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HURIWA lampoons IGP, governors for negotiating with bandits
21 September 2019 | 4:17 am
Some arms and ammunition recovered from repentant bandits and illegal local vigilantes, popularly known as Yansakai, displayed to journalists in Gusau by Zamfara State Police Command… yesterday. PHOTO: NAN
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has accused the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, of choosing to 'wine and dine' with armed bandits in the North West zone of the country rather than wielding the big stick against them.
The group said that Adamu would go down in history as the nation's chief law enforcement officer who compromised his duty "for pedestrian regional and religious underpinnings."
They also condemned the decision by the governors of Katsina, Zamfara and Sokoto states to go into negotiations with armed bandits, who killed hundreds of people and destroyed properties of both individuals and government worth billions of naira, as against enforcing relevant laws of the country against criminality.
In a statement yesterday, National Coordinator of HURIWA, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, and the National Media Affairs Director, Miss Zainab Yusuf, said it was wrong for the IGP to support the "unholy communion between northern state governors and armed bandits."
HURIWA stated: "Let it be known to the current IGP, Mohammed Adamu, that his latest statement equating criminal armed mass killers as same as the Niger Delta agitators is not only disingenuous, pedestrian, spurious, puerile and myopic, but it is a direct affront to the constitution of Nigeria."
It added: "It was absolutely wrong to have compared the Niger Delta agitators who took up arms to compel the multinational crude oil producing entities to stop polluting and destroying the ecosystem and the overall environments with pure brigands and armed bandits in the North West who have no cause for their odious, atrocious and totally unlawful actions of killing children, women and old people all in the name of seeking to obtain the unlawful opportunities of dialoguing with politicians for financial benefits. It is so wrong that the IGP is being allowed to defecate on the constitution. This trend of thought is similar to a victim of rape championing the cause of the rapists."
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Wes Himes – Utilising RG Week to drive industry standards
Responsible Gambling Week gets underway this week, the public face for the year-round cross-industry initiative to promote safer gambling in the United Kingdom and Ireland
Being held from Thursday 7 – Wednesday 13, 2019, an objective was set earlier this year of highlighting the tools and advice and help available to customers, as well as the initiatives being taken by operators to promote social responsibility.
In the UK, the Industry Group for Responsible Gambling will spearhead the campaign while the Irish element will be led by the Irish Bookmakers Association. The duo will focus upon delivering information on the initiatives that are available to customers.
Ahead of 2019's efforts getting underway CasinoBeats spoke to Wes Himes, interim CEO of The Betting and Gaming Council and member of The Industry Group For Responsible Gambling, who first addressed growth since inception "Responsible Gambling Week was launched by bookmakers in 2015, since then it has grown into the first industry-wide campaign of its kind," he says.
"It now brings together all five sectors, speaking with one voice to promote responsible gambling, and it's hard to overstate the significance of that. Expectations were quite modest to start with, but the campaign was a success and that gave operators the confidence to get behind it.
"Last year we saw a step-change in involvement from operators and the Irish industry joined the campaign for the first time, which was significant because many players in Ireland are gambling with companies licensed and regulated in the UK.
"We also received support from organisations outside the industry, such as football clubs and racecourses. That allowed us to broaden the conversation about safer gambling, which is one of the key objectives of the campaign.
"More than 120,000 staff at more than 10,000 venues in the UK and Ireland will be involved"
"The #RGWeek18 hashtag generated nearly 20 million impressions, compared to around seven million in 2017, and that shows how the campaign gathered momentum."
Before moving on to detail what engagement can be expected throughout the region from large organisations to small teams and private companies: "More than 120,000 staff at more than 10,000 venues in the UK and Ireland, and on online sites, will be involved in Responsible Gambling Week and the conversations they have with customers are at the heart of the campaign.
"Every organisation can get involved, from the biggest to the very smallest – indeed some of the smaller companies may have the closest relationships with their customers.
"It has been encouraging to see the initiatives planned by staff at some venues, including sponsored fundraising events or simple invitations to take a break and chat over tea or coffee.
"All operators have made minimum commitments to support the campaign – for example, sharing content on their social media channels – but some are making significant contributions over and above this by donating advertising space on LED screens and perimeter boards at football grounds or in match programmes.
"Others have donated digital rights or print advertising space. Bookmakers are allowing 'takeovers' of their windows, giving the campaign real visibility on the high street."
Accompanied by the message 'Let's talk about safer gambling,' the campaign across the UK and Ireland unites the industry and beyond to focus on what part they can play to make gambling safer and reduce gambling harms, and provides a window into efforts made throughout the year.
"The input of organisations outside the industry helps us reach new audiences, that is important"
"Responsible Gambling Week is the public face of the work the industry is doing all-year round to promote safer gambling, it is not a one-off event," Himes stressed.
"Operators are spending more time focusing on player protection, improving policies and procedures, investing in staff training and new technology and that is happening throughout the year.
"Responsible Gambling Week focuses primarily on tools, advice and information to help players understand how to gamble responsibly, but it is a collaboration between operators and their customers, not a monologue.
"Conversations between staff and customers are an important part of that process and, by investing in training for their staff, operators are empowering them to engage pro-actively with customers. That will, of course, continue to happen once the week is over.
"This year, we have launched a new website www.responsiblegamblinguk.org It is a safer gambling information hub, which includes tips, advice, tools and details of training courses. We want to drive traffic to the site all-year round."
Himes also moves on to emphasise the importance of impacts set to be made by organisations outside of the gambling industry: "The input of organisations outside the industry helps us reach new audiences; that is important because we want the campaign messages, such as setting time and budget limits and taking breaks from playing, to be aimed at everyone, not just our core customer base.
"For example, The English Football League, which represents all 72 clubs outside the Premier League, is supporting the campaign and those clubs reach tens of millions of supporters through their social media channels.
"Cross-industry collaboration and knowledge sharing is increasingly important"
"The Racecourse Association is another supporter and all 59 racecourses across the UK will be sharing our videos and other content on their channels, whilst Aintree, Cheltenham and Doncaster will have high-profile Responsible Gambling Week branding at meetings during the week.
"This year, the campaign will also have a presence in pubs for the first time. Punch and Co is distributing leaflets, beer mats and other collateral to all 1,300 pubs in their portfolio and that is another way of extending the conversation beyond the industry.
"In the charity sector, Citizens Advice is involved in the campaign for the first time and responsible gambling literature will be distributed throughout its network of regional hubs which specialise in helping people who have a problem with their gambling.
"Gambling charities GamCare and YGAM are offering free places on training courses and workshops as part of their education and youth outreach programmes. They are tailored to provide guidance on how to start conversations with young people who may be at risk."
Concluding by commenting on an increasing level of cross-industry collaboration in ensuring responsible gambling protocols become even more strengthened: "Cross-industry collaboration and knowledge sharing is increasingly important.
"By working together, operators from across the different sectors can share best practice – whether it concerns self-exclusion schemes or trialling algorithms to identify players who might be at risk – and that will lead to improved standards across the industry."
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In Washington, Juul Vows to Curb Youth Vaping. Its Lobbying in States Runs Counter to That Pledge.
Posted on April 28, 2019 at 2:28 pm.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — For months, Juul Labs has had a clear, unwavering message for officials in Washington: The e-cigarette giant is committed to doing all it can to keep its hugely popular vaping products away from teenagers.
But here in Columbia, the South Carolina capital, and in statehouses and city halls across the country, a vast, new army of Juul lobbyists is aggressively pushing measures that undermine that pledge.
The company's 80-plus lobbyists in 50 states are fighting proposals to ban flavored e-cigarette pods, which are big draws for teenagers; pushing legislation that includes provisions denying local governments the right to adopt strict vaping controls; and working to make sure that bills to discourage youth vaping do not have stringent enforcement measures.
Though Juul supports numerous state bills that would raise the legal age for buying vaping and tobacco products to 21, some of those bills contain minimal sanctions for retailers. Others fine only the clerks and not the owners for violations.
"Juul is attempting to rehabilitate its public image by posing as a public health advocate while working behind the scenes to weaken or defeat tobacco control proposals and prevent communities from even considering policies to curb tobacco use," said Nancy Brown, chief executive of the American Heart Association, whose network of lobbyists has parried with e-cigarette and tobacco industries in many states this year.
In a statement, Juul said, "We are as committed as ever to combating youth usage but don't take our word for it — look at our actions."
The company cited its action plan, unveiled in November, which included shutting down its social media accounts, discontinuing sales of many flavored pods in retail stores and strengthening its online age verification systems.
E-cigarettes allow smokers to inhale the nicotine they crave without the toxins that come from burning tobacco. But Juul's sleek devices, which resemble a flashdrive, became immensely popular with teenagers, stoking worries that the devices were creating a new generation of nicotine addicts among people who have never smoked.
Juul denies marketing to young people, and it has revamped its website to focus on adult smokers. But as it faces serious regulatory threats from the Trump administration, as well as targeting by state and city lawmakers, the company has quickly built an enormous lobbying machine to protect its turf as best it can. With the recent departure of Scott Gottlieb, a vociferous critic of Juul, from the post of F.D.A. commissioner, the company's more urgent battles, for now, are in the states.
Most of Juul's state lobbyists work for well-connected firms run by ex-governors, former state lawmakers and big political donors, public records show. Some are in-house, based in the growing number of offices the company is opening around the country. The company's latest star hire is Martha Coakley, the former attorney general of Massachusetts. (The state's current attorney general, Maura Healey, is investigating whether Juul intentionally targeted its vaping products to minors.)
In a series of interviews, Lindsay Andrews, a spokeswoman for Juul, said the lobbyists were primarily focused on raising the minimum age for buying e-cigarette and traditional tobacco products to 21 from 18, or in a few states, 19. More than 400 local governments and 14 states have already done so, eight of the states this year.
But in numerous states, the proposals that Juul publicly supports, known as Tobacco 21, or T21, contain measures that public health experts consider poison pills.
Juul says it prefers that T21 legislation does not have added provisions. But it worked to help pass a T21 law in the Arkansas Legislature, for example, that would also block local governments from enacting new rules regarding the manufacture, sale, storage or distribution of tobacco and vaping products — including restrictions on flavored products.
For related reasons, public health advocates have opposed Juul-backed T21 bills in Arizona, Florida, Iowa, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia. The tobacco industry supported the T21 bills.
In some states Juul's advocacy is public, and in others the company is barely visible, working only through the Vapor Technology Association, or by relying on Altria, the tobacco company that late last year paid Juul $12.8 billion for a 35 percent stake.
In South Carolina, for example, Juul has not taken a public position on a contentious proposal to pre-empt local governments from banning flavored e-cigarettes or otherwise regulating any tobacco product. But at a hearing on the bill last month, Brian Flynn, one of Juul's three lobbyists with McGuireWoods Consulting, a firm run by the former governor James H. Hodges, testified in favor of the pre-emption plan.
At the hearing, Mr. Flynn introduced himself as a lobbyist for both Juul and the South Carolina Association of Convenience Stores. He noted that on the matter of pre-emption, he spoke only for the retailers.
Critics did not see much of a distinction.
"This is too cute by half," said Pamela Gilbert, a lawyer and a former executive director of the Consumer Product Safety Commission. "Juul must know their lobbyist is lobbying for the pre-emption bill, and Juul must have approved that. If Juul really didn't want to be connected to the support for that bill, Juul should hire another lobbyist."
Some of the so-called pre-emption measures around the country were written using model language from the Vapor Technology Association, according to Kinn Elliott, a V.T.A. lobbyist who recently joined the association from Juul. Other pre-emption bills, in whole or in part, have been drafted with language from lobbyists for Altria and the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
Altria, maker of Marlboro cigarettes, has a potent lobbying network in Washington and around the country. Asked if Altria was advising Juul's state lobbying efforts, or if the two related businesses were working together, an Altria spokesman, David Sutton, replied that there was no contractual service agreement by which Altria would assist Juul's government affairs. He added that he did not know what informal conversations on state lobbying issues might have taken place.
"I just don't know, I'm not on the ground," Mr. Sutton said. "Is there a conversation between the Altria government affairs people and the Juul government affairs people on the ground? I don't know."
He declined to provide access to Altria employees who could answer the question. Juul also declined to answer the question.
But Vince Willmore, a spokesman for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, which has been involved in many of these state battles, said, "It's hard to say where Altria ends and Juul begins."
So far, Juul's state and local efforts have had mixed success. In Sacramento, Juul tried to head off a proposal to ban the sale of all flavored e-cigarettes and tobacco products in the city, as San Francisco did last year.
Steve Hansen, the councilman who wrote the bill, met with two Juul lobbyists in early March to hear their alternative plan. They were pushing a plan that would ban only flavors that are "knowingly attractive to minors." The City Council rejected Juul's proposal and on April 16 passed Mr. Hansen's plan.
Mr. Hansen said he was surprised by the intensity of the lobbying effort.
"In my six years on the City Council I've never seen the number of money, lobbyists and Astroturfing we've seen here on anything else," he said.
Ms. Andrews, the Juul spokeswoman, said the effort was important because flavored e-cigarette pods were critical to help smokers switch to vaping.
"In our studies of thousands of Juul users, people who exclusively used nontobacco flavors were 30 percent more likely to switch than those who use tobacco flavors," she said. "While we do not and will not sell flavors which are clearly targeted to youth, we also understand that flavors that drive adults from cigarettes have the potential to appeal to youth."
One afternoon last month, Mr. Flynn and another Juul lobbyist, Darrell Campbell, milled about under the South Carolina Statehouse dome, awaiting the fate of a bill that would restrict youths' access to vape shops.
That legislation, written by State Representative Beth Bernstein, a Democrat, bars anyone under age 18 from going into vape shops without an adult. It also prohibits vaping on school property. But at Juul's request, Ms. Bernstein took out a provision that would have required an adult to sign for online deliveries of any e-cigarette products ordered online.
In an interview, Ms. Bernstein said that Mr. Flynn and Mr. Campbell were helpful in providing input for the bill, as was Juul's in-house lobbyist, Jennifer Cunningham.
"They had a little heartburn with it because they felt they were already employing a robust process for verification," she said. "Juul came to me and said, 'We already employ a very robust measure to make sure the person purchasing online is over 18.'"
The bill passed, and Gov. Henry McMaster, a Republican, is expected to sign it.
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network opposed the legislation, saying it did not go far enough.
"This bill is like putting lipstick on a pig," said Cathy Callaway, state and local campaign director for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. "We don't need cosmetic fixes, we need proven policies and strong tobacco retailer enforcement to prevent illegal sales to kids."
Katrina F. Shealy, a Republican senator who supported the bill, said: "I have talked to the people from Juul. They want this."
Ms. Shealy also said that Juul had spoken to her about bringing a manufacturing plant to her district. "They are looking at locations and one of them is in my district; 825 jobs," she said. "That's a lot of jobs."
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Thank you StepUp for the amazing local work you are doing in St. Louis County to hold retailers accountable and protect kids! Great award ceremony today and recognition of really deserving community members! @StepUpStl ... See MoreSee Less
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I'm underage in Illinois what are you gonna do about that
First of all I'm 20 years old not no damn teen!! I pay my own bills live alone ima grown ass woman so if I want a cigarette or damn black ima get one , that defeats the whole purpose of being 18 and "Legal" and 20yr olds do exist n y'all got us fucked up!!
You guys suck men and women at the age 18 can die for this country but you assholes tell them they can't smoke or drink till they are 21 raise the age to join the military to 21 if they can die for you at 18 they should be able to drink and smoke at 18. You people suck.
Ohio could be the next state to raise the legal age limit to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21.
Governor Mike DeWine proposed the change in the two-year operating budget that needs signed by the end of the month.
President of the Preventing Tobacco Addiction Foundation or Tobacco 21, Dr. Rob Crane, says he agrees with raising the age limit, but not the language of the bill being proposed.
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Currently, Ohioans can legally buy tobacco at 18.
Would you people of t21 support a constitutional amendment not a mere law that Establishes a tobacco 21 law nationwide? I got it all written up Amendment 28 Section one After one year of the ratification of this article the selling of all tobacco products and all products that contain nicotine to those who are under the age of twenty one years of age in the United States and all territories subject to the jurisdiction thereof is hereby prohibited. Section two The Congress and the several states shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Section three The several states shall have the power to establish restrictions on tobacco products and all products that contain nicotine that go further than the restrictions that are established in this article by appropriate legislation. Section four This article shall be inoperative unless it has been ratified as an amendment amendment to the constitution by the legislatures of the several states as provided in this Constitution, within seven years from the date of its submission to the states by the Congress.
If they're raising the age to buy cigarettes to 21 and I most States Boos at 21 they should raise the draft to 21 if you are 18 and you could go out in the battlefield and get your brains blown out you should be able to buy a damn cigarette or a glass of beer.
Quit acting like you're doing something about cigarettes Dewine. make cigarettes illegal if they are so bad for you. tell your billionaire buddies to sell something else.
Cigarette related illnesses kill people everyday why are they legal at any age?
Hell no our military men can die for our country at 18stop the bullshit
Fuck Tobbacco 21.
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Orioles on Jones' WBC catch: 'Gave me goosebumps' 'Gangster on the field' 'Cold-blooded on Manny' 'Seen him do way better' 'It was kind of expected'
By now you've probably seen the video, if you weren't up early this morning to witness it live on MLB Network.
Orioles center fielder Adam Jones made the play of the World Baseball Classic tournament Saturday evening in San Diego, leaping high over the wall in the seventh inning of a two-run game to rob a sure homer off the bat of his Orioles teammate and Dominican Republic third baseman Manny Machado.
The fans behind Jones had their mouths agape watching an incredible feat of athleticism. Team USA pitcher Tyler Clippard screamed "Oh my God." And Machado could only smirk at his buddy's heroics while rounding first. Machado took off his helmet and extended it toward Jones in a sign of deference.
Team USA went on to score two more, win 6-3 and head to the Final Four to play Team Japan on Tuesday in Los Angeles. They sent the defending champion Dominican Republic team packing; Machado and catcher Welington Castillo will be back in Orioles' camp soon.
At the postgame news conference: Jones said this about the catch: "I'm still in kind of shock that I even got to that ball. I mean, off the bat I'm just like this ball's hit really far, so just keep going, keep going. You know this California air's going to slow it down, and just never quit. That's just the style I play with. I don't mind running into a wall or two. I just kept going after the ball."
And he said this about doing it to Machado: "We've got six months to be next to each other and close to each other, so I'm pretty sure I'm going to give him some ribbing about it. And he robbed me earlier in the first inning too. So, it was just a little payback just on a different situation."
Jones also was asked to compare Saturday's catch with the one Los Angeles Angels' center fielder Mike Trout made against J.J. Hardy at Camden Yards in 2012.
"I remember that catch Trout made on J.J. It was pretty impressive, but that was the (first) inning of just a random game," Jones said. "This was on a different scale, different magnitude. Unbelievable catches, both of them. Just showing the athleticism that we both have. "
Here's what manager Buck Showalter had to say:
"Oh my goodness. Unfortunately, I saw it live (because he was still awake after midnight in Florida). It was a great moment. I loved the way Manny handled it. If you didn't know they were teammates before the game, you know it now. I don't know about ribbing. It's one of those things sometimes life's greatest moments show themselves in the silence. The thing I loved about it the most was that there was a Yankees fan that was trying to get into the field of play that (Jones) took it away from. That was probably the highlight of it for me. … I think we've all seen as good if not better (from Jones)."
I also asked a bunch of Jones' teammates about it this morning. Here are the responses:
Reliever Darren O'Day:
"When I watched it this morning I had goosebumps. I actually fell asleep with the phone in my hand. I was watching the game. Middle of the night, checked the score and I saw they won. I was pretty excited about it. I got to see the highlights today. It was ridiculous. It's pretty cool he did it to Manny and it was kind of a momentum thing there. It was pretty awesome."
On how long Jones will rib Machado about it: "Boy, I think it's something he'll always have. Just the chances of two teammates facing off like that in a decisive moment of a game where both sides clearly care so much, the passion is written all over these teams. I'm sure he'll joke about it for a long time, especially for that personality, playing center field, and to have done that to his buddy. So I'm sure we'll be hearing about it for quite some time."
On whether it was better than Mike Trout's catch a few years ago at Camden Yards against J.J. Hardy: "Athletically, I think you've got to interview Mr. Statcast for that one. In terms of how much it meant to the game, it doesn't compare. Adam's was way bigger."
First baseman Chris Davis
"It wasn't that cool. It really wasn't. I've seen way better. I've seen him do way better. I thought it was awesome that it was Machado that hit it. I'm sure there won't be any trash talking for the next, oh, four years.
"I mean they were talking trash before they even left. With those two, there's no telling. It was a good catch. For Jonesy, he does stuff like that all the time. In my opinion, he's the best center fielder in the game, not just because of that, but the way he plays balls off the wall, the throws he makes.
"He made a play earlier in the game with runners on second and third, shallow pop fly, caught the ball and threw a two-hopper in. A lot of people would have been like, 'Man, that guy might have been able to score on that throw.' But what you don't realize is how smart he actually was to throw that ball low. He bounced it twice because he didn't want to throw it high, didn't want to take a chance on it sailing. Little things like that.
"I hold a little bit higher bar, the bar is set higher for Jonesy, because of his history and what he has done since I have been here. That catch was maybe like a two or three, tops (on a scale of 1 to 10)."
Outfielder Michael Bourn
Bourn didn't see the game. Here was his reaction when he saw the highlight:
"Ooooh. He's a gangster on the field. A gangster on the field. That's all you have to say. Tell him I said that."
Outfielder Chris Dickerson
"It's not your home ballpark, but Jonesy has every stadium mapped out. He knows exactly how many steps he has in that case and where that ball has to be. It's not by luck. He doesn't just happen to be in that spot. There's no coincidence. That's all mapped out and calculated to make that catch. It was no surprise. It's a low wall. He knew exactly where he was and what he is capable of in that moment. Probably got a great jump off the bat.
"It's very difficult. Maybe for Adam it's not as difficult as it looks … For him, it's almost routine given that low wall and probably the trajectory of it, but that's how good Adam is. It probably felt more routine than it really looked."
On Jones ribbing Machado: "It'll be nonstop. Knock them out of the tournament and do that? Yeah, Adam will hold that in his back pocket. So, if there is any trash talking throughout the season, he's always gonna pull that card, for sure."
Infielder Robert Andino
One of Jones' best friends., Andino didn't know what had happened until he came into the clubhouse Sunday morning – "I have three kids, man. I was asleep."
As soon as he saw the video, he grabbed his phone and texted Jones.
"Hey man, you like playing in San Diego, eh? That's cold-blooded. On Manny, too. Cold blooded."
Catcher Caleb Joseph
"Sadly, it didn't surprise me. He does it all the time. He's the most underrated center fielder in the game. Don't get me wrong, there's a ton of great center fielders out there, but you don't see Jonesy making highlight catches on TV because he's not diving. He's getting to them even faster and at a more efficient route than all the others. So, he is catching them standing up. You rarely see him dive, and if you do, it's always on the Top 10. But he doesn't have to dive on most of them because he gets such incredible jumps.
"You see the ball go up and I just watched how Jonesy was running to it. I felt like he had a bead on it, that he was going to make a leaping catch. It was kind of expected, I know it sounds terrible. But when you play with Adam, it's a fluke if he doesn't – not make that play – but make a tremendous effort to catch that ball. That would have been a fluke.
"I think there will probably be some serious banter about that, not just for the first two or three days back, but for months, for weeks. This could be something that is brought up throughout the course of the entire season, which will be fun for us Americans."
On whether Joseph will rib Machado about it:
"I didn't play. I'll nudge Jonesy to bring it up, but I won't bring it up."
On the fans' reaction in the stands: "You're seeing this white thing coming in and, out of nowhere, you see this large man jump and swoop and grab it. It's almost like an animal grabbing a piece of bait in front of the tourists at the lion's cage. Seriously, (the fans are) not able to focus on both at once. They see the ball and they probably just stick to the ball and then, out of nowhere, here comes Jonesy, and he just grabs it. It's got to be impressive. You've seen the look on their faces, it's pure amazement. Yeah, (teammates) are amazed about it, but some of these people (in the stands), it's like their hearts are about to stop."
weams
The statistics that have denigrated Jones' play in center are not trustworthy.
Jones, he's trustworthy.
bowie2bmore
This. This is what I was looking for. Thanks for getting these great quotes! I remember Paul Blair first made me realize that yeah, when you're diving all the time to get on the highlight reels, it's because you're having to make up for a bad jump or a bad route or a lack of speed. Statcast is going to start showing who the real gold-glovers are!
So very true. I think even then, the stats on defense are years away from telling the story.
I'm a believer in some advance metrics. But I'm not a fan of most defensive metrics. Too many variables.
I'm now wondering what America's collective attitude towards the WBC will be if the USA team is able to actually bring home gold for the 1st time? The players on the field obviously think this tournament is worthwhile. I remember our own Mr. Moustache touting the WBC a couple of weeks back on this site, while the rest of the us were bemoaning the fact that they (the players) were missing precious time in Florida. I know after watching the few WBC games that I have so far, my own attitude is changing.
What I've most enjoyed so far, is that the players seem to play with a joy, which up 'til now, I've only ever witnessed during the month of August in South Williamsport. It's been fun to say the least.
I think the WBC absolutely has to have a team USA finals run, preferably against Puerto Rico (Netherlands are good team but they just don't move the needle), for the long term viability of the tournament. We can talk all that "global citizen" crap all we want, fact is if the Americans don't spend money on it, it's dead in the water.
Americans love winners. That certainly helps.
This is why I'm such an unashamed cheerleader of the WBC. It's awesome. Tell me that wasn't better than watching Pedro Alvarez play right field against the Pirates B-team in a meaningless ST game? The WBC is great baseball, and who doesn't want more of that? No only did Mr Jones go all Willie Mays for the stars and stripes and take our resident superstar hot-head down a peg, but he also sent Castillo back to get his precious face-time in with the O's rotation ahead of schedule. Nicely done Adam! Man, let's hope Jonesey can keep this momentum up in the black in orange, because he's looked like a Hall of Famer in this tournament.
Also Dan, I don't know if you know the guy or not, but a tip of the cap to whoever Gregory Bull is who is credited with taking that photo. That's a masterpiece and would look great framed and hanging over the Tap Room bar, if it was, you know, an actual place.
I don't know him but it was a great shot. Definitely could use it behind the bar. By the way, the iconic Trout shot from Camden that was in Sports Illustrated? That one was our Photog Joy. Just a little bragging.
GSISDANNO
Maybe now Adam Jones will receive the credit he deserves as one of the best defensive centerfielders of all-time. I'll never forget his catch and throw against Tampa Bay a few years ago when he raced to the wall in LC field, robbed the hitter of a home run and threw a bullet to second base to catch the runner trying to tag up. He turned a two-run HR into a double plays. In my opinion, the best defensive centerfielders of all-time have been Willie Mays, Fred Lynn, Andruw Jones, Ken Griffey Junior, Curt Flood and Paul Blair. Adam Jones belongs in that class.
Unfortunately the defensive metrics aren't kind to him. And so he'll never be put in that class.


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Q: How to combine two generic methods I have to two extensions:
public static IQueryable<T> Existing<T>(this IQueryable<T> qry)
    where T : class, IDeletable
{
    return qry.Where(...);
}

public static IEnumerable<T> Existing<T>(this IEnumerable<T> qry)
    where T : class, IDeletable
{
    return qry.Where(...);
}

How do I combine those two methods into one method? I tried the following:
public static TU Existing<TU, T>(this TU qry)
    where TU : class, IQueryable<T>, IEnumerable<T>
    where T : class, IDeletable
{
    return (TU)qry.Where(...);
}

But this doesn't work because the type can't be inferred correctly (because IQueryable inherits from IEnumerable, I guess). Moreover, T isn't always IQueryable, which also seems to be a problem here (question: if I specify multiple interfaces in the where clause, aren't those matched in a disjunctive manner?). In the previous case IQuerable was used if it suited or else IEnumerable. How can I circumvent this?

A: Your attempt will always limit it to IQueryable<T> implementations. I assume you really want it to work for both in-process queries and out-of-process queries. Assuming that the "..." in the Where clause is a lambda expression, you need to be aware that even if you have the same code in both methods, the compiler will be handling them very differently - because it will already have applied overload resolution to determine the Where implementation to use.
I would strongly advise you to leave the two separate overloads as they are.

A: public static IQueryable<T> Existing<T>(this IEnumerable<T> qry) where T : class, IDeletable
{
    return qry.Where(/*...*/).AsQueryable();
}

Calling AsQueryable on something that is already queryable will do nothing. Also, IQueryable inherits from IEnumerable, so first: you can pass an IQueryable to this method, and second: the result is actually an IEnumerable as well as an IQueryable.

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Section 1. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation for the election of directors to succeed those whose terms expire and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held at such place and at such time as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. If the annual meeting of the shareholders be not held as herein prescribed, the election of directors may be held at any meeting thereafter called pursuant to these Bylaws.
Section 2. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose whatsoever, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board, the President, or by the Board of Directors, or by one or more shareholders holding not less than ten percent of the voting power of the Corporation.
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In the absence of a quorum, any meeting of shareholders may be adjourned from time to time by the vote of a majority of the shares, the holders of which are either present in person or represented by proxy thereat, but no other business may be transacted, except as provided above.
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Any written consent may be revoked by a writing received by the Secretary of the Corporation prior to the time that written consents of the number of shares required to authorize the proposed action have been filed with the Secretary.
Section 8. Waiver of Notice. The transactions of any meeting of shareholders, however called and noticed, and whenever held, shall be as valid as though at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum be present either in person or by proxy, and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the persons entitled to vote, not present in person or by proxy, signs a written waiver of notice, or a consent to the holding of the meeting, or an approval of the minutes thereof. All such waivers, consents, or approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.
Section 9. Voting. The voting at all meetings of shareholders need not be by ballot, but any qualified shareholder before the voting begins may demand a stock vote whereupon such stock vote shall be taken by ballot, each of which shall state the name of the shareholder voting and the number of shares voted by such shareholder, and if such ballot be cast by a proxy, it shall also state the name of such proxy.
At any meeting of the shareholders, every shareholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote in person, or by proxy appointed in a writing subscribed by such shareholder and bearing a date not more than eleven months prior to said meeting, unless the writing states that it is irrevocable and satisfies Section 705(e) of the General Corporation Law of the State of California, in which event it is irrevocable for the period specified in said writing and said Section 705(e).
Section 10. Record Dates. In the event the Board of Directors fixes a day for the determination of shareholders of record entitled to vote as provided in Section 1 of Article VII of these Bylaws, then, subject to the provisions of the General Corporation Law of the State of California, only persons in whose name shares entitled to vote stand on the stock records of the Corporation at the close of business on such day shall be entitled to vote.
If no record date is fixed:
The record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall be at the close of business on the business day next preceding the day notice is given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the business day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held;
The record date for determining shareholders entitled to give consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is necessary, shall be the day on which the first written consent is given; and
The record date for determining shareholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto, or the 60th day prior to the date of such other action, whichever is later.
A determination of shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting unless the Board of Directors fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting, but the Board of Directors shall fix a new record date if the meeting is adjourned for more than 45 days.
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Article IV - BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 1. Powers. Subject to any limitations in the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws and to any provision of the General Corporation Law of the State of California requiring shareholder authorization or approval for a particular action, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed and all corporate powers shall be exercised by, or under the direction of, the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate the management of the day-to-day operation of the business of the Corporation to a management company or other person provided that the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed and all corporate powers shall be exercised, under the ultimate direction of the Board of Directors.
Section 2. Number, Tenure and Qualifications. The number of directors that shall constitute the whole board shall be not more than seven (7) nor fewer than two (2). The exact number of directors may be fixed from time to time within such limit by a duly adopted resolution of the Board of Directors or shareholders. The exact number of directors presently authorized shall be three (3) until changed within the limits specified above by a duly adopted resolution of the Board of Directors or shareholders. Directors need not be shareholders.
Directors shall hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their respective successors are elected. If any such annual meeting is not held, or the directors are not elected thereat, the directors may be elected at any special meeting of shareholders held for that purpose.
Section 3. Regular Meetings. A regular annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held without other notice than this Bylaw immediately after, and at the same place as, the annual meeting of shareholders. The Board of Directors may provide for other regular meetings from time to time by resolution.
Section 4. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board, or the President or any Vice President, or the Secretary or any two directors. Written notice of the time and place of all special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be delivered personally or by telephone, including a voice messaging system or other system or technology designed to record and communicate messages, telegraph, facsimile, electronic mail or other electronic means to each director at least forty-eight hours before the meeting, or sent to each director by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at least four days before the meeting. Such notice need not specify the purpose of the meeting. Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors need not be given to any director who signs a waiver of notice, whether before or after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting prior thereto or at its commencement, the lack of notice to such director.
Section 5. Place of Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any place within or without the State of California, which has been designated in the notice, or if not stated in the notice or there is no notice, the principal executive office of the Corporation or as designated by the resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors.
Section 6. Participation by Telephone. Members of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting through use of conference telephone, electronic video screen communication, or other communications equipment. Participation in a meeting through use of conference telephone constitutes presence in person at the meeting as long as all members participating in such meeting can hear one another. Participation in a meeting through the use of electronic video screen communication or other communications equipment (other than conference telephone) constitutes presence in person at that meeting if all of the following apply: (a) each member participating in the meeting can communicate with all of the other members concurrently, (b) each member is provided the means of participating in all matters before the Board of Directors, including, without limitation, the capacity to propose, or to interpose an objection to, a specific action to be taken by the Corporation, and (c) the Corporation adopts and implements some means of verifying that (i) a person participating in the meeting is a director or other person entitled to participate in the Board of Directors' meeting, and (ii) all actions of, or votes by, the Board of Directors are taken or cast only by the directors and not by persons who are not directors.
Section 7. Quorum. A majority of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum at all meetings. In the absence of a quorum a majority of the directors present may adjourn any meeting to another time and place. If a meeting is adjourned for more than 24 hours, notice of any adjournment to another time or place shall be given prior to the time of the reconvened meeting to the directors who were not present at the time of adjournment.
Section 8. Action at Meeting. Every act or decision done or made by a majority of the directors present at a meeting duly held at which a quorum is present is the act of the Board of Directors. A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, if any action taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for such meeting.
Section 9. Waiver of Notice. The transactions of any meeting of the Board of Directors, however called and noticed or wherever held, are as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice if a quorum is present and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the directors not present signs a written waiver of notice, a consent to holding the meeting, or an approval of the minutes thereof. All such waivers, consents and approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting.
Section 10. Action Without Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board individually or collectively consent in writing to such action. Such written consent or consents shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board. Such action by written consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of such directors.
Section 11. Removal. The Board of Directors may declare vacant the office of a director who has been declared of unsound mind by an order of court or who has been convicted of a felony.
The entire Board of Directors or any individual director may be removed from office without cause by a vote of shareholders holding a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote at an election of directors; provided, however, that unless the entire Board is removed, no individual director may be removed when the votes cast against removal, or not consenting in writing to such removal, would be sufficient to elect such director if voted cumulatively at an election at which the same total number of votes cast were cast (or, if such action is taken by written consent, all shares entitled to vote were voted) and the entire number of directors authorized at the time of the director's most recent election were then being elected.
In the event an office of a director is so declared vacant or in case the Board or any one or more directors be so removed, new directors may be elected at the same meeting.
Section 12. Resignations. Any director may resign effective upon giving written notice to the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Secretary or the Board of Directors of the Corporation, unless the notice specifies a later time for the effectiveness of such resignation. If the resignation is effective at a future time, a successor may be elected to take office when the resignation becomes effective.
Section 13. Vacancies. Except for a vacancy created by the removal of a director, all vacancies in the Board of Directors, whether caused by resignation, death or otherwise, may be filled by a majority of the remaining directors or, if the number of directors then in office is less than a quorum, by (a) the unanimous written consent of the directors then in office, (b) the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office at a meeting held pursuant to notice or waivers of notice complying with General Corporation Law of the State of California Section 307, or (c) a sole remaining director, and each director so elected shall hold office until his successor is elected at an annual, regular or special meeting of the shareholders. Vacancies created by the removal of a director may be filled only by approval of the shareholders. The shareholders may elect a director at any time to fill any vacancy not filled by the directors. Any such election by written consent requires the consent of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote.
Section 14. Compensation. No stated salary shall be paid directors, as such, for their services, but, by resolution of the Board of Directors, a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for attendance at each regular or special meeting of such Board; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.
Section 15. Committees. The Board of Directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the authorized number of directors, designate one or more committees, each consisting of two or more directors, to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent member at any meeting of the committee. The appointment of members or alternate members of a committee requires the vote of a majority of the authorized number of directors. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors, shall have all the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, except with respect to (a) the approval of any action requiring shareholders' approval or approval of the outstanding shares, (b) the filling of vacancies on the Board or any committee, (c) the fixing of compensation of directors for serving on the Board or any committee, (d) the adoption, amendment or repeal of Bylaws, (e) the amendment or repeal of any resolution of the Board which by its express terms is not so amendable or repealable, (f) a distribution to shareholders, except at a rate or in a periodic amount or within a price range determined by the Board, and (g) the appointment of other committees of the Board or the members thereof.
Article V - OFFICERS
Section 1. Number and Term. The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chairman of the Board, a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer, all of which shall be chosen by the Board of Directors. In addition, the Board of Directors may appoint such other officers as may be deemed expedient for the proper conduct of the business of the Corporation, each of whom shall have such authority and perform such duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. The officers to be appointed by the Board of Directors shall be chosen annually at the regular meeting of the Board of Directors held after the annual meeting of shareholders and shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. If officers are not chosen at such meeting of the Board of Directors, they shall be chosen as soon thereafter as shall be convenient. Each officer shall hold office until his successor shall have been duly chosen or until his removal or resignation.
Section 2. Inability to Act. In the case of absence or inability to act of any officer of the Corporation and of any person herein authorized to act in his place, the Board of Directors may from time to time delegate the powers or duties of such officer to any other officer, or any director or other person whom it may select.
Section 3. Removal and Resignation. Any officer chosen by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the members of the Board of Directors.
Any officer chosen by the Board of Directors may resign at any time by giving written notice of said resignation to the Corporation. Unless a different time is specified therein, such resignation shall be effective upon its receipt by the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Secretary or the Board of Directors.
Section 4. Vacancies. A vacancy in any office because of any cause may be filled by the Board of Directors for the unexpired portion of the term.
Section 5. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Board.
Section 6. President. The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation unless such title is assigned to another officer of the Corporation; in the absence of a Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board, the President shall preside as the chairman of meetings of the shareholders and the Board of Directors; and the President shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. The President or any Vice President shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation (if the Corporation has adopted a seal), except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation.
Section 7. Vice President. In the absence of the President, or in the event of such officer's death, disability or refusal to act, the Vice President, if any, or in the event there be more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order designated at the time of their selection, or in the absence of such designation, then in the order of their selection, shall perform the duties of President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers and be subject to all restrictions upon the President. Each Vice President shall have such powers and discharge such duties as may be assigned from time to time by the President or by the Board of Directors.
Section 8. Secretary. The Secretary shall see that notices for all meetings are given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws and as required by law, shall keep minutes of all meetings, shall have charge of the seal and the corporate books, and shall make such reports and perform such other duties as are incident to such office, or as are properly required by the President or by the Board of Directors.
The Assistant Secretary or the Assistant Secretaries, if any, in the order of their seniority, shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, or in the event of such officer's refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers and discharge such duties as may be assigned from time to time by the President or by the Board of Directors.
Section 9. Treasurer. The Treasurer may also be designated by the alternate title of "Treasurer." The Treasurer shall have the custody of all moneys and securities of the Corporation and shall keep regular books of account. Such officer shall disburse funds of the Corporation in payment of the just demands against the Corporation, or as may be ordered by the Board, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the Board from time to time as may be required of such officer, an account of all transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. Such officer shall perform all duties incident to such office or that are properly required by the President or by the Board. If required by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall give the corporation a bond (which shall be renewed every six years) in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of such officer's office and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of such officer's death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in such officer's possession or control belonging to the corporation.
The Assistant Treasurer or the Assistant Treasurers, if any, in the order of their seniority, shall, in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, or in the event of such officer's refusal to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer, and shall have such powers and discharge such duties as may be assigned from time to time by the President or by the Board of Directors.
Section 10. Salaries. The salaries of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary by reason of the fact that such officer is also a director of the Corporation.
Section 11. Officers Holding More Than One Office. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, but no officer shall execute, acknowledge or verify any instrument in more than one capacity.
Section 12. Approval of Loan to Officers. The Corporation may, upon the approval of the Board of Directors alone, make loans or money or property to, or guarantee the obligations of, any officer of the Corporation or its parent or subsidiary, whether or not a director, or adopt an employee benefit plan or plans authorizing such loans or guaranties provided that (i) the Board of Directors determines that such a loan or guaranty or plan may reasonably be expected to benefit the Corporation, (ii) the Corporation has outstanding shares held of record by 100 or more persons (determined as provided in Section 605 of the General Corporation Law of the State of California) on the date of approval by the Board of Directors, and (iii) the approval of the Board of Directors is by a vote sufficient without counting the vote of any interested director or directors.
Article VI - MISCELLANEOUS
Section 1. Record Date and Closing of Stock Books. The Board of Directors may fix a time in the future as a record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at any meeting of shareholders or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or distribution, or any allotment of rights, or to exercise rights in respect to any other lawful action. The record date so fixed shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days prior to the date of the meeting or event for the purposes of which it is fixed. When a record date is so fixed, only shareholders of record at the close of business on that date are entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting or to receive the dividend, distribution, or allotment of rights, or to exercise the rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the Corporation after the record date.
The Board of Directors may close the books of the Corporation against transfers of shares during the whole or any part of a period of not more than sixty days prior to the date of a shareholders' meeting, the date when the right to any dividend, distribution, or allotment of rights vests, or the effective date of any change, conversion or exchange of shares.
Section 2. Certificates. Certificates of stock shall be issued in numerical order and each shareholder shall be entitled to a certificate signed in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board or the President or a Vice President, and the Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, certifying to the number of shares owned by such shareholder. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer in the stock transfer book of the Corporation, the registered owner shall be treated as the person exclusively entitled to vote, to receive notifications and otherwise to exercise all the rights and powers of an owner, except as expressly provided otherwise by the laws of the State of California.
Section 3. Representation of Shares in Other Corporations. Shares of other corporations standing in the name of this Corporation may be voted or represented and all incidents thereto may be exercised on behalf of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board or the President or the Vice President and the Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.
Section 4. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on December 31 of each year.
Section 5. Annual Reports. The Annual Report to shareholders, described in the General Corporation Law of the State of California, is expressly waived and dispensed with until such time as the Corporation has more than 100 shareholders.
Section 6. Amendments. Bylaws may be adopted, amended, or repealed by the vote or the written consent of shareholders entitled to exercise a majority of the voting power of the Corporation. Subject to the right of shareholders to adopt, amend, or repeal Bylaws, Bylaws may be adopted, amended, or repealed by the Board of Directors, except that a Bylaw amendment thereof changing the authorized number of directors may be adopted by the Board of Directors only if these Bylaws permit an indefinite number of directors and the Bylaw or amendment thereof adopted by the Board of Directors changes the authorized number of directors within the limits specified in these Bylaws.
Section 7. Indemnification of Corporate Agents. The Corporation shall indemnify each of its agents against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts, actually and reasonably incurred by such person by reason of such person's having been made or having been threatened to be made a party to a proceeding to the fullest extent permissible under the General Corporation Law of the State of California and the Corporation shall advance the expenses reasonably expected to be incurred by such agent in defending any such proceeding upon receipt of the undertaking required by subdivision (f) of Section 317 of the General Corporation Law of the State of California. The terms "agent," "proceeding" and "expenses" made in this Section 7 shall have the same meaning as such terms in said Section 317.
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Савченко Сергій Олегович — український вчений, доктор економічних наук (2010).

Спеціальність: Економічні науки. 08.00.11 — Математичні методи, моделі та інформаційні технології в економіці.

Тема докторської дисертації: «Моделі інноваційного управління вищим навчальним закладом».

Професор маркетингу, Східноєвропейський університет економіки і менеджменту. Проректор з науково-дослідної роботи університету

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 Савченко Сергій Олегович scholar.google
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 Сайт Східноєвропейського університету. Ректорат.

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168. Angel (1937)
In his review Leonard says: "Disappointing film for Dietrich-Lubitsch team about Marlene leaving husband Marshall for vacation, falling in love with Douglas. Not worthy of star trio."
The movie is listed as a comedy and may have been a disappointment to those who had first come to know Lubitsch from Shop Around the Corner, Trouble in Paradise, Ninotchka, or To Be or Not to Be. Angel was definitely more of a drama than a comedy. Most of his movies are set up as dramas, but then looks as the comedic side of the situation. That is the Lubitsch touch to me. Being able to look at a dramatic situation and then finding the comedy in it.
Angel was a little bit more of a straight drama. It examined the same sophisticated materials that his comedies did, but he didn't seem to be poking fun of his characters here. He seemed to understand them.
The movie portrays a woman Lady Maria Barker (Marlene Dietrich) who finds herself in love with her husband (Herbert Marshall) and the new man she meets, Anthony Halton (Melvyn Douglas). Her husband, Sir Frederick Barker, is an important man and is making decisions that may help with world peace but as a result he has little time for his wife. Halton plays a man who has nothing but time on his hand and is desperately in love with the woman he calls Angel. Angel must make a decision : to continue in a marriage which she is unhappy in or leave her husband and go off with Halton.
The film doesn't present the situation in a comic manner (in spite of how IMDB might list it). Sir Frederick Baker understands that he must change his life to keep his wife and he decides that is what he is going to do.
A really good movie, with three really good actors and three really good performances. Much better than the two stars Leonard gave it.


L.D.M. Scheduled Programming Presents: Wabi Beats Vol. 1 by Max Hot Salad. Stream the full tape today via youtube https://youtu.be/UYmBjOBiNlk or soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/lewis-del-mar/sets/max-hot-salad-wabi-beats-vol-1. Special thanks to Sean Dwyer for the edit, and Andrew Maury for the mastering. Enjoy.
Track Number_4 from the Wabi Beats Vol. 1 tape, "Take Off & Landing." Full video wave here + track here: https://soundcloud.com/lewis-del-mar/4-take-off-and-landing-master. Love you.
L.D.M. Scheduled Programming Presents: Wabi Beats Vol. 1 by Max Hot Salad. Lots of testing in the studio been happening this yr. This the first bit, a tape Max cooked up. Dropping a track a day this wk, full tape + vid out Monday. "Welcome" Pow Pow ⚡⚡. Cheers.
"Lewis Del Mar Live At The El Rey" A short-form concert documentary, made in collaboration with our fans. Dropping tomorrow.
Real Ones. Scenes from "Lewis Del Mar Live At The El Rey" a short-form concert documentary, made in collaboration with our fans. Dropping 12.20.17 📹 directed by Rubberband.
A documentary concert film, shot in collaboration with our fans. Dropping 12.20.17 📷: directed by Rubberband.
our debut album is one yr old today. grateful for all that it's brought our way. mil gracias.


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UEFA still in talks about foreign fans for Euro 2020 final
by: ROB HARRIS, Associated Press
Posted: Jun 18, 2021 / 04:23 AM EDT
/ Updated: Jun 18, 2021 / 04:23 AM EDT
People walk the road to Wembley stadium during the Euro 2020 soccer championship in London, Thursday, June 17, 2021. England is facing Scotland in a group D match on Friday evening at Wembley stadium. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
LONDON (AP) — UEFA is in talks with the British government about allowing foreign soccer fans to fly into London for games in the latter stages of the European Championship to avoid moving them from Wembley Stadium.
The competition's organizers have a contingency plan which involves taking the semifinals and final to Budapest if an agreement cannot be reached with authorities in London about exempting fans from quarantine.
The Euro 2020 semifinals and final are scheduled to be played at Wembley Stadium from June 6-11.
Because of a rise in coronavirus


An assortment of the very strange faces from my 1970s version of "Guess Who?".
I'm comforted to see that the game seems to have been updated and the current faces are a little less sinister than these ones.
Yes, it's already 18th January and I'm still only at picture number 6.
I don't remember the gane but I don't personally find these faces sinister, I suppose my time in the Army gave me a different view of sinister.
Don't know the game, but the faces are eerily familiar.
Don't know the game but the faces are definitely rather funny/strange all in one. And don't sweat the number of photos taken. Just continue to post themes at your own pace since this is meant to be a fun project, not a stress-out! I like the angular perspective of your photo.
This is the thing I keep trying to remember – that it's a fun thing, not a trial!
I'm really surprised how well this turned out, knowing the lighting conditions you took this under.
I used to love that game…now I have to go find my old game! Nice lighting!
Now, I never knew this kind of games, but like your image.
Oh, I'd forgotten that game! We had the same one in France (French version : "Qui Est-ce ?"). Great idea for the theme!


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Yanis Varoufakis: In search of capitalism's magic number
At a time when politics is as broken as financialisation, the world has never needed a post-capitalist vision more
Updated: March 21, 2019 8:43 am GMT
When the Great Depression followed the 1929 stock-market crash, almost everyone acknowledged that capitalism was unstable, unreliable, and prone to stagnation.
In the decades that followed, however, that perception changed. Capitalism's post-war revival, and especially the post-Cold War rush to financialised globalisation, resurrected faith in markets' self-regulating abilities.
Today, a long decade after the 2008 global financial crisis, this touching faith once again lies in tatters as capitalism's natural tendency toward stagnation reasserts itself. The rise of the racist right, the fragmentation of the political center, and mounting geopolitical tensions are mere symptoms of capitalism's miasma.
A balanced capitalist economy requires a magic number, in the form of the prevailing real (inflation-adjusted) interest rate. It is magic because it must kill two very different birds, flying in two very different skies, with a single stone.
First, it must balance employers' demand for waged labour with the available labour supply. Second, it must equalise savings and investment. If the prevailing real interest rate fails to balance the labour market, we end up with unemployment, precariousness, wasted human potential, and poverty. If it fails to bring investment up to the level of savings, deflation sets in and feeds back into even lower investment.
It takes a heroic disposition to assume that this magic number exists or that, even if it does, our collective endeavors will result in an actual real interest rate close to it. How do free marketeers convince themselves that there exists a single real interest rate (say, 2%) that would inspire investors to funnel all existing savings into productive investments and spur employers to hire everyone who wishes to work at the prevailing wage?
Faith in capitalism's capacity to generate this magic number stems from a truism. Milton Friedman liked to say that if a commodity is not scarce, then it has no value and its price must be zero. Thus, if its price is not zero, it must be scarce and, therefore, there must be a price at which no units of that commodity will be left unsold. Similarly, if the prevailing wage is not zero, all those who want to work for that wage will find a job.
Applying the same logic to savings, to the extent that money can fund the production of machines that will produce valuable gadgets, there must be a low enough interest rate at which someone will borrow all available savings profitably to build these machines. By definition, concluded Friedman, the real interest rate settles down, quite automatically, to the magic level that eliminates both unemployment and excess savings.
If that were true, capitalism would never stagnate — unless a meddling government or self-seeking trade union damaged its dazzling machinery. Of course, it is not true, for three reasons.
First, the magic number does not exist.
Second, even if it did, there is no mechanism that would help the real interest rate converge toward it.
And, third, capitalism has a natural tendency to usurp markets via the strengthening of what John Kenneth Galbraith called the cartel-like managerial "technostructure".
Europe's current situation demonstrates amply the non-existence of the magical real interest rate. The EU's financial system is holding up to €3tn ($3.4tn) of savings that refuse to be invested productively, even though the European Central Bank's deposit interest rate is -0.4%. Meanwhile, the European Union's current-account surplus in 2018 amounted to a gargantuan $450bn. For the euro's exchange rate to weaken enough to eliminate the current-account surplus, while also clearing the savings glut, the ECB's interest rate must fall to at least -5%, a number that would destroy Europe's banks and pension funds in the blink of an eye.
Setting aside the magical interest rate's non-existence, capitalism's natural tendency to stagnation also reflects the failure of money markets to adjust. Free marketeers assume that all prices magically adjust until they reflect commodities' relative scarcity. In reality, they do not. When investors learn that the Federal Reserve or the ECB is thinking of reversing its earlier intention to increase interest rates, they worry that the decision reflects a gloomy outlook regarding overall demand. So, rather than boosting investment, they reduce it.
Instead of investing, they embark on more mergers and acquisitions, which strengthen the technostructure's capacity to fix prices, lower wages, and spend their cash buying up their companies' own shares to boost their bonuses. Consequently, excess savings increase further and prices fail to reflect relative scarcity or, to be more precise, the only scarcity that prices, wages, and interest rates end up reflecting is the scarcity of aggregate demand for goods, labor, and savings.
What is remarkable is how unaffected free marketeers are by the facts. When their dogmas crash on the shoals of reality, they weaponise the epithet "natural". In the 1970s, they predicted that unemployment would disappear if inflation were subdued. When, in the 1980s, unemployment remained stubbornly high despite low inflation, they proclaimed that whatever unemployment rate prevailed must have been "natural".
Similarly, today's free marketeers attribute the failure of inflation to rise, despite wage growth and low unemployment, to a new normal — a new "natural" inflation rate. With their Panglossian blinders, whatever they observe is assumed to be the most natural outcome in the most natural of all possible economic systems.
But capitalism has only one natural tendency: stagnation.
Like all tendencies, it is possible to overcome by means of stimuli. One is exuberant financialisation, which produces tremendous medium-term growth at the expense of long-term heartache. The other is the more sustainable tonic injected and managed by a surplus-recycling political mechanism, such as during the WWII-era economy or its postwar extension, the Bretton Woods system. But at a time when politics is as broken as financialisation, the world has never needed a post-capitalist vision more. Perhaps the greatest contribution of the automation that currently adds to our stagnation woes will be to inspire such a vision.
Yanis Varoufakis, a former finance minister of Greece, is Professor of Economics at the University of Athens
Copyright: Project Syndicate, 2019
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