliss herself, but presented no witnesses Mr. Bliss's behalf. In its order dated January 21, 1997 granting Ms. Bliss legal custody of Nikita, the Babushkin Inter-Municipal District Court determined Mr. Bliss's demands for an official invitation via official agencies to be merely a pretext for delaying the hearing. It also concluded that Mr. Bliss had been given a "real opportunity to participate in the court proceedings" as he had had adequate notice of the time and location of the proceedings.
Mr. Bliss appealed the lower court's decision to the Civil Division of the Moscow Municipal Court contending that he had been deprived of procedural due process because he was not given a chance to present his case in person.7 Mr. Bliss also argued that the lower court had erred in failing to require a home study of both parties' living conditions.8 Finally, Mr. Bliss asserted that the lower court did not properly apply D.C. law, again citing the failure to allow him an opportunity to personally present his case. The Moscow Municipal appellate court affirmed the custody order of February 10, 1997, concluding that (1) there was evidence in the record that Mr. Bliss had refused summons and did not appeal to official agencies regarding the question of traveling to Russia; (2) that a home study was not necessary because a parent's living condition was not determinative of the issue of the best interests of the child; and (3) the lower court complied with District of Columbia law because it "rendered the decision solely in the interests of the child, after having properly notified the defendant of the time and place at which the case was to be heard."
The Superior Court enforcement order.
In addition to directing Mr. Bliss to transfer physical custody of Nikita to his wife, the trial court ordered Mr. Bliss to pay all of his wife's attorney's fees and costs incurred in traveling to the District of Columbia to enforce the Russian custody decree pursuant to D.C. Code §16-4515(d). After both parties filed submissions to the court, Mr. Bliss was directed to pay attorney's fees in the amount of $8,102 and other expenses in the amount of $1,586.60.
Enforcement of Russian custodial decree.
A foreign custody decree "shall [be] recognize[d] and enforce[d]" by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia provided that the decree was rendered by "appropriate authorities of other nations" and all affected parties are given reasonable notice and an opportunity to be heard. D.C. Code §§16-4513,11 -4523.12 These provisions, as adopted from the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (UCCJA), reflect the notion, in the child custody context, that "recognition of a foreign judgment or decree can only be based upon judicial action which comports with our own notions of due process of law."
Rzeszotarski v. Rzeszotarski, 269 A.2d 431, 437 (D.C. 1972), overruled in part on other grounds by Bazemore, supra not 10, 394 A.2d 1377, and superseded on other grounds by statute as recognized by Albergottie v. James, 470 A.2d 266, 269 (D.C. 1983); see also Stock v. Stock, 677 So. 2d 1341, 1345 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996); Ivaldi v. Ivaldi, 685 A.2d 1319, 1324 (N.J. Sup. Ct. 1996); Hovav v. Hovav, 458 A.2d 972, 974 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1983); Oehl v. Oehl, 272 S.E.2d 441, 444 (Va. 1980). Mr. Bliss does not contest that the Babushkin Inter-Municipal district court and Moscow Municipal appellate court are "appropriate authorities" to render a custody decree and concedes that he was given adequate notice of the custody proceeding. He contends, however, that the Russian custody order should not be recognized and enforced by our courts, because he was denied an opportunity to be heard when the Russian court proceeded with the custody hearing in his absence, despite his assertions that he desired to be present.
Following a two-day evidentiary hearing, the trial court entered an order enforcing the Russian custody decree after concluding that Mr. Bliss's failure to be present at the Russian custody hearing "was volitionally made and not due to impossibility." With the trial court having made that factual determination, this court cannot set aside the judgment unless it is clearly erroneous or "without evidence to support it." D.C. Code §17-305(a) (1997); cf. Super. Ct. Cir. R. 52(a). See Vereen v. Clayborne, 623 A.2d 1190, 1192 (D.C. 1993) (D.C. Code §17-305(a) "indistinguishable from the 'clearly erroneous' standard" of Super. Ct. Civ. R. 52(a)); see also Hosain, note 11, 671 A.2d at 997.
We conclude that the evidence presented during the hearing was sufficient to support the trial court's finding that Mr. Bliss was given an adequate opportunity to be heard by the Russian court, but chose not to take the opportunity. See Hovav, supra, 458 A.2d at 974. The trial court noted that Mr. Bliss had been granted several continuances by the Russian court which gave him ample time to secure a visa. Although the initial date for the start of the proceedings was December 5, 1996, just ten days after appellant received his first court summons, the actual hearing did not take place until January 20, more than 45 days later. Mr. Bliss's representation that he was prevented from obtaining a visa because he could not get an official invitation from a Russian agency does not avail him because, as he conceded to the court, he never attempted to verify with the Russian consulate that in order to get a visa, he did indeed need an official invitation in addition to the court summons. The trial court chose to credit Ms. Bliss's testimony that she had told her husband that the court summons would be sufficient for him to get a visa. Moreover, though Mr. Bliss also testified that he and his attorneys made several requests to the court in Moscow to enlist its aid in securing the invitation he thought he needed, he did not submit any documentation to the trial court which evidenced any of these attempts. In contrast, Ms. Bliss introduced int evidence a January 1997 letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation stating that "[Mr.] Bliss did not apply for a visa in Washington and his references to any difficulties occurring with obtaining it are not true." Given these facts in the record, and because Mr. Bliss was represented by Russian counsel at the hearing, we cannot say that the trial court was "clearly erroneous" in determining that Mr. Bliss had an adequate opportunity to be heard in the Russian court. See Custody of a Minor (No. 3), 468 N.E.2d 251, 255 (Mass. 1984) (upholding Australian custody order in favor of husband when wife had sufficient notice of the proceeding and was represented by counsel and order was based on the best interests of the child); Klont v. Klont, 342 N.W.2d 549, 551 (Mich. Ct. App. 1983) (plaintiff could not claim that he did not have reasonable opportunity to be heard in West German custody proceeding when he had prior notice and purposefully failed to attend hearing by taking child and returning to the United States); Hovav, supra, 458 A.2d at 974 (custody decree upheld when wife chose not to avail herself of opportunity to be heard at Israeli proceedings).
In its order dated May 27, 1997, the trial court awarded Ms. Bliss attorney's fees in the amount of $8,102 and expenses in the amount of $1,586.60. Mr. Bliss does not contest the award of expenses, conceding that the court could have made an award of trial-related costs pursuant to Super. Ct. Civ. R. 54(d). However, he challenges the award of attorney's fees contending, first, that the trial court never made an explicit finding that he had violated the Russian custody order. Second, he asserts that the "District of Columbia version of the UCCJA does not provide for an award of counsel fees to the Wife merely upon her successful prosecution of such an action." He suggests that the Russian custody order could not have been given effect in the District of Columbia until the trial court had first determined that the order was valid and entitled to comity. Therefore, Mr. Bliss asserts, because he returned Nikita to his wife in accordance with the trial court's order, he could not have violated the Russian custody order.
We review the trial court's decision to award costs under the UCCJA for abuse of discretion. See In re E.Q.B., 617 A.2d 199, 202 (D.C. 1992). Based on the record before us, we find unpersuasive Mr. Bliss's argument that the award of attorney's fees was inappropriate.
A person violating a custody decree of another state which makes it necessary to enforce the decree in the District may be required to pay necessary travel and other expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred by the party entitled to the custody or his or her witnesses.
By it own terms, D.C. Code §16-4515(d) does not require an explicit finding by the trial court that a party has violated an out-of-state custody order before it can award attorney's fees and expenses. See D.C. Code §16-4515(d). Moreover, although the trial judge here did not make an explicit finding that Mr. Bliss had violated the Russian custody order, there could have been no other basis for her order assessing expenses. In its disposition of the case, the court ordered Mr. Bliss to transfer custody of Nikita "in accordance with the January 21, 1997 Russian custody order granting Petitioner custody of the minor child, Nikita Bliss" and then, in the very next paragraph, awarded Ms. Bliss attorney's fees and expenses "pursuant to D.C. Code §16-4515(d)."13 See In re E.Q.B., supra, 617 A.2d at 202 n.7 ("Although it would have been preferable for [the trial court] to have clearly articulated the basis for [its] ruling, implicit in [its ruling] is [its] finding that [appellant] violated the [foreign] order of custody."); see also Harvey v. Harvey, 259 S.E.2d 456 (Ga. 1979) (award of attorney's fees and costs proper after defendant's wrongful holding of custody of the child necessitated plaintiff to travel from South Carolina to Georgia to enforce custodial decree); Heyer v. Bayless, 463 N.Y.S.2d 159, 161 (N.Y. Co. Ct. 1983) (court's decision enforcing Utah custodial decree means that petitioner "prima facie established her entitlement to relief under the statute"). Mr. Bliss relies on Kimmons v. Heldt, 667 P.2d 1245 (Alaska 1983), for his contention that the trial court was required to make an explicit finding of fact that he violated the Russia custody order before his wife could be entitled to attorney's fees. However, Mr. Bliss's reliance on Heldt is misplaced because the trial court there had awarded attorney's fees based on tree different Alaskan statutes without ay accompanying findings of fact, making it impossible for the appellate court to deduce on what basis the lower court had assessed the fees. See id. at 1251-52. As a result, the Heldt court was unable to determine whether the lower court had actually concluded that the appellant had violated the sister state custody order. See id. at 1253. Here, the language of the trial court's order provides sufficient basis from which we can, and do, conclude that the trial court found that Mr. Bliss was in violation of the Russian court order.
We are not persuaded by Mr. Bliss's argument that the statute should be interpreted to allow attorney's fees only for a violation of a foreign custody decree occurring after a court has determined that the decree is enforceable. First, that argument ignores the fact that by failing to return his son to his mother's custody, Mr. Bliss violated the custody decree in Russia, where it had been reviewed and affirmed on appeal. More generally, such a view is inconsistent with the purpose of the overall statutory scheme of the UCCJA to provide an efficient mechanism for mutual recognition and enforcement of custody decrees which meet basic standards. See Desai v. Fore, 711 A.2d 822, 825 (D.C. 1998). Mr. Bliss's proposed interpretation would give every parent unhappy with a foreign custody decree one initial free pass at violating it. We will not adopt an interpretation that would encourage parents who were not awarded custody of their children in an out-of-state proceeding to ignore the decree and force the custodial parent to come to their state to, in essence, relitigate the custodial issue, without regard for the potential imposition of expenses.
We do not intend to imply, on the other hand, that once a trial court determines that a foreign custody order is entitled to comity, D.C. Code §16-4515 (d) mandates an award of attorney's fees and other expenses to the prevailing litigant in every case. As the language of the provision indicates, the award of such costs under §16-4515 (d), as is the case under Super. Ct. Cir. R. 54(d), is within the trial court's discretion. See D.C. Code §16-4515 (d) ("A person violating a custody decree of another state which makes it necessary to enforce the decree in the District may be required to pay (. . . .") (emphasis added); cf. Robinson v. Howard Univ., 455 A.2d 1363, 1368 (D.C. 1983) (award of costs under Rule 54(d) within trial court's discretion). That discretion should be exercised consistently with the statute's balanced scheme to provide for the recognition and enforcement of a foreign decree while permitting a challenge to the decree's fundamental fairness. Thus, in a situation where a party makes a legitimate argument in good faith contesting the enforceability in our courts of a custody order rendered in another jurisdiction, the trial court should not automatically award attorney's fees and other expenses to the custodial party even if the court were to determine on the merits that the order or decree is entitled to comity. Implicit in the trial court's decision here, however, is the determination that Mr. Bliss did not make a good faith due process challenge to the Russian custody order because the trial court found that the reason he asserted as the factual basis for his claim - - that the Russian court proceeded in his absence - - was the result of his volitional act.
on recompensing the custodial parent for her or his necessary expenses in regaining custody wrongfully withheld. It is remedial in nature and designed to make whole the parent wrongfully denied custody by returning that parent to the prior status as near as is possible which includes the attendant expenses and attorney's fees.
463 N.Y.S.2d at 161. The most appropriate way in this case to return Ms. Bliss to her prior status, after she has been forced to retain counsel and fly to the United States to enforce the Russian custody decree, is to compensate her for the expenses, including attorney's fees, she incurred to regain her rightful custody of Nikita. Thus, there was no abuse of discretion by the trial court in its decision to award attorney's fees to Ms. Bliss pursuant to D.C. Code §16-4515(d). See In re E.Q.B., supra, 617 A.2d at 202; see also Pitts v. Sutter, 408 So.2d 105, 113 (Ala. Civ. App. 1981); Brewington v. Serrato, 336 S.E.2d 444, 448 (N.C. Ct. App. 1985).
For the foregoing reasons, we affirm the judgment of the trial court enforcing the Russian court decree and awarding expenses, including attorney's fees, to Ms. Bliss.
* Sitting by designation pursuant to D.C. Code §11-707(a) (1995).
1 According to Ms. Bliss's complaint, she filed under D.C. Code §16-4503(a)(3) which authorizes the Superior Court to "exercise its jurisdiction to make a child custody determination" in cases where the child is physically present in the District of Columbia and either has been abandoned or is facing an emergency due to actual or threatened mistreatment, abuse or neglect.
2 Mr. Bliss also testified that he had informed his Russian counsel about his request to the Russian court for an invitation but that they never told him that he should go to the consulate to try to get a visa with the summons alone. On cross-examination, Mr. Bliss also stated that his counsel had petitioned on his behalf to get him a letter of invitation, but there was nothing submitted to the trial court evidencing any of these attempts. In addition, a letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation dated January 1997 stated that "Bliss did not apply for a visa in Washington and his references to any difficulties occurring with obtaining it are not true."
3 According to Ms. Bliss, Mr. Bliss told her that he did not have enough money to come to Russia for the hearing.
4 In our review we rely on the certified translations of two Russian orders contained in the record on appeal.
5 The court stated that pursuant to current Russian law, "parents have equal rights and bear equal obligations to children." The court also stated, "It is common knowledge that at this age a child more than ever needs contact with his mother with whom he is bonded by the physiology of birth and who is the sole individual who is able to meet his needs and provide care, warmth, and tenderness to the child."
6 The custody order refers specifically to D.C. Code §§16-4501 and 16-4523.
7 Specifically, Mr. Bliss argued that sending the summons to Ms. Bliss's U.S. attorneys by fax did not comply with Russian civil procedure requirements since Mr. Bliss was a foreign citizen outside Russian jurisdiction. In addition, Mr. Bliss contended that the short notice deprived him of a reasonable opportunity to present his own case.
8 Mr. Bliss had argued to the lower court that Ms. Bliss's living arrangements were unsuitable for Nikita because she was living in a state dormitory and her housing arrangements were conditioned upon her employment at the dormitory.
9 The court found it significant that Mr. Bliss never attempted to present his court summons to the consulate to see whether that would be sufficient to obtain a travel visa. and credited Ms. Bliss's testimony that she had advised Mr. Bliss, after her conversations with a consulate official, that the summons would permit him to get a visa.
10 Mr. Bliss also argued in the trial court that the Russian court had improperly applied a tender years preference, see, e.g. Bazemore v. Davis, 394 A.2d 1377, 1383 (D.C. 1978) (en banc); however, the trial court determined that the Russian court had considered the preference as a factor in its determination of the best interests of the child, and found no error. The court was persuaded by a recent Maryland case, Hosain v. Malik, 671 A.2d 988 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 1996), in which the Maryland Court of Special Appeals determined that a Pakistani custody order was entitled to comity even though the Pakistani court had applied a maternal preference, referred to as "Hazanit." Specifically, the Hosain court concluded that [g]iven that Hazanit is only more doctrinaire in degree from the maternal preference and because the circuit court could have reasonably found it to be only a factor, we hold that the circuit court did not err in concluding that the principles of Pakistani law which were applied were not repugnant to Maryland law." Id. at 1005. On appeal, Mr. Bliss does not argue that the trial court incorrectly determined that the Russian custody order was not guided exclusively by a tender years preference.
The Superior Court shall recognize and enforce an initial or modification decree of a court of another state which had assumed jurisdiction under statutory provisions substantially in accordance with this chapter or which was made under factual circumstances meeting the jurisdictional standards substantially similar to those of this chapter, so long as this decree has not been modified in accordance with jurisdictional standards substantially similar to those in this chapter.
The provisions of this chapter relating to the recognition and enforcement of custody decrees of other states apply to custody decrees involving legal institutions similar in nature to custody institutions rendered by appropriate authorities of other nations if reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard were given to all affected persons.
13 Mr. Bliss, citing testimony in the hearing transcript, argued for the first time at oral argument that the Russian custody order did not become effective until September 10, 1997, more than five months after the trial court's order enforcing the Russian decree. Considerations of fairness to the court and to the opposing party normally preclude us from considering this newly-presented issue, and we decline to do so here. See George Washington University v. Waas, 648 A.2d 178, 182 n.6 (1994) (issues raised for the first time at oral argument will not be considered on appeal); Miller v. Avirom, 127 U.S. App. D.C. 367, 369-70, 384 F.2d 319, 321-22 (1967). We note, in any event, that the Babushkin court order of January 21, 1997, states that its effective date is February 10, 1997. On that day the Moscow Municipal appellate court upheld "[t]he decision of the Babushkin Inter-Municipal District Court of the city of Moscow dated January 21, 1997." See not 4, supra.


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The Ministry of Interior and the Red Crescent Society in Libya revealed that the bodies of more than 12 migrants floated on the Libyan coast late on Saturday, after they drowned while trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe.
Libya is a major transit point for migrants, many of whom are from African countries seeking better opportunities in Europe.
Mohamed Abu Shaala, head of the Red Crescent in the coastal city of Al-Khums in western Libya, said that 15 bodies, one of them a baby, were removed from the beach in the nearby town of Alous yesterday, Saturday. He added that three survivors said that a total of 35 people were in the boat that sank.
He added that what was reported on social media that 17 bodies and about ten other bodies were found on a different beach is incorrect.
Dr. Osama Al-Saket, director of Al-Khums Teaching Hospital, said that the bodies remained at sea for about a day. The hospital had received the bodies after phone calls from the International Organization for Migration and the police.
Al-Saket added that the bodies were not decomposed, and that the hospital had received 14 bodies and the bodies of an infant.
The Interior Ministry later said the bodies of 14 of the group of 60 migrants believed to be missing at sea had been recovered.
It is not clear from the Interior Ministry statement whether it refers to the same group, and it has not yet been possible to obtain clarification from ministry officials.
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Economic outlook worsening, global debt to surpass WWII levels: IMF
By Shane Wright
June 24, 2020 — 11.00pm
The global recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic is deeper and will last longer than expected with the International Monetary Fund warning nations will be left with more debt than at the end of World War II.
In an updated economic outlook released on Wednesday night, the fund expects the world's richest economies to contract by 8 per cent this year, a 1.9 percentage point downgrade from what it forecast in early April. In 2021, the same economies are expected to see growth of 4.8 per cent.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the IMF had upgraded its expectations for Australia by 2.2 percentage points, a sign of the country's resilience. Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
Australia will out-perform all but one of its peers, tipped to suffer a 4.9 per cent contraction this year before recovering much of that in 2021 with the economy forecast to expand by 4 per cent. Only South Korea is expected to do better, with its economy predicted to shrink by 2.1 per cent.
Compared to what the IMF was forecasting in early January, the coronavirus pandemic is expected to cost the global economy $US12.5 trillion or $18 trillion.
The fund's economic counsellor, Gita Gopinath, said the "great lockdown" had helped contain the coronavirus and saved lives but its economic impact was worse than initially feared.
She said the unprecedented scale of the economic downturn would force governments to start work on their post-virus recovery plans while confronting record levels of debt.
"This crisis like no other will have a recovery like no other," she said.
The fund expects the public debt of advanced nations to reach 130 per cent of global GDP. During WWII it peaked at just over 120 per cent. Public debt, which grew by 10.5 per cent during the depths of the global financial crisis, is tipped to grow 18.7 per cent this year alone.
Australian gross debt is forecast to reach 56.8 per cent of GDP this year, or more than $1.1 trillion, before increasing to 64.3 per cent of GDP or $1.3 trillion in 2021.
The fund said those countries starting to re-open their economies had to be careful not to cut off support mechanisms such as wage subsidies or special assistance to the unemployed. Australia is due to end its $70 billion JobKeeper and a $550-a-fortnight welfare supplement in late September.
"The exit from targeted support - such as wage subsidies for furloughed workers, cash transfers, enhanced eligibility criteria for unemployment insurance, credit guarantees for firms, and moratoria on debt service - should proceed gradually to avoid precipitating sudden income losses and bankruptcies just as the economy is beginning to regain its footing," the fund said.
Ms Gopinath said countries looking to repair their budget bottom lines would have to look at medium-term programs centred on taxation.
"Countries will need sound fiscal frameworks for medium-term consolidation, through cutting back on wasteful spending, widening the tax base, minimising tax avoidance and greater progressivity in taxation in some countries," she said.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the IMF had upgraded its expectations for Australia by 2.2 percentage points from its original forecasts, a sign of the country's remarkable resilience in the face of the pandemic crisis.
He said the forecast for the global economy, and the threat posed by a potential second wave, were powerful reminders that as restrictions were eased people had to continue to follow health advice.
"There is still a long way to go in recovering from this health and economic crisis but there are encouraging signs across the economy and we will continue to do all that is necessary to ensure Australia bounces back stronger on the other side," he said.
Shadow treasurer Jim Chalmers said the IMF was clear in its warnings that the sudden withdrawal of programs like JobKeeper risked the job prospects of hundreds of thousands of Australians.
"Failing to heed the advice of the IMF, the Reserve Bank and others would mean even more Australians are left behind by this government during the first recession in three decades," he said.
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Shane is a senior economics correspondent for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.


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Peel has put forward a proposal to the Government for a Local Enterprise Partnership plan based on its £50bn Atlantic Gateway project.
The Atlantic Gateway scheme is Peel's long-term framework to develop land along the Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal.
In a statement released today, Peel said: "The Peel Group has responded to the Department for Communities and Local Government's request for proposals for Local Enterprise Partnerships.
"Peel has based its submission on the existing Atlantic Gateway Framework which had the support of local authority partners and key stakeholders and is included in the Future North West document.
"Peel has a number of key infrastructure projects at various stages of development. In order to deliver the full employment and regenerative value of these projects they need the support of a broad regeneration policy. As this no longer exists with the abolition of the Regional Strategy, it is therefore very important that the Atlantic Gateway concept is adopted and considered nationally as a key policy to address economic growth outside of the South East. A substantial cross boundary economic policy is required to help encourage new business investment in the North from international investors as well as indigenous investors such as the Peel Group.
"Peel's submission to HM Government explains that a specialist LEP, driven by the private sector can deliver £75bn net additional GVA and over 130,000 net additional jobs.
"Peel also consider that some key sectors of the economy need to be considered at the Atlantic Gateway scale, these include utilities, logistics, waste, energy and green infrastructure.
"The Peel submission also describes a 1% levy on Atlantic Gateway developments to help fund a community environment fund to support locally based environmental projects that help improve and engage communities.
"Peel look forward to developing these ideas with partners and Government through the forthcoming months."
As the major land owner, Peel has driven the Atlantic Gateway strategy which the North West Development Agency supported and managed to secure an agreement in March this year between Greater Manchester and Merseyside authorities to back the framework.
However, Sir Howard Bernstein, chief executive of Manchester City Council, has criticised the strategy and its concept.
The Coalition Government announced its intention to create LEPs to replace Regional Development Agencies in 2012 which will be business led with a focus on transforming the economy.
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The Davison Avenue Intermediate School's new Glee Club performed at the ECET2 Long Island Conference at the Tilles Center.
The Davison Avenue Intermediate School's new Glee Club in the Malverne Union Free School District performed at the Elevating and Celebrating Effective Teaching and Teachers Long Island Conference, on May 3, at the Tilles Center.
ECET2's annual event features teachers and administrators from across Nassau and Suffolk counties, where they spend the day discussing collaboration and leadership. This year, they were treated to a special performance from Malverne students on their way to lunch that afternoon. Glee Club students are directed by music teacher Deanna Vitola. The New York State Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia along with Regent Roger Tilles attended the performance and stopped for a photo with the talented group.
Nearly 200 educators attended the first national ECET2 conference in 2012. Since then, energized teachers have continued to organize regional conferences to inform and inspire colleagues at home, develop attendees' leadership potential and hone their craft.


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An Architect's Dream, An Artist's Touch in Rowayton, Connecticut
Architect Bruce Beinfield of Beinfield Architecture has received many awards for homes and buildings he's designed for clients, but his Rowayton home, which was featured in Episode 4 of Season 2, was the first project he created for himself and his wife, Carol.
Inside each wall and every corner was thoughtfully planned, and later adorned with Carol's funky collectibles. Carol is an artist and where there are empty shelves, she sees opportunity. "I'm like water, I just fill everything," she says.
Bruce built the home with his wife in mind. "The underlining architectural order is very strong here," says Bruce. "The house was really designed for an artist who would bring her own level of chaos in and it's the tension between the order and the chaos is one of the areas that really make the house dynamic."
The home has a story, too. Right on the edge of a tidal estuary, crisscrossed beams resemble trestles and a railroad track leads out back. The details are nods to the trolley that ran from Norwalk to an amusement park on Long Island Sound in the early twentieth century. The tracks were destroyed in a hurricane and never repaired, but in the creation of their dream home, Bruce and Carol have brought its story back to life.
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From Snow White to Bugs Bunny: Gimli cottage was childhood home to artist who shaped cartoon history
When Andy Blicq bought an old cottage in Gimli, Man., to renovate and turn into his year-round home, he had no idea he was buying a connection to some of the greatest cartoon characters in history.
Charles Thorson credited with radically changing Warner Bros.'s animation style, developing iconic characters
Darren Bernhardt · CBC News · Posted: Jul 08, 2018 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: July 8, 2018
The first cartoon appearance of Bugs Bunny, before he was officially named as such, in the 1938 cartoon Porky's Hare Hunt. (Internet Movie Database)
When Andy Blicq bought a century-old cottage in Gimli, Man., to renovate and turn into his year-round home, he had no idea he was buying a connection to some of the greatest cartoon characters in history.
Built in 1918, the cottage in the Manitoba Interlake town is the childhood home of Charles Thorson, who moved to Hollywood in 1934 and became a cartoonist who created prototypes for Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and the Flintstones (he also developed story ideas for the animated TV series featuring the latter).
A view of the Thorson/Blicq house as seen today. (Submitted by Andy Blicq)
The Snow White character created for Disney Studios is widely believed to be based on a waitress Thorson met and flirted with at a diner in West End Winnipeg.
He left Disney in anger at the lack of screen credits given to him, especially for Snow White, and was hired by Warner Bros. to conceive star characters they hoped would challenge Disney's reign in animated entertainment.
Bugs Bunny and other characters designed by Charles Thorson, as seen in Gene Walz's book Cartoon Charlie: The Life and Art of Animation Pioneer Charles Thorson. (Great Plains Publications)
His new bosses asked Thorson to design a rabbit for a cartoon to be directed by Cal Dalton and Ben "Bugs" Hardaway.
Thorson labelled his model sheet as "Bug's Bunny" and the name stuck, according to a biography by former University of Manitoba film studies professor Gene Walz called Cartoon Charlie: The Life and Art of Animation Pioneer Charles Thorson.
History in the walls
The history in the home on Gimli's Fourth Avenue is so deep "you can feel it in the walls," Blicq said.
"We love it. It is a piece of the past."
That history was recognized this week as the home turned 100.
The Thorson home can be seen tucked against trees behind the house in the centre of this old photo of Gimli. (Submitted by Andy Blicq)
A Canada Day ceremony was hosted by the municipality to honour the home and the handful of others in the area that remain from the earliest days of the Icelandic-settled community in Manitoba's Interlake.
"These cottages are disappearing pretty quickly. There are a few around still but many have been taken apart or renovated right out of recognition," Blicq said.
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Whenever one is demolished, Blicq has tried to salvage the lumber and put it back into his own cottage to maintain the original feel and history.
"We've wanted to maintain that as much as we possibly could. This is about us, it's about our past and it's important to save them."
Kristin Solvadottir, right, is believed to be the muse for Charles Thorson's drawing of Snow White for Disney Studios. From Gene Walz's Cartoon Charlie: The Life and Art of Animation Pioneer Charles Thorson. (Great Plains Publications)
The home was originally built for Stefan Thorson, a former Gimli mayor. He and his wife, Sigridur, emigrated from Iceland to Winnipeg in 1887. They had two sons — Charles and Joseph — before moving the family to Gimli in 1912.
The home belonged to three other families after the Thorsons. When Blicq bought it in 1997 it was showing its age.
"It was in pretty tough shape by that point but we've had this ongoing renovation for about 20 years," he said.
"I think I've touched every single board in it."
He didn't know anything about the history until the Gimli Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee did some research to find out who the previous owners were.
Charlie Thorson was born in Winnipeg but grew up in Gimli. (University of Manitoba Archives and Special Collections)
"When you have a building like this, you're kind of caretakers as it goes through different families and incarnations in its lifetime."
He has since learned the home was constructed by Hjalmar Thorsteinson, a master carpenter who also built boats in the harbour community on Lake Winnipeg.
The walls were made out of Douglas fir, which would have been shipped in from the West Coast at the time.
"It's irreplaceable wood, very strong. Largely, that's why many of these buildings [built the same way] remain," Blicq said.
Calling himself "a glutton for punishment," Blicq recently bought the cottage next to his — another old one — and plans to embark on a renovation to save it.
"It's really original," he said, adding that the history of that one has yet to be uncovered.
A 1919 penny found by Andy Blicq while gardening a few years ago. It is from a year after the home was built. (Submitted by Andy Blicq)
Thorson's roller-coaster career
Early in his career, Thorson did some cartooning for Icelandic-language newspapers as well as the Winnipeg Free Press and the Grain Growers Guide, according to Historica Canada's Canadian Encyclopedia.
From 1914 until 1934, he was chief illustrator for the Eaton's catalogue, in which goods were all hand-drawn. But he also did freelance work, including designing souvenir posters and postcards after the Winnipeg Falcons hockey team won the 1920 Olympic gold medal in Antwerp.
But it was also a tumultuous time in his life. His first wife died of tuberculosis shortly after the birth of their son, who then died three months later, according to the University of Manitoba archives, which contains much of Thorson's work.
Gene Walz has written extensively on Charles Thorson's life and career. (Great Plains Publications/AbeBooks.com)
The deaths rattled him and he wandered for a time, living homeless throughout Western Canada. He eventually remarried in 1922, but tragedy struck again. The couple's son lived only three days.
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They had another in 1925 but the couple split up a few years later. Single once more, Thorson spent a great deal of time drinking away his sorrows and drawing at the Weevil Cafe, a diner near the corner of Sargent Avenue and Victor Street in Winnipeg's West End.
That's where he met waitress Kristin Solvadottir, who was from Iceland and visiting relatives in Manitoba. She worked at the diner to cover her expenses while away from home.
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Thorson, at 44, was twice her age and Solvadottir showed little interest, according to Gene Walz's Cartoon Charlie. He sketched drawings with love notes to her but when she left the city, he headed for Los Angeles.
After leaving Disney, Thorson "radically revised the Warner style towards anthropomorphic animals" and set the company on a strong animated course, according to the U of M archives.
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Known as someone who didn't stay at a job too long, Thorson left WB after developing Bugs and the rabbit's antagonist, Elmer Fudd, along with several other lesser-known characters.
Punkinhead, designed for Eaton's, was featured in storybooks, songs, records and television commercials. (Archives of Ontario)
He moved on to Fleischer Studios in Miami, where he redesigned Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Popeye characters and created the Flintstones.
After Fleischer, he worked as a children's-book illustrator, in billboard and magazine advertising, and for a few other studios. He then moved back to Winnipeg in 1946, where he created one of his other iconic characters.
Punkinhead, a teddy bear with a mop of blond hair, was designed for Eaton's and marketed through storybooks, songs, records and television commercials. The character was a big hit and Eaton's eventually promoted him to Santa's sidekick during the store's Christmas parades.
Thorson likely could have lived off Punkinhead royalties if not for a big blunder on his part.
According to Walz, Thorson was drunk during a party at the Fort Garry Hotel in his honour and got into an argument with an Eaton's executive. Thorson threw a punch and was promptly fired, Walz says.
In 1952, Thorson designed Elmer the Safety Elephant for a school-based safety campaign but struggled to find work beyond that and eventually retired to British Columbia in 1956.
He died a decade later.
While these days, many Manitobans may not know about his contribution to cartoon history, his former home has now been recognized in the town where he once lived.
The Gimli cottage owned by Andy Blicq is now a municipally designated historic site, with a plaque commemorating its significance.
"More than anything, it makes you feel connected to the community's history," said Blicq.
Read an article by Gene Walz on Winnipeg's Bugs Bunny connection, from the summer 1997 issue of the film magazine Take One: Film & Television in Canada (digitized by Athabasca University Library and Scholarly Resources):
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S2E03: Integrating Newer Members into the Lodge 1
This episode is dedicated to the Kirby family. Suzzanne Kirby will be dearly missed and our thoughts are with R∴W∴ PGM Kirby and his family during this time of grief. Please pray for them.
In Season 2, Episode 3, the boys talk about making the new guy feel like he's not wasting his time, and making him feel welcome. Please join brothers Rhit Moore, Grant Gates, Billy Hamilton, and Gabriel Jagush as they discuss the challenge of, and techniques for, integrating new members into the lodge.
00:02:23 - When does Masonic imagery on clothing, trinkets, etc, go too far?
00:15:01 - Is it okay to wear Masonic regalia/symbols during my college graduation?
00:19:48 - Main Episode Content: Integrating Newer Members into the Lodge
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This episode is dedicated to Right Worshipful R.H. "Bob" Waters, Past Grand Master of Masons in Texas, who laid down his working tools at 10:48 AM on Wednesday, January 31st, 2018. We love you Bob, and we'll miss you. For more information on R∴W∴ Waters' Masonic career, please see his biography on the Grand Lodge website: https://grandlodgeoftexas.org/grand-master/r-h-bob-waters/
Please join the boys in Season 2, Episode 2, as they recover from Grand Lodge and digest the subjects discussed & voted upon. Brothers Rhit Moore, Billy Hamilton, and Gabriel Jagush try thier best (which is not a very good best, mind you) to summarize how Grand Lodge went down.
00:01:56 - Discussion Question: Billy's Aunt's Question
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