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22 July 2010
In a brilliant night for the Aviva Great Britain and Northern Ireland team in Moncton, Canada, Laura Samuel (coach: Glenys Morton) and Andrew Sutcliffe (coach: Julien Raffalli-Ebezant) added silver and bronze to the overall medal tally with podium finishes in the triple jump and pole vault respectively.
Although their ability had never been doubted, their performances were even more impressive based on their global rankings coming into the competition and both were UK firsts at the IAAF World Junior Championsips.
"Coming in I was ranked fifth so I was targeting that bronze medal and I've got the silver now, so I'm really happy, woo hoo!" screamed a delighted Samuel who exceeded her own UK junior record with a best effort of 13.75m (+0.9m/s).
"It feels absolutely amazing, I'm on top of the world; as soon as I knew I had it I got my flag out and started celebrating."
Having fouled in the first round, her safe 13.49m (+1.7m/s) in the second round, bettered to 13.57m (+1.4m/s) in the third, was enough to take her past the cut, but it was her fourth jump which secured the silver medal and a new national best, also good enough to place her fifth on the UK senior All-Time list.
And while her own success was still sinking in, she was excited to hear that team mate Sutcliffe has earned his own position on the podium with an outdoor lifetime best performance of 5.35m.
"It's still not sunk in yet," said the Manchester-based pole vaulter. "I wasn't expecting to get a medal, well, I knew I was capable of it, but I wasn't sure I could do it…I was ranked just inside the top ten coming into it."
With Moncton experiencing adverse weather conditions throughout the day, Sutcliffe's preparations were less than ideal as he spent most of the day waiting to hear whether or not his event would go ahead.
His failed his opening attempt at 5.00m but went from strength to strength thereafter with first time clearances through to 5.35m.
"The atmosphere in here was amazing tonight," he said. "It was the best night ever. Every time I cleared the bar the whole crowd was behind me, it was so good. I've finished fourth on countback in big competitions before, so after I failed at 5.00m I waa giving it everything to go clear on my first attempt at every height. I surprised myself a little bit. I knew I was in good shape but I still can't really believe I've done it. It's an amazing feeling."
The evening session had already got off to a great start before Samuel and Sutcliffe had taken to the in field.
Having stretched her unbeaten run in formal athletics races to 150 with victory in her 200m heat this morning, world junior 100m champion Jodie Williams (coach: Mike McFarlane) continued her global success story with a semi final victory, setting up the chance of a glorious sprint double when she takes to the track in tomorrow's final (Friday 23 July at 20.25, 00.25 UK time).
The world junior leader was understandably exhausted following her 100m triumph late last night and early 200m heat today, but held on to take the win with 23.20 (+1.3m/s), one-hundredth of a second ahead of 100m bronze medallist Jamile Samuel (Netherlands).
"I'm absolutely shattered. I'm going straight to bed when I get in and I'll sleep all day tomorrow," she said. "I was coming round the bend and they were pushing me but I just needed to get there for myself to have the confidence going into the final, but I definitely had to push."
It was two from two for the Aviva GB & NI girls as Emily Diamond (coach: Jared Deacon) also made it through to the final.
In only marginally better conditions compared to the morning session, the aptly-named Stormy Kendrick (USA) won heat three with 23.28 (+1.6m/s), Diamond finishing strongly to secure the second automatic qualifying spot (23.47). "I didn't expect to get to the final, it was always my aim but I knew I would have to PB to make it – that was a PB so now I can go into the final completely relaxed knowing what I've done," she said. "I knew I had the Trinidadian outside of me and her PB was quicker, so I had to come off the bend harder than I did in the heat to try and catch her, which I did in the end, then hold it!"
There were mixed results for the other Aviva GB & NI finalists over the course of the evening.
Sarah Kelly (coach: Liz McColgan) ran a brave race to finish seventh in the 800m (2:04.80), while Matt Devereux (coach: Steve Rippon) went out of the pole vault final after three failures at 5.10m.
It was always going to be tough for Kelly following a huge lifetime best and outstanding performance of 2:02.89 in yesterday's semi final.
"I felt better than yesterday warming up but I was obviously going to have yesterday's run in my legs," she said. "I knew it wouldn't be the fastest time so I just wanted to enjoy the experience and to do the best I could. They went off so fast - I was two seconds down on the leaders after 200m but I went through in the time I was meant to – I ran the race how I wanted to run it, I just didn't expect them all to run so fast!"
"I was closing down, but I had nothing left. I'm happy – I got to the final and finished seventh in the world, I can't ask for more right now."
The race was won by Romania's Elena Lavric in 2:01.85.
As qualifying continued during an evening of finals, the Aviva GB & NI men failed to match the achievement of their female counterparts in the 200m, neither Kieran Showler-Davis (coach: John Davis) nor Danny Talbot (coach: Dan Cossins) making it through to tomorrow's final. "I felt better than in the heat, but I'm not pleased," said a frustrated Talbot who finished fourth in his semi final (21.19, +2.1m/s). "I should have won that really, I was fastest going into it."
Showler-Davis finished sixth in his semi final with 21.18 (+2.0m/s). "I don't know what was wrong," he said. "I'm so disappointed."
Prior to the evening session, and as the rain continued to pour, Dan Pembroke (coach: Kevin Pembroke) took to the field for his delayed javelin qualification. The interruption didn't overly concern him, however, as he secured his place in tomorrow's final (Friday 23 July at 20.20, 00.20 UK time) with his final effort of 69.44m.
"I'm very pleased qualify but it wasn't the best performance," said the Aviva England under-20 champion. "I came down on my first throw and seemed to dislocate my thumb but it seems ok now."
"The weather is really holding people back as well – I was waiting around in the training area for a while, but it's gone ok. The rest of the throws were reasonable and I just need to see how I do tomorrow now."
Tomorrow's morning session begins with Laura Weightman (coach: Steve Cram) in the first round of the women's 1500m at 09.00 (13.00 UK time).


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The problem with the bubble tea plan is that not only is the concoction bad for the stomach, it is foul looking and tasting as well. Add expensive to the mix and it's unclear why anyone would buy it once, let alone twice. Enter the hipster. Hipsters are constantly looking for things nobody else wants so they can make it 'cool' and keep it exclusive. Thus you get pre-distressed jeans, vintage ashtrays, and all the other crap that the army of the lame loves so well. Bubble Tea is perfect for them. It's sold exclusively at "ethnic" shops, thus putting it out of the mainstream. It is likely to elicit disgust in most people, thus allowing the hipster to feel superior to them. It is expensive, but not so expensive that you can't buy it on a record-store clerk's salary. It's hipster perfection.
And they drink it. The Asians are happy to watch them gulp the "juice of misery" (as they call it behind the backs of the round eyes) and to count the big bucks in the till as they swallow it. Most normal people are content to look with curiosity as the hipsters suck at their 'unique' beverage with their big colorful straws, happily ingesting what appear to be goat testicles along with their tea. The system works.
Or at least it did.
Yesterday my girlfriend took me down to the Lower East side to see the neighborhood where her grandmother used to rule as a real-estate mogul with an iron fist. She pointed out various sites and important edifices to me, and about half an hour into our tour she suggested we get some refreshments. It was a warm day and a nice cool drink of water or a diet coke sounded great, so I agreed. As we approached the shop she dropped the bombshell. We were headed to get bubble tea.
Now I told her explicitly that I had tried bubble tea a few years ago and hated it, and that I would rather drink raw sewage from the mouth of a pig than ingest that swill, but she was having none of it. She told me that this place was special, this place was different, and the bubble tea would be a delicious treat on a hot summer day. I went along. Why? Because she guaranteed I'd love it or I'd get a hand job while we watched Hot Shots Part Deux later. Let me tell you, it's quite pleasant to feel someone stroking your cock while you enjoy the comic antics of Charlie Sheen.
The bubble tea was nowhere near as pleasant. For one thing the store owner didn't speak any English and gave my girlfriend the wrong flavor of tea. This was made even stranger by the fact that the owner was Chinese and my girlfriend ordered IN CHINESE, but such are the ways of women from the mysterious orient. Who knows. Even after we sorted that out my girlfriend ended up buying 2 teas instead of the one she wanted because they thought her order of my coconut was her asking for another green apple. I'm not saying this shop owner was anti-semitic, but the "No shirt, no shoes, no service" sign had an addendum of "Jews not welcome."
As for the tea itself, well the coconut part tasted like watered down sorbet with a tea aftertaste, and the little brown bubbles...the bubbles...they tasted like rabbit turds. Sweet rabbit turds. The turds of rabbits who had been munching on sugar cane. I finished about half before I wanted to throw up. My girlfriend claimed she liked them and faked eating them, popping a few in her mouth and then spitting them into the gutter while we walked in a vain attempt to preserve the sanctity of the bubble tea experience. She failed. The stuff is swill, always was swill, and always will be swill.
It's food not fit for a pig or even a tapeworm. In fact the only creature disgustingly undiscriminating enough to digest that crap without serious gastrointestinal damage is...you guessed it...
The hipster.

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Reading List: Researcher Needs in Digital Humanities
Open Access Week 2013
From October 21-27th, the global academic and research community will come together to celebrate Open Access Week.
Now in its sixth year, the event is an opportunity to share the potential benefits of Open Access and to inspire wider participation so that Open Access becomes a new norm in scholarship and research.
Learn more on the Open Access Week website, or watch the video below for a brief introduction to Open Access.


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These days, it's easy to feel like Canada has gone off the rails if you care about clean water, clean air, and what type of planet we're passing on to our children. Powerful oil interests are in the driver's seat, with a complicit federal government willing to steer us over the cliff by removing environmental protections that keep Canadians safe from oil spills, and other toxic trash. And the passengers -- citizens -- are told to just shut up about it.
It's easy to feel alone, but you're not.
Today, a trainload of First Nations from northern B.C. took to the rails (literally) to fight for a vision that's more in line with what Canadians want. The Yinka Dene Alliance, made up of five First Nations whose territory comprises 25% of the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway oil pipelines and tankers project, is taking a Freedom Train across Canada. They're travelling with allies from several other Nations like the Haida, the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs, and Tsleil Waututh. They're doing it to enforce their legal ban on the project, and to protect their freedom to choose their own future, and live according to their own cultures. It will be a long trip, too: All the way from northern B.C. to Enbridge's annual shareholders meeting in Toronto, making stops along the way to rally support.
Communities in northern B.C. are on the front lines of the current attack on the environment. The oil industry's desire to sell tar sands oil to Asia via the pipeline and tanker project is behind the gutting of key environmental safeguards, and moves to silence environmental charities. Nowhere does this hit home more than in communities most at risk of oil spills; communities that also worry what will happen to the 45,000 coastal jobs that rely on clean water.
But while the pressure to ram the pipeline through is being felt most directly by communities in northern B.C., the impacts of a Canada run by powerful oil interests will be felt by all Canadians. The removal of environmental safeguards will apply coast to coast to coast, meaning less protection for Canadians from oil spills, toxic mining waste, and dangerous air pollution. The stifling of democratic debate about major industrial projects means all Canadians will have less of a voice in decisions that impact us.
Nor is only the environment at risk. The economy could also be harmed by recklessly expanding tar sands oil production. As the Canadian dollar rises -- called a petro-currency -- jobs in other sectors like manufacturing, tourism, agriculture, or fisheries that depend on exports are at risk. Doubling down on oil might be good for extremely profitable oil companies, but isn't necessarily great for the rest of us. It's also the opposite direction that other countries are going, namely moving to clean, renewable energy.
So while the land and water the Yinka Dene want to protect might be a long way from where you live, we all have a stake in their message about the Northern Gateway pipeline. The Freedom Train is about their land and their culture, but the fight over this pipeline is about what direction Canada is heading. We can let the oil lobby drive us over a cliff, or we can join the Yinka Dene in changing the track.


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Pensions and life assurance company Irish Life has been sold by the Government for 1.3 billion euro.
Canadian investment and insurance giant, Great-West Lifeco, bought the business after protracted negotiations delayed by the eurozone financial crisis.
Finance minister Michael Noonan said the deal gives taxpayers a full return on the bailout need to rescue Permanent TSB, the mortgage wing of the then Irish Life & Permanent (IL&P).
The state will get an additional dividend of 40 million euro as part of the deal.
"Today's deal is the first time during this crisis that a company in which we have invested has been returned fully to private ownership. This is a historic transaction and provides the Irish taxpayer with a full return on its investment in Irish Life," Mr Noonan said.
Under the deal Great-West Lifeco's Canada Life will be merged under the Irish Life brand.
Established in 1939, Irish Life is the largest life and pensions and investment management group in Ireland, with more than one million customers and 37 billion euro of assets under management. It employs 2,200 people in Ireland.
Allen Loney, president and chief executive of Great-West Lifeco, said the deal commits the company to Ireland, where Canada Life has operated since 1903.
"Customers of both companies will have continuity of their products and customer service," Mr Loney said.
He added: "There is a good culture fit."


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Lisa Palfrey
Lisa Palfrey is a Welsh actress. Her first major role was in the film The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain. She has gone on to star in the cult film House of America, and appeared in comedy film Guest House Paradiso and television series Casualty. She also played the character of Rhiannedd Frost in the Welsh soap Pobol y Cwm. She has performed in a number of plays including the original production of David Eldridges Festen and Under The Blue Sky, The Iceman Cometh with Kevin Spacey and The Kitchen Sink.
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Mexican authorities say nine men have been found murdered in the back of a small cargo truck in the southern state of Guerrero.
State prosecutors say in a statement that the men were apparently kidnapped Thursday and reported missing the following night.
The truck was discovered Saturday morning along with a highway between the state capital, Chilpancingo, and the city of Tixtla.
It was registered to one of the victims.
Prosecutors say the men lived in Tixtla and Chilpancingo and used the vehicle to sell possibly ill-gotten food products.
Guerrero has one of the highest homicide rates of Mexico's 31 states plus the capital district.
It is home to opium poppy plantations and splintered gangs at war with each other for control of the drug trade and extortion rackets.


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Bitcoin: Currency or Commodity?
Earlier this month, a US Senate committee described virtual currencies as a "legitmate financial service" and since then the value of a single bitcoin has surpassed $1,000. In January, it was trading at $20.
There has been continued debate about whether bitcoin is a a ponzi scheme or poised to change the world. Earlier this week, The Guardian reporter Alex Hern explained, "Until now, what pundits called in a rolling-eye fashion 'the new peer-to-peer cryptocurrency' had been seen just as a digital form of gold [and silver], with all the associated speculation, stake-claiming and even 'mining'; perfect for the digital wild west of the internet, but no use for real transactions."
The Senate Hearing
This month, The FBI and Justice Department's Criminal Division warned the committee about the increasing use of such currencies by "malicious actors" including drug dealers, pornography traffickers and perpetrators of large-scale fraud.
Committee chairman, Senator Thomas Carper, observed, "Virtual currencies, perhaps most notably Bitcoin, have captured the imagination of some, struck fear among others, and confused the heck out of the rest of us."
But the Senate committee described virtual currencies as a "legitmate financial service" and since then the value of a single bitcoin has surpassed $1,000. In January, it was trading at $20.
Bitcoin offers unprecedented flexibility and now PC Game Supply, an online retailer specializing in the digital delivery of game and gift card products, accepts Bitcoin via Bitpay. Target, America's third largest retailer accepts Bitcoin via mobile gift card startup, Gyft. Bitcoin may likely become part of our future economy.
The chairman of the US Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke, the Bank of England, and other key players like law enforcement officials, regulators and economists are starting to take Bitcoin more seriously, even after last month's shutdown of Silk Road—which let users buy drugs anonymously over the internet using Bitcoins. One step towards Bitcoin's legitimacy is Bernanke's intention to make it part of US currency regulation.
In October, the world's first Bitcoin ATM opened in Vancouver, Canada, which allows users to exchange bitcoins for cash and vice-versa. The Chicago Federal Reserve said the currency was "a remarkable conceptual and technical achievement, which may well be used by existing financial institutions or even by governments themselves."
Indeed, the virtual currency was quickly adopted in China, where one exchange – BTC China – is said to be the most active globally. Bitcoin's popularity in China is based on its reliability of getting money out of the country.
Writing about why the Chinese are paying premiums for their Bitcoins, Forbes contributor, Gordon G. Chang, points out, "there are a number of reasons why Beijing undoubtedly likes the new currency. For one thing, digital money can undermine the dollar's status as the world's reserve currency. Bitcoin is on track to becoming the world's first trillion dollar non-fiat form of money."
While Bitcoin differs from conventional currencies, the idea of virtual currency for the Internet has taken hold. Hern says, "the only reason people are willing to pay money for the currency is because other people are willing to as well." But while widespread adoption is possible, Bitcoin would need to develop a banking system akin to conventional money.
How it works
Once you have installed a Bitcoin wallet on your computer or mobile phone, it will generate your first Bitcoin address and you can create more whenever you need one. You can disclose your addresses to your friends so that they can pay you or vice versa. In fact, this is pretty similar to how email works, except that Bitcoin addresses should only be used once.
In terms of processing, mining is a distributed consensus system that is used to confirm waiting transactions by including them in a block chain, a public record of Bitcoin transactions in chronological order. To be confirmed, transactions must be packed in a block that fits very strict cryptographic rules that will be verified by the network. A block is a record in the block chain that contains and confirms many waiting transactions.
All confirmed transactions are included in the block chain. Bitcoin wallets keep a secret piece of data called a private key or seed, which is used to sign transactions, providing a mathematical proof that they have come from the owner of the wallet.
Exchanges often reveal different values because of difficulties related to exchanging bitcoins for real currency, which requires funds to be transferred through several banks in different countries, each with their own transaction fees.
According to Bitcoin developer Mike Hearn, "The web came to dominate because it was flexible and open, so anyone could take part, innovate and build interesting applications like YouTube, Facebook or Wikipedia, none of which would have ever happened on the AOL platform. I think the same will be true of Bitcoin." Even so, Bitcoin has a long way to go in dealing with its problems and future challenges. Earlier this month, Hackers stole over a thousand Bitcoins from the European payment processor valued at over $1 million.
Alternatives to Bitcoin such as Litecoin, which provides faster transaction processing, and Freicoin, which tries to stop money hoarding are based on the same technology. Hern adds, "There's even nothing to stop a nation state declaring its own version of Bitcoin as legal tender." Still, Bitcoin's monetary policy is not likely to be adopted by an entire economy any time in the near future.
Nearly every question regarding Bitcoin is being asked and answered over at Reddit. The Bitcoin subreddit is described as follows:
Bitcoin is the currency of the Internet: a distributed, worldwide, decentralized digital money. Unlike traditional currencies such as dollars, bitcoins are issued and managed without any central authority whatsoever: there is no government, company, or bank in charge of Bitcoin. As such, it is more resistant to wild inflation and corrupt banks. With Bitcoin, you can be your own bank.
Only time will tell if Bitcoin is the future of money or a bubble waiting to burst. If you are interested in Bitcoin, don't miss the Inside Bitcoins conference and expo in Las Vegas this December 10-11, which explores the future of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency.


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United States v. Kennebec Log Driving Co.
ELR Citation: 6 ELR 20048
Nos. No. 74-431, 399 F. Supp. 754/8 ERC 1026/(D. Me., 08/07/1975) On remand, summary judgment
On remand from the court of appeals, 491 F.2d 562, 4 ELR 20047 (1st Cir. 1973), the district court grants so much of plaintiff's motion for summary judgment as seeks a declaration that §13 of the Rivers and Harbors Act, 33 U.S.C. §407, ELR 41141, applies to sunken logs and bark in the Kennebec River resulting from defendants' log-driving activity. The court denies plaintiff's motion for injunctive relief, however, finding insufficient facts in the record to enable it to frame an appropriate equitable decree. The court of appeals previously held that the Act of May 1900, 33 U.S.C. §410, ELR 41144, exempted defendants' log-driving from §§10 and 15 of the Rivers and Harbors Act, which require permits for obstructions to navigation. Section 13, which prohibits the discharge of "any refuse matter" other than liquid sewage into navigable waters without a permit, is clearly applicable to defendants' log-driving. It is undisputed that sunken logs and bark are properly classed as "refuse" under the statute, and the federal courts have consistently read §13 in accordance with its plain language and declined to carve exceptions out of its broad coverage. E.g., United States v. Standard Oil Co., 384 U.S. 224, 228-30 (1966). Defendants are mistaken in contending that Congress could not have intended such a result since it was aware that every log drive inevitably involved some degree of sinkage, wished to protect log-driving as an important form of commercial navigation, and must have realized that a legal prohibition against sinkage would be tantamount to a legal prohibition on log-driving itself. Contrary to defendants' assertion, §13 does not prohibit the discharge of refuse into navigable waters, but instead merely subjects it to regulation through a permit procedure. The government's request for immediate injunctive relief must be denied, however, since it would not be proper on the present limited record. Cf. United States v. Rohm & Haas Co., 500 F.2d 177, 4 ELR 20738 (5th Cir. 1974). A pretrial conference is scheduled to determine what matters are to be considered in framing an appropriate equitable decree.
The full text of this opinion is available from ELR (14 pp. $1.75, ELR Order No. C-1003).
Counsel for Plaintiffs
Peter Mills, U.S. Attorney
156 Federal Street
Portland, ME 04111
Walter Kiechel Jr., Deputy Asst. Attorney General
Thomas F. Bastow
Thomas C. Lee
James R. Walpole
Department of Justice
Washington, DC 20530
William Lunenburg
Charles Corkin II
Wesley Marshall Jr.
Environmental Protection Agency
John F. Kennedy Federal Building, Suite 2308
Boston, MA 02203
Counsel for Defendants
Vincent McKusick
Daniel E. Boxer
Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen & McKusick
1 Monument Square
Portland, ME 04111
Loyall F. Sewall
Howard H. Dana Jr.
John W. Philbrick
Verrill, Dana, Philbrick, Putnam & Williamson
2 Canal Plaza
P.O. Box 586
Portland, ME 04112
Roberts B. Owen
Covington & Burling
888 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Norman M. Hiesman
Ellis Horwitz
W.T. Peabody
Scott Paper Co.
Scott Plaza
Philadelphia, PA 19113
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Andy Stern has just gained yet another job. Earlier this month, Stern also accepted a position on the Board of Directors for SIGA, a producer of anti-viral and biological warfare defense products.
But this job seems to have some policy teeth, with a think-tank title akin to Media Matters or the Center for American Progress, and it comes with perhaps some welcome company as well.
From The San Francisco Chronicle:
Andy Stern, former president of the Service Employees International Union, is joining Georgetown University's public policy school as a research fellow.
Stern, 59, retired in May after building his union into one of the largest in the labor movement and increasing his own influence with President Barack Obama and Democratic lawmakers.
Stern will coordinate research at Washington-based Georgetown on wage reform, labor policy and retirement security, according to an announcement on the school's website.
Stern of course maintains his position as an adviser on Obama's deficit-reduction commission, a post to which Obama appointed him in February of this year.
This announcement comes only weeks after the announcement that Ed Montgomery, who has been serving in the White House as both a member of President Obama's Task Force on the Auto Industry and as the Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers, will leave the Obama administration to take over as Dean of Georgetown University's Public Policy Institute. As very active leaders in the labor movement, both Mr. Montgomery and Andy Stern certainly know one another, and have shared visits at the White House for such activities as Obama's White House Forum on Jobs and Economic Growth.


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More ships than ever are operating in the Bering Strait and off the north coast of Alaska, but many of the nautical charts for the region haven't been updated in more than a century. Now, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is trying to fix that. The research vessel Fairweather sets off Wednesday for a surveying trip in the Arctic.
On the back deck of the 231-foot Fairweather, Operations Officer Caryn Zacharias is showing off a 10-foot long piece of equipment that looks like a torpedo with wings.
"We can fly this fish – we also fly the smaller fish – the 5000."
The "fish" is a side-scan sonar. Like all sonar, it works by bouncing sound off of a target and then measuring the echoes that come back. In this case, the target is the seafloor and the echoes paint a picture of its topography.
The side-scan is one of several instruments the crew of the Fairweather will be using as they trace a path from Kotzebue to the Canadian border over the next month. It's the first mapping expedition of the north coast using modern equipment.
"I think we're probably a little behind the curve right now but we're trying to understand what we need to do to get that data for the mariner, " says Fairweather Commander James Crocker.
The main problem is that existing charts aren't detailed enough.
"You know, you have a lot of barge traffic that goes up there to support the communities," Crocker says. "They sort of know where they can go, how to operate – but as you start looking at more potential for ecotourism, you start getting container ships or bulk carrier or oil or whatever it is, that local knowledge isn't going to be there to guide them through the waters."
Many of the charts are also inaccurate, since they rely on data gathered using less precise instruments.
"On the chart it may say you can get within a mile or so – but that's based on data from 1890 or who knows exactly when," Crocker says.
Although this summer the Fairweather won't be collecting the detailed data NOAA needs to actually update the charts, Crocker says the trip will provide a baseline for future mapping expeditions – or could show that the information is already available.
"For this specific project we're just doing reconnaissance that will help us compare our data to some outside data [Navy, Coast Guard etc] to see whether we can utilize that and bring in other information onto the chart that may be there and to determine if it meets standards that we need for nautical charting purposes."
The Fairweather will concentrate on areas close to the shoreline, especially the heavily trafficked zones near Point Hope and Barrow. Crocker hopes to make it all the way to the Canadian border, but that might not be possible because of persistent ice cover in the Beaufort Sea. If that's the case, he says there's plenty of work to be done elsewhere – including right here in Unalaska.


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Our downstairs has been taken over by all things fall and we are both loving it.
How cute are these copper leaf napkin rings? 4 for $5 at Target!
I shared we are going to be sippin' on this tonight while trick or treaters come by. I love these funny poison cups from Target.
I'm trying to hide our candy from JPS…like he won't see it on top there? ha
I found these little napkins at Home Goods–my favorite place to find cute napkins.
Can you believe this little sign is only $5?
Whelp, thats a quick tour around here…can't wait to break out the Christmas decor. I've been eyeing some things at Target already like this tray, these sweet little plates, and this cookie jar.


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Asia and Oceania
Region: Asia and Oceania
Global Rank: 98 of 129
Region Rank: 17 of 19
Brunei Darussalam's IPRI score decreased by -0.008 to 4.758 placing it 17th in the Asia and Oceania region and 98th in the world. Brunei Darussalam is classified by the IMF as part of the Emerging and Developing Asia group and by the World Bank as a High income country.
Brunei Darussalam's Legal and Political Subindex score decreased by -0.046 to 6.296 with scores of 4.868 in Judicial Independence, 6.293 in Rule of Law, 6.425 in Control of Corruption, and 7.599 in Political Stability.
Brunei Darussalam's Physical Property Rights Subindex decreased by -0.076 to 3.357 with scores of 5.428 in Perception of Property Rights Protection, 0.404 in Registering Property, and 4.240 in Ease of Access to Loans.
Brunei Darussalam's Intellectual Property Rights Subindex score increased by 0.098 to 4.621 with scores of 5.643 in Perception of Intellectual Property Protection, data unavailable in in Patent Protection, and 3.6 in Copyright Protection.
Brunei Darussalam is a member of the following regional integration agreements
Brunei Darussalam - IPRI Overall Score
Brunei Darussalam - IPRI Overall Score
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- 4. Rule of Law
- 5. Control of Corruption
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- 9. Registering Property
- 10. Ease of Access to Loans
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Seven winter essentials to prevent car cold day "frostbite"
Author: Source: Update: Sep 18, 2018
In summer, we use ordinary car suits in order to prevent sun exposure and rain corrosion paint, and winter with cotton car clothes, car insulation, anti-theft, fire retardant can also play a role.
Recommended reason: In some areas, temperatures are lower in winter and even in Beijing with four seasons, it reaches minus 15 degrees Celsius. At such temperatures, it is more difficult to start the car. You can do it yourself, put on a warm coat for the car, through the test, the insulation effect can reach 3-4 degrees higher than the outside temperature.
Choose to buy: The general increase in cotton clothing prices in the 80-300 per month, choose to add cotton clothing outer layer of high-grade nano-materials or the use of gold material, the inner layer is a high degree of softness PU material, built-in excellent flame retardant effect of pure cotton.
Winter essential supplies two: frost glass water
The difference between winter and summer is that in summer no matter what brand of glass water temperature will not be frozen, and winter if the use of summer glass of water, then there will be ice problems. As a result, the automobile glass can not be cleaned, and the motor and glass water storage tank will be frozen and damaged.
Recommended reason: To the lowest temperature in winter to choose antifreeze glass water, for example, the minimum temperature in Beijing has reached minus 15 degrees, then select the glass water temperature, at least 25 degrees below zero, then the colder temperatures such as Mohe, temperatures below minus 30 degrees and below , It is necessary to use minus 35 degrees and below the glass of water to prevent being frozen.
Choose to buy: Frost glass water prices are generally between 15-30 yuan. First of all, we have to decide the type of glass water according to the temperature of the weather. Under normal circumstances, we should give more temperature. For example, minus 15 degrees Celsius, then we should buy glass water below -20 degrees and below, if you buy glass water at the same temperature, is likely to freeze phenomenon.
Winter essential supplies three: snow tires
Not all cars need to be replaced snow tires. Snow tires are often less useful for vehicles that are often driven in urban areas, but snow tires are important for drivers who do not have driving experience on ice and snow, have special needs and drive after driving.
Recommended reason: Snow tires in the cold areas and snow, not only to ensure vehicle safety, but also has good handling and braking performance. For all winter is winter, the snow tire is the best choice.
Choose to buy: The general set of snow tires in the price of 2000-3000 yuan, special high-density tread rubber, wear-resistant and not easy to smash, add a certain amount of silicon to ensure that the maximum ground area, the skid resistance Play to the maximum.
Four essential winter supplies: snow shovel, light shovel
Winter, due to snow, frost and other reasons, the car windshield ice will affect the visibility, clear up more trouble. Car windshield dedicated snow shovel can easily solve this problem. Lightweight shovels excavate snow and dirt when the tires are covered in snow and ice.
Recommended reason: In the snow after the weather, with its open hot air, melt the snow affected vision, might as well bring a snow shovel to convenience. If the car is buried in the snow, then a light shovel will be your life-saving straw. With them in the winter for your escort, there really is nothing to worry about.
Choose to buy: the price of snow shovel in a few dollars, the price of light shovels about 20 yuan, are cheaper. The purchase of them and fire extinguishers together, neither occupy the place, but also to provide you with convenience.
Five essential winter supplies: winter cushion
Driving in winter, if the car does not have seat heating, presumably owners have already purchased winter cushions. Otherwise, driving each time is a challenge. Therefore, the installation of winter cushions in cold winter has become the most effective way to improve the status quo.
Recommended reason: the cold winter, in the cold leather seats, we need a winter cushion, it can bring warmth to the owner, but also have a good driving mood.
Choose to buy: In the market, the variety of cushion in winter, the price is very different from three to five hundred to three five thousand. In our purchase of safety to be on the first place, so to choose the material can fit inside the seat surface and does not slip.
Six essential winter supplies: antifreeze
Antifreeze is a coolant containing special additives, mainly used for engine cooling system, antifreeze winter with antifreeze, anti boil summer, annual scale, anti-corrosion and other functions. Antifreeze should be used throughout the year, antifreeze should be replaced when the net old liquid to avoid mixing different brands of antifreeze.
Recommended reason: the winter night may reach minus a few degrees or tens of degrees. Want to make the engine ready to start at any time depends on antifreeze. It can ensure the engine to work at low temperatures.
Choose to buy: antifreeze in the price of 50 yuan. Antifreeze freezing point is one of the most important indicators of antifreeze, antifreeze can freeze the important conditions. The lower the freezing point, the higher the boiling point, the larger the temperature difference, the better the antifreeze quality. At the same time also pay attention to different brands do not mix.
Seven essential winter supplies: anti-fog agent
Winter driving, due to the very few open the window ventilation, leading to greater temperature difference between inside and outside the car, so that windshield covered with fog, it is likely to affect the driver's line of sight. Therefore, in winter, owners can spray some special anti-fogging agent on the windshield to get the best sight during driving.
Recommended reason: If the windshield fog, blocking the driver's line of sight, is likely to cause traffic accidents. If we use anti-fog agent, can form a transparent protective film on the glass, can effectively prevent the condensation of water vapor in the glass to form a mist layer. This should be a good way to avoid the problems caused by the fog.
Choose to buy: the price of anti-fog agent in a few dollars to tens of dollars. It is flammable and should only be used in a well-ventilated area. Avoid direct sunlight, close to fire or heat source. Store in a cool place below 50 ℃. Do not inhale aerosol when using it. This product can cause drowsiness or dizziness.
Summary: In winter, everyone in warm clothing for yourself to do Wanquan preparation, but also think about how to prepare for the winter driving love. This is also a protection for you on the go. While you are aiming for the love of driving, be careful not to overlook the safety issue. Reasonable decoration, talent is truly warm themselves.


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Cassano Endorses Senate Democrats' Criminal Justice, Gun Safety, Voting Rights Agenda
Today, State Senator Steve Cassano (D-Manchester) gave his endorsement to the Senate Democrats' announcement of "A Just Connecticut," the first of four legislative agendas for the 2019 legislative session. The series of bills outline the policy proposals from Senate Democrats to reform the state's criminal justice system, strengthen gun safety protections, and expand voting rights.
The legislative proposals in the "A Just Connecticut" agenda introduced by Sen. Cassano include:
"Criminal justice reform is a vital need in our state, and these proposed bills will work to protect our vulnerable populations and help those who have themselves been reformed find new opportunity," said Sen. Cassano. "Those who have served their sentences and come out of the criminal justice system dedicated to improving themselves deserve opportunities to put their past behind them. Extending restraining orders helps those who are at risk, as does giving children of immigrants, who often can't defend themselves, proper legal counsel. Requiring the disclosure of certain pieces of evidence makes sure defendants receive the opportunity to fairly defend themselves as well. We should try to do what we can to always improve our justice system."
Senate Bill 654: An Act Concerning A Right to Counsel for Immigrant Children
To ensure children of immigrants are represented in issues regarding their well-being.
- In FY 2018, there were 971 filings initiated in Connecticut for juvenile deportation proceedings. Largest represented countries of origin were Guatemala (309), Honduras (152), and Brazil (152). 716 of those individuals, or 78 percent, were not represented by counsel.
- California; Washington; and Denver, Colorado have allocated funding for legal representation of immigrants.
- New Jersey recently allocated $2.1 million for legal representation of immigrants.
- The bill would establish a new program to provide legal counsel to undocumented minors. Roughly $800,000 a year would be needed.
Senate Bill 689: An Act Concerning Tolling Temporary Restraining Orders (SB 689)
To continue a temporary restraining order after the person alleged to be a threat is released from jail or custody.
- It is possible that a restraining order is issued when the alleged abuser is in jail, or that the alleged abuser is arrested and in jail during the days prior to the hearing. If there is no hearing, which can be complicated by the alleged abuser's arrest, then the restraining order can expire.
- The bill would toll (delay) the time between issuing the restraining order and the hearing by one day for each day that the alleged abuser is in custody of law enforcement.
Senate Bill 653: An Act Concerning Open File Disclosure in Criminal Cases
To require prosecuting officials to automatically disclose certain pieces of evidence in criminal cases.
- Adoption of automatic discovery, so that overworked defense attorneys do not need to make requests for the most common document requests. State Attorneys will be required to disclose certain materials.
- Ensuring all materials in the state's possession, not just the prosecutor's, is shared with the defendant.
- Requiring all materials with the ability to prove innocence or lessen the penalty of a crime be shared with the defendant before being asked to enter into a plea bargain.
- Discovery standards that are uniform across the state, and do not vary by judicial district.
Senate Bill 691: An Act Concerning Expungement of Criminal Records
To create a system of expungement of criminal records for offenders that have remained crime-free for a significant period following the end of his or her sentence.
- There is a strong correlation between housing and employment and the like hood that a convicted person will reoffend. The sad truth is that a person's criminal record makes it unfairly more difficult to acquire housing and employment.
- The bill would automatically expunge (destroy) or erase (seal and prohibit public access to) certain criminal records if an offender does not re-offend within a designated number of years from release
"Everyone in Connecticut deserves the right to vote how they want, but all too often, our voting laws restrict them from doing so," said Sen. Cassano. "College students shouldn't have to take time out of their studies to travel, sometimes for miles, just to cast a ballot. Hard-working voters who can't find time outside of work, family or other challenges in their daily schedule should have more chances to make their voices heard. If more people vote, our legislature can properly represent the public."
Senate Joint Resolution 14: A Resolution Proposing an Amendment to the State Constitution to Allow for Early Voting
To amend the Constitution of the State of Connecticut to allow for in person voting for a period prior to election day.
Senate Bill 266: An Act Concerning Ballot Access for Students on College and University Campuses
To provide polling locations on college and university campuses for students to make it easier for students to vote.
"Ghost guns threaten public safety and contribute to crime, causing countless tragedies that could have been avoided," said Sen. Cassano. "By enacting this legislation, we can work to take unregistered guns off the street without impacting legal gun owners. It's a simple action we can take that can save lives, so there's no reason why we shouldn't."
Senate Bill 655: An Act Concerning Ghost Guns
To ensure the sale of firearms adhere to serial number requirements and to close loopholes contributing to the illegal possession of firearms.
- Without a serial number, law enforcement cannot run a search on a gun, making it impossible to determine chain of custody.
- Bill would close loopholes by banning guns that do not have serial numbers and prohibit the sale of any materials or services that permit the construction of guns outside the regulated marketplace.


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Everything goes. If we are gonna cut ties, we have to cut ties. And that means all the stuff we have accumulated over a lifetime. It sure won't fit in the RV. We can't store it all. We can't give it all away.
So what better way to empty out a house than paying a bunch of people to show up and cart it off? A bunch of people paying US when they show up and cart it off!!
When someone liquidates an entire household, it is usually by way of an estate sale. After all, people just up an deciding to live MoHo are not that common.
More often an estate sale is the unhappy thing that happens when someone's relative – often elderly – passes away and their house needs to be emptied of all of its newly orphaned possessions. So estate sale techniques are applied. Basically everything is for sale and the goal is to exchange all of the possessions for money and an empty house.
I have to admit the idea of hiring an estate sale company to just make it all go away, leaving me with an empty house and a check of the proceeds, was appealing. Unfortunately, the more I learned about the estate sale industry, the more I realized that Heather and I would be our own best estate sale company.
Why? Well, a few reasons.
- Estate sale companies have a minimum charge to come out and perform their services. That can often consume a significant part (as much as half to two-thirds) of what you'll get. Its expensive to use their services, and the good companies cost more.
- Estate sale companies don't want to come if unless you have quite a lot of valuables like tools, jewlerly, pianos, or cookware. A modest household will have trouble meeting the threshold. We weren't sure where our household sat, but we had a feeling it was on the modest end of the scale.
- Whatever doesn't sell is either left for the owner to deal with/dispose of(defeating the whole purpose of a "sell everything" sale) OR the estate sale company will dispose of it (often at an additional charge)
- Leaving the home "broom clean" after the sale is even more of the cost. AKA, you will end up doing your own cleanup anyway.
Basically, it sounded to us that by the time we were done, the estate sale company would get most of the proceeds from our house. We've also heard that some less reputable estate sale companies actually overprice stuff so that they don't sell it and it ends up being given to them after the sale is over and the owner just wants the stuff gone. They then take it to the next sale with a lower price and pocket the profit! Some people have said they went to their own estate sale and saw lots of stuff that was not theirs being sold!
So we were determined to try this for ourselves.
It was a ton of work. Everything. And I mean everything, needed to be sorted out, organized, displayed, and have a price sticker attached. We bought little round orange stickers from Staples and used those.
Advice #1 – your stuff isn't worth anything. Think about what YOU would pay for an item at someone else's estate sale and NOT what you paid for the item new. Price accordingly. This is really hard. But you have to do it. You can't charge new prices. If people wanted to pay new prices, they would go to Costco.
Advice #2 – your goal is to end up with an empty house so you can live MoHo. Price everything so that it will sell! Set the price too high and you'll be left with a lot of stuff that you will just have to donate or lower the price and try again. Neither of which you want. You want the mass hordes to sweep through your piles of stuff leaving nothing behind but dust bunnies.
Advice #3 – The first hour of your sale will be the busiest. In fact, the first 30 minutes will be total chaos. Have one way into your house (say, the front door), and station the cashier/checkout person there. You don't want people walking away out other doors (like an open garage door) without paying. Have another person in the garage. Have a third in the main room if its not by the door. You don't want people stuffing their pockets or altering price stickers.
Advice #4 – post a sign that says no discounts on the first day of the sale, or no discounts the first half of the sale. This will save you from endless haggling. Yes, people will offer crazy low-ball prices on everything and its easier to simply refer to the policy. Remember, people who go to estate sales are looking for massive bargains. And they aren't afraid to do a little haggling to get them. If you have priced right (see Advice #1) you won't need to discount.
Advice #5 – presell to your friends and neighbors. If you are offering the kind of good deals you SHOULD be offering, why not let your friends and neighbors benefit? Just be prepared for this to take up a lot of the time you spend preparing, so don't wait until the day you are setting up for the sale.
In the end, it took days to prepare, with the two of us working 16 hours straight on Friday. We scheduled the sale for Saturday and Sunday, starting at 10:00am on Saturday. People were lined up at the front door, and we opened at 9:50am. By 11:00am, 75% of our stuff (no kidding) was gone. The first hour was busier than the checkout lines at Costco. Fortunately a couple of good friends came by (thanks Sean and Julio) and ended up helping. If those guys hadn't come, we couldn't have handled the volume by ourselves. Or we would have been really hard pressed to handle it.
People started piles, and several people bought 30-40 items. Several people's piles grew until they touched, setting of some minor fireworks about which items were in which pile.
Kitchen ware and tools were the most popular items. Furniture was so-so, and so was electronics. Art did not sell at all. Not even at $1 or $2 which is less than the value of just the frames.
By 2pm, the sale was done. We stayed "open" until 4:00pm, our posted date, But nobody came by. Your sale will do its most business right after it opens. The hard part is watching people buy our stuff for pennies on the dollar. Which leads me to:
Advice #6 – cut your emotional ties. Your goal is the ruthless elimination of your stuff. By this point, you've sorted out what you really want and put it in storage or in a closed room. Everything else must go. There is no point in selling half of your stuff.
We cancelled the second day sale. Not enough to sell. Given what we made on the sale, having an estate sale company come – if they even would have – would have left us with almost nothing after their minimums. It was a grueling effort to prep and then hold the sale, but totally worth it.


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Happy New Year!
Dear Flat Rock Family,
Thank you for an amazing 2016 and for the wonderful start to 2017!
2016 was a year of transformation at Flat Rock. Reverend Nancy S. Hull retired as President & CEO of Flat Rock Homes, Care Center & Community Services after 18 years of remarkable leadership as she faithfully guided our ministry through many changes such as opening Flat Rock Educational Center, building the Flat Rock Care Center Intermediate Care Facility (ICF) and beginning the Flat Rock Adult Advantages program.
In June, Karen L. Kilgo joined the Flat Rock team by taking up the mantle of leadership as the President & CEO of Flat Rock Homes, Care Center & Community Services. Kilgo moved to Ohio bringing with her 23 years of executive management experience having working in several mission-driven non-profit agencies in Atlanta, GA including Atlanta Mission and Christian City.
We also celebrated Henry's* graduation from Flat Rock Education Center.After a well deserved break, Henry* successfully transition to our Flat Rock Adult Advantages program where he enjoys participating in a number of programs growing his vocational and social skills.
In October, we celebrated 150 years of mission and ministry with an evening of recognition, legacy and hope.
During the celebration gala, we honored those we have shown outstanding dedication and commitment to Flat Rock's mission to provide outstanding services which transforms the lives of persons with intellectual & developmental disabilities, their families and persons with critical needs through a dedication to caring and excellence that demonstrates Christian values.
We finished 2016 on a high note as we celebrate Christmas as a community inviting churches to collect Christmas Wish List donation, host volunteer gift wrapping parties, celebrated Christmas with the Bellevue Kiwanis Club for the 95th consecutive year, gathered with all of the Flat Rock Community Services clients for a Christmas celebration, and so much more.
2016 would not have been possible without your support! We want to take a moment to express our sincere gratitude for your monetary support, ceaseless prayers, endless volunteer hours and advocacy. We are grateful for each you. Your support is the heart of our mission and ministry. We are overwhelmed with gratitude and look forward to another wonderful year of ministry together in 2017.
Wishing you and yours a very Happy and blessed New Year!
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Plains GA: Former President James Carter has filed a defamation of character civil action lawsuit against President Barack Obama in Georgia State Court.
The complaint by the former president alleges that he can't walk down a street in Plains without someone calling me Obama; telling me that since I closed the peanut farm unemployment has gone up; my EPA has shut down the white lightning industry due to SMOG; my mandatory healthcare premiums are going to bankrupt them; the shovel ready Plains Convention Center received no stimulus money; the NLRB blocked opening of the new Harley Davidson motorcycle plant and everybody complains when I take a vacation in Atlanta.
At the preliminary hearing the Georgia State Judge recommended to the former president that the lawsuit be re-filed in Washington DC Federal Court where nobody knows you!


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Money advice from your grandparents
When it comes to cash, some things never go out of fashion
Grandma and Grandpa really do know best. They're older and wiser, and have a lifetime of experience that's not to be ignored, especially when it comes to money. We might think we do it tough financially nowadays, but our grandparents had it a lot tougher and got by with a lot less cash. So while you might think Grandma and Grandpa don't know much about money management for our modern times, we could all take a leaf out of their book when it comes to making ends meet.
Here's 5 top money tips from your grandparents generation that definitely hold true today.
- Waste not, want not
There's a lot to be said for being frugal.
- We live in such a disposable society nowadays and throw away so many things after just one use (think plastic bags, razors, water bottles) when we could re-use or repurpose them, saving a load of cash – and often the environment!
- When times are tight this just doesn't make sense. So the next time you go to throw away and replace something, stop and think – do you really need to?
- Getting a little DIY knowledge can save you a load of cash on tradies and expensive replacements too. Often we replace things with a new one, when it could easily have be repaired instead.
- As they say – one man's trash is another man's treasure. Take advantage of charity stores, council clean-ups and garage sales – the bargains waiting to be had can be amazing, and save you a small fortune on retail prices.
- Always pay with cash
Grandma wouldn't dream of using a credit card to buy that must-have purchase.
- Our grandparents believed that if you didn't have the cash set aside for it, then you didn't buy it.
- With interest free deals and credit so readily available nowadays, we often tend to rush into buying things and end up in trouble with debt.
- So take a leaf out of Grandma's book and try to always pay with cash. You'll be surprised how much money (and debt!) you can save by sticking to this rule for a while.
- Save the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves
Sure, we might need to update this one to 'save the cents and the dollars will come rolling in' – but either way, it certainly remains true!
- These days we tend to want everything instantly. We're not very good at patiently scrimping and saving our way to our financial goals. An abundance of temptations like 'interest free' finance deals and a culture of rapidly-changing trends can make it hard to resist the urge to be spending constantly, when we really can't afford it.
- But our grandparents have that wealth of experience and understand how important it is to patiently take your time with money, and reach your goals step by step.
- A little cash saved and squirreled away here and there can add up to some huge savings over time.
- Try emptying all of the coins in your pocket or purse into a large jar at home, and deposit these funds into your bank account every now and then.
- Add this cash together with all the savings you can make when you shop wisely – try our posts 10 sneaky supermarket tricks that make you spend more and 5 things to stop paying for, right now! for some great ideas – and watch your savings grow!
- Put money away for a rainy day
This is an important one – we should all have an emergency fund with life's surprises.
- While we don't like to think that things will go wrong, as our grandparents know – they sometimes do. And it helps if you have a little emergency fund there with the cash to help out.
- No matter how little money you have coming in, always try to set a small amount aside. Ideally, make this a small transfer to a separate account that you won't be tempted to touch.
- This way, if the car breaks down or the dog needs an emergency trip to the vet, you have some cash on hand to help pay the big bill.
- You can't have champagne taste on a beer budget
We all know this one and it holds just as true now as it did for Grandma and Grandpa.
- While we all lust after the finer things in life – be it champagne, a resort holiday, designer clothes or a new car – we can't often afford them.
- Remember how important it is to live within your means. Resist the urge to try and keep up with friends who might constantly be buying and doing new things – chances are, they're heavily in debt trying to pay for it all!
- As they say, good things come to those who wait. Set and stick to your savings plan, and you'll have the satisfaction of knowing that your hard work has paid off as you reach your goals.
So the next time you're struck by financial temptation or have a money challenge, think to yourself – what would Grandma do?


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Warmest greetings
New York's western frontier is
famous for romantic honeymoons, innovative foods and lots of snow, and that's
good news for the winter traveler. Plenty of the action happens indoors too.
Luxurious spas, candlelit dinners, award-winning wineries, casino gaming and
A-list entertainment fuels a season-long party. There may be lots of snow here,
but there's nothing cold about Niagara region hospitality.
Romancing the region
What more romantic place to celebrate the holidays, a wedding anniversary, Valentine's Day or that classic American honeymoon than Niagara Falls? Countless June brides come here, but winter honeymoons are just as magnificent as mist and spray from the famous falls frosts every nearby surface from trees to lamp posts, creating a landscape of ice sculptures. A honeymoon requires a wedding, and Niagara can make that happen too at chapels and cathedrals, resorts and even vineyards. Thrill seekers can even tie the knot in a Sky Chapel helicopter ride over the falls.
When it's time to turn in
Honeymooning, vacationing or just traveling? Hotels, inns and B&Bs are ready with that extra blanket. Storybook spots include the English Tudor Red Coach Inn overlooking Niagara's swirling upper rapids-so close you can hear the roar-and Hanover House, an Italian-style B&B with enticingly named rooms like Victoria & Albert and William & Mary.
Gaming action
Casinos keep the lights on all winter long at top destinations like Batavia Downs, with hundreds of the most popular gaming machines by Bally, IGT and Spielo, plus live harness racing through December. Wander the 55,000-square-foot gaming floor at Hamburg Gaming and work up an appetite for yummy dining. Feel the rush at Seneca Niagara Casino with 4,000 reel and video slot machines, penny spins to $100 pulls, plus blackjack, craps, roulette, seven card stud and more of your favorite table games.
Good sports and family playDuring football season, take in a Buffalo Bills home game at Ralph Wilson Stadium or check out a red hot Buffalo Sabres game at downtown Buffalo's First Niagara Center. The kids will love the Explore & More Children's Museum in East Aurora where it's all hands-on with activities and programs that spark creativity, curiosity and imagination. Hundreds of exhibits are designed specially for kids under ten years old.
Drink in some arts
From Shea's to Kleinhan's, you'll see world-class events in magnificent theaters. Buffalo's Kleinhan's Music Hall is acclaimed the world over for its superb acoustics, graceful lines and detailed interior spaces. One of only four Tiffany-designed theaters still in existence, Shea's Performing Arts Center offers touring Broadway musicals, concerts, and a theater tour that shows off elaborate Neo-Spanish Baroque architecture.


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Traverse City Designer Angelo Adamo is back from another trip to the Las Vegas Market, and he's sharing the trends that caught his eye in the video above!
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Which is exactly what my 2½ year old son said the first time he saw me log in to Twitter. I have to admit that I was a bit skeptical at first. I created my account about a year ago when I was doing some research on Enterprise 2.0 and collaboration tools, but I really didn't know what to do with it. The old adage goes "watch and learn," so, eventually, that's what I ended up doing.
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With this blog and the radio shows that came before it, I have always tried to keep some space available for unsigned artists, but honestly giving them the chance to be written about or to appear on an actual radio station yields surprisingly poor results. In the end, I only ever covered two unsigned acts on my old radio show Music for the Masses (2004-2005), one of whom was Blue Swan.
I must have contacted them via email, and wrote the following…
The duo consists of Henrik Jürgensen, 31, the vocalist and a soon-to-be qualified accountant, and Kasper Lauest, 30, who is the producer and also a psychologist (in the band?) They have been producing music since late 1999, when they met on the first Pet Shop Boys internet forum at Dotmusic, discovering by chance that they had gone to the same high school, one class apart, so they decided to meet up.
They listened to each other's music, and both liked what they heard. When they heard about the Pet Shop Boys fan tribute project Attribute, they decided to record a cover of A New Life. They liked the result, so continued working together. They continue the story:
Last August, we released our first "virtual" album Sinister But Fragile. The track Black Widow was supposed to have been recorded by a famous Danish artist for her international debut album, but the deal fell through.
They are situated around Copenhagen, Denmark. All of their songs are recorded in their home studio in Kasper's house. They write their songs together, sometimes in collaboration with Kasper's younger brother Jakob.
The track Black Widow was done as an instrumental entitled Brutal, written by Kasper and his brother. When Henrik heard it, he absolutely loved it and wrote the lyrics and melody line on top of it. All synth sounds on Black Widow were made using an Access Virus C, while the beat was programmed using Reason 2.5.
Their virtual album Sinister But Fragile can be heard and downloaded in its entirety for free at (a website which no longer exists).
Their favourite band is the Pet Shop Boys, and Kasper's favourite TV show is 24.
If you're wondering, the other unsigned act we featured on the show was Subculture, but my only notes for them read as follows:
- "Trash pop"
- New Order
- The Human League
- David Bowie
- Suede
- Ladytron
Ross (vocals), Mace (synth), Matt (guitar), and Julia (bass).
You can read our most recent feature on Blue Swan here. If you're unsigned and want some coverage, please get in touch using the form on the "Are You Unsigned" page.


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Singapore SME business sentiment on the rise: survey
BUSINESS sentiment among Singapore SMEs (small and medium enterprises) has risen, at least according to this year's Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry's (SCCCI) annual business survey. This finding comes in spite of tough conditions for SMEs here such as global political risks, higher business costs and a tighter labour market.
At the SCCCI's annual SME conference and infocomm commerce conference on Wednesday, SCCCI president Roland Ng San Tiong said there has been an upturn for SME business sentiment in Singapore, and that the findings of the SCCCI's annual business survey were highly encouraging.
While the complete findings of the survey would be released only in October this year, Mr Ng revealed that 67.7 per cent of the 710 respondents reported an increased or stable revenue. This was up from the 63.7 per cent reported in last year's survey. This is in spite of 72.3 per cent of the respondents saying that they face higher business costs, compared with 62.3 per cent last year.
When asked about business sentiment for Singapore SMEs, Association of Small and Medium Enterprises president Kurt Wee said there were positive signs such as business initiatives and other measures being rolled out, which fosters greater connectivity and increases productivity.
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For example, at the same event Minister for Communications and Information Yaacob Ibrahim said seven memoranda of intent (MOIs) had been agreed between the Infocomm Media Development Authority, telecommunication and financial institutions. The aim of the MOIs would be to provide SMEs easier access to digitalisation technologies to expand their digital capabilities, especially for cybersecurity and data analytics.
However, Mr Wee also told The Business Times about some of the difficulties that SMEs have to deal with, such as non-economic factors such as current political risks and global uncertainties, as well as economic constraints such as higher business costs, the increasingly tight labour market and digital disruption.
He added: "I don't think business sentiment has improved evenly across all sectors, but there should be no further downsides. I think things are more or less flat for now." He noted that businesses in some sectors - such as oil and gas, and construction - were finding it especially tough.
Mr Ng said it was important for businesses to utilise new technology and explore new markets for them to be successful. "While many of our businesses are still in the traditional sectors, they must take disruption and the digital economy seriously.
"At the same time, a number of new technologies have emerged, such as the Internet of Things, virtual reality, artificial intelligence and data analytics, including the related issue of cybersecurity."
One reason that some SMEs show positive prospects may be the increased investment in research and development (R&D) undertaken by them. Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said also on Wednesday at the annual Leaders in Science Forum that R&D investments by SMEs grew 7 per cent yearly from 2010 to 2015, more than double the 3 per cent yearly rate in the previous five-year period.
An example of a business which invests in technology includes Aitech Robotics and Automation Pte Ltd, which provides complete robotics solutions to a variety of businesses ranging from the food and beverage (F&B) sector to industrial sectors such as warehousing and logistics. Its chief financial officer-designate Leo Boon Yong said business sentiment for his firm has been good, and added that businesses that leverage technological innovations such as IT, cloud computing and robotics stood the most to gain going forward.
CEO Eric Lee Poh Cheong said the firm has no shortage of customers as their automated robotics can be used in many industries including the F&B industry, the service industry and heavy duty industries as businesses in these sectors involve logistical and repetitive tasks which can be done by robots. And for non-technology companies such as chair maker Secretlab and F&B establishment Aloha Poke, both have leveraged technology and report healthy business activity and positive business sentiments.
Secretlab co-founder Alaric Choo said: "Our business outlook has been positive by far. We, however, do not take this for granted and keep customers coming back by ensuring our products remain top quality. It is vitally important for companies, big or small, to identify and adapt to the latest technological changes and trends. For example, we work closely with Google and Facebook to stay ahead of the current digital trends and explore how we can best utilise them."
Aloha Poke co-founder John Chen said: "Profits at all five of Aloha Poke's outlets continue to remain solid due to strong brand recognition, good cost controls and efficient service delivery. Rental and manpower will continue to remain as challenges for the F&B sector. Aloha Poke has effectively managed these costs by going digital and adopting an online ordering platform in partnership with DBS FasTrack." He added the firm is also working with Deliveroo to create a Deliveroo-only kitchen to service the east coast of Singapore, where he said it would not have been feasible to open a traditional brick-and-mortar outlet.
Mr Ng said: "Our SCCCI survey has shown that, compared to last year, sentiment is much better as businesses feel that the worst is over. So this is the time for them to get up and look at new business models, go overseas, or go digital."
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Central McLean News-Journal - News
Police contracts see some changes across county
The cost of keeping the residents safe and protected has increased for McLean County, but Sheriff Don Charging and State's Attorney Ladd Erickson have kept a close eye on the dynamics of how the tax dollars are spent.
Swanson retires after 30 years of teaching
At the end of the 2009-2010 school year, commencement exercises took on a new meaning for retiring teacher, Val Rae Swanson, Underwood Elementary's second grade teacher for the last 30 years.
GRE power goes out so water lines can go in
For the second time in the history of the Great River Energy plant in central McLean County, the lights have gone out at both units at the plant.
Come to the McLean County Fair
It is crunch-time for McLean County Fair preparations.
Relay For Life spreads hope
Cancer-one simple word that strikes fear into the strongest of hearts.
A ship pulls into home port at the end of a cruise.
'911. What's your emergency?'
Every year Emergency Services field 911 calls that don't fit the emergency standards put in place to assist people in true emergency situations.
Spring fieldwork at mixed stages in county
The bad news this year is that North Dakotans were able to measure the snow in feet, instead of inches this winter.
County hosts hearing on DU property purchase
Tuesday's county commission meeting was the site of a spirited debate in front of a commission assembled by North Dakota's Department of Agriculture.
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Do you bask the landscape of the Missouri River basin throughout North Dakota?


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This morning I had my first business meeting. Unsure what to wear, how to present myself, how formal to go, I decided to just be me and not make any more of an effort than I usually do for the school run and general mummsy-ness of my life. Well, perhaps a little extra make up, but that was all…
And a good job! This morning, I met the face of new business in Leeds. Young, informal, chatty and incredibly helpful, Krag and Ellis are the co-owners of Leeds' first micro coffee roasters – North Star. How refreshing! How lovely! How exciting! and a damned good espresso to boot. Wow!
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Neil Druckmann, creative director at Naughty Dog, left a message for all fans of The Last of Us: Part 2 and speaks in the one who is the most ambitious game in the history of the studio.
Through the official PlayStation blog, Druckmann appreciates fans ' patience and celebrates the unveiling of the release date- "The Last of Us: Part 2" will arrive on February 21, 2020, but also speaks of great ambition.
Neil begins by thanking everyone for the patience and the time they waited for the game but everyone wanted to make sure they were close to the end of development before launching it.
" Thank you for being patient with us. Very patient. Even though we've been eager to share more about The Last of Us Part II and tell you its release date, we wanted to wait until we were close to wrapping up production and we were confident in the date itself "
The same also tells of the time that the game took to be developed and also comments on the pressure that is to continue this story to maintain its quality, as in the previous game.
He even puts himself in the fan's shoes, saying that the team that works in the game also loves the game and its history.
Telling the story that deals with the main question: "How far would you be to apply justice against the people who hurt those you love? "
"We began working on this game over five years ago. It's hard to describe the immense pressure of following up the first game. We know how much you love this world and its characters — especially Ellie and Joel. Believe me, we're fans as well. We love them. Which is why we spent years crafting a game that we feel will do them justice, telling a nuanced story that deals with the core question: how far would you go to exact justice against the people that hurt the ones you love?"
"It's a highly emotional story with complex themes that befit the world of The Last of Us."
Neil comments that the team that develops the game did not expect to create the longest and most ambitious game in the history of Naughty Dog.
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Alien: Covenant — Michael Fassbender is Playing Multiple Androids
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Director Ridley Scott (The Martian) stands among the most highly acclaimed and critically well regarded filmmakers currently working in Hollywood – and one whose work across genres has cemented has status as something of a visionary within the entertainment industry overall. On that note, the build-up and anticipation leading up to the theatrical release of his latest franchise film, Alien: Covenant, continues to grow.
Alien: Covenant picks up some ten years after the events of Scott's Alien prequel/spinoff, Prometheus, and will serve to introduce several new characters and a brand new Xenomorph, called the "Neomorph," into the mix. With production officially wrapped on the new movie, only time will tell whether or not Covenant costar Michael Fassbender – who previously played the duplicitous android David in Prometheus – was right in saying that Covenant is "much scarier" than Prometheus. However, there is one new thing that we can say is certain about Covenant: it will feature more than one Fassbender.
Fassbender confirmed to The Irish Times (hat tip to Alien-Covenant) that he plays multiple versions of the David android in Alien: Covenant. While Fassbender will be playing David again, he's also playing "Walter", an android who is speculated to be an updated model of "The David 8″ who accompanies the crew of the Covenant on their mission to a new world in the film. Fassbender saw fit to reiterate his faith in Scott as a director during the interview, stating:
"I am allowed to say I am playing two robots – Walter and David. I think what's great about it is that Ridley has gone back to the DNA of Alien, the horror element of that. But it also has the scope and the scale of Prometheus. Ridley has cut it already. He is a machine. He is an incredible human being and he was in such good form. He is such an imaginative and mischievous figure."
Following the release and overall positive critical reception received by Prometheus – despite some noteworthy backlash from longtime Alien fans – every new bit of information revealed about Alien: Covenant makes the film sound like an intriguing new addition to the Alien franchise. Introducing two David models into the mix who are (presumably) at odds with one another, should raise the stakes in the film further and could make for another interesting twist in the larger story behind told by Scott here.
With hope of seeing Alien 5 from writer and director Neill Blomkamp still a distant one for the time being, fans of the Alien franchise will have to make due with and hope for the best from Alien: Covenant, for the time being. Serving as a direct sequel to Prometheus, Scott appears to have the reins to the franchise that he started in 1979 firmly in hands – for better or for worse.


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