text: I actually use three California Air Resources Board - Zero Emissions Vehicle (CARB-ZEV) definitions: 1) CARB-ZEV Compliance-only - cars like Toyota Rav4 EV, Honda Fit EV, GM Spark EV, Fiat/Chrysler 500e; built because the manufacturer is required to build EV's, and in pure compliance with the rules, the manufacturer makes just the minimum so that they can continue to sell high profit margin oil cars. Anything beyond that is generally in the form of press releases and not cars. These cars are typically sold at a significant loss to their respective manufacturer. Typically optimized for "100 miles", but practically have closer to 70-80 miles, and can be 40-50 miles with cold weather. Making the car go double the 100 mile range only produces 25% more credit hence no compliance-only cars are 200 mile range. They generally don't have ANY quick charge option, or offer a optional quick charge option that doesn't have charge stations. 2) CARB-ZEV Compliance - cars like Nissan LEAF, and we hope BMW. These are cars that must be built because CARB requires it, however they are typically sold anywhere buyers can be found, generally with a profit motive. They are generally built on a dedicated (and expensive) chassis. Because they really want to sell these, all offer some sort of quick charge. 3) CARB-ZEV Non-compliance - cars like Tesla Model S and Mitsubishi iMiev, neither company is required to comply, yet they both make 100% ZEV's. Definitely, profit motive cars. They are generally built on a dedicated (and expensive) chassis. Because they really want to sell these, all offer some sort of quick charge Here's my ranking of which car manufacturers are most militant and hostile about California Air Resources Board - Zero Emissions Vehicle (CARB-ZEV) compliance, and which ones really want to sell battery electric cars: .. Manufacturer .. Model(s) .... A ....... B ...... C ...... D ..... E ..... F 1. Honda - Fit EV / FCEV ..... YES ..... YES ... YES ... YES ... NO ... YES 2. Toyota - Rav4 EV / FCEV... NO ..... YES ... YES ... YES ...YES ... YES 3. Chry/Fiat - Fiat 500e ....... NO ..... YES ... YES ... YES ... NO ... YES 4. GM - Spark EV ................. NO ..... YES ... YES .... NO ... NO ... YES 5. Ford - Focus EV ............... NO ..... YES ... NO ... YES ... NO ... YES 6. Daimler - Smart/B-Class . NO ..... YES .... NO .... NO ... NO ... YES 7. BMW - i3 ........................ NO ..... NO .... NO .... NO ... NO ... NO 8. Nissan - LEAF ................. NO ..... NO .... NO .... NO ... NO ... NO Can't yet rank: V.VW - eGolf ........................ ??? ..... YES .... ??? .... NO ... ??? ... ??? X. Hyundai - FCEV ................ ??? ..... ??? .... ??? .... NO ... ??? .... NO Y. Kia - Soul EV .................... ??? ..... YES .... ??? .... NO ... ??? ... NO Z. Mazda - Demio? EV ........... ??? ..... YES .... ??? .... NO ... ??? .... NO So, here is the criteria: A. Lease Only to be crushed at lease return (no sales whatsoever)? B. Converted car (not built on a purpose built EV chassis)? C. Only sold in CARB states (not what the manufacturer says, but what they actually do). Only sold in minimal numbers to meet CARB requirements? D. Loudly dismiss EV's and the CARB program, and generally announce how FEW they will produce? E. Harass owners and dealers when the compliance car is out-of-state (California) with a warranty claim? F. Without quick charge access on the compliance car? ************ First, let's be clear about the rules. NOT EVERY CAR MAKER MUST COMPLY WITH CARB-ZEV. Currently, there are six "Large Volume Manufacturers" (LVM) that must produce Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) if they want to sell lots of oil burning cars in California, model years 2012-2014: For the 2015 and later model years, all these vehicle manufacturers must comply: BMW, Fiat/Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mazda, Daimler/Mercedes, Nissan, Toyota, and Volkswagen must comply with the new 2012 and later CARB-ZEV requirements. Four additional manufacturers would also be required to comply with the ZEV requirements, but would be allowed to meet their obligation with PHEVs (so they aren't included, since they won't make a true ZEV). Note that neither Mitsubishi, nor Tesla are on the list. Motorists to foot bill for California Many future ZEV cars will be built to use hydrogen, without exception, are designed to get high value 9 CARB-ZEV credits per vehicle instead of the 1/3 value of 3 credit per "100 mile" battery electric car: Toyota, Hyundai, BMW, Nissan, Honda and Mercedes.


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The Federation of Regional Growth Actors in Europe (FEDRA) is a non-profit Brussels-based regional and EU Affairs expertise hub aiming at promoting European regional assets, boosting its members' economic growth. Its main aim is not only to "bridge the gap" between the EU bubble and outstanding regional actors, but also to communicate with 20.000 key regional influencers in more than 300 European regions. To do so, FEDRA creates bottom-up and concrete projects to support and revitalise growth and competitiveness in the European regions, more specifically through their actors, such as SMEs, enterprises, public bodies, start-ups, business schools, universities or research centres. In line with this approach, we have several members and partners coming from the private, public and academic sectors.
Reason 1: Be part of the regional affairs Community gathering and connecting business, academic and public actors from 300+ European regions;
Reason 2: Access to the international market and to European regional and interregional programmes with the help of our pool of experts;
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HOUSTON, May 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bellicum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:BLCM), a leader in developing novel, controllable cellular immunotherapies for cancers and orphan inherited blood disorders, today announced that two abstracts on its lead product candidate BPX-501 have been selected for presentation at the 23rd Congress of the European Hematology Association (EHA) in Stockholm, Sweden on June 14-17, 2018.
The presentations will include updated interim survival results from pediatric patients with primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs) and acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) who are undergoing a curative haplo-HSCT with BPX-501.
Oral Presentation Details
Title: Administration of BPX-501 Cells Following Alpha/Beta T-cell and B-cell-Depleted HLA‑Haploidentical HSCT (haplo-HSCT) in Children with Primary Immunodeficiencies Abstract: S871
Session Title: Stem cell transplantation - Clinical II
Date: Saturday, June 16
Time: 4:00 - 4:15 p.m. CEST
Poster Presentation Details
Title: Administration of BPX-501 Cells Following Alpha/Beta T-cell and B-cell-Depleted HLA‑Haploidentical HSCT (haplo-HSCT) in Children with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia Abstract: PS989
Session Title: Acute myeloid leukemia - Clinical
Date: Saturday, June 16
Time: 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. CEST
The BPX-501 clinical presentations at the conference will include updated information beyond that included in the abstracts currently available online on the EHA conference website.
About BPX-501
BPX-501 is an adjunct T-cell therapy administered after allogeneic HSCT, comprising genetically modified donor T cells incorporating Bellicum's CaspaCIDe® safety switch. It is designed to provide a safety net to eliminate alloreactive BPX-501 T cells (via administration of activator agent rimiducid) should uncontrollable GvHD or other T-cell mediated transplant complications occur. This may enable physicians to more safely perform stem cell transplants by administering BPX-501 engineered T cells to speed immune reconstitution, provide control over viral infections, and enhance graft-versus-leukemic activity while minimizing GvHD side effects.
About Bellicum Pharmaceuticals
Bellicum is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing cellular immunotherapies for cancers and orphan inherited blood disorders. Bellicum is using its proprietary Chemical Induction of Dimerization (CID) technology platform to engineer and control components of the immune system. Bellicum is developing next-generation product candidates in some of the most important areas of cellular immunotherapy, including hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), and CAR-T and TCR cell therapies. More information can be found at www.bellicum.com.
Forward-Looking Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Bellicum may, in some cases, use terms such as "predicts," "believes," "potential," "proposed," "continue," "designed," "estimates," "anticipates," "expects," "plans," "intends," "may," "could," "might," "will," "should" or other words that convey uncertainty of future events or outcomes to identify these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding our intentions, beliefs, projections, outlook, analyses or current expectations concerning, among other things: our research and development activities relating to our BPX-501, CID, CAR T and TCR programs; the effectiveness of BPX-501; its possible range of application and potential curative effects and safety in the treatment of diseases; and, the timing and success of our clinical trials. Various factors may cause differences between Bellicum's expectations and actual results as discussed in greater detail under the heading "Risk Factors" in Bellicum's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including without limitation our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 and our report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2018. Any forward-looking statements that Bellicum makes in this press release speak only as of the date of this press release. Bellicum assumes no obligation to update our forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date of this press release.
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Anna University TANCET Rank List
Anna University TANCET 2011 Result
Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test
The University's main campus is situated in the southern part of Chennai and extends over 100 acres (400,000 m²) adjoining the Adyar River and the Raj Bhavan. It contains the College of Engineering, Alagappa College of Technology, and School of Architecture and Planning.
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text: Wanna hear something weird? Ok, hear me out. I've been telling my husband this is what I want to happen, yes it's my magical thinking but you never know. I want 3D printed lungs. I want to be able to take a pill (you know those little spongy dinosaurs you buy for kids that when you put them in water they expand?) and the pill would be spongy tiny lungs. I would swallow it and it would expand and regenerate/replace my asshole lungs! Then I would just poop 'em out. I know I am a bit odd. But I am going to UC San Diego next month and I will propose this idea to them. They may order a psych consult…OR it may get them thinking. Either way, I feel I have put this idea out there into the universe and set it in motion. I'd like to hear your thoughts or ideas!


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IS Interned Services Selects Ensim Unify to Scale and Streamline Service Delivery
Hosting Provider Enhances Existing Microsoft Hosted Messaging and Collaboration Offering
Sunnyvale, California — May 15, 2006 – Ensim Corporation, the leading supplier of service enablement and automation software for hosted IP and application services, today announced that IS Interned Services (IS), one of the leading hosting providers in the Netherlands, has selected Ensim Unify to enhance and further automate its existing Windows-based messaging and collaboration offerings. With Ensim Unify, IS fulfills essential hosting infrastructure requirements including comprehensive resource management, load balancing and clustering to support the growth of their business. Further, Unify's proven support for leading hosted applications and extensibility allows IS to obtain new revenue quickly through both direct and indirect sales.
"As we looked to simplify and streamline service delivery operations in our complex hosting environment, Unify, as a commercial solution, offered an unmatched set of capabilities combined with rapid time to market and compelling ROI," said Arjan Steevels, Managing Director at IS. "Ensim Unify gives us the required operational stability and scalability for our offerings, which allows us to focus on gaining new customers"
Developed in close collaboration with Microsoft, Ensim Unify is specifically designed to address the most critical business and operational challenges of deploying and reselling hosted services, offering a range of capabilities:
Hierarchical resource management – Enabling sophisticated management, classification and allocation of both physical and logical resources
Carrier-class operation support – Providing robust automation, maintainability and manageability to meet the operational requirements of today's service provider industry
Component-based, multi-tier software architecture – Separating user interface, business and data logic, as well as database components, within the platform enables the service provider to scale their operations
Pre-built service managers – Enabling service providers to create, control and deliver over 15 applications as services, including email (Microsoft Exchange), collaboration (Windows SharePoint Services), Instant Messaging (Live Communication Server), Web hosting (Linux & Windows), data hosting (MySQL and MS SQL) and hosted VoIP
Reseller enablement – Lowering costs of sales and support while broadening branding reach
Delegated Administration – Decreasing the cost of support to service providers while giving complete control to enterprises that have outsourced their solutions
IS Interned Services is one of the leading hosting providers in the Netherlands. The company now offers the complete Microsoft Hosted Messaging & Collaboration solution using Ensim Unify to create, control and deliver Microsoft Exchange 2003, Windows SharePoint Services and Live Communication Server.
"As SMEs turn to outsourcing their mission-critical applications, hosters require exceptional stability and scalability in order to ensure their customers complete satisfaction and future purchase," said Sandip Gupta, CEO of Ensim. "We are looking forward to assisting IS and its resellers to grow their business."
About Interned Services
IS Interned Services is one of the Netherlands leading hosting providers. The company focuses solely on business-to-business hosting and has two data centers in Amsterdam. Services include Internet access (ADSL, SDSL,VPN), shared hosting, co-location, and (managed) dedicated hosting. The company can be reached at www.is.nl or by phone: +31(0)299-476185.
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Ensim is the leading supplier of service enablement and automation software for hosted IP and application services. Over 200 Service Providers worldwide depend on proven and award winning Ensim products to simultaneously lower their operational cost and accelerate the deployment of revenue generating services and applications. Ensim is Microsoft Gold Certified, and also has strategic partnerships with leading infrastructure vendors, including BroadSoft, HP and Sylantro, enabling joint customers to realize the rapidly growing hosted web, VoIP, messaging and collaboration services opportunity. For more information, visit www.ensim.com or contact Ensim at 1-877-693-6746, 1-408-745-3300 outside the United States.
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Longtime Columbia broadcaster Joe Pinner, of WIS-TV, said he was "speechless" Tuesday night. Then he said he was "honored." West Columbia Mayor Bobby Horton said Pinner was lured to the West Columbia City Council meeting to get West Columbia's "Key to the City."
Horton also said the presentation of the Key to the City is rare, but he said, Pinner, who lives in West Columbia, was certainly deserving for his enduring service to the city. The city also approved a resolution (a copy below) detailing Pinner's professional accomplishments over the years. Pinner's son Gregg, and his wife Paula, were on hand for the presentation. Joe Pinner's grandsons were in attendance, too.
Resolution to Award Joe Pinner a Key to the City
WHEREAS, Joe Pinner is currently employed on a part-time basis by WIS TV. Before his semi-retirement in 2000, he was the anchor and host for a variety of TV shows including the Mr. Knozit Show which ran for 37 years. He serves as a board member on the weatherboards, the Voice of AGAPE, Statewide Integrated Services for Senior Citizens, South Carolina Safe Kids, and Blythewood Cultural Arts Association. He also acts as a narrator and Master of Ceremonies for many events, and is an ambassador of Honor Flight SC. He is a member of the Media Club, Some Legendary Old Broadcasters (SLOBS), Greater Columbia Community Relations Luncheon Club, and Friday the 13th Club. Mr. Pinner is a long-time member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Blythewood and sang in the choir for many years; and
WHEREAS, Joe Pinner began his career in broadcasting at radio stations in New Bern and Morehead City, North Carolina. After graduating from high school, he attended the University of North Carolina and also worked at Chapel Hill radio station WCHL. In 1955, Joe Pinner joined WMBR-TV/Radio (now WJXT-TV) in Jacksonville, Florida. He entered the Army for two years. During his service, he was stationed at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina, where he managed the Armed Forces Radio station WFJX. After leaving the Army, he returned to Jacksonville until 1963 when he joined WIS TV in Columbia; and
WHEREAS, Joe Pinner has received national awards and been honored by state organizations throughout his career. These awards and honors include the National George Peabody Award, South Carolina Tourism Awards, the Columbia Music Festival Association's "Lyre Award", the 1986 Columbia College Medallion, 1988 Columbia Advertising Club Person Of The Year, Rotary Club's Paul Harris Award, the Department of the Army Commanders Award for Public Service, Toastmasters International District 58 Communications and Leadership Award, Masters Award from the South Carolina Broadcasters Association, Humanitarian of the Year Award from the Palmetto Society of the United Way of the Midlands, Kirkman Finlay Cultural Council Award, Beach Music Association International South Carolina Media Award, and the Greater Cayce West Columbia Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award. Also, Joe Pinner received three Order of the Palmetto Awards from Governor Richard Riley, Governor Carroll Campbell and Governor Jim Hodges; and
WHEREAS, Joe Pinner has been serving the West Columbia community in a variety of ways for more than fifty years. He has gone above and beyond his civic duty to promote, improve, and serve our community and state; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and City Council of the City of West Columbia, South Carolina hereby express sincere appreciation for his service and dedication to the City of West Columbia by awarding him a Key to the City. Adopted by the Council of the City of West Columbia, SC this 9th day of January 2018.


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Job Replies: You Are Miserable Comforters
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2 "I have heard many such things;
6 "Though I speak, my grief is not relieved;
15 "I have sewn sackcloth over my skin
18 "O earth, do not cover my blood,
22 "For when a few years have passed,
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Tahnee Ooms
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Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford
Tahnee is a doctoral student (DPhil) on the EEG programme supervised by prof. Brian Nolan. Her research is made possible by the Resolution Foundation, INET and the Department of Social Policy and Intervention at the University of Oxford. She holds an MSc in Spatial, Transport and Environmental Economics (STREEM) from VU University in Amsterdam.
She worked as economist at the CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis at the Department for Labour and Education. During her studies she worked at the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). Collaborating on the Growing inequalities' impacts (Gini project) EU 7th Framework Programme, researching the topics of income and wealth inequality for the Netherlands and international comparison. Additionally, she worked at the department of Development Economics at VU University.
Research interests: income and wealth inequality, functional distribution of income, economic growth, development economics, regional economics, income from a micro (household) and macro (national accounts) perspective and alternative measures of well-being.


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Chris Brown Has Court Case (Sort of)
Chris Brown consults with his lawyer at the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in Los Angeles on Thursday (March 5).
The proceedings lasted for only a few minutes as the arraignment was postponed until April 6.
The 19-year-old With You singer is being charged with two felonies for assault on the alleged victim "Robyn F." (aka Robyn Rihanna Fenty) during an argument on Feb. 8.
10+ pictures inside of Chris Brown dealing with his court case…
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At first glance, you might be tempted to think this expression has something to do with eggs, because huevo does mean "egg". But that's not the case here.
Like most slang, you can't translate this literally, so let's take a closer look at things.
"A huevo güey" in this context, is an affirmation of agreement. Of course it's a very vulgar way of expressing affirmation, but let's face it, sometimes a simple "sí" just doesn't convey our true level of excitement. Not to mention it's fun to spice things up once in awhile. Here's an example:
¿Vas a ir la fiesta esta noche?
¡A huevo güey!
Are you going to the party tonight?
Hell yeah!
Pretty simple eh?
Sometimes you might want to mix things up a little with your friends without being so vulgar, so instead of saying "sí" all the time, you can use "simon" or "sip", both of which are very informal and mean "yeah" or "yep" in English.
¡Ya! That's it for today.
¡Hasta la próxima!


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troed wrote:I'll ponder about how to build such a WS cycling circuit.
EDIT: Scrap the below. It WORKS. It does seem as if I need to time it to actual RESET very accurately though. I'm not sure why?
Congratulations Ijor - yet another feather in your hat! On one single power cycle and three RESETs I've gone through WS1, WS3, WS3 and WS4.
Old content, on what I built:
So I've built it now, but either I misunderstood how it would work or it doesn't work as theoreticized.
I have a push button connected to a 74121 which outputs a 170ns pulse (apparently, I was shooting for 125 .. ) onto the GLUE TEST pin. It definitely does _something_, if I push the button while the desktop is running it "jumps" vertically about one scanline up'n'down. However, pushing it either during holding RESET or otherwise does not change the GLUE-MMU wakestate* as detected from software.
For the ones interested: I initially tried disconnecting GLUE PLCC pin 52 (TEST) from GND by cutting the traces on the motherboard. There's a wide trace on the top, and a small one on the bottom, which would leave a nice via to solder to close to the socket. However, after cutting and scraping and cutting and scraping and not succeeding, I extracted the chip from the socket and saw that there was yet another one underneath. I gave up the trace cutting method and instead desoldered the pin from the PLCC socket and soldered a new pin directly to the GLUE, which now sticks up a bit and is easy to solder to. This is on a Mega ST Rev 5.0 motherboard.
*) While I need to do more testing, it seems my WS2 loving Mega ST suddenly likes WS1 a lot more since I rewired the TEST pin. Could be a fluke, but so far I've only seen WS1 afterwards.


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About Measurements and Ease
Don't forget: You are beautiful, and you deserve beautiful knits that fit your beautiful self.
Check out Sandi's Measuring Tutorial With Photos for more info.
Ease: Positive versus Negative
What is ease? Simply put: Ease is the extra fabric that allows space between you and your garments–space for things like moving, breathing, comfort, and extra layers of other clothing. The greater the ease in a pattern, the more fabric there is, and thus the more roomy space there is between you and your sweater. That's positive ease! Negative ease means that there isn't any fabric to spare, that the fabric actually must stretch to cover your body. The more negative ease in a pattern, the more the fabric must stretch over a given curve.
In other words: Positive ease: loose-fitting. Negative ease: curve-hugging and clingy.
FINISHED Bust Measurement
Why we care what it is: This is used as the benchmark measurement in knitting patterns for each of the different sizes offered.
What it IS: A measurement of the finished GARMENT, after it is knitted, blocked, and seamed (if needed). As such, it includes any positive or negative ease desired for the proper fit.
What it is NOT: A measurement of your exact bust size, unless you want it to be! It is also NOT your bra band size. Mixing up the two measurements is the single most common mistake knitters make. (The bra band size is a formula used by the lingerie industry, not an actual body measurement, nor anything close to your sweater size!)
How to find it: Lay the completely finished (again, knitted, blocked and seamed) garment on a flat surface, right side out, front up. Pat the garment flat, without overstretching it. Measure across the bustline from side to side at the widest point–generally just under the armholes. Multiply by two (front plus back), and this is the measurement of the finished sweater.
FULL Bust Measurement
Why we care: This is a measure of your body, which you add/subtract ease and styling factors to, and thus determine which finished bust size to make.
What it IS: The circumference of your chest at its fullest/curviest/most voluptuous point. Yes, this means measuring around the fullest part of The Ladies. 🙂
What it is NOT: This is NOT your bra band size! It is also not your underbust measurement, nor your high bust measurement.


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People are expecting to get the game's release date on the Uncovered Final Fantasy XV event on March 30, and it looks like the very next day after that will see the Final Fantasy XV preorders going live. We have spotted some store posters of the game that have leaked the date.
Final Fantasy XV Preorders Launch Date Could be March 31
As you can see in the images attached below, some posters of the game are being put up in Japan, notably at the Yodobashi stores. These posters not only suggest that the game's release date is edging closer than we thought but also reveal the exact date on which retailers will start taking preorders i.e. March 31.
Whether the Final Fantasy XV preorders start on that day or not, it has been rumored that the game will release on September 30. The same rumors suggest that this release date will be confirmed during the Uncovered event at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on March 30.
As far as the release date rumor is concerned, it will be absolutely verified or debunked in exactly one week's time from now.
However, the alleged launch date for the Final Fantasy XV preorders does seem legitimate because Square Enix is holding such a major event one day before that. Also, since these are physical posters shown at a major retailing outlet in Japan, there is little chance that this is would be made up.
Looks like we are much more close to the release of the game than we thought!
Want more about the game? Here are at least four characters that were leaked yesterday, some new artwork from before that and some gameplay showing Noctis battling Magitek units.


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CHARLEVOIX -- If Mother Nature cooperates and no unforeseen problems crop up, by Friday night the trees along Bridge Street in downtown Charlevoix will be newly aglow, this time in a warm white light.
Crews from Holiday Lighting Service of Manchester, Mich., began installing 28,600 new lights in the trees on Wednesday after city officials approved the project last month.
The new lights will replace the current lights that were originally put up in 2007. Those lights, Charlevoix Downtown Development Authority Executive Director Keith Carey said, had been problematic from the start.
Many in the community were unhappy with the lights' bluish or "cool white" color, and Carey said, because of the way the lights were installed, the strands became prone to breakage from tree growth and wind. That made the display difficult and expensive to maintain.
Carey explained to the city council last month that the authority's board had placed the light replacement on the back burner until sufficient funds were available, but that all changed recently when some downtown merchants and others began a fundraising effort to help pay for the light replacement.
With pledges and $4,500 in authority funds that had been budgeted for light maintenance, the city council agreed to chip in $10,000 from the city's electric fund to move the project forward.
And this time, the lights will be a "warmer" color.
Since then all of the pledges -- and then some -- have come in pushing the amount on hand well past the original $22,000.
Carey said earlier that the extra funds will likely be divided between expanding the display a short distance north of the bridge and setting some money aside for future maintenance.
Anyone interested in contributing to the lighting project should mail or drop off their donations at Charlevoix City Hall, 210 State St.


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Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941). Alice and The Lost Novel. London: Elkin Mathews and Marrot, 1929.
A 1925 Vanity Fair article praised Sherwood Anderson as the country's most distinctive novelist and quoted H. L. Mencken as describing Anderson's most recent book, Dark Laughter, as "profound." A novelist, short story writer, essayist, and author of the celebrated Winesburg, Ohio (1919), Anderson occupied a prominent place among his contemporaries. He was particularly sympathetic to the rising generation of young American writers and helped launch the careers of such celebrated novelists as William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway.
Despite the acclaim, by the mid-1920s Anderson's artistic powers had begun to fail and his reputation as a writer to decline. He began to withdraw from his old life. In 1926, Anderson spent the summer in southwestern Virginia. The following year he built a house near Marion, Virginia, dissolved his contract with his publisher, and purchased two weekly newspapers, the Smyth County News and the Marion Democrat. As editor of the two most influential newspapers in the area, he became absorbed in the culture of Virginia's mountain communities and wrote extensively on the social and economic conditions of the region.
In 1929 Anderson published two works, Hello Towns!, a compilation of his columns and editorials, and Alice and The Lost Novel, a short volume containing two autobiographical meditations. Alice and The Lost Novel appeared in a limited edition of 530 copies. On 15 November 1983 the Library of Virginia purchased one of these autographed copies for its Virginia authors collection.


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Demi Lovato Shares Photo of New Year's Eve Kiss With One of Her Dancers
Demi Lovato gets flirtatious onstage with dancer Jojo Gomez as part of their "Cool for the Summer" choreography, but the pair got even closer on New Year's Eve, when they shared a kiss to ring in 2018.
Lovato posted a series of photos on Instagram from her show in Miami Sunday night (Dec. 31): three killer performance shots of the singer in her sequined blue catsuit, plus a photo of the celebratory smooch.
"Last performance of 2017 and first kiss of 2018," she wrote as a caption.
Gomez, who's also a choreographer, shared the picture on her own Instagram page, wishing Lovato a Happy New Year with the same "first kiss of 2018" comment.
Earlier in the evening, Lovato gave fans a sultry selfie showing off her glam New Year's look.
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Arsenal are ready to push ahead with a move for Southampton starlet Callum Chambers, despite being close to snapping up Mathieu Debuchy from Newcastle, according to reports from the Daily Mail.
The Gunners are due to follow up the big money swoop for Alexis Sanchez by welcoming the French right-back to the Emirates Stadium, in what looks to be a big summer of activity in north London.
But even though Debuchy has been dubbed as the heir to Bacary Sagna, Arsene Wenger still wants long-term target, Chambers.
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The 19-year-old defender broke through into the Saints' first-team last term, and is seen as the latest top talent to emerge from the club's academy.
The teenager is hailed as a great prospect by the Frenchman, who is keen to embed him in his squad slowly over the coming years.
Carl Jenkinson may even be allowed to move on to clear room, with a switch to Newcastle in the pipeline.
Arsenal have a history of snapping up youngsters from Southampton, with Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain having swapped Hampshire for London in recent times.


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"The record as a whole begs for an assessment of all the flaws inherent in our existence, and to imagine a better, more suitable, logical way for humanity to live." So says Lower Dens leader Jana Hunter about the band's stunning new album Nootropics. It's an ambitious work, and it delivers – heavily metaphorical, the symmetries and concordances of the lyrics run deep; the luminous lines of the music converge at a point in a future just out of view. Lower Dens has made music that reconciles fear and uncertainty by freeze-framing it and turning it into a thing of beauty. Pronounced no-eh-tro-pics, the title refers to a type of drug used to enhance memory or other cognitive functions. That's a reference to Hunter's interest in transhumanism, the use of technology to extend human capabilities. It could just as easily extend to the music itself – even the band's newfound keyboards achieve a human-digital synthesis that aptly mirrors the album's themes. (Ribbon)


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The Hungry Fish, Now in Troy
The crack staff at the Capital Region Dining Blog are big fans of The Hungry Fish, Chef Sarah Fish's locavore diner. So we were pleased to see that they were moving to a slightly more convenient location (for us) in Troy. We were able to visit this weekend, and can happily report that it's as good as ever. The new room retains its offbeat charm, although the store portion is a little smaller. The food remains both terrific and a good value. I had the breakfast BLT:
Very good homemade bread, high-quality bacon, fresh tomato, farm fresh egg -- how can you go wrong? The home fries were very good too, with crisp exteriors. I'm not, in all candor, a big fan of the homemade ketchup -- it's better than most, but I'm more or less part of the foodie backlash that sees it as better in theory than in practice. That quibble aside, it's a perfect brunch sandwich.
Ms. Garlic had the Croque Madame:
Again, it was excellent, and in particular the Dijon sauce was amazing. Both represent what makes the Hungry Fish such a welcome addition to the capital region scene -- classic recipes with a bit of a twist, reasonably priced, with an emphasis on top-quality ingredients rather than massive portions. I can't wait to go back for the chili.


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"For if men do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when the tree is dry?" Luke 23:31
These are the words Jesus speaks right before he is crucified. He is speaking to the Daughters of Jerusalem who are weeping over the cruelty being brought upon Jesus. He foretells of a day it will better to have a barren womb than to give birth.
Now that we have this uplifting and inspiring moment defined, lets deal with depth of the statement Christ makes. The reality is that when we see tough times we never imagine tougher days. When things are not going the way we want them to go, we rarely consider how far they may go. Jesus is foretelling of a day in which humanity has such little regard for God and the things of God that it will be even worse than the day he was crucified.
I think this statement has powerful implications in our lives spiritually and practically. If men will do these types of things in a season in which the tree is green…meaning the tree is alive and bearing fruit…if men are evil in those days how much more evil will they be in the days of drought?
Let's apply it to our lives a little.
For example…
If a man is a jerk when your love is new and fresh, he will not be a servant husband when your relationship is old and in a drought.
If a person cannot be obedient to God with their finances when they are blessed and have plenty, they will never be faithful in times of trouble.
If a person is too busy to be faithful to serve God when life is good and the blessings of family abound, they be unfaithful to God when times are hard.
If you don't have time to spend with the Lord when the schedule is full because you have great opportunities, a lack of opportunity will not cause greater faithfulness.
If your run up piles of debt when you make little, you will not be a wise steward when you make much.
Basically, I am challenged by the fact that most often today the excuses (or reasons) I hear from people about why they believe they have little time, talent, and resources to be faithfully serve God with is because of all the blessings in their life.
They are too busy at work….or too busy with the family….or too busy buying new things…etc.
Well if we are unfaithful when the tree is green, how unfaithful will we be when the tree is dry?
Don't allow the blessings of God in your life to cause a drought in your life.


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The Presiding Judge of the Circuit Court of Johnson County has entered two (2) Administrative Orders concerning the appointment of counsel to represent indigent defendants in criminal proceedings.
Administrative Order 2017-1005 which addresses the Matter of Certification of Limited Availability Status for Public Defender Services and Proposed Budget Cuts can be found here. Administrative Order 2017-1011 which addresses the automatic withdrawal of counsel in criminal cases can be found here.
Any attorney interested in being appointed to represent indigent defendants in criminal cases under § 600.064, RSMo may submit their interest in writing to the Presiding Judge through the Clerk of the Circuit Court.


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text: cinnagirl 1 Posted August 13, 2012 Hello everyone, I could use some advice for a dilemma we are currently having. For our wedding we only gave plus 1s to certain people: wedding party members (though the two that got plus 1s have been in a long term relationship anyways) and anyone who doesn't know anyone else in attendance (these people have all decided to come solo anyways). For those guests that know several people attending, whether they be friends or family, we did not give a plus 1 to. Our main reason for doing this is because we want our wedding to be an intimate affair with close family and friends. We're also on a tight budget and can't afford to pay for every guest to have a plus one. Recently we've had several people ask if they can bring dates. I'm leaning towards no, for the reasons described above. If all of the people that asked if they can bring dates to the wedding were allowed to, then 1/3 of the people attending would be "dates" (some guests want to bring friends, not partners) and we have never met any of these people before. So 1/3 of our wedding would be random people. The only compromise I see is allowing people to bring dates to the resort, but not the wedding. The resort is public so I can't very well say that people aren't allowed to go there. I feel like that would make us look rude though when those extra people get left behind at the resort on the wedding day. So what should we do? Stick to our guns and say no to dates? Allow dates to come to the resort but not wedding? Just allow these random people to come to the wedding anyways? I should note that the people that are asking if they can bring dates were going to be sharing a room at the resort with another guest, so they are paying the same amount for a room whether they share with a guest or share with their date. Thanks everyone!! I'd love to hear your opinions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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The updated Sixth Edition of this popular text will remain the first
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Written by practicing, active radiobiologists, the book brings together
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Wearing a forest-green three-piece suit and an eggshell button-down with burgundy piping, an Anna Sui scarf tucked in his pocket, Zac Posen steps out of his Town Car at the Target store in Jersey City. He's designed a line for Targetyes, he pronounces it Tar-zhayand is checking out this unfamiliar big-box retail environment. It's humbler than the places where he's used to selling or, for that matter, shopping, given that he lives in Greenwich Village. This is important. This is like market research, he announces, grabbing a cart. You can see what the consumers are interested in. I don't see the difference between buying Kool-Aid here and buying a tie-dye T-shirt at Bergdorf. I'm fine for high and low. I like very good things, but I'm trying to enjoy this.
Posen, who grew up in Soho, had his first runway show at age 21, in 2002. His dresses are worn by the likes of Natalie Portman and Gwyneth Paltrow. But he insists that the sizing at Target isn't so different. It's not like my designer collection is for skinny, anorexic fashion victims, and now I'm doing Target and suddenly I'm designing for voluptuous women, he says.
Speaking of the high-low, he starts talking about how, in high school, he had one of those DARE T-shirts, which he bought at a thrift shop and shredded to wear out at night, but he gets distracted by dog brushes. Unfortunately, Target doesn't carry the pink brushes that his toy poodle, Tina Turner, prefers. Strolling on, he spots a new line of cookwear and pasta by Giada De Laurentiis. She's a friend of mine, but I haven't seen her product line before. Let's support her, he says, grabbing a box of penne. I cooked with her and Marcus Samuelsson at James Beard. I made a crawfish bisque with fennel-blossom dusting over it, purple Peruvian potatoes with caviar and sorrel.
He plops a family-size jar of raw almonds into his cart, along with lightbulbs for his chandelier and a roll of duct tape (It's so versatile), bypassing the Twizzlers (I really like intense licorice from Scandinavia). God, there's so much good stuff! he exclaims. I really could go crazy here, buying stuff I don't need. Look at these glow-stick necklaces!
Then he comes across the bedsheets and offers to make me a dress out of one. Draping fabric is really what I love. He finds a $29 300-thread-count sheet set in pale aqua with polka dots. I think it's a really beautiful color on you, he says. Then it's back to his Tribeca atelier, where fabrics are being flown in from Italy and a lace wedding dress is being crafted. In the hubbub, we never get to the draping. Fashion snobbery has its place to protect, like queens of the chessboard, of luxury and quality, he explains. And that's important. But fashion's been moving in a different direction. It was moving in the Balenciaga moments. And the hipster moments. Well, here we are eight years later, and the hipster has to get a job.


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So far you have heard about a few new features on Vital Pompey. Fantasy football, Monday Column and the new newspaper, The Pompey Express. You didn`t think it would end there did you?
The latest addition to Vital Pompey is, "Pompey Rant."
Are you unhappy with the lack of signings? Are you pissed off with Pompey`s tactics in the transfer market? Disappointed about our pre-season form? Fed-up with Rumours? This is your chance to get it off your chest!
You decide whether you post anonymously or with your name on it, you don`t even have to be a member! Whenever you have something to rant about send it.
The best ones will be put onto the website, probably every Thursday when we can discus the outbursts.
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New York looks at how political issues may play out for America's real estate
Barring some shock to the global economy, 2017 will bring yet another year of strong investment sales in the United States. However, the outlook for 2018 and the years beyond is murkier. As well as an increased chance of a recession, the populist and nativist shift seen not just in the US and the UK but also, most recently, in Italy, is a long-term concern. Voters have expressed their discontent with globalisation, among other things. Donald Trump's victory defied forecasts and his embrace of an "unpredictable" approach to policy will make it challenging for foreign leaders and investors to plot their strategy.
While investors were initially a bit dazed by the result, some have become increasingly enthused. Like the electorate, many pundits and analysts are deeply divided about whether Trump will boost or botch things. The first 100 days may clarify whether his administration is going to take a combative and confrontational stance or a constructive and conciliatory one.
An unchecked confrontational Trump administration might pursue aggressive trade negotiations and arms talks with perceived foreign competitors (China, Iran and others) and vendettas against old domestic political foes. There could be clear winners and losers and the US could see a level of political patronage rivalling that of the 1920s and 1870s. Countries and companies that cooperate will get benefits. Similarly, mayors and governors who get on board with a long list of planned reforms (immigration, repealing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and tax reform) will also gain. Those who do not could very well see federal funding for some programmes cut. For investors, there could be big differences between picking the right geography and the wrong one.
On the other hand, investors are getting excited about the potential for Trump, together with Congress, to forge ahead with constructive legislation and 'pro-growth' measures that could provide some stimulus to the economy. A major infrastructure bill, positive immigration reform, the privatisation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, corporate tax reform and lower income taxes could boost corporate investment, construction activity and household spending power. Defence and national security spending could also spike. A turn in this direction could boost sectors such as banking, housing, defence contractors and construction.
"In the longer term, it would take extreme disruptions to erode the bedrock underlying the value of residential and commercial real estate across much of the US"Keith DeCoster, Savills Research
So far, President-elect Trump seems to be taking a combative stance – sparring on Twitter with China, the CEO of Boeing, union leaders, and a long list of newspapers and networks. Most recently, he has levelled his aim squarely on US corporations guilty of offshoring operations. This may just be meaningless social media banter, but it could already be giving Chinese funds second thoughts about buying American.
A few Chinese investors may already be holding off on real estate investments in the US and considering alternative investments closer to home. It is worth noting that the US is already slapping Chinese steel with tariffs, but an escalation in disputes could spell trouble for what has been a very potent source of cross-border investment. Chinese investors attracted to the security of Manhattan real estate were willing to pay top dollar for assets with negligible yields. They have dominated condo acquisitions in Manhattan via the EB-5 program. Chinese and Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds have provided substantial funding for some of the largest developments under way in the US. This includes Manhattan's Hudson Yards as well as Oyster Point in South San Francisco, one of the biggest biotech developments globally.
On the bright side, even if Chinese and Middle Eastern funds, two of the deepest pools of cross-border capital, rein in some of their US purchases, it may just clear the way for other countries still very eager to invest in the US. Other foreign investment firms have set up funds targeting US real estate assets just in the past few weeks. Tokyo-based Mori Trust Co, for example, announced that it plans to invest $7 billion globally, with much of its focus in the US. It initiated expansion by acquiring two office buildings in Boston.
In the longer term, it would take extreme disruptions to erode the bedrock underlying the value of residential and commercial real estate across much of the US. There is little left that is still sacrosanct to American politicians – property rights remain one of the most enduring principles. Capital is not truly blind, though. Chinese banks and funds can be easily told to steer their investments elsewhere.
More importantly, human capital has shown that it will make clear choices. A turn inwards by particular cities or a wider societal turn against particular religions or lifestyle choices can have economic and real estate consequences. Many US cities have thrived in recent years because of the quality of life and distinct offerings they make to incomers. In turn, this affects which companies will operate in them and who will live there. People, as well as businesses, are already making cultural and political investments – some silently, others much more vocally. In the global war for talent, it is eminently possible that other cities, both within and outside the US, can win some of these battles.
Global mega-cities are capturing a disproportionate share of higher-paying jobs and investment activity. The renaissance of urban cores as walkable and liveable settings and major tourist/retail destinations has depended on public safety first, the return of talented and skilled people, extensive residential and retail development and then office tenancy. The most highly prized labour and property in the US (and hence globally) is connected to a set of skills, values and culture that can be characterised either as a positive 'global/progressive' force or negatively as 'elitist/foreign'. How these cities continue to be perceived could have a major impact for investors.
The US is riven by a deep rural and cosmopolitan divide. The recent calls for a focus on 'law and order' could provoke unrest in some US cities. Lastly, a populist and nativist turn inwards, in the name of repelling a torrent of foreign workers, as well as terrorists, from crossing borders, threatens the flow of investment and human capital that many mega-cities depend on. Investors in US cities will do well to watch the way the political wind is blowing – there may be squalls on the horizon.
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What happened in 2016?
Real estate investment volumes are down in the US. Even before the election, transactions were running just a bit below their 2015 levels. But it was probably a bit much to expect investment sales to match 2015's stellar volumes, which had been driven by some massive portfolio and entity-level sales.
In November, office sales totaled $99.5 billion, 7% below 2015 levels. Entity-level and portfolio sales were down by more than 40% from a year previously, but a burst of secondary and tertiary market activity filled much of the gap. The biggest drops have been seen in offices and multi-family transaction levels. Investors have shown some price resistance to sub-5% cap rates in the biggest metro areas and concerns that the multi-family sector may be getting overbuilt.
The pool of investment capital pointed at the US is still deep. Even if Chinese and Middle Eastern funds were to withdraw, other foreign investment firms would likely step in. Other overseas investors have set up funds targeting US real estate assets just in the past few weeks. Tokyo-based Mori Trust Co, for example, announced that it plans to invest $7 billion globally, with much of its focus in the US, and it has acquired two office buildings in Boston.
Institutional investors and REITS have backed away from some, but not all, the top gateway markets. As we predicted, secondary markets with integral links to tech and strong long-term demographic trends were clear winners in 2016. Austin investment sales were up by 21.2% (at $1.4 billion), Charlotte by 64.3% ($1.2 billion) and Richmond by 79.6% ($541 million).
Additionally, other investors priced out of the core gateway markets, sunk their money into alternative locations just outside core areas. San Francisco's East Bay saw investment activity increase by 74.7%, (to $2.0 billion) and Northern New Jersey was seen as an alternative to Manhattan, with investment activity up 27.2% (to $2.9 billion).
"Trophy assets in gateway markets – Manhattan; San Francisco; Washington, DC; Boston; Chicago and Los Angeles – are still the gold standard for capital preservation"Keith DeCoster, Savills Research
Core-plus (long-term holds with sterling tenancy and ironclad cash flow)
Uncertainty and turbulent equity markets could lead cautious investors to focus on core assets and markets, taking some of the wind out of the sails of secondary and tertiary markets.
Trophy assets in gateway markets – Manhattan; San Francisco; Washington, DC; Boston; Chicago and Los Angeles – are still the gold standard for capital preservation. Investors should note that growth is at or near peak for net operating income in the highest-calibre offices, Multi-family residential and retail properties in SF, NYC and Washington. Rising tax and concession costs will further erode the bottom line or landlords over the next few years. In the short term, Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles still have some potential for more rental growth.
Cap rates and yields have been rising since the election, so those who bought in the past two years may have done so at the top of the market. Some long-term holders of core assets in offices and multi-family in Manhattan and San Francisco cashed out at this time to turn some of their gains to other markets.
Core (Class A office in high-growth Sunbelt markets)
Investors will still be able to capture higher yield in the short-term for core assets in Sunbelt markets such as Atlanta, Dallas/Fort Worth and Phoenix, as well as some tertiary markets such as Nashville and Salt Lake City. These markets offer pricing that is still generally well under $300/sq ft. Cap rates are generally 200 to 250 basis points above those in core gateway markets. Metro areas such as Raleigh/Durham, Nashville and Austin often only have a limited number of trophy assets. In turn new construction has performed very well, particularly as companies from larger metro areas come into the market and open up operations.
Investors need to carefully consider the extent to which secondary and tertiary markets have truly diversified their industry base. In the event of a 2018 or 2019 recession there is the potential for a 'snapback factor' in metros that have a lot of back office and support services. Office and multi-family properties in these markets could see a jump in vacancy a couple of years from now if companies decide to consolidate support and administrative jobs back to their home base, much as most oil and gas firms have done. Some markets, such as Atlanta and Dallas/Fort Worth, have matured and may not see as big a cyclical retraction of jobs. This phenomenon can be industry specific, with housing and lending firms more likely to consolidate than fintech or biotech, which are likely to remain linked to specific labour pools.
Value add (Refurbished office and multi-family product)
Talented workers and in turn, major employers, are moving to urban cores or ex-urban locations. Atlanta, Raleigh/Durham, Nashville and Austin have all seen rent reach record levels in core urban submarkets. This sets up opportunities for landlords leasing older second-generation A-/B+ office space to highlight the price gap between their asset and the top of the market. Class A rents are not likely to fall much until 2018 (in Manhattan and San Francisco) and possibly later in Boston, Los Angeles and Orange County. In turn, Class B buildings in these markets continue to enjoy increased occupancy and elevated NOI. Buildings that can be converted to creative office space, or those with large open floor plates, are in demand across Southern California. Investors who acquired warehouse buildings or older Class B office properties and converted them to creative office space have captured a strong return on their investment. In some cases landlords were able to leave the build-out to a well-funded tech firm, further padding their gains.
Value add (Close-in suburban office in Northeast/Northwest, surban sunbelt mixed-use)
The cap rate gap between CBDs and suburbs will continue to narrow a bit in 2017, as pricing for suburban assets in Sunbelt and Southwest markets increases. Investors in the Northeast and Midwest should continue to follow migration patterns to CBDs and close-in suburban areas. Circa-1980s and 1990s suburban office parks on the outer ring of cities in the Midwest and Northeast represent major risks as they struggle with tenancy loss and a depreciation in asset values. Suburban office complexes in Midwest and Northeast with access to mass transit and nearby retail/prime housing have fared better, but in markets such as Northern New Jersey and Suburban Chicago where landlords have incurred significant renovation and lease-up/concession costs. Office building sales volume in suburban Midwest markets totaled $5.5 billion, with an average price of $130/sq ft.
On the other hand, there is still a demographic upside to suburban locations in the Southwest and Southeast. Investors have clearly already realised improvement in fundamentals – metros in the Southwest captured $10.6 billion in sales with an average price per square foot of $189. Dallas alone tallied $4.3 billion in sales.
Dallas, Phoenix and Atlanta could soon be testing the limits of demand for 'surban' mixed-use community development on the periphery of their metros. These massive, mixed-use communities try to replicate the live/work/play setting of an urban core and have successfully signed major corporations such as Toyota, State Farm and Mercedes Benz to new build-to-suit office properties. Housing costs are typically much lower than in urban submarkets but millenials may ultimately still prefer Atlanta's Buckhead to an Alpharetta or Sandy Springs.
Multi-family is at risk of being overbuilt in some of the fastest-growing metros such as Atlanta and Tampa Bay as well as luxury product outside Washington DC. Demand projections for multi-family product depend on the assumption that Millennials will continue to rent at much higher proportions than previous generations. Historically, though, legislation that encourages home ownership, either through cheaper financing or tax credits, has been a recurring features as legislators both at the state and national level try to jump-start the economy. While this seems inconceivable given the excesses of the last recession, the recent calls to privatise Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, and to repeal Dodd Frank, could be a bridge back to this. Multi-family development in some secondary markets such as Nashville and San Antonio has been more restrained. This leaves room for investors to acquire older 1980s and 1990s communities and spruce them up with new amenities and updated appliances. Some older, garden-style apartment complexes have commanded price per unit in excess of $100,000 per unit – a fraction of the $500,000 per unit for top buildings in Manhattan, but a high mark for sales in some secondary markets.
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Opportunistic (Port/logistics and infrastructure-related)
Final mile industrial and port/logistics:
Among the major asset groups the industrial sector has the strongest fundamentals. The ecommerce revolution and growth in the logistics/supply chain have pushed vacancy to its lowest mark on record. This sector has more potential for rental rate growth. Distribution centres in key logistics/transportation hubs have become core assets. The choicest warehouse/distribution centres already changed hands in 2014 and 2015. Investors will have to shift their focus to final-mile locations or redevelopment opportunities in the industrial sector.
This sector could benefit from several pro-growth initiatives that have a chance of making it through Congress. A major infrastructure bill, coupled with corporate tax reform, could provide a short-term burst in investment in both equipment and manufacturing facilities. Talk of moving ahead with the Keystone pipeline and to bring back "a drill, baby drill" environment could spur demand for warehouse and flex facilities in the oil-patch and Plains states. Industrial land could also benefit, particularly sites within driving distance of major ports and logistics. Informed investors should keep a close eye again on whether an infrastructure bill takes on a 'most-favoured' state approach in which rural states are rewarded with the biggest piece of shovel-ready funding, or if a simple 'spread the wealth' approach that benefits major metros is pursued. Finally, rather than adding to the deficit, Congress may choose to take a public-private approach by selling PPP opportunities to the highest bidder. Investors in PPP infrastructure development need to be careful – some of these have proved to be unprofitable.
Any major shift to protectionist policies will encounter resistance from Congress. Nevertheless if there is a clear change to a 'Buy and build America' policy it will threaten to disrupt the supply chain. This would create major disruption for small business owners and manufacturers that sell products overseas. This includes high-tech manufacturing and agricultural equipment, such as Caterpillar. There would be some very clear losers if a trade battle ensues. Seattle for one – two of its top firms, Boeing and Apple, derive most of their profits from sales overseas.
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Suburban Washington, DC has become one of the softest markets nationally as mistimed new construction and weakening demand has pushed availability above 20%. Nevertheless, betting against the reality that Washington, DC always grows is a long shot. A turnaround in select agencies may not be far away. Despite the likelihood that a Trump administration may savage spending for some agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Education, Department of Health & Human Services and Department of Labor, it seems apparent that funding for defence, homeland security and the FBI/Justice Department could balloon. This may have implications as well for markets that have seen either a freeze or cutbacks in defence spending in recent years, such as Fort Worth, Texas and Bridgeport, Connecticut.


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Related Information for Marty Robbins Martin David Robinson (born September 26, 1925 in Glendale, Arizona; died December 8, 1982 in Nashville, Tennessee), better known simply as Marty Robbins, was an American Grammy award winning country music singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. One of the most popular and successful country and western singers of his era, for most of his nearly four-decade career, Robbins was rarely far from the country music charts, and several of his songs also became pop hits. In addition to his.. read more


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This Year's Summer Containers for Sun
This has been a pretty good summer, if not a great one, for our flowering containers in the sunny front garden. I feel like we've developed a style and a palette of plants we can keep going back to. At the same… Read More
Summer Containers in Sun: An Update
Now that it's almost the middle of August, maybe it's a good time to do an update on the flowering containers in the front garden. Overall, my assessment would be: they're doing pretty well. Not spectacular, perhaps, but certainly pretty well.
October Bloom Day
It's been a fairly warm autumn so far. Leaves are slow to color, flowers to fade. Though they certainly are fading.
The Only Summer Container Annuals I'll Ever Need
You know how it is. When you're younger (early 50s, say), you want to experiment. Try out different plants in your containers for sun.
We Got a Hummingbird Feeder
So on the Sunday before last I bought a hummingbird feeder. It was something of a Father's Day present to myself. The Wild Birds Unlimited store was having a 25% off sale so it would have been foolish not to buy one.
Summer Containers for Sun Report
In the Spring the front garden containers are full of Tulips underplanted with Sweet Alyssum (Lobularia maritima). Now that the Tulips are but a memory, though, I've devoted some time over the last couple of weeks to replanting with summer annuals. The… Read More
The Scarlet Flower
It's a grey day, one of a long line of grey days, and I am feeling color deprived. So I thought: why not write about some favorite flowers by color? Readers of this blog know that my favorite colors in the garden… Read More
My Summer Containers for Sun: Meh.
The good news is that I continue to gain useful experience on how to put together summer containers for sun. The not-so -good news is that this year's containers are pretty unsatisfying. One lesson from last year that I tried to remember… Read More
A Couple of Lessons That Took a Long Time to Learn But Now Seem Kind of Obvious
Beth over at Plant Postings hosts a meme called Lessons Learned, which is about pretty much what it sounds like. This is a good thing, as it's extremely useful to compare notes with fellow gardeners. So I'm taking this opportunity to write… Read More
There is only one species of Hummingbird in the Chicago aea, the Ruby Throated Hummingbird. They spend their winters in Central America and arrive here in May. Throughout the summer, though, there was almost no sign of them in our garden this… Read More


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Classic Brazilian "Boca do lixo" production starring one of its most beloved and delicious leading ladies, Helena Ramos.
Mulher, Mulher was a big box office hit and this time miss Ramos has some nice scenes with… a horse!
The movie is very cool and tells the story of a frigid widow. Her lat husband, a shrink, tried to fulfill all her sexual curiosities (swing, ménage à trois, etc) and as she is now devastaed with her loss, she locks herself in a country house and remember her luscious life full of sex, violence and, of course, nudity.
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Traveling with Laurence Philomene: Berlin Through the Lens of the Lomo'Instant Wide4 Share Tweet
Portraitist Laurence Philomene is back in Lomography Magazine as she brings her bright palette and instant camera to the German capital. Laurence is one of the young photographers the world's looking out for -- her mission to make the most unique and relatable portraits of her friends drives her to test out her know-how with instant photography.
Laurence just came back from her recent trip to Berlin as she exhibited her "Non-Binary Portrait" series. She opted the Lomo'Instant Wide, as far as curating memories go.
Hi Laurence, welcome back to Lomography Magazine! First things first, how was your trip to Berlin?
Thanks! My trip was lovely - I was mostly focused on my exhibition "non-binary portraits" in collaboration with curated by girls while I was there so I didn't get to see the city much but everyone there was really welcoming to me. It reminded me a lot of my hometown (Montreal); full of ex-pats and artists.
This time you shot with the instant camera, Lomo'Instant Wide. What were your first impressions upon using it?
I used to shoot a lot with the Instax Mini as a teenager and I hadn't gotten to shoot with instant film in a long time so it was fun to return to those roots. The camera itself is beautiful and felt really nice in my hands. Each shot came out really different, so it was a fun surprise every time.
What prompted you to take instant photography during your trip?
Instant photography to me always has a certain nostalgia to it, it was fun to take a break from all my work and just take photos for fun. Laetitia (curated by girls) wanted to do a shoot dressed up as a doll so we walked around Berlin with our friend Sara and took some pictures of the two of them dressed alike and posing in symmetry.
How do you think does instant photography fit in our digitally-driven lives?
Personally, I think it's a nice break from my digital routine. Holding a photograph in your hands just isn't the same as looking at a screen, and that will never change. I think the two can absolutely co-exist. Especially when it comes to photographing your memories, film always holds a special place.
What's next for Laurence? Any upcoming projects we should look out for?
I'm going to keep working on my non-binary portrait series and hopefully exhibit it in more places around the world so keep looking out for that. :)
Learn more about Laurence's work with the "Non-Binary Portrait" series through our interview. Visit her website and Instagram for more of her works.
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Monday, March 30, 2009
Give the Big Three A Break
I happen to have the good fortune of being a homeowner in the Detroit suburbs and former employee of an automotive supplier. I quit that job four years ago disgusted by the hyper-conservative (by conservative I mean eager to preserve the status quo, not necessarily politically conservative), hyper-cautious, cowardly decision-making practices that inevitably prevail (I managed a small electronics engineering group). Automakers always want to stick with whatever makes money today, and never want to take a chance on what might be profitable tomorrow. And they are relentlessly (mindlessly?) focused on cutting production costs at the expense of investing in innovation. I had smart, hard-working engineers in my group who were eager to attack tough problems. But they hardly ever got the chance because my bosses just wanted to wring every dollar they could out of the products we already had and offer nothing new even when our customers (Ford, GM, Chrysler, Audi, VW, etc.) specifically asked for it. We perpetually tried to re-sell the customer a product that wasn't up to the customer's demands by repackaging and "repositioning" it -- that is telling the customer the product was something it wasn't. So we spent a lot of time tweaking superficial details instead of getting in front of the real problem that confronted us: an aging product line.
A lot of smart talent was wasted because it was underutilized even when we had the money to act. Now the money is gone, and most of the talent that could leave did. What's left are those that couldn't get out (not necessarily because they're incompetent, though some are, but perhaps their families are settled here and they didn't want to bail on the devil they knew in exchange for one elsewhere they didn't know; or maybe their homes are "underwater" and moving is no longer an option).
I remember visits to the assembly lines where our products were used, and sometimes failed. I would accompany engineers on troubleshooting missions. The people I encountered on the assembly lines worked hard -- physically hard -- often in a noisy, rank environment. Many were older than I, and looked a lot more tired. But they were always eager to help us geek engineers get our product working, even if it meant added work and inconvenience for them. And they didn't do it because someone told them to. They smiled and offered to help, and they offered useful suggestions for how to make the product better and in turn improve the quality of their product. They care about what rolls off the line, I have no doubt about that. They earn their pay, and they earn the profits that pay much larger salaries to others, too. Standing next to a cacophonous testing bay where cars slid every thirty seconds onto rollers and were accelerated to 70 m.p.h., surrounded by eye-watering smoke from burning rubber, I realized pretty soon where the money came from for my cushy salary. The line workers always knew it, yet they never seemed to make that an issue, they just wanted to keep working. (And this wasn't considered a tough place to work, try slamming heavy, unwieldy dashboard assemblies into place all day.)
So, while my group spun its wheels making cosmetic changes on an outdated product, and assembly line workers busted their humps three shifts a day, management followed the quick buck doing the same thing my engineering group did: repackage and reposition. They produced the gas guzzling SUV's that indulgent consumers awash in credit demanded. There never seemed to be a plan for what to do if gas prices suddenly spiked and consumers decided they preferred something less profligate. And we all knew gas prices would spike.
And then gas prices did spike and I thought, "Hallelujah!" Detroit's finally going to start selling their little cars. And there was a brief blast of enthusiasm for them. Until the economic crisis kicked in and sales dropped 30%, 40%, 50% compared to just a year ago (WSJ: Auto Sales).
Well, the assembly line workers didn't induce the economic crisis; neither did the engineers. Sure, the Big Three would have been in trouble if gas prices remained high, but they would have bumbled their way along as they always have. They would have contracted, as they have been for years, but they wouldn't have gone over a cliff. It was not the Big Three that suddenly did themselves in (although executive incompetence was slowly dragging them down) it was a bunch of criminally greedy bankers and securities traders that sent us all over a cliff. But the criminally greedy bankers are not the ones crashing on the rocks. And to add further insult to injury, unions -- the only thing that ever moved working stiff living standards in a positive direction -- are being demonized. In the past, union wages might have gotten out of hand for some workers who could rack up a lot of overtime, but those are exceptions, and management -- hungry for for quick profits -- often made incremental wage concessions to unions while at the same time outsourcing thousands of their jobs (see UAW Timeline). Pensions got out of hand because management and politicians (bankrolled by management) wouldn't support Walter P. Reuther's plan to consolidate and nationalize pensions so younger workers would subsidize older ones. I agree union negotiators sometimes overreached, but it was while they watched executives overreach several orders of magnitude more severely. Still, unions are not, and never were the problem with American industry. It's greedy incompetent, lazy, parasitic executives that sold us out for a quick buck and brought American hope for future prosperity to its knees.
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- AnonymousMarch 30, 2009 at 2:57 PM
From everything that I have seen of most corporations, and I have seen a few (Wall Street, Energy, Manufacturing, Government contractors), they have become hiding grounds for overpaid, overeducated managers who focus on budgets rather than on their people and their product. I, for one, lay a significant part of the blame on our culture and educational system that is more adept at creating managers rather than engineers. That is why I believe that any long-term change, if one is possible, will not come in a year or two but in decades and will occur only once we have a society focused on creation and innovation rather than on increasing shareholder value (which as Steve Jobs has aptly demonstrated is also better served via a better product).ReplyDelete
I feed sad for Michigan and manufacturing in this country. While it appears Wall Street is critical to fix the immediate crisis (and it is), in the long run it will be manufacturing that will save us. To parapharase Mark Twain, we cannot all pay our bills by doing each others laundry.
Thanks for saying what needs to be said. Good luck to you, your beautiful state, the people of Michigan and the Big 3.
Thanks for your thoughts, I especially agree with regard to manufacturing slipping away. It was our long term path to broad economic prosperity.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 11, 2009 at 8:27 AM
I just routed myself here via your Reader Comment to the June 11, 2009 New York Times online article "U.S. Takes on Insular G.M. Culture".ReplyDelete
Your views, all that you say, is as accurate and succinct as anything I've read. Maybe more so. I am a designer who returned to central Ohio after 20 years in Traverse City. While I didn't work in or with the auto industry, your observations could be transposed verbatim to virtually any major corporate or institutional client I have ever worked with. At the top (or more precisely among the mid-level managers on up to the top), it has always been about not rocking the boat, which in the design and creative process is deadly.
Wonderful blog. Thank you.
- AnonymousJune 16, 2009 at 3:16 AM
That's why darwinain capitalism time and time again is the best possible economic model. I beleive that sefety nets are needed toc acth the fallen once there out, but all these organizations have for years sheltered behind government, regulatory and other structural wind breaks. Think of all that talent that would have been released to form new and budding companies, if the too big to fail could actually be left to fail. The true waist is all those who have been trapped in the dinasours, thinking they wree safe. In other fearicly competative parts of the economy, America is a world champion value producer, with world class products, and business models.ReplyDelete
As to who runs organizations, some lessons in industrial history is in order, smaller and younger companies tend to be run by engineers, but larger one's are not, that's because management is a skill set in of itself. Every social worker i've met is convinced that the worlds problems could be solved with more social workers, ditto for librarians and ditto for engineers.
Lastly, the obsession with manufacturing, from an economists point of veiw, is a parrelel to the shortsightedness, you witnessed with the management at your former company. A focus on what worked at some period in the past, and a yearning to bring it back, to current conditions that are very different. Manufacturing, like agriculture before it, and Information Technology now, is simply a phase in a sequence of economic evolution. Like in agriculture before it, productivity and efficiency gains have been steadily shrinking the required manufacturing base. Look around you, we have no shortage of stuff, the old saw about making things is rubbish, the same was said for growing things, and it will be soon said for thought work as well. So the complaint is about who's making it. Most importantly, what you make is more critical than how much manufacturing you have.
Beyond the prowess of a Beoing, Caterpillar, medtronics, and apple. Google, or Pixar, produce world class products with huge margins and global appeal, that maintain high wages for their workers. They have very little competition. The millions of people worldwide who will pay to use their products, will be busy producing the other parts of that equation, from the DVD players on down to the fabric in the cinema seats. All those others have much more competition and lower margins subsequently lower wages. It is a very well established system of weralth creation via free trade, and we have bennefited massively from it. It is a profound shame that very few Americans really understand the extent to which so much of our prosperity has been built on open systems and open trade. But that is a question for our education system.
Thanks for the comments.ReplyDelete
By way of reply to the last, I just added a post where I attempt to clarify my pro-domestic manufacturing, anti-free trade position. Find that here: http://cyclopsvue.blogspot.com/2009/06/domestic-manufacturing-vs.html
I've gotta say I really take issue with "It is a profound shame that very few Americans really understand the extent to which so much of our prosperity has been built on open systems and open trade."
Define prosperity. Do you mean a tiny minority benefiting at the expense of the vast majority? As far as I can tell, that's what has happened since our trade deficits really went through the roof (even excluding oil). Middle class wages have been stagnant for 30 years!


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"Well, you are the expert; we will just do what you tell us." Admittedly it is nice to be regarded as an expert, but these are dangerous words. There is something about wearing a white coat and a stethoscope that grants healthcare professionals great power over their patients. Intelligent women and men come to the hospital and abdicate their decision making power at the door.
Your perinatal team has varied knowledge, training, experience, bias, fear, and motivation. They are experts, but they are not perfect! They have seen a lot, but they haven't seen everything. Some have not read a new research article in years, some haven't slept in 2 days, and some had a maternal death patient with similar risk factors as yours. Sometimes they just want to go home on time and your labor is taking too long. Some of them are biased towards low intervention, others have never met a patient they didn't want to take to the operating room.
When you are admitted to the hospital you will not know what is behind the smiling faces and monitoring machines. In most cases what you see is what you get. Doctors and nurses that are working hard to make ensure you and your baby make it safely through labor and delivery. There are many paths to that outcome. You need to be a part of the decision making.
The first step is to get educated prior to the delivery. Taking a prenatal class is an excellent way to prepare for childbirth. I personally recommend the Hypnobabies course, but there are many other programs available. Check with your local hospitals. They often offer low/no cost courses and you will be able to learn more about how labor is approached where you will be delivering. If you do not have time to attend a traditional class, there are self study options or online courses available. AWHONN, INJOY, and Evidence Based Birth are websites that have great information.
The second step is to make a birth plan. If a written birth plan is not appealing, you can still take time to discuss with your support person and your doctor/midwife your thoughts, goals and wishes for your labor and delivery. Having a mutual understanding can help make decisions during labor easier.
Third: Use your BRAIN! Every decision you make should be collaborative between you and your healthcare team. The most important person in the equation is you. Each time a decision is required, use the simple decision making tool BRAIN.
Benefits: What are the benefits of the intervention?brain
Risks: What are the risks involved? It is important to explore this and get the full list of risks. Many times healthcare providers will mention the most common or the most devastating risks. You need to be told all the risks to be able to make an informed decision.
Alternatives: Are there alternatives? Sometimes there are no alternatives, but in many situations there are alternative interventions that can be attempted. Find out your options and if you have an alternative in mind, suggest it.
Intuition: Take a minute to think and discuss with your support person. What is your gut telling you? Doctors and nurses use intuition to care for their patients too.
Nothing/not now: What if you did nothing? What if you waited an hour or three? Time can clarify most situations. In other situations doing nothing may cause a bad outcome for you or baby. How does doing nothing affect this particular situation?
Being empowered and educated will help you have the birth experience that is best for you and your baby.
Remember to use your BRAIN!
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We have been talking so much about being fearful…. about current events, about upcoming events, and about events in the neighborhood, that I decided to go into the new curriculum and spend our short week on the fear unit. It started with making charts at table groups about the things that we are afraid of, and so many of our fears were similar!
Our next step was to talk about what we are fearful of, and what are some of the positives as well as the negatives of fear. We did a gallery walk to look at all of the posters, and talked about helpful and harmful fears. We did the visualizations, which the students enjoyed, then took our most harmful fear, wrote it on a piece of paper, and tore it up, or flew it out the window. (We picked them up!)
Finally, we used the quotes provided, and made posters for the school hallway.
Also, we have picked someone each hour to be the class photographer once a week! Here are some of their photos:


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