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Restaurant Slip and Fall Accident
Our Florida accident law firm has been suing restaurants and fast food establishments for more than 20 years. Sadly, thousands of customers fall and get hurt each year at restaurants, fast food joints and bars across Florida. The combination of spilled food and drinks and dim lighting is literally a recipe for disaster. If you get hurt after falling at a restaurant or bar I recommend the following:
- First always seek immediate medical care. Never delay seeking immediate medical care. No claim or law suit is worth jeopardizing your health. Besides, jurors are suspicious, often justifiably so, that many slip and falls in Florida restaurants are simply staged money grabs.
- Identify witnesses. After receiving the appropriate care, do not delay in obtaining the names and contact information of any witnesses, including restaurant employees who may have witnessed your fall and subsequent injuries. Often our clients wrongfully believe that if we can prove they fell at the restaurant, they automatically have a valuable personal injury case. Actually, proving what caused the fall is more legally significant than most can appreciate. Florida law does not automatically recognize the right to hold a restaurant responsible for your injuries simply because a fall occurs on their premises. Rather, one has to prove that the business owner knew or should have known of the dangerous condition that caused the fall or created the condition.
- Photograph and videotape the scene.Use the camera and video function on your cellphone to take photos of the scene. Focus on the actual condition of the floor. Take many pictures from different angles and immediately upload them on to a protected cloud site like Facebook or email them to a friend in case you phone is lost or stolen.We always request a store's surveillance videos whenever a client is injured. If the store inadvertently or intentionally disposes of the recording without having viewed or preserved it, we can make a claim against them for the destruction of evidence. If you take photos or videos of the scene and fail to properly protect the files, the victim can also be accused of destruction of evidence. Therefore, it is very important that you take great care in preserving the photographs you take.
- Save your shoes. When we sue a Florida business for a slip and fall accident, they often want to inspect our client's shoes to see if they were defective or worn out. Accordingly, we recommend that after a fall, you do not continue to use the shoes you were wearing on the date of the fall and preserve them in a sealed container that can be shown to your lawyer if requested.
- Don't be shy, report the fall to management. Many people are embarrassed when they fall, especially in a public place. People are reluctant to report the fall, and this often happens when the injuries do not seem to be serious. However, sometimes days later, pains suddenly appear or continually get worse. We have had cases where clients have ended up having surgery for injuries that appeared minor at the onset, but then escalated once they got home and literally could not get out of bed. That being said , you must always report the fall!Tell the business where and what happened. Many stores, and especially big box retailers like Wal-Mart, Costco and Target, train their employees to obtain written statements from fall victims. Be very careful to not give a recorded statement or sign any claim forms as they can and will be used against you if you decide to sue later.
- Do not give a recorded or written statement. Giving a statement to the restaurant's manager or claims adjuster right after falling – and in pain – is never a good idea. Simply inform management of the event. Give them your name and contact information and obtain their information too. But under no circumstances should you allow them to record or videotape your explanation without your attorney present. I guarantee you that Denny's would not allow me to interrogate their store manager about the wet floors, lack of signage or their maintenance protocol without their attorney present.
Our lawyers for restaurant accidents are experienced advocates in holding restaurants accountable for injuring customers. We have successfully handled claims across Florida against McDonald's, Pollo Tropical, Wendy's, Burger King, Denny's, Boston Market, KFC and Starbucks. If you have been hurt by falling in a Florida bar, restaurant or fast food establishment contact us for a free consultation.


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759. This Schedule gives effect in UK law to the rights of establishment and to provide services which belong to persons established in the other member States of the EEA (the EU plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein) which go beyond those which are covered by the single market directives in banking, investment services and insurance (see Schedule 3).
760. These rights allow persons who are authorised under the law of one member State to carry on an activity in the other member States so long as the relevant law of the home State provides equivalent protection to that of the host State and meets any EU minimum requirements applicable in that area of law. These rights are given precise effect for many financial services firms through the single market directives, and the member State laws giving national effect to them. However, as explained in relation to Schedule 3, the directives do not cover the full range of financial services or financial service providers. It is necessary, therefore, to provide an equivalent mechanism to permit persons from other EU member States to exercise their Treaty rights in the absence of formal directive passporting arrangements. The provisions in this Schedule, in conjunction with clause 18, provide for that mechanism.
761. The Schedule does not seek to define the extent of Treaty rights, which are in any event the subject of extensive and developing case law in the EU, but sets the conditions that must be met for authorisation by this route in terms of the general principles described above. It requires home State confirmation of a firm's home State authorisation and provides for the Treasury to take the decision as to whether the particular laws of a particular member State provide the equivalent protection required.
762. The firm is also required to give notice of their intention to exercise their Treaty rights and to provide such information as the FSA may require. Failure to give proper notice is a criminal offence, unless all reasonable precautions have been taken to avoid the commission of the offence. It is also an offence knowingly or recklessly to provide false or misleading information.
763. This schedule effectively deals with authorisation of collective investment schemes in two circumstances:
Part I: Section 38 Permission
764. This Part sets out the minimum conditions against which an applicant for permission under clause 38 must be measured. Failure to meet one of the conditions is sufficient grounds for refusal to grant permission or for granting permission for a narrower range or definition of regulated activities than sought by the applicant. However, the fact that an applicant satisfies all the applicable conditions in this Schedule does not confer any automatic right to permission. The Authority retains some discretion to refuse an application even where all these conditions are satisfied.
765. The conditions must also be met on an on-going basis by authorised persons and failure to meet one of the conditions is sufficient grounds for the exercise by the Authority of its power to vary an authorised person's permission under clause 43, and through that power, its power to withdraw an authorised person's authorisation under clause 38. However, the Authority may, from time to time, temporarily subordinate the need to ensure that the threshold conditions are met on a continuous basis in line with its statutory objective of protecting consumers.
Paragraph 1: Legal Status
766. This paragraph sets out certain conditions for legal form. Clause 38 allows for authorised persons to be natural persons as well as companies, partnerships or other unincorporated associations. However, not all these forms are acceptable under EC law for authorised persons carrying on certain types of business.
767. Thus insurance business is limited to bodies corporate, registered friendly societies or members of Lloyd's insurance market, and deposit-taking business is limited to bodies corporate or partnerships.
Paragraph 2: Location of offices
768. This paragraph implements the requirement under the Post-BCCI Directive (directive 95/26/EC of 29 June 1995) that authorised persons should have their head office in the country in which they have their registered office. The Bill applies that requirement to all authorised persons including those based outside the EEA and/or who are not registered within the meaning of the directive. If they do not have a registered office (for instance if they are an individual or an unincorporated association), they must have their head office in the country in which they are authorised to, and actually do, carry on authorisable business. This requirement is aimed at ensuring that authorised persons organise their business in a way that can be effectively supervised. Part of the problem with BCCI was that it was incorporated in one State, Luxembourg, but had its head office in another, the UK.
769. Thus UK-incorporated companies and Scottish partnerships which have registered offices must have their head office in the UK, while firms constituted under the law of other member States of the EEA must have their head office in the State they are registered in. The same applies to authorised persons with registered offices (or equivalent) outside the EEA. For other categories of applicants or authorised persons who do not have a registered office or equivalent, it is necessary for their head office or principal place of business to be here in the UK.
Paragraph 3: Close links
770. This paragraph requires the Authority to be satisfied that it can supervise an applicant or authorised person effectively, taking into account the structure of the group to which they belong, or the other firms to which they have relevant links, and the laws, regulations or administrative provisions of any non-EEA country to which they may be subject.
771. "Close links" is defined in sub-paragraph (2) and this sets out the structures that are relevant for these purposes. These cover the authorised person (or applicant), any parent undertaking or subsidiary undertaking of theirs and certain undertakings connected to such parent or subsidiary. In addition, the holding or control of 20% of voting power by the authorised person (or applicant) in another body, or such a holding or control of voting power in the authorised person (or applicant), will constitute a close link for these purposes. These structures cover natural persons, and other forms of associations; and in such cases the relevant links are to be understood as referring to degrees of control that are equivalent.
Paragraph 4: Adequate resources
772. This paragraph requires the Authority to be satisfied that the person has adequate resources, which has a wide meaning. The term adequate is intended to mean sufficient in terms of quantity, quality and availability, and resources is intended to include all material or financial resources, for instance capital, provisions against liabilities, holdings of or access to cash and other liquid assets. A person must also have effective means by which to manage risks.
Paragraph 5: Suitability
773. This paragraph requires the Authority to be satisfied that the person is "fit and proper" to be permitted to carry on the relevant activities, taking account of connections with other persons, the range and nature of regulated activities he carries on (or proposes to carry on), and the overall need to be satisfied that his affairs are and will be soundly and prudently managed.
Part II: Authorisation
774. This Part provides that the threshold conditions set out in paragraphs 1 to 5 are relevant to any additional Part IV permissions held, or applied for, by EEA or Treaty firms. However, the conditions are not relevant to an EEA or Treaty firm's qualification for authorisation under Schedules 3 or 4.
Part III: Additional conditions
775. This Part enables the Authority to specify additional conditions for applicants or authorised persons whose head office is outside the EEA and who are seeking to carry on regulated activities in relation to insurance business.
776. The provisions of this Schedule, referred to in subsection (2) of clause 72 allow the Treasury to transfer some or all of the Competent Authority functions to another body if it is in the public interest. Three specific grounds covering the performance of the functions and competition issues are set out in paragraphs 3 to 6. These are particular situations in which the Treasury consider that they might exercise the power to transfer functions. The purpose of setting out these particular examples of public interest grounds in the legislation is to provide more certainty in this area. Any order the Treasury makes under this Schedule would be subject to debate in both Houses of Parliament. This is provided for in clause 404(1). Paragraph 7 allows the Treasury to make any necessary transitional provisions in any order transferring the functions.
777. This Schedule applies the provisions of Part VI so that they apply in relation to a non-listing prospectus as they apply to listing particulars. It makes a number of changes to those provisions to deal with the fact that securities which are the subject of non-listing prospectuses are not admitted to listing.
778. This Schedule sets exemptions from the liability to pay compensation for false or misleading particulars in certain circumstances under clause 86. Paragraph 5 provides that a person is not liable to pay compensation for loss resulting from a statement in the listing particulars which reproduces a statement made, for example, in a public official document. Paragraph 6 provides that there is also no liability if the person against whom action is taken satisfies the court that the person who acquired securities did so in the knowledge that a statement in the listing particulars was false or misleading. In such a case the person suffering the loss would not have been misled.
779. In accordance with EC law requirements, clause 82 requires a prospectus to be approved and published where any person offers securities to the public in the United Kingdom for the first time when an application for listing has been made. Clause 98 provides that whether securities are offered to the public in the UK is to be determined in accordance with this Schedule. This Schedule therefore defines an offer to the public, subject to certain exemptions which are set out in accordance with derogations in EC law.
780. Schedule 11 sets out the details of the certificates which the court must be satisfied have been obtained under clause 106(3).
781. Part I deals with insurance business transfers. The certificate requirements are all necessary to implement the insurance directives. For all insurance business transfers, a solvency margin certificate is required under paragraph 2. This certifies that the transferee has the necessary margin of solvency (defined in sub-paragraph 2(4)). It must be issued by the home State regulator in the case of an EEA firm under Schedule 3, the Swiss supervisory authorities in the case of a Swiss insurance company, and the Authority in all other cases.
782. If the transfer concerns a UK authorised person authorised under the insurance directives and the business to be transferred is conducted from a branch in another member State, a certificate is needed under paragraph 3 to the effect that the host State regulator has been duly notified and has responded (or the 3 month period allowed for response under the directives has elapsed).
783. If the transfer is of long-term life business including policies (other than reinsurance policies) involving policy-holders from other member States, and it involves a UK authorised person authorised under the first life directive, then a certificate is needed under paragraph 4 to the effect that the relevant authorities for those other member States have been duly notified and have consented (or the 3 month period allowed for response under the directives has elapsed).
784. If the transfer concerns a UK authorised person authorised under the first non-life directive, and the business to be transferred is general insurance which includes policies (other than reinsurance policies) concerning risks arising in other member States, a certificate is needed under paragraph 5 to the effect that the relevant authorities for those other member States have been duly notified and have consented (or the 3 month period allowed for response under the directives has elapsed).
785. Part II deals with banking business transfers. All such transfers require a financial resources certificate under paragraph 8. This certifies that the transferee has or will have adequate financial resources. It must be issued by the 'relevant authority'. In a case where the transferee is a person authorised under Part IV or Schedule 4, this is the Authority. Where the transferee is an EEA firm under Schedule 3 it is the home State regulator. Where the transferee is neither, it is the relevant authority in the place in which the transferee has its head office.
786. If either the transferor or transferee is an EEA firm under Schedule 3, a certificate is also required under paragraph 9 to the effect that the home State regulator has been duly notified and has responded (or the 3 month period allowed for response under that paragraph has elapsed).
787. This Schedule makes provision further to that contained in Part IX as to the constitution and operation of the Tribunal.
Paragraph 2: President
788. This paragraph requires the Lord Chancellor to select one of the members of the panel of chairmen, with qualifications as specified in paragraph 2(3), to be the President of the Tribunal. Apart from his general responsibility for the Tribunal's functions under paragraph 2, it is the President's responsibility under paragraph 6 to establish standing arrangements for the selection of panel members to sit on the Tribunal to hear particular cases. The standing arrangements must provide for the selection of at least one member of the panel of chairmen in each reference to the Tribunal, but may in addition provide for the selection other members of either panel. The Tribunal is empowered to appoint experts to assist it where necessary under paragraph 7(4). Paragraph 2 gives the Lord Chancellor the power to appoint a Deputy President, in addition to a President. If appointed, the Deputy President is to have such functions in relation to the Tribunal as the President may assign to him, and he is able to exercise any function of the President where he is absent or otherwise unable to act.
Paragraph 3: Panels
789. This paragraph requires the Lord Chancellor to appoint the members of two panels, defined in paragraph 1 as the "panel of chairmen" and the "lay panel", from which members of the Tribunal for a particular case will be drawn. Members of the former must have appropriate legal qualifications as specified in paragraph 3(2), at least one being suitably qualified in Scotland.
Paragraph 4: Terms of office
790. This paragraph provides that the terms of office of the panel members (including the President and any Deputy President) are to be determined by the terms on which they are appointed by the Lord Chancellor. The Lord Chancellor is also to have the power to remove them on grounds of incapacity or misbehaviour. The President and panel members may resign at any time, and they may be reappointed at the end of their terms. Paragraph 5 gives the Lord Chancellor similar powers to determine the remuneration of such persons and gives the Lord Chancellor the power to retain and pay administrative staff to support the Tribunal and to meet other expenses.
Paragraph 9: Tribunal Procedure
791. This paragraph indicates some of the matters concerning the conduct of cases referred which may be determined by rules made by the Lord Chancellor under clause 123. As subsection (4) of clause 123 provides, this list does not limit the Lord Chancellor's powers. Under paragraph 8, the Tribunal must sit at such times and in such places as the Lord Chancellor may direct. Paragraph 10 enables the President of the Tribunal to give directions as to the practices and procedures to be followed by the Tribunal.
Paragraph 11: Evidence
792. This paragraph sets out the powers of the Tribunal to require people to attend and give evidence, or produce documents, and makes it a criminal offence not to comply without reasonable excuse. The statutory maximum for a fine which a person can be liable on summary conviction for is currently £5,000.
Paragraph 12: Decisions of the Tribunal
793. Under this paragraph the Tribunal may reach a decision unanimously or by majority, but must indicate which was the case in the document which it is obliged to issue setting out its decision. This document must include a statement of its reasons, and a copy must be sent to each party to the reference.
Paragraph 13: Costs
794. The Tribunal will have discretion under paragraph 13 to award costs against any party to its proceedings where the Tribunal considered that the party concerned had acted vexatiously, frivolously or unreasonably. It will also have specific power to award costs against the Authority where it considers the Authority's decision was unreasonable.
795. This schedule is concerned with the role of the Commission. It is introduced by clause 153.
Paragraph 1: Provision of information by the Treasury
796. This paragraph provides that the Treasury may give information and assistance to the Commission on matters falling within the investigation. For example, the Treasury may wish to tell the Commission about its view of the UK's international obligations in a particular area, or gives its view of the systemic risk implications of changing regulating provisions or practices.
Paragraph 2: Consideration of matters arising
797. This paragraph provides that the Commission has to have regard to any cost-benefit analysis produced by the Authority on the regulating provisions or practices in question and to any representations made by other persons with a substantial interest.
Paragraph 3: Applied provisions
798. This paragraph applies provisions of the Fair Trading Act and other competition legislation which give the Commission powers to investigate and which make it an offence to provide false or misleading information to the Commission.
Paragraph 4: Publication of reports
799. This paragraph concerns the publication of reports by the Commission. When it publishes a report the Commission, like the Director under clause 151, must so far as is practicable exclude any matter which relates to the affairs of a person which might seriously prejudice that person's interests. Subsection (4) provides that such information does not need to be excluded from the version of the report which is required to be sent to the Director, the Treasury and the Authority under subsection (10) of clause 153.
800. Under clause 156(6) the Authority may require information or documents from a person who is connected with an authorised person, including, in addition to those listed in the clause itself, the persons related to an authorised person in any of the ways set out in this Schedule. These are:
801. In a similar way, clause 162(4) enables investigators appointed to undertake investigations under clause 158 to require persons connected to the person under investigation to attend and answer questions or provide information or documents. Again, this includes persons related to the person under investigation in any of the ways set out above, plus persons who, at the time the investigation is concerned with, were partners, managers, employees, agents, appointed representatives, bankers, solicitors, accountants or actuaries of:
802. The term subsidiary undertaking and parent undertaking are defined in clause 355.
803. This Schedule sets out the procedures the DGFT must follow when he exercises his powers under clauses 196 and 197 to impose a prohibition or a restriction, or vary an existing restriction without the consent of the firm, on the conduct of consumer credit business by an EEA firm. This procedure follows that which applies to the exercise of comparable powers in relation to persons licensed under the CCA 1974. If the EEA firm is carrying on consumer credit business here without a licence on the basis of its passport under the single market directives then the DGFT will need to rely on the powers in clauses 196 and 197 to control that business when necessary.
804. The first step is for the DGFT to inform the firm that he proposes to impose the prohibition or restriction, or vary the existing restriction, and give the reasons for this. He then has to allow the firm at least 21 days to make representations, which may be made either in writing or orally.
805. The second step is for the DGFT, having taken account of any representations received, to notify the firm of his decision and send a copy of the notification to the FSA and the firm's home State regulator. If the DGFT decides to proceed with a prohibition, a new restriction or variation of an existing one, he may also direct that the firm carries into effect credit agreements made before such action came into force.
806. The firm may then appeal against the DGFT's decision to the Secretary of State, under section 41 of the CCA 1974. This gives the Secretary of State discretion to dispose of such an appeal as he thinks just (including making directions about payments of costs).
807. This Schedule contains further details concerning the constitution and powers of the Financial Services Ombudsman Scheme.
Paragraph 3: Constitution
808. This sets requirements as to the scheme operator's constitution. These include that the chairman of the scheme operator must be appointed by the Authority with the approval of the Treasury. The scheme operator must be independent of the Authority.
Paragraph 6: Status
809. This confirms that the scheme operator, its staff and the ombudsmen do not exercise their functions on behalf of the Crown.
Paragraph 7: Annual Report
810. The scheme operator has to publish an annual report of its activities and also a report from the Chief Ombudsman.
Paragraph 8: Guidance
811. The scheme operator can disseminate appropriate information free of charge. This could include guidance on the scheme's procedures or advice on how to deal with disputes before coming to the scheme.
Paragraph 9: Budget
812. In order for there to be external scrutiny of the scheme's finances, the scheme operator's budget has to be approved by the Authority.
Paragraph 10: Exemption from liability in damages
813. The efficient operation of the scheme could be significantly disrupted if its actions were subject to frequent legal challenge. This paragraph provides immunity for the scheme operator and its staff from actions for damages, similar to the immunity enjoyed by the Authority.
Paragraph 11: Privilege
814. This ensures that evidence produced during proceedings under the compulsory jurisdiction is protected against actions for libel or slander.
Paragraph 13: Authority's procedural rules
815. This requires the Authority to make procedural rules for the operation of the compulsory jurisdiction of the scheme. In respect of rules governing how authorised persons deal with complaints, it extends the Authority's rule-making powers under Part X of the Bill to matters which are not regulated activities.
Paragraph 14: The scheme operator's rules
816. This requires the scheme operator to make other procedural rules for the compulsory jurisdiction. It provides, in particular, for rules to be made which allow an ombudsman to dismiss a complaint without consideration of its merits, for example where he deems the complaint to be frivolous or vexatious, and for the early stages of the handling of a complaint, for example a conciliation stage, to be handled by a member of the scheme operator's staff other than an ombudsman.
Paragraph 18: Terms of reference to the scheme
817. This provides that the scheme operator has power to set terms of reference for its voluntary jurisdiction dealing with matters for which rules may be made under the compulsory jurisdiction. The terms of reference must be approved by the Authority.
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Wednesday, 6 May 2009
A large black structure loomed out of the fog.
Fog can be treacherous too, especially if the proper navigational equipment and knowledge of seamanship is lacking.
It is not so long ago when skippers had only charts and instinct to go by and even into my early days at sea, new aids like radar and Decca navigators were just beginning to be installed on the smaller crafts like the Puffers and fishing boats I write about. You might think that anyone who is in charge of these vessels should have the necessary knowledge, before they are allowed to take command of them but in the case of the Puffer skippers and other unscrupulous characters who took command this was not the case, because once they had acquired some knowledge by having been at the fishing or some other means, they could bluff their way into these positions of responsibility as certificates of competence were only needed above a certain tonnage and sometimes proof was never asked for even although needed in the case of Puffers.
Not long after I started work on the "Olive Tree" (my uncles boat) I had my first experience of fog but as I had to start as cook and work my way up it was my uncles concern to steer us through this thick "pea souper" as it was referred to and find our way to the fishing grounds.
We had no radar but we did have a Decca navigator that could pinpoint our position, and the fishing boats had them installed not solely for navigation but for marking out the bottom of the sea where wrecks, rough ground and snags of various kinds could rip our nets. It was the forerunner of the satellite systems they have now and the signals were sent from masts,the same way as TV signals were sent out but instead of a screen it was a box with four clocks on it, one master clock where the other three clocks (a red a green and a purple) were set up from and a chart with red, green and purple lines which was referred to and where the readings met was where you were. (I hope I have explained that OK.)
That took care of our position but we had the worry of a collision with one of the many Merchant and Royal Navy vessels and ferries that passed us regularly so, the foghorn and ships bell were other valuable pieces of equipment to have on a day such as this.
We reached the fishing grounds safely thanks to the skill of my uncle and when we began fishing other annoyances came to light, like trying to find our dhan (marker bouy used when we shot our seine net gear) in the fog, that merged with the calm sea that usually accompanied it. The mile and a half of ropes were tied to this bhoy and we steamed away to shoot our gear and had to peer through the thick fog on our return, looking for it as my uncle tried to predict how far and which way the tide would have carried it. Standing peering through this stuff, with the misty water running down our face blurring our eyes was eerie as every time a seagull appeared, it give the impression that it was as large as a ship, bringing our hearts up into our mouths until eventually someone would spot the dhan and shout, pointing quickly so we could retrieve it before it disappeared into the murk again.
As the day went on the fog lingered putting an extra strain on all of us as we had to be even more aware than usual while working and listening for other ships fog horns and try to judge the speed and direction they were approaching. There were different blasts to warn when we were fishing or steaming between hauls, and we had to trust the seamanship of the other crews in the vicinity to distinguish what we were up to and where we were, also to know the foghorns of any lighthouses that might be in the mix of the various horns around, while listening above the sound of noisy engines or winches that was used to haul the gear back.
You can imagine the fright we got when this giant black structure loomed out of the fog heading straight for us appearing like one of the massive oil tankers that we could see on clear days and that took three miles to stop!
Roars went up from all the crew to prepare for a collision, and with a certain swim at the very least ahead of us we watched and braced for impact, until we noticed it was going very slowly and was not as large as it had first appeared.
It was one of the Clyde Puffers,(not much bigger than us) and as it's skipper edged it alongside us as close as he dare I spotted, standing on the deck, an old familiar weather beaten face from the past.
YES it WAS Smithy, asking where they were and wanting us to point them in the direction of the Mull of Kintyre, just as if they were passing through some strange town or other. They had no radar or Decca navigator and sadly lacked the knowledge to get them from A to B in these conditions but undeterred, on recognition of me Smithy gave me a big wave and shouted "well I see you made it then" and laughingly I shouted back "AYE and its thanks to you that I know how to scrub pots." They were close enough for us to throw them some fresh fish for their supper and after my uncle pointed them in the right direction they disappeared into the fog again like some ghostly apparition from a horror movie(or comedy would be more like it.)
They must have reached their destination though as we never heard of any Puffers going missing around that time but I never seen or heard of Smithy after that, so I just took it for granted that he survived to enjoy a few years of retirement, probably spinning a few yarns to anyone who would listen while he sat on a box at the harbour dreaming and telling of how it used to be.
I doubt though if he would ever tell of the embarrassing time when he had to ask directions in thick fog on passage to The Mull of Kintyre.
We too made it safely back to port with a good catch in the hold and a good pay packet to pick up for all our troubles that by this time become just a memory but one I could recall without any embarrassment in the future.
Soon after that most fishing boats had radar installed making life at sea that bit easier but none less scary in fog.
The picture (above on the left) is a Decca navigator and you can see the clocks mentioned with the master clock at the top and all the other clocks and buttons used in the complicated way that these systems had to be set up before you sailed.
The method see in the video (above right) is purse seining which is vastly different to the method we used as it takes in everything in the miles of net used, compared to the ropes used in our method, allowing certain fish to escape. A much more environmentally friendly way to farm the sea.
Bottom: (at the end of the story) is the method we used although in my early days it was open decks with the nets being hauled by hand and the ropes were manually stowed on the side deck rather than on the reels shown on the film.
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Good day Donald..ReplyDelete
Yet another story that left me with goosebumps tingling.
I wonder if you even realize how much life you actually experienced back then.(5 years at best :P)
Just in reading your memoirs..I can only awe at how exciting a life you really had.
Thank you for sharing Donald's life at sea!
Have a very creative day!
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Greek Graphic Designers Association: 30+
This exhibition is the outcome of a workshop that was organized by the Greek Graphic Designers Association in the winter of 2014.
Thirty-plus young designers, still studying design…
Thirty-plus posters, which remind us of the events that we have lived through in the thirty-plus years that the Greek Graphic Designers Association has been active.
The participating designers did their own research, discussed their findings, made their choices, and designed to remind us of some of these events.
Participating designers:
- Avramidis Philippos
- Antonopoulos Marios
- Vlahou Dora
- Voulgarakis Giorgos
- Georgiou Theodoros
- Giannakopoulos Grigoris
- Efhetzi Anastasia
- Zerdeva Brikori Konstantina
- Zoris Giorgos
- Theodorou Aggeliki
- Kakios Athanasios
- Karyoti Sophia
- Kassara Ioanna
- Lazarou Dimitris
- Liakos Nikolaos
- Margaronis Antonis
- Benaki Konstantina
- Bitsaki Olga
- Doule Gabriela
- Pavlovski Tsanislav
- Roboli Francesca
- Sarrou Elli
- Sellas Konstantinos
- Sehade Sami
- Stroumbouli Aggelina
- Tsimbirimbis Argyris
- Faros Lefteris
- Fifli Eleni
- Hantzi Marithea
- Hatzivasileiou Adamantia
Poster exhibition on breast cancer awareness and prevention
Visiting exhibition from France (Poster for Tomorrow). Everybody's right to fair and equal employment
Poster exhibition on the subject of Bullying
Poster exhibition on the Freedom of Expression


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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] With direction of Lien Mya Nguyen, this movie in English (original language) was presented in 2015. This film written by Lien Mya Nguyen and Christopher Miller was developed in Vietnam and USA. You can watch Melodies of Life online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in English at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2015.
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Runtime: 100 minutes
Lien Mya Nguyen, Stephen Oost, Chris Rennirt, Nga Tuyet Tran and Luan Minh Le.
Drama, Romantic.
100-minute film (full movie) directed by Lien Mya Nguyen.
The original audio of Melodies of Life has dialogues in Dolby Digital, it was produced in Vietnam, USA.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2015.
Screenplay written by Lien Mya Nguyen and Christopher Miller.
Lien Mya Nguyen and Stephen Oost.
Lien Mya Nguyen and Stephen Oost.
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Without commercial breaks, the full movie Melodies of Life has a duration of 100 minutes; the official trailer can be watched in streaming on the Internet. You can watch this full movie free in EnglishDolby Digital in movie TV channels, renting the DVD or with VoD services (Video On Demand player, Hulu) and PPV (Pay Per View, Netflix).
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Viagra and Blindness: Now the FDA is Accusing Pfizer of Covering Up Eye Problems
Just as Pfizer (PFE) appeared to have successfully discredited the notion that Viagra causes vision loss, the FDA has accused the company of covering up eye problems associated with the erectile dysfunction drug. In an audit of Pfizer's drug side-effect reporting systems, the FDA found the company failed to submit reports of vision loss associated with Viagra in a timely fashion or downgraded the seriousness of those reports even though they involved "blindness" and "visual acuity loss/reduction"
The lesson for managers here is, if you're going to go around discrediting your critics, you'd better make sure there aren't any skeletons in your closet while doing so. This skeleton is sizeable: The FDA's warning letter to Pfizer is 12 pages long and covers multiple record-keeping issues on different drugs; normally they're only a couple of pages long and focused on a single product.
The FDA found that Pfizer failed to report 11 cases of vision loss linked to Viagra within the 15-day period required by regulations. The company was late in its reporting because it was "misclassifying and/or downgrading reports to non-serious without reasonable justification," the FDA said. The reports — from consumers who believed they were injured by the drug — included "blindness," "blind in right eye" and "lost right eye vision":
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Chardon - A teenager opened fire in the cafeteria at a suburban Cleveland high school on Monday, killing one student and wounding four others before he was chased from the building by a teacher and captured a short distance away, authorities said, adding that an investigation was ongoing. A student who saw the attack up close said it appeared that the gunman targeted a group of students sitting together and that the one who was killed was gunned down while trying to duck under the cafeteria table.FBI officials would not comment on a motive. And Police Chief Tim McKenna said authorities "have a lot of homework to do yet" in their investigation of the shooting, which sent students screaming through the halls at the start of the school day at 1 100-student Chardon High School.An education official said the suspected shooter is a Lake Academy student, not a student at Chardon High. Brian Bontempo declined to answer any questions about the student. Bontempo is the superintendent of the Lake County Educational Service Centre, which operates the academy.The alternative school in Willoughby serves 7th through 12th grades. Students may have been referred to the school because of academic or behavioural problems.The suspect's name has not been released because he is a juvenile. The FBI said he was arrested near his car 800m from Chardon.Bullying unclearTeachers locked down their classrooms as they had been trained to do during drills, and students took cover as they waited for the all-clear in this town of 5 100 people 50km from Cleveland. One teacher was said to have dragged a wounded student into his classroom for protection. Another chased the gunman out of the building, police said.Fifteen-year-old Danny Komertz, who witnessed the shooting, said the gunman was known as an outcast who had apparently been bullied. But other students disputed that."Even though he was quiet, he still had friends," said Tyler Lillash, aged 16. "He was not bullied."Long before official word came of the attack, parents learned of the bloodshed from students via text message and cellphone and thronged the streets around the school, anxiously awaiting word on their children.Two of the wounded were listed in critical condition, and another was in serious condition.Aspiring computer repairman"I looked up and this kid was pointing a gun about 3m away from me to a group of four kids sitting at a table," Komertz said. He said the gunman fired two shots quickly, and students scrambled for safety. One of them was "trying to get underneath the table, trying to hide, protecting his face".The slain student, Daniel Parmertor, was an aspiring computer repairman who was waiting in the cafeteria for the bus for his daily 15-minute ride to a vocational school. His teacher at the Auburn Career School had no idea why Parmertor, "a very good young man, very quiet", had been targeted, said Auburn superintendent Maggie Lynch.Officers investigating the shooting blocked off a road in a heavily wooded area several kilometres from the school. Federal agents patrolled the muddy driveway leading to several spacious homes and ponds, while other officers walked a snowy hillside. A police dog was brought in. It wasn't clear what they were looking for.Teacher Joe Ricci had just begun class when he heard shots and slammed the door to his classroom, yelling, "Lockdown!" to students, according to Karli Sensibello, a student whose sister was in Ricci's classroom.Familiar faceA few minutes later, Ricci heard a student moaning outside, opened the door and pulled in student Nick Walczak who had been shot several times, Sensibello said in an e-mail. Ricci comforted Walczak and let him use his cellphone to call his girlfriend and parents, Sensibello said. She said her sister was too upset to talk.Heather Ziska, aged 17, said she was in the cafeteria when she saw a boy she recognised come into the cafeteria and start shooting. She said she and several others immediately ran outside, while other friends ran into a middle school and others locked themselves in a teachers' lounge."Everybody just started running," said 17-year-old Megan Hennessy, who was in class when she heard loud noises. "Everyone was running and screaming down the hallway."Rebecca Moser, aged 17, had just settled into her chemistry class when the school went into lockdown. The class of about 25 students ducked behind the lab tables at the back of the classroom, uncertain whether it was a drill.Text messages started flying inside and outside the school, spreading information about what was happening and what friends and family were hearing outside the building.School cancelled"We all have cellphones, so people were constantly giving people updates - about what was going on, who the victims were, how they were doing," Moser said.The school had no metal detectors, but current and past students said it had frequent security drills in case of a shooting.Anxious parents of high school students were told to go to an elementary school to pick up their children.Joe Bergant, Chardon school superintendent, said school was cancelled on Tuesday and grief counsellors would be available to students and families.
Americans...........victims of their liberal society.
lol Guy. As oppose to the Syrians murdering thousands of the their own people? As oppose to Robert Mugabe killing thousands of his own people. As oppose to Stalin killing 20 million of his own people. As oppose to Moa killing 50 million of his own people. Its because you have a liberal society you are allowed to say stupid things.
This is so sad. Why does this continue to happen in the US?
Too many guns?


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Cruise on board Ponant's Le Ponant
Inspired by classic nautical designs, the Le Ponant is an exquisite three-mast sailing yacht. It navigates some of the most beautiful destinations in the word, from the pristine beaches of the Caribbean to the tip of Europe's Iberian Peninsula.
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Rooms, services Dimitra Naxos Town is offering 14 tastefully furnished rooms to those seeking accommodation in Naxos. The bar can be an ideal place for a meeting or a pleasant evening talk. You may secure your valuables in the safe. You can find the exact list of services provided by Dimitra Naxos Town (including those for extra fees) and the exact equipment of the rooms on the information sheet below.
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Changes in Massachusetts income tax law dealing with long-term capital gains for tax years beginning in 1996 eliminated a taxpayer's ability to net short- and long-term gains and losses, or to apply Part B losses arising from a trade or business to Part C gains. Language that would restore both of these features is, at the date of promulgation of this Directive, included in the House version of the fiscal year 2000 budget, but not in that of the Senate.
In order to avoid having to process amended returns and forcing taxpayers with long-term capital gains to file while there is substantial uncertainty about the law that will apply to them, the Department of Revenue will permit taxpayers to apply for an extension of time to file until December 31, 1999. This extension is not automatic. If the proposed capital gains changes are not approved, taxpayers must file under the existing rules. There will be no further administrative extensions.
A taxpayer wishing to take advantage of the extension must apply for it on or before October 15, 1999 using Form M4868, accompanied by payment of any unpaid tax reasonably estimated to be due. The application should be sent to P.O. Box 7010 , Boston, MA 02204. Mark the envelope: Special Extension: Capital Gains.
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Tennessee Approves Guns On College Campuses
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Without widespread approval from its student leaders, regents, or police, Tennessee just empowered full-time staff and faculty to carry firearms at public universities and colleges. Following months of heated debate about how to keep schools safe, Gov. Bill Haslam allowed Tennessee's General Assembly to expand campus gun rights without his signature.
A bill to arm employees was first introduced last January by Sen. Mike Bell (R) and Rep. Andy Holt (R), who argued that firearms on campus could bolster security measures. Beginning July 1, at least 27,000 employees will have that option, if they are licensed gun owners. Guns will not be allowed in stadiums or gyms, medical and mental health facilities, or meetings about discipline and tenure. But as long as they let local law enforcement know that they plan to carry, employees will mostly have free rein at higher education institutions statewide.
Haslam refused to sign off on the bill, saying in a statement that schools should devise their own plans to improve campus safety. Nevertheless, he allowed it to become law on the grounds that it was amended to accommodate grievances that opponents of the legislation had. For instance, schools will not be liable for monetary damages, and police will be able to track who has firearms on campus.
"Ultimately, this legislation was tailored to apply to certain employees in specific situations," he said. The law specifies where guns are not allowed, but does not identify the specific situations in which employees can or should use their guns.
Bell claims the law will keep students safe from mass shootings, citing the massacre at Umpqua Community College (UCC) in Oregon — which killed 10 people, including the shooter — to support his bill. But UCC does not ban guns on campus, and at least one person on campus had a concealed handgun at the time of the shooting.
Indeed, multiple studies have debunked the "good guy with a gun" myth, which claims that allowing more guns in public spaces will help people defend themselves against bad guys with guns. On the contrary, where there are more guns there tend to be more homicides. Schools that allow firearms on campus receive more gun threats than schools that ban guns. And a study of 29,618,300 people who experienced a violent crime found that less than 1 percent of them used or threatened to use a firearm in self-defense.
Citing similar findings, student governments and top administrators across the state vehemently opposed the lawmakers.
"I feel like adding more guns, especially to a place of higher learning, just interferes with the process of being able to learn in a comfortable environment," the student president of Austin Peay State University told the Tennessean. "(I'm) a gun owner and shoot for sport, and it just comes to a place where you have to draw the line on the argument that more guns means more protection."
Police chiefs also slammed the bill, arguing that it would actually impede officers' ability to perform their duties and endanger responding officers.
"I and one of my colleagues at Roane State have reached out to our local FBI trainers," one chief testified before House Civil Justice Subcommittee. "They agree we will no longer be able to follow the National Model developed by the FBI which is the first officer goes towards the sound of the threat. This will drastically slow down our responses when literally every second matters.
Bell said the law enforcement officials' claims were "unfounded," but the Tennessee Board of Regents followed law enforcement's lead and opposed campus carry before the bill was introduced.
"TBR strongly and consistently opposed the legislation to allow guns on our campuses for that reason," Chancellor David Gregory wrote Tuesday, in response to the new law. "Our police chiefs and public safety officers will face greater challenges when responding to emergency situations with the complexity this law adds to their responsibilities."
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Across thousands of years the camel has quite literally led the advent of modern day in the Middle East and now the time has come to acknowledge this magnificent animal for its contribution to humanity. Perhaps nowhere else on earth is this creature more recognized and celebrated, than at the annual Camel Festival and Beauty Contest in Al Dhafrah, Abu Dhabi.
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Hello, dear friends! Life is never strictly black and white, but our outfits can. ^^ In the past, I've worn several all white outfits in the winter time, and we've established that wearing white in the colder months is not only acceptable, but also fashionable. Today's look is yet another take on winter white but with more casual vibes.This look came to me when I was browsing a past issue of Vogue Paris, in which I saw an editorial on menswear-inspired looks featuring long tweed coats, wide-leg pants and shinny oxfords. Although the editorial was from almost a year ago, some of the styles looked very current. One of them appealed to me especially because of the white sailor pants of the set is very close to the pair I have.
We are more willing to try a look when it contains something we already have, don't you agree? Wide-leg white pants, check; white sweater, check; black coat, check…the outfit was set even before I started thinking…I guess we can call this one of those "no-brainers" look. 😀
In fact, most black and white looks are "no-brainer" looks as long as one stick to just these two colors and stay away from patterns. Add a pop of color with accessories if you feel playful, however, it is almost a predictable move. Influenced by the editorial, I decided to keep the look rather "manly" and wore a chambray shirt underneath the sweater instead. Style of my shoe is also very gender neutral, and they are not platform highheels so I still get a hint of effortless look through the slouchiness of the hem falling over shoes.
Why the silver bag? Any structured bag would do, I think. I picked this one because of the masculine shape, and the matte silver picks up nicely that of the buttons on my pants.
Thank you so much for reading! See you in my next post!
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Zara shirt;
Gucci pants <similar>;
Stella McCartney coat<similar, on sale>;
Robert Clergerie loafers <on sale>;
Proenza Schouler bag;
Chanel sunglasses;


text: Well things in the Bridge land are looking better now that we've switched To pairs. We played Friday's afternoon and evening sessions and came in forth in or section so that we had got two points. this afternoon we pay played the first of the two session game and came in second in our our stat and got .81 points so hopefully tonight will win as well and I can come away from the tournament with at least four points. hope you're having fun quilting and I can't wait to get back home and continue my sisters ocean wave quilt.


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Businesses can hardly take off without a cofounder of a team. Picking a business partner that you can put your trust in is instrumental for the success of a business. But before you turn your soul mate into your business partner measure the chemistry. First decide if you need a business partner. If you are a freelancer and are fine with it, then there is no need to think of a business joint venture. You need a partner only when you need investment or effort. Sometimes you may have the investment but need faithful hands to run your business. In such cases, a soul mate can help. Here a staff does not work, and only a partner can help.
Think from the aspect of who can take over the company in your absence. If you can get a trusted name in your mind, then he/she can become the co-founder of your company. Remember that your personality and skills have to overlap as in a Venn diagram. Just a little but not too much. Once you understand the trick, the selection is easy. Despite knowing your soul mate better it is important to conduct background verification. Run a credit check and other research before adding them to your business circle. There is nothing wrong in being a secret agent to find out their hidden secrets. The soul mate partner should have some explanation for sharing the same passion as yours. In case, you find it convincing he/she could be a partner in your strat-up business


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Unanswered: Slow starting application under SQL anywhere 11
Hi all,
We have a client that uses Microsoft ISA and has internet routing completely turned off except for connections through a proxy through the ISA> On his machine if he disables the network and starts our application, it comes up immediately. If he enables the network adapter, our application then takes about 1 minute before you see it completely start. The ONLY difference between the previous version of our app and this version is we moved from SQLAnywhere 8.0 to SQLanywhere 11. It is almost like the database is attempting to make a call out to the Internet and does not allow the program to continue until the network call times out.
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I am running the Dimension health Check Report and I get this error:
Query execution failed for dataset 'DimensionHealthCheckResults'.
I tried setting the Assembly impersonation to every available setting and no go.
This points to our warehouse relational DB, and we use Windows Integrated Security, so not sure if that has anything to so with it.
I'd rather not have to change any major security settings to make this work.
Any ideas?
I'm not sure if the wording of this error message is entirely correct, but basically it is coming out of an exception that is thrown when trying to connect to the data source.
How are the services deployed in your environment - Is SSRS on a different machine to SSAS or the DB engine? If so this is probably an authentication issue caused by the fact that NTLM credentials cannot be passed from server to server. In a multi machine
environment you would need to configure kerberos authentication (there are a couple of KB articles on the MS site for setting up Kerberos with SSAS) or possibly deploy the assembly with the option to impersonate a specific windows account (although I realise
that you mentioned that you have tried all of the impersonation options).
I got SSRS and SSAS on the same machine, but the ralational bits are on another machine.
And yes I did try impersonating a specific user to no avail.
We do have Kerberos set up also because we access our user reports through Sharepoint. Perhaps it's a matter of applying some other settings on Kerberos to allow this (but that's probably out of the question for me.)
Anyway, I wonder how the other ASSP reports work and don't issue security errors.
OK, we had a service user that I could use to impersonate and now it works. Nice!
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Anyway, I wonder how the other ASSP reports work and don't issue security errors.
Most of the other functions in ASSP only access SSAS data. I think that the dimension health check may be the only function that connects back to the source data. So in your case this would be the only function that would require kerberos and an account
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Best riders of the world go to CHI Al Shaqab in Doha
- February 28, 2017
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This weekend in Doha the CHI Al Shaqab will take place. The prestigious competition will see top-ranking local, regional and international riders compete in Show Jumping CSI 5*and 3*, Dressage CDI 5*, and Para-Dressage CPEDI 3* at Al Shaqab's impressive grounds. All horses had their flights on Sunday or Monday and already arrived safely.
Top ranked riders will be competing at CHI AL SHAQAB including Sheikh Ali Al Thani who represented Qatar and was placed sixth in show-jumping at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He also carried Qatar's flag in the Parade of Nations at the opening ceremony.
Other top-ranked riders who will be competing in the show-jumping events include world number one Daniel Deusser (Germany), who finished second in last year's Grand Prix at CHI AL SHAQAB; second-ranked Christian Ahlmann (Germany), who finished third in the 2016 Grand Prix; and Simon Delestre (France), currently ranked fifth in the world.
Patrik Kittel (Sweden) won both the Grand Prix and the Freestyle test at AL SHAQAB last year, and he'll look to repeat the feat in 2017. Other dressage riders to watch include Carl Hester (United Kingdom), the world's number five, and Inessa Merkulova (Russia), ranked sixth. Several riders will be defending their 2016 crowns in para-dressage, including 1b winner Nicole Den Dulk (Netherlands), II winner Rixt van der Horst (Netherlands), and Philippa Johnson-Dwyer (South Africa), who won the III.
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text: Any of you have a new, 2-3 months old, EFI Walker and having EFI problems? Just took mine in for the second time in 30 days. Check engine light comes on and engine starts running rich. I am told now that it is a electrical ground problem.??? Any of you had this problem and had it fixed? Mower can't make much money in the $hop.


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SL.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: An essay of a current news event is provided for discussion to encourage participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the article. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event within the news, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support.
Read a holiday-related feature and describe the feelings or memories it stirs.
Look for coverage of a local store or shopping area. Summarize what you learn or find interesting.
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Ready . . . set . . . shop. The starting line for the annual gift-buying sprint is at the end of this week, when retailers try to lure shoppers with bargains at malls and online. The day after Thanksgiving is a public holiday in 24 states, fueling competition among major chains as consumers prepare for December holidays. A few start sales before turkey dinners can be digested fully. JC Penney opens at 3 p.m. on Thanksgiving, while Best Buy and Macy's unlock doors at 5 p.m. Target, Walmart, Kohl's, Sears, Dick's Sporting Goods and others open at 6 p.m., followed by Kmart at 7 p.m.
Holiday hours are controversial, with critics saying workers should be allowed to stay with their families. Other stores wait until early Friday morning – sometimes very early. Mall of America, a giant complex in Bloomington, Minn., reopens at 5 a.m. after staying shut on Thanksgiving. Others resisting holiday hours include TJ Maxx, Homegoods and Office Depot.
Electronics, video games and TVs are among the most popular items on sale. Thursday night and Friday bargain-hunting action is followed by what's called "Cyber Monday" -- a term coined by the National Retail Federation in 2005 to describe the Monday after Thanksgiving, when people continue to shop online after returning to work. It's now the busiest online shopping day of the year.
While the Friday after Thanksgiving remains the symbolic start for serious holiday shopping, sales volumes in 2014 and 2015 were higher on the Saturday before Christmas. This year, with Christmas falling on a Sunday, Dec. 23 -- a Friday – could be the No. 1 day for in-person buying, the National Retail Federation predicts.
Mall executive says: "Thanksgiving is a day for families and for people we care about. We want to give this day back." -- Jill Renslow, a senior vice president at Mall of America, which had opened that day in 2013-15
Business journalist says: "Avoid buying toys over Black Friday week. We do see some good deals, but they are rare. . . . You might have better luck in the second week of December, when we see the best toy deals." – Benjamin Glaser of DealNews.com, a shopping tips site
Professor says: "Offline shopping remains quite popular. Shopping is an experience, and typically people enjoy the process of shopping – walking in the store and touching and trying on the thing you want to buy. And, the minute you buy it, it is immediately yours. You don't have to wait for it." -- Rami Zwick, University of California-Riverside marketing professor


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easuring 295m in length and 36m in width, the ship will be able to carry up to 3,200 passengers and 900 crew members and consists of 1,330 staterooms.
"The construction cost is estimated about USD560 million (RM2.5 billion) and will be either carried out at shipyards in China or Vietnam.
"The project is undertaken by Podiumspot Capital Group, which is a company incorporated in Malaysia. Podiumspot are the owners of Crusino Cruise Services Ltd," said T. Leonard, the CEO of Podiumspot.
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text: Recently picked up the H&K 416D 22LR. Ran 100 rounds smoothly through it today and was very accurate with stock sight at 50 yards. It was a great deal of fun to shoot and I see shooting this a lot due to the "fun factor" and low cost of ammo. I wanted a rifle that I can share with friends when visiting that would be easy to handle and exciting to shoot. From H&K: The .22 caliber HK 416 is loaded with authentic features. From its appearance, feel, and operation, right down to the sling swivel incorporated into the stock, the 416 D145RS is a replica in every sense. Like all the .22LR H&Ks offered by Umarex, the 416 is a dedicated .22 rimfire rifle. It is engineered and built in Germany by Carl Walther with a match grade precision barrel, upper and lower metal receivers, a retractable stock, and a machined rail interface system. The 416s pistol grip and buttstock are authentic in that they include storage compartments for small tools or batteries. The magazines for the .22 caliber 416 are made of high-strength polymer and are designed to make loading simple and efficient. Theyre available in either a 20- or 10-round version. The estimated retail price for the 416 rifle is $559. Operation The .22 caliber HK 416 D145RS operates on a blowback system. The dust cover functions and the bolt holds open when the magazine empties. Its sights are on-rail and the rear sight is adjustable for windage and elevation. Its safety selector rotates 90 degrees from On Safe to Fire. Take down for basic cleaning is simplethere are no loose parts. Just remove the rear receiver pin and pivot the upper receiver to open.