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Newfoundland & Labrador > News
'He's vanished': Search continues for Mount Pearl man Trevor Hamlyn, missing since June 16
Juanita Mercer | Posted: July 8, 2018, 1:38 p.m. | Updated: July 9, 2018, 1:57 p.m. | 3 Min Read
Trevor Hamlyn has been missing since June 16. - Contributed
It's been three weeks since anyone has seen Trevor Hamlyn.
"He's vanished," said his sister, Ashley Hamlyn.
Ashley and a group of about 20 people met at Paradise Elementary on Sunday morning to continue searching for the missing 33-year-old.
He was last seen on June 16 in the area of Imogene Crescent in Paradise, and is described as 5'10", 230 lbs, with a bald head and goatee.
Trevor Hamlyn's sister, Ashley, said she hasn't worked since her brother went missing – she's spending all of her time looking for him. -Juanita Mercer/The Telegram
"We're going to search some new areas as well as some old areas," said Ashley as she stood holding a clipboard on the school's parking lot.
"We still want to cover lots of areas of Paradise that haven't been covered yet by us or the police, so that's our plan today. Also, we'll put out more flyers, and just creating more awareness. It's been three weeks – we're going into week four now – and there's still no tips or leads of what happened."
A volunteer searcher wrote her name on Ashley's clipboard to sign up for a search area.
A group of Cortney's Search Angels also showed up to help.
Police have said they have concerns for Hamlyn's well-being.
Royal Newfoundland Constabulary asking public for surveillance footage in search for Trevor Hamlyn
GOFUNDME created to aid Trevor Hamlyn search effort
While Ashley said police are conducting an investigation, Hamlyn's family and friends are doing their own research as well.
Ashley and Geoff, both Hamlyn's siblings, have been searching for their brother ever since he went missing.
"We haven't been working for the last few weeks – this has been our full-time job," said Ashley. "We have been out every day that we physically could doing our own private searches."
"If he is lost in the woods, it has been three weeks. You know, we're being realistic that could not be a good situation. If he's in hiding somewhere, well that's a better situation. Or, if he was taken, once again, that could be a good or bad – it depends what happened to him. Unfortunately, we don't even know which scenario to think about because we don't know what happened to him."
People can help by joining the Facebook group, 'Have You Seen Trevor Hamlyn Aka Pepsi?' There's information on the group page about a GOFUNDME fundraiser started by a family friend to help with the search efforts. There's also a meal train organized to provide the family with meals as they focus on finding Hamlyn.
Ashley said people can also print flyers, which can be found on the Facebook page, and post them in public areas "to try to spread the word."
As well, there's a fundraiser this Saturday, July 14 at Rob Roy starting at 9 p.m.
Police are still investigating and ask anyone with information to call the RNC at 729-8000 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). That includes anyone in the area of Imogene Crescent and Trails End Drive who have video surveillance on their homes or vehicle dash cameras.
People can also provide information anonymously on the NL Crime Stoppers Website at www.nlcrimestoppers.com.
Twitter: @juanitamercer_
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Іван Ананійович Лавренов (, село Пожега Юхновського повіту Смоленської губернії, тепер Смоленської області, Російська Федерація — , місто Москва) — радянський військово-політичний діяч, член військової ради — начальник політичного управління Ракетних військ стратегічного призначення СРСР, генерал-лейтенант (13.04.1964). Кандидат у члени ЦК КПРС у 1966 році. Депутат Верховної Ради СРСР 7-го скликання.

Життєпис
Народився в родині залізничника. У 1912 році сім'я Лавренових переїхала до Москви. У 1928 році закінчив школу—семирічку № 1 при станції Москва Московсько-Київсько-Воронезької залізниці.

У вересні 1928 — квітні 1930 року — учень токаря школи фабрично-заводського учнівства імені Мандельштама Державного тресту точної механіки «Точмех» у Москві. У 1929 році вступив до комсомолу.

У квітні 1930 — серпні 1933 року — токар-інструментальник 1-го Державного годинникового заводу в Москві.

Член ВКП(б) з жовтня 1932 року.

У 1933 році закінчив робітничий факультет при Дирижаблебудівному навчальному комбінаті в селищі Тушино Московської області. У серпні 1933 — грудні 1938 року — слухач, одночасно у 1937—1938 роках — секретар парткому Дирижаблебудівного навчального комбінату в селищі Тушино. Закінчив навчання без захисту диплома.

У грудні 1938 — червні 1941 року — інструктор відділу керівних партійних органів ЦК ВКП(б), інструктор Управління кадрів ЦК ВКП(б). У 1941 році закінчив Московський авіаційно-технологічний інститут.

З липня 1941 року — в Червоній армії, учасник німецько-радянської війни. У липні 1941 — березні 1943 року — старший інструктор політичного відділу армії, військовий комісар і начальник відділу кадрів 30-ї армії, військовий комісар і заступник командира 884-го змішаного авіаційного полку по політичній частині на Калінінському і Західному фронтах.

У березні 1943 — грудні 1947 року — член колегії — начальник Управління кадрів Головного управління цивільного повітряного флоту при Раді народних комісарів (Раді міністрів) СРСР.

У грудні 1947 — лютому 1949 року — слухач курсів перепідготовки політичного складу при Військово-політичній академії імені Леніна.

У лютому 1949 — липні 1950 року — заступник командира із політичної частини, начальник політичного відділу 5-ї гвардійської штурмової авіаційної дивізії Московського військового округу.

У липні 1950 — вересні 1951 року — заступник начальника із політичної частини, у вересні 1951 — 1956 року — начальник політичного відділу Державного Червонопрапорного Науково-дослідного інституту Військово-повітряних сил СРСР.

У 1956 році закінчив Вищу військову академію імені Ворошилова.

У листопаді 1956 — червні 1958 року — член військової ради — начальник політичного відділу повітряної армії Київського військового округу.

У червні 1958 — травні 1960 року — заступник начальника управління політичних органів ВПС Головного політичного управління Радянської армії і Військово-морського флоту.

У травні 1960 — травні 1963 року — заступник начальника управління політичних органів Ракетних військ стратегічного призначення Головного політичного управління Радянської армії і Військово-морського флоту.

У травні 1963 — 6 грудня 1966 року — член військової ради — начальник політичного управління Ракетних військ стратегічного призначення СРСР.

Помер 6 грудня 1966 року. Похований в Москві на Новодівочому цвинтарі.

Військові звання
 Батальйонний комісар
 Підполковник
 Полковник
 Генерал-майор авіації (18.02.1958)
 Генерал-лейтенант (13.04.1964)

Нагороди
 орден Червоного Прапора (1942)
 орден Вітчизняної війни І ст. (1945)
 два ордени Червоної Зірки (1944, 1956)
 медалі

Примітки

Джерела
 Лавренов Иван Ананьевич
 Филиппов С. Руководители центральных ВКП(б) в 1934—1939 гг. Справочник. —  : РОССПЭН, 2018.

Депутати Верховної Ради СРСР 7-го скликання
Генерал-лейтенанти

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BuckIQ: Troy Smith gives Heisman advice, vote to Dwayne Haskins
Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins has punched his ticket to New York City and the Heisman Trophy presentation. (Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports)
COLUMBUS — The Heisman Trophy finalist drought at Ohio State is over.
Maybe the Buckeyes aren't the odds-on favorite to claim another winner on Saturday night in New York City. But Dwayne Haskins at least has the program back in the spotlight when college football's most famous award is presented.
Truthfully, Haskins probably deserves more credit than the Ohio State quarterback has received when it comes to national awards. But he did wind up with enough acclaim to earn the first spot reserved for the Buckeyes since Troy Smith lifted the hardware now 12 full years ago this weekend.
That alone is obviously worthy of a celebration for the record-setting Haskins coming off the best single-season performance by a Big Ten quarterback ever.
Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins is heading to New York for the Heisman Trophy presentation. (Birm/Lettermen Row)
"I feel like I did what I needed to do to give them my case to win the Heisman," Haskins said. "Broke Drew Brees' touchdown record, broke Curtis Painter's single-season passing record and did a lot of great things this year. It's not my choice of who gets to win the Heisman, but either way, I just wanted to be considered for it.
"If I win, I win. If I don't, I'm getting ready for Washington [in the Rose Bowl]. But just to be able to go to New York and show my kids one day that I was a finalist would mean the world to me."
Haskins got that, and he'll be able to see one of his boyhood idols there with Smith on hand for the ceremony this weekend.
The Heisman winner was in the Lettermen Row film lab this week again looking at how Haskins punched his ticket, breaking down another remarkable outing as the Buckeyes claimed the Big Ten title. Smith offers his advice to Haskins about how to enjoy the moment, raves about the arm strength — and maybe tips his hand about who finished on top of his ballot when it was submitted this week in his latest BuckIQ episode.
Roll the tape!
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BuckIQ has been an awesome segment all year. Thanks for bringing back "The Lettermen" to give us their insights into the games.
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Only Sasha Brown would not take Haskins or Bosa first.
Related Topics:Featured, Dwayne Haskins, BuckIQ, Heisman Trophy, Troy Smith
Austin Ward is Lettermen Row's senior writer covering Ohio State football and basketball. The award-winning journalist has covered the Buckeyes since 2012, spending five of those seasons working for ESPN after previous stints at the Casper Star-Tribune and Knoxville News Sentinel.
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The Danish Girls' Choir of Fredensborg Chapel
Since 1858, chuch singers have been on the salary list of most Danish churches.
The Chapel of Fredensborg has a long tradition having a girls' choir, which has been connected to The Castle of Fredensborg where Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark has her residence for longer periods over the calender year.
The Castle of Fredensborg
It is with great pride that our choir members sing at the Sunday morning services of the Chapel of Fredensborg, which is open to the public.
The Girls' Choir also gives concerts at bigger private events of the Royal Family. The last royal performance was at His Highness Prince Felix's confirmation.
Her Royal Highness Princess Benedikte is the benefactor of the choir.
With Her Royal Highness Princess Benedikte
The Danish Girls' Choir of Fredensborg Chapel consists of 20 experienced choir singers aged 13 – 20, who all have at least 6 years of choir training and performance experience.
The choir has evolved into one of Denmark's best church choirs with a very active concert life with many public and private performances on the schedule each year.
Some of our most spectacular recent concerts have been in the Elsingore Cathedral, at an open-air concert in Tivoli and at the Castle of Hvidøre.
Performance at the Castle of Hvidøre
Since 2015 Cille Buch has been the music director and conductor of the choir. She was trained at The Royal Danish Music Conservatory as a singer and vocalist with further education in the field of choir management.
Besides her job with The Danish Girls' Choir of Fredensborg Chapel she works with the development of young voices through workshops and seminars in Denmark.
Cille Buch is also a very active opera singer and actress in several settings every year.
Conductor Cille Buch
Amazing voices, happy minds, clever girls with healthy interests. Young persons who care about others, have strong values and love singing in the church, where the important marks of a persons life take place!
The team behind this girls' choir is proud and more than happy to share more information on request. Please contact:
Musical director, Cille Buch, fredensborgkor@hotmail.com
Public Relations: Jane Dalsgaard, pr-fredensborgkor@hotmail.com
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In English: Danish Girls' Choir of Fredensborg Chapel
In Danish: Fredensborg Slotskirkes Pigekor
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Contiki Vacations, a specialist in tours for 18-35 year olds, is offering an 11-day Galapagos and Ecuador trip that will be accompanied by documentary filmmaker and environmentalist, Céline Cousteau (www.celinecousteau.com), the granddaughter of oceanographer Jacques Cousteau.
Céline Céline will join a special departure April 21, which will be dedicated to an inquiry into what can be done to save the oceans, the world's largest habitat, from degradation from human impact. Contiki is also planning a trade FAM at the same time, with partners including Brandon Amelong, product manager for STA Travel's U.S. Division.
The new 11-day Galapagos and Ecuador trip flies into Guayaquil, Ecuador, and spends nights at each of three Galapagos Islands, Santa Cruz, Isabela and San Cristobal. The itinerary also includes a five-night exploration of mainland Ecuador.
The itinerary includes a Galapagos BBQ at a favorite island spot and a snorkeling experience off the coast of Santa Cruz. In Ecuador, the program includes riding the Devil's Nose Train, a salsa dancing lesson and free time to explore or opt for a special experience, such as an island biking adventure at San Cristobal, a thermal hot springs dip, a rappelling and canyoning day trip, or a whitewater rafting trip in Banos.


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What better way to beat the heat this summer than going on an epic mission to defeat the sun? It sounds absurd, but that's just one of many reasons why we at Roblox love playing Robot 64 on Xbox One.
Robot 64 is an old-school 3D action-adventure game with a modern twist. You play as Beebo, a robotic hero who embarks on a wacky quest to cool down the sun with ice cream before it wipes out the world. The game has all the bells and whistles you've come to expect from the platformer genre—a huge variety of puzzles and playgrounds to explore, slick acrobatic moves, and collectibles galore. It even has a level editor where you can share and play user-generated content, as well as an open-world multiplayer aspect that makes it feel right at home on Roblox. Alone or with friends, you can collect over 60 ice creams scattered across seven massive worlds. Sprinkle on top a charming cast of characters and a memorable soundtrack, and you've got a top-notch gaming sundae that's perfect for fans of all ages.
Every year, as part of our Accelerator Program, we invite a select group of talented young developers from the community to our headquarters and give them the skills, tools, and knowledge to create better games. After zKevin enrolled in our spring 2018 Accelerator Program, he immediately began working on an original 3D platforming game that was built from the ground up specifically for Xbox One.
zKevin is well-regarded on Roblox for creating many other zany masterpieces, such as Purple Skittles and Cleaning Simulator. If you enjoyed the oddball characters, stories, and worlds in either of those games, you'll find yourself right at home with Robot 64.
Robot 64 is available now on Roblox for Xbox One, and it's completely free-to-play! You can stay up-to-date on zKevin's latest titles by following him on Twitter @KevinIsNotSeven. For additional Roblox news, keep an eye on our Facebook, Google+, Twitter, and Instagram pages.


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CIA Pays Tribute to Its Fallen in Annual Memorial Ceremony — Central Intelligence Agency
Today, the Central Intelligence Agency held its annual Memorial Ceremony to remember, honor, and celebrate the courageous CIA officers who died serving their country.
This year, there are four new stars on the Memorial Wall, each commemorating a distinguished officer. Two of those stars honor officers whose names and contributions remain classified even after their deaths.
The other two stars honor Lieutenant John W. Creech and Daniel C. Dennett, Jr., who were on a mission to Addis Ababa when their plane crashed in bad weather. John and Daniel worked for the Central Intelligence Group (CIG)—the immediate predecessor to CIA.
In her remarks to those assembled before the Memorial Wall, Director Haspel said, "We honor the men and women of this Agency who perished in the line of duty. The cause to which they devoted their lives—the freedom and safety of Americans—endures."
During the ceremony, Director Haspel presented the families of the four fallen officers with a marble replica of their loved one's star.
CIA's Memorial Ceremony began in 1987 and is attended each year by hundreds of employees, retirees, and family members of the officers who died serving the CIA. In 1974, CIA dedicated the Memorial Wall with 31 stars to honor those who had fallen since the Agency's founding in 1947. There are now 133 stars on the wall.
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Would you be able to point me to the location of this documentation, or have a file that you could send to me? Any help or advice you might be able to provide would be much appreciated.


Commemorate the first term of President Barack Obama with this 15⁄16 inch bronze medal.
The reverse design features a quote from President Obama beneath the Presidential Seal. The quote reads, "OUR DESTINY IS NOT WRITTEN FOR US. IT IS WRITTEN BY US." The additional inscription reads, "JANUARY 20, 2009," the date of President Obama's inauguration. Beneath the date is the President's signature. The design is bordered by 50 stars.


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package bipartitegraph_test

import (
	"reflect"

	. "github.com/onsi/gomega/matchers/support/goraph/bipartitegraph"

	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
)

var _ = Describe("Bipartitegraph", func() {
	Context("tiny graphs", func() {
		var (
			empty, _        = NewBipartiteGraph([]interface{}{}, []interface{}{}, func(x, y interface{}) (bool, error) { return true, nil })
			oneLeft, _      = NewBipartiteGraph([]interface{}{1}, []interface{}{}, func(x, y interface{}) (bool, error) { return true, nil })
			oneRight, _     = NewBipartiteGraph([]interface{}{}, []interface{}{1}, func(x, y interface{}) (bool, error) { return true, nil })
			twoSeparate, _  = NewBipartiteGraph([]interface{}{1}, []interface{}{1}, func(x, y interface{}) (bool, error) { return false, nil })
			twoConnected, _ = NewBipartiteGraph([]interface{}{1}, []interface{}{1}, func(x, y interface{}) (bool, error) { return true, nil })
		)

		It("Computes the correct largest matching", func() {
			Ω(empty.LargestMatching()).Should(BeEmpty())
			Ω(oneLeft.LargestMatching()).Should(BeEmpty())
			Ω(oneRight.LargestMatching()).Should(BeEmpty())
			Ω(twoSeparate.LargestMatching()).Should(BeEmpty())

			Ω(twoConnected.LargestMatching()).Should(HaveLen(1))
		})
	})

	Context("small yet complex graphs", func() {
		var (
			neighbours = func(x, y interface{}) (bool, error) {
				switch x.(string) + y.(string) {
				case "aw", "bw", "bx", "cy", "cz", "dx", "ew":
					return true, nil
				default:
					return false, nil
				}
			}
			graph, _ = NewBipartiteGraph(
				[]interface{}{"a", "b", "c", "d", "e"},
				[]interface{}{"w", "x", "y", "z"},
				neighbours,
			)
		)

		It("Computes the correct largest matching", func() {
			// largest matching: "aw", "bx", "cy"
			Ω(graph.LargestMatching()).Should(HaveLen(3))
		})

		Describe("FreeLeftRight", func() {
			When("all edges are given", func() {
				It("returns correct free left and right values", func() {
					freeLeft, freeRight := graph.FreeLeftRight(graph.Edges)
					Expect(freeLeft).To(BeEmpty())
					Expect(freeRight).To(BeEmpty())
				})
			})
			When("largest matching edges are given", func() {
				It("returns correct free left and right values", func() {
					edges := graph.LargestMatching()
					freeLeft, freeRight := graph.FreeLeftRight(edges)
					Expect(freeLeft).To(ConsistOf("d", "e"))
					Expect(freeRight).To(ConsistOf("z"))
				})
			})
		})
	})

	When("node values are unhashable types", func() {
		var (
			neighbours = func(x, y interface{}) (bool, error) {
				return reflect.DeepEqual(x, y), nil
			}
			graph, _ = NewBipartiteGraph(
				[]interface{}{[]int{1, 2}, []int{3, 4}},
				[]interface{}{[]int{1, 2}},
				neighbours,
			)
		)
		Describe("FreeLeftRight", func() {
			It("returns correct free left and right values", func() {
				edges := graph.LargestMatching()
				freeLeft, freeRight := graph.FreeLeftRight(edges)
				Expect(freeLeft).To(HaveLen(1))
				Expect(freeLeft[0]).To(Equal([]int{3, 4}))
				Expect(freeRight).To(BeEmpty())
			})
		})
	})

	Context("large yet simple graphs", func() {
		var (
			half                = make([]interface{}, 100)
			discreteNeighbours  = func(x, y interface{}) (bool, error) { return false, nil }
			completeNeighbours  = func(x, y interface{}) (bool, error) { return true, nil }
			bijectionNeighbours = func(x, y interface{}) (bool, error) {
				return x.(int) == y.(int), nil
			}
			discrete, complete, bijection *BipartiteGraph
		)

		BeforeEach(func() {
			for i := 0; i < len(half); i++ {
				half[i] = i
			}
			discrete, _ = NewBipartiteGraph(half, half, discreteNeighbours)
			complete, _ = NewBipartiteGraph(half, half, completeNeighbours)
			bijection, _ = NewBipartiteGraph(half, half, bijectionNeighbours)
		})

		It("Computes the correct largest matching", func() {
			Ω(discrete.LargestMatching()).Should(BeEmpty())
			Ω(complete.LargestMatching()).Should(HaveLen(100))
			Ω(bijection.LargestMatching()).Should(HaveLen(100))
		})
	})

	Context("large graphs that are unpleasant for the algorithm", func() {
		var (
			half        = make([]interface{}, 100)
			neighbours1 = func(x, y interface{}) (bool, error) {
				if x.(int) < 33 {
					return x.(int) == y.(int), nil
				} else if x.(int) < 66 {
					return true, nil
				} else {
					return false, nil
				}
			}
			neighbours2 = func(x, y interface{}) (bool, error) {
				if x.(int) == 50 {
					return true, nil
				} else if x.(int) < 90 {
					return x.(int) == y.(int), nil
				} else {
					return false, nil
				}
			}
			neighbours3 = func(x, y interface{}) (bool, error) {
				if y.(int) < x.(int)-20 {
					return true, nil
				} else {
					return false, nil
				}
			}
			graph1, graph2, graph3 *BipartiteGraph
		)

		BeforeEach(func() {
			for i := 0; i < len(half); i++ {
				half[i] = i
			}
			graph1, _ = NewBipartiteGraph(half, half, neighbours1)
			graph2, _ = NewBipartiteGraph(half, half, neighbours2)
			graph3, _ = NewBipartiteGraph(half, half, neighbours3)
		})

		It("Computes the correct largest matching", func() {
			Ω(graph1.LargestMatching()).Should(HaveLen(66))
			Ω(graph2.LargestMatching()).Should(HaveLen(90))
			Ω(graph3.LargestMatching()).Should(HaveLen(79))
		})
	})
})

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package org.adligo.tests4j.system.shared.trials;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * this annotation is just so that
 * a test runner can identify trials that should run
 * which arn't IgnoreTrial.
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Fonds de solidarité FTQ plans to invest $1.6 Billion over the next three years in businesses and job creation in Québec
Fonds de solidarité FTQ
SHERBROOKE, QC, Feb. 5, 2015 /CNW Telbec/ - In Sherbrooke today, Gaétan Morin, the new President and Chief Executive Officer of the Fonds de solidarité FTQ, delivered a speech before the Chambre de commerce de Sherbooke on thriving SMEs and the keys to success. He also took the opportunity to mention that as an important source of private equity, the Fonds is committed to building wealth in Québec.
"Leprohon, Motrec International and Nautic & Art are local companies that are setting a great example for the rest of Québec. They have many of the characteristics typical of growing companies, but more importantly, they have a leader that thinks big. The fact is that in order to be big, you have to think big," said Mr. Morin.
"The Fonds de solidarité FTQ is planning to invest $1.6 billion over the next three years in companies that impact the Québec economy and that are committed to growing their business. We will therefore be there for entrepreneurs all across Québec because backing companies is what the Fonds' mission is all about, and the reason we're able to do this is the labour-fund tax credit. It bears mentioning that for each dollar of the provincial tax credit granted to our shareholders, the Fonds invests $5.68 in the Québec economy," continued Mr. Morin.
"Backing high-growth companies is just one way the Fonds de solidarité FTQ helps drive the Québec economy. The Fonds recently appeared before the Commission d'examen sur la fiscalité, where it pointed out to the Québec government that it could also play a role in the government's economic development strategy, for example, in the deployment of its maritime strategy and the Plan Nord, as well as in business succession and strategic economic infrastructures," added the chief executive.
An effective model: economic spinoffs and low management costs
As a number of studies have shown, the short-term cost of the credits granted to Fonds shareholders by the federal and provincial governments should be viewed as a "tax investment" rather than as a "tax expense." As shown by the most recent study conducted by KPMG-SECOR, the Québec government not only recoups its cost within three years but goes on to benefit from the economic spinoffs and tax revenues generated by the Fonds' investments.
The Fonds delivers on the retirement saving and economic development components of its mission by maintaining low management fees. Its operating expense ratio of 1.4% compares favourably with that of mutual funds, for which the recent average was 2.4%.[1]
About the Fonds de solidarité FTQ
The Fonds de solidarité FTQ helps drive our economy. With net assets of $10.5 billion as of November 30, 2014, the Fonds is a development capital fund that channels the savings of Quebecers into investments in all sectors of the economy to help create and maintain jobs and further Québec's development. The Fonds is a partner, either directly or through its network members, in more than 2,450 companies. With more than 600,000 shareholder-savers, the Fonds helps create, maintain and protect more than 172,000 jobs. For more information, visit www.FondsFTQ.com.
Fonds de solidarité FTQ Network in Estrie
225 partner companies
13,964 jobs created, maintained or protected
Portfolio at May 31, 2014
59 partner companies
4,023 jobs created, maintained or protected
[1] According to Globefund for Canadian neutral balanced funds, at May 31, 2014.
SOURCE Fonds de solidarité FTQ
For further information: For media representatives only:Patrick McQuilken, Senior Advisor, Media Relations and Communications, Fonds de solidarité FTQ, Phone: 514 850-4835, Mobile : 514 703-5587, Email: [email protected]; For Fonds de solidarité FTQ shareholders: Shareholder Services, Fonds de solidarité FTQ, Montréal: 514 383-3663, Québec: 418 628-3663, Toll Free: 1 800 567-3663
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Historian Adam Lajeunesse is a SSHRC postdoctoral fellow at St. Jerome's University. He is currently working on a research program examining the history of Canadian military operations in the Arctic and the history of northern development, with a focus on hydrocarbon exploration from the 1960s to the mid-1980s. Dr. Lajeunesse's doctoral research focused on the evolution of Canada's Arctic maritime sovereignty.
St Jerome's University, University of Waterloo
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Dr Hill is Assistant Professor of Military History in the Department of History and specialises in the military and strategic history of the Soviet Union. Dr Hill's Arctic interests are primarily in the militarization of the Soviet north in the period 1917-1945, including the construction of the Baltic-White Sea Canal and development of the Northern Sea Route both for both obviously military and civilian purposes.
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James Toback Wiki: Screenwriter, Net Worth, 'Bugsy' & Facts To Know
Published: February 13th, 2022 / Updated abstract: July 12th, 2022
James Toback is a famous screenwriter who has several films including documentaries to his name. Read on for more insight into his life, career, and net worth.
1 Who Is James Toback?
2 James Toback's Early Life
3 The Award Winning Screenwriter James Toback's Career and Net Worth
4 James Toback's Career Highlights and Net Worth
5 The Screenwriter's Sexual Allegations
6 The Screenwriter's Personal Life
7 The Screenwriter's Awards and Achievements
8 Facts to Know About the Screenwriter Toback
9 James Toback's Net Worth
Who Is James Toback?
James Toback is a native New Yorker who studied at Harvard University in the 60s. He became a journalist for some magazine companies after he graduated from Harvard University. In the early 70s, Toback taught creative writing in New York. Thereafter, he changed his career into screenwriting. James Toback gained fame after he wrote a Globe Award screenplay Bugsy. He has also written and directed hit movies of different genres including Seduced and Abandoned, Two Girls and a Guy, The Pick up Artist, When Will I Be Loved, and Black and White among others. James Toback is an Award-winning screenplay writer who has written and directed blockbuster films.
James Toback's Early Life
The Award-winning Bugsy writer was the proud son of Selma Judith and Irwin Lionel Toback. His parents were from a Jewish ancestry. He was born on November 23, 1944, in New York. His mother Selma Judith was the leader of the League of Women Voters as well as an NBC Political Debates mediator. His father Irwin Toback was the former vice-president of Dreyfus and Company. After his father retired from his work, he became a stockbroker. The famous screenwriter used to dance on a Rock and Roll show on Alan Freed when he was 14 years old. James Toback attended Fieldstone School and graduated in 1963. Thereafter, he joined Harvard University, graduated in 1966 magna cum laude. While in Harvard College, Toback consumed a drug known as LSD. He remained under the influence of the drug for almost a week. Toback was later given an antidote. Since then James Toback has no fear of dying.
The Award Winning Screenwriter James Toback's Career and Net Worth
After Toback graduated from Harvard College, he found a position as a journalist for several magazine companies. He continued juggling between works but the Esquire magazine company later hired him. Toback was given his first assignment by Esquire to write about a famous football player Jim Brown. James Toback had to live with the player for several years. He wrote his living experience with the footballer called Jim: The Author's Self-Centered Memoir of the Great Jim Brown. During his time living with the famous football player, he decided he wanted more in his life. In the early 70s, James Toback started teaching creative writing at a college in New York City. His years as a teacher made Toback write his first screenplay known as Gambler. The Gambler is an American crime drama movie. The film was first debuted in 1974. Much of the Gambler film was cast in the college he taught. Toback based this film on his own life experience as a gambler. After Toback's first screenplay in the film industry, he started gathering his net worth fortune. This experience made Toback continue screenwriting. In 1978, James Toback Directed and re-wrote a drama film called Fingers. Fingers was a rewrite of the film The Beat That My Heart Skipped. Jacques Audiard first produced it. After his first directorial debut, Toback screen wrote and directed the American drama film Love and Money in 1982. He also co-produced the film alongside Richard McWhorter. He further wrote and directed another American drama called Exposed in the subsequent years. Apart from screenwriting and directing the play, Toback also produced it. By this time, James Toback had gained experience in screenwriting, producing, and directing. He was widely recognized in the film industry as a talented screenwriter, producer, and director. In 1987, Toback screen wrote and directed The Pick-up Artist. James Toback co-produced the Pick-up Artist alongside David MacLeod. The Pick-up Artist is a TV reality series of the romantic-comedy genre. The main cast members of The Pick-up Artist were Molly Ringwald, Robert Downey, and Dennis Hopper among others. The Pick-up Artist gathered $13 million at the Box Office when it was released. The screenwriter Toback further landed another opportunity to direct a documentary film called The Big Bang in 1989. James Toback was among the stars of The Big Bang. He starred alongside Anne Marie Keyes and Tony Sirico among others. Joseph Kanter produced the Big Bang documentary.
James Toback's Career Highlights and Net Worth
The American screenwriter was globally recognized after screenwriting the film Bugsy in 1991. Bugsy is of the American crime-drama genre. Mark Johnson and Barry Levison produced Bugsy, and Warren Beatty directed it. After the release of the Bugsy film in the Box Office, it garnered $49 million. James Toback based the Bugsy film from the 1967 book called We Only Kill Each Other. After the release of Bugsy, it won a Golden Globe Award for Best Picture Motion. The film also received a nomination for Ten Academy Awards not forgetting an Award for the Best Original Screenplay. Toback's part in this film made him win Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Original Screenplay. He also won the same Award from the readers of Premiere Magazine. The American screenwriter was able to accumulate a handsome net worth after winning awards due to major work on the Bugsy film. After Toback's major screen write film, Two Girls and a Guy followed thereafter. Two Girls and a Guy is of American comedy-drama genre, which was written and directed by James Toback. Edward R. Pressman and Chris Haney produced Two Girls and a Guy. The film's main stars were Robert Downey Jr, Heather Graham, and Natasha Gregson Wagner. Two Girls and a Guy made $2 million at the Box Office. The film received mixed comments from the film critics. James Toback did not stop there. He took his career to another level by collaborating with Wu-Tang Clan who is a screenwriter and film director. The duo wrote and directed the Black and White film in 1999. Daniel Bigel, Michael Mailer, Ron Rotholz, and Edward Pressman produced the film. Black and White is an American crime TV series drama movie. The main stars of Black and White drama were Robert Downey Jr and Gaby Hoffman. Black and White grossed $5 million at the Box Office. James Toback also wrote and directed Harvard Man. This crime-comedy-drama thriller was released in 2001. Adrian Grenier and Sarah Michelle Gellar were among the cast members of Harvard Man film. The film was not popular. However, Harvard Man became successful when it was released in videos. In the early millennium, Toback wrote and directed another film called When Will I Be Loved. Ron Rotholz produced the film. 'When Will I Be Loved,' an American drama movie. The main stars of When Will I Be Loved were Neve Campbell, Fred Weller, and Alex Feldma. The film 'When Will I Be Loved' received several positive and negative reviews from the film critics. By the year 2008, James Toback had created his name in the film industry. He landed another opportunity to direct a Tyson documentary. Tyson documentary involves the life and experiences of the former boxer and heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson. Nicholas Jarecki, Bob Yari, and Carmelo Anthony who is an NBA player produced the documentary. In 2013, James Toback and Alec Baldwin teamed up to release a documentary film called Seduced and Abandoned. James Toback wrote and directed the film. Alec Baldwin was among the producers of the film. Seduced and Abandoned is based on how the movies are funded. The Seduced and Abandoned documentary premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival in the mid-year of 2013. It received many positive comments from the critics of Seduced and Abandoned movie. The latest work of James Toback was in the year 2017 when he wrote and directed an American drama film The Private Life of a Modern Woman. Sienna Miller and Alec Baldwin were the main stars of the drama film.
The Screenwriter's Sexual Allegations
A dozen women have filed sexual charges against James Toback. The women claimed that Toback sexually harassed them after calling them for a film audition. It is widely known that the famous screenwriter lurked in the streets of Manhattan in search of young beautiful women. The women were in their mid-20s or even younger. He approached them while the young women were attending to their business. Some of the women were in search of jobs. Toback is recognized as the Pick up Artist, a name from one of the films he wrote. His pick up lines were his greatest achievements in his professional career as well as the famous people he has worked alongside them. Therefore, he claimed that he could make the young women film stars. Of course, the job-seeking women fell for it. Toback would even remove proof of who he is. Therefore, he would ask for something in return that is, sleeping with them in order to know them better. The sexual ordeals took place in hotel rooms, in movie trailers, public parks, and in fake movie auditions. This became Toback's trend. The sexual charges included how Toback would ask humiliating questions and how he would behave in front of the women. The women claimed that once James Toback was done, the film interview would be over. Toback has received sexual charges from countless women he has hired over the decades. None of the women who had been sexually harassed came forward at the time. Toback denied his sexual charges when asked by the police. He claimed that he has had diabetes and a heart condition for the past 22 years hence, making it impossible to indulge in such behavior. The sexually harassed women all claimed that they all felt like prostitutes and deeply humiliated. Some felt broken. After the 38 women came forward with the sexual charges against Toback, other 200 women came forward with similar allegations.
The Screenwriter's Personal Life
James Toback married his first wife in the 60s. She was Consuelo Sarah Churchill Vanderbilt Russell. Sarah was the granddaughter of the 10th Duke of Marlborough called John Spencer-Churchill. The couple divorced years later. The famous screenwriter is currently married to Stephanie Kempf. The duo has been blessed with a son. In 2017, James Toback received sexual charges from 38 women. They claimed how Toback had humiliated them when they were in dire need of a working opportunity in the film industry. The screenwriter has been nicknamed as a Pick up Artist who picks up desperate women in need of jobs. The Pick up Artist is a film he wrote years back. This name has apparently come back to haunt him as he has faced several charges where he is accused of manipulating women sexually.
The Screenwriter's Awards and Achievements
• Toback was nominated for an Oscar Academy Award for the Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen in 1992 for the Bugsy film. • He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award in 1992 for the Best Screenplay Motion Picture for Bugsy film. • James Toback received a nomination for the Black Reel Awards for the Best Documentary, Tyson, in 2010. • He won the Cannes Film Festival for the Regard Knockout Award in 2008 for the documentary film Tyson. He also received a nomination for the Un Certain Regard Award for the same film as well. • James Toback received a nomination for the Cinema Eye Awards for Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize. • Toback received a nomination for the Chicago Film Critics Association Awards for Best Screenplay in 1992 for the Bugsy film. • He was nominated for Deauville Film Festivals for the Critics Awards in 1989 because of The Big Bang film. • Toback was nominated for the Gotham Awards for Best Documentary for the Tyson documentary in 2009. • He won the German Independence Honorary Award in 2008. • He won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards for Best Screenplay. Toback received a nomination for National Society of Film Critics Awards for Best Screenplay for the same film Bugsy.
Facts to Know About the Screenwriter Toback
1. James Toback has been accused of sexually harassing women, some of them being actresses, rock stars and other women. James Toback received sexual charges from 38 women. Thirty-one women out of 38 have spoken on the record accusing him of sexually harassing them. The famous Bugsy screenwriter has denied all the sexual allegations. He claims he has been suffering from diabetes and a heart condition for 22 years. Therefore, he is incapable of indulging in such behavior. Toback has been accused before in 1989 being a womanizer. The famous screenwriter was heard bragging how he was the director of women. 2. James Toback is a talented screenwriter, film director, and producer. He is an author as well as an essayist. Toback has received several nominations for his work in the film Bugsy. He has also written and directed other films including Seduced and Abandoned, Two Girls and a Guy, The Pick-up Artist, When Will I Be Loved, and Black and White among others. 3. James Toback has been nominated once for an Oscar Award. He has received three wins and nine nominations. 4. His greatest achievement came when he screen wrote the Bugsy film and the Tyson documentary. 5. James Toback worked as a magazine journalist after graduating from Harvard College. 6. He lived for several years with the famous Jim Brown who was a football player. He was given the assignment to write a memoir about the football player. 7. James Toback was born and raised in New York. 8. James Toback is a compulsive gambler. He still struggles with gambling. He also consumed LSD drug when he was in college and lasted eight days under the drug's influence. 9. He was accused of being a womanizer in 1989 in a magazine called Spy. 10. Toback's birth date is the same as Joe Eszterhas'. 11. He cast Jim Brown the football player in one of his film namely The Fingers. 12. Toback was uncredited script doctor in the film Bad Boys in 1995, Crimson Tide in 1995 and on Disclosure in 1994.
James Toback's Net Worth
The 74-year-old screenwriter has accumulated a net worth totaling $10 million. He has worked hard for five decades to create his name in the film industry. Toback's net worth has been due to his major work in the Bugsy film and the Tyson documentary. He has also worked in other major hit films and documentaries such as Seduced and Abandoned, Two Girls and a Guy, The Pick-up Artist, When Will I Be Loved, Black and White, The Big Bang among others. He is among the richest celebrity alive with such an enormous net worth. Despite his sexual charges, he is a talented screenwriter, producer, director, author, and essayist. James Toback has based all his works on his life experiences. He has done well with his 74 years as a screenwriter, director, and producer. His enormous net worth is the living proof of how hard he has worked for five decades. He is a living legend in Hollywood film industry.
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Xavier Becerra
Secretary, US Department of Health and Human Services
Xavier Becerra is secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, the first Latino to hold this office. He was previously attorney general of California for four years, prioritizing health and health care including leading a lengthy federal court fight to save the ACA. Becerra served twelve terms in the US House of Representatives, where he was the first Latino on the Ways and Means Committee, the ranking member of its Subcommittee on Social Security, and chairman of the House Democratic Caucus. He previously served one term in the California Legislature. A former deputy attorney general with the California Department of Justice, Becerra began his legal career in 1984 working in a legal services office representing the mentally ill.


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< Industry committed to limiting impact
We find them guilty too. That was the verdict from the seafood industry after the sentencing of Hawke's Bay Seafoods, its related companies, directors and manager.
Antonino (Nino), Giancarlo (Joe) and Marcus D'Esposito had pleaded guilty at the end of 2017 to 85 charges in relation to 27 tonnes of unreported bluenose exported to Australia between the end of 2012 and mid-2014.
They were convicted last year, when four fishing vessels were ordered forfeit to the Crown.
The saga finally played out in Wellington District Court on Monday when Hawke's Bay Seafoods and related companies were fined $1,086,673 under a complicated formula adopted by Judge Bill Hastings.
He also ordered the companies to pay $418,500 in redemption fees for return of the four vessels.
When deemed values were added for the unreported bluenose, the total payable came to about $1.7 million, the largest fine imposed in a domestic fisheries case.
Substantial undisclosed legal fees would likely have pushed the total cost well over $2 million.
This gave the company and its principals the dubious distinction of beating a previous record fine of $989,000 they incurred in 1997 for making false statements in quota reports and possessing fish illegally when operating out of Petone in Wellington.
They then moved to Napier and set up Hawke's Bay Seafoods.
In a rare light moment in a case that took five years of investigation and litigation, fish of the chocolate kind were handed out to the lawyers involved before the sentencing, courtesy of the judge.
That was his way of saying thank you for their advocacy.
"This feels to me like the end of the marathon," Judge Hastings said.
Finally, the boil had been lanced.
Seafood NZ condemned the behaviour, supported the MPI prosecution and welcomed the outcome.
"There was no place in the industry for those who flout the system," a sworn affidavit to the court signed by chief executive Tim Pankhurst said.
"We have a very clear code of conduct that says illegal behaviour will not be tolerated.
"This is theft – both from the people of New Zealand and the quota holders.
"Further, the bluenose fishery this theft has been committed in has been in decline and the unrecorded catch left a big gap in attempts to accurately assess the biomass of the fishery.
"As an industry, we are collectively committed to transparency and doing the right thing.
"The actions by Hawke's Bay Seafoods undermine our efforts to be responsible guardians of the resource."
Ministry for Primary Industries fishing compliance manager Steve Ham said the case involved sustained offending over a number of years.
"The illegal activity was premeditated and showed a blatant disregard for the quota management system," he said.
The company and its directors remained unrepentant to the last.
"It's regrettable we did not have the resources to continue with our defence," a company spokesman said.
"However, we can now put the last four years behind us and move forward."
Ngati Kahungunu, whose quota of mixed species of around 1000 tonnes is fished into Hawke's Bay Seafoods, have stated their intention to purchase the company, to be renamed Takitimu Seafoods.
That will ensure continued access to fresh seafood, secure the jobs of 250 staff and overcome the bad smell that has hung around the Bay for too long.


WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that it is opening civil investigations into two state correctional institutions (SCI) in Western Pennsylvania. In accordance with the pattern or practice provision of the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), the department will investigate allegations that SCI Pittsburgh failed to adequately protect prisoners from harm, including from prisoner-on-prisoner and officer-on-prisoner violence and sexual violence, in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In addition, the department will look into whether SCI Pittsburgh officers systematically targeted prisoners for violence and other abuse based on the prisoners' race, sexual orientation, gender identity or other status, in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The department will also investigate allegations that SCI Cresson provided inadequate mental health care to prisoners who have mental illness, failed to adequately protect such prisoners from harm, and subjected them to excessively prolonged periods of isolation, in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The Justice Department will seek to determine whether there is a pattern or practice of violations of the Constitution by officers or staff at SCI Cresson and SCI Pittsburgh. During the course of the investigation, the Justice Department will consider all relevant information. The investigation will include visits to the facilities, a review of records, interviews with corrections officials, prisoners and other witnesses, including family and community members, and advocates. The Justice Department has taken similar steps involving a variety of state and local correctional facilities, both large and small.
Starting on Dec. 2, 2011, the department will be able to receive additional information from community members via email at pennsylvaniaprisons.community@usdoj.gov.
Today's announcement is separate from any potential federal criminal investigation involving these facilities.
The Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, Special Litigation Section and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania are jointly investigating this matter.


The article deals with the state agricultural market EAEU member countries for the period of 2011–2013. Preceding the signing of the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union, as well as an analysis of the agricultural market EAEU member countries in 2014. Based on the analysis presented possible models of development based on modern economic and political situation of the EAEU member countries.


All of the information that the author discovered has been compiled into a downloadable ebook so that purchasers of Eating For Energy The Ultimate Energy can begin putting the methods it teaches to use as soon as possible.
This cookbook created by Jonny Freesh is filled with 63 delicious raw recipes, both sweet and savory. Even if you are new to raw food, you will find the inspiring and easy to follow. Even a complete beginner will be able to pick out any recipe in this book, make it for their family, and blow them away with the impressive combination of taste and healthiness. If youve been looking for a way to get started with Raw Food in your kitchen, or perhaps expand your bag of tricks, youll find what you need inside this e-book.


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SPX Spotlight 2013: Alternative Comics and Sam Henderson
by Rob McMonigal 9/11/2013 11:04:00 AM
Alternative Comics was founded in 1993, publishing comics from a wide range of indie comics creators, with perhaps its biggest name being James Kochalka. However, Alternative has also worked with a huge number of greats, including work from Ed Brubaker(!), Gabrielle Bell, Dash Shaw, Rob Ullman, and Sara Varon, just to name a few.
Sadly the publisher took a break for a few years, but resumed in 2012 and is working on ramping up its publishing schedule, with Sam Henderson being a big part of that revamping.
Depending on your age (I was too old, but Erica immediately recognized it when I showed her the comics), Henderson might be best known for Scene But Not Heard, which appeared in Nickelodeon Magazine and is collected in an edition that should be available at SPX, if I understand correctly.
In the tradition of the work of Mad Magazine, but tamed a bit to a younger audience, Scene But Not Heard takes a page from Sergio Aragones and also Spy vs Spy, using two main characters who never talk but get into a series of ridiculous adventures together. For example, they might play with the idea of a hole leading off to another panel of the comic or casually remove a nose along with exploded bubble gum.
Given this is a gag strip, Henderson's ability to keep it interesting and varied--especially when you see them collected like this--is pretty impressive. One story might feature a broken shrink ray and the next page is about their fear of a word balloon. Certain themes reoccur, such as the ability to manipulate panels and removing body parts, but they're done in so many different ways as to keep it fresh.
Though drawn quite simply with only a few lines, Henderson's comic timing and willingness to throw all the rules of reality out the window make this an enjoyable romp. Watching the two try to keep one-upping each other will remind readers positively of other, similar rivalries (Bugs Bunny vs anyone, for example) and despite being decidedly all-ages, the gags work even when you're an adult with no prior attachment to the material.
Henderson even includes a few behind the scenes looks, such as how a comic progresses from start to finish, which I found particularly interesting. This is a great collection, and one that fans of Mad should check out for themselves or the young comic fan in their life
Magic Whistle, also by Henderson, should not be allowed anywhere near your child until they mature a bit, however. I almost got whiplash going from one to the other, as the same comic timing and style is used to create sex jokes and other gags that look like what might happen if someone decided they wanted to piss off every subscriber to Reader's Digest, The New Yorker, and other similar magazines that run one-panel comic illustrations.
There's a lot of tongue-in-cheek humor as well, such as a page that advertises itself as "more cartoons for your cartoon looking-at pleasure" and longer gags that extend over a few pages. They share the simple illustrative style of Scene, but are most assuredly adult.
I'm not as big on scatological humor as some, but this is very well done, and when it's just absurd--like the guy who purposely gets himself stuck calling for help from exploding dog--I found myself in stitches.
Aided by Lizz Hickey with a few guest pages, Magic Whistle won't be for everyone, but if you enjoy a dirty joke and outrageous, dumb jokes, it's worth grabbing and comes recommended from someone who's not normally into that sort of thing.
Sam Henderson will be at SPX with Alternative Comics, and he'll also be appearing at Atomic Books for their SPXplosion the Friday before the show. He'll also be appearing on two panels. Alternative also will have Karl Stevens on hand. Stevens just had a new book, Failure, debut with Alternative this year. Elaine Will, one of the last to get a Xeric Grant, will also be SPX and spend some time at Alternative's table. They helped release her work, and she may have copies at SPX.
From what I understand, Alternative should also have some of its back catalog at the show as well, but I'm not sure which books. It's great to welcome this indie comics publisher back, and I recommend seeing what they have to offer when you go to SPX.
You have Alternative plans for SPX? Why, man why? Okay, then just go to the Alternative Comics website, where you can find out more about them and also purchase their books.


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Justice Articles from 2016
The Jackboots Are Coming: Mass Arrests, Power Grabs and the Politics of Fear
[Justice]
By John W. Whitehead
How do you persuade a populace to embrace totalitarianism, that goose-stepping form of tyranny in which the government has all of the power and "we the people" have none?
You persuade the people that the menace they face (imaginary or not) is so sinister, so overwhelming, so fearsome that the only way to surmount the danger is by empowering the government to take all necessary steps to quash it, even if that means allowing government jackboots to trample all over the Constitution.
This is how you use the politics of fear to persuade a freedom-loving people to shackle themselves to a dictatorship. It works the same way every time. More…
US Constitutional protections are being rapidly eroded as citizens experience warrantless surveillance, censorship, stop and frisk searches, SWAT team raids, roadside strip searches, asset forfeiture schemes, private prisons, indefinite detention, militarized police, etc.
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Consider what you are giving up the next time you feel fear from some menace, threat, or perceived enemy. Who is placing you into this state of fear? If certain rights are given up, do you believe they will later be restored?
Attempting to Curtail Dissent of Seniors by Stopping Social Security Checks
By Ann Wright
Governments go to pretty low tricks to silent dissent — curtailing ones that travel to neighboring countries and now stopping social security checks. Now under the Obama administration, the latest effort to silence dissent, for those of you 62 or older, is someone in the government falsifying jail records to show that you were in jail/confinement for more than 30 days and sending the records to the Social Security Administration. SSA will then stop your monthly Social Security check and will send you a letter stating that you must repay back months of payments for the time you were allegedly in jail — in my case $4,273.60.
Someone submitted my name and social security number to SSA as a person who has been confined in a jail since September 2016. Without any notification to me of this allegation that would disrupt for months my Social Security benefits, SSA ordered that for my "criminal conviction and confinement in a correctional institution for more than 30 days, we cannot pay your monthly Social Security payment." More…
NSA Watchdog Removed for Whistleblower Retaliation
by Adam Zagorin
Until just a few months ago, George Ellard occupied a position of trust as top watchdog of the National Security Agency, America's principal collector of signals intelligence. Ellard was not only NSA's Inspector General, but an outspoken critic of Edward Snowden, the former contract employee who leaked hundreds of thousands of classified emails to publicly expose the agency's domestic surveillance program.
Snowden claimed, among other things, that his concerns about NSA's domestic eavesdropping were ignored by the agency, and that he feared retaliation. Ellard publicly argued in 2014 that Snowden could have safely reported the allegations of NSA's domestic surveillance directly to him.
Snowden himself has explicitly contended that he feared retaliation and that he had no other option but to go public if he wished to expose NSA domestic eavesdropping. Among the cases of retaliation that Snowden has pointed to is that of former senior NSA employee Thomas Drake, who after reporting alleged wrongdoing through authorized channels, was arrested at dawn by the FBI, stripped of his security clearance, charged with crimes under the Espionage Act, all of which were later dropped, leaving him to find work in an Apple store. More…
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For nearly two thousand years, churches have been at the forefront of helping the poor and disadvantaged, but now many communities are trying to stop this from happening. Earlier today, I was absolutely stunned when I came across an article that talked about how a church in Dundalk, Maryland has been fined $12,000 for allowing the homeless to sleep outside the church at night. More…
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The plaintiff filed this action pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. § 701 et seq.; the Tucker Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(a)(2); the Armed Services Procurement Act, as amended by the Competition in Contracting Act, 10 U.S.C. § 2301 et seq., and 18 U.S.C. § 1905.
The case is now before the Court on cross motions for summary judgment filed by the parties. After giving careful consideration to the motions, the oppositions thereto, and the record in this case, the Court concludes that the plaintiff's motion should be denied, the defendants' motion should be granted, and the case should be dismissed with prejudice.
Briefly, the underlying facts are as follow: The plaintiff is engaged in the manufacture and production of electronic, electro-mechanical and optical devices. On or about November 3, 1986, the Department of the Army, through the United States Army Missile Command (MICOM), Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, issued Request for Proposals No. DAAH01-87-R-0098, hereinafter sometimes referred to as "the RFP", for the procurement of the TOW II subsystem components for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle comprised of Integrated Sight Units, Digital Command Guidance Electronics, and Turret Cables. The purpose of the procurement is to develop a second source for the production of the TOW II subsystem in accordance with Department of Defense procurement policy. Hughes Aircraft Corporation, which developed and designed the TOW II subsystem, is the only current manufacturer of the TOW II.
The RFP advised prospective offerors that MICOM intended to award a firm-fixed price contract to the responsive, responsible offeror submitting the lowest aggregate price. MICOM issued 7 amendments to the RFP prior to the date for submission of the initial offer.
On or about March 13, 1987, the plaintiff, in conjunction with Chrysler Motors Corporation, Military-Electronic Systems, submitted a timely offer to MICOM in response to the RFP as amended. The plaintiff and Chrysler planned to perform the contract as a joint venture. Offers were also submitted by Fraser-Volpe (Fraser), Emerson-Kollsman, Texas Instruments (TI), and Contraves-Goerz Corporation. By letter dated April 16, 1987, Robert White, the MICOM Contracting Officer, notified plaintiff that MICOM had closed all discussions with offerors and that a Best and Final Offer (BAFO) was to be submitted no later than April 30, 1987. Plaintiff contends that MICOM did not conduct technical or price discussions with plaintiff prior to MICOM's request for BAFOs but that MICOM did conduct discussions with other offerors prior to the request for BAFOs.
Plaintiff submitted its first BAFO on or about April 28, 1987. Plaintiff contends that it was the responsive, responsible offeror offering the lowest price to the Government. *fn1" On or about May 7, 1987, MICOM informed plaintiff that discussions were being reopened allegedly to allow offerors the opportunity to correct omissions/deficiencies in the offerors' production plans. By letter dated May 8, 1987, MICOM advised that it was requesting a second BAFO in order to evaluate proposals for "technical acceptability." MICOM advised plaintiff that its production plan "did not address turret cable procurement nor assembly." Plaintiff contends that "technical acceptability" was not set forth as a basis for evaluation in the RFP. Plaintiff also contends that it expressly addressed the procurement of turret cables in its initial proposal dated March 13, 1987. *fn2" Plaintiff advised MICOM that the turret cable procurement was addressed in the initial proposal and that MICOM's request for additional information did not constitute a valid basis for reopening discussions.
By letter dated June 4, 1987, MICOM closed discussions and established June 11, 1987 as the deadline for the second BAFO. Plaintiff submitted a second BAFO on June 9, 1987.
By letter dated July 13, 1987, MICOM reopened negotiations for a third time "in order to make necessary changes to the RFP and to conduct further discussions with offerors to ensure complete understanding of the requirements of the solicitation." At the same time, Amendment 0008 was issued. Plaintiff contends that the amendment had only minimal impact on the price offers. The lowest offer on the third BAFO was submitted by TI, while plaintiff was third. The contract was awarded to TI.
Plaintiff contends that it should have been awarded the contract based on its first BAFO, and at least based on the second BAFO. It contends that the procurement procedure utilized in awarding the contract amounted to an illegal auction and/or illegal technical leveling. Plaintiff also contends that there were improper disclosures or leaks of sensitive procurement information and pricing information to TI. Plaintiff contends that the actions of MICOM in awarding the contract to TI, and in not awarding the contract to plaintiff, was arbitrary and capricious and had no rational basis. Accordingly, plaintiff seeks judgment vacating the award of the contract to TI and awarding the contract to plaintiff. *fn3"


I have been married for almost five years. My husband is 20 years older than me, and we have two kids.
For the last few months, my husband has been going through a lot of stress, and I know it is not healthy to keep it inside. So I always try to get him to talk about it, but he seems to open up to his friends rather than me.
Lately he has been yelling at me in public for any stupid reason, and he doesn't care who's around (friends, family or strangers). And it just makes me cry a lot. Maybe I am too sensitive? The first few times I had no reaction, because I thought maybe he was just mad and didn't mean it.
But the last time was in front of his family members. I got upset and left, but he did not bother to come after me.
The next day he acted like nothing happened and has never apologized for doing this to me. My instincts tell me that he does not love me anymore. He sleeps in another room.
He always criticizes me and blames me for things that are stressful. He won't defend me if someone says something rude about me. I don't want to keep things this way. I want him to respect me as I respect him. Or is this relationship not worth saving? This is how angry I am.
Going through stress is an inevitable part of life, but cruelty to a spouse is a choice.
This lack of sensitivity and accountability for how his behavior affects you and the relationship can only lead to more disconnection. Obviously, he's pulling away by sleeping in a different room, and he's not willing to repair the damage caused by his verbal tirades. You can't repair this marriage alone.
You need to look closely at these interactions and make sure they're not just a temporary reaction to stress. If they're a larger pattern of behavior in the relationship, then it's not something you can easily dismiss as a transitory stress reaction.
Make sure you're being honest and fair about the context of these behaviors. If he's not doing anything to change his stress response or being accountable for how he's responding to you, then making excuses for the reasons isn't going to fix anything.
Your motivation for taking action can't be driven by forcing an apology or giving him a "wake-up call." That would be manipulation and won't ever create the kind of closeness you're seeking. Instead, taking action is about protecting your dignity as a human being.
When your personal dignity is being threatened by someone's abusive actions, especially if they're your spouse, it's critical to make sure you protect yourself. A spouse has access to you and your vulnerabilities in countless ways, so if the offending person is reckless with you, then self-protection is essential.
The first boundary you might consider is refusing to be with him in public. You can't control what he says to you or about you, but you can certainly control whether you're in the line of fire. I understand that it will be inconvenient and it won't feel like you're married, but I also don't think it feels like a marriage when you're being verbally assaulted by your own spouse.
You don't have to explain your boundary with your husband. If he wonders why you won't be with him in public, then you can decide if you want to explain your reasons. If he's open, soft and genuinely clueless about your change in behavior, then it might be worth explaining. If he's accusatory and defensive, it's likely not a good time to have that discussion.
Boundaries can create bridges to connection if the offending person is willing to repair the broken trust. The boundary has the potential to send a signal to the other spouse that something is getting in the way of the relationship.
When you send a strong signal to him that you won't allow yourself to be abused and humiliated any longer, then he gets to decide if he's willing to do something different so you'll be in his company. Either way, you're staying safe whether or not he changes his cruel behavior.
Your husband sounds like the type of guy that by simply being seen with him probably , it is insulting and harmful to your reputation. The good news is being 20 years older you can have the last laugh and you can stick him into a nursing home to live a cold lonely existence in his final years so he better wise up and end the insults and step up and man up. Stress is not an excuse.
Honey, it doesn't matter how old he is, abuse is abuse. You need to tell him that what he did is wrong and that he needs to change his behavior. If he doesn't, then you need to take legal action.
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The next time, and every time thereafter, when he insults you in public, give it right back to him. As long as you are willing to be a doormat, he will walk on you.
Just embarrass the hell out of him a few times in public. If he continues his behavior, split.
He sounds like a coward to me. Instead of telling you he isn't interested in being married to you he is trying to make you mad and hurt enough to leave and that lets him off the hook. He also blames you instead of himself for the stress. Again, cowardly. He can be the victim instead of the bad guy. Since you decided to have two children with this loser, now you have a predicament. You break up the family and have all the responsibility of raising them yourself, or you keep it all together for the sake of the kids until they are grown. Your temperament and his ability to be kind to the children will make that decision. If he is mean to the children too, then you don't want him to have partial custody without your supervision. He may be having impotency problems and is withdrawing. Try training him first. Every time he is rude, leave. If you are out in public, quietly leave and drive yourself home and leave him there. Refuse to react. Consistency is the best teacher, particularly if you can keep from getting upset.


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According to WP29, "Core Activities" can be considered as "the key operations necessary to achieve the controller's or processor's goals." i.e. The data processing is at the heart of the organisation's ability to operate, e.g. a hospital, or private security firm.
"Large Scale" is a woolly term and up to the data controller/processor to determine whether it applies to them, based on factors such as quantity of subjects, records, geography and duration of activity. Examples of large scale monitoring are hospitals, search engines, insurance company customer data. Examples that do not constitute large scale monitoring are the processing of data by an individual doctor or accountant, or the processing of personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences by an individual lawyer.
Government services, e.g a council authority. Note, WP29 recommends private companies providing similar public functions do nominate a DPO, e.g. a Housing Association, council, water supplier, energy supplier.
So if your organisation is one of the above, nominate a DPO.
A DPO may also be mandatory under a country's state laws and other compliance regimes.
If an organisation is not mandated to assign a DPO, but does voluntarily, then the requirements of the DPO are the same as if the role was required.
For organisations that decide they do not require a DPO, WP29 recommends an internal analysis of this decision is carried out and documented to demonstrate all the relevant factors have been taken into account properly.


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 Chuck Swenson, créateur de la série télévisée d'animation américaine Mike, Lu & Og en 1999 ;
 Elmer Swenson (1913-2004), hybrideur de cépages américain ;
 Inga Swenson (1932- ), actrice américaine ;
 Jeep Swenson (1957-1997), acteur, cascadeur et catcheur américain ;
 Karl Swenson (1908-1978), acteur américain ;
 Richard Swenson (1952-), homme politique provincial canadien ;
 Will Swenson (1973- ), acteur américain.

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In UNIBZ, health insurance is requested in order for non-EU students to apply for the residence permit in Italy (Permesso di Soggiorno). EMSE tuition fee in UNIBZ does not cover health insurance.
Students need to buy a health insurance on their own. If students have a health insurance from outside of Germany, it is difficult to change to the German Health Insurance System as in Germany there are two types of heath insurance companies, one is given by law (GKV) and the other one is private. Private insurances within Germany are more costly.
Students are requested to buy the insurance BEFORE coming in Finland as the insurance will be asked/checked by the Immigration Office.


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SNAPES Eric Theodore In loving memory of Eric Theodore Snapes (aged 89). Devoted husband to Patricia, loving father to Clive and the late Helen, proud grandfather and great grandfather to Christopher, Lewis, the late Sarah, Maria, Alfie, Skye, Evan, Esmée, Oscar, Violet. The Family would like to thank everyone for their cards, flowers and kind words. If you would like to make a donation, please can you do this to the Florence Nightingale Hospice. His funeral will be webcast on Monday 23rd November at 14.00 and can be viewed for up to 7 days after the ceremony. If you would like the login information, please contact the family. Eric was dearly loved and will be sadly missed by all. Born on 08.11.1930, Passed peacefully in his sleep on 01.11.2020 one week off his 90th birthday.
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Do you have trouble understanding relationships? If so, then you're not alone. Relationships can be one of the most difficult challenges of the human existence. Whether they are relationships with family members, friends, or romantic partner, conflicts in relationships can cause us stress, unhappiness, and even separation.
Many of us spend our whole lives trying to figure out how relationships work, and still feel like we don't understand them. But the truth is that once we gain some understanding, we realize that having good relationships isn't as complicated as we might think.
The main reason we have difficulties with relationships is that many of us can't see beyond our own wants and needs. So, if we're dealing with someone who sees the world from the same perspective, then we're constantly going to be involved in a power struggle — each trying to get his own way. Our relationships will be filled with conflict and misunderstanding.
Many people believe that in order to have healthy relationships, that they need to be working on the relationship itself. While this may indeed be important for healthy relationships, what we really should be working on is ourselves. Not only do we need to learn how to be more loving, compassionate, and understanding, but we also need to overcome one of the greatest obstacles to healthy relationships—our insecurities.
There are several simple practices that can help us make great strides in improving our relationships. Among them are deep listening, mindful speech, writing meditation, and mindfulness meditation. These are key elements of the mindfulness practice. They will help you overcome your insecurities, and you'll attract healthier people into your life. Just imagine what your life will be like when that happens.
Many of us don't listen closely to other people when they're talking to us. We're usually thinking about how we're going to respond, or something entirely different. We have difficulty paying attention because our mind is agitated, and we want to move on to the next order of business. And so we miss much of what people are telling us.
This is the main reason why we have such difficulty remembering people's name when we first meet them. It's not because our memory is going bad, but because we weren't paying attention when they told us their name.
People know when we're listening to them, and it sends a clear message that we value what they have to say. It shows respect, appreciation, and caring, and these can go a long way toward healing, and bringing more harmony into our relationships.
The way to practice deep listening is rather simple. Start by looking into people's eyes when they're speaking to you. Try to keep your attention on what they're saying, and resist the temptation to let your mind wander off. And in the event that it does, there is nothing wrong with telling the other person that you missed something he said, and to please repeat it. This shows sincere interest, and that you're trying your best to pay attention. I think you'll be amazed at how well deep listening works. Try it and see for yourself.
How many of your conflicts have been the result of simple misunderstandings? Somebody misunderstood what you said and/or your intentions. Whenever we're engaged in a conversation, we often say the first thing that comes to mind. We rarely stop to think about how our words will be interpreted. We simply assume that people will fully understand what we mean. Though we can't control how other people are going to interpret our words, we can certainly reduce the likelihood of being misunderstood.
To practice mindful speech, start by resisting the temptation to simply react to other people's words or actions. Pause and choose your words more carefully. Choose words that are loving, compassionate, and respectful, and try using a tone that is calm and non-threatening. Also remember that it isn't always necessary to give your opinion. Sometimes silence is better than a response.
One of the reasons for difficult relationships is our attitudes about other people. We are often more concerned about our own needs over those of others. So, our approach to dealing with others will be confrontational because we see them as a threat to us obtaining, or keeping, the things we feel we need to be happy. This is what happens when our happiness depends on external things and circumstances.
Loving-kindness writing meditation is a practice that can quickly transform our attitudes about other people without any conscious effort. The way it works is simple: just copy a set of positive affirmations by hand for about 5-10 minutes a day. That's it. What this does is imprint the affirmations directly into your subconscious. After a about a week, you'll find yourself treating people differently, because your attitudes will become more loving, compassionate, and understanding. This is a very powerful exercise. You can download the exercise here.
Mindfulness meditation is the mainstay of our mindfulness practice. If we want to understand how relationships work, then we need to become more mindful of how our thoughts and actions affect our relationships. Mindfulness meditation will not only help us understand relationships better, but it will also help us gain the inner strength to overcome our insecurities.
Mindfulness meditation is not complicated. Just find a quiet place where you will not be disturbed for a few minutes. Sit in a chair with your back straight, feet flat on the floor, and hands in a comfortable position. Close your eyes, and begin observing your breath. When your mind wanders off, just bring your attention back to your breath.
Your mind will keep wandering off. That's normal, so don't expect perfection. Just keep bringing it back. After a few minutes, your mind will begin to settle down. If you are new to meditation, you can start with about 10-15 minute sessions every day, or every other day. Then increase to about 20 minutes, or more, if you like.
What the meditation does is quiet the excess chatter in your mind, and this will help steady your emotions, so that you don't react so much to other people's words or actions. It also helps you see the world with much greater clarity.
We all want to have better relationships with people, but many of us are unsure of how to accomplish this. These four simple practices can improve your relationships significantly. As they are the foundation of the mindfulness practice, they will help you understand relationships better, so you can cultivate greater peace, harmony, and more loving relationships with everyone you encounter. And this will lead to a more rewarding and fulfilling life not just for yourself, but also for those around you. After all, isn't that what you're searching for in your life?
Adapted from Mindfulness Meditation Made Simple: Your Guide to Finding True Inner Peace.


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Liya Kebede (; * 1. März 1978 in Addis Abeba, Äthiopien) ist ein äthiopisches Model, Designerin und Schauspielerin.

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Liya Kebede wurde entdeckt, während sie das Lycée Guebre Mariam besuchte, und an einen französischen Agenten vermittelt. Nach dem Abitur ging sie nach Frankreich und später nach New York City. Sie hatte ihren Durchbruch, als Tom Ford sie für die Herbst/Winter-2000-Modeschau von Gucci verpflichtete. Von da an lief sie regelmäßig Modeschauen in New York City, Paris und Mailand. Sie war auf der Titelseite der führenden Modemagazine, etwa in verschiedenen Ausgaben von Vogue. Sie fotografierte für Anzeigenkampagnen von GAP, Yves Saint Laurent, Victoria's Secret, Emanuel Ungaro, Louis Vuitton, Tommy Hilfiger, Revlon, Dolce & Gabbana, H&M und Escada. 2003 wurde sie als erstes schwarzes Model das neue Gesicht von Estée Lauder. Für den Vertrag soll sie drei Millionen US-Dollar erhalten haben. 2013 war sie im Pirelli-Kalender abgebildet.

Kebede hatte kleine Rollen in den Spielfilmen Lord of War – Händler des Todes (2005) und Der gute Hirte (2006). In dem Film Wüstenblume (2009), in dem sie die Hauptrolle spielt, verkörpert sie Waris Dirie. Auch in Heute bin ich Samba (2014) spielte sie eine der Hauptrollen.

Seit 2005 ist Kebede als UN-Sonderbotschafterin für die Weltgesundheitsorganisation tätig.

Kebede war seit 2000 mit dem Hedge-Fonds-Manager Kassy Kebede verheiratet, mit dem sie zwei Kinder (* 2001 und * 2005) hat. Das Paar ließ sich im Jahr 2015 scheiden.

Filmografie (Auswahl)
 2005: Lord of War – Händler des Todes (Lord of War)
 2006: Der gute Hirte (The Good Shepherd)
 2009: Wüstenblume (Desert Flower)
 2011: Black Gold
 2012: Auf den Spuren des Marsupilami (Sur la piste du Marsupilami)
 2013: The Best Offer – Das höchste Gebot (La migliore offerta)
 2014: Heute bin ich Samba (Samba)

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I have some news. Yesterday I had a followup appointment with my pain management doctor. It went well. This is a visit that I went without that gnawing feeling in my stomach, and for good reason! My doctor used the word gone! He thinks my RSD might be gone!!!!!!!!!!!
I have been weaning off my medicine and I have some symptoms but they don't last longterm. I'm still working hard and still need my physical therapy but he is very happy with what he sees.
I am so frekin lucky its scary! I am so grateful! I still need to push more with exercising and working through pain, and on wearing other shoes but I will not stop!
And I am thankful to my amazing family and friends for the amazing support, thoughts, and prayers!


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