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Don't want to miss an episode of "Scandal" or a single Rockets game? Then take the show on the road in a 2018 Ford Expedition.
The SUV is going to feature a class-exclusive SlingPlayer and new rear seat entertainment system that offer live TV streaming, along with several new ways to access video, movies and your favorite shows on the go. With the assistance of Expedition's available Wi-Fi hotspot, you and your passengers will be entertained at every turn.
EVO Multimedia System
Developed by VOXXHirschmann Corp., Expedition's new EVO system incorporates its own apps, the first Sling device ever included in an automobile, and wireless Internet connectivity that brings it all together. The system features dual 8-inch screens that are mounted to the back of the front headrests, and when everyone is watching the same program, it enables sound to be ported through the SUV's audio system.
This state-of-the-art device allows users to connect to an at-home Slingbox, which then provides access to a cable or satellite system so that passengers can watch live television.
Miracast & SmartStream
Miracast is a handy app for Android users that enables one to mirror their phone screen onto a TV with no cables. Another useful app offered for both Android and Apple, SmartStream lets you stream video on the entertainment system from your phone.
We can't wait for the 2018 Ford Expedition to go on sale in Houston. When it arrives this fall, make sure you stop by our dealership and see its new features!


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Archive for November, 2013
The Debate Still Rages Where Do You Fall on Gun Control?
How much do you know about this crazy gun debate that still rages on like a wildfire in this country? Even with the government shutdown, the debt ceiling, both of them looming once again only months away, the debacle that people are making the Affordable Care Act out to be, and everyone raging at the president for one thing or another, it is still hotly and adamantly debated.
Regardless of the side that you take, where do you get your gun debate news and information from? Believe it or not, the source of your information could actually sway you to an opinion, even if you are generally inclined to believe the opposite side. By being exposed to biased, selective, out-of-context, and just plain inaccurate information, you may not be making the best, most-informed decision that you could be.
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By conventional standards, the recent provincial budget was regarded as prudent, a careful piece of work, with small tax cuts, minor debt retirement, and several hundred million dollars squirreled into the piggy bank, the so-called "rainy day" fund. But the new spending poured into low-performing public institutions, paid substantially by the economically more vibrant provinces, indicates a not-so-prudent direction. Manitoba has evolved a zombie economy, hollowed out by past errors of the same sort.
These are mellow times in Canada, perhaps too mellow. A federal budget in balance gives us the luxury of available surpluses to repeat past policy mistakes. Paul Martin's weak government caved in to provincial demands for substantial increases in federal transfer payments. But Manitoba's comparative windfall from equalization just wraps another layer of cloth around the zombie's head. The easy money is not the way to bring things back to life.
Relative national prosperity offers a great opportunity to unbind our suppressed energies. Instead, hard-won federal surpluses are being frittered away with comfortable, but dated thinking. Torquing the public sector with more money is not a way to improve public services. Manitoba has the biggest government sector in western Canada, yet it is never enough. Recent statistics show that all three levels of government consumed 47.4 percent of our provincial GDP in 2003/04. Add in such romantic relics as Crown corporations and government spending likely swells past half our economy. This compares very unfavorably to a Canadian average of 38 percent.
Suffocating federal transfers help pay for some of this massive expenditure, but we also support it with high taxes. That explains the decades-long exodus of talent, corporate headquarters and businesses. It also explains the damage from Manitoba's chronically low level of private capital investment, which is the mainspring of economic growth. Manitoba averages $15,000 per person, while low-tax Alberta attracts triple that amount.
Why, despite all this spending, does the performance of the health and education sectors, for example, continue to be so spotty? Why does pouring more inputs into public services tend to balloon up their costs instead of producing more outputs, be they shorter waiting lists for hospitals, higher test scores or whatever? Why, in other words, is throwing more money at monopolies not a great idea?
I once asked Gordon Tullock, one of the world's most famous economists: "Why is it that we don't organize grocery stores like the government does health care and education, with one large single supplier?" Tullock answered: "Because most people like to eat. What would happen is not that you would starve, but you'd have a rather poor selection of poor-quality food at high cost."
He was summarizing our biggest error in policy design. Adding funds into a monopoly simply increases operating costs with little or no increase in services. Unwittingly Premier Gary Doer confirmed Tullock's analysis by stressing that new federal money sloshed Manitoba's way would be used to increase the salaries of healthcare professionals – when we are already spending way more on healthcare than the Canadian average.
Creative, innovative public policy is crowded out by easy money and no-strings-attached transfers. Imagine if my surly government food monopoly really existed. Its aging proponents earnestly believe it will be more efficient since it is "non-profit" and has "economies of scale". Amply funded with years of above-inflation funding increases, it has many dowdy stores with half-empty shelves. Only primitive cost-accounting systems exist, but people are assured that things are efficiently managed.
The staff are paid very well, more than other people, and have great benefits. Through lots of complex work rules, politicians and the lobbyists who support them get to decide what kinds of foods are available. Last month, trans fat-free salami pizzas were big. This month, there are no desserts because some professor doesn't think this is good and she has the ear of the Minister. You get the drift.
Our political class's solution to such mediocrity? Force-feed cash into this mess even faster than before. But a simple structural reform would give consumers choice. If we broke the monopoly and invited in Safeway, Superstore and Costco, customers would flee the ramshackle offerings of the Department of Supermarkets and head for suppliers with low prices, tasty, interesting food and the latest technology. The government could still fund the system by giving us the money to shop, but we would spend it according to our own needs. Of course, despite its crucial importance, we never made the mistake of making the food supply a government monopoly. Even when we transfer money to the poor and elderly, we don't dictate how they spend it.
Had federal spending been held to inflation plus population growth since the year 2000, Canada could have cut the personal income tax by 30% while keeping surpluses intact. Yet the money is flipped over to provincial governments who hang on to the hopelessly flawed "Department of Supermarkets" policy model for health, education and other services.
As you grouse about this tediously long winter, put it all in practical perspective. For most of us, such a tax cut would pay for a nice holiday in the sun for a week or two. Every year. That is the real cost to you of sticking with a system that is using your hard-earned money to hyper-oxygenate an economic model of the living dead.


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Seeing red over additives
ARTIFICIAL food colourings linked to hyperactive behaviour in young people need to be phased out in Australia, as they have been in Britain, according to a growing chorus of nutritionists and child welfare groups.
Grocery chain Aldi and at least three large food brands have already chosen to remove such colourings from products available on Australian supermarket shelves.
But the government agency Food Standards Australia New Zealand says there is not enough evidence to ban the colourings known as sunset yellow (E110), quinoline yellow (E104), carmoisine (E122), allura red (E129), ponceau 4R (E124), and tartrazine (E102). The synthetic dyes are contained in more than 1000 products available in Australia, many of which are aimed at children.
The colourings - dubbed as the Southampton Six after a 2007 study by Southampton University in Britain established a link between them and children's behaviour - have been phased out of British supermarkets voluntarily after a recommendation from the British Food Standards Agency.
The European Union legislated last month that foodstuffs containing the additives should carry this package warning: ''Tartrazine [or one of the other colours] may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children.''
A report this year by the US Centre for Science in the Public Interest, titled Food Dyes: A Rainbow of Risks, found that colourings can pose a risk of cancer, hyperactivity in children and allergies, and called for them to be banned across America.
Two-thirds of Australian mothers have noticed behavioural changes in their children after eating food containing artificial colours and preservatives, according to a survey this month by family research and welfare group Karitane.
The mothers surveyed said children became more restless, agitated, hyperactive, erratic, inconsolable and even aggressive.
A survey by the Dietitians Association of Australia found 21 per cent of children aged nine months were being given biscuits and cakes every day.
''Most of the mothers found they had clearly been able to see some sort of link between when their child consumed some food that contained preservatives and colours and behavioural change,'' Karitane clinical director Deborah Nemeth said. ''So the changes in their behaviour were anything from becoming very restless to becoming quite disruptive and very distressed and being difficult to console. For older toddlers and preschoolers, the mothers described them as becoming hyperactive.''
Ms Nemeth advised parents to avoid foods with artificial colourings. ''When some kids consume these foods, it's almost like you can see a switch being turned on.''
Naturopath Hugh Cowan said Australia should ban the colourings. ''We are told a lot about the dangers of childhood obesity but these chemicals affect children's moods, their behaviour, their ability to focus in class and their ability to learn.''
Australian Food and Grocery Council chief Kate Carnell said Nestle, which owns Uncle Toby's and Allen's brands, had stopped using the colourings in some products.
Nutritionist Karen Fischer said consumer power should not be underestimated. ''We are prescribing drugs to modify children's behaviour but in some cases that behaviour is caused by their diets. If people stop buying products with colourings and preservatives, manufacturers will stop using them.''
Lydia Buchtmann from Food Standards Australia New Zealand said the agency was monitoring research on food colourings. ''Even with known allergens such as peanuts, we don't handle that by banning the allergen. It's handled by labelling. By law, all those colourings and additives have to be listed on the label so if you know you or your child has a reaction to that colouring, you can see it on the label and you don't buy the product.''
TARTRAZINE Fairy floss, pastries, cakes, biscuits, caramel, ice-cream cones, cocktail onions, gherkins, pickles, chocolates, butterscotch, liquorice, jelly beans, jelly babies, and flavoured mineral water, soda and alcohol.
QUINOLINE YELLOW Lollies, liquorice, lemon sherbet, flavoured soda, mouthwash, medications.
SUNSET YELLOW Cakes, biscuits, flavoured mineral water, custard mixes, chocolates, jelly babies, ice-creams, iceblocks, meat pies, pizza.
CARMOISINE Prawn crackers, flavoured milk, sundaes, ice-cream, cordials, jam rolls, biscuits, lollies, marshmallows, musk sticks, strawberry topping.
PONCEAU 4R Jam, curry paste, ice-cream, flavoured milk, instant pudding, Turkish delight, chocolates, musk sticks, jelly beans, jelly babies, pizza.
ALLURA RED Custard powder, chocolates, lollies, chewing gum, flavoured alcohol, milkshakes, sundaes, muesli bars, glazed cherries, medications.


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I'm sure you've heard by now that there's no such thing as privacy.
The National Security Agency has been busy quietly collecting information ranging from how often Americans call their grandparents to the nasty emails they write about colleagues. And Canadians aren't exempt from Big Brother's watch. The NSA tracks phone calls made to other countries and much of our online info is stored on American servers. Our own government has similar surveillance powers -- we just haven't had a dramatic whistleblower.
We should all be very afraid. Or should we be?
Though it's tempting to feel like characters in Nineteen Eighty-Four, there's one important difference between the Orwellian world and our society: in 2013, the citizens spy too. Though the authorities may be watching us, we're staring right back at them through the lens of our cellphone cameras.
Welcome to citizen surveillance.
People such as Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, and members of the hacktivist group Anonymous have set out to dramatically and deliberately prove that authority figures no longer have the last word. Because of Snowden's NSA whistle-blowing, Barack Obama recently announced reforms to government surveillance programs. Anonymous pressured police members to reopen the Rehtaeh Parsons case, and four months after her suicide two arrests have been made. And while they may be the poster people for watching the watchdog, most of us simply stumble into the citizen surveillance squad and still produce valuable results.
The thought of the government judging people based on personal emails and phone calls rightly feels disempowering, but cellphones have given citizens the unprecedented ability to judge authority back. The best example is police officers, whose actions are now publicly scrutinized as never before. The country was shocked to watch bystander footage of Toronto's 18-year-old Sammy Yatim being shot nine times by an officer. Yatim was standing in an evacuated street car holding only a knife. In July, a video filmed from a car window of two police officers beating a man on a Quebec reserve led to widespread outrage. Both incidents have helped reignite the debate about the police's use of excessive force that flared up in 2007 when a bystander recorded Robert Dziekanski dying after being tasered five times at the Vancouver airport. Without the amateur videos, the police would have surely downplayed these incidents, and the public would be hard-pressed to question their version of events.
We can rail against the state having no place in our bedrooms, or focus on how a cellphone and an Internet connection can turn anyone into a paparazzo -- handy for getting to know our politicians a little more intimately.
Citizen surveillance has provided some unflattering angles of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford -- most recently last Friday when he was captured slurring his words in multiple cellphone videos after having "a couple of beers" during a street festival. His defence might have been more believable if we had never seen the photo of Ford with former mayoral candidate Sarah Thomson -- eyes shut, shirt stained -- that accompanied her allegation that he grabbed her ass. Or read about his alleged starring role in a certain video.
While Ford has miraculously retained power, amateur footage can ruin political careers and campaigns. Remember that all-too-honest moment captured in a bartender's video of Mitt Romney referring to 47 per cent of the American population as freeloaders at a private fundraising dinner? Not even his wife Anne's divulgence that she and Mitt had once upon a time eaten tuna and pasta off an ironing board was able to save Romney from that unfortunate bit of political pillow talk.
It's not just the government that is spying on us either; we have to worry about Facebook and Google combing our private messages to decide whether to serve us an ad for cowboy boots or high heels. The data collection from corporations is disturbing, but the reality is that unethical corporate behaviour is now easier than ever to expose. When the Costa Concordia sank in 2012, a cruiser filmed a crew member's reckless announcement that passengers should return to their cabins (despite the fact that employees knew the severity of the damage and were putting people's lives in jeopardy) and broadcast it all over the web.
Five people were recently convicted of manslaughter in the case, and the many passenger videos were used to make a documentary re-creating the disaster minute-by-minute.
So far, citizen surveillance has been largely accidental: people pulling out their cellphones to record unexpected moments of horror. But what if instead of complaining about authorities spying on us, we made more concerted efforts to expose them? The people behind the Arab Spring successfully used technology en masse to subvert authoritarian regimes and the organizers of Occupy Wall Street used it to plan and broadcast a movement.
Our tools are only becoming more sophisticated: imagine the detail that will be captured once we're all wearing Google Glass. If the average person walked around with one eye cocked towards opportunities for citizen surveillance, imagine the database we could amasse.
Rather than fearing what the government knows about us, let's feel empowered knowing our pockets and purses contain the tools to broadcast what we know about them.
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Wind Turbine Operations and Maintenance Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Trends, Analysis, Growth, and Forecast 2017 - 2025
Global Wind Turbine Operations and Maintenance Market: Snapshot
The fact that fossil fuel resources are limited, and the pollution caused by its usage is causing an apparent danger to our environment, the alternatives that are promising to reduce the dependencies are gaining popularity. As the demand for renewable energy and zero emission power systems increase, the demand in the global wind turbine operations and maintenance market is expected to increment at a notable CAGR during the forecast period of 2017 to 2025.
In the recent past, government initiatives across various countries have given necessary thrust to the production of various components such as gearbox, blades, yaw, generator, and hydraulic pumps, which are prone to failure and require regular monitoring and servicing. With effective maintenance, the failure rate can be reduced which in turn will increase the efficiency with lowered downtime. While onshore applications currently serve the maximum demand in the global wind turbine operations and maintenance market, increased offshore exploration activities across the globe will help this segment to emerge at a rapid rate in the near future.
Currently, the global wind turbine operations and maintenance market is moderately consolidated with the major players such as Suzlon Group, Siemens Wind Power GmbH, GE Wind Turbine, Gamesa Corporation, and Enercon GmbH ahead of the curve. These major players aggressively look to extend their agreement with wind farms while aspiring to find new ones at the same time. Apart from reliable and cost-effective condition monitoring techniques, after sale services are of optimum valuation in this market, and those who will maintain a stronghold will have to impress their end users with efficient relationship. Nordex SE, Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technologies, Co. Ltd., Upwind Solutions, Inc., and Guodian United Power Technology Company Ltd. are some of the other notable players operating in this market.
Global Wind Turbine Operations and Maintenance Market: Overview
Wind turbines are capable of producing vast amounts of electricity at competitive prices, provided they are efficiently maintained and operated. Being a cleaner, greener source of energy, wind energy is also more reliable than other sources of power generation. Therefore, the demand for wind energy is slated to soar over the next few years, fuelling the growth of the global market for wind turbine operations and maintenance. By application, offshore and onshore wind turbine operations and maintenance are the two major segments of the market.
Global Wind Turbine Operations and Maintenance Market: Key Trends
The rising number of aging wind turbines emerges as a considerable potential for the growth of the market. The increasing downpour of funds from financial institutions and public and private investors has also been playing a significant role in the expansion of the market. On the other hand, insufficient number of skilled personnel, coupled with increasing costs of logistics, remains a key concern restricting the growth of the market. However, the growing demand for offshore wind turbines across the globe is likely to materialize into fresh opportunities.
Global Wind Turbine Operations and Maintenance Market: Market Potential
A number of market players have been offering diverse services with a view to make a mark in the global market for wind turbine operations and maintenance. For instance, Scotland-based SgurrEnergy announced the provision of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, as a part of its inspection services. Detailed and accurate assessments of wind turbines can be obtained through these drones, which are fitted with cameras, with four times quicker inspections than traditional methods, claims the company. This new approach has not only reduced downtime, but also has prevented the risks faced by inspection personnel.
The increasing number of approvals and new projects is preparing the ground for a rising demand for wind turbine operations and maintenance. In March 2017, for example, the Scottish government approved the installation of eight 6-megawatt wind turbines off the coast of Aberdeen, towards the northeast. The state of Maryland in the U.S. will witness the installation of a new offshore wind plant, encouraging greater adoption of wind energy in the country. The U.K. has also been keeping pace with the developments, with the installation of a 400-MW offshore wind farm, off the Sussex coast throughout 2017. The Rampion project will be developed by E.on, who has partnered with Canada-based Enbridge Inc. and the UK Green Investment Bank plc.
Global Wind Turbine Operations and Maintenance Market: Regional Outlook
Based on geography, the global market for wind turbine operations and maintenance has been segmented into Asia Pacific, Europe, North America, and Rest of the World (RoW). Countries such as India, China, Spain, France, Germany, Scotland, and Brazil are some of the prominent users of wind energy and are therefore likely to account for a considerable share in the market. In the U.S., favorable government policies are backing the growth of the market. For instance, in 2013, a legislation that permits energy companies to transfer the costs of offshore wind credits to ratepayers was approved. Asia Pacific is a market with vast potential, with India and China being major contributors aiding the expansion of the market.
Global Wind Turbine Operations and Maintenance Market: Competitive Analysis
Some of the major companies operating in the global market for wind turbine operations and maintenance are Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica, Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technologies, Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Upwind Solutions, Inc, GE Wind Turbine, Guodian United Power Technology Company Ltd., Nordex SE, Enercon GmbH, Siemens Wind Power GmbH, and Suzlon Group. A number of firms have been focusing on mergers and acquisitions to extend their presence across new regions.
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Dr. Nimit Gupta
Dr. Nimit Gupta
Educational Qualifications
Ph.D. (Marketing)
M.Phil. (Marketing)
M.B.A (Marketing)
Accredited Management Teacher, AIMA (Marketing)
Honor Code Certification (Marketing) - University of British Columbia, Canada
Honor Code Certification (Service Culture)–Kyoto University, Japan
Marketing Guru Dr. Philip Kotler Certification
NET (Management)
Dr Nimit Gupta is a seasoned academician in the area of outcome based education. He is a certified marketing trainer trained by Dr Philip Kotler. He is qualified marketing expert from University of British Columbia, Canada and Kyoto University, Japan. He has more than 13 years of experience in Teaching, Academic Administration, Consultancy and Research at reputed management institutes of Delhi NCR in the area of Marketing. Before Joining Fortune institute of International Business, Delhi, as Associate Professor & Area Chairperson-Marketing, he had worked with Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida and Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Management Studies (affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University), Delhi. He had worked in various capacities as Programme Director, Internship Coordinator, NBA Team Member, Marketing Club Coordinator, Governing Board Member (Faculty Representative), Examination Controller to name a few. He has presented 30+ research papers/cases/articles in National and International Seminars organized by IIM (A), FMS, IIT (M), BIMTECH, IMT etc He has published 45+ research papers/cases/articles in journals of repute including Journal of Digital and Social Media, Journal of Teaching and Case Studies, Journal of Marketing and Communication, International Journal of Customer Relations, Indian Journal of Marketing etc. He is a prolific case writer and his cases are available in Case Centre for class room usage. He is recipient of several scholastic performance awards including Best Case Award: Case Centre (USA), Best Case Writing Mentor- Katastasi, Excellence in Research Award: DIAS, MATES- Best Faculty Awardee, Salam Delhi Excellence in Education Awardee, ECONS & CEE-Award for Outstanding Contribution in Higher Education, APAR India-Vishisht Sewa Awardee, RDIAS- Best Paper Awardee, BVIMR- Best Paper Awardee etc. He is an Accredited Management Teacher from AIMA and has been instrumental in organizing MDPs in Marketing Management in association with Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Govt of India. He had conducted MDPs for organizations like TCI, Coromandel, NFL etc as a corporate trainer. He had conducted FDPs for various institutes/ universities across Delhi-NCR. He is also a reviewer and on editorial board of many national and international journals of repute. He had served as a Session Chair/Track Chair /Moderator/Panel Member in various national and international conferences.
Research Interests
Permission Marketing, Internet Marketing, Bank Marketing and Retail Marketing
Teaching Interests
Luxury Marketing, Services Marketing, Marketing Management, Retail Marketing, Marketing Strategies and Research.
- Gupta Nimit: Permission-Based E-Mail Marketing In The Indian Context: Factors Affecting Consumer Consent, Journal of Digital & Social Media Marketing, Vol 4, No. 2 , pp 191-198, 2016- ABDC Ranked.
- Gupta Nimit: Permission Marketing: Antecedents, Impact and Future, International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies (Inderscience Publishers), Vol 6, No. 4 , pp 281-89- 2015
- Gupta Nimit: Permission Marketing: An Analysis with Reference to Banking Promotional E-mails, Indian Journal of Marketing, Vol 45, No. 7 , pp 48-55- 2015- Scopus Indexed
- Gupta Nimit etal :Consumer Demographics Towards Health Related Information- An Empirical Study with Reference to CSE, Abhigyan – Quest for Excellence, Vol 26, No.4,pp 54-64-2009-UGC Listed
- Gupta Nimit et al: Case and Teaching Note tilted "3D The Gym - A Chain Of Health And Fitness Centres" is published by Case Center (North America). (Ref. No. 516-0202-1) (Ref. No. - 516-0202-8). 2016
- Gupta Nimit et al: Case and Teaching Note tilted "Amarachi - Silver Art Jewels: Road Ahead" is published by Case Center (North America). (Ref. No. 516-0146-1) (Ref. No. - 516-0146-8). 2016
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ClassroomsThe state of the art classrooms at the Institute enhance the learning experience of students as they are equipped with the latest equipment including projectors, screens, options for video conferencing etc.
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Indoor GamesThe recreational centre has arrangements for several indoor sports like pool, table tennis, carom and chess. These may be accessed by students during their breaks and can be used as effective recreational tools to relax.
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Synopsis: When city-turned-country girl Lucky meets a wild mustang named Spirit, she feels an instant connection to the untamable horse. A courageous and natural-born leader, Lucky navigates this new world with her two new best friends, Pru and Abigail by her side. The trio embark on thrilling adventures, find genuine friendship, and discover what it means to be free!.
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ITsavvy Reports Expansion of Hosted Unified Communications Platforms for SMBs
November 15, 2016
ADDISON, Ill.—ITsavvy, one of the fastest growing unified communications solution providers in the U.S., has expanded its hosted Unified Communications portfolio with RingCentral, a UC platform that delivers enterprise-level features to small and medium sized organizations. RingCentral has taken the lead in cloud voice solutions, pushing the industry with cutting-edge technologies that greatly improve how businesses communicate.
ITsavvy President and CEO Mike Theriault said, "We are excited to welcome RingCentral as a hosted voice partner. Many of the business-critical features that are optional with other manufacturers are standard with RingCentral. We are aligned with that kind of progressive thinking."
RingCentral solutions fill gaps that are now business-critical for many organizations. These include the ability to integrate with Google Apps, which is highly desired by the educational sector. RingCentral also offers the ability to conference in up to 1,000 users together through an audio bridge, with video as an integrated component. RingCentral answers the need of a growing global economy. An ITsavvy client may only have two or three offices outside of the U.S., but they all need to connect and communicate on one platform. RingCentral does that seamlessly. The platform also meets the mobility needs for Android and iOS devices.
"We also see a growing need for flexible contact center communications," Theriault said. "Other UC providers may have contact center capabilities, but RingCentral brings a higher level of functionality with reporting and data analytics. That helps our clients become more competitive." Cutting-edge contact center technologies include Whisper Page, which allows announcements that are audible to the agent but not to the external caller. Companies can use this feature for coaching in real-time to improve service.
Workshifting is another trend that RingCentral has addressed, enabling cost centers to become more cost-efficient with work-from-home initiatives. RingCentral supports up to 5,000 agents in a single business unit, located anywhere in the world. Employees can also remain productive even during leaves that may otherwise prevent them from being onsite.
With the future of Unified Communications in the cloud, RingCentral has the potential to consolidate and replace disparate legacy systems into a single solution that is easy to administer. It meets the needs of today's distributed and mobile workforce in organizations of all sizes.
RingCentral was named Company of the Year by global research and consulting organization Frost & Sullivan for its overall vision, product innovation and customer value. RingCentral was also named as a leader in Gartner's 2016 Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications as a Service, worldwide.


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DAVID HYDE PIERCE as Warwick Wilson
Best known for his performance as Dr. Niles Crane in the multi-award-winning American sitcom Frasier, Tony and four-time Emmy Award-winning David Hyde Pierce will soon make his West End stage debut in David Hirson's comedy La Bête. On Broadway he starred in Curtains, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, and he originated the role of Brave Sir Robin in Monty Python's Spamalot. He created roles in the Off-Broadway and regional productions of Mark O'Donnell's That's it Folks!, Richard Greenberg's The Author's Voice and The Maderati, Harry Kondoleon's Zero Positive, Jules Feiffer's Elliot Loves and Richard Alfieri's Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks. His other stage credits include appearances in Hamlet and Much Ado at the New York Shakespeare Festival, Holiday and Camille at the Long Wharf Theatre, The Seagull, Tartuffe, Cyrano, and Midsummer Night's Dream at the Guthrie Theatre, and Peter Brook's production of The Cherry Orchard in New York, Moscow, Leningrad, and Tokyo. His film credits include Bright Lights, Big City, Crossing Delancey, Little Man Tate, Sleepless in Seattle, Wolf, Nixon, Isn't She Great, Wet, Hot, American Summer, Full Frontal, Down With Love, A Bug's Life, Osmosis Jones, Treasure Planet, and the recent Sundance Film Festival Selection The Perfect Host.
CLAYNE CRAWFORD as John Taylor
Clayne is an Alabama native who initially moved to Los Angeles with just his truck and a dream. To date Clayne has appeared in over thirty feature films and television shows. Beginning with a role in the feature One Blood Planet before scoring roles in cult hits like A Walk To Remember and Swimfan. Clayne then built a fan base in television with roles in Roswell and Jericho.
2010 looks to be an exciting year as Clayne is coming off Guest Appearances on hit shows like Leverage, Criminal Minds and Burn Notice. In the feature world, Clayne started the year in a lead role in The Perfect Host, an Official Selection of the Sundance Film Festival and in Smokin Aces: Blowback for Producer Joe Carnahan. Clayne will also be a regular in living rooms across the nation with recurring roles on Sugarloaf for A&E and in the FOX powerhouse 24 with Kiefer Sutherland.
NATHANIEL PARKER as Detective Morton
After leaving drama school in London, Nathaniel joined the Royal Shakespeare Company before appearing many times in the West End and on Broadway with Dustin Hoffman in The Merchant of Venice. He has starred in many BBC period adaptations, including Vanity Fair, The Nuremburg Trials and Bleak House, and had his own series for seven years playing the title character in The Inspector Lynley Mysteries.
His film career has been forged on both sides of the Atlantic, beginning with a starring role in War Requiem by Derek Jarman and co-starring Laurence Olivier and Tilda Swinton. Since then he has shot two Shakespeare films, Hamlet with Mel Gibson and Othello with Laurence Fishburne. More recently, he starred opposite Eddie Murphy in The Haunted Mansion, Fade To Black and Stardust. At the same time as The Perfect Host premiered at Sundance another film, Malice In Wonderland opened in London cinemas. He has just finished filming The Domino Effect, directed by Oscar nominee, Paula van der Oest.
HELEN REDDY as Cathy Knight
Born into a well-known Australian show business family, Helen Reddy, is a prolific entertainer who conquered the worlds of music, television, theater and film in a career that has spanned almost four decades.
Best known as a recording artist, Helen Reddy had more than a dozen Top 40 hits and sold over 25 million records worldwide. She was the first Australian to win a Grammy Award. As a solo concert artist, she has played at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York as well as the Royal Albert Hall and the Palladium in London. Helen was also the first western female performer invited to sing in the People's Republic of China.
Her song "I Am Woman" became a cultural icon, becoming the anthem of the feminist movement and winning her a Grammy Award for Best New Pop Vocal Performance.
With her success in music sealed, Reddy turned to the big screen and co-starred in Airport '75, garnering a Golden Globe nomination. Other credits included Disney's Pete's Dragon.
In 1973, Reddy became the first Australian to host her own one-hour weekly primetime variety show on an American network. After the show ended its run, she guest starred on popular series such as Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, Diagnosis: Murder and The Tonight Show. She also lent her voice for Family Guy and The Simpsons.
Reddy has starred in London's West End and on Broadway in New York. In 2002 Reddy retired from live performance, four years later she published her best-selling memoir The Woman I Am (Tarcher/Penguin).
Reddy returned to the big screen in The Perfect Host starring alongside David Hyde Pierce. The film premiered in Sundance 2010.
MEGAHN PERRY as Simone De Marchi
Megahn Perry is an actor/writer/comedienne who's best known for her work on VH1′s I Hate My 30′s, NBC's The Lyon's Den, The WB's Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dawson's Creek. Her feature credits include The Convent and The Gravedancers. She is also a part of the viral phenomena that is Liam Sullivan's Kelly series ("Shoes," "Text Message Break up," "No Booty Calls"). She can currently be seen taking down the vampire culture on Youtube in her very own Heather's Vlog, which she also writes. Megahn has sold features and TV shows to Good Machine, Sony, Paramount and Fox Television. She is a freelance writer in the TV department at MSN.com. She is also the co-creator and co-owner of Exboyfriendjewelry.com, an oddly popular website dedicated to buying and selling or trading "Ex" jewelry. When she's not taking over the viral world, she likes hanging out with her favorite live-in man friend Jeremy and her favorite live-in dog friend Eva Peron.
JOSEPH WILL as Detective Valdez
Joseph Will is a seasoned TV veteran, who most recently starred on 24 and The Mentalist. After attending the prestigious ASOLO Conservatory in Sarasota, FL, Joseph found himself working in New York on multiple Off-Broadway productions before relocating to Los Angeles. Quickly after his arrival, he booked his first guest-starring role as Patty Lupone's son opposite Kelsey Grammar on the Emmy award winning show, Frasier. His other credits include C.S.I., Prison Break, Without A Trace, Shark, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, NYPD Blue, Will and Grace. His most recent film credits include the feature film The Perfect Host with David Hyde Pierce, which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
MARTIN ZOLAND, Executive Producer
Australian-born business executive Martin Zoland has built a global network of businesses over the past twenty five years, in the construction, manufacturing, travel, entertainment, marketing and promotions industries. This network now spans the US, Europe and Australia. His interest in the entertainment industry led him to produce theatre projects in the UK, the US and Australia. Zoland also co-founded the Australian film and television trade magazine Inside Film.
Martin is Executive Producer and co-financier on the Australian feature film The Tumbler, and the upcoming feature film The Perfect Host, starring David Hyde Pierce, which premiered at Sundance in 2010.
STACEY TESTRO, Producer
Stacey Testro is the CEO of Stacey Testro International, an international management & production company based in the USA and Australia. Stacey Testro International represents artists in film, television and theatre worldwide.
Her first business venture in Australia was the highly successful comedy club Catch a Rising Star. She went on to open a successful talent agency. In 1992 she opened an LA office handling management and production.
After reading a script called Saw in Melbourne, Australia in 2001, written by her long time writing/directing clients James Wan and Leigh Whannell, Stacey encouraged the team to shoot a promo and then introduced the project to Hollywood. Saw premiered at Sundance in 2004 and went on to become one of the highest grossing horror franchises. Testro has executive-produced the sequels while continuing to represent its creators.
Aside from films, Testro also produced theatre on the West End and off-Broadway and toured the highly successful show The Hobbit in Australia.
More recently, Stacey produced and co-financed the feature films The Tumbler and The Perfect Host which premiered at Sundance 2010.
Testro is a supporter of the Australian film industry, sponsoring many incentives and awards for filmmakers in Australia as well as being a Gold Sponsor for Australians in Film in Los Angeles. Stacey continues to live and work in Australia and the USA.
MARK VICTOR, Producer
Mark Victor is a prolific writer, producer & entrepreneur with over 30 years experience in the filmmaking industry, working with some of the most recognizable names in Hollywood: Steven Spielberg, William Friedkin and Richard Attenborough to name a few.
Victor stated his career in TV, writing for television in the series Starsky & Hutch. A meeting with Steven Spielberg propelled into writing the screenplay for Poltergeist which became a mega hit in 1982. He followed it by co-writing and producing Poltergeist II. He went on to executive produce Great Balls of Fire for Orion Pictures, starring Dennnis Quaid and Alec Baldwin. Other mega hits he co-wrote and produced included Marked for Death, Sleepwalkers and Cool World. His next film scheduled for 2010 production is The Devil's Highway.
In addition to producing & writing blockbusters, Victor produced low-budget indie films States of Grace and the highly acclaimed Falling. Most recently, he produced and co-financed The Perfect Host starting David Hyde Pierce which premiered in Sundance 2010.
NICK TOMNAY, Writer & Director
A native of Sydney Australia, Nick Tomnay attended art school in the early 90s. After graduating he worked as an assistant editor and then editor, cutting commercials, documentaries, and music videos pursuing his goal to become a filmmaker.
In 2001, Tomnay wrote and directed the short film The Host, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and won several awards including Seattle's Golden Space Needle Award, AFI (Australia) Best Short Film Award, and IF Best Short Film Award in 2002.
Continuing to pursue his passion of filmmaking, Nick moved to New York City and worked as a commercial editor at Wildchild editorial. In 2006, Tomnay was handpicked out of a number of Australian high-profile directors to direct an episode of Bryan Brown's series Two Twisted entitled Jailbreak.
The Perfect Host, written and directed by Tomnay, is his feature film debut and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2010.
JOHN BRAWLEY, Cinematographer
John Brawley is an award-winning cinematographer, who recently shot The Perfect Host¸ a feature film starring David Hyde Pierce, which screened at Sundance in 2010. Prior to that, he filmed Joel Anderson's debut feature, Lake Mungo. In late 2009, John shot the primetime television comedy series Lowdown, for ABC Television Australia, a comedy pilot for cable television broadcaster Foxtel, and is currently shooting the series Offspring for Network 10.
John has worked extensively in many film and HD shooting formats, including RED. He also has extensive experience compositing and integrating live action with CG elements – and received a Special Mention for Technical Achievement at the Cannes Film Festival for his work on the short animation Clara. John received a MA and graduated with distinction from the highly prestigious AFTRS whose alumnus includes Dion Beebe and Andrew Lesnie.
RICARDO JATTAN, Production Designer
With a body of work that spans more than twenty years, Ricardo is a widely respected Production Designer. His work has been seen in hundreds of commercials, with brands as varied as Nike , Heineken, X-Box, Victoria's Secret and Volvo, to name just a few. Some of his film and TV credits include "Black Dawn", "Repo Man", "Forgotten Ellis Island" and "The Perfect Host".
Ricardo originally hails from Toronto, Canada and now lives in Los Angeles.
JOHN SWIHART, Composer
John Swihart has composed the scores for more than 40 films and 11 television series; his recent work includes Dimension's YOUTH IN REVOLT (starring Michael Cera), Katalyst Film's SPREAD (starring Ashton Kutcher and Anne Heche), and Lions Gate's NEW IN TOWN (starring Renee Zellweger and Harry Connick, Jr.), in addition to the long-running TV series HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (CBS/Fox) and GREEK (ABC Family/Buena Vista). He has won a Golden Satellite Award for Best Score for his work on the cult classic NAPOLEON DYNAMITE, for which he was also nominated for a Grammy.
John was educated in music composition, production, and engineering at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and also was a performer in the Blue Man Group show in Las Vegas. He currently is based in Los Angeles at his own Sonic Gravy Studios.


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The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies has published an independent,non-partisan commentary on the proposed Muskrat Falls hydro-electric and transmission development.
The author, Gordon L. Weil, was the chair of the New England negotiations leading to the region's electric transmission tariff and the Independent System Operator. He has engaged in wholesale and retail power purchasing and power sales and strategy development for wholesale and large retail customers in the U.S. and Canada. Weil is author of Blackout: How the Electric Industry Exploits America
I have only been able to give the 12 page review a cursory glance. I hope to find time in between work tonight, Toastmasters and my Knights of Columbus to give this a proper review. My initial glance raises some questions about some of the "facts" that Premier Dunderdale presented at the Board of Trade with regards to transparency, accountability, market availability and domestic power prices.
He certainly feels the project will be a benefit to the province. He argues that the Provincial government is not as transparent as it should be. He also suggests a number of checks and balances that he feels would reduce the chances of the project becoming a financial burden, including regulatory reviews that go beyond the limited report requested previously from the province's Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities
AIMS is an independent, non-partisan social and economic public policy think tank based in Halifax, NS. It examines such crucial issues as public education, health care, public finances, equalization, natural resources, Atlantica and demographics.


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We want to be the kind of church that God wants us to be and that the world needs us to be. A church that faithfully reflects the One who loved us and gave himself for us. A church that strives to live in the world as He lived. Lovingly. Redemptively. Helpfully. The Gospels proclaim over and over again that Jesus had compassion and out of His compassion He healed the sick, fed the hungry, comforted the grief-stricken, sought reconciliation, and invited others to join Him in the harvest.
If you are visiting the Petaluma area, we'd be glad to have you stop by and worship with us. If you live here and are looking for a warm, loving fellowship that values the biblical story and seeks to find our rightful place in it, we invite you to come and share in the endeavor!
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December 4th marked our sixth anniversary. SIX YEARS! Where does the time go? I can honestly say that I would never have imagined six years ago, that my life would be so amazing. I have an incredible, loving husband who is an AMAZING father, and two beautiful, healthy boys who are my world. I truly am blessed and am really trying to remember that every day.
My bestie from college, Jodi, invited Jamie and I to come to Peoria to see a dueling piano dinner show. It just so happened to fall on our anniversary, so we thought it would be fun to make a weekend out of it! The kiddos stayed with Aunt Elaine and off to Peoria we went! The show was SO much fun, and so was the group we were with. I can honestly say I don't remember the last time I laughed so hard. The next morning, my cheek muscles even hurt! It was a great way to celebrate and we are so grateful we got to do it with an amazing group of friends!
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An Introduction to the Doctrine of Fluxions, and defence of the Mathematicians
against the Objections of the Author of the Analyst,
so far as they are designed to affect their general Methods of Reasoning.
Printed for J Noon, at the White-Hart, near Mercers-Chapel, in Cheapside.
We give below a version of the Preface and an extract from Section 1.
If such men as Dr Barrow, Dr Clarke, etc. and the incomparable Sir Isaac Newton, were capable of imagining that they saw with the greatest clearness and perspicuity, where they had nothing but absolute and incomprehensible darkness before them, what conclusion will persons, used to take their opinions from authority, be likely to make from these premises, but that all pretences to knowledge in religion, and every thing else, are only confidence and presumption.
If they are taught that it is inconsistent for a person to reject the mysteries of religion, and yet believe the mystery of Fluxions, will they not know how to draw the opposite conclusion themselves, that it is inconsistent to reject the doctrine of Fluxions because mysterious, and yet receive the mysteries of religion? And when they are taught to think that a person may be justly said to have faith, because they give into what they can neither demonstrate nor conceive; if this give them a mean opinion of the Mathematicians, 'tis odds if it don't give them a mean opinion of faith itself. I am sure 'tis a very strange account of that which may justly be called faith: For without clear notions no man can believe any more than demonstrate.
Considering these things, I can't help thinking it was highly wrong to bring religion at all into this controversy, which may inflame the dispute, but can hardly do any real service: Of which, to me, it is a very strong presumption, that every thing urged by the author of the 'Analyst' against infidels in general, would have sounded full as well in the mouth of a Papist, if urged against those Mathematicians that don't believe the doctrine of transubstantiation, as it would have been peculiarly in character for such a one to have made his chief attack upon a great enemy of all superstition and tyranny, and an hearty friend to the reasonable religion of Christians and Protestants. But enough of this. I shall now consider my subject as striped of all relation it has to religion, and endeavour to show that the method of Fluxions is founded upon clear and substantial principles.
But it is also very plain, that the question, which is the main dispute between our author and his adversaries, whether Mathematicians take the notion and certainty of the method of Fluxions implicitly from him or not, does not depend upon our being able to defend the exact accuracy of the demonstrations he has made use of, and the propriety of every phrase by which he has explained his notions upon this head. He always seems to have studied conciseness of expression, and to depend on the good sense and judgment of his reader. And on this account some of his demonstrations are not the most full and complete that might be given, and must remain obscure to those who have no genius for the mathematical science, and can't find out those steps in the demonstration, which a writer often omits in confidence of the sagacity of his reader. In my opinion this is in some measure the case with respect to his proofs of the first principles of Fluxions, and therefore I don't wonder persons differ in their sentiments about them. But it is truly provoking to find that the greatest genius that ever appeared in the philosophical world, and one whom the lovers of knowledge must always think of with respect and gratitude, should be represented contrary to his known character, as craftily imposing on the world, in confidence of his own authority, and obscurity of his subject. And therefore I would hope that the author of the 'Analyst' did not design that severe reflection his words seem to carry with them, when he says, "Such reasoning as this, nothing but the obscurity of the subject could have encouraged or induced the great author of the fluxionary method to have put upon his followers; and nothing but an implicit deference to his authority could have moved them to admit." To suspect Sir Isaac Newton of the mean design of seeking reputation among the ignorant, by venting unintelligible notions, and defending them by artful and cunning sophistry, is when I think no man is capable of doing. And therefore if the author of the 'Analyst' does not think fit, for his own reputation, to revoke or explain the sentence just mentioned, it needs not a particular confutation. Nor do I propose particularly to follow him in all the objections he has made against Sir Isaac's notions and demonstrations, being of opinion that the best way of answering him is to assist persons in understanding the subject itself; for if any one can do this, he will easily see there is little weight in what he has said against it. However, as I go along, I shall endeavour to obviate anything that I think may create a difficulty; but my main view is to settle the first principles on which the doctrine of Fluxions depends, and then to show that, by just reasoning from them, the rules for finding the Fluxions of equations, as delivered by Sir Isaac, do truly follow.


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CHESTERTOWN, Md. – McDaniel took a 5-1 victory in game one to claim a Centennial Conference (CC) softball tournament berth before Washington (Md.) scored twice in the bottom of the seventh to forge a doubleheader split and punch its ticket with a 5-4 win on Saturday.
Rachel Sidney (East Meadow, N.Y./East Meadow) recorded two hits in each game to lead the Green Terror (25-13, 11-5 CC), who will have to await the results from Sunday's Haverford-Gettysburg doubleheader to learn its seed. By virtue of the Shorewomen (25-11, 11-5 CC) taking game two, Muhlenberg will host the four-team, double-elimination tournament for the second year in a row next Saturday and Sunday.
McDaniel will earn the No. 2 seed if Haverford drops both games but will fall to the No. 3 seed with at least one Ford victory. Haverford earns the No. 2 seed with a sweep while a Ford split gives Washington the No. 2 seed.
Lauren Dockrill paced the Shorewomen with three hits.
Trailing 1-0 on a Kylie Nottingham single and Dockrill RBI double in the third inning, Lauren Stricker (Mt. Airy, Md./South Carroll) led off the fifth inning with a bomb over the left-field fence to knot the game at 1-all.
Sidney reached on a two-out infield single before Amy Baumgardner (Hanover, Pa./South Western) went yard for a 3-1 lead.
Jackie Liebowitz (Bellerose, N.Y./Benjamin N. Cardozo) reached on a strikeout-wild pitch to lead off the sixth before giving way to pinch-runner Laura Mertz (Gillette, N.J./Watchung Hills).
A Sam Stitely (Westminster, Md./North Carroll) single put runners at the corners before Emily Sneeringer (Hanover, Pa./South Western) was hit by a pitch to load the bases.
Stricker followed with a single to score Mertz before a wild pitch allowed pinch-runner Roxana Aviles (Manassas, Va./Osbourn) for the final score.
Sidney, Baumgardner and Stricker each had two hits in the opener.
After doubles from Sidney and Stephanie Maring (Woodbine, Md./South Carroll) gave McDaniel a 4-3 lead in the top of the seventh inning of game two, Caitlyn Kirby drew a one-out walk in the bottom of the frame.
After she was lifted for pinch-runner Gina DeAngelis, Nottingham reached on an infield hit to put runners at first and second.
A ground-rule double from Dockrill plated DeAngelis with the game-tying run before Kristin Cooper drew a walk to load the bases.
Paige Briganti followed with a bloop hit to score Nottingham with the game-winning run.
A Brigati single, fielding error and Christine Anderson triple staked the Shorewomen to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning.
Stricker led off the fourth with a single before Sneeringer walked.
After Stacey Armacost (Glenville, Pa./South Western) reached on a fielder's choice to put runners at the corners, Olivia Kipe (Manchester, Md./Manchester Valley) was hit by a two-out pitch to load the bases.
Sidney followed with a single to left field to plated Stricker and a fielding error allowed Armacost and Kipe to both score and Sidney to reach third and tie the game at 3-all.
Sidney and Maring had two hits each in game two.
Caroline Brehm (Hanover, Pa./New Oxford) struck out 11 batters on the day to raise her career total to 1,024 entering the conference tournament.


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Billows consist of 24 2-unit buildings. Beachfront swimming pool. Recent work to the property includes new landscaping and pool renovations (2008)and new roofs and sewer lines (2011). No pets. The rental policy allows owners to lease their units a maximum of once a year, for at least 60 days at a time. Lease terms can be as long as two years.
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Year Built: 1967
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March 27, 1998, Section C, Page 1Buy Reprints
Federal prosecutors today announced the indictments of two former Northwestern basketball players on charges they took bribes to fix Big Ten games during the 1994-95 season.
The indictments, which charged that two senior starters on the Northwestern team took money to insure that the Wildcats lost by more than the point spread in three games early in 1995, dealt yet another embarrassing blow to college basketball as it prepared for its greatest annual moment, this weekend's Final Four championships.
Altogether, prosecutors with the United States Attorney's office here charged five people in two separate illegal gambling cases at Northwestern. The second case involved a former student football player who the authorities said ran an illegal gambling operation, taking money from student athletes, among others.
The Northwestern case is the latest in a long line of college basketball gambling scandals, a legacy that dates to the early 1950's and includes the convictions last December of two Arizona State players for conspiring to fix the results of four 1994 games.
Rick Taylor, Northwestern's athletic director, who called today's point-shaving allegations an act of ''betrayal of self, teammate, family, coaches, university and the very game itself,'' said they were symptomatic of a gambling problem that has become ''endemic'' in American culture. But he speculated that ''perhaps it is more prone to happen where students have money and come from an affluent background and they're smart -- because they think they can beat the system.''
The indictments today charged that Kenneth Dion Lee, now 24, a starting guard in 1994-95 and the team's top 3-point shooter, and Dewey Williams, now 25, who played center and forward, agreed to accept money from two men, Brian Irving and Kevin Pendergast, both now 27, who placed bets for themselves and other people.
The plan -- in contrast with other fixing schemes in which players on favored teams tried to keep their margin of victory down -- was to have Northwestern lose by an even larger margin than the betting line in three games against Big Ten teams.
In two of those games -- home games against Wisconsin on Feb. 15, 1995 and Penn State on Feb. 22 -- Northwestern lost by more than the point spread and Lee was paid $4,000, said Scott R. Lassar, the United States Attorney for the Northeastern District of Illinois.
Prosecutors said Lee distributed some of the money to Williams and a third player, Matthew Purdy. Purdy was named as an unindicted co-conspirator today, but he was not charged, apparently because he was not a starter and because he was injured early in the game against Penn State.
In the third game, a road game against Michigan on March 1, Lee apparently demanded more money, Lassar said. But Northwestern, projected to lose by 25 1/2 points, played well enough that it lost by only 17. Lee and the other players did not get paid at all.
Lee and Williams both performed below average in the three games. For instance, Lee, who averaged 12 points a game for the season, scored 9, 2 and 8 points, shooting a combined 1 for 8 from 3-point range.
It is not clear how many people placed bets on these games expecting them to be fixed. But the indictment indicates that in one game, against Michigan, Pendergast and Irving collected bets of more than $20,000 that were placed at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nev.
Lassar said that two of those charged, Lee and Pendergast, were cooperating with prosecutors and were likely to plead guilty to the charges.
''Illegal sports wagering continues to grow,'' said Bill Saum, the National Collegiate Athletic Association's anti-gambling representative, ''and is believed to exist in one form or another on virtually every college campus in America.''
Even Columbia, an Ivy League school that is hardly a sports powerhouse, was hit with a campus gambling scandal last month when a student and a former student were charged in connection with a gambling ring that prosecutors said was linked to organized crime.
A nationwide survey conducted by the University of Cincinnati involving Division I basketball and football players showed that 25 percent of the players had gambled on other college sports, that 4 percent said they had gambled on a game they had played in, and that three individuals had said they had taken money from a gambler to perform poorly in a game.
The Northwestern case is striking because it involves a well-heeled university whose attractive lakefront campus is known for its excellent academic programs, which often are compared to those of Ivy League colleges. While its football team made it all the way to the Rose Bowl two years ago, Northwestern traditionally dwells in the basement of the Big Ten in most sports. Its basketball team was 5-22 and last in conference in 1994-95.
The gambling case began in November 1994 when officials at Northwestern received a tip that athletes were betting on sports events, but not on games they were involved in. Northwestern investigated and suspended two athletes -- Lee and Dennis Lundy, a running back who was the school's leading all-time rusher.
Lundy was suspended for the last game of the football season. Lee was suspended for six basketball games. Northwestern officials said that at the time of their investigation, he was betting on football games and they had no indication that he was involved in game-fixing. Lassar said that Federal investigators believe Lee began point-shaving only after he came back from his suspension, possibly to pay off gambling debts.
University officials said their investigators also questioned another student, Brian Ballarini, a football player who left school as a senior in December 1994. Today, Ballarini, 25, who lives in Chicago, was charged with having run a gambling business on campus and having taken bets from athletes, including Lee. In one case, the indictment says, Ballarini threatened that ''violence or other criminal means would be used to harm'' Lee if he did not pay his gambling debts.
Northwestern reported the suspensions and its findings in late 1994 to the N.C.A.A., the Big Ten and the United States Attorney's office, which began its own investigation, leading to today's charges.
None of the students involved in today's charges still attends Northwestern. Lee, Williams and Purdy graduated in 1995. Taylor, the athletic director, said that the current basketball team has only two players who were part of the basketball program in 1994-95, and one of them did not play during that season.


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Areej Osman has been both a guest, and a volunteer, for Refugees at Home. She spoke to Forbes about her experiences coming to the UK, how we helped her, and the work she now does to give back.
You can read the full interview with Emma Zangs on Forbes' website, or reproduced below…
Areej Osman is from Khartoum in Sudan, she is 31 and was a teacher before coming to England. I met Areej for the first time at The Abbey Centre, a charity helping women immigrants and refugees find work through training, courses and general support. Areej inspired me by her resilience and determination to slowly build a new life in the U.K.
Emma Zangs: When did you arrive in the U.K. and what was it like for you at beginning?
Areej Osman: I arrived in the U.K. in 2015 as an asylum seeker. I was placed in Birmingham and Darby while I was waiting for my application to be processed. Once I got my papers, I had 28 days to leave where I was, find a job, find a place to live. I moved to London as I knew a few people there and the Sudanese community is larger. In Sudanese culture the community is very tight so I got to meet friends of friends. But at the beginning, I was homeless. I was relying on a friend's sofa, staying on buses and not knowing what tomorrow would be made of.
EZ: How did you come out of homelessness and find a job?
AO: When I was homeless, I put myself forward at the Westminster City Council to make a census of homeless people in the borough at night. There I was paired with another volunteer who was shocked when I told her I was homeless. She mentioned Refugees At Home and very quickly the organisation helped me find a temporary place. Having my own place gave me the ground to plan my future. I knew where I would sleep everyday so I could relax and think about what I wanted to do. I registered to the Interpreting Course at The Abbey Centre and that helped me to start working as an interpreter.
EZ: What are you doing at the moment?
AO: I work part-time as an interpreter. Then I volunteer 2 days a week for Refugees at Home and Migrant Voice. Refugees at Home helped me when I was destitute so I want to give back and I want the organisation to keep helping people like me. Some landlords do not like refugees on housing benefits but I am lucky to find an understanding landlord and very supportive housemates. It allows me to peacefully take every day as it comes and not pressure myself. Obviously I am thinking about my next steps, like having a place on my own and a job that fulfills me. In Sudan, I completed my yoga teacher training and I miss practicing it a lot. I think it would help me on many areas of my life and one of my dream would be to teach yoga again.
Emma Zangs: What are the things that helped you along the way? What would you tell refugees that are in the situation you were once in?
- Being Proactive & Give Back. I was going to organisations and saying yes to tasks so I was not too bored. I will not stop volunteering once I have my own place and settled in a job I want.
- Surround Yourself with a Community. I would have never heard of Refugees At Home if it wasn't for volunteering for Westminster Council. The Community does not have to be from the same culture as yours but it can help to feel supported, speak the same language and have the same habits.
- Never Give Up. I always tell myself that 'I can do it'. It is hard at times as I miss my family, my friends, I miss my country, I miss the Sudanese community but I am not discouraged. Even though I am in unknown territory, I think there is opportunities here for me to live a fair and free life.
Angela Duckworth, in her book Grit, describes people on the high scale of grit as ' having a deep and abiding interest, a ready appetite for constant challenge, an evolved sense of purpose, and buoyant confidence in the ability to keep going that no adversity could sink.'
Areej illustrates grit with such grace and drive. She knows that where she is now is a necessary step to settle, without rushing her plan for the future. She is extremely grateful for all the people who helped her on the way, especially to her flatmates who have been a major influence in her ability to settle in the country.
Here is a cheeky ask. If you are a yoga studio that would love to support Areej in her journey by helping her get back to teaching yoga, please do get in touch.


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Pokemon Single Card – RAYQUAZA Sun & Moon GUARDIANS RISING 106/145 – Limited Offer
Island Guardians, Ready for Battle! Visit Alola for Pokémon fun, from the beaches to the mountain peaks-and discover new traditions and new challenges! Meet the island guardians Tapu Koko-GX and Tapu Lele-GX, and sharpen your skills with Kahuna Hala and Captain Mallow! Be amazed by the secret powers of Kommo-o-GX, Lycanroc-GX, Metagross-GX, Sylveon-GX, Toxapex-GX, Vikavolt-GX, and many more! Come to the islands, and seize the power of the Pokémon TCG: Sun & Moon-Guardians Rising expansion! Bulbapedia says: "Guardians Rising is the name given to the second main expansion of the Sun & Moon Series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. In Japan, it was released as the Islands Await You · Alolan Moonlight subsets that make up the second expansion block in the Pokémon Card Game Sun & Moon Era. It is based on Pokémon Sun and Moon, featuring Generation VII and the first two guardian deities, Tapu Koko and Tapu Lele. The English expansion was released on May 5, 2017 while the Japanese subsets were released on March 17, 2017. Guardians Rising contains 169 cards, including 12 new Pokémon-GX and several Pokémon native to the Alola region. The Japanese equivalent Islands Await You and Alolan Moonlight each feature 50 cards, with Islands Await You featuring Tapu Koko and Alolan Moonlight featuring Lycanroc."
- The item for sale here is a single card from the GUARDIANS RISING expansion of the Pokémon TCG.
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Tuesday, 16 December 2014
Located in Dubai near the Emirates Road and the Dubai-Al Ain Road. The Al Habtoor Polo Resort & Club is due for completion in 2017; it will include a five-star hotel with up to 136 rooms and 162 luxury bungalows, as well as a polo club, a state-of-the-art polo academy, and a riding and dressage school, and 500 stables. The exclusive 6 million square foot inland development, located in Dubai, is conveniently located next to the Emirates Road and the Dubai-Al Ain Road. The Al Habtoor Polo Resort & Club will have four world-class polo fields, which will help reinforce Dubai's role in the world polo circuit. The Polo Academy will be open to riders of all ages and abilities; students will be able to practice a wide range of riding disciplines, including dressage, riding and show jumping. Mohammed Al Habtoor, Vice-Chairman and CEO said, "The new Al Habtoor Polo Resort & Club will be a wonderful addition to the range of world class facilities that both visitors and residents already enjoy. It will also host the most important polo tournaments in the Middle East such as the Silver Cup, Gold Cup and the famous British Polo Day. These tournaments are part of the World Polo Tour, established in 2010 as a 10-goal tournament, but now played as an 18-goal tournament, attracting the attention of the best polo players around the world. We are proud of our heritage in supporting the UAE's development as an ideal place to live and holiday, and by adding a polo resort to our portfolio we are demonstrating our intent to further enhance the quality and variety of our assets and services."


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*You must be 21 years or older to purchase and receive shipment of wine*
Production 50 cases
This fruit has turned out to be a real pleasant surprise since harvesting. The fruit was sourced from our friend Carol Coplan's Vineyard, now known as "Coplan Vineyards." This beautiful rolling hillside property is located at the northernmost portion of the Carneros region in Sonoma Valley, bordering the Sonoma Valley and Los Carneros ava's. This vineyard experiences long, moderately cool growing season tempered by cool morning and evening breezes from the Richmond and San Francisco Bay. This northern Carneros area frequently experiences early morning and late evening fog, with warm afternoons. The diverse growing climate provides ideal Merlot growing conditions for slow, even ripening, dark color, high fruit concentrations and balanced acidity for this cooler climate Merlot. This is a full-bodied, well-structured, complex Merlot, aged in French Oak barrels with juicy black fruits, teamed with notes of tobacco, toasted oak, black pepper and all spice.
We have experienced excellent pairings with steak, roast beef, meatloaf, beef wellington, hamburgers (especially cheeseburgers), lasagna, pizza and beef stew. Light flavored cheeses like mild cheddar and gruyere are fantastic, but with blue cheese or smoked gouda this Merlot is magical.


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On Nutrition
The health value of organic food is a frequent talking — and even fighting — point in the media. The debate heated up after a large research study published last year suggested organic produce and meat is no more nutritious than nonorganic, "conventional" food.
With farmers market season upon us, you might wonder: Are organic foods really more healthful? Or, is this just another example of a food belief system, as in "I believe this food is healthier, so therefore it is … never mind what science says"?
The study, conducted by Stanford University, has been picked apart endlessly. One criticism is that the type of study, a meta-analysis (a statistical compilation of numerous research studies done by other people), may not be suitable for something as variable as agriculture. Everything from weather, geography, plant variety and degree of ripeness when picked can affect nutrient levels in produce.
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Can we say conclusively that organic produce is more nutritious? Maybe not. Maybe never. But food scientists and plant biologists know of at least a few ways that organically grown fruits and vegetables can develop more nutrients. For example, without the protection of chemical pesticides, plants need to beef up their innate defenses by producing phytochemicals. Conveniently, these natural compounds are repellent to pests but health-promoting when eaten by humans.
If we're worried about getting enough nutrition from our fruits and vegetables, there is a bigger issue at hand: Most people are simply not eating enough fruits and vegetables. Market research data tells us that, on average, children and adults eat slightly more than one cup of vegetables and half a cup of fruit each day. That's a far cry from MyPlate, the United States Department of Agriculture recommendations, to "make half your plate fruits and vegetables."
If nutrients are important to you, also consider how far your apples or tomatoes travel to get to your plate. The shorter the time and distance from harvest to table, the fresher and more nutritious your fruits and veggies. Produce is often picked unripe for long-distance shipping, before it has had a chance to reach its full nutrient potential. Shipping and storage conditions can further degrade nutrients.
Nutrition aside, are there reasons to buy organic? I think so. Eating organic foods reduces your exposure to chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Supporting organic farming reduces the exposure of farmworkers — and the environment — to these chemicals. Livestock raised under organic guidelines aren't fed antibiotics or growth hormones. Finally, organic farming generally goes hand-in-hand with good land stewardship.
If you're on the fence, or if cost is an issue (yes, organic produce can be more expensive), prioritize where you put your grocery dollars. Many people use the Environmental Working Group's Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen lists (www.ewg.org/foodnews/) as a starting point. Basing your organic shopping list on what's on sale and what's in season can save money. Finally, keep in mind that locally grown produce, even when conventional, needs less chemical processing since it doesn't need to be shipped.
So go pay a visit to your nearest farmers market!
Next time: Nutrition, just for men.
Carrie Dennett: firstname.lastname@example.com. Dennett is a graduate student in the Nutritional Sciences Program at the University of Washington; her blog is nutritionbycarrie.com.