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Gerard Gallant And Mike Kelly Helped Create What Eventually Got Them Fired
Imagine what the Golden Knights would look like right now if the first season went the way everyone projected. If they played like an expansion team usually does and finished at or near the bottom of the standings. A lot would look different, but the men behind the bench would still be familiar.
The Golden Knights overachieved in every sense of the word in their first season. They won more games than they were supposed to, they went further in the playoffs than anyone could have ever imagined, and they created a culture of success.
In just one season, the most magical season not to result in a championship in sports history, the Golden Knights went from an organization willing and able to be patient to one with a "Cup or Bust" mentality every single year.
When most players learned they were headed to Vegas in the Expansion Draft, they didn't know what to expect. Despite whether the player was established, under-utilized, or had not even broken through into the NHL yet, there was a semblance of hesitation with all of them. They'd heard the stories of barren buildings, unknowledgeable fans, and tons and tons of losses. With Vegas, they didn't know what to expect and there were plenty of reasons to expect the worst as opposed to the best.
Less than a year later, Vegas became a destination. Following every game players would rave about the building, the atmosphere, and the relentlessness of the team on the ice. The first offseason, James Neal, David Perron, Ryan Reaves, and Luca Sbisa all expressed a genuine desire to stay in Vegas. Paul Stastny inked a deal after Vegas knocked his team out of the playoffs a few months before. And then the big one, the captain of the Montreal Canadiens, Max Pacioretty, agreed to sign a long term deal before even stepping foot in the city allowing the Golden Knights to pull off a blockbuster trade right before the second season began.
Every new player, and especially Pacioretty, ranted about the rest of the league's growing perception of Las Vegas. In less than a year, it went from an unknown to one of, if not the most, desirable destination in the NHL.
That led to players like William Karlsson, Jonathan Marchessault, Alex Tuch, Shea Theodore, Brayden McNabb, and Nate Schmidt to all take fairly friendly deals to stay. It helped keep Marc-Andre Fleury, who could have gone anywhere he wished, in Vegas for the long haul. And again, it led to another trade and sign of Mark Stone, who hasn't shut up about how much he loves Vegas since.
Success led to more success which led to expectations and those expectations were what ultimately sent Gallant and Kelly packing.
They were handed a group of players, an empty locker room, and a blank canvas and they spun it into what it is now, a team with legitimate Stanley Cup aspirations year over year. They got the most out of a group of players every other team in the league decided were expendable and in doing it, they allowed the front office to capitalize and add more and more talent to the mix.
Without the success in Year 1, there would be no Pacioretty, no Stone, no Stastny, and probably no Fleury.
The building wouldn't be known as the most electric in the league.
The locker room wouldn't be viewed as one every player in the league would gladly accept becoming a part of.
And the worst of all, the job of the head coach wouldn't be so desirable that a recently fired Pete DeBoer sitting next to a pool in Florida with his family would accept the position so fast that he didn't even have time to find a suit before getting on the plane to take the job.
Gerard Gallant and Mike Kelly were instrumental in creating a winning culture and lofty expectations. They ultimately ended up becoming the first to pay for it as well.
No matter what comes of the rest of this regular season, the postseason, and the future including this core of players, while credit will be given to just about everyone else first, Gallant and Kelly will always deserve their fair share.
Their names won't be on the Cup if the Golden Knights ever win it. They won't be at the parade down Las Vegas Boulevard. But their contributions to the Golden Knights franchise should never be undervalued.
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Wonderful article, Ken! History won't forget what the Knights accomplished year one, and Gallant & Kelly will always be a part of that
Herby
Congrats for this article. Ironic: Without the success of season 1 Turk would still be the coach of the VGK.
Betsy Vencius
Beautifully stated! Well written Ken—
Proud to support the VGK team, organization and the Inevitable difficult changes that comes with all professional sports organizations. Hoping DeBoer can make his own memorable history here as well! Let's give him a chance—
Well said Ken. I couldn't agree more. Those guys will be on bench again soon, I'm guessing Detroit, and I wish them only the best. The legacy from everyone involved in that fairytale first season will never be forgotten
JoeAnn Ricca
Ken, Good article. You took it from when the Knights became Vegas Born to where they are now. Vegas also will give Gallant and Kelly to go coach where they want to. We hit milestones in our first season shocking not only us here in Vegas but across the NHL.
Despite the lack of winning games we recently had, when you look at what we achieved, we have alot to be proud of and grateful for. Good Job!
Barbara A Landes
Exactly correct. Too bad the men at the top forget the people who helped get them there.
Everything adds up to this being a knee-jerk move forced upon management by the owner.
Question: Do you think DeBoer will keep practices open to the public? Not sure who makes this call, but I know VGK fans would miss this tradition.
Ken Boehlke
Just got it confirmed by the Golden Knights. Practices will remain open.
Great article, just spot on Ken. Gallant will never be forgotten. He lit the in Vegas, so did Kelly. He fought for his player's too. Foley is older, he wants a Cup now. I respect his willingness to spend big money to get guys like Stone and Patches. It hurts all of us to lose Gallant, especially the players, they have to feel responsible. One favor to anybody reading this, quit the booing, WTF !! Its demoralizing to our guys, they try so hard. Ok?
Great article, just spot on Ken. Gallant will never be forgotten. He lit the fire in Vegas, so did Kelly. He fought for his player's too. Foley is older, he wants a Cup now. I respect his willingness to spend big money to get guys like Stone and Patches. It hurts all of us to lose Gallant, especially the players, they have to feel responsible. One favor to anybody reading this, quit the booing, WTF !! Its demoralizing to our guys, they try so hard. Ok?
Response from Foley? Just wondering
He has not offered anything at this time.
James V. Morris
This article nailed it. The facts are facts. I read your articles each and everyone of them. This one hit home for me. It took 24hrs of mourning before I could thank the coaches that built this team and let them go. It will be a sad day indeed when the cup sits in Las Vegas without their names on it. So the hockey world turns. Welcome home Pete Deboer! Go Knights Go!
Anna Bernstein
Great comment Ken. You got everything right. Now if the fans stop worrying about the coach and get behind the team we have a winner.
John Christiano
Great article! Great insights! "Ditto" to everything Mr Boehlke wrote!
Foley's Corporate scream , "bring me my Cup or else" is embarrassing. It debases the teams truth.
Mr Foley, the Cup is not a crown!
Sandy Stein
Amen !! Beautifully written ..
Thank you for this !! I hope management reads this and realize what they did . They just ripped out the heart and soul of this team ! The decision to not offer Perron a deal is already bitting them in the ass. Imagine what this decision will do if the don't make the playoffs now !
Excellent article and interesting perspective. Hadn't thought of it that way.
Hdbiker7851
Great article Ken. Sad when success gets you fired but like flower said pretty tuff to fire 15 guys to ring in a wake up call – so there had to be a sacrificial lamb unfortunately Jerard and Kelly were the chosen. You and l have bantered back and forth the importance re: attitude which many of the players alluded to the firing fell directly on their shoulders so lets hope a lesson learned again won't be for gotten and propel the team to success regardless who's at the helm. Galiant and Kelly will be snatched up and vegas fans could land up not happy with them when they come in here behind the bench and kick vgk butt. Not anytime soon l hope. Keep smiling the sun will rise tomorrow and so will the Knights.
Great article Ken.
My theory on Gallant being fired is that Gallant tried to play hard ball during his extension negotiations, knowing that he had the Red Wings job to fall back on. Based on the Gusev negotiations. GMGM does not take kindly to hard ball and he was looking for an opportunity to drop the axe.
I agree with this theory. In fact I've heard it speculated on National shows that Gallant was interested in the Red Wings job regardless.. all this is speculation of course and we'll never really know. But it still doesn't change what he did for this team and the excitement level for hockey in this community
Well Said !
Kristin hall
Amen to all of it!
Richard Santomauro
Great article. Focus on Gallant & Kelly. They and the misfits who are now gone are in our hearts. The players and coaches that remain are as well. It remains to be seen where this team is going to be in the future. If the new players like Patches, Stone, and Stasny, and the new Coach are going to win us over – the future begins tonight in Montreal. New chapters unfolding. As a Season Ticket holder, I am hoping that all of the negativity of losing key players and coaches can be put behind us sooner rather than later.


It's a well known fact (to those who know it well) that the most fertile breeding spots are worth a bit of a trek.
But while we may limit ourselves to staggering across town, kebab in hand, to lurch into a dingy nightclub – one humpback whale has undergone a somewhat more arduous journey, swimming nearly 10,000km (6,200miles) to find a mate.
The female humpback set the record for the longest distance recorded for any mammal, taking two years to swim across a quarter of the world from Abrolhos Bank, Brazil, to the coast of Madagascar – a famed breeding and feeding ground.
'Travelling between continents and through an ocean basin illustrates the ability of humpbacks to range across large portions of the globe,' Dr Peter Stevick wrote in Biology Letters.
The distinctively marked whale, known as Antarctic Humpback Whale Catalogue No 1363, was recognised by US researchers in 2001.
What led to the feat is uncertain, the scientists said. It is usually males that migrate the greatest distances – often gliding through 5,000km (3,100miles) of ocean – and usually north to south, rather than west to east.
'Such movement may occur through tracking prey, exploring foraging sites or by drifting with the Antarctic circumpolar current,' wrote researchers.
Interbreeding between pods dotted around the globe helps keep the communities healthy.
'At least some long-distance movements lead to successful reproduction,' said researchers.


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Laura Jones: B.C. celebrates Small Business Month with Red Tape Reduction Day
Laura Jones, Special to The Sun 10.05.2015
October is "Small Business Month" in B.C., a time the government has dedicated to appreciating the role that small businesses across the province play in supporting our communities.
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Celebrating Small Business Month can be a little tricky for governments — publicly complimenting the important role that small businesses play in the province is nice for business owners and their staff to hear and may even encourage some people to do more local shopping. But it is rarer for governments to find announcements that promise to make the tough job of running a small business easier.
Coralee Oakes, who is the provincial minister responsible for small business, made one of those rare announcements last week when she tabled legislation to create a Red Tape Reduction Day to be observed every year on the first Wednesday of March. B.C. will be the first jurisdiction in Canada to have such a legislated day.
Australia is the only other jurisdiction I am aware of that has something similar, a Repeal Day that happens twice a year. In Australia's case, Repeal Day has helped the government focus on fixing a lot of small things that can add up to a giant headache — everything from improving government websites to streamlining the regulation of low-risk pet food products. It is a key part of the Australian government's new focus on regulatory reform.
In B.C.'s case, there will be less low-hanging fruit as the government has shown remarkable stick-to-itiveness with respect to its red tape reduction effort, maintaining an impressive 40-per-cent reduction in regulatory requirements for over a decade. It has already cleaned up a lot of regulatory excesses, such as the ridiculous rules dictating what sized televisions restaurants could have, or the forest practices code that was killing the industry as well as many of its trees.
However, there are still some very good reasons for all parties to support this bill on behalf of small business, and more broadly on behalf of the citizens of this province. Red tape benefits no one and harms us all, taxing our time, our wallets and our creativity. Whenever a government wants to hold itself more accountable for this hidden tax, we should all cheer loudly.
Oakes has said the intention of the bill is to reinforce the province's long-term commitment to reduce red tape wherever it might arise — legislation, regulation, government policies and government service. Ideas are welcome anytime, but a structured round of consultations will start in October. Anything concerning business owners and citizens is on the table for consideration. For example, people might suggest a 10-year renewal for drivers' licenses similar to the timeframe we now have for passports.
Of course, announcing Red Tape Reduction Day is only the first step. The government must now show it is serious about doing the things that will make a difference in the lives of British Columbians. Some advice here: Consult broadly and measure well. For example, estimate the hours saved from red tape reduction. Well executed, this could be the best Small Business Month announcement on record.
Laura Jones is executive vice-president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.

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Schizothorax lantsangensis és una espècie de peix de la família dels ciprínids i de l'ordre dels cipriniformes.

Morfologia
Els mascles poden assolir els 31,1 cm de longitud total.

Distribució geogràfica
Es troba a la Xina.

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Bibliografia

 McAllister, D.E., 1990. A working list of fishes of the world. Copies available from D.E. McAllister, Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Ottawa, Ontàrio K1P 6P4, Canadà. 2661 p. plus 1270 p. Index

 Page, Lawrence M. & Burr, Brooks M. (1991): Freshwater Fishes, p. 131, Houghton Mifflin, Nova York, Estats Units. .

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Phytonemus est un genre d'acariens de la famille des Tarsonemidae.

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Damon Lindelof explains why Watchmen season 2 might not happen
Entertainment Weekly December 16, 2019
"Nothing Ever Ends," goes the famous Watchmen tagline.
But HBO's Watchmen series might end sooner than fans expected.
Despite the show's critical acclaim, showrunner Damon Lindelof currently feels … well … compacting his detailed answer into just a few words risks missing all his nuance, so perhaps it's best to just turn the mic over to him (and don't miss our other interview with Lindelof where he breaks down the season finale).
"I feel for someone who's wildly inconsistent in general, I've been fairly consistent on this point," Lindelof says. "When we first went public with the pilot at New York Comic-Con, I wanted to make sure that everybody who was going along for the ride knew what the design of the season was. Especially after what happened with Lost, and the way that a lot of serialized dramas unfolded, where the audience doesn't know how thick the book is when they pick it up. This is a love letter and an examination of the original Watchmen … I wanted everyone to know this is not the middle of the trilogy, this is not the beginning of a seven-season run. In my opinion, the best iteration of any season of Watchmen would mirror the original [graphic novel] in that it would be a self-contained story with the resolution of a fundamental mystery. There's always going to be space for more Watchmen. I feel like this world is so expansive — hopefully more expansive now than it was before. You could call something "Watchmen" and not even feature any of the characters who were in the original or in this season as long as they all occupy the same world."
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"When I first spoke to HBO about [Watchmen], I used examples like True Detective and Fargo," Lindelof continued. "True Detective is a franchise, it has a feel and a tone. Does it need to have Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in it to call itself True Detective? And I would argue as much as I love what [True Detective showrunner Nic Pizzolatto's] writing, it doesn't even need to be written by Nic, or directed by Cary Fukunaga. It's bigger than that. And when I first heard about [FX's Fargo series], that the Coen Brothers weren't really involved and it was going to be [Noah Hawley's] show, I was like, 'How is this going to be any good? How is this going to feel like it's the original Fargo?' And lo and behold, that's exactly what it was."
"I think particularly when it comes to Watchmen or Fargo where we're knocking the creators of the original, it's sacrilegious and really hypocritical to say, 'Nobody else can come along and do another season of Watchmen.' If I was going to do another season of Watchmen, I would need to have a really cool idea and a justification for doing it. I don't have either of those things right now. It doesn't mean that they won't come at some future point. I just finished the show four weeks ago. My antenna is up, but it's like only getting static. I can't say that there will definitely not be a second season and I can't say there definitely will be. That's kind of where my head's at."
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"That's an HBO/Warner Bros. question," Lindelof replied. "That's a good question. Contractually speaking, I don't think it's come up yet. I don't know what the rules of the hold are. [Regina King] is directing a movie right now and I think will be doing so for the foreseeable future. If any of the actors wanted to do another TV show or movie, I think that they would be free to do so. We're now basically in a realm where Jean Smart can do Legion and Watchman simultaneously if you can figure out the scheduling. It's not like the days of Lost where it's, 'Sorry Matthew Fox, you're on lockdown for six years.' As for the writers … they've gone on to other things. I guess I have it in the back of my mind where if I called them up and they were available and I could be like, 'Hey, we're putting the gang back together for another heist, and they would be able to do it.' But maybe I'm naive about that."
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Kenji Yanobe (ヤノベケンジ Yanobe Kenji) is a Japanese contemporary artist known for his upbeat yet dystopian artwork.  His sculpture simulates consumer products designed for survival after a  nuclear holocaust.

He is a professor at Kyoto University of Art and Design. He is also the director of Ultra Factory there.

He was born in Ibaraki City, Osaka. After graduating from high school, he studied at Kyoto City University of Arts in 1989, majoring in sculpture.
After studying at the Royal College of Art in England for a short time, he completed the Graduate School of Kyoto City University of Arts in 1991.

Artwork
Yanobe's sculptures closely fit a modern Japanese consumer aesthetic.  His pieces, often based on robots, appear to be the products of the most modern industrial design: bright colors, polished metal, articulable joints, and shiny finish.  However, they betray a fear of nuclear war.  Yanobe's artwork includes brightly colored hazmat suits and tiny action figures with built-in  geiger counters.  They pose the question: Would life after a nuclear war be possible, and if it were, would it be worth living?

Yanobe has had art shows throughout the world, including the United States, Europe, and his native Japan.  His artwork was displayed at the grounds of the 1970 World's Fair in Osaka, Japan.  It was the last show there before the site was taken down in March 2004.

In 2009, he won the Osaka Culture Prize.

External links
Kenji Yanobe's official website
Interview with Kenji Yanobe in Giant Robot magazine.
Biography ExhibitionCV of Kenji Yanobe on Azito (online gallery of Japanese Contemporary art).

Living people
People from Ibaraki, Osaka
Japanese sculptors
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Japanese pop artists
Year of birth missing (living people)
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Blog: My First Day of Work Experience at Penguin
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So, for the past two weeks I have unbelievably been working at Penguin in the Michael Joseph editorial department. I cannot believe my fortnight there is over already and I still have to pinch myself that it happened. It was such an enriching and fulfilling opportunity and I cannot recommend it enough to anyone who might be considering a career in publishing. I plan to post my work experience diary on here at some point, but this is how my first day went…
I have unbelievably been working at Penguin in the Michael Joseph editorial department
6am. My phone blasted out the Today Programme and I sat bolt upright in bed. Today is the day. Feeling the twinge of butterflies in my stomach, I pulled on the clothes I laid out the night before, brushed my teeth, slapped on some make-up, and headed out the door. The journey in was remarkably smooth: Windsor and Eton Central to Slough, Slough to London Paddington, the Bakerloo line to Charing Cross: Charing Cross to 80 Strand. Well, after an excited half an hour in Victoria Embankment Gardens, having arrived far too early. As I nervously sat on a park bench watching commuters rush by, chewing on a cereal bar, reality set in. Ahead of me lay two glorious weeks of working at Penguin right in the heart of London.
An excited half and hour in Victoria Embankment Gardens, having arrived too early
At 9:40 I walked in to 80 Strand offices to the Penguin reception desk, still ten minutes early. After barely getting my name out, I was printed off a pass and joined the group of apprehensive looking people. There was an awkward silence, something I am very bad at sitting through. My heart in my mouth, I asked the girl sitting next to me whether she was here for work experience too. A conversation escalated from there, other people around us joining in. Feeling a little more confident, someone came down to collect us. It was finally happening!
We were briefed about the company, the various departments and roles we had signed up for. Then came the obligatory awkward ice breakers. From a single word, we were to come up with a short story using details about ourselves. Our group devised a story about two brothers in Australia waking to snow on Christmas day, the older one pranking the younger, but feeling bad so he gave him one of his own presents. Clearly a literary masterpiece! Soon we were dropped off at our various areas. I was shown to the editorial desks at Michael Joseph. From here, my mentor gave me a tour around the building, introduced me to a few people and then showed me my desk. Sitting down at it, my starter to-do list in hand, I had to pinch myself. I was really here, in Penguin, at a desk! My two weeks really had begun.
For the most part of the morning I was calling IT (I think they probably know me on a first name basis!). As computers seem to be my archenemy, I was a little nervous to be left alone with one. Nevertheless, I set everything up and felt of a whizz. I had a username, an email, an email signature, the printers all connected up: you name it.
At lunch, all the first and second week work experience people met to eat together. Everyone got to share what's going on in their various departments, their experiences. I could gather what marketing and publicity, design and editorial teams in other departments were like. Every department at Penguin very much has its own style. But even sitting having lunch with like-minded people in the same position was an opportunity in itself and a lovely part to the day. After lunch, we headed to the pulp shelf. Here, all the unneeded or unloved books are placed to pursue and take home. A definite hotspot to visit!
The pulp shelf: a definite hotspot to visit
Then my first proper job: A submission report for the manuscript sitting on my desk. All four-hundred-and-twenty-one pages of it. Honestly, I am not the fastest reader. Every night that J K Rowling dropped a Harry Potter book, my sister would stay up until the morning to read it. I, on the other hand, take days to read a book. I like to savour words, reread sentences after finishing a page, going back over sentences in the light of other ones later on. So being at a desk surrounded by busily working people, I was determined to try this speed reading lark. Between various tasks (inventory, emails, extracting information from books, and trying the top notch hot chocolate), I read the book in three working days. The next manuscript I would read took me one.
From Day One, working in an office, at Penguin, has taught me so many things. Organisational skills, time management, speed reading, encountering new software (Biblio 3): Even experiencing the London commute. Moreover, to grab opportunities that come my way no matter how nervous about them I feel. I have had an optimum insight to a career I am interested in at a leading publishing house. Two weeks go by all too quickly, but spending it at Penguin work experience has been very fulfilling and something I could not recommend enough.
Tagged 80 Strand, blog, books, Career, Charing Cross, Commute, diary, Editorial, Literature, London, London Paddington, Michael Joseph, Penguin, Penguin Random House, Penguin Work Experience, Publishing, Publishing House, Strand, Today Programme, Two Week, work experience, WritingLeave a comment
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Yesterday evening, I visited Stratford-Upon-Avon to see As You Like It at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre directed by Kimberley Sykes. It starred Lucy Phelps as Rosalind and David Ajao as Orlando. Having never read the play before (despite meaning to), I came out of the theatre doors thoroughly mesmerised by the way the production dealt with the fourth wall: Aside from feeling wholly satisfied by the comedic tangle being resolved by the 'happily ever after' marriage(s).
Holy Trinity Church where William Shakespeare is buried
For those who aren't familiar with As You Like It, it is a comedic romance play written by none-other than William Shakespeare, and is believed to have been performed by the King's Men theatre troupe to open the Globe in 1599. Orlando is the younger son of Oliver and their father, Roland de Bois has recently died. Oliver treats his sibling harshly and Orlando is left bitter and angry (their servant breaks up a fight between them). He challenges Charles, the court wrestler, to a fight. As a slippery character, Oliver manipulates Charles in the endeavour to injure Orlando. Cue Duke Frederick's daughter, Celia, and her cousin, Rosalind the daughter of the old Duke recently deposed by the new Duke, who has been permitted to stay at the court. They watch the wrestling match. Rosalind falls in love with Orlando, who beats Charles. Rosalind gives Orlando her necklace to remember her by; and he is also overcome with love. Orlando hears of a plot against him formulated by his brother and retreats to the Forest of Arden. Rosalind is banished from court by the new Duke for no real cause, and Celia joins her cousin on principle. They disguise themselves as Ganymede, a young man, and Aliena, his shepherdess sister, respectively (also joined by Touchstone, the court fool).
Here's where things get spicy. In the Forest, the lovesick shepherd Silivius pines after a scornful and brash shepherdess, Phoebe. Ganymede takes up the leasehold of an old shepherd's estate and he and Aliena settle down. Elsewhere, the old Duke and his exiled courtiers live a simple life. A campfire meal is interrupted by Orlando desperate for sustainance for him, but particulaly his servant who is on his last legs. Orlando writes love letters for Rosalind on trees around the forest. Ganymede finds them and Orlando and proposed to cure him of his love. Ganymede poses as Rosalind (who they really are) and makes Orlando woo them in lessons every day. Meanwhile, Pheobe falls for Ganymede, and Silivius still for Pheobe. Touchstone allures a country girl, Audrey, with his courtliness. She abandons her admirer, William, for him.
In another twist, the new Duke notices both Orlando and Rosalind left at the same time, and orders Oliver to seek Orlando out. In the process of this, Oliver is attacked by a lion but Orlando saves him, injuring his arms. Oliver runs through the forest and into Rosalind and Celia, still in their disguises, relating this news. Oliver quickly falls in love with Celia and Rosalind decides to sort this mess out: she makes Pheobe promise that if she no longer loves "him", she must marry Silivius. Ganyemede reveals himself as Rosalind. So Pheobe marries Silivius. And Touchstone marries Audrey; Oliver, Celia; and Orlando, Rosalind: all under the god Hymen. Orlando's other older brother comes home from study abroad to relay the news that the new Duke has become a hermit. And all ends happy and good with merry dancing.
Set prior to the first half: Orlando came to swing wistfully as the audience still filtered in three minutes before the show commenced
Not complicated at all (!). This Sykes' production was liberating and a joy to watch. There were subtle modern twists, such as Audrey being deaf, Charlotte Arrowsmith the first deaf actress in an RSC production: William acted as her interpretter as Touchstone wooed her, which worked effectively in the little side tradegy for William's heartbreak. Moreover, Silivius was a woman, which acknowledges recent critical renditions in traditional literatures to embrace the modern vision. Indeed, it was pleasing to see an enthically diverse cast in both lead and peripheral roles.
After the first half in the interval: backstage was opened up and the technical team came on stage at points
During the interval, the first half ending with Orlando pinning his love letters around the forest, the actor circulated around the half empty seats discussing what he should write to Rosalind with the audience. Several people were left with his declaration of love on little post-it notes. There are a few moments of audience participation too. Four people were asked to come on stage to hold up letters spelling out Rosalind's name; a man came on stage wearing a post-it love note jacket; and actors would sit/lie among the stalls at points. There was a moment when Rosalind stormed on-stage unravelling her binder, followed by Celia, ravellling it back up. The Celia actress, Sophine Khan Levy, accidentally pinged the binder and it almost fell. Luckily, both actresses saved it from falling just in time. It was a funny moment of relief for everyone, and again aptly touched the fourth wall. Times when the audience lights came on indicated these liberating, free-flowing moments in the play; interspersed with satisfyingly dramatic monologues for which audiences flock to theatres half a millenium after they were written.
In all, after watching this funny, light-hearted, gender fluid play, I am inclined to wonder whether this could be my new favourite Shakespearean play. without sounding too pretentious, of course. But I can recommend this production of As You Like It to you (running until 31st August at Stratford).
Tagged All The World's A Stage, As You Like It, blog, David Ajao, Forest of Arden, Fourth Wall, Gender, LGBT, Literature, Lucy Phelps, Marriage, Orlando, Play, Post-it notes, Production, Rosalind, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, RSC, Shakespeare, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Sykes, Warwick, Warwickshire, William Shakespeare, Writing1 Comment


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Crater in Meridiani Planum (2.3 N, 2.6 W) [3-D]
This image shows layered sedimentary rocks and ripples that fill and surround an impact crater in Meridiani Planum, an equatorial region where the rover Opportunity has been exploring the Martian surface since January 2004. These layered deposits may have formed through the accumulation of sediment that were transported into this region by blowing wind or flowing water.
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
What appear to be spiders scampering across the martian landscape are actually cracks in the surface of the southern polar region on Mars, seen by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on August 23, 2009...
South Pole Spiders
The panoramic camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity captured a sweeping image of "Burns Cliff" after driving right to the base of this southeastern portion of the inner wall of "Endur...
'Burns Cliff' in Color Stereo
This map shows the route on lower Mount Sharp that NASA's Curiosity followed between April 19, 2015, and Nov. 5, 2015. During this period the mission investigated silica-rich rock targets includin...
Curiosity's Path During 2015 Studies of Silica-Rich Rocks
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project Manager Jim Graf shakes the hand of JPL Associate Director for Programs, Project Formulation and Strategy Dr. Firouz Naderi. They are celebrating the spacecraft'...
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission Team Members Celebrate Orbit Insertion Success
NASA's InSight spacecraft is currently cruising to Mars. Yesterday, it performed its first course correction guiding it to the Red Planet.
InSight Is on Its Way to Mars
This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows part of the margin of the north polar cap and the surrounding plains. The layering of the ice is easily visible due to the dust that is dep...
Polar Layers
This 360-degree panorama was taken by "Dusty," a fully-working replica of NASA's Opportunity rover at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The panorama was taken as part of a software test. Memb...
Dusty's Panorama
The largest crater in this mosaic of images taken by the Context Camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is Endeavour Crater, which is 22 kilometers (14 miles) in diameter.
Endeavour Crater in Context
This is a small volcano superimposed on the flanks of a larger one of the Cerberus Tholi.
Small Floral-Shaped Volcano
The Mars Climate Sounder instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter maps the vertical distribution of temperatures, dust, water vapor and ice clouds in the Martian atmosphere as the orbiter f...
Martian Atmosphere Profiles
Explanation on how CRISM hyperspectral images are used to understand the history and formation of Valles Marineris, one of the largest canyons in the solar system, and how the data is used to unrav...
CRISM: Exploring the Geology of Mars
Overview map showing the location of the study area within Aeolis Dorsa (star).
Overview Map of Aeolis Dorsa
This image acquired on January 27, 2019 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows the extensive central peak complex of Hale Crater.
Bedrock in the Central Peaks of Hale Crater
These two views from NASA's Curiosity rover, acquired specifically to measure the amount of dust inside Gale Crater, show that dust has increased over three days from a major Martian dust storm.
Curiosity's View of the June 2018 Dust Storm
This proposed future Mars landing site in Acidalia Planitia targets densely occurring mounds thought to be mud volcanoes.
Proposed Future Mars Landing Site: Acidalia Planitia Mud Volcanoes
This image of Victoria Crater in the Meridiani Planum region of Mars was taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter at more of a s...
Oblique View of Victoria Crater
This image captures a fairly rare situation. In general, as lava flows along, it fills in low points and holes it encounters in its path and flows around high points such as hills and ridges. In th...
Lava Flow Oozing Into a Crater (3-D)
This image acquired on February 7, 2019 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows Mawrth Vallis, a place on Mars that has fascinated scientists because of the clays and other hydrated minerals de...
Colorful Mawrth Vallis
The long, sinuous raised ridges on this fan of material are thought to be inverted stream channels. These ridges may have been low-lying streambeds that hardened and then turned into ridges when th...
Fan in the Aeolis Region (3-D)
These images from the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show several impact scars on Mars made by pieces of the NASA Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft that the spacecraft shed just before entering ...
Impact Scars from MSL Cruise Stage and Two Balance Weights (Figure 3)
Two dark, rimless pits are located to the northwest of Ascraeus Mons in the Tharsis volcanic region of Mars.
Dark Rimless Pits in the Tharsis Region
This animation shows the position of NASA's Curiosity rover as it journeyed through "the clay-bearing unit" on Mars between May 31 and July 20, 2019. The HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance...
HiRISE Watches Curiosity Journey Across the Clay Unit
This image shows major components of NASA's Mars 2020 mission in the High Bay 1 clean room in JPL's Spacecraft Assembly Facility.
Mars 2020 Components in High Bay
This scene shows dark sand dunes marching over the ridges created by an alluvial (water-deposited) fan in an impact crater.
Dunes on Ridges
This view shows a full-resolution portion of the first image of Mars taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera (HiRISE) on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
First Mars Image from Newly Arrived Camera


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Q: Is zerigo_dns:basic discontinued in heroku? When trying to run:
heroku addons:add zerigo_dns:basic
I get

Adding zerigo_dns:basic on mysite12345... failed
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Any thoughts?

A: They discontinued the free plan a while ago. Click here to see the list of current plans.
https://addons.heroku.com/zerigo_dns

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Tin Can API or SCORM : Which is best for you?
Organisations wishing to embrace eLearning face something of a dilemma when it comes to deciding between the two standards SCORM and Tin Can API. Some organisations already using SCORM to deliver courses may wonder if a move to Tin Can is worth the time and monetary investment. Weighing one against the other, however, may be a false comparison in many ways. The two are different beasts, and bring differing pros and cons to the eLearning table. Its all about strengths and weaknesses, and ultimately, it would also all depend on the type of courses organisations wish to deliver. It can seem like negotiating a minefield, but it doesn't necessarily have to be that way.
The first step here, is for businesses and organisations to understand exactly what they want for their staff, from any eLearning protocol. Once that becomes clear, then the decision should be fairly easy, but they are two individual journeys to a final destination, in effect. Two separate methods of realising similar results.
In the world of eLearning, SCORM has been around for some time now, and while it still delivers results, its powers are limited. Tin Can API is the new kid on the block, the young contender come to take the title, and over the past three or four years, its popularity has grown. While the SCORM option will undoubtedly deliver the results required, its likely that Tin Can can deliver the results in a more comprehensive, sophisticated way.
But what's the difference? If both protocols are capable of delivering the same results, is it not just a case of 'better the devil you know'?
Imagine you have a 400 mile round trip journey to complete. There are two cars parked outside your house for you to choose from. The first one is a slightly older Ford. Its a reliable workhorse, and even though there's a couple of dents, the heater doesn't work, and it has a faulty oil light, it'll still no doubt get you where you need to go. Parked next to the Ford is a top of the range Jaguar, just a couple of years old, in immaculate condition, no dents, a working heater, and a stack of extra features. The journey is the same. Both cars are capable of getting you there and back safely, and without any trouble. The Ford will do its job, as it always has, in a reliable and functional way. The Jaguar will also get you there, but with a couple of differences. You'll be more comfortable and you'll be safer. You'll use less fuel than you would if you were in the Ford. It may be a quicker journey. The onboard tech on the Jag will record and monitor its own performance, with fuel emissions, miles per gallon, engine temperature. oil levels all being checked along the journey. Oh, and the heater will not only work, but it will heat the car to the exact temperature you want. In short, it'll be an all round better, more immersive experience. Less challenging, more enjoyable, and with far more to offer for the journey. Plus, of course, its a Jaguar!!
SCORM, like our sturdy old Ford, has its benefits, certainly. It is perfectly adequate for organisations who simply want to deliver a simple course, and receive reports back. But its an old standard, becoming more tired as time goes on. Again, like the Ford. And, as time goes on, organisations using SCORM based courses may struggle to keep up.
The world of work is a rapidly changing place, always developing, and always moving. The workforce is more disparate, more displaced. Demands on how people want or need to work are constantly changing. We need new systems for these new demands. New ways of working. We rely on information for everything. It informs and influences our every moment. And because of that reliance, communication becomes central to everything. As a consequence, the workplace becomes the classroom. As well as this, in recent years, we have welcomed a new information-rich, connected generation to the workforce. Millennials bring their own ideas, their own needs, and their own expectations of the world of work, and wise organisations will listen.
This is what makes Tin Can API stand out, what gives the protocol is strengths, its unique selling points. Its what makes it a Jaguar, and not a rusty old Ford.
Because Tin Can is a recent development, it is much more reliable. SCORM tends not to work well on newer browsers, such as Safari, or on devices like the iPad mini. These are precisely two of the kind of places where our newer generation of workers spend so much of their time. Simply put, in this respect, Tin Can simply works better more often for more organisations because of its reliability. Unlike SCORM, which is confined to desktop coursework, Tin Can is better suited to mobile learning, such as Wranx, which is accessed for just a few minutes per day from any location, and on a variety of devices.
In terms of reporting powers, Tin Can also has the winning edge, as it provides users with access to more broader and deeper data, and the ability to create reports based on that data. In turn, this can make the courses more powerful as well as giving the opportunity for greater and enhanced personalisation. In terms of the future, as well as being more suited to the current workplace, Tin Can itself will continue to expand and grow, and can be an incredibly useful tool in protecting the courses for any future developments.
One thing Tin Can can't do is provide the right courses for the right people at the right time. Thats the job of the organisation. For any type of learning to be successful and productive, especially eLearning, courses need to be engaging, immersive and enjoyable. Learners need to feel that they are being encouraged and supported in their learning, and that comes down to the quality and structure of the course, as well as the depth of feedback they receive.
We know that Tin Can can deliver more reliable, results based learning to a wide range of devices, easily accessed by the whole workforce as and when they need. We know that the future of the courses is better protected and ensured with Tin Can based course design. And importantly, we know that Tin Can gives us access to richer data, allowing us to better monitor performance.
And while we know we all love that sturdy and familiar old beaten up Ford, lets be honest, we'd all rather be travelling in the Jaguar.


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Record breaking bankruptcy filings last quarter
ALEXANDRIA, Va.- Last quarter, April 1 through June 30, bankruptcy filings rose 24.5% over the same period last year, making it the highest quarterly period ever for bankruptcies, according to data by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Filings increased from 321,729 in the second quarter of 2000 to...
By Sarah Snell Cooke | September 04, 2001 at 08:00 PM | The original version of this story was published on Credit Union Times Magazine


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'We are tired': Demonstrators march on downtown Ottawa for Indigenous solidarity
Karli Zschogner
"It was very emotional for me as I had never before heard so much appreciation for non-Indigenous presence," said Polish retiree Feliks Welfeld.
University of Ottawa 'ties-the-knot' with Taiwan's National Dong Hwa University
On Thursday the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) announced that it is partnering with Taiwan's National Dong Hwa University College of Indigenous Studies (NDHU-CIS).
Meet the team working to Indigenize the U of O campus
"My not-funny joke is that there are about 40,000 people on campus, so we take 10,000 each." — Tareyn Johnson, Director of Indigenous Affairs at the U of O
U of O's faculty of law gets $1 million to better support Indigenous students
Aaron Hemens
The University of Ottawa's faculty of law has received a $1 million donation from an anonymous donor to help provide scholarships, bursaries, and emergency funding to Indigenous students
Indigenous cultural celebration promotes resources for students
Meagan Casalino
"It's important to show that we're here and that Indigenous students don't have to hide their culture," says Émilie Gauthier, vice-president internal affairs for the Indigenous Student Association.
Indigenous language bill gets mixed reviews
Zoë Mason
Trudeau's administration claims to have made reconciliation and compensation efforts with Canada's First Nations peoples a key part of their platform.
Second protest staged in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en camps
Eric Davison
"The core issue here is respect. Respect for the First Nations of Turtle Island, and respect for Canadian citizens who have to deal with the fallout of the oil industry's mess."—Marie, self-described water warrior.
U of O prof receives grant to study MMIWG Inquiry
Sarah Crookall and Marissa Phul
The grant will be dedicated to Cameron's study, "A Feminist and Indigenous Examination of the National Inquiry: Lessons and Next Steps."
Government tax dollars shouldn't be spent denying healthcare
Janoah Willsie
It's through this program that Willier's mother, Stacey Shiner, applied for funding for her daughter and was refused. The government subsequently spent the $110,000 fighting Shiner in the Supreme Court where, in May of this year, she lost the case.
Explore Indigenous communities in Canada this summer
Nadia Drissi El-Bouzaidi
While the country is gearing up for a massive celebration of Canada's 150th anniversary of Confederation, it's also important to note the accomplishments of Indigenous peoples before 1867.


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Club Fernando de la Mora jest paragwajskim klubem piłkarskim z siedzibą w mieście Fernando de la Mora.

Osiągnięcia
Mistrz drugiej ligi paragwajskiej (Segunda división paraguaya): 1930
Wicemistrz drugiej ligi paragwajskiej (Segunda división paraguaya): 2005
Mistrz trzeciej ligi paragwajskiej (Primera de Ascencio): 2003

Historia
Klub założony został 25 grudnia 1925 roku. Pierwszy awans do najwyższej ligi paragwajskiej (Primera división paraguaya) udało się uzyskać dopiero w 2005 roku, po zdobyciu wicemistrzostwa drugiej ligi.

Linki zewnętrzne
Albigol: Albigol - informacje o klubie Fernando de la Mora

Fernando de la Mora
Fernando de la Mora
Kluby piłkarskie założone w 1925


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Q: Reading values from offline registry file I am trying to read an offline registry file:
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Getting the below error. What would be the right way to access the offline registry file keys and values?
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A: You need to load the reg hive before accessing it. reg.exe can load hives with the load command`
Reg.exe load 'HKLM\TempHive' C:\temp\RegistryHives\SOFTWARE
$product_name = Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\TempHive\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion" -name ProductName | Select-Object -ExpandProperty ProductName
Reg.exe unload 'HKLM\TempHive'


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Home Print Edition Archive June 2016 Issue Expert Commentary: Gen II on asking the right questions
Expert Commentary: Gen II on asking the right questions
At the 2016 PEI CFOs and COOs Forum in January, attendees may have noticed a different tone from fund sponsors with respect to outsourced fund administration in comparison with years past. This year, when the topic of third-party fund administration came up on panels and among delegates, many viewed these services as a viable option for their firms, and an important choice to consider given the complexities facing the back office.
Indeed, EY made note of this shift in its 2016 Global Private Equity Fund and Investor Survey, which was unveiled at the forum.
"As capacity constraints develop, finance teams may want to look out-of-house, creating demand for the offerings of asset servicers who see private equity as a major growth opportunity," the survey noted. "Investors, conditioned by hedge fund models, feel comfortable with the concept, so the question is no long whether to outsource, but which functions to outsource and how many providers to rely upon and how to integrate them effectively."
The survey also noted the highest level of comfort with outsourcing in recent years on the part of fund sponsors.
So, as more and more private equity managers are considering the switch to third-party fund administration, they need to ask the right questions in requests for proposals (RFPs) and during due diligence. It's vital to ensure the sponsor is meeting the institutional limited partner requirements for operational excellence and the administrator exhibits best practices for recordkeeping, transparency and reporting.
"We now see sponsors vetting us in a similar fashion to how LPs due diligence them," says Gen II Fund Services managing director Jeff Gendel. "A fund administrator has to be able to exhibit outstanding marks on a number of key items, like top-tier performance, a highly experienced team, certified processes and procedures, and intimate industry knowledge in the private equity industry."
Many GPs might not know where to start with the administrator diligence process, so we reviewed recent due diligence questionnaires on the topic. Some definite trends emerge from the questions general partners ask of their administrator to make sure the administrator can meet their funds' demands, and, in turn, the demands of their LPs.
THE PROCESSES
The first step every GP and LP will take in reviewing a potential fund administrator is asking whether or not they have an SSAE 16 (Service Organization Control Type 2 [SOC 1] Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements number 16, issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants). This certification marks the passage of a crucial independent examination of the administrator's control environment and is a must-have for sponsors and their institutional LPs.
The SOC 1 report provides private equity clients and investors with confidence that the fund administrator has adequately described its controls, processes and procedures, and that its controls, processes and procedures are suitably designed and operating effectively to achieve their specified objectives, notes Steven Alecia, Gen II chief client officer. With the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) increasing its oversight role and a more intense focus on recordkeeping for funds, it is understandable that GPs and LPs want to hold their administrator to the highest standards.
"GPs want to know that the administrator has certified processes and procedures to do the work that's required, and as a result, every single RFP that we see asks about the SSAE 16," says Alecia. "In fact, it is usually the first question on the RFP, so it's clear that our GP and LP partners view this as a necessary qualification."
Another important topic GPs and LPs seek to understand is the additional steps taken by the administrator to ensure that client facing items are error-free. Gen II has met this requirement through the establishment of an internal quality control (QC) department, similar to a concurring partner role at an accounting firm, in order to be sure there are extra sets of eyes reviewing all sensitive and client-facing transactions. "QC is among the most important parts of our organisation," says Alecia. "Our clients and their LPs take comfort in the additional checks and balances we evidence in our processes."
And while cybersecurity is a hot buzzword throughout the private equity industry of late, many fund managers are struggling to determine what practical steps they can take to approach the matter. Having a fund administrator who is compliant with the SEC's cybersecurity recommendations is crucial. Not only will the fund manager rest easier knowing their data is in good hands, but they can also turn to the fund administrator for advice on how to approach cybersecurity.
"Each of these attributes – our SSAE 16, our SEC cybersecurity compliance, our quality control team – is an essential part of our service offering and firm infrastructure," says Alecia. "We know these elements are required by all investors, fund managers and regulators as the focus intensifies on quality operational procedures, independent recordkeeping, and full transparency."
Just as an LP would not commit to a fund because it looks good on paper, GPs also should not commit to a fund administrator without learning more about the team that will service them. That team will be an extension of the fund manager's own staff, so it is crucial to know and to trust them, Gendel says.
"You need to dig in and learn about the members comprising the team, their experience in private equity fund administration and how long they've worked together as a team. Have they seen a multitude of situations that enable them to effectively handle whatever comes up while administering one of your funds?" Gendel notes. It's exactly how an LP would investigate a GP's experience in the industries in which the GP is investing. "LPs would think twice about investing with a sponsor that can't evidence a long and successful track record or has lagged in performance."
Another area of interest for GPs in RFPs is how long the administrator's senior team has been working together. Turnover is an issue that has the potential to impact fund administrators, notes Gendel, so GPs must be confident their administrator has the proper structure and incentives in place to ensure that key team members stay for a long time.
"Team continuity is incredibly important in the fund administration industry, and GPs should be asking detailed questions about the stability of the team that will be servicing their funds. It's analogous to an LP asking a GP to explain how they can ensure key team members are incentivised to stay with the firm and how the GP can avoid significant departures from the team. Fund administration is a service business and people are at the heart of it, just like within the private equity firm," notes Gendel.
Equally important, GPs ask about the administrator's knowledge of the private equity industry and experience servicing complex funds. Private equity fund structures become more complex with each passing year. In Gen II's experience, every fund is different, every limited partnership agreement is different, and every organisational structure is different. Private equity sponsors demand a customised approach for their fund rather than a one-size-fits-all methodology.
Whether a firm is just starting out with Fund I, moving from one fund administrator to another or, as the EY survey predicts, moving their operations from in-house to out-of-house, all of the key attributes that LPs look for when considering a GP's fund will translate into the GP-administrator relationship.
GPs are increasingly focused on the administrator's people, processes, performance, and specific expertise. "Sponsors are far more discerning now and smarter about fund operations," says Gendel. "Our industry should be prepared to undergo more scrutiny."
THE MARKET'S REQUIREMENTS
As EY's survey of private equity chief financial officers and investors reveals, outsourced fund administration is becoming a more popular option. In order to meet institutional requirements of private equity firms and investors, GPs and LPs concur that the following attributes are essential for fund administrators:
– Experienced team with long standing private equity fund administration expertise;
– Institutional grade infrastructure including:
– SSAE 16 certification;
– SEC cybersecurity compliance;
– Independent quality control;
– Robust, flexible, and transparent technology;
– Evidence of firm performance at the highest levels;
– Ability to customise service approach for each fund;
– A long-term dedication to the private equity fund administration industry.
This article is sponsored by Gen II Fund Services and first appeared in PEI's Fund Administration supplement, published in June 2016.


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Power 1 Shrine
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has given updates on the Power 1 Shrine saga.
According to the CID, the accipient who went missing and later found buried at the Power 1 Shrine at Maame Dede in the Eastern Region has been identified as Mr Edward Quartey Papafio.
The deceased was a 64-year-old biochemist consultant and a resident of Kasoa in the Central Region.
The other dead body exhumed at the shrine by the joint Police-Military task force has also been identified as a Kwesi Zomelo, also a resident of Kasoa.
Below are excerpts of the CID Press Briefing.
Maiden press briefing
At a press briefing organised by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service to throw more light on the development, the Director-General of the CID, COP Mr Edward Ken Yeboah, said a further search conducted by the police team also revealed two pump action guns, a single-barrelled gun, together with 11 packets full of cartridges.
He said on January 17, 2020, the late Quartey-Papafio's wife, Rev. Mrs Comfort Ruth Quartey-Papafio, reported to the police that her husband had left his house at Kasoa about 7:33 a.m. on January 15, 2020, after receiving a call from someone, and had since not returned.
On receipt of the complaint, the police launched investigations into the issue and later picked intelligence that on that fateful day, the consultant had been spotted at Adeiso, near Nsawam in the Eastern Region.
The police, thereafter, intensified their investigations and made a breakthrough on April 21, 2020, which led to the arrest of the two fetish priests, Power and Scorpion, who both had their shrines on the outskirts of the village, and were conveyed to the CID Headquarters in Accra to assist in investigations.
According to Mr Yeboah, when a search was conducted at the two shrines, the police retrieved two pump action guns, a single-barrelled gun, together with 11 packets of full cartridges, from suspect Power's rooms.
Admission of guilt
On April 29, 2020, after intensive interrogation, the two fetish priests admitted having interacted with the missing consultant for some time, after which he was shot and killed at the shrine on January 15, 2020 and his body buried at a particular spot behind the shrine.
They led the police to the spot, and after securing the area for an exhumation order from the court, the police team went back to the shrine with excavators on April 30, 2020, along with the police pathologist, officials from the Crime Scene Management Unit, the Forensic Science Laboratory, the Drone Unit and the CID Operations Unit.
Shrine scene
Mr Yeboah said on arrival at the shrine on April 30, the two fetish priests led the police to the spot behind a house which had been walled, with a small entry but no exit, where they identified the consultant's grave and the pathologist retrieved the decomposed body from the grave.
He said suspecting that the two suspects might have buried more people, the police dug around the grave and found a second decomposed body from another grave, which Power said was that of Kwasi Zomelo, a Togolese mason resident at Kasoa.
The team later exhumed a number of human parts, hair attachments and beads from the perimeter of the two graves.
Conspiracy to murder
Mr Yeboah said investigations had so far established that in December 2019, the two suspects conspired to murder Quartey-Papafio, and they, therefore, lured him to their shrine and succeeded in collecting GH¢10,000 from him under the pretext of fortifying him spiritually to enable his company to flourish.
On January 15, 2020, the suspects called the deceased on phone and invited him to the shrine for the final purification rites, in the process of which he was suddenly shot and killed by the two.
After committing the heinous crime, Power took possession of the deceased's Itel and Nokia mobile phones, which he kept with Charity Dakuzi, his third wife, who is resident at Mensah Bar, Oyibi, near Dodowa.
Power later led the police to Dakuzi's house to retrieve the phones, together with a bunch of keys belonging to Quartey-Papafio.
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FCC Establishes LTE Standard for Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network
Jonathan Charnitski
WASHINGTON, January 25, 2011 – The FCC issued an order Tuesday at its January open meeting that set a 4G common standard for a nationwide, interoperable, public safety mobile broadband network.
The Order, which addressed changes recommended by the 9/11 Commission Report, would require the use of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) air interface in the 700Mhz range of radio spectrum allocated to public safety, as well as lay down other technical specifications for nationwide interoperability. LTE, a next-generation standard for mobile broadband, provides download speeds of at least 100Mbps and upload speeds of at least 50Mbps. The standard, along with several others currently emerging, are commonly referred to under the umbrella terms "4G," or "Fourth Generation."
The 9/11 Commission report, released in 2004, recommended improved communication capabilities not only between first responder agencies within the same geographic area, but also called for interoperability between similar agencies in different regions. That is to say, for example, equipment used by the Metro Police Department in Washington, D.C. should be able to communicate directly not only with the DC Fire Department, but also with other police departments across the nation.
Though the Order establishes rules for a common nationwide air interface standard, lingering questions over the future of the D Block have kept the FCC from fully developing a plan for a public safety network in the 700Mhz range.
The D Block is a segment of spectrum in the 700Mhz range – considered prime real estate for mobile broadband use – that the FCC attempted to auction off in 2008, but bids failed to meet the Commission's reserve price. Currently, the swath is allocated for use by public safety, however, Congress is expected to consider competing plans, one to re-auction the D Block to commercial licensees and another to reallocate it solely to public safety. Additionally, parties have considered a third option wherein commercial licensees would buy spectrum licenses at a re-auction and share the block with public safety .
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski declined to comment on the future of the D Block at a press conference following Tuesday's meeting, saying only that "the National Broadband Plan says what it says" with regards to recommendations on the block. The NBP recommends auctioning the 10Mhz segment to commercial licensees to help reallocate 500Mhz of spectrum to wireless broadband over the next 10 years.
Commissioner Robert McDowell, however, had fewer reservations expressing his support for an expeditious auction of the D Block.
"In a perfect world, we would have already finalized an order setting forth auction and service rules for the D Block spectrum," said McDowell. "I am eager to move to this step, which I urge that we undertake sooner rather than later."
All the commissioners agreed, however, that nationwide interoperability is both necessary and a long time coming.
"More should have been done immediately after 9/11 to address the needs of public safety," said Commissioner Michael Copps. "I called for it then, but little action was taken. Quite frankly, it is inexcusable that we still do not have a nationwide interoperable public safety network."
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FCC Announces Largest Approval Yet for Rural Digital Opportunity Fund: $1 Billion
The agency said Thursday it has approved $1 billion to 69 providers in 32 states.
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WASHINGTON, December 16, 2021 – The Federal Communications Commission announced its largest approval yet from the $9.2-billion Rural Digital Opportunity Fund, greenlighting on Thursday $1 billion from a reverse auction process that ended with award announcements in December but that the new-look agency has been scrutinizing in recent months.
The agency said in a press release that this fifth round of approvals includes 69 providers who are expected to serve 518,000 locations in 32 states over 10 years. Its previous round approved $700 million worth of applications to cover 26 states. Previous rounds approved $554 million for broadband in 19 states, $311 million in 36 states, and $163 million in 21 states.
The agency still has some way to approve the entirety of the fund, as it's asked providers that were previously awarded RDOF money in December to revisit their applications to see if the areas they have bid for are not already served. So far, a growing list have defaulted on their respective areas, some saying it was newer FCC maps that showed them what they didn't previously know. The agency said Thursday that about 5,000 census blocks have been cleared as a result of that process.
The FCC also said Thursday it saved $350 million from winning bidders that have either failed to get state certification or didn't follow through on their applications. In one winning bidder's case, the FCC said Thursday Hotwire violated the application rules by changing its ownership structure.
"This latest round of funding will open up even more opportunities to connect hundreds of thousands of Americans to high-speed, reliable broadband service," said FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. "Today's actions reflect the hard work we've put in over the past year to ensure that applicants meet their obligations and follow our rules. With thoughtful oversight, this program can direct funding to areas that need broadband and to providers who are qualified to do the job."
Local Government Advisors Concerned by Delay in Sohn Confirmation Process
They also believe Alan Davidson will be viewed more favorably to head the NTIA.
Nominee for FCC Commissioner Gigi Sohn
WASHINGTON, December 14, 2021 – Local government advisors are concerned by delays in the confirmation process of Gigi Sohn, President Joe Biden's nominee for the Federal Communications Commission, and what those delays will mean for broadband services in local communities.
At the moment, there are reportedly not enough votes from Democrats to confirm Sohn.
The panel of local advisors at a National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors on Monday said the FCC would likely remain split 2-2 between Democrats and Republicans until at least February, when the panel says Sohn's confirmation will probably pass the Senate.
Such a split would prevent the agency from making some major decisions that would ramp up programs to expand broadband access for Americans. For this reason, several civil society groups have asked the Senate for a swift confirmation process of Biden's nominees.
The panel also said that Biden's nominee to head the National Telecommunications and Information Association, Alan Davidson, will likely be reported favorably out of committee.
Logistical problems for the Affordable Connectivity Program
Panelists also spent significant time discussing what current regulatory agency efforts mean for connectivity.
The panel critiqued the FCC's transition from the Emergency Broadband Benefit to the Affordable Connectivity Program provided for by the newly-passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to continue providing students with internet access for e-learning. The program provides monthly subsidies for connectivity and devices for eligible students.
This transition is planned to take place with the start of the 2022 new year, and the agency is fielding comments on how to transition.
The panel stated that because this transition takes place during the school year, it has the potential to strand students without connectivity services. Panelists noted that they have been trying to communicate these concerns to the FCC.
The FCC recently eliminated an enrollment freeze in the EBB that was planned to take place during the transition to the ACP.
FCC Takes Stock of Telehealth Successes, But Acknowledges a Long Way to Go at Agency Event
Procedural hurdles lie ahead for the commission's telehealth efforts.
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr
WASHINGTON, December 6, 2021 – Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr and several leaders in healthcare said Monday the agency's efforts to expand telehealth programs for Americans face procedural hurdles before Congress.
The cost of government telehealth expansion efforts is among key factors that create congressional hesitance to rubber stamp the FCC's telehealth initiatives.
During panel discussions moderated by Carr at a commission event on Monday, experts also remarked that the commission's efforts would require a good deal of regulatory flexibility that many members of Congress may not be willing to grant it.
Panel guest Deanna Larson, CEO of virtual health network Avera eCARE, testified before the Senate on the matter in October, urging Congress to extend or make permanent its regulatory flexibility toward telehealth.
The panels also spent time discussing the substantial success the FCC has had in expanding telehealth over the course of the coronavirus pandemic.
Experts emphasized accomplishments such as the employment of remote monitoring devices by physicians to physically examine patients when they cannot come into the office.
The panel stated that the move from fully in-person healthcare to telehealth can be compared to the significance of the move from "Blockbuster to Netflix," referencing the at-home experience of the streaming platform.


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Violent kidnapping suspect convicted and sentenced in Walton County to life without parole
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Sanford Barton
On Wednesday, Nov. 6th, a Walton County jury found Sanford Barton guilty of kidnapping with bodily injury, kidnapping for ransom, two counts of aggravated assault, false imprisonment, possession of a firearm during commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. On Nov. 12, he was sentenced to life without parole. He had previously been sentenced to 20 years in prison in another case which included rape, aggravated solody and armed robbery.
Walton County District Attorney's Office reported on its Facebook page that "on May 21st, 2018, the defendant, a self-proclaimed "'founding father' of a local subsect of the violent criminal prison/street gang Ghost Face Gangsters, beat and threatened the victim with a pistol before demanding money from the victim's family in exchange for the victim's safe return.
"The Walton County Sheriff's Office and the Monroe Police Department were immediately notified by the victim's family, and both agencies coordinated efforts to rescue the victim. Due to law enforcement's quick response, the victim was rescued without further injury during a takedown of the defendant at the designated exchange location."
Walton County DA's office report that the success of the subsequent investigation and prosecution would not have been possible without the work of DA Investigator Aimee Oliver. The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Dave Williamson, Oliver, Victim Services Director Kim Kell, and Legal Assistant Lucy Repp.