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This week, President Obama is off to Mexico and Costa Rica for a three-day trip starting Thursday. A White House statement said that the trip is "is an important opportunity to reinforce the deep cultural, familial and economic ties that so many Americans share with Mexico and Central America." Obama plans to meet with Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto to discuss economic and trade issues. His last visit to Mexico was in June, for the G-20 summit in Los Cabos.
The U.S. and Mexico are as tightly bound as siblings, and often just as dysfunctional. While both governments are concerned with immigration and drug violence, President Obama must forge a more positive, productive partnership. Mexico is enjoying remarkable economic growth, and Obama neglects our southern neighbor at his own peril.
Obama will arrive in Mexico with good and bad news. On the positive side, he can highlight the progress his administration has made towards overhauling our immigration system. The border is more secure than ever, and the Senate has unveiled a proposal that creates new pathways for legal immigration. On the negative side, Obama bears responsibility for his failure to reform U.S. gun laws. ThinkProgress reports that the expiration of the assault weapons ban has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of Mexicans in cartel violence. Even worse, America's demand for illegal drugs fuels the growth of these cartels.
However, Obama would be wise to recognize that relations with Mexico should not center on these issues alone. As president-elect, Peña Nieto wrote in The Washington Post that, "It is a mistake to limit our bilateral relationship to drugs and security concerns. Our mutual interests are too vast and complex to be restricted in this short-sighted way." He wants a deeper relationship, one that is defined by shared economic goals.
That's the smart way forward. Since 2008, Mexico has seen steady economic growth, which has been a net benefit to the U.S. The U.S. exports more to Mexico than to China and Japan combined, and U.S./Mexico trade hit almost $500 billion in 2012. Obama should build on these ties to create greater economic integration. If he and Peña Nieto were to collaborate on ways of matching Mexico's young labor force with American technology and training, it would be a recipe for a regional economic boom. Greater U.S. investment in Mexico will make the country safer, as the cartels generally leave multinational operations alone.
Politically, Obama cannot afford to take Mexico for granted. Consider that Mexico has been fully engaged with Cuba since the revolution in 1959 (which was launched from Mexico). And although the U.S. has not recognized Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro as successor to Hugo Chavez, Mexico recognized his election on April 19. So Mexico is not an ally that automatically falls in lockstep with American interests. Perhaps with more attention from the Obama administration, Peña Nieto could be persuaded to be more supportive of U.S. policies for the region.
True, there are legitimate reasons why Mexico has been viewed warily by past administrations. Mexico has historically been the largest source of our undocumented population. Border towns have long feared spillover violence from the drug cartels. But illegal immigration is at net zero, and the fears of violence on the U.S. side of the border have proved largely unfounded. Obama should take the lead in encouraging more communication and cooperation with Mexico. Already, Peña Nieto favors opening Mexico's energy sector to private investment, and he may even allow foreign investment in its state oil company.
President Obama has the chance to turn a page in U.S./Mexico relations, and he should not miss it. It's time for a foreign policy with Mexico based on its potential, not on its problems.
Raul A. Reyes is an attorney and member of the USA Today Board of Contributors.


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|"Rubber Room"
|L&O, Episode 20.23
|Production number: 20023
First aired: 24 May 2010
| Written By
René Balcer
Directed By
René Balcer
The series ends as Lupo and Bernard try to locate a blogger threatened to blow up a school, but the teachers' union hampers the probe. Van Buren's personal issues become a public affair.
Main cast
- Jeremy Sisto as Detective Cyrus Lupo
- Anthony Anderson as Detective Kevin Bernard
- S. Epatha Merkerson as Lieutenant Anita Van Buren
- Linus Roache as Executive A.D.A. Michael Cutter
- Alana De La Garza as A.D.A. Connie Rubirosa
- Sam Waterston as District Attorney Jack McCoy
Recurring cast
- J.K. Simmons as Dr. Emil Skoda
- Ernie Hudson as Frank Gibson
- Deirdre O'Connell as Dr. Valerie Knight
Guest cast
- Lindsey Vonn as Secretary
- Angela Goethals as Maura Scott
- Nadia Alexander as Morgan Jones
- Patrick Murney as Dwayne Phillips
- Andrew Pastides as Rick Benson
- Wally Dunn as Ron Kozlowski
- Ash Christian as John Nolte
- John Speredakos as AUSA Schlichter
- Paul Schulze as Mr. Kralik
- Edelen McWilliams as Mrs. Jones
- Robert Jimenez as Mr. Cortina
- Ed Jewett as Mr. Bendel
- Stephen Beach as Mr. Prelutsky
- Chris Ceraso as Mr. Fontana
- Eric L. Abrams as Trooper Alfonzo
- Conor Leslie as Eliza
- Jason Noel Fisher as Rob
- Taylor John Borodavka as Vinnie
- Jonathan Gutierrez as Manuel
- Malachi Weir as MRI Technician
- Al-Qaeda
- Michael Bloomberg
- Canada
- Columbine High School massacre
- Los Angeles
- Massachusetts
- New York City Department of Education
- Romania
- Lee Stone
- Temporary Reassignment Center
- Lupo: It's like fishing for a needle in the ocean. Old Chinese saying.
- Van Buren: Just do it. Old American saying.
|Kids like this see Harris and Klebold as tragic heroes instead of what they were--a grandiose psychopath (Harris) and a suicidal depressive (Klebold).
–Skoda about the Columbine Killers
|You get no argument from me there. But if your obstruction allows a massacre to happen, I will crucify you, Mr. Kralik. I will charge you with negligent homicide, and after I convict you I will resign my job and represent the families of the victims in a wrongful death suit against you and the union. By the time I'm done, you'll be finished. So, my advice to you is get out of my way!
–Jack McCoy to Kralik
|Thank you, thank you, thank you.
–Van Buren to God after receiving good news, last line of the series
Background information and notes
- Originally intended to be a mere season finale (and the final appearance of Lt. Anita Van Buren), this episode was made into the series finale after NBC announced on May 15th that they were cancelling the series.
- Before NBC announced its plans to cancel L&O, the series was close to achieving the title of longest-running prime-time drama, which is currently held by the 1960s western series Gunsmoke.
- In April 2010, the real-life NYC Department of Education and the local teacher's union agreed to abolish the "Rubber Rooms", which had long been a source of embarrassment for both parties. The last remaining Temporary Reassignment Centers closed on June 28th.
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In and Out of Focus (1970)
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Focus X (2012)
Focus are a Dutch rock band formed in Amsterdam in 1969 by keyboardist, vocalist, and flautist Thijs van Leer. The band have undergone numerous formations in its history; since December 2016 it has comprised van Leer, drummer Pierre van der Linden, guitarist Menno Gootjes, and bassist Udo Pannekeet. Other important members include guitarist Jan Akkerman and bassist Bert Ruiter. They have sold one million RIAA-certified albums in the United States.
After the addition of Akkerman to van Leer's rock trio in late 1969, the band's named themselves Focus and performed in the pit band for the Dutch production of the rock musical Hair. Their debut album In and Out of Focus (1970) gained little attention, but their follow-up album Moving Waves (1971), and its lead single "Hocus Pocus", earned the band international recognition. Their success continued with Focus 3 (1972) and Hamburger Concerto (1974), the former containing their second hit single, "Sylvia". After two albums recorded with various musicians, Focus dissolved in 1978. They reunited in 1985, 1990 and 1999.
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Count Jimmy John's as the latest data breach victim falling to a point-of-sale malware attack.
The sandwich chain today confirmed that 216 of its restaurants had been hit with an attack that began back in June, exposing its customers' credit and debit card information at those locations. The company said it hired third-party forensics experts to investigate a possible breach it first learned of on July 30.
According to Jimmy John's, the breach originated from stolen log-in credentials pilfered from its POS vendor, and encrypted POS swipe terminals have now been installed in stores.
The company said in a statement issued today:
While the investigation is ongoing, it appears that customers' credit and debit card data was compromised after an intruder stole log-in credentials from Jimmy John's point-of-sale vendor and used these stolen credentials to remotely access the point-of-sale systems at some corporate and franchised locations between June 16, 2014 and September 5, 2014. The security compromise has been contained, and customers can use their credit and debit cards securely at Jimmy John's stores.
Only payment cards that were swiped into POS terminals at those stores were exposed, not cards that were entered online or manually. Among the information exposed: card account numbers, cardholder names, verification codes, and expiration dates.
"Jimmy John's has taken steps to prevent this type of event from occurring in the future, including installing encrypted swipe machines, implementing system enhancements, and reviewing its policies and procedures for its third party vendors," the chain said.
The company says the malware has been removed from its network. It's offering identity protection services to affected customers. The list of affected restaurant locations is here.Kelly Jackson Higgins is Executive Editor at DarkReading.com. She is an award-winning veteran technology and business journalist with more than two decades of experience in reporting and editing for various publications, including Network Computing, Secure Enterprise ... View Full Bio


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There are three things you can usually count on when Florida and Georgia square off in gymnastics like the two SEC rivals will tonight at 7 in the O'Connell Center.
There are three things you can usually count on when Florida and Georgia square off in gymnastics like the two SEC rivals will tonight at 7 in the O'Connell Center.
Look for a large crowd, great gymnastics and a close score.
This is the 18th time in the last 20 meetings that one of these programs brings the No. 1 ranking into the competition — this year it's UF — and six of the last nine dual meets between them have been decided by a half point or less.
In addition, two of the top five all-time O-Dome crowds have shown up for dual meets with the GymDogs, including a school-record 10,855 in 2008 when No. 1 UF met No. 2 Georgia.
The top-ranked Gators (8-1, 4-1) are coming off a 197.50-196.875 road win at No. 17 Auburn that moved them from third to first in the latest GymInfo national rankings, while Georgia (5-2, 4-1), currently tied for the No. 3 spot with defending NCAA champ Alabama, downed visiting Kentucky, 197.225-193.125.
Leading the way against Auburn was UF sophomore All-America Alaina Johnson. The Lone Star State standout from Tyler, Texas, was the lone Gator competing in all four individual events last weekend and won the all-around title with a score of 39.625 that is a season-high mark for the Gators. It was her first all-around title of the season and fourth of her career, earning her SEC Gymnast of the Week honors.
"I'm definitely excited with how I performed," Johnson said. "I'm just glad I could go out there and do it for my team."
Head coach Rhonda Faehn gave UF's other top all-around performers, like juniors Ashanee Dickerson and Marissa King and freshman Kytra Hunter, a little rest against the Tigers, but Johnson came through with a dominating performance, with her score just .05 off her collegiate-best mark of 39.675.
"I'm the type of person who does not pay attention to scores," Johnson said. "I've always been like that. That's the way my coaches were back at home. They always taught me to just worry about the things you can control, not the ones you can't like scores.
"All of us have so much confidence in everybody who goes out there. It doesn't matter if they are a top all-arounder or just competing in one event. It's nice to have such depth on our team and be able to rest people if we need to. That's really nice."
Tonight's meet also will feature a pair of 2011 NCAA individual champions in UF's King (vault) and Georgia's Kat Ding (uneven bars).
Tickets are $4 for adults while children 17-and-under and UF students with Gator 1 cards are admitted free.
"It should be an awesome competition," Faehn said. "Of course there's going to be some wonderful gymnastics and it will be a great challenge for everyone involved. I think it will be awesome for our team to get back out there in our home environment and hopefully put on a wonderful show."


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I've finished this challenge hosted by Rose City Reader, and now it's time to reflect on whether the National Book Awards winners are better, worse, or just different than the Pulitzer winners. Based on such a small sample, it's hard to generalize, and all of the books I read were extremely well-written, so this is a difficult choice to make. But of this three-book series, I'd have to say that Katherine Ann Porter's Collected Stories (which won both prizes) gets my vote for the strongest literary work.
Welty's The Optimist's Daughter (the Pulitzer winner) is a steel magnolia of a book, perfect in tone, situation, and word choice, with sharply drawn characters and a relatively narrow storyline that leads gently into a much larger theme. It's a piece of great literature, not to mention great Southern literature, without a doubt.
McCann's Let the Great World Spin (the National Book Award winner) is a modern patchwork that benefits from its unspoken association with 9/11 and the destruction of the World Trade Center towers. It has long sections of brilliance, portraying a variety of interesting, likeable and not-so-likeable characters; it also has a few sections that do not work as well, leaving it slightly uneven overall. Time will tell whether this is one of the greats.
So that leaves Porter's collection of awkward moments. Overall, I think this work not only presents grand themes and memorable, believable characters, but I think it moved literature forward in its time. Its frank exploration of the mysterious secrets and understandings of childhood, its variations of communication and miscommunication, and its moving melding of mind and heart combine to reveal the human experience in a new way. For those reasons, here it gets my vote.
This was a fun challenge that drew me off the beaten reading path, with delightful results. This is my second year of participating and I am already thinking ahead to next year . . . . Thanks for hosting, Rose City!
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Battle of the Prizes - American Version - Wrap-Up
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Okay, the list of books you expose me to and cause me to add to my "should read" list just keeps getting longer. Thank you...I think. LOL. I HAVE to find more reading time.ReplyDelete
Thanks for participating! I am going to read the Porter book for my double dipper and now I am really looking forward to it.ReplyDelete
I will update the challenge post with your review and wrap up.
OK, your wrap up post is linked to the challenge post.ReplyDelete
You have inspired me. It's my challenge and I haven;t read a single one of my books yet.
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Media benefits and child development
There are many negative messages about media, and how viewing and interacting with it might harm children.
But children can also benefit from media. The benefits depend on how old children are, and what kind and quality of media they're using.
Young children
If your child is aged under two years, using media with an adult can help keep him connected with people he loves – for example, a fly-in fly-out parent. But if your child is aged under 18 months, he should use media only for video-chatting. If he's aged 18 months to 2 years, he should use media only when you or another adult can use it with him.
Older children and teenagers
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- social benefits – for example, joining online clubs can help children practise using social media safely, or playing computer games with friends and family can help them practise turn-taking and cooperation
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Deciding what media is 'good'
Deciding whether a TV program, movie, computer game, app or website is good quality can be tricky.
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Content with a good story that doesn't depend on violence for its entertainment value is always worth looking for.
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Movies or TV programs with good role models can also positively influence your child. Good role models are people or characters who are doing things or behaving in ways that you wouldn't mind your child copying, or that you'd like your child to copy.
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Computer games that give young children simple choices – choosing a character or finding a background for a picture – can also help your child make creative decisions. The more interactive computer games and websites are, the better they'll be at helping your child learn more effectively.
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Golf Australia Express : Issue 6
WHENYOU'RE ranked No.4 in the world at age 22 and have already won a major, it's only fair you'll go into a PGA Championship as a favourite. Talking up your chances heading in will only add to that hype. Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy is exuding confidence heading to Atlanta Athletic, and he stands the outright favourite. DUSTIN JOHNSON goes into the PGA as the sentimental favourite. The class shown after missing out on last year's playoff for a rules violation endeared the young American to many. He has the game to win and deserves a little fortune. And at about $26 with the bookies, he's worth a flutter. MANYIN the golf world underestimate Luke Donald. No so the bookies. After the past decade, it seems weird the current World No.1 golfer has never won a major. (Neither has the World No.2, Lee Westwood, for that matter.) Can Donald finally get off his duck? WITHTWO wins on the US Tour this season and a 6th standing in FedEx Cup, the 2010 PGA runner-up brings some serious game to Atlanta Athletic. Bubba's odds are way out with the bookmakers. If you like a flutter, this man is your moneymaker. IFEVER we were due to get a pick right, this is it. Australia's Jason Day is shaping up to claim his maiden major victory at Atlanta Athletic this week. His major form this year has been major impressive. The World No.7 has finished runner-up at two of the last three, is in career-best form and at just 23 years of age still plays with the freedom of youthful exuberance. He plays well on US courses—a long game, superb wedge-play and tight putting will set a player up for that. And he's got plenty of support in the galleries. A win here would not only secure the fourth first-time major winner on Tour this season—the first time since 2003— but also top off a fantastic year for Day, who's enjoyed eight top 10s in 16 events, sits 12th in the FedEx Cup standings, and has already pocketed $3.1 million in prizemoney. He's had his backers for quite a while now, but never before has his game seemed so mature. Unflappable in the clutch, his steely nerves under pressure show it's not so much 'if' Day will win a major, but rather when his first will come? We believe the answer is Sunday. THE PLAYERS What's happening on the men's tour this week PEEK THE Who to watch this weekend OUR PICK Jason Day THE FAVOURITES Rory McIlroy and Luke Donald THE GOOD MONEY BETS Dustin Johnson and Bubba Watson
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Portland gutted out a point on Wednesday night in a shootout loss to the Prince George Cougars. Despite losing again in the shootout Friday night in Kamloops, the Hawks likely felt like the extra point had been stolen from them. The guy who stole that point wears number 39 and was in net for the Blazers. Portland fell behind 2-0 after the first period but the ice tilted the other way for most of the rest of the game. After tying the game in the third period, the Winterhawks put immense pressure on Ingram and the Blazers but the Tampa Bay Lightning draft pick was impressive. His play at times was a little unorthodox, but he made the plays necessary to get his team into a skills competition for the win. Ingram's best saves were a sliding toe save on an Evan Weinger breakaway and a nice positional save on Skyler McKenzie in overtime. Both players broke free and had prime chances to score the winning goal if not for Ingram. The best save of the night thought did not belong to Ingram but rather to Anaheim Ducks' prospect Deven Sideroff. The forward laid down at the buzzer and turned away Hughes who had a wide open net to shoot at. Kamloops was led by two points from Garrett Pilon and Dallas Valentine. Cody Glass came back to the lineup and notched two assists in the loss.The Hawks earn a point, but fall to Kamloops 4-3 in the Shootout. The game at a glance is presented by @Toyota. pic.twitter.com/3yJmcErAxh— Portland Winterhawks (@pdxwinterhawks) January 21, 2017
Portland's opponent once again scored early into a period in the first on Friday. Just 1:21 into the game Cole Kehler gave up a super juicy rebound on a Luke Zazula shot and Pilon buried it. The halfway through the period Valentine drove right past Portland defender Henri Jokiharju, getting a shot in on Kehler that created a rebound for Nic Holowko. The former Seattle Thunderbird backhanded a shot into the vacant net for the 2-0 lead.
Portland came out inspired in the second period and 6:48 in cut into the lead. Skyler McKenzie used his speed to get around Valentine and get a pass back door for Evan Weinger. The forward could not get a shot through but in the ensuing melee Keoni Texeira lifted a shot past a screened Ingram for his ninth goal of the year. The Winterhawks tied the game just 1:34 later as McKenzie pulled back a turnover in full stride on the power play and the puck ended up working its way over to Cody Glass. Portland's leading scorer then fed a cross-ice pass to Joachim Blichfeld and the Danish import buried it. The tie was short-lived though as Kamloops immediately burst down the ice on a three-on-three and Pilon fed Rudolfs Balcers back door for the goal. Portland's Jake Gricius was getting back for the back check.
The Blazers entered the third period with a one-goal lead confident in the fact that Portland had yet to win a game this year after trailing following the second period. That confidence was shaken though as Alex Overhardt won aboard battle at center ice and Colton Veloso busted in on a two-on-one with Ryan Hughes. Veloso fired a wrist shot past Ingram's glove for the all-important tying goal. The Hawks sustained pressure on Kamloops later in the period but had to dodge a few bullets of their own as both teams kept a fast pace going.
After both teams failed to convert on some prime chances in the overtime session including the one by Hughes as time expired, the squads got set to face off in the shootout. It went all the way to the fourth round before Lane Bauer buried his chance to win it. Cody Glass, Caleb Jone, Ryan Hughes and Skyler McKenzie were al turned away by Ingram.
Ingram stopped 33 of 36 shots while Kehler turned away 30 of 33.
Kamloops was 0/5 on the power play while Portland was 1/5.
Game Notes:
-Portland had no back up goalie as Shane Farkas became the latest Hawk to get sick sick. They used BCMML Thompson Blazer goalie Ethan Langenegger as their emergency back up.
-Caleb Jones was destroyed in the first period by a hit from Joe Gatenby at the Kamloops blue line. Colton Veloso took exception to the hit and instigated a fight. Surprisingly he was called for an extra two minutes but it was not an instigator call. Instead he received an "unsportsmanlike conduct" call.
-Kamloops has not received a whole lot of offensive help from their new arrivals so they likely were overjoyed that Lane Bauer got the shootout winner. Bauer has yet to score a goal with Kamloops while Luc Smith has just one goal.
-Smith received the odd penalty for an equipment issue as he was playing without a chin strap on.
-Glass is tied for eighth in WHL scoring with 59 points in 44 games. He was recently ranked eighth among North American skaters for the NHL draft by NHL Central Scouting.
-Five game point streak for Overhardt and Skyler McKenzie.
-Portland is now up four points on Spokane for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. They both have 27 games to play.
-Next up for Portland is a tilt in Kelowna vs. the Rockets on Saturday night.


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This royal icing makes some fancy shcmancy cookies! It takes a bit of time, but is a lot of fun to work with and the cookies come out SO cute. The kids were at school when I made them and sure were impressed. They loved my little heart design and how smooth they were. They kept asking me how I did it, but I kept it as my little secret.
If you are looking for something a little (okay, a lot :)) quicker, try my Vanilla Buttercream Frosting. It's amazingly delicious!
4 tablespoons meringue powder
4 cups powdered sugar
6 tablespoons warm water
Beat all ingredients until stiff peaks form. (Make sure all bowls and utensils are totally grease-free or your icing will never reach proper consistency.) For each color of icing you want, spoon some of the thick white icing into individual bowls and add coloring. Place about half of each colored icing in a piping bag. Thin the other half of the colored icing by adding 1 teaspoon of water at a time until the icing is about the consistency of corn syrup. Place each color of thinned icing in a piping bag or squeeze bottle.
To use. Out line the area you want colored with the thicker icing. Let dry for at least 30 minutes, then fill in with the thinner icing. You can use a toothpick to spread the thinner icing if needed. Let dry at least 1 hour.
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The terrace was demolished in 1905 to make way for Mr Crewe's new theatre, The Hippodrome.
The Royal Hippodrome theatre (above), at the beginning of Great Victoria Street, stood next to the Grand Opera House.
It suffered an unsympathetic renovation in 1960, when much of the façade was altered.
The towers must have been lopped off.
It was subsequently renamed the Odeon cinema.
Its name changed, again, in 1974 to become The New Vic cinema.
The former Hippodrome was finally demolished in 1998 to make way for a new hotel, the Fitzwilliam Hotel, and an extension to the opera house.
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Welcome from the Dean of Students Office
The Dean of Students Office (DSO), part of the Division of Enrollment and Student Affairs (DESA), serves as an important resource for students, families, administration, and faculty.
The DSO supports both the academic mission of the University of West Florida and the DESA by providing programs, services, resources, and advocacy for the needs and interests of all UWF students.
The Dean of Students Office consists of the following units/functions:
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The Dean of Students staff provides educational opportunities for students to develop appropriate community behaviors and personal values while providing support to students and families with personal or University concerns. The staff will also assist students and families in navigating the administrative processes of the University.


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Pretty much any solar charge controller has a 'load' terminal on it. It seems people don't advise connecting anything other than minor loads like lighting to it. What is everyone's experience?
Reason I ask is - I have a nice MPPT controller rated for 30A. it has a bunch of charge state and load displays which aren't useful unless the load is attached to that. I'm just concerned I'd be putting my DC/AC on that single point of failure and possibly euchring my charge controller as well if it fails.


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. . . But in a snow storm they huddle together so as to use only half the energy they would otherwise, enabling them and their chicks to successfully survive the Antarctic winter. Like so much in life we are better together.
Last week at Hobart Baptist I explored the first topic in my new preaching series "Challenging Church". The title "Challenging Church" carries the idea that not only is the church being challenged by the rapid changes taking place in our society but that, in the midst of these challenges, the church itself is called to be a challenge to the world. Each week, as I explore different topics, we'll take a look at the topic from these two vantage points.
Last week we looked at the Challenge of Gathering Together. Despite the fact that from its instigation, recorded in Acts 2, the church has been about gathering together, there are many in our community today that don't bother to gather, yet they still call themselves Christians. Here is a challenge: what is it for Christians to take seriously the injunction, "not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing" (Hebrews 10:25).
We shouldn't be surprised, in a consumer driven individualistic society where the church comes in for a lot of bad press – it IS a challenge to make a commitment to gather at church each week. In the past it was the "done thing" to go to church, so it was much easier. But today much in our community works against it. There are so many activities on our calendars on Sundays, especially for families. It is almost as if Hebrews was written for our day.
In the passage in Hebrews it says the reason we meet with other is to "spur one another on toward love and good deeds". In other words, much like the penguins in winter, fellow believers need each other to help sustain a Christian life. This is all the more so considering the increasing hostility to the church.
"the reason we meet with other is to "spur one another on toward love and good deeds"
Not only do I need others to help stimulate and facilitate my relationship with God, the reality is that they need me. In fact, we need each other. How many people do you know who have stopped coming to church, only to find their relationship with God diminish as well?
The filmmaker Woody Allen said that 90% of life is about just showing up. While we might debate his 90% I believe his basic point is right. In an issue in Wired magazine on the success of Alcoholics Anonymous it said, "psychologists have long known that one of the best ways to change human behaviour is to gather people with similar problems into groups."
This is the challenge of gathering together. But it is not only a challenge in the midst of a changing world; it is also a challenge to the changing world.
Gathering is a challenge to our community because it reminds us there is more to life than the individual and what they get out of it. It is not just about "me" it is about "us". It's not just about what I get out of it but also about what I put into it. Gathering is about acknowledging I have a responsibility wider than my own personal concerns, but that I am also responsible for the concerns of others. Just like Emperor penguins, we gather together not just to survive, but to ensure the entire community survives. We are to assume responsibility and watch out for each other.
We are, indeed, better together.
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Burgundy's Head Among 133 Decrying Gun Violence
Burgundy's Head of School Jeff Sindler is among 133 independent school heads from the Washington-Baltimore region who have co-signed an open letter decrying gun violence and urging legislative leaders to take action to prevent it. The letter ran as a full-page advertisement in The Baltimore Sun (Wednesday, March 14, 2018) and The Washington Post (Sunday, March 18, 2018).
Jeff explained that the content of the letter and the opportunity to sign it was coordinated through collaborative efforts of the Association of Independent Maryland Schools and the Association of Independent Schools of Greater Washington (AISGW). Burgundy is a member of AISGW and Jeff currently serves as a trustee on the association's board. Of the 77 total AISGW schools, 71 are signatories. Jeff discussed the inclusion of his signature with Burgundy's Board of Trustees executive committee.
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The horrific school shooting in Parkland, Florida, has led students, teachers, and school leaders to speak out forcefully against gun violence. Students -- children -- who have experienced this trauma and loss first-hand are showing the way. As adults and as educators, it is our time to lead. With those student activists and with their grieving families, we too say, "Never Again!"
For years now, citizens of the United States have endured mass shootings, in public venues, neighborhoods and communities, houses of worship, colleges and universities, and our schools. Children, our most vulnerable citizens and our hope for the future, are dying from gun violence, again and again.
Statistics from countries around the globe show that it is possible to minimize gun deaths through common-sense legislation. Here in the United States, we see that easy access to weapons, particularly those of military-style design, results in significantly higher levels of gun violence.
We urge our President, our Congress, and our state leaders to enact specific, vigorous measures to reduce gun violence in our society, particularly in our schools. We need a robust system of registration and background checks, with a particular eye toward weapons capable of rapidly firing a vast number of deadly shots. We need stronger mental health services and more effective communication among agencies responsible for the well-being of children, adults, and families. What we do not need is to arm our teachers with guns, which is dangerous and antithetical to our profession as educators.
As school leaders, we call upon everyone who cares about the education and the welfare of children to urge our government to act. We need our teachers to be able to teach. We need our students to be able to learn. And we need everyone in every school around the country to feel safe.
Our school communities represent multiple political parties and occupy different positions on the spectrum from liberal to conservative. Our schools are secular and religious, small and large, urban, rural, and suburban. We serve a range of children, from nursery through grade twelve. Our calling is to serve and to educate children, to ensure their safety and well-being, and to help them grow into thoughtful and responsible citizens. Please let us do our work. Please act now with vigor, determination, and urgency, on behalf of our nation's children.
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Would you like to run the Mt Mansfield uphill race "Race To The Top Of Vermont" or RTTTOVT on August 27?
And would you like to do it saving money on your entry fee? We need 5 or more to qualify. You need not be a club member. If so, go to the RTTTOVT race website, download and print the entry form, fill out with all the appropriate information.
Please e-mail Len Hall at firstname.lastname@example.com and he will provide a mailing address where you can send the form and a check payable to Catamount Trail Association for the $40 fee.
Or you can hand deliver to Len at one of these races : WNHTRS Newport 6/10, Mt Washington 6/17, WNHTRS Claremont 7/1, Loon Mtn 7/2. He needs to have all forms/checks in my hand by July 7 as they must be submitted together.


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I first stumbled across Liverpool borne Futurejack at the launch evening of theSynthesis art exhibition at Victoria Warehouse in Manchester.
After wandering around the new gallery space in this not long established hospitality mecca (if you haven't already been, it's an architectural wonderment, like a reverse TARDIS – red brick giant on the outside, cosy chill nest on the inside) I was drawn towards a soothing soft rock sound spilling from the lobby.
In the foyer of this new arts and leisure hub, in front of a many armed sculpture of the Hindu God Ganesh, lead vocalist Dogstar Rose fronted her 3-piece ensemble on vocals and guitar, in a short pink bob and a cat suit with white pointy feline ears to complete the look. It was a suitably surreal scene for the evening's proceedings.
The vibe was warm and mellow and the music Futurejack played perfectly complimented the setting of laid back art lovers and evening guests kicking back to enjoy the exotic fruits on offer at the hotel bar. Spirits were flowing.
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of art punk, riot grrl and that thick cushioned guitar sound epitomised in the best of early 90's grunge they reminded me of bands like Throwing Muses or a less harsh Bikini Kill, with a smattering of the gyspy punk thrown in for good measure. Dogstar's solid and sometimes snarling vocals sound like a more polished Patti Smith and she oozes passion and conviction with every word.
'Wish You Well' is my favourite. It's a ballsy love song with growling versus and soft cooed verse whilst 'Thin Disguise' is a delicately plucked but discordant lullaby with haunting vocals and ghost-like reverb. 'Read My Lips' is a fast paced romp through twisted-country punk basslines and pounding drums. Dogstar Rose shows here especially that she's no delicate flower, she's got thorns and bite.
Futurejack have been together since September 2010 and as of yet are unsigned but their tracks are definitely worth a listen. Alternatively you could catch them live in Manchester or Liverpool as they are usually busy gigging on the local circuit.


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Source: Melita Historica : Journal of the Malta Historical Siciety. 1(1953)2(127-128)
Government Archives in Wartime
Useful information on Government archives during the War can be found in the following departmental reports published as supplements to the Government Gazette:
Report of the Notary to Government for the years 1945-46, 1947-48, and 1949-50.
Report on the working of H.M. Superior Courts for 1945-46.
The bulk of the sections relating to archives consists of a description of the various measures taken to remove them to safer localities, to salvage them from the debris and to sort them out and assess the losses sustained during the War. The Notary to Government's Report for 1945-46 also contains a useful historical note which is here summarised.
Notarial Archives: As from the 1st April, 1922 the Director of Public Registry ceased to be Keeper of the Notarial Archives, which post became merged with that of Notary to Government under the title of Notary to Government and Keeper of the Notarial Archives.
Up to 1850 there were two repositories of Notarial Acts in Malta, one at Notabile and one in Valletta. Ordinance No. II of 1849 laid down that there shall be only one repository, that all the records preserved at Notabile shall be removed to the Valletta repository and that the repository at Notabile shall be suppressed. The upper floor of the Auberge d'Italie was earmarked for the purpose and to this repository both the records in Notabile and those in the old repository at the Public Registry, Valletta, were transferred.
The Auberge d'Italie remained the sole repository of all Notarial Acts until 1939, when steps were taken to remove all the original records from the upper floor of the Auberge d'Italie to safer places. Accordingly 8,790 volumes were transferred to the basement of the same Auberge, and 12,200 volumes, for which no space could be found there, were stored in a basement at St. Andrew Street, Valletta, underlying the house at No. 88 Britannia Street. On the 28th February, 1941 a bomb hit this house and the records stored therein had to be removed urgently elsewhere. Additional shelves were fitted in the basement of the Auberge d'Italie and the 12,200 volumes removed from St. Andrew Street were crammed therein.
The Registers (i.e. copies of the original deeds) were in due course removed from the upper floor of the Auberge d'Italie to two rooms in the Bastion Walls at Imdina.
On the 7th April, 1942 the Auberge d'Italie was heavily damaged and the basement was completely demolished. The volumes were recovered and transferred partly to the concrete shelter at the Palace, Valletta, and partly to St. Alphonsus Priory at Birkirkara.
Steps were at once taken to prepare duplicate registers of the original deeds destroyed through enemy action and the necessary legislation was enacted for this purpose. All the Registers which were still in the upper floor of the Auberge d'Italielie [p.128] practically suffered no damage at all and they were removed to two rooms in the walls of Imdina Bastions.
The sorting and the arrangement of volumes were taken in hand and it was decided to start with the volumes published by Notaries since 1890. Meanwhile all the Registers were arranged in the rooms at Imdina Bastions and made available to the public. The sorting and examination of volumes was completed by 1947-48. The examination of the deeds published prior to 1890, (8,720 vols. by 540 Notaries) was then taken in hand and has now been completed.
At the time of the bombing there were in the Museum basement 6,465 volumes of original deeds published since 1890, belonging to 118 notaries. Of these, 685 volumes (10.6%) were damaged beyond repair, 158 (2.4%) were missing, 608 (9.4%) were damaged but repairable and 938 (14.5%) required re-binding.
Up to 1949-50, 347 duplicate registers and 631 copies of deeds were prepared; and 722 volumes were repaired or bound.
In December, 1945 the scattered Archives were reassembled in one repository in Valletta at No. 24, St. Christopher Street.
Court Archives: In April, 1941 the Law Court Buildings in Valletta, including the Archives, were demolished by enemy action, and a great part of the records, dating from the beginning of the 16th century, was buried under the debris. By the end of July, however, the documents had been recovered and the greater part was transferred to the Diocesan Seminary at Floriana which had been placed at the disposal of the Government for the accommodation of the Superior Courts. A small part of the records was stored in a shelter underlying the Palace, Valletta.
An Official Compiler of Court Records was appointed on the 16th September, 1941. The appointee was entrusted with the duty of assisting the Registrar of the Superior Courts in the re-ordination and re-organisation of the Court Archives. This work was well in hand by March 1942, but then it was interrupted when the temporary Court buildings at Floriana received a direct hit in April of that year. On the 27th April the building was severely damaged, and the bulk of the records housed therein, as well as several office registers, were again buried under the debris, while a certain portion thereof were destroyed. The Courts were then transferred: to a house at Balzan on the 4th May, 1942, but the new premises were again hit on the 6th June and the Prize Court records and several office documents were once more buried under the debris. Practically all the records and documents, however, were recovered in a short time.
As the premises.at Balzan were too restricted, only a small part of the Archives could be housed there. Part of the Archives were therefore left at St. Calcedonia Floriana, and the bulk, including the Archives of the Knights of St. John, was removed to St. Dominic's Priory at Rabat.
By 1945 the Superior Courts had been transferred to the Auberge d'Italie Valletta, together with H.M. Civil and Commercial Courts, the Rent Restriction Board and the Emergency Compensation Board. That part of the Archives left at Floriana was removed to the new Court premises, and the remaining documents stored at St. Dominic's Priory at Rabat were transferred to the top floor of this Auberge d'Italie where the complete Archives of the Superior Courts are now assembled.


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After weeks of vote tallying, political neophyte Patty Lopez has unseated incumbent Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra, a fellow Democrat, in an upset that has sent shock waves beyond their San Fernando Valley district.
Lopez, a relative unknown, was universally expected to lose, especially since her competition was an ascendant legislative leader backed by a powerful Valley political faction.
Bocanegra, a first-term lawmaker who harbored ambitions to be the next Assembly speaker, was the top vote-getter in the primary by a nearly 40-point margin.
But he trailed in early vote returns election night, shocking Sacramento's political establishment. After the final vote count Monday, he was behind by 467 votes out of about 45,000 ballots cast. In a statement, he conceded that his opponent won "by the narrowest of margins" and said he would not pursue a "costly and time-consuming" recount.
"In every election cycle, there's always one stunner," said Eric Bauman, chairman of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party. "This was the stunner."
Count Lopez among the surprised.
"For me, it was more about challenging the system to listen to us," Lopez, 46, said in an interview. She had grown frustrated, she said, with threats of school closures and cutbacks.
Born in Mexico, Lopez and her family moved to Pacoima when she was 10. She moved to nearby San Fernando when she married Juan Lopez, with whom she has four daughters.
Education has been her focus, both as a paid community representative for the North Valley Occupational Center-Aviation Center in Van Nuys and as a parent volunteer.
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Nevertheless, her campaign was a bare-bones operation, funded partially by selling tamales and pozole, a hominy-based soup. Edwin Ramirez, a friend of Lopez's for 20 years, said the operation was powered solely by volunteers.
"This is a candidate that had no political endorsements. She had no credibility, no recognition — she didn't have any funding," Ramirez said.
The state ethics agency fined Lopez $400 last summer for failing to file campaign finance reports. She has since submitted sparsely detailed filings to the county registrar, some past the deadline.
"I made a few mistakes, and I paid the price for that," Lopez said, adding that the friend serving as her campaign treasurer had no experience dealing with filing requirements. "Most of the people on my team, we're not in the political arena."
After Lopez emerged as a potential winner, she received counsel from former L.A. City Councilman Richard Alarcon.
"I'm trying to help her with the information I have about how to serve the community," Alarcon said. "The main issue here is that Raul Bocanegra did not take care of the district the way the voters wanted him to. Patty doesn't want to make the same mistake."
The feud between Alarcon and Bocanegra — and their respective allies — is far-reaching. Bocanegra is part of a political lineage that includes U.S. Rep.
In 2012, Alarcon and Bocanegra vied for the same Assembly seat, won by Bocanegra. Last summer, Alarcon was convicted of felony perjury and voter fraud after a jury found that he lied about his residency to represent the council's 7th District. Bocanegra, who once worked for Alarcon, testified against him at the trial.
Bocanegra's allies dispute the contention that he was distant from his constituents. Betty Ley, a Mission Hills community activist, said Bocanegra was "very dedicated." She gave him particular credit for working to fix guardrails and clean up areas around the district's freeways.
In Sacramento, the 43-year-old former legislative staffer quickly established himself as an influential lawmaker. A leader in extending the film tax credit to $330 million annually over five years, Bocanegra had leadership aspirations, mounting an unsuccessful bid for speaker earlier this year. The moderate Democrat was widely seen as laying groundwork for another run to replace current Speaker
Bocanegra raised more than $1 million for the 2014 campaign and spent more than $870,000. More than 40% of his spending went toward contributions for Democratic candidates and party committees. The weekend before the election, he was on a bus tour with Atkins and other Democrats aimed at boosting voter turnout in swing districts.
A modest campaign of his own may have been enough to fend off Lopez's challenge, analysts say.
They also pointed to other possible factors in the upset: Protest votes against the status quo by conservative voters who had no Republican to choose in the race, or Lopez's name appearing first on the ballot, which may have confused some voters thinking she was the sole Democrat in the race.
Lopez's ballot designation — "educational community representative" — may also have been more appealing than Bocanegra's designation as "Assemblymember," particularly with voters who had low approval of incumbents.
Paul Mitchell, vice president of the bipartisan firm Political Data Inc., said the lesson that seemingly safe seats could be in play when Democrats or Republicans face opponents from their own party could reverberate into future battles.
"Challengers will be very emboldened," Mitchell said. "Incumbents will be very afraid."
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Earlier this year, the 2011 Renault Latitude was unveiled at the Moscow International Auto Show. The European version has now made its debut in front of the crowd at the Paris Motor Show. The Latitude is considered a business-class saloon and Renault is positioning it to become the automaker's flagship vehicle.
The styling of the Renault Latitude somehow evokes images of the Chyrsler Sebring, new Volkswagen Jetta and any Lexus vehicle – yet it's done in a stylish manner. When it launches in Russia, the Latitude will be available with either a 139-horsepower, 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine paired with a CVT or a 2.5-liter V6 mated to a six-speed automatic that's good for 177 hp. The four-cylinder unit is rated at 34 miles per gallon while the V6 gets just under 30 mpg. As the car expands into other markets, it will feature an expanding lineup of engine and gearbox choices.
Inside, the Renault Latitude is all about comfort. The power-adjustable driver's seat features a massaging function with five pneumatic rollers and four different settings. In order to keep everyone else happy, the Latitude has a climate control system with triple-zone adjustability.
The 2011 Renault Latitude hit dealer showrooms in September 2010, in Morocco and Algeria. It then starts popping up in Russia and the Ukraine before being made available throughout Africa. The European model will follow after that.
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A group of black ministers has lashed out at potential Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, accusing him of spreading false and racially-tinged claims that President Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States.
Trump, the billionaire/reality TV show host/celebrity, has raised questions about the validity of Obama's Hawaii birth certificate in magazine interviews, on television news shows, and at a recent convention of conservative Republicans.
"Our president came out of nowhere," Trump told the convention. "I'll go a step further: The people that went to school with him, they never saw him, they don't know who he is. Crazy."
In a statement, the National Black Church Initiative said Trumps remarks "are extraordinarily misinformed and speak to a deeper and more insidious problem - racism."
The organization, a coalition of 34,000 churches, 15 denominations representing 15.7 African-Americans, said it has had disagreements with Obama over the years - largely over gay and lesbian issues - but it stands squarely behind the president and "in accordance with widely accepted facts, acknowledge his lawful citizenship."
"Those who remain skeptical are unsuccessfully hiding their racism under a veil of conspiracy theories and gossip," the organization said in its statement. "So, to those who continue to undermine the legitimacy of our president's citizenship - we see you for what you are."
The Rev. Anthony Evans, NBCI's president, said he's seeking a meeting with Trump to hear the billionaire out. If the NBCI is unsatisfied with what Trump says, the group may call for a boycott of NBC's "The Apprentice," Trump's reality show, and the program's sponsors, Evans said.
"I strongly feel that Donald Trump is using race to further a divisive agenda - an agaenda that has no place in modern American political culture," Evans said.
Trump's remarks, however, appear to have given him some political traction. Some tea party leaders say Trump's so-called "birther" remarks have made him appealing among tea party members. Trump finished second in a recent poll of New Hampshire voters behind former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.


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Summer Bay helps get starlet en pointe
Like many of her soap-opera colleagues, Sharni Vinson has found success overseas, writes Craig Mathieson.
Many strange and improbable plot lines have unfolded on Home and Away, the perennial Channel Seven soap opera. But the strangest development of all may well be how many successful Hollywood careers the endless romance and rancour of Summer Bay is producing. Graduates of the show now include Ryan Kwanten (True Blood), Chris Hemsworth (Star Trek and the forthcoming comic book adaptation Thor) and Isabel Lucas (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen).
They're now joined by Sharni Vinson, who, a mere two years after finishing 103 episodes as Cassie Turner, has the lead role in Step Up 3-D, the latest instalment in the lucrative dance movie series. While Australians in Los Angeles once struggled for years to get noticed, fighting their way through cattle-call auditions and fighting for representation, Vinson has quickly gone from guest slots on television shows such as CSI: NY and Cold Case to headlining a studio picture.
"I can't even comprehend how fast it has all gone down," she says, calling from Los Angeles. "When I first moved here and got my three-year working visa, I was content with not working at all in those first three years, because it takes a long time to set yourself up here and virtually start again from scratch. It's happened so fast that it doesn't really feel right, because I know it's not supposed to be like this."
In Step Up 3-D — which was choreographed and photographed with 3D cameras, as opposed to undergoing the dire post-production conversion from 2D that has plagued a string of films this year — Vinson plays Natalie, who must go through everything the franchise requires of its stars: romantic entanglement, melodramatic conflict and dance sequence after dance sequence, whether it's leaping around rooftops, hip-hop ballet or the tango.
"It was demanding physically, emotionally and mentally — with an American accent to boot," Vinson says. "My body knew it was a little too much — from doing nothing to 15 hours of exercise and rehearsal a day — and it reacted. I had a problem with a torn left hamstring and then I fractured two toes on my left foot but it didn't matter what my body said because my brain said, 'Do it, it will be worth it.' And it was."
Vinson was born and raised in Cronulla, the beachside community to Sydney's south, where she danced, swam competitively and spent her weekends at the surf life saving club. Her background has proved decisive, with her dance training giving her the edge on the approximately 1000 other young women considered for Step Up 3-D, while her ease in the surf helped her win her next role in Blue Crush 2, which has just completed shooting on the beaches of South Africa.
Now she just has to get used to the eternal sunshine and competitive nature of Hollywood, where she's navigating a new reality of men's magazine photo shoots and box-office figures.
"It still takes me by shock every single day. If you ever get to the point where being in Los Angeles feels normal, then you need a year off at home," Vinson concedes. "This place is awesome but it's not normal. The lifestyle here is like an out-of-body experience."
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A Mystery Shopper from England, who pretended to be an Internet user lacking high-speed Internet access for a month, visited several companies in order to find out what solution the providers can offer in this situation.
He evaluated the Internet providers using such criteria as product range, personnel product expertise, customer needs identification, active sales, and shop interior/exterior. The results received allowed a ranking of six retail outlets according to their service quality.
Carphone Warehouse took sixth place. Active sales criterion had the worst result– 0 out of 5 points- and product range received the same grade – 0 out of 5 points. EE company appeared to be the best: its outlet received 5 points for almost all criteria, only product range received 4 points and interior – 3 points.
Phones 4u company took fifth place. It received low grades on such criteria as product range, employee expertise, needs identification, and shop interior.
O2 company took fourth place. Its product range and employee expertise let the company down slightly. However, its outlet interior received a good grade.
The Mystery Shopper, who put the Three company in third place for service quality, said that the company's service was much better than that of the others; however, the sale was easy and the employees did not make much effort.
A Vodafone shop assistant recommended a high-quality solution, though the good impression was spoiled by his rude colleagues.
The EE employee, on the contrary, demonstrated excellent expertise, came up with the best offer and made a fine sale – for which he received first place from the Mystery Shopper.