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FARGO, N.D. -- One of the first things Ohio State coach Steve Rohlik mentioned when asked about his ties to Duluth this week was the fact his three kids were born there, while he worked for UMD as an assistant to head coach Scott Sandelin.
"It's a huge part of my life," Rohlik said this week. "I enjoyed my ten years there. I'll have it forever."
Unquestionably, it's a place Rohlik is still fond of, but he hopes to be on the right side of the scoreboard Friday, when his Buckeyes face UMD in the first round of the NCAA West Regional at Scheels Arena.
Asked if the college hockey world has ever felt smaller to him, Rohlik laughed and pointed out "hockey is a small world.
"Certainly, this is a little different. I wouldn't be sitting up here without the opportunity Scott gave me. To help me grow and develop as a coach, a tremendous opportunity."
Rohlik took over for good friend Mark Osiecki, who had recruited Rohlik to join him at Ohio State when he got the head job after the 2009-2010 season. When he got the head job, he needed to fill his old job as associate coach, and in came Brett Larson. The then-former UMD assistant had been working with Sioux City of the USHL, cutting his teeth as a head coach and general manager in juniors.
"First and foremost, he's a guy that cares," Rohlik said of Larson. "He's a soldier in the room. I think every guy in our room that he's coached or recruited can tell you that. When you have a guy on your staff like that, players believe. It's contagious."
Larson, at the minimum, had a hand in recruiting much of Ohio State's current roster, while coaching all the upperclassmen for a couple years. He told KBJR this week there might be "butterflies and the strange feelings," but once the puck drops, it's "just another hockey game."
The fact it's a playoff game of the "Win or go home" variety, that probably helps shake some of the feels away.
(Another UMD tie: Rohlik needed to replace Larson when the latter left to return to UMD, and in came Mark Strobel, who was with Rohlik on Sandelin's first coaching staff at UMD in 2000 and left the program in 2002.)
"I'm excited for them," Sandelin said of Rohlik and Strobel. "They're good coaches and doing a great job."
In his fourth season with Ohio State, Rohlik has seen a breakthrough. The Buckeyes are plus-seven in wins this year, going from 14 to 21, improving from eight to 11 wins in Big Ten play. A big reason for the Buckeyes' presence in the national tournament for the first time since 2009? A 10-2-5 non-conference record in the regular season that included losses only to Robert Morris and Miami. Ohio State opened the season by beating Denver at the Ice Breaker in Denver, then tied NCAA-bound Air Force in the championship (lost in a shootout, but the game counted as a tie). Going 4-3-1 combined against the other Big Ten teams -- Minnesota and Ohio State -- that made the tournament doesn't hurt much.
"It's a surreal moment, very humbling," Rohlik said of getting into the tournament for the first time as a head coach.
Saturday, Ohio State needed Penn State to win the Big Ten title in order to get in.
"When we lost the game (in the semifinals to Wisconsin), we didn't know if our season was over or not," Rohlik said. "When that goal (Penn State won in double overtime), what a feeling. We earned the spot. We won 21 games. We deserve to be here."
(UMD went through the same thing a year ago, only a little different way it played out. The Bulldogs were behind 2-1 to St. Cloud State in the NCHC title game when Michigan closed out a Big Ten tournament title win over Minnesota. That Wolverines win officially clinched UMD's NCAA bid, and thankfully so, since the Huskies ended up beating the Bulldogs that night 3-1. And no one on the UMD side was about to apologize for how it got in the national tournament, nor should they have been. Same for Ohio State. The Buckeyes needn't apologize to anyone for getting in.)
And what a way to get back in for Rohlik. His first tournament game will be against a head coach who helped get his career in college hockey going, and an assistant who was a big part of the build that's paying off for Ohio State now.


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Moderators are getting tired of people requesting trades to be reversed for stupid reasons.
You can't force someone to trade back just because you change your mind after accepting a trade.
You can't force someone to trade back just because 'someone else' accepted the trade while using your account.
You can't force someone to trade back if you later realize that the pet you got isn't worth what you gave them - that's just your bad luck.
You can't report someone for trading away the pet you gave them. Once you give a pet to someone they can do what they want with it.
Please stop asking staff to force users into giving your pets back just because you've changed your mind later on. If you're not sure about the offer, then don't send or accept the trade!
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Some celebrities will do anything for a role, which might mean changing their bodies in drastic ways. Everyone knows that Gerard Butler bulked up and toned for 300, but did you know that he lost those pounds for a different role? The tactics he used to get his scrawny physique made it onto this list of the most extreme celebrity diets.
MORE: Staying The Course: How Did Ashlee Simpson Lose 40 Pounds In Just 5 Months?
Sometimes the weight loss is all about looking good while wearing next to nothing. Jennifer Aniston cut down her caloric intake to make sure that she was toned for her onscreen pole routine. Other times the drastic weight loss is to portray a character more realistically. Either way, these stars found weird and sometimes dangerous ways to lose weight when time wasn't on their side.
MORE: Jonah Hill Scarfs Down Food & Smokes Cigarettes. Is He Over His Weight Loss?
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I've always kicked myself for not buying the suit from the Adam Kimmel x Supreme collaboration from a few years back, Adam Kimmel at the time was one of the most forward thinking mens fashion designers on the scene and his 'relaxed' approach to tailoring was welcomed rest-bite during the era of the ultra skinny – Hedi Slimane – boy. Those suits are long gone now, which bums me out but also makes me happy, it's good to know there's people out there wearing the suit on the regular basis instead of keeping it flipping for 10x the retail price the same way people do with box logo hoodies. Apart from sponsored skaters you don't really many people wearing their Supreme gear every single day, everything always has to look new or super fresh, which in my opinion is a bit lame, but I guess its horses for courses and if you've can get 10x return on a hoody who am I to say anything? Anyways, I love these new suits Supreme previewed for their Spring/Summer 2018 collection, it's interesting to see they've taken them in-house after their collabs with Adam Kimmel and CdG, maybe that's a sign of things to come? I love the colours and overall shape (judging by the look book pics) but I wonder whether they'll sell it as a complete suit or as individual items? Either way I love them and would happy wear all three.
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A female doctor practicing in Livonia, Michigan, who was arrested last week for perpetrating the illegal practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) on young girls, told the federal court today through her lawyer that FGM was part of the religious and cultural practice of an association of Indian Muslim doctors she belongs to. Federal prosecutors responded by pointing out the fact Dr. Nagarwala was well aware what she was doing was illegal because she purposely did the procedures off the books without any records or billing information and performed the procedures at a secret location.
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Wescast sells to Bohong for $195M
A subsidiary of Chinese auto parts firm Sichuan Bohong Industry Co. Ltd. is acquiring Wescast Industries Inc. for $195 million.
BRANTFORD, Ont.: A subsidiary of Chinese auto parts firm Sichuan Bohong Industry Co. Ltd. is acquiring Wescast Industries Inc. for $195 million.
Bohong had been negotiating to buy the financially troubled Brantford, Ont. manufacturer of cast iron exhaust manifolds last year but failed to put up a required $2 million deposit at the time.
The company is being sold to Bohong's Taixing International Investment Ltd. subsidiary and this time the deposit has been paid.
Wescast said in a release Bohong requires debt financing from the China Development Bank to complete the transaction, but if it fails to do so by August 31, it can extend the deadline with another $2 million deposit.
"This is a positive development for Wescast," said Ed Frackowiak, the company's chairman and CEO. "Wescast and Bohong continued to pursue this transaction due to the synergies between the two companies. On my most recent visit to Chengdu, China, and my meetings with Bohong representatives, it was apparent that this transaction is of strategic importance to Bohong. We continue to believe that this acquisition will accelerate some of the exciting new technology initiatives underway at Wescast."
The Bohong Group, established in 1999, is involved in automotive sales, spare parts, service, and manufacturing, plus other interests, with more than 40 wholly owned or holding subsidiaries. Its Sichuan Haosheng Automobile Parts Manufacturing Co. Ltd. facilities are the core of the company's auto parts casting and machining production.
Wescast reported a $4.6 million loss for the year ended Jan. 1, $1.6 million of it expenses related to a strategic review. Revenue increased to $277.3 million from $262.2 million.
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BPhone, the phone that looks like a netbook
If you thought that large and impractical "cellphones" were a thing of the past, then feast your eyes on the BPhone. It's basically a 5-inch convertible device with a QWERTY keyboard, trackball, and maybe even Windows XP.
That's really about all we know. We have no idea who the manufacturer is, what it costs, or what the release date is. We just know that it's odd and that we prefer to call it a Netphone.


text: Take A Deeper Look Inside the Massive Mysteryland USA 2015 Lineup Brian ManningFriday, May 1, 2015Upcoming Events0 Comments The lineup of a music festival is one half of the entire festival experience. There's the culture of the people there, the culture of the festival itself, and then the music itself that really dictates a certain festivals reputation. The roster a festival chooses is their chance to tastemaker and dictate their view on what acts are currently defining the music landscape. Though Mysteryland USA is only in its second year, it exults one of the most carefully crafted lineups of the upcoming summer season, without losing focus on all of the other details that create your outstanding experience. First, the range of genres of dance music that they locked down. The headliners come from indie-electronic (Empire of the Sun), synth-pop/electro house (Porter Robinson), trap/hip-hop (Diplo), tropical house (Kygo), and even moombahton (Dillon Francis) – not to mention securing the illustrious titans of the underground Richie Hawtin, Josh Wink, and Maceo Plex for Friday's Camping Circus. Outside of the headliners, Mysteryland carefully devised stages based on local curators but made sure to tend to all dance music tastes. A future funk stage will take place on Saturday with pioneers Griz and Gramatik headlining The Boat. Adam Beyer, Ida Engberg, and more will be adding to the already stacked lineup of tech/deep house talents. Webster Hall takes the duty of providing a stage that boasts some of the hottest up and coming artists in the game like Bakermat, Klingande, Mija, Sweater Beats, and more. Second to last, Bro Safari, Gent & Jawns, and ILOVEMAKONNEN will be locking down their own trap stage titled "Bro Safari's Animal House" for the bass heads of Mysteryland. The final note on the lineup is the lack of big room house and progressive house talents. Yes, you could classify Madeon and Porter Robinson under that label, but both have transcended the typical DJ/producer. Mysteryland does not look to exclude the big room beat smiths, but instead is looking to cultivate their own niche in the festival industry. They want an experience unique to them that is diverse and maintain their pride as a culture and arts festival. In conclusion, Mysteryland USA's lineup is one to really admire for their variance of acts and genres that defines their place in the scheme of music festivals. Mysteryland USA tickets are on sale here. Connect with Mysteryland USA: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | SoundCloud | YouTube


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Nothing has come easy for Brad Stevens. The Celtics have turned over their roster numerous times since Stevens was hired away from Butler in 2013, but he has continually squeezed the most out of whatever Danny Ainge has given him.
Stevens found a way to win 25 games with Jeff Green as his leading scorer in his first year, saw the team through the end of the Rajon Rondo era, took Isaiah Thomas from super-sixth man to All-NBAer, and now has a team with plenty of room to grow at the top of the Eastern Conference for the second-straight season.
The most impressive aspect of his success has been his ability to put players in positions to be productive. The Celtics have made a habit of acquiring flawed players and turning them into valuable pieces in a functioning NBA system.
There is no shortage of examples.
In his lone season under Stevens, Kris Humphries had the highest PER (18.2) of his career. Tyler Zeller and Jae Crowder enjoyed similar surges of production while with Boston.
Over his four-plus seasons with the Celtics, 27 players have logged 25 or more games under Stevens after either coming from another team or before leaving for a different franchise.
Almost all of these players came to the team with some weakness, there are very few players without at least one, but Stevens has found a way to mine the best out of nearly every player. Fifteen of the 23 players with previous NBA experience that the Celtics acquired under Stevens had an increase in PER.
There are a variety of factors that come into play when analyzing why a player may have seen a jump in their PER. The rate at which players have done so in Boston has to be attributed to the coach, but age, opportunity and health come into play.
It's important to note, however, that the range of player that has thrived under Stevens is wide. Kris Humphries was 28 when he came to Boston. Avery Bradley blossomed after beginning his career under Doc Rivers. Evan Turner was coming off a tumultuous tenure with the Pacers, and Thomas was brought in to play a larger role than he did with the Suns. All played their best with under Stevens.
Stevens has juiced the orange with role players (Humphries, Marcus Thornton and Courtney Lee, etc.) and stars (Thomas and Kyrie Irving).
If you are inclined to give Stevens less credit for the ascendance of these players than I, look at the post-Boston PERs for this selection of players. Only six of the 23 players that went on to play elsewhere post-Stevens increased their effectiveness the very next season.
The direct effect of Stevens' brilliance is a burgeoning contender in Boston, but the aftershocks have been felt throughout the NBA. There has been perhaps no bigger benefactor than Evan Turner.
Turner, a former second overall pick, was good but not great with the Sixers and was supposed to help push the Pacers past the Heat in 2014. Instead, his value plummeted over a few listless months in Indiana. The Celtics signed for less than $7 million over two years. He excelled as a ballhandler with the Celtics (with career-highs in both usage rate and assist percentage) before landing a four-year, $70 million deal with the Trail Blazers. He hasn't had nearly the same imprint in Portland and his contract has become a burdensome one.
The jury is still out on whether Thomas can once again be the type of unstoppable offensive force he became with the Celtics, but the early Thomas/Irving returns shine a bright light on Stevens once again.
Irving, already an All-NBA talent, has taken another step forward under Stevens while playing with more freedom without LeBron James. Meanwhile, Ty Lue and the Cavaliers are still trying to figure out how to work Isaiah into the offense a month since he returned from a hip injury.
This season, the 37-15 Celtics have received contributions from the likes of Shane Larkin and Daniel Theis. It's not fair to them to assume they wouldn't be productive elsewhere, but it's also clear that Stevens deserves a lot of the credit.


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Many cottagers located in narrow parts of the Lake have
asked that ALL be reminded about the need to maintain
safe and appropriate speeds and keep wakes to a minimum.
First of all, there may be swimmers in those areas.
Secondly, your wake may damage fragile shorelines.
Thirdly, your actions have an effect on the moored docks, boats and
other items.
Transport Canada puts forth the following about the need to maintain
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Operate at a Safe Speed
Remember that you may have to stop or turn suddenly to avoid a collision, so operate at a safe speed. A safe speed depends on:
• your ability to see ahead – slow is the only safe speed in fog, mist, rain and darkness;
• current, wind, and water conditions;
• how quickly your boat can change direction;
• how many and what types of vessels are near you; and
• the presence of navigational hazards such as rocks and tree stumps.
Be very careful when boating where visibility is poor, such as entering or exiting a fog bank.
A boat's wake can damage other vessels, docks and the shoreline. It can also be a risk for swimmers, divers and people on small boats that might capsize. Be aware of how your boat's wake might affect others when choosing your speed. You will be responsible for any damages or harm you cause.
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The 10th year of Bike to Work Month is off to a great start, and it's bigger than ever! This year, EnviroCentre is giving away over $10,000 worth of prizes, hosting events and workshops throughout the month. This campaign encourages and celebrates people cycling to work throughout the month of May.
Last year, there were over 4,000 participants and 250 workplace teams.
Participation is free, fun and simple!
- Sign up as an individual or start/join a team atwww.biketoworkottawa.ca
- Log your commutes and be eligible to win one of the great individual and team prizes
- Book a workshop – email firstname.lastname@example.com for more information
- Visit the BikeMobile at local events to get great cycling tips and resources
- Follow Bike to Work Ottawa on Facebook, Twitter, andInstagram
Daily prize draws started on May 1, so be sure to start biking and logging your commutes! Log every day (you can add km biked on previous days, but not post date them, so you get more chances to win if you log every day vs adding them all up and logging at the end of the month)!
Bike to Work month has been supported by the City of Ottawa over the past ten years, and EnviroCentre wants to say a big thank you to the folks there for their support. Together, they have encouraged thousands of new cycle commuters through this campaign.
Join in the fun tomorrow, May 7th, from 7:00-9:00 at Bank & Laurier for the Bike to Work month breakfast! This free Bike-in-Breakfast! celebrates Bike to Work Month participants!
Come by for free breakfast and coffee from Eggspectations andBridgehead, light tune-ups by Velofix, music from Live 88.5, and a chance to win the bike pictured here! Special thanks to Kunstadt for donating this bike to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Bike to Work Month! Stop by tomorrow for your chance to win!
Questions, comments, sign up support and more: contact EnviroCentre. They'd love to hear any happy bike stories you have to share as well!
Happy cycling!
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Strong Sterling Pound and Weak European Currencies in the Crises: Evidence from Covered Interest Parity of Secured Rates
NBER Working Paper No. 21938
In the post Lehman period, the interest rate of the US dollar became low on the forward contract because of"flight to quality" to the international currency. However, in the Euro crisis, that of the Sterling pound became equally low, while the other European currencies such as the Danish kroner increased its liquidity premium. By using secured rates, the following analysis examines why the Sterling pound and the Danish kroner showed asymmetric features in deviations from the covered interest parity (CIP) condition. The regression results suggest that there was a structural break in the determinants of the deviations across the European currencies in the two crises. Currency-specific money market risk was critical in explaining the deviations in the global financial crisis (GFC), while EU banks' credit risk and market risk were useful in explaining the deviations in the Euro crisis. In particular, EU banks' credit risk and market risk had asymmetric effect on the deviations. The asymmetry explains different features between the Sterling pound and the Danish kroner.
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WEST Belfast singer-songwriter Bap Kennedy has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, aged 54.
Heartfelt tributes have poured in for the former Energy Orchard frontman, who passed away on Tuesday evening.
A notice on his Facebook page read: "We are devastated to announce that Bap passed away this evening. Bap was extremely brave until the end.
"We would like to thank everybody for their kind messages of support over the past few months, these meant a lot to Bap and Brenda and helped Bap stay positive throughout his illness.
"We are also extremely grateful to all the staff at the Marie Curie hospice for their kindness and warmheartedness during his stay."
Joby Fox, who was in Energy Orchard with Bap, paid tribute to his close personal friend.
"Bap was a talented man. I've known him since we were kids in Riverdale," he said.
"We had dreams and we made them come true. We toured the world together.
"We had our ups and downs together but we stayed close our whole lives. Bap was a believer and was a very fun character.
"West Belfast should be very proud of him. He was a shining light for Belfast in general. His work will stand for a long time – he was the genuine article as a music artist.
"We took on the world together and for a moment we had it in our hands. I'll miss him but I'll see him again. He will be sadly missed and my thoughts are with his family," he added.


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Wisconsin Gun Control Bills Introduced: Domestic Gun Ban, Handgun Waiting Period
Two Wisconsin gun control bills have been introduced in Madison.
Mental Health: The New Gun Rights Assault
Jeff Knox on the sneaky tactics used by gun banners to exploit mental health as the next pretext to ban guns.
The Second Amendment Protects the First
If we don't support all rights, we risk preserving the Second Amendment.
Gun Control Creates Mass Shootings
Two mass shootings demonstrate that gun control policy kills more innocent people than it saves.
WI: Look Who's Blocking Campus Carry
A bill in the Wisconsin legislature allowing concealed carry on school grounds is being blocked by state republicans who say it's a not a priority.
SOS: Wisconsin's Gun Rights Organization Needs Help
Obama and the gun banners have launched a full scale war against gun owners. But anti-gun forces will prevail if Wisconsin's leading pro-gun organization is allowed to go down in flames.
Trojan Horse: Oppose WI Seized Guns Legislation
AB13 is a Trojan Horse. That it is supported by the Milwaukee Police Association tells you all you need to know.
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05 March 2019
Erstwhile regime under PMLA
IRDAI norms
Aadhaar judgment
Aadhaar Bill 2018
Impact on insurance sector
The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill 2018 (Aadhaar Bill) was recently passed in the Lok Sabha. It seeks to amend
The Aadhaar Bill follows in the footsteps of the Supreme Court's decision in Justice KS Puttaswamy v Union of India,(1) wherein the provision of the Aadhaar Act which permitted private entities to seek authentication of individuals using their Aadhaar data was held to be unconstitutional.
Prior to the Puttaswamy judgment, the PMLA and the Prevention of Money Laundering (PML) (Maintenance of Records) Rules, as amended by the Prevention of Money Laundering (Maintenance of Records) Second Amendment Rules 2017 (2017 amendment), provided a framework(2) under which entities carrying out insurance business(3) (among others) were required to verify(4) and authenticate(5) the identity of their customers using Aadhaar (a 12-digit random number issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)).(6)
Pursuant to the foregoing provisions, insurers (among others) with an account-based relationship with customers had to collect their customers' Aadhaar numbers within the stipulated timeframes.(7) Consequently, a mandatory Aadhaar-based 'know-your-customer' (KYC) regime was introduced by the respective regulators to set out norms for the authentication of customers' identity using Aadhaar numbers.
Under the extant insurance regulatory and statutory framework, insurers were allowed to perform KYC verification of customers using, among other things, Aadhaar e-KYC services, subject to customers' express consent.(8) Insurers were also permitted to authenticate the identity of their customers using Aadhaar information(9) and were required to maintain records of the Aadhaar information collected from customers.(10)
However, pursuant to the 2017 amendment, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDAI) issued clarifications whereby Aadhaar-based KYC verification was made mandatory in the insurance sector. Following this, all insurance policies had to be linked with the Aadhaar number of the respective policyholder.(11) The IRDAI further prescribed timeframes within which the Aadhaar information had to be provided by customers to their insurer. However, pursuant to the Supreme Court's 13 March 2018 interim order in Puttaswamy, the timeframe for linking Aadhaar with existing insurance policies was extended until the matter could be finally heard and decided. Further, for new insurance policies, customers without an Aadhaar card were permitted to provide any other officially valid document to their insurer.(12)
Pursuant to Puttaswamy, the Supreme Court partially struck down the enabling provision of Section 57 of the Aadhaar Act which permitted private entities to seek authentication using Aadhaar. Following this case, Section 57 was amended to remove the wording "or any contract to this effect". It now reads as follows:
Nothing contained in this Act shall prevent the use of Aadhaar number for establishing the identity of an individual for any purpose, whether by the State or any body corporate or person, pursuant to any law, for the time being in force.
Therefore, pursuant to the judgment, insurers (among others) were effectively prohibited from using Aadhaar-based authentication of a customer's identity, which was the primary mode of customer due-diligence and KYC verification conducted by such private entities. However, the Supreme Court has provided no clarity on use of Aadhaar information which has already been collected by private entities under the existing framework.
The central government introduced the Aadhaar Bill to harmonise the existing Aadhaar framework with Puttaswamy. The Aadhaar Bill removes the mandatory requirement of Aadhaar-based KYC verification and stipulates that individuals may provide other officially valid documents and passport for KYC purposes.(13) The Aadhaar Bill also introduces Aadhaar-based offline verification where an individual's identity can be verified without authentication.(14)
Further, the Aadhaar Bill provides that where an individual voluntarily provides their Aadhaar information to an insurer, the insurer:
The Aadhaar Bill further omits parts of Sections 12 and 73 of the PMLA, which imposed an obligation on insurers, among others, to verify the identity of clients in a prescribed manner.(18) However, the Aadhaar Bill does not amend the PML Rules, which impose an obligation on insurers to mandatorily collect Aadhaar numbers before commencing an account-based relationship with a client. Notably, however, according to the accepted principles under which statutes are interpreted, a subordinated legislation made under a statute ceases to have effect after the enabling statute is repealed.(19)
Pursuant to the Supreme Court's decision in Puttaswamy, the IRDAI issued a circular on 29 January 2019 entitled Allowing Aadhaar Card as one of the acceptable documents for KYC – under certain conditions. The circular provides that insurers may carry out Aadhaar-based KYC verification, provided that the customer has voluntarily opted for this.(20) Further, where the insurer is collecting a customer's Aadhaar number, it cannot store more than the last four digits of the Aadhaar number either in physical or digital form. The digits preceding the last four number must be properly masked. Further, insurers are expressly prohibited from carrying out authentication using e-KYC facilities or 'yes/no' authentication facilities offered by the Unique Identification Authority of India.
However, the IRDAI has issued no clarifications or directions regarding the use of Aadhaar information which has already been collected by insurers.
The Aadhaar Bill has been a welcome proposed change to the law, as it provides much-needed clarity regarding the use and storage of Aadhaar numbers. The IRDAI has taken the enactment of the Aadhaar Bill as a cue to start providing clarity on the norms that must be followed regarding the collection and storage of customers' Aadhaar data. It is hoped that the bill will be enacted quickly, as it is not enforceable in its present form.
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(1) Writ Petition (Civil) 494/2012.
(2) Section 12 of the PMLA read with Section 2(1)(l) of the PMLA.
(3) Section 45(I)(c)(iv) of the Reserve Bank of India Act 1934.
(5) Rule 9(15) of the PML Rules.
(6) Rules 9(1) and 9(4) of the PML Rules.
(7) Rule 2 of the 2017 amendment.
(8) e-KYC services of UIDAI, 21 October 2013 circular and Master Circular on Anti Money Laundering/Counter- Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT)-Guidelines for Life Insurers, 28 September 2015 circular.
(9) Clarification of Aadhaar based e-KYC, 31 August 2017 circular.
(11) The Prevention of Money Laundering (Maintenance of Records) Second Amendment Rules, 2017, 8 November 2017 circular.
(12) The Prevention of Money Laundering (Maintenance of Records) Second Amendment Rules, 2017, 20 March 2018 circular.
(13) Section 25 of the Aadhaar Bill.
(14) Sections 2 and 25 of the Aadhaar Bill.
(15) Section 7 of the Aadhaar Bill.
(16) Sections 7,26 and 27 of the Aadhaar Bill.
(17) Section 11 of the Aadhaar Bill.
(18) Sections 26 and 27 of the Aadhaar Bill.
(19) GP Singh, "Principles of Statutory Interpretation", 10th Edition, Wadhwa and Company, Nagpur (2006), p 654.
(20) Allowing Aadhaar Card as one of the acceptable documents for KYC – under certain conditions, 29 January 2019 circular.
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Cairns population ages significantly
New figures show almost a quarter of the population of Cairns is now aged over 55, a rise of more than 5% over the past decade.
The statistics have been released as part of a special report on population age structure in Herron Todd White's latest CairnsWatch bulletin.
Research Director Rick Carr said there was a steady rise of people in the 55+ age bracket between 2008 and 2018, from 19.3% to 24.9%.
"It's due to the combined impacts of baby boomers entering these age ranges, population ageing and older people remaining affiliated with Cairns rather than moving elsewhere," he said.
The report also shows the number of babies and toddlers aged between 0 and 4 is also down by more than 1%.
The largest decrease, though, has occurred in the combined 15-34 and 35-44 age bracket, which is down by 3% to 26.2%.
"That's suggestive of families with high school or university aged children having lesser attachment to the region," Mr Carr said.
"The upshot is that the age composition in Cairns has moved far closer to the Queensland average than it was ten years ago."
When compared with Cairns, the state average shows Queensland overall has a smaller proportion of people aged between 50 and 64 but a much larger proportion of those aged over 65.


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Onesie Wednesday in October
The British Red Cross are calling for your help by holding a 'Onesie Wednesday' event this October, and are inviting schools, local business' and community groups to take part.
We are urging people to sign up and help to raise funds for our vital work. It really is fun and easy to organise. Host your alternative pyjama party and get together with people you care about whilst supporting the work of the British Red Cross.
Simply pick a Wednesday in October and ask everyone to contribute £1 to wear their favourite 'Onesie' for the day. Why not add some extra fun and hold a Onesie competition for the wackiestone."
People who wish to sign up to 'Onesie Wednesday' for the Red Cross can contact Sharon Cooper, Senior Community Fundraiser on 01296 739309 or email@example.com.
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Just in case you haven't made up your mind about coming yet -
The deadline for entries for this years Sprint Scotland is this Sunday 16th June.
The event is being held in and around Bo'ness, and there are many reasons to come:
Training sessions on Thursday and Friday mornings where you can learn from JK Champion and international Sprint star Chris Smithard
Evening sprint races on Thursday and Friday (entry on the day available) - ideal for people after work
Talks and Q&A sessions by Matt Fellbaum (JWOC sprint medallist), Oystein Kvaal Osterbo (WOC medallist), Chris Smithard and Graham Gristwood
Scottish Orienteering Association AGM taking place between the races on Saturday
New maps for all the weekend races, plus the Thursday evening race
3 weekend races in Bo'ness (sprint and urban) - all on new maps by Graham Gristwood
Prizes provided by Silva, Lochland Runner and other local supporters
Part of the UK Urban League and Scottish Urban League, and Open classes are World Ranking Events
Courses planned by Matt Fellbaum, Jon Cross and Graeme Ackland
Great preparation for World Masters, JWOC and any other summer adventures
Proportion of proceeds go to SEDS and ScotJOS
Explore beautiful Bo'ness!
Entries and full information at sprintscotland.co.uk
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TerraSond will help characterize Alaska's Queen Charlotte-Fairweather fault system to constrain regional/trans-oceanic earthquakes and tsunami hazards. High-resolution bathymetry will be mapped in Alaska's Southeast continental shelf and slopes for the U.S. Department of Interior/U.S. Geological Survey.
"In order to understand the risk that different areas of the US face for earthquake hazards, we first need to know where the faults are and how they behave. In most cases, we are aware of the existence of a fault only if it has produced an earthquake that we know about from modern seismic instrument recordings or historical written records. An important result of this project will be to remotely image details about the fault system, as well as potentially identify geomorphological features that past earthquakes have left on the earth's surface." - Dr. Megan Carr, TerraSond.
Alaska has more large earthquakes than the rest of the United States combined, with more than three-quarters of Alaska's population living in an area that can experience a magnitude 7 earthquake or greater (USGS, 2016). The Queen Charlotte and Fairweather faults are part of an extensive system that marks the eastern boundary of the Pacific plate and the western boundary of the North American plate. Historically, this strike-slip system has generated high magnitude seismic activity and is credited with four major earthquakes within the last century.


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AN-108 is a kind of LoRaWAN manhole covers monitoring sensor with small size and long communication distance. The AN - 108 wireless city manhole covers monitoring alarm unit integrates recognition, data communication, positioning, big data analysis and other advanced technology to achieve application functions of multivariate information cosco distance identification, automatic upload information, alarm location, cloud platform high-speed data processing. The monitoring alarm unit with software platform form a set of manhole management system by getting access to LoRa gateway connection server, which can effectively monitor urban road manhole covers in real time. When there is deviation and tilt for a manhole cover, AN-108 manhole covers monitoring sensor will automatically upload this information to platform, and you can check the status of AN-108 inside the manhole cover, and get the position of the manhole cover.
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Class of 2018 & Beyond
Headhunter In The Making
Kristofferson Nunes
Twenty-three-year-old Kristofferson Nunes is the CEO and founder of UCA (University & College Ambassadors) Limited. Nunes has placed over 800 university students in temporary jobs. Think: Linkedin, and you'll get the general gist. UCA Limited's footprints are slowly traversing the island and into corporate companies like Lucozade, Gustazos and Eyeland Eyewear! Nunes' passion lies in engaging and inspiring the next generation of thinkers and of course, allowing them to make money.
His eyes are on regional expansion and creating global campus campaigns for companies such as Nike, Google, and more. His long-term goal is to create a smooth transition for students leaving university by providing opportunities for diverse work experiences to join a progressive network to propel their career of choice.
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The Speed card game, also commonly known as Spit, is a game that moves very quickly. The object of Speed is to eliminate your hand of cards as quickly as possible while playing against one other opponent. Using older decks of cards is recommended, since they tend to offer better grip, and this card game can require quick card handling.
Shuffle the deck well and deal the cards evenly to the two players, so that each player receives 26 cards.
Deal out five piles of cards in a row in front of you, with all cards face down, and your opponent doing the same. Deal one card to the first pile, two cards to the second pile, and so on, dealing five cards to the fifth pile. Turn the top card of each pile face up; these are known as the stock piles. Do not look at your remaining 11 cards, which are known as the speed cards.
Turn over the top card of the speed pile at the same time as your opponent turns over his top card from the speed pile. Place both cards in the center of the table.
Play the 15 cards from your stock piles to the speed piles in sequence, going either one higher or one lower than the top speed-pile cards. Move the cards as fast as you can, but place each card down one at a time, and use only one hand. Turn over the next face-down card when you remove a face-up card from the top of a stock pile. Create a new pile from one of your other stock piles if one of your stock piles is depleted.
Play two new cards from the speed piles when both players run out of moves, then continue play as before. When one player uses all 15 stock cards, each player chooses one of the speed piles from the center of the table, trying to find the pile that has the least cards.
Shuffle all of your cards together and deal new layouts, then continue play. If one player runs out of speed cards, play to just one speed pile. Win the game by using up all of the cards in your deck.
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Wyndham Adds Iconic New Yorker Hotel To Its Portfolio
Hotel & Resort Tim Wood March 05, 2014
The world's largest hotel company announced this week that it's taken over a New York icon that now becomes the signature hotel of its higher-end brand.
Wyndham Hotel Group has added the New Yorker Hotel to its upper-scale Wyndham Hotels and Resorts brand.
The 1,083-room Wyndham New Yorker Hotel becomes the largest property in the brand's portfolio of 170 hotels worldwide.
The addition of the New Yorker, located in the heart of Midtown Manhattan at Eighth Avenue and 34th Street, is a significant milestone in Wyndham Hotel Group's strategy to take Wyndham to the biggest cities in the world.
In the past 18 months, the brand's footprint has expanded to city-center locations in major markets including Boston, San Diego and Philadelphia in the U.S.; Istanbul; Berlin and Salzburg, Austria, in Europe; and Cusco, Peru, and Guayaquil, Ecuador, in Latin America, among others.
Owned by New Yorker Hotel Management Company, Inc., the 40-story hotel becomes the fourth Wyndham hotel in New York City's Manhattan Borough, joining Wyndham Midtown 45, Wyndham Garden Chinatown and Wyndham Garden Manhattan Chelsea West.
After previously undergoing over $100 million in renovations, a new multi-million dollar renovation is currently underway at the historic hotel to upgrade all guest rooms, public spaces and meeting facilities.
Hotel features include free wireless internet access throughout the property, a business center, a fitness center, concierge services and valet laundry service. The hotel is situated within 15 miles of the area's three international airports.
Currently, the property's 25,000 square feet of meeting and event space is comprised of 14 conference rooms and two large ballrooms that cater to functions ranging from 10 to 600 attendees. Upon completion of renovations, meeting and event space will increase to over 30,000 square feet. Guests hosting events at Wyndham New Yorker Hotel have access to state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment and services, personalized catering and an on-site, dedicated events team.
Newly renovated guest rooms feature panoramic views of New York City, flat-screen televisions and art deco-style décor. The hotel offers two on-site dining locations: Cooper's Tavern, which serves fresh American cuisine at lunch and dinner, and the 24-hour Tick Tock Diner featuring classing American dishes.
INSIDER TIPS: I recently stayed there during my trip to the New York Times Travel Show and can attest that the changes are significant since my last stay six years ago, restoring the majesty and luster of the iconic hotel.
I ate at both dining locations while in the city and would highly recommend the chicken parmagiana at Cooper's. The burger at Tick Tock Diner was among the best I've eaten and the service was impeccable at all hours of the day.
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It's been very snowy lately🙃 Yesterday I was walking to class and I only almost fell twice so we're all good!😂 I have one more exam!!!!! So excited to be done for a little while! (I can make recipes all day now😉)
Today I have a recipe for gingerbread muffins!! I might try a different flour with these and let you know how it goes! But these really did hit the gingerbread spot👌🏼 (and yes I totally use snow as my background!)
Gingerbread Muffins
¼-½ cup maple syrup
¼ cup molasses
1 ¼ tsp. ginger
2 tsp. cinnamon
¼ tsp. cloves
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups gluten free flour blend
1 tbsp. chia seeds, ground
pinch of salt
6 dates, soaked in ½ cup warm water for 10 minutes
1 ½ cup milk + 2 tbsp (any kind)
- Preheat oven to 350
- Mix together maple syrup, molasses and 1 ½ cups milk. Add chia seeds and stir
- In another bowl, mix together the flour, ginger, cinnamon, cloves and salt
- Mix dry ingredients into wet and stir to combined. Add 2 tbsp milk if needed
- Blend together the dates and water
- Line a 12-muffin tin. Fill about half way up with batter, add the date mixture into the middle, then add more batter onto the top. You can stir the dates gently with a toothpick or spoon.
- Put into the oven for 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean (the date mixture will stay wet though)


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Our client a chilled meats company is KSA is looking for a Sales Manager:
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– Good knowledge in distribution to hotels, restaurants, cafés and supermarkets
– Gulf experience is a major plus
– Ability to launch a new brand in the market
– Ability to outsoure products that the market needs.
Basic salary USD 4000 – USD 6700 + commissions + insurance + mobile allowance + yearly round trip tickets.
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Hotel Schloss Schweinsburg offers a modern relaxation area, flooded with light and equipped with a sauna and rest room. The area around the hotel invites you to take long walks, go Nordic Walking or undertake a bike tour. We loan bikes directly at the hotel. The hotel's function hall is ideal for team events such as indoor handball, football and other indoor sporting activities.
We look forward to your inquiry under 0151/65155849 or simply by sending a e-mail.


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CCHS Students Attend Career Fair
Last month seven young women from Crook County High School were accompanied by Youth Transition specialists Patty Bates and Ramona McCallister to the Oregon Tradeswomen's Career Fair in Portland, Oregon. The event was held at the NECA-IBEW Electrical Training Center.
The Crook County Youth Transition Program (YTP) helps youth between 16 and 21 successfully transition from school to adulthood by helping them with work readiness skills, career exploration, and I variety of work experiences. The program also assists students in job placements, internships and apprenticeships.
The career fair was represented by 70 companies and organizations in a number of trades exhibits, as well as 40 interactive workshops and hands-on activities for the youth to participate in. The activities available included views from above on bucket trucks from Bonneville Power Administration, Cummins Diesel engines and generators, firefighter simulations, construction projects, masonry, and many more projects.
The Career Fair is sponsored by Bonneville Power Administration, City of Portland, IBEW 48, PGE, as well as countless silver and bronze sponsors. The girls were provided some incredible insights into the trades available in the workplace, and the opportunity to talk to professionals in their fields.


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Our team offers years of combined experience in event design, space planning, project management and delivery to the Events and Exhibitions industries. Being a preferred supplier to the Ticketpro Dome and various Exhibition companies clearly demonstrates that our product range and service offerings are second to none.
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The first part of a feature on Hippocampus Press that originally appeared in Black Static #54:-
It's been fifteen issues since we did a feature on the output of US publisher and weird fiction specialist Hippocampus Press, so let's take a look at some of the short story collections they've produced in the intervening two years.
Despite its association in the minds of many with the work of H. P. Lovecraft weird fiction is a broad church, and by way of underlining that claim we kick off this feature with a book from Welsh writer Rhys Hughes. BONE IDLE IN THE CHARNEL HOUSE (Hippocampus Press pb, 246pp, $20) is the work of a writer focused on wordplay and ideas, the absurd and the grotesquely comedic, and for whom plot and characterisation are perhaps of secondary concern. Endlessly inventive, Hughes reminds me of the Lem of The Cyberiad infused with the manic, slapstick energy of the Marx Brothers and with logic taken to the extreme where its workings are indistinguishable from madness. This book is billed as "A Collection of Weird Stories", but that's simply a flag of convenience, and given different packaging it could just as easily be marketed as science fiction, fantasy, absurdism, comedy, or simply literature. Which is not to say that there is nothing here for the horror aficionado. Hughes knows the genre well and is adept at playing with its tropes, though in doing so he often points out their absurdity and ridiculousness.
After an introduction in which the author lays out his relationship with and methods regarding the weird genre of fiction, we get into things proper with 'The Swinger' which, when it appeared previously in the anthology Dark Worlds, I summarised as "the author taking an idea that sounds superficial and then seeing how far he can go with it and not fall flat on his face, in a plot that involves a haunted hotel, a writer and a novel concept of time travel, the story delighting with its profusion of ideas and the audacity of execution". I see no reason to revise that opinion on a second reading. 'Bitter in Sour' has a man arriving in the port city of Tyre and finding himself the doorman at Hotel Sour, the story cleverly reversing the usual context of such matters with guests paying to leave the establishment and take up residence in the outside world, Hughes using the concept to examine his protagonist's inner feelings. Warren and Curtis seek 'The Old House Under the Snow', built by the Baron and rumoured to contain treasure, but instead they find a series of increasingly larger houses one on top of each other, constantly sinking ever deeper into the snow, and Hughesian logic leads to the conclusion that one of them must be the Devil. It's an audacious story, with one idea coming fast on the heels of another and the whole as clever as it is whimsical and amusing, taking familiar concepts from the horror genre such as the demonic pact and playing with them in an entirely unfamiliar and original way.
Using the whole six 'Degrees of Separation' thing, Clute decides to kill himself as a way of hurting the man he really wishes dead, the misery of his death communicating itself through linked associations, the story an elaborate and entertaining exercise in cutting your nose off to spite somebody else's face. Mathematically rigorous, 'The Warlord' constantly doubles the subjects he has to rule, until another warlord defeats him and reverses the whole process. Underlying the central conceit, the story has something to say about the nature of the will to rule others, and along the way we get some amusing word play on the theme of warlords. Logic propels the protagonist of 'Vampiric Gramps' to the conclusion that all mirrors are vampires and from this in turn he deduces that he too is a vampire, the tale ending with a final, shocking revelation as to the nature of that narrator, Hughes again delighting with his wit and bizarre version of rationality.
Title story 'Bone Idle in the Charnel House' is the longest in the collection and, to my mind, the most accomplished, the tale of an effete and narcoleptic aristocrat who is forced by the state to leave his decaying palace and work in a charnel house. It's a lovely concoction of ideas and imagery, playing with the tropes and stage scenery of the horror genre, deftly skewering many of the clichés, and along the way offering a pointed critique of DWP practice and the demand for everyone to contribute to society, regardless of aptitude or temperament, though possibly here I am only pushing my own concerns onto Hughes narrative. It ends with a shocking discovery, one that implies that the Earth is just a giant decapitated head, with a skull at its core, similar to the sort of thing you used to find as an illustration on the cover of ancient horror paperbacks. I loved this story.
A man for whom cold is 'What I Fear Most' finds that he cannot accept the death of the sun after his own demise, and so travels to the Arctic to acclimatise himself to the cold. Again it's a case of logic taken to extremes, and written in a tone somewhat similar to that of Poe pontificating about premature burial. 'Casimir the Converter' preaches the gospel of Segrob to vampires, their newfound faith rendering them immune to the symbols of all other religions, and in doing so he seeks revenge on the human race that he feels has so badly wronged him, the story cleverly undermining vampirism and posing conundrums regarding the nature of religious faith. One of the less satisfactory stories, 'Smuggling Old Nick to Newfoundland' recounts how a smug preacher is given the chance to lecture the Devil, but really it all seems a bit random and episodic, even by Hughesian standards. More disappointment in 'Shelling the Toad' wherein a couple of characters meander aimlessly through the plot and then one of them kills the other when they erect their tent round the body of a toad to fulfil a folklore prophecy that someone must die. Some interesting imagery in the story and some entertaining dialogue, but taken as a whole it really does feel like something the author is making up on the hoof.
In a story that, more pointedly than any of the others, brings to mind the work of Stanislaw Lem, an astronaut finds himself marooned in a community of 'Chameleons', who take on not only his physical appearance but also his attitudes and thought patterns, which in turns leads him to question if he is not a chameleon himself. The story is brittle and amusing, with an underlying philosophical density, so that what we are really exploring here is a question as to how we know what or who we are, a reversal of the Cartesian cogito. 'Happiness Leasehold' is a deal with the Devil variation, with Hughes adding a strong metafictional element, introducing the author as a character and directly addressing the reader. Overall it is an entertaining diversion, with some neat tricks in the writing. 'Life and the Plumbline' is a murder mystery of sorts, with nobody who or what they at first appear to be and the crimes worked out along lines of the rigorous logic that is Hughes stock-in-trade. Imagine Fantômas reinvented by M. C. Escher.
A zoo keeps a cage full of cages in 'The Unsubtle Cages' and a visitor purchases one of them to start his own zoo inside his hotel room, but only other rooms come to see the show. This is another story that didn't quite work for me, Hughes doing little more than present the ideas. Taking in astrology, the Old Ones, and racism/eugenics, 'Sigma Octantis' is an audacious brew of a story in which an academic is enlisted in the plans of a mad Patagonian potentate to create a zodiac for the Celt race alone. It's a story bubbling over with ideas and impertinences, zestful and entertaining from first word to last. Finally we have 'The Century Just Gone' in which two lonely men on New Year's Eve reflect on the century's biggest serial killers and imagine the hundred most successful pitted against each other in an arena, an idea a time traveller offers to make real, and in agreeing they also become successful serial killers and contestants. It's a story that casts a jaundiced eye over our unhealthy obsession with the macabre and reality television, with a dazzling logic at the core of the story, and a convincingly original end to a collection of short stories in which the ideas dominate the fiction.
(In parenthesis, Bone Idle contains two more stories which I've reviewed previously, and I will add my comments on them to the Case Notes blog rather than repeat here.)
James Robert Smith is "a distinctive new voice in contemporary weird fiction" according to the back cover blurb on A CONFEDERACY OF HORRORS (Hippocampus Press pb, 235pp, $20), though I'd argue with that "distinctive". In fact, with the exception of that of Hughes and Goodfellow, most of the work produced by these writers is cut from the same cloth and operating in a recognisable tradition, which fortunately is neither here nor there as regards quality. The collection contains twenty five short stories and is divided up into four sections, loosely themed along the lines of ghosts, revenge, obsession, and blood.
First section 'A Confederacy of Ghosts' opens with 'Listen' chronicling a man's fascination with an isolated and abandoned house, and how he falls victim to the entity that dwells inside, a presence that likes to talk, to whisper secrets and terrible things. It's well done, highly suggestive while playing with the usual tropes, even down to a Halloween climax, but at the same time was a little too oblique for my liking, a tad too ambiguous to entirely satisfy. In 'Through Becky's Eyes' an elderly woman bears witness to the sins of the past and terrible killing, but the real guilt lies with the priest who cares for her, the story another that is obliquely told, but this time more successfully with the reader only gradually understanding what is going on, and a denouement that is thoroughly unsettling. A paranormal investigator in 'Of Rodents and Sinking Vessels' is assisted by the family ghosts when a rival attempts to steal one of his trophies, the whole story a concoction of suggestion and unlikely coincidences, with again the sense that it is all just too obliquely slanted to satisfy.
When sex goes wrong in 'Toke Ghost' gentle giant Bryan kills a girl and hides her body, but extra special marijuana grows from the corpse infested ground. This time there seems to be some logic to the story, even if the element of teen lust does feel a little naff, like Laymon on an off day, but I liked the plot and the obsession with teen concerns, while the end twist was a very nice touch of detail (and by nice, I mean extremely nasty). Harry is haunted by the accident that happens to his son 'Tommy' and the aftermath in a sensitively written tale that conflates the horrors inflicted on us by outside forces with those we visit on ourselves. We have an original twist with 'Moving' in which a rich man accustomed to getting his own way displaces a church to make way for his new, larger home, but over the course of several weeks the church slowly returns to its original position. Yes, this one I thoroughly enjoyed, not least for the pleasure of seeing Gordon Hughes get his comeuppance, and the way in which zombies are used, or at least the spirits of the dead. There's a comic eroticism to 'The Pool' as Frank is snared by two ghosts doing a lesbian routine, the story short and pleasing with its final revelation after the slow burn build-up in which social mores are played hard and loose with.
We move on to the revenge section with 'On the First Day' which has about it a Twilight Zone vibe as man's ascendancy is undone by a plague of spiders sent by God, with the children having prophetic dreams. It's a tale that is both effectively dystopian and sinister, with a surface comedy that delights, especially in the unexpected but entirely appropriate end stroke. More flash fiction than story, 'The Jawbone of an Ass' describes two racist fuckwits getting beaten up by a large man whose fat is really muscle, the story satisfying for the fate of the racists but otherwise rather insubstantial. The protagonist of 'Dope' decides to deal drugs but then has his mind changed by what he sees happen to some rats. Again, it's a little too oblique for my liking, but with an interesting storyline, though one that in retrospect feels like it's rambling rather than heading to an actual conclusion and with elements that felt like plot conveniences. In 'Translator' a Japanese prisoner of war carves terrible sculptures, with dire consequences, the story quietly and efficiently told, with good pacing and an awareness of the historical backdrop. 'Love & Magick' tells of an attempt on the life of a black magician and the grim but necessary steps he takes to save himself. It reads rather like a modern reimagining of the magic duel in Corman's version of The Raven, with attention paid to the fine details of the magical contest and a thoroughly nasty undercurrent, one that powers the story to its shock ending, a twist that forces us to re-evaluate much that has gone before and ask questions about what we would do to survive.
Next section 'A Confederacy of Obsession' begins with 'NUMHED', the surreal tale of an unemployed man's descent into madness and criminality, a story that comes with the subtext "There but for the grace of God", but at the same time is just too strange to really connect with the reader; we feel for Craig's situation, but can't quite put the events into any meaningful context. There's another strong central conceit to 'A Last, Longing Look' with an entity that shifts from one human body to another trying to re-establish a connection with the woman he loved in his previous identity. Underlying the text is a consideration of the nature of character and the plasticity of our lives, the stretch that is required for some kind of emotional authenticity. We get another very short story in 'Symptom' with a man on the phone appealing for a politician's help in exposing pollution, but the real story is rooted in the things that are being crossed off a list, giving the story a very sinister and telling interpretation.
With constant water in their duplex the couple in 'Wet' face a horrendous shift in their reality, with the possibility that this conceit is a metaphor of sorts for how the man feels himself to be drowning in his new existence courtesy of his partner, though if so not enough is done to pin this aspect down, it remains a tantalising what if. 'One of Those Days' is an apocalyptic tale, set in a time when everybody is turning into homicidal maniacs and detailing one man's journey home to be with his wife and child, the story cinematic and exciting, culminating in a nasty twist at the end where we finally learn who the monsters are in this scenario. A young man's obsession with the sea is explained in 'The Call', as a woman tries to lull him into becoming the victim of an ancient evil from another plane of reality, the story deftly building to one of those sleight of hand end twists that Smith seems especially good at. In backwoods horror 'Just Like Jesus, He Said' a young woman is threatened by the revenant of her rapist, the story unremittingly grim, with aspects to what takes place that are sadistic and misogynistic, given that Annie does nothing to deserve the things that happen to her'.
Finally we come to the blood section of the book. Ty, the protagonist of 'It's Not a Blessing, She Said' is an art critic with no creativity of his own, a hole in his soul that lures a vampire to him. The inference here seems to be that only those with a kind of artistic sensibility can be truly human, those without are monsters feeding off of the vital energy of others. An android prostitute joins forces with a vampire in 'Just a Gigolo', the story obliquely addressing the question of what it means to be human, of how one's identity is not something that can be conferred on you by others, but which you must take for yourself. In 'The Old Man's Final Visit' Father Christmas bequeaths some of his blood to a child vampire so that the boy can experience some of the things missing from his own life, the offering an act of compassion, the story striking for the originality of the imagery and the collision between competing and entirely contradictory mythologies. A group of friends in search of a reward give chase to a wanted Chinaman in 'Ice Bounty', not realising that he is a vampire, or something far worse. Smith excels in his descriptions of the snow and ice blasted landscape in which the story is set and the camaraderie of his bounty hunters, with the nature of their quarry left satisfyingly ambiguous but still minatory in the extreme. The longest story in the collection it is also one of the most purely entertaining and satisfying.
Not so much vampirism but definitely involving sucking is 'The Reliable Vacuum Company' in which a redneck couple invite Mr Jeng from Leng into their home to demonstrate his machine, the story a delicious black comedy but with undertones of the truly outré in the material. I'm not sure I fully understood what was going on, but I loved the characters and the quintessential weirdness of the situation. Last up we have 'Pure Southern', with a Southerner taking on the Mob when he is charged with protecting cargo at the docks, the twist in the story being the identity of our hero. It's an engrossing story, with a neat twist at the end, even if the hero of the piece seems a bit contradictory, on the one hand a ruthless killer and on the other not willing to turn away when larceny is contemplated, or perhaps I'm just being too picky. Closing out the book we have an 'Afterword' by Stephen Mark Rainey in which he talks about Smith's work but says almost as much about Deathrealm magazine.


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Harassment investigation of Fort Pierce city attorney to get City Commission scrutiny
FORT PIERCE — The City Commission on Friday is to review results of a harassment investigation involving City Attorney Jim Messer.
For the last three weeks, outside counsel has been investigating four verbal-harassment complaints against Messer by four city employees, three of whom worked in the City Attorney's Office.
City officials received the report earlier this week, and each city commissioner now has a copy, Commissioner Reggie Sessions confirmed.
Sessions said he had not yet read the report, and declined to comment because it is a confidential matter.
More:New harassment complaint filed against Fort Pierce City Attorney James Messer
City officials refused to release the report, City Clerk Linda Cox citing state law that allows all documents in an investigation to remain confidential until the city notifies the employee accused in the complaint that the investigation is closed.
On July 31, three employees of Messer's office filed complaints against him with City Manager Nick Mimms. The employees were placed on paid administrative leave until further notice.
A fourth complaint was filed Aug. 7. City officials have declined to say whether that employee, too, worked in Messer's office.
The three employees from Messer's office were placed on paid administrative leave. Officials declined to release the employment status of the fourth employee.
Messer has been allowed to stay in his $174,200 job.
More:Fort Pierce water, sewer rates going up Oct. 1 despite 3-2 City Commission vote against them
The City Commission on Aug. 6 hired a Winter Park law firm as outside counsel to investigate the allegations.
Sessions said he is pleased with the quick turn-around in the investigation.
"We didn't want this investigation to be drawn out because it could have a detrimental effect on the city's ability to respond to legal disputes," Sessions said.
More:St. Lucie County tables plan to use Zora Neale Hurston home as center for homeless veterans
In June, Messer received a favorable performance review and the city renewed his contract for another four years. The City Commission praised Messer for the efficiency of his office and for solving legal disputes without going to court.
Messer, who was hired in 2016, previously was Pensacola city attorney from 2010-2014 and an assistant chief litigator for the Escambia County Attorney's Office from 1993-2001.


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Ricotta Ravioli are so easy to make when you use wanton wrappers – which can usually be found in the refrigerated section of your supermarket near other specialty foods. The filling is so simple, and the perfect comfort food. Quick and fun to make, these are sure to be the perfect crowd pleaser and a great topped with our Quick Tomato Sauce.If you're looking to add more calories, they are delicious with brown butter and sage sauce.
- In a bowl mix together ricotta cheese, rosemary, thyme, nutmeg, and salt.
- Sprinkle a layer of flour on a work surface. Working in batches, place wonton wrappers in a row. Spoon 1 tablespoon of filling on each wrapper. Brush around the filling with water. Top with another wrapper. Press the wrappers together around the filling, removing the air and sealing them. Using a medium circle cookie cutter, cut out each raviolo. Using a fork, crimp the edges to seal. Place on a lightly floured baking sheet and place in the freezer. Repeat this for all of the wontons.
- Boil a large pot of salted water to boil. Add the frozen ravioli and cook for about 4 minutes.
- Drain and toss with warm marinara sauce or another pasta sauce.
- 1 ½ cups ricotta cheese
- 2 tablespoons fresh rosemary, chopped
- 2 tablespoons fresh thyme, chopped
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 12 ounce pack wonton wrappers (see Ann's Tips)
Nutritional Information
366 cals
10 g
Saturated Fat
6 g
Polyunsaturated Fat
1 g
Monounsaturated Fat
3 g
53 g
0 g
2 g
16 g
539 mg
*per serving
Ann's Tips and Tricks
You will need a good 50 wonton wrappers to use up all the filling in this recipe. Although wonton wrappers are very thin, and there are around 50 wrappers in each 12 ounce pack, it varies by brans. If you have doubts, buy 2 packs. Any extra wrappers won't go to waste. They freeze really well if well sealed.


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Mark Rimell looks like carrying on the racing tradition of his family after training and riding Crossbow Creek to victory at Ludlow.
He is the grandson of former top trainers Mercy and Fred Rimell and, since taking out a full licence in October, has now recorded two wins with Crossbow Creek.
The six-year-old who, ironically, gave him his first success as a permit holder, won the Moore Scott National Hunt Maiden Hurdle in some style.
Crossbow Creek was always travelling well and took up the running two flights from home to beat Easter Present by two lengths.
Rimell, who has 15 horses in training and another arriving on Sunday, said: "He was not right in his two bumpers this season but showed a return to form at Wetherby last time and he should get further."
It was also a memorable day for Victoria Roberts, who saddled her first winner when Dealer's Choice was first past the post in the Attwood Memorial Trophy Chase.
Miss Roberts has held a full licence for six months and she came close to breaking her duck at Market Rasen on Tuesday when Periwinkle Lad was beaten by three-quarters of a length.
But there was no denying Dealer's Choice, who beat The Tall Guy in a power-packed finish which saw Timmy Murphy get the 10-year-old up in the last 50 yards.
Miss Roberts said: "He can be so quirky at times when he will not even leave the yard. But he likes this track, even if it is a little sharp, and I won twice on him round here."
Jason Maguire was suspended for seven days (February 22-28) for failing to ride out Royal Beluga for third place in the Attwood Memorial Trophy Chase.
Miss Chinchilla paid a huge £349 on the Tote after a runaway victory in the Racecourse Plumber Selling Hurdle. Ending a run of 137 days without a winner for trainer Owen Brennan, the eight-year-old mare was returned as an 80-1 chance and had punters scratching their heads.
She beat the Martin Pipe/Tony McCoy odds-on favourite Ile Michel by 11 lengths after taking up the running at the second-last flight.
But she will be going to a new home.
At the auction, Dean Shakespeare secured the mare for 7800 guineas and she will now be trained by Venetia Williams.
Brennan said: "I have been luckier here as a trainer than a jockey. I have won sellers here before but as a rider I had two falls from three rides - and one of them put me in hospital for six months with a compound fracture, a fractured cheekbone and a dislocated shoulder."
There was no change of luck for McCoy in the Bitterley Beginners' Chase when he parted company with Run Of Kings and then watched Richard Johnson cut into his lead at the top of the jockey's table.
It was a real test of stamina but at the line, there was less than a length between the first three.
Johnson got Long Walk to the line, beating long-time leader Benbecula by a neck and it was only another half a length back to the third placed Isotop who had looked a big danger at the second-last.
Winning trainer Henry Daly said: "The ground is the key to this horse. We went to Wincanton for good ground but it rained all day. He got this trip well enough and we now step him up to three and quarter miles."
Johnson then went on to make it 150 for the season when, despite two errors at the last two hurdles, he got Rakalackey home by two and half lengths in the concluding Ludlow Sparkey Novices Hurdle.