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Dorchester District Four takes extra safety precautions for upcoming year
Source: Live 5
By Molly McBride
Published: Aug. 16, 2022 at 5:38 AM EDT
DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - Class is back in session Tuesday for students in Dorchester District Four.
Before kicking off the school year, the district took some extra safety precautions to make sure it keeps students safe.
The district says it considers safety to be a top priority.
Corey Prentiss, the district's Chief Academic Officer, said the district has SROs in each school.
She also said they spent time over the summer making sure all security systems in place are working properly.
For example, they made sure security cameras were working, and their visibility was clear.
She said they also made sure exterior doors are functioning properly and locked, she says
"School safety will always be a top priority in our district because once we have school safety in place then we can focus on academics and making sure kids can learn at the highest levels," Prentiss said.
For more information about the district's plans for the year, click here.
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Revisited: the Loring AFB UFO incursions
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An aerial view of Loring Air Force Base. Image Credit: US Air Force
Back in 1975, a sensitive military base on US soil was visited by a number of objects on consecutive nights.
On October 27th of that year, security personnel at the base - which is situated in northeastern Maine - picked up an 'unidentified helicopter' towards the facility's northern perimeter.
At the time, which was at the height of the Cold War, the base was storing nuclear weapons, bombers and delivery systems, meaning that any potential incursion was taken extremely seriously.
The mysterious aircraft, which was flying at an altitude of around 150ft, appeared to be investigating the nuclear weapons storage area, prompting officials to send Army National Guard helicopters to intercept and to place the entire base on high alert.
A short time later, another unidentified aircraft appeared on radar and started circling around 13 miles northeast of the facility. Neither aircraft would respond to communication attempts.
The 'helicopter' eventually turned and disappeared towards the north, while the second aircraft mysteriously vanished from radar, leaving base officials scratching their heads.
"It is our opinion that the unknown helicopter has demonstrated a clear intent in the weapons storage area, is smart and a most capable aviator," officials wrote.
Then the very next day - October 28th - yet another unknown aircraft appeared near the base. When helicopters were scrambled to intercept, the pilots were unable to make visual contact.
Similar such incidents would continue to occur for several days.
According to a New York Times article from the time, the Joint Chiefs of Staff had received multiple briefings regarding the unexplained incursions.
"Subsequent investigations by the Air Force into the sightings at Loring Air Force Base, Maine, where the remarkable series of events began, did not reveal a cause for the sightings," the authors wrote.
Even today - almost 45 years later - no explanation for these events has been found.
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Easterseals Receives $200,000 in Assistive Technology Grants from The Comcast Foundation
Since 2011, The Comcast NBCUniversal Assistive Technology Grant Fund has empowered an estimated 30,000 Americans living with disabilities by providing expanded assistive technology training and services. The grants have helped people like 4-year-old Olivia, pictured above, who was born with a rare neurological disorder that affects her movement and speech.
Easterseals today announced it has received $200,000 in grants from the Comcast Foundation as part of the Comcast NBCUniversal Assistive Technology Grant Fund. Established in 2011, the fund supports technology programs and services that benefit children and adults, including veterans living with developmental disabilities. Assistive technologies can vary from braille-equipped handheld computer systems and voice command telephones to height adjusted tables and augmentative communication systems – all helping individuals with disabilities to overcome barriers in the home, on the job, at school or on the go.
Six Easterseals affiliates, and Easterseals' headquarters, are among the recipients selected by the Comcast Foundation through a competitive process. The chosen affiliates excel in programs that help with assessment, training and ongoing support for individuals with a disability. Services are designed to meet an individual's assistive technology needs throughout his or her lifetime.
"Comcast is proud to support Easterseals in its mission to help ensure that people with disabilities have every opportunity to be active participants in their lives and communities," said Dalila Wilson-Scott, Senior Vice President of Community Investment for Comcast Corporation and President of the Comcast Foundation. "We are confident that together we can help children and adults to gain more independence, unlock new opportunities and achieve great things."
"We thank the Comcast Foundation for its continued investment in assistive technology solutions," said Randall R. Rutta, President and Chief Executive Officer of Easterseals. "This grant fund makes it possible for Easterseals to build on our long history of providing expertise and technology support for children and adults with disabilities who want to be more actively involved in school, in the workplace and with their families."
Easterseals' has allocated $80,000 in grant funds to support Make the First Five Count, a free online developmental screening tool for parents and caregivers of children aged newborn to 5 years old designed to help ensure they are meeting developmental milestones. In addition, the remaining $120,000 in grant funds will be split equally across six Easterseals affiliates to support assistive technology programs as outlined below:
Easterseals Metropolitan Chicago will invest in innovative educational applications for its team of Head Start Paraprofessionals throughout the greater Chicagoland area to enhance outcomes for young students with autism and development delays. Infiniteach™ apps, developed for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), will be leveraged to address delays in speech, cognitive and social-emotional development, and high and gross motor skills. The applications have also proven to benefit early learners, enhancing outcomes in language, literacy, social skills and math.
Easterseals Colorado will establish the Comcast NBCUniversal Employment Training and Technology Lab at its main facility in Lakewood, Colo., providing the community with much-needed digital literacy training, and other valuable skills, tools and support for individuals with physical and/or cognitive disabilities. The Lab is expected to serve 150 individuals annually including people with disabilities, veterans, and young adults transitioning out of high school.
Easterseals Goodwill Minnesota will provide additional computers and software, at its six centers throughout the state to enhance the organization's intensive employment, education and support services for people with disabilities and young adults transitioning out of high school. With heightened access to technology realized through the grant, the program participants will be able to research academic and employment opportunities, create resumes, prepare college and job applications, and participate in unlimited forms of online learning so they can realize their potential to live, learn, work and succeed in their communities. Nearly 10,000 consumers are expected to benefit from the grant annually in communities where Easterseals Goodwill Minnesota has a presence, including Minneapolis, St. Paul, Woodbury, Maplewood and Rochester.
Easterseals Serving DC MD VA will advance the use of assistive technology at its four inclusive Child Development Centers to enhance the communications skills of young children with autism and other disabilities, many of whom are nonverbal or have varying degrees of communications delays. The grant will support the availability of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices, which Easterseals' speech therapists will use with the children, primarily aged 3-4 years old, and their families to help them communicate more effectively with their parents, teachers and siblings.
Easterseals North Georgia will invest in state-of-the-art technology to assure that the early childhood and autism experts at its 12 Child Development Centers throughout metropolitan Atlanta and Northeast Georgia can effectively identify children with autism and other disabilities as early as possible in life to assure they get the interventions needed to meet their full potential. Among the technologies to be leveraged is an online screening tool, which can identify concerns as early as 9 months in a child, allowing effective treatments early in a child's life to achieve optimum outcomes.
Easterseals Massachusetts will enhance services for youth in transition and young adults through its After School Leadership Program at its Assistive Technology Regional Center in Boston. With more than 72 participants expected in 2016, the program will provide assistive technology solutions to meet the educational, recreational and employment needs of Easterseals clients in Boston while improving the digital literacy skills they need to secure and retain a job.
Since 2011, The Comcast NBCUniversal Assistive Technology Grant Fund has empowered an estimated 30,000 Americans living with disabilities by providing expanded assistive technology training and services. The grants have helped people like 4-year-old Olivia, who was born with a rare neurological disorder that affects her movement and speech. She now uses a specialized iPad app to communicate with her family and play independently with fellow preschoolers at the Easterseals Child Development Center near her home in State College, Pa. The center used its assistive technology grant to create the Comcast Lending Library, which helps Olivia, and others, test devices and applications in order to make better-informed decisions before purchasing.


A mathematical model is a description of a system using mathematical concepts and language. The process of building a mathematical model is termed mathematical modeling. Mathematical models are used in the natural sciences (such as physics, biology, earth science, meteorology) and engineering disciplines (e.g. computer science, artificial intelligence). They are also used in the social sciences (such as economics, psychology, sociology and political science). Physicists, engineers, statisticians, operations research analysts and economists use mathematical models a lot.
game theoretic models - for studying how many independent decision makers can interact.
These and other types of models can overlap, with a given model involving a variety of abstract structures. Mathematical models can include logical models. In many cases, the quality of a scientific field depends on how well the mathematical models built on theory agree with results of repeatable experiments. When theoretical mathematical models do not match experimental measurements, scientists try to correct the model. Such corrections lead the way to better theories to explain the facts.
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The State of GDPR: Publisher Questions Answered
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This sponsored article originally appeared in AdMonsters on April 19, 2018
Data privacy and legal compliance experts agree: GDPR is too big to ignore. As an ad/revenue operations (ops), you should already know the E.U.'s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect in May, 2018. What's actually new in this story? Valid point. Despite months—possibly years—of preparation, publishers still have questions about GDPR's implications, some of them pretty basic: Will this apply to our business? What do we need to do to become compliant? What kind of enforcement is expected? Can we just cross our fingers and ignore it?
The answers to these questions lie in every digital publisher's ecosystem. GDPR affects any entity worldwide that digitally targets or monitors people in the E.U. This means knowing what's happening in your digital environment, from vendors executing to data tracking. If knowing your digital partners doesn't appeal as a basic business practice, then maybe the fines for violating GDPR will (maxing out at 20 million euro or 4% of the company's global revenue, whichever is higher).
What Is Ops to Do?
Ops teams are at the front line of revenue for publishers, which gives them a unique perspective on data collection. But ops teams might not always know how to share that knowledge, or understand how it might be levied to benefit the overall business. Everyone touching user data should understand who in their company is responsible for developing GDPR strategy, and also know what GDPR violations occur via digital properties.
To get a sense of where the industry stands on GDPR preparedness, AdMonsters spoke to experts—including public policy consultant Nick Stringer, who led a recent AdMonsters webinar on navigating the regulatory changes—and surveyed publishers on what they are doing to get ready. Unsurprisingly, the publisher responses were not uniform. But there are some interesting learnings.
Questions Everyone Wants Answered
AdMonsters coverage of GDPR is extensive, going back almost as long as GDPR has been on the scene. Let's review some basic FAQs.
Does GDPR apply to people in E.U. countries, or simply people who are E.U. citizens?
GDPR supports the data privacy rights of any E.U.-based individual accessing the internet or apps while physically within the geographic boundary of E.U. countries. It doesn't matter whether they're E.U. citizens or not, and it does not affect E.U. citizens when they're physically outside the E.U.'s geographic borders.
Our audience is mostly in the U.S. Do we need to comply with GDPR?
If your audience is not in the E.U. at all, and you don't target or otherwise collect data on people in the E.U., you don't have to worry. But having a mostly U.S. audience doesn't mean you can sit idle. If, in the future, you want to do any business in the E.U., you need to comply. Regardless, it's a good idea to use GDPR preparation as an excuse to document your digital ecosystem and see where data leakage occurs.
Does GDPR replace the existing E.U. cookie law?
No. It remains in place but is subject to reform, probably by the end of 2018. But, as E.U. regulators said recently: "The GDPR conditions for obtaining valid consent are applicable in situations falling within the scope of the ePrivacy Directive." E.U. regulators also confirmed that "most online marketing messages or marketing calls, and online tracking methods including the use of cookies or apps or other software" are likely to need consent under the existing ePrivacy Directive.
Compared to the older E.U. data regulations, what is different?
The main goal is to provide consumers with greater control over their data. There are six main changes that strengthen individual rights and also put more obligations on industry:
All personal identifiers that can directly or indirectly identify a user (geolocation data, device IDs, IP addresses and cookie IDs) are now considered private information.
Personal data can't be shared without the user's explicit, unambiguous consent. There are some exemptions, which we'll explain in a bit.
Without user consent, predictive analysis of personal data is limited.
Extraterritorial nature means companies anywhere in the world could be fined for violating the regulation.
Data processors and data owners alike are liable (i.e., publishers and vendor partners are equally liable).
Data owners must report any breaches to authorities within 72 hours.
If I need the user's consent to handle their personal data, how do I get it?
GDPR mentions "consent" and "explicit consent," and it's unclear how the two will differ in practice. The GDPR states that "consent" must be freely given, be specific (to each data processing activity), be unambiguous, and involve a user's affirmative action. In other words, you need consumers to opt in to process their data—neglecting to opt out and providing pre-ticked consent boxes won't cut it. And the user must be told at the point of consent that they have the right to withdraw consent at any time. "Explicit consent" is required to process sensitive personal data (e.g. political affiliations, biometric data, etc.), and the data collecting entity collecting needs to provide a clear and specific statement regarding data collection processes. Furthermore, newly released guidance from the Article 29 Working Party tells us to consider "tracking walls" (as used with behavioral targeting) prohibited without user consent.
Can I just stop collecting data on IPs in the E.U.?
That's a blunt response to a complicated issue. Under GDPR, the way you use the data can become problematic. For example, IP data might only become "personal" when combined with other data. Look at how and why you collect and/or process IP data, then decide whether you should stop or continue that practice.
Are there any exceptions that can allow us to keep monetizing our E.U. audience through advertising?
You will need consent to do this.
How will GDPR be enforced?
Each E.U. member state has a Data Protection Authority, where users can file their complaints on their home turf, and presumably without a language barrier. What is uncertain is how companies in digital will be monitored. Looking for a precedent, we can consider how, in enforcing the older E.U. cookie law, U.K. and French regulators conducted cookie sweeps and produced reports on their findings. More importantly, taking stock of the current stepped-up enforcement environment paints a grim picture for the digital industry.
A GDPR Status Update for Publishers
All of this uncertainty has resulted in publishers taking different GDPR compliance approaches, some more cautious than others. Earlier this year, AdMonsters spoke with one publisher with an international audience who cited new hires and a legal/educational push on their UK teams to prepare while others report doing nothing in particular just yet.
AdMonsters conducted two surveys about GDPR prep during the fall of 2017. Combined, respondents included publishers, agencies/brands, and tech vendors, mostly based in the U.S., but with showings from around the English-speaking world. Asked whether their business had a GDPR compliance effort, 60% said they did, 17% said they didn't—and 23% said they weren't sure.
AdMonsters has written about ops teams' responsibility to forge communication channels with executive management and regularly provide insights into the handling of data. A slight majority (54%) of ops teams confirmed their involvement in their business' GDPR efforts, while 29% weren't sure. However, only 50% claim regular communication with executive management and 21% did not.
Top concerns center around creating a path to GDPR compliance that still monetizes E.U. audiences and supports advertiser demands. What it means to use cookies for targeting, retargeting, and measurement is certainly changing. Publishers are trepidatious about the brewing storm: With third-party cookies restricted in mobile environments (Safari changes) and under GDPR, measurement efforts could be disrupted throughout the entire industry.
In fact, entire publisher business models are at risk should users choose to withhold the very data that drives ad prices (and inventory availability). On the flip side, a dearth of data could make existing inventory more valuable, but only for those publishers that have the data. Could GDPR provide the leverage publishers need to balance the advertiser-publisher relationship? Indeed, he who has the gold makes the rules.
Moving Down the GDPR To-Do List
As May 2018 approaches—and as any clarifications about GDPR enforcement emerge—publishers need to firm up their strategies. It's too risky to assume your E.U. audience is too small to count, or hope enforcement will be impossible. Here's a checklist of GDPR-related tasks you can complete to demonstrate attempts at compliance.
Identify your company's data protection officer (DPO), or at least a GDPR point person (or persons) to oversee compliance efforts and stay abreast of developments. If you're not sure whether you need a DPO, a report from an E.U. working party, revised in April 2017, provides clarity: Public authorities and "large-scale" processors of personal data must designate a DPO. What constitutes a "public authority" will likely be determined on a nation-by-nation basis. "Large-scale," while ambiguous in GDPR language, will likely include insurance companies, public transportation systems, banks, and telecoms.
Connect with all of your tech vendors and partners and communicate your data policy, i.e., expectations for data handling, allowed or not. Review current data sharing arrangements and revise contracts with partners in light of GDPR.
Strip any personal data (as defined by GDPR) before you process it or share it with other entities.
Create an unambiguous privacy notice the user may opt into. Look to GDPR Articles 7 and 9 for guidance on where to post consent notices.
Determine how you will inform, collect and manage user consent.
Document all steps taken to manage the collection, use, storage and sharing of data
Regularly audit the digital environment for compliance and report to the DPO
Hopefully, some or all of the uncertainty about GDPR's quickly-approaching reality will be cleared up in coming months. One thing regulators have made clear: Uncertainty isn't a free pass to do nothing about GDPR.
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So, you're thinking about hiring a Digital Marketing Agency to come alongside your business or brand. You've made a step in the right direction! However, not every Marketing Agency is the right fit for you. It takes more than an impressive website and sparkling portfolio to understand the agency. There is much more to the "right fit" than that – and we even have our own list of questions we ask to make sure the client is in alignment with us. As you're doing your research and vetting, make sure to ask these questions of each service provider.
The beginning of a relationship can tell a whole lot about the future of it. The same goes for a marketing relationship! It is vital to understand the process you will be put through, the expectations and goals that are set and how to meet them, and communication levels across the timeline of the project. Each client may want a slight variation, but for the most part, the agencies have an established process and making sure your needs in that space match their offerings will ensure the success of the project.
It is not uncommon for specific pieces of any organization, in any industry, to outsource some of their work to either contractors, freelancers, or other companies. If it is important for you to have everything in house, the answer to this question will allow you to cut that conversation off. The benefit of having a full-service agency, like ourselves, is that it creates a sense of security, an ease of communication, and the ability for every member to understand the brand the best.
A successful project starts with goal setting. Ask the agency you are interviewing to explain to you how they define and measure success in each area of their service (i.e – social media management, web development, campaign creation, or branding). Even in 2018, the old-school method of creating S.M.A.R.T. goals still reigns true, and most agencies will define those for you. If you feel as though what your goals are and what theirs are do not match, this a good indicator that they are not the right agency for you.
What is the timeline of my specific project?
First and foremost, before getting held up on deadlines, it is important that you as the client understand that nothing is set in stone. Projects can follow a, nearly accurate, timeline of goals and completion – but – there will almost always be unforeseen circumstances that shift specific deadlines. Okay, now that we got through that, ask to see (or hear) a general expectation of when to see progress and movement through the steps.
How often will we meet? How will I receive updates?
This is another questions that lays out expectation, and also creates accountability. Every step will involve different forms of communication, but questions to ask yourself to better define this is: how involved do you want to be in the project? do you prefer milestone updates, weekly updates, or something else? Are you a phone call or in-person type of person? Understand that, and verbalize that to the agency, and this will help determine if their communication style matches yours.
If this the first time the agency has worked in your specific industry, dive in to understanding what they are going to do to get up to speed on the vocabulary and scope of work you do. A great industry will not only do recon on the buyer personas but also what the business landscape in your area and as a whole.
These questions are only suggestions to help ease the process, especially to those who are a bit nervous about the idea of an agency. Pay attention to how the agency responses to your questions: are they engaged? are they asking you questions? did they feel combative? A good working relationship has a back-and-forth, so be open to their feedback as well! If you are ready to talk to us, we're ready to talk to you! Give us a call, shoot us an email, or send us a message on social media. We're here for you!


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Virgo London launches gender neutral family leave, plus women's health policies
By Rebecca Hall, Group HR Director
It's no secret that women's careers are impacted by starting a family, but there are many areas of women's health and women's lives that can contribute to a lack of career equity. That's why today I'm pleased to announce Golin London and Virgo Health's enhanced gender-neutral, family friendly leave, as well as our newly-updated women's health policies.
The comprehensive new programme of policies focusses on supporting women's wellbeing through key life moments, tackling taboos, as well as to helping mothers and fathers to build a more equitable share of the care as they start their path as a family. All policies were carefully developed in consultation with stakeholders from across the business, including our DEI Director and our employee relationship groups for working mothers and the LGBTQIA+ community.
FAMILY FRIENDLY LEAVE
Our new gender-neutral policy on family friendly leave enables parents to benefit from two options for leave, depending on whether you are the primary or secondary caregiver. This policy is inclusive of whether the child may be yours or your partner's child, adopted, or a surrogate child. We are also enhancing our family friendly pay up to six months full pay for our employees who are primary caregivers, regardless of gender, and 6 weeks paid leave for secondary careers. We've mirrored this in our Shared Parental Leave pay.
We also updated our women's health policies to empower our people to ask for the help they need in key life stages or if affected by women's health conditions. One in 10 women live with difficult and painful symptoms from endometriosis, 1 in 4 women have left jobs due to feeling unwell due to menopause, and many women don't feel supported or able to talk up in the workplace about difficult life moments around fertility, pregnancy loss and gynaecological health. Our suite of menopause, fertility, period and pregnancy loss policies, alongside our new partnership with The Eve Appeal which focuses on gynaecological health, aim to help build greater awareness and support for women's health in the workplace.
Our first new policy focuses on giving those experiencing the menopause the help and time they need to look after themselves, as well as knowledge and education for colleagues and line managers to ensure we collectively know how best to support each other.  The policy includes ten additional days paid leave for anyone experiencing the menopause, or for those supporting a friend or family member experiencing it.
We are also introducing a menstruation policy to assist employees suffering from symptoms, or those with conditions such as Endometriosis, Dysmenorrhea, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) to name a few. We recognise that this can really impact our employees and our policy allows employees to take up to ten additional days paid leave to take some time out to focus on their wellbeing.
FERTILITY & PREGNANCY LOSS
We are also introducing a fertility policy, offering those going through fertility treatment, or supporting someone going through treatment, ten additional days paid leave. This is alongside a policy offering support and additional time, for anyone tragically impacted by pregnancy or baby loss.
GYNAE HEALTH
Through our partnership with the Eve Appeal, we also commit to being flexible and understanding, to breaking the taboos that exist around gynae health and creating a workplace that encourages women to attend life-saving screening appointments. To ensure we are raising awareness and guiding colleagues and line managers in how to support each other, each new policy will be accompanied by specific line management toolkits as well as workshops and webinars for employees.
Virgo Health wins Agency of the Year at PRWeek Healthcare Awards
We are absolutely over the moon to share that Virgo has just won Agency of the Year at the PRWeek Healthcare& Pharma Comms Awards.
Up against seven other shortlisted healthcare agencies, the write up says it all: 'Truly innovative and creative thinking that's kept its culture as vibrant as ever in a virtual world. By living and breathing its values Virgo Health continues to thrive, unlocking unprecedented growth, developing new client relationships and cementing existing ones, all while putting its people and their wellbeing first to create a true agency for the future.'
We couldn't be prouder of this amazing team, very single person has contributed to our incredible success, creative work and growth this year helping make Virgo the very best it can be.
Here's to a brilliant team and an even better 2022!
Virgo sparks | creativity with | Go All Outside
As the UK Government encourages workers back into the office, we want our people get back outside and get inspired, not just back into the building. So today we're launching Go All Outside, a programme designed to do just that.
Every fortnight for the next six months, two people at Virgo Health and Golin will receive an extra two days off and an expenses-paid trip of their choice with a friend or partner. The only condition is to do something that inspires their curiosity.
"Go All Outside is about helping our people to connect with the world again and inspire their curiosity. We want to encourage the team to explore new places and those they've missed, meet new people and connect with old friends, be inspired and inspire others," said Ondine Whittington, Golin and Virgo Health MD.
"Curiosity and creativity is vital in the PR industry, but lockdown undoubtedly impaired our ability to nurture curiosity. Go All Outside gives our team a chance to reenergise, but also critically to find inspiration in new places and people that will inspire creativity in our work for our clients." Whittington added.
To receive the trip team members will nominate their colleagues who are going above and beyond in their work or in their teams, acts of kindness and support, and making the agency and our work better through teaching and inspiring others.
"Lockdown has given us the opportunity to reimagine how, when and where we work, Go All Outside is part of a whole new approach to how we thrive as a team to deliver the best work of our lives for our clients. As we begin the next phase of this journey, the goal is to ensure our people feel happy, refreshed and inspired about how we come back into the world as an agency," said Rebecca Hall, Group HR Director.
CooperVision | awards account | to Virgo Health | and IPG Team
We're delighted to share the news that we've won a three-way, competitive pitch to support CooperVision with an IPG media agency and sister agency Golin. CooperVision is one of the largest manufacturers of contact lenses in the world and we'll be working with them on a behaviour-change campaign to raise consumer awareness of myopia (short-sightedness) in children. By 2050, 50% of the global population will develop myopia, but it is manageable.
The three agencies worked as an integrated team to respond to CooperVision's purpose-led brief, combining their expertise in consumer communications, healthcare and paid media to deliver a scalable, earned-first creative concept to drive awareness of myopia and increase enquiries about myopia management in the UK. The team also delivered an above the line brand identity and digital advertising plan for Brilliant Futures™ with MiSight® 1 day contact lenses, which are proven to slow the progression of myopia.
Golin and Virgo Health will lead earned strategy, creative, consumer public relations and influencer engagement. Reprise will support across paid social channels, including Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. Virgo Health will also work with eye care practitioners (ECPs) to raise awareness of the campaign and further increase discussions about myopia management.
Mark Draper, Director of Marketing and National Accounts at CooperVision, said: "CooperVision is committed to helping people around the world see better every day. Traditional vision correction can help children see clearly, but it can't help to slow the progression of their myopia. That's why we're so proud of Brilliant Futures™ with MiSight® 1 day and the impact it can have on improving children's lives and helping them achieve their future ambitions. The IPG team completely understood our purpose and primary ambition to increase awareness of myopia resulting in a change in behaviour. They impressed us with a fantastic pitch and killer creative concept, coupled with a smart and well-considered approach to rolling out our campaign."
Natasha Weeks, Executive Director and Consumer Health lead, Golin and Virgo Health, said: "The CooperVision brief is the kind that truly energised and excited our team. With our integrated offering it hit our sweet spot perfectly of hard-hitting health combined with culturally-relevant consumer creativity, and we loved unpicking the insights and triggers that will ensure parents take action. At a time when maintaining public health is so essential, the whole team is passionate about the difference we can make with CooperVision. Parents wouldn't think twice about taking their children for regular dental check-ups, and with products like Brilliant Futures™ with MiSight® 1 day that can slow the progression of myopia, children's eye tests should be just as much a priority."
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St. John's Lutheran Church is located in Johnston. Its congregation organized in 1903 but met in the neighboring Christian Church until this charming wooden sanctuary was built in 1906. Structural improvements were made to the building in 1933, including a rebuilding of the bell tower.
Though the church acquired an electric organ in 1953, the congregation was gifted with a pipe organ in 1965 from Dr. and Mrs. Leroy Hendrix of Columbia, which remains in use. The Kinard Parish Building was added to the church grounds in 1958 and is used for Sunday School and other church gatherings. The sanctuary was renovated in 1956, and the interior was remodeled in 1977.


The Italian Chamber of Commerce in Japan (hereinafter "the Chamber") is hereby established with a registered office in Tokyo. Its primary objects are promoting commercial exchanges and relations with Italy, and it is a free and elective association.
The Italian Chamber of Commerce in Japan is established as a nonprofit association in accordance to the Italian law number 518 of July 1, 1970.
The Board has the power of making representations and delegations from the Chamber in both Japan and Italy.
The Chamber's objects are promoting commercial exchanges and relations with Italy and assisting its Members as well as the economic operators. It also promotes commercial relationships and collaborations between businessmen of both countries.
The Chamber promotes the spread of economic information that may be useful for the collaboration between companies and the development of business opportunities.
Promote an incentive in creating initiatives aimed at achieving the purposes of the Chamber.
The following may form part of the category of Ordinary Members of the Chamber: companies, boards, institutions, Italian or Japanese companies and people involved in any aconomic activity, having civil rights and dealing with commerce or services.
Also the following may form part of the Category of Ordinary Members of the Chamber: persons, companies, legal entities, Institutions and Societies of different nationalities, provided that they meet the above requirements.
Persons not wishing to become Ordinary Members may form part of the category of Observing Members of the Chamber, subject to approval by the Board and regardless of the residence (provided solely as individuals and not as representatives of other people or legal entities). Observing Members are listed in a separate section of the Annual Members' Year Book, they have no rights to attend and vote at the Meetings, and may not be elected into the Board of the Chamber.
A Member is admitted to the Chamber upon presentation of a request for admission in the form determined by the Board, by resolution of the Board which verifies the conditions for admission of the new Member on the basis of criteria of opportunity and adherence to the aims of the Chamber.
The membership fee is annual and shall be renewed every year. If the fee is not paid by the expected terms, the membership is automatically terminated.
Ordinary Members have the right to take part and vote at the Chamber Meetings and may be elected into the Board.
Every Ordinary Member has the right to make suggestions directed to the Chairman so that he can insert them in the Agenda of the Meetings or of the Board.
Ordinary Members assume the role of "sponsors" (and enjoy any additional benefits determined at the discretion of the Board from year to year) upon payment to the Chamber of the additional membership fee determined each year by the Board.
A person that has lost his/her civil rights and has not yet regained them legally cannot be part of the Chamber under any title.
A Member is automatically expelled if, at any time, falls into one of the conditions mentioned above.
The Chamber may expel a Member in any circumstance in which the Board recognizes their non-compliance with the objects of the Chamber or a behavior which may damage the good name and prestige of the Chamber. A meeting shall be called ad hoc, during which the Member shall be permitted to state their case. A vote shall then be held, with two thirds of the votes determining the Member future position.
Members subjected to bankruptcy proceedings are expelled from the Chamber.
The annual membership fees shall be determined from year to year by the Board and must be paid within 30 days from the request.
If after 30 days from the request of the fee the payment has not been made, the Membership terminates and thus the associative relationship.
The social and financial year begins on the January 1 and ends on December 31.
The offices- except that of the Secretary General- are free, elective, biannual and reconfirmable.
At the General Meeting and at the Board the following subjects must be invited: the Head of the Italian diplomatic delegation and the Commercial responsible. The Consul and ICE (Italian Trade Commission) and ENIT (Italian Government Tourist Board) office representatives might also be invited.
The Italian Ambassador in Japan shall, subject to his acceptance, act as Honorary President of the Chamber and retain such position for the duration of his appointment in Japan.
The General Meeting of Members shall be compulsorily called at least once a year, but can be called whenever necessary.
It is called by the Chairman or, in its stead, by the Vice- Chairman.
A Meeting shall be called by the Chairman or by the Board any time the need is recognized.
The Chairman shall call the meeting at least 15 days prior to the date, whenever the Board recognizes the need or whenever a written request is made by at least 30% of the Ordinary Members.
The Meeting shall contain an indication of the Agenda, date, place and time and shall be announced by written notice sent to the Ordinary Members at least 15 days prior to date fixed for the Meeting.
Elect the eight Members of the Board.
decide on the dissolution of the Chamber.
The General Meeting is presided by the Chairman of the Chamber.
In order to facilitate a wider participation of the Members in the decisions of the Chamber, the Board might decide to use an electronic or a postal vote. The method of the vote will be decided each time by the Board.
if at least half of the Ordinary Members are present at the fixed time. If this condition is not met, a second calling of the Meeting shall gather after thirty minutes, regardless of how many people are present.
The Meeting shall be resolved by the absolute majority of the present Ordinary Members. If the votes are equal, it is the vote of the Chairman that decides the majority. In case of electronic or postal vote, the number of the valid votes shall be constituted by the votes of the present Members plus the electronic and postal votes.
As far as the suggestions for changes of the By-Laws are concerned, the decision shall be resolved by the absolute majority of the Ordinary Members present at the Meeting, including also the electronic or postal votes.
The Ordinary Members shall have the right to be represented by another Ordinary Member with written and signed consent, which shall be sent to the Chamber at least one day previous. No Member, though, may represent more than two Members at a Meeting. As the electronic or postal vote is concerned, no written consent shall be considered valid.
The Ordinary Members shall have the right to vote at Meetings, provided that they have paid their membership fees.
The resolutions of the Meeting shall be summarized in a record, signed by the Chairman and the Secretary General of the Chamber.
Subject to the provisions of these By-Laws, the ICCJ' business shall be managed by the Board of Directors, elected by the Ordinary Members with valid voting rights in the Annual General Meeting.
The Board shall comprise eight Directors elected for a 2 years' term and at each Annual General Meeting four Directors shall decade and four new Directors shall be elected. The Directors, including the President, Vice-President and Treasurer, can serve in the Board for a maximum of two consecutive terms and may be eligible to serve again on the Board after a term out of office.
The candidates for Board Members shall come from, as much as possible, a wide spectrum of business industries and services. Any Ordinary Member who is not an Observer Member is entitled to submit an individual candidacy for a Director's seat provided that he or she is the legal representative of the Ordinary Member or has been previously appointed by its legal representative to represent the Ordinary Member in ICCJ.
All candidacy proposals shall be submitted in writing to the Secretary General no less than fifteen days before the Annual General Meeting and the proposed Board Members, once the fulfillment of the requirements for the candidacy have been verified, shall be immediately circulated to all Members.
In choosing the incoming Board, the Members shall vote by secret ballot with simple majority. The four candidates obtaining the highest number of votes shall be elected. In case of a draw between two or more Candidates, the Members shall vote a second time and the Candidate securing the highest number of votes shall prevail.
The Board elects a Chairman, a Vice-Chairman and a Treasurer during its first meeting.
The Board carries out every other function that is not the competence of the General Meeting. It manages and regulates the activities of the Chamber, delegating everything to the Secretary General.
The Board draws up the accounts and the summaries and submits the annual report to the General Meeting.
In the event that a position becomes vacant within the Board, the position shall be covered until the expiry of the relevant term by a Member or Members who, in the course of the elections of the Board, received the highest number of votes from among the candidates who were not elected.
In the event that there are no such candidates, the Board of Directors will invite all eligible members to run as candidates for the vacant position. The list of candidates will be then submitted to online voting by all the Members with voting rights.
The Board shall decide on the acceptance of new Members and on members' expulsion, communicating the decisions and their motivations to the persons concerned.
The decisions of the Board shall be made by a majority of votes by the Directors who are present and voting. In case of a draw, the Chairman shall have a second or casting vote.
The Board shall regulate the topics written in the Agenda.
at least one more than half of the Board Members, besides the Chairman or someone in its stead are present.
The resolutions of the Board shall be determined by absolute majority of the Members of the Board. In the event that the votes are equal, the vote of the Chairman is decisive.
Upon request of one or more Members of the Board, the resolutions might be decided by secret ballot.
A Board Member shall be expelled from the Board and substituted if they do not participate in at least three consecutive Meetings without a justified reason.
The resolutions of the Board shall be written in a report; which shall be approved at the beginning of every Meeting by the Board Members and shall be left at the Chamber's office.
a list of the organs of the Chamber.
The Chairman of the Board shall be appointed by the ordinary Meeting from the members of the Board. The Chairman shall be the legal representative of the Chamber; shall chair the General Meeting and the Board; shall lead the discussions, and have the decisive vote in case of equal votes.
Any time a written request is made by three Board Members, the Chairman shall call the Meeting within 15 days.
The Chairman has the power to use the work of the Board Members and shall delegate to one or more of them the research of specific matters.
The Chairman shall be the legal representative of the Chamber; shall supervise and coordinate the activities determined by the Board; shall appoint and revoke the chairperson of any Working Groups of the Chamber, and shall be a legal member of such groups; and shall have the right of several or joint signatures with the Secretary General as determined by the Board, in relation to the management of the funds of the Chamber.
The Vice-Chairman of the Board shall be appointed by the the members of the Board. The Vice Chairman shall carry out the functions and have the powers of the Chairman in the event of the Chairman's absence or impediment; shall also carry out the functions which may be delegated by the Meeting, the Board or the Chairman.
In case of absence or impediment of both the Chairman or the Vice-Chairman the Board shall decide who shall substitute them.
The Treasurer shall be appointed by the Members of the Board. Together with the Secretary General, the Treasurer shall have custody and management of all the assets of the Chamber, and shall coordinate the administrative and financial operations of the Chamber according to the directives received from the Board.
Together with the Secretary General, the Treasurer shall draw up and submit to the Board, in the manner and times indicated by the Board, the annual budget and periodic reports and shall have the function of internal auditor.
The Panel of Auditors shall verify the accounting books and the correct management performance of the Chamber.
The Panel of Auditors shall be appointed by the Meeting from persons not forming part of the Chamber, and having the professional characteristics suitable to the appointment. The Panel shall verify the correct keeping of the books of the Chamber, and the correspondence of the accounts with the books and ledgers; shall prepare and submit to the ordinary Meeting an opinion regarding the contents of the accounts and the summary prepared by the Board.
The Secretary General manages the administrative functions of the Chamber.
The Secretary General is appointed by the Board and shall take part, without voting rights, at the Meetings of the Chamber and at the Meetings of the Board, assisting in their organization, with the exception of the Panel of Auditors.
The Secretary General shall be considered the trustee of the administrative functions of the Chamber towards the Italian Government, under the co-ordination of the Chairman and the Board, especially in regards to the administration of the public money coming from the contributions.
The Secretary General shall co-ordinate the collection of the annual membership fees; shall draft the minutes of the Meetings and of the Board; and carry out all other various functions as entrusted to him by the Board and the Chairman. The Secretary General shall supervise and manage the personnel of the Chamber and shall carry out the resolutions of the Organs, as well as the instructions of the Chairman.
Considering the responsabilities, the Secretary General shall sign the administrative acts of the Chamber together with the Chairman.
The Secretary General cannot be a Member of the Chamber and cannot be involved in business activities. His salary is established by the Board.
For every new Secretary General in charge, the Chamber shall ask the Ministry of Economic Development to express its liking, in conformity with Article 5 of Law 518/70.
An internal regulation governs the functioning of each organ of the Chamber and the offices in conformity with the articles of this By-Laws.
Any modification or addition to the present By-Laws shall be notified to all Members with a written notice and judged by the Ordinary Meeting. Any approved modifications shall be sent and approved by the Ministry of Economic Development.
The Association remains unlimited in office.
The General Meeting shall establish the dissolution of the Chamber. This suggestion shall be written in the Agenda and the resolution shall be decided by the absolute majority of votes of the Ordinary Members. In the event of dissolution, the remaining assets will not be available to the Members but will be made available to Italian non-profit associations in Japan.
Any other matter not explicitly provided by these By-Laws shall be regulated by local laws.


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Вячеслав Александрович Двухглавов (8 октября 1934, Ртищево, Саратовский край, РСФСР, СССР — 10 сентября 1994, Нижний Тагил, Свердловская область, Россия) — советский учёный, конструктор-вагоностроитель.

Биография
Окончил Брянский институт транспортного машиностроения (1956), инженер-механик.

С 1956 г. работал на Уралвагонзаводе. С 1972 по 1994 г. — главный конструктор Уральского конструкторского бюро вагоностроения.

Руководил проектированием и поставкой на конвейер цельнометаллических 4-, 6-, 8-осных вагонов грузоподъемностью от 90 до 130 тонн, железнодорожных тележек разных модификаций, усовершенствованием автосцепных устройств.

Кандидат технических наук (1976). Автор 25 изобретений и 10 научных работ.

Лауреат премии Совета Министров СССР (1982).

Заслуженный конструктор РСФСР (1986).

Награждён орденом Трудового Красного Знамени (1982) и орденом Дружбы народов (1994).

Скончался 10 сентября 1994 года в Нижнем Тагиле. Похоронен на кладбище «Пихтовые горы».

Источники
 http://historyntagil.ru/books/11_4_03.htm

Персоналии:Уралвагонзавод

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Earl Sweatshirt's Giving Us Even More Rap Songs With Feet Of Clay
The new project drops at midnight
Trey Alston 10/31/2019
If anyone can make the world sweat, it's Earl Sweatshirt. Out of the blue, today (October 31), the rapper revealed that he's dropping a project tonight called Feet of Clay at 9 p.m. PST and midnight EST. It's only seven tracks long and contains three features, but with Earl, less is more. It's going to be legendary.
https://twitter.com/earlxsweat/status/1189935747484110848?s=20
Not much is known about Feet of Clay yet. In a statement, Earl says "FOC is a collection of observations and feelings recorded during the death throes of a crumbling empire." Feet of Clay features Mach-Hommy and rising rapper Mavi, and there's also a song produced by legendary beat maker Alchemist. Earl largely produces the rest of it. As usual, the song names probably have little to nothing to do with the content matter, but that's what the world loves about Earl: the mystique.
Earl's last album was 2018's Some Rap Songs. Earlier this year, he released a short film, packed with symbols that utilized the album's music to help shape a personal story.
Check out Earl's announcement tweet up above.


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Welcome to The Letters Page!
In this podcast, creators Christopher Badell and Adam Rebottaro talk for an hour or two each episode about a hero, villain, event, or something else entirely from the wide world of Sentinel Comics. They also answer your questions!
Episodes post weekly on Tuesday mornings at 9 AM, Central Time. We also post Thursday Editor's Notes monthly!
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We usually record episodes on Fridays, so get your questions in by end of day Thursday in order to get them in front of us before we record.
Our Patreon is now live! With your support, we can continue to make The Letters Page... and you can be a part of it! Want more info, on-air thanks, and behind-the-scenes looks at what we do both with The Letters Page and all of Sentinel Comics? Support us on Patreon as a Reader, Collector, or Contributor and become part of the team!
Episode #133 - Writers' Room: America's Finest Legacy #236 0
You didn't request an episode about the death of Legacy, but here we are!
Run Time: 1:19:54
As per the topic, we tell a story about a villain vs a villain, but with unexpected twists!
We get to the Overview just after 10 minutes in, questions at the 38 minute mark, and talk about the above cover at around 1 hour and 14 minutes. Note: the last question we answer is one of the best questions with one of the best answer, and also this is one of my favorite covers that Adam has ever done.
Catch you next time!
Editor's Note #38 0
The first live show of the year!
Here's the upcoming schedule!
Tuesday, February 4th: Episode #134 Writer's Room: Disparation vol. 1
Tuesday, February 11th: Episode #135 Writer's Room: an early Parse story
Tuesday, February 18th: Editor's Note #39
Tuesday, February 25th: Episode #136 Creative Process: Naturalist supporting cast
And here's the calendar of when we're recording:
(Mind you, this could all change if Adam has a baby.)
We talk about all manner of things in this one, including but not limited to:
OblivAeon
The SCRPG
Also, we were asked a question about what Mr. Fixer was called by each of the characters that met him in the show.
NightMist: "Harry"
Setback: "Slim"
Expatriette: "Fixer"
Harpy: "Mr. Walker"
Chairman: "Old Man"
Episode #132 - Writers' Room: Disparation Vol. 2, Issue #74 0
We're finally back!
We're here in the future! And we're going to talk about the past! A not-too-distant but very different past!
We tell a tale out of the Inversiverse, and things get twisty! We finally start in with overviewing and storytelling around four and a half minutes in.
After all that noodling, we finally get to your questions at the 47 minute mark.
If you're on the Letters Page Patreon, join us this coming Friday for our anniversary live show! We didn't intend for it to be specifically an anniversary live show, but it turns out that we're doing that recording on the same date that we launched our first episode in 2017! So long ago! No one was alive then!
Thanks, everyone!
Precapsode 2020 0
Welcome to a new year-- a new century!!
Just a quick hello to usher in a new year. Thanks for making this show possible!
Recapsode 2019 0
Hey, everyone! We said there was no episode this week, but hopefully you've learned that you can't trust us by now!
Run Time: 20:25
We talk about this year, answer some questions, and perhaps more? (No, not really anything more than that.)
See you next year, everyone!
Episode #131 - Writers' Room: Tome of the Bizarre Vol. 3 Issue #9 0
It's Christmas Eve! Let's talk about an avenging angel with absolutely no chill whatsoever.
We talk a bit about Christmas, and then, about 4 minutes in, we get to work!
We expected this one to be tough, but it turns out that we were visited by the ghost of Sentinel Comics past, and they did the work for us!
Just after the 53 minute mark, we start in on your questions.
At just before an hour and 15 minutes in, we talk a bit about the cover, which is shown above.
Happy Holidays, everyone! See you all next year!
It's the Holiday times!
We had a pile of technical difficulties, but we still made it work! Thanks to Trevor for cleaning up everything with his fancy editing.
Here's the upcoming schedule:
Tuesday, January 7rd: Beginning of the year: no episode
Tuesday, January 14th: Episode #132 - Writers' Room: Disparation: Inversiverse
Tuesday, January 21th: Editor's Note #38
Tuesday, January 28th: Episode #133 - Writers' Room: Villain vs Villain
We also had a pile of questions! On a pile of topics! Including:
Jacket vs Coat
The Sentinel Comics RPG
Monsters and Magic
Ex-Bloodsworn Gladiators
The Freedom Five
EDIT: As mentioned in the show, Adam asks his SCRPG players three questions at the start of a campaign:
What is your secret reason for becoming a hero?
What do you stand to lose because of your double life?
What would you kill for?
Episode #130 - Writers' Room: Cosmic Tales Vol. 2 Issues #180 & 181 0
We accidentally got over ambitious with this one! Behold:
Two covers!
We just got back from PAX Unplugged, but we recorded this right before we left! We goofed around for a few minutes, but after only about 4 minutes of goofs, we got right to business!
We craft enough framing for a story that we end up doing both parts 1 and 2 in one episode! So speedy!
Around the 50 minute mark, we get into your questions.
At about an hour and 10 minutes in, we talk a bit about the covers, both of which can be seen above!
This episode is released on Tuesday, December 10th. This Friday, December 13th, we'll be recording a live Editor's Note at 11 AM Central time! So, if you're on The Letters Page Patreon, you can watch and potentially even join in! We hope to see you there!
Episode #129 - Writers' Room: Cosmic Tales Vol.1 Issue #251 0
The Eeeeeeeennnnnnclave of the Eeeennnnddddlliiiiiiiiiinnggsss!!!
We recorded this episode the day before Thanksgiving, but now it's the week after Thanksgiving! How does time even work?
We talk about a bunch of space stuff, to the point of even crafting and telling multiple tales, due to the anthology nature of the Cosmic Tales book at this point.
Around 32 minutes in, we get to your questions!
The day after this episode releases, we're recording another episode on a Wednesday - two weeks in a row! Amazing! This one is happening because we're about to be in Philadelphia for PAX Unplugged, so if you're around there, come find us!
Episode #128 - Writers' Room: Deepest Space #1 0
We banter about RPG stuff, then get into a series of conversations about just what comic book we're talking about today. You already know, due to the name of the episode and also the nifty cover art above!
We have a blast putting together all the building blocks, telling the story, answering your question, and discussing the cover. We hope you enjoy it, too!
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The dark side of prison food service
by Keith Mustin Dec 20, 2021 5 min read Share
There are good things that Aramark can do for people outside of prison: the corporation has good connections with sports stadiums, hospitals, and colleges that need reliable food-service assistance. But in state prisons in Ohio, where Aramark is contracted to provide food to prisoners, it does not live up to its contract with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC). I am a living witness to the dark side of Aramark.
While incarcerated at Marion Correctional Institution (MCI) I was assigned by ODRC to work in MCI food service. On April 28, 2017, while working in food service, I witnessed disgusting occurrences that were a threat to my health and safety: I saw meat food service workers using broken push carts, stack racks, kitchen equipment (like cook paddles, butter scoopers, etc.), brooms, mops, and beverage containers that could have injured someone or could have been used as a weapon. I have seen food-service workers use broken ovens, kettles, cook grills, dish machines, oven steamers, and other appliances that are not operating properly. As a result, food is undercooked and overcooked by inexperienced inmate cooks.
I alerted Aramark staff about these issues, but they have done nothing to address them – and it's like they don't care if inmate food-service workers are deprived of their basic needs like safe food and safe working conditions.
Food is placed in dirty pots, pans, trays, and containers to be served to inmates for regular meals and fundraiser meals. Aramark staff have inmates cook the staff meals correctly, but for inmate meals, the meat is either burnt or raw. The side meals (mashed potatoes, beans, pasta, etc.) are watered down. The food is already cross contaminated from being in half-cleaned pots, pans, containers, and cutting boards. The inmate food service workers who do not properly wear their beard and hair masks or even their gloves contaminate raw, prepped, and cooked foods. Inmates drink out of beverage containers that are not properly cleaned. For example, juice and coffee are served during breakfast, which makes the water being served at lunch and dinner taste like coffee and juice.
I alerted Aramark staff about these issues, but they have done nothing to address them – and it's like they don't care if inmate food-service workers are deprived of their basic needs like safe food and safe working conditions. This is a violation of the eighth amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. But this is what Aramark corporation is in prison care for… monopolizing!
Since 2018, Aramark has brought in Fresh Favourite fundraisers. Inmates can go to the MCI commissary to place their orders, and proceeds from the sales go to non-profit organizations like the Red Cross, NAACP, and Kairos. Then MCI warden gave the green light for Aramark to cook food for many of these fundraisers, rather than allowing the organizations to supply the food themselves. This takes away from the donations that are supposed to go back to these organizations for rehabilitation programs, work supplies, and more.
But instead of wages, Aramark staff give the students and graduates Styrofoam trays of leftover food from the fundraisers.
Aramark also runs a vocational program called the IN2WORK food management program. This program helps inmates learn about food safety, health and sanitation, food service management, and proper cooking techniques. Now the IN2WORK students and graduates are supposed to work only on the Fresh Favorites fundraisers, and are supposed to be paid minimum wage. But instead of wages, Aramark staff give the students and graduates Styrofoam trays of leftover food from the fundraisers. To me it's basically the same as working under Jim Crow laws – by being a minority (because I am Black), I work hard and am humiliated, untrained, and paid less. This is a violation of the 13th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits slave labour.
To top it off, in 2020 Aramark installed the iCare program where your family can order a meal for you with their debit or credit card. This fundraiser is not in their ODRC contract and is a violation of the Ohio valentine act, which prohibits acts like price-fixing. Then inmates are not experienced or trained by Aramark staff in prepping, cooking, or serving the meals, or proper use of safety and kitchen equipment. I have also learned that Aramark orders out-of-date produce (like apples, salad, lettuce, bananas). The produce is frozen while fresh, but once it is thawed it turns to waste. Aramark does the same thing with bread. Aramark staff do this because it's cheaper than ordering fresh food from better distributors.
Once I saw that Aramark was not physically training inmate food service workers, that's when I knew that I had to exhaust my administrative remedies. For inmates, that means going through the Ohio prison grievance system. I sent my informal complaint to the MCI food service supervisor for ODRC bracket, and to the MCI health and safety officer. Instead of addressing and investigating my issues, they showed no interest in dealing with the issues I raised. The next step was to send a grievance of both complaints to the MCI institution inspector, after which the inspector tried to put me on grievance restriction for complaining about Aramark. Then I sent both grievances to be appealed to the ODRC chief inspector, and the chief inspector insisted that Aramark was following all safety and training protocols.
It's a big business taking advantage of vulnerable inmates who are reliant on a corporation to meet their basic needs.
Right now I am in the U.S. District Court on a 42 USC 1983 lawsuit against Aramark staff and MCI staff concerning these issues. It's not looking good for me but I have faith and trust in God to keep fighting the good fight – not for me but for inmates around the country who eat and work in a prison food service department with Aramark as a private contractor. The Aramark staff have retaliated against me by accusing me of stealing and being out of place, to get me terminated from my food service work assignment. The Aramark staff have tried to shut me up so people can't see how corrupt Aramark and the MCI food service department is. It's a big business taking advantage of vulnerable inmates who are reliant on a corporation to meet their basic needs.
This article is part of Briarpatch's Prison Abolition Issue. Read other articles in the issue, and read more about the issue's creation and our fact-checking standards.
My name is Keith Mustin and I am fighting for inmates who are scared to use their voice against social injustice in prison. I believe that inmates must be treated like human beings, the same as law-abiding citizens outside of prison.
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SUBWAY® Restaurants of Arizona is pleased to announce that the Subway Restaurant located at 4915 North Pima Road in Scottsdale has been named the "Restaurant of the Month" for September. This location, which beat out more than 400 of its fellow restaurants statewide, is owned by Tom and Donna Niccum. The restaurant, located in Walmart, also houses Auntie Anne's, which is co-branded with Subway.


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Forbidden Society Releases His 'Liminal Point' LP
Drum & Bass, Trending
Forbidden Society has embodied what it takes to be an independent artist in the digital world.
Label owner, head of a clothing line and a DJ, he's proved himself to be a multi-faceted part of the drum & bass community, something which has carried through into his music. As well as being part of the hard-lined trio 3RDKND, his solo work has also gained him recognition.
However, since his 'Deadbox' EP his music has taken a different route, featuring a more stripped back sound with minimalist roots, a change in direction which has been heralded by taste makers. And this is something which is set to continue with a brand-new album, set to drop on his self-titled Forbidden Society imprint.
Liminal Point LP makes a return to the sounds which the Czech producer first started to explore throughout his 'Deadbox' EP. From the ruminating, rolling drum strokes of 'Bottom Check', the percussion heavy sounds of 'Pin', to the half time breakdowns of 'No Boundaries' and the winding rhythms of 'Sold out Ego', you're taken deep into Forbidden Society's murky world. 'Dreamcatcher' continues the track list, building an ethereal soundscape with ghost-like samples, whilst 'Swamp Rave' is more reminiscent of the producer's cross breed roots.
Title-track 'Liminal Point' focuses on a more melodic, rising synthesis meanwhile tracks 'Explorer' and 'Death Born' take you through different subsections of the drum & bass genre. Once again, 'Always Imperfect' makes a return to the half-time vibes although this time with a disjointed twist, followed by a more liquid themed offering in the form of 'Ocean of Thoughts'. 'Peaks' with its bass heavy distortion and the 140 edit of 'Don't Stop' alongside Killa P then draws the LP to a close. It proves the album is one of Forbidden Society's most versatile deliveries to date, further highlighting his artistic self-discovery.
Liminal Point LP Tracklist
Forbidden Society – Bottom Check
Forbidden Society – Pins
Forbidden Society – No Boundaries
Forbidden Society – Sold Out Ego
Forbidden Society – Dreamcatcher
Forbidden Society – Swamp Rave
Forbidden Society – Liminal Point
Forbidden Society – Explorer
Forbidden Society – Deathborn
Forbidden Society – Always Imperfect
Forbidden Society – Oceans Of Thoughts
Forbidden Society – Peaks
Forbidden Society x Killa P – Don't Stop (140 EDIT)
Recent Drum & Bass News
Luude Drops Electrifying New Single 'Oh My' Feat. Moby & Issey Cross
Straight off the back of winning the ARIA Award for Best Dance Release with 'Down Under feat. Colin Hay', Luude serves up highly anticipated new single with UK vocal talent Issey Cross, 'Oh My feat. Moby'. Solidifying his position over the last 12 months as one of Australia's hottest electronic acts, Luude has been non-stop dominating charts and stages around the globe with his unmatched production prowess and raucous live sets. Now joining forces with singer/songwriter Issey Cross, he continues to demonstrate a flair for creating timeless musical moments. Set atop Luude's signature stirring percussion is Moby's classic 'Porcelain' strings, an icon in its own right, now transformed and energised for a new generation. Issey Cross' alluring vocals gliding seamlessly between the two, the musical glue between two eras. With a rare power and passion present throughout, Luude is hungry and ready for more as he takes the next step on his journey to global domination. Speaking to the record Luude shares, "When Moby sent me the stems to this I honestly couldn't believe it, it's such an iconic record and sample – I really didn't want to do much to it, the drums just sit on it nicely to give it a fresh take for new dancefloors." Issey Cross notes "I was hearing Big City Life everywhere and was a fan of what Luude was doing already so when he reached out I was excited to work with him. I love 90's music and nostalgic sounding stuff so when Luude sent me this Moby track as an instrumental my mind was buzzing with ideas for it straight away." The track has received an enthusiastic seal of approval from Moby, "I'd love to say something smart or insightful about 'Oh My,' but honestly when I first heard it I simply thought, 'fuck, this is great!'" Christian Benson (Luude), is no stranger to success as he has risen through the ranks of electronic music with dynamic releases and sets that have garnered the support of both fans and the industry alike. Luude broke out to critical acclaim over the last 12 months with the success of his drum n bass rework of the quintessential 80s anthem, 'Down Under feat. Colin Hay'. With now over 200 million streams across platforms, 150,000 TikTok videos made, multiple playlist covers, Double Platinum certification in Australia, Platinum in New Zealand and Austria, Gold certification in the UK and Germany, and top-five placement in Shazam charts in New Zealand (#1), Germany (#1), Austria (#1), Estonia (#1), United Kingdom (#4), Australia (#4), it's safe to say that Luude had a phenomenon on his hands. The track quickly rose to #1 in the New Zealand Top 40 Singles Chart, before going top ten in the ARIA Singles and top 5 in the UK Singles charts. Now having received the ultimate Australian industry nod, winning the ARIA Award for Best Dance Release, Luude has certainly made his mark in the musical history of this household anthem, and beyond. Following this monumental success, in June of 2022 Luude injected fresh fire into cult classic 'Big City Life' from Mattafix. The track has gone on to achieve Gold certification in Australia and New Zealand, and Silver Certification in the UK, not to mention reaching #8 on the UK Singles Chart. Throughout all the madness Luude has been non-stop touring sold out shows across Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the UK including performances at internationally recognised festivals such as Electric Love, Tomorrowland, Parookaville, Creamfields and more. Bringing it all back home for the Australian summer, he has been igniting crowds around the country once again for the recent Festival X and Falls Festival tour runs ahead of what is bound to be another mammoth year. Hailing from London, with her hair dyed half pink, half green like Harley Quinn's alt-pop alter ego, and hands dripping with chunky rings and jewellery, 21-year-old Issey Cross knows how much music can change your whole attitude. Now she's aiming to bring a legion of young women along with her too. Breaking out in 2021 with hit single 'Used To This' alongside legendary DnB producer Wilkinson, the pair spent 14 weeks in the UK OCC Top 40, 12 weeks on BBC Radio 1 Playlist and have garnered over 45 million streams across platforms. A slew of upcoming singles with the likes of Nathan Dawe, Bru C, Luude, Clean Bandit, Elley Duhe, Hybrid Minds and others, all point to a very exciting 2023 for Issey both as an artist and a songwriter. 'Oh My feat. Moby' by Luude & Issey Cross is out now via Sweat It Out.
ShockOne Unveils New Single 'Say Woah'
ShockOne Hits Hard With His Latest Release On Dark Machine Records 'Say Woah'  Perth DJ and producer ShockOne returns with moody jungle, heavy breakbeat and rave infused new single 'Say Woah'. Sonically born straight out of his recent Australian and New Zealand warehouse tour, the track gives you a nostalgic demand to get down on the floor and move. Released in collaboration with UKF on ShockOne's own Dark Machine Records, 'Say Woah' follows his recent work with pioneering UK cinematic DnB act Koven on the melodic 'Collecting Thoughts' which was released on US bass powerhouse label Monstercat. The music video for 'Say Woah' is an absolute must watch and the perfect visual accompaniment for the sound, referencing the gabber and Dutch hardstyle era of the 90's. It features local scene lynchpin Brenton Cluff as well as ShockOne (Karl Thomas) himself and it's clear that Karl has nothing but love and respect for the movement "The video is an ode to the amazing hardstyle dancing culture that exists as a sub genre in the bass world. It features one of the Australian scenes leading dance figures Brenton who graciously flew from Newcastle to Perth to be in this video." Brenton is equally glowing, "From seeing ShockOne post my dance video on his Instagram to standing beside him as we filmed the clip for 'Say Woah', it was pretty surreal! The hardstyle & hardcore scene in Australia is forever growing and this track shows just how diverse the sub-culture is. I've been dancing since 2008 when the Melbourne shuffle was at its peak and converted to similar hard dance styles like hakken/gabber around the 2014 mark". Hailing from Perth, the epicentre of the Australasian DnB scene, ShockOne has been at the forefront of the genre for the past decade since the release of 'The ShockOne EP' in 2009, which featured the chart topping 'Polygon'. 2013 saw Shockone release his groundbreaking debut LP 'Universus' to critical acclaim reaching #1 on the ARIA Australian Albums Chart and #2 on the ARIA Album Chart. Following the release of his Sophomore album 'A Dark Machine' in 2019 on Warner Music, ShockOne now releases under his own record label Dark Machine Records with recent singles 'Follow Me', 'Hardwired' and 'Thinking About' ft. Lee Mvtthews amassing a combined 20 million streams across all platforms. Having remixed local and international artists such as DJ Snake, Alison Wonderland, What So Not and Dillon Francis, ShockOne is currently working on his third studio album which is set for release in 2023. 'Say Woah' is out now via Dark Machine Records.
Netsky and Rita Ora Join Forces On New Collaboration "Barricades"
Global superstar Rita Ora joins forces with award-winning world renowned producer and DJ Netsky on summer anthem "Barricades." Produced with super-producers Stargate, the brilliant collaboration between the headline artists 'Barricades' combines Netsky's trademark energetic production style and knack for a soaring pop chorus with Rita Ora's distinctive uplifting vocals to produce an anthem sure to soundtrack this summer. The track's official music video features a captivating performance from Rita Ora filmed in Los Angeles by director Joe Mischo. About their "Barricades" collaboration, Netsky says; "I've wanted to work with Rita since I heard 'RIP', so it was really special to get her and Stargate together in the studio again. We wanted to make a song that really showcased the power of her voice. The song is about the battles people go through being in love. We combined the simple beauty of pop with the power of breaks/drum and bass. I want to make dance music that has honesty and emotion – I think this song is that." Rita Ora adds; 'It's been amazing to work with Netsky on 'Barricades'. It's an honour to get to work with such a talented producer, especially on a track like this. Collaborating on another Drum n Bass record a decade after my first no.1 'Hot Right Now' with DJ Fresh, feels like coming home, and I'm beyond excited for everyone to hear it. I hope they love dancing to it as much as I do!' NETSKY has emerged as one of the most in demand music producers and a trendsetting global heavyweight in electronic music. Amidst a catalogue of hits, he has collaborated with everyone from Lil Wayne, Aloe Blacc, David Guetta, Becky Hill, Emilie Sande, Swedish House Mafia and Rudimental while the likes of Ed Sheeran, Dua Lipa and Jack Ü have sought him out for remixes. From selling out Arenas to headlining some of the worlds biggest festivals, he also ignited the 'Netsky & Friends' brand as an extension of his creative influence, curating and hosting his own stage at Tomorrowland and rolling out the concept at festivals and clubs across Europe. Rita Ora is one of the most successful female UK artists of the 21st century and an international critically acclaimed singer-songwriter with four #1 UK singles. She holds the record for the most Top 10 singles for a British female artist in the UK in history with a total of 13. In 2021, she co-wrote and produced the global collaboration Bang with GRAMMY winning Kazakh DJ and record producer Imanbek. Featuring David Guetta, Gunna and Argentinian rapper KHEA, the four track EP is a mix of modern pop, 80s and 90s club culture and floor-filling house. The EP was the follow up to her album Phoenix, which has amassed over 4 billion streams worldwide, spawned 3 platinum singles and includes "Lonely Together," her collaboration with Avicii which won "Best Dance" VMA at the MTV Video Music Awards. In addition, her debut album, Ora, debuted at #1 on the UK charts and was certified platinum.
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Let's Go Eat the Factory is the 16th album by Dayton, Ohio rock group Guided by Voices. The album was first released on December 20, 2011 digitally through the iTunes Store, then by mail-order on January 1, 2012, and finally released retail on January 24, 2012. The album is the first since their 2004 dissolution, and the first to feature the band's classic lineup since 1996's Under the Bushes Under the Stars.  The album was produced by the band and recorded at the homes of members Tobin Sprout, Mitch Mitchell, and Greg Demos. As with previous albums, it features the band's famously lo-fi 4-track sound as well as more modern production. It is also the first Guided by Voices album to be released under the Guided by Voices, Inc. label.

The album debuted at #17 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart and #24 on Billboard's Tastemaker Albums chart. It eventually reached #8 on Heatseekers, #5 on Tastemaker Albums and #35 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart.

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External links
First Listen at NPR

Guided by Voices albums
2011 albums
Self-released albums
Fire Records (UK) albums


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Stanley Tong was a Soldier during WW1. This little bear is named after him.
He is made from a lovely plum coloured mohair that has been plucked, stained, painted, waxed and has faux stitches for a "well loved "look. He is just over 31/2" tall when standing and has one black glass eye and one clear glass eye with a black pupil. He has a sparsely stitched nose and is fully cotter pin jointed.
Stanley is stuffed with kapok, used in the making of early bears and has steel shot in his body for extra weight. He wears a red, white and blue sash tied with a rusty safety pin with a bronze peace sign attached.
If you are in the UK and would prefer to have the bear sent by the lower price of signed for please let me know and I will adjust the postage.


Have information sharing sessions with the Traveller PHC Workers.
We are carrying out all the above with our own Traveller Primary Health Care Project. As part of that, a measles awareness session was delivered in-house for Pavee Point staff on the 9th November.
More information from HSE on measles here.
HSE measles information leaflet for the Traveller Community.


Dr. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper and entrepreneur. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics. Dre was previously the co-owner and artist of Death Row Records. He has produced albums for and overseen the careers of many rappers, including Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Xzibit, 50 Cent, The Game and more recently Kendrick Lamar. He is credited as a key figure in the popularization of West Coast G-funk, a style of rap music characterized as synthesizer-based with slow, heavy beats. In 2011, Dr. Dre was ranked as the third richest figure in the American hip hop scene by Forbes with a net worth of $250 million.
Dr. Dre has said that his primary instrument in the studio is the Akai MPC3000, a drum machine and sampler, and that he often uses as many as four or five to produce a single recording. He cites 1970s funk musicians such as George Clinton, Isaac Hayes and Curtis Mayfield as his primary musical influences. Unlike most rap producers, he tries to avoid samples as much as possible, preferring to have studio musicians re-play pieces of music he wants to use, because it allows him more flexibility to change the pieces in rhythm and tempo. In 2001 he told Time magazine, "I may hear something I like on an old record that may inspire me, but I'd rather use musicians to re-create the sound or elaborate on it. I can control it better." Other equipment he uses include the E-mu SP-1200 drum machine and other keyboards from such manufacturers as Korg, Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Moog, and Roland.
"At the time, I saw Dr. Dre desperately needed something," Storch says. "He needed a fuel injection, and Dr. Dre utilized me as the nitrous oxide. He threw me into the mix, and I sort of tapped on a new flavor with my whole piano sound and the strings and orchestration. So I'd be on the keyboards, and Mike [Elizondo] was on the bass guitar, and Dr. Dre was on the drum machine"


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Q: VBA SaveAs Method After browsing forums for well over an hour, I can't seem to figure out why my save as code isn't working.
My goal is to save a new copy of the workbook under a different file type. (The current file type is .csv.) I'm not trying to save in a new or different location, the current directory is where I want it to save to.
I've tried more variations of the following code than I can remember, so I'll just post my current syntax:
CurrentDir = CurDir()
dateVal = Date
ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:="" & CurrentDir & "ALS Week of " & dateVal - 4 & ".xlsx", FileFormat:=51
I've looked at examples of how to open a dialog box wherein the user inputs information in order to save. But I'm hoping for a hands-off approach. If anyone can see where my error lies, please let me know!
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 The error that I get is "Method 'SaveAs' of object '_Workbook' failed

A: Your date has illegal characters in it. Format your date with dashes and not slashes and this won't happen.
The following reserved characters:

    < (less than)
    > (greater than)
    : (colon)
    " (double quote)
    / (forward slash)
    \ (backslash)
    | (vertical bar or pipe)
    ? (question mark)
    * (asterisk)

A: You forgot a backslash:
ActiveWorkbook.SaveAs Filename:= CurDir() & "\ALS Week of " & (Date - 4) & ".xlsx", FileFormat:=51

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Aimee Garvey and Catherine Gill (who won Gert the ducks Christmas card competition 2011) are baking cupcakes for their brownie troop on 26th March. They are from the 12th St Marys Brownies and the GSPCA would like to thank them and their troop for registering.
Easter Egg hunt for young children and families.
There will be hidden markers for the children to find, and they will then receive chocolate eggs and treats based on how many they collect. The children will be organised into age groups, so that the markers can be hidden accordingly.
With winter and cold weather with us and potential snow on the way the GSPCA want pet owners and the public to consider all the animals of Guernsey. During a cold snap the GSPCA are on full alert, ready to deal with a variety of animals affected by the cold weather.
This weekend we welcomed Islanders to our first of the two planned guided tour events. The sun was shining and the three tours were received extremely well.
The visitors were walked around the Shelter being shown the facilities and getting close to the 200 resident animals and birds.
The tour started in the newly refurbished wildlife unit and went to each of the Shelters departments meeting staff and volunteers whilst finding out what we do and our plans for the future.


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GUNS N' ROSES "APPETITE FOR DEMOCRACY" FILM TO GET THEATRICAL, DVD, BLU-RAY AND CD/DVD RELEASE
March 3, 2014Dana 6 Comments
Guns N' Roses' 3D film, Appetite For Democracy, will receive a theatrical release in early April and will also be available in several different formats for purchase.
Filmed during Guns N' Roses' Appetite For Democracy residency at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino' in Las Vegas, Nevada in November 2012, celebrating twenty-five years of Appetite For Destruction and four years of Chinese Democracy, the elaborate Vegas-style production features Axl Rose at the top of his game with his current lineup performing some of GNR's biggest hits, including Welcome To The Jungle, Sweet Child O' Mine, Mr. Brownstone, November Rain and Paradise City.
This is the first live concert release from Guns N' Roses since Use Your Illusion II in 1992.
The Appetite Of Democracy package, with a running time of two hours and 47 minutes, is directed by Kerry Asmussen and produced by Barry Summers.
The package will be available in four formats: a standard Amaray DVD, a 3D Blu-ray DVD, a Deluxe 2CD+DVD set and digital long form. The DVD and Blu-ray components both feature the full show, along with band interviews plus a 3D photo gallery, both with 5.1 surround and stereo audio.
1. Standard Amaray DVD – full show and bonus interviews
2. Standard 3D Blu-ray – 3D & 2D on 1 disc
3. Deluxe CD+DVD – DVD plus CD of all tracks in the show
4. Digital Long Form – Full content available for digital download and via Mobile App
This absolute ambush on the city of sin, captured in HD/3D, puts you in the best seat in the house for an electrifying once in a lifetime live concert performance.
For more information, visit gnr3dmovie.com.
Watch a trailer below.
‹ ALICE COOPER, ZAKK WYLDE, ALEX SKOLNICK, SCOTT IAN AND LITA FORD DISCUSS THEIR "SPINAL TAP" MOMENTS
DIO'S "LIVE IN LONDON: HAMMERSMITH APOLLO" TO BE RELEASED ON DVD, BLU-RAY AND CD IN MAY ›
Richman on March 4, 2014 at 6:46 am
You can't put a bunch of guys who aren't Duff, Izzy, Slash, Adler or Sorum in 3-D and make them Duff, Izzy, Slash, Adler or Sorum. At least with KISS, those 2 started the band and wrote and sang most of the songs and delivered some quality stuff after the fact. KISS is run like a corporation but at least it's not run by a woman beating shithead who treats his fans and original band-mates like garbage G N' R fans are now 50 year olds who shouldn't have to wait until 3am to hear a cover-band do their favorite songs. If this version of the band is good enough why reference APPETITE to sell this shit? Axl is a nasty man who is not worthy of loyal fans. 4 years of CHINESE DEMOCRACY? What a joke.
Joe on March 4, 2014 at 7:38 am
I'm sorry but there is ZERRRRO chance that I'm going to waste a penny into this new " Guns N Roses" Joe in The Cuse. Go Orange
Richman on March 4, 2014 at 11:07 am
The guy on the far left will be a werewolf by nightfall.
DR on March 4, 2014 at 2:32 pm
IN 1987 when I first saw this band open for The Cult, I would have never, in a million years thought this band (or this guy) would be the absolute embarrassment it is now. Unbelievable how the mighty have fallen. Could he have anymore people in this band? How do you now need 8 guys to do the work that 5 guys once did? How much/little is he paying all these guys (Lee, that question is for you)?
johnathan johnson on April 8, 2014 at 9:07 am
,Quit your complaining, this dvd will be worth buying. Sure Axel is the only orginal band member
but this line-up is dope. Chinese D was a great CD, even if it didn't sell well, and Slash isn't missed on Chinese D.
Great songs and amazing guitar chops are all here on Chinese D.
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Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani called for imposing an effective arms embargo on Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar and his Libyan National Army's (LNA) and suggested forcing the LNA leader to withdraw his troops from the territories seized during the army's ongoing operation to liberate Tripoli.
"[It is necessary] to implement an [arms] embargo against Haftar and prevent the countries supplying [Haftar] with arms and ammunition from doing so," the minister said in an interview with Italy's La Repubblica newspaper.
The minister also stressed that the withdrawal of Haftar's troops from the territories it had occupied during the operation was vital in order to prevent the LNA leader from thinking that he had gained control over these territories in a "natural way".
After the effective arms embargo is in place and the LNA forces are withdrawn, the minister suggested holding the Libyan National Conference that was scheduled for April 14-16 but was "deliberately foiled by Haftar's offensive."
The foreign minister of Qatar, which has been supporting the GNA, arrived in Rome on Monday to discuss the situation in Libya with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and the state's foreign minister, Enzo Moavero Milanesi.
The long-running chaos in Libya escalated earlier this month after Marshal Haftar announced an offensive on Tripoli, prompting the GNA to announce a mobilization for a counteroffensive. GNA Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj has ordered the arrest of Haftar and his LNA allies.
The LNA, meanwhile, has accused the GNA of allying itself with terrorists.
Comment: They're right. That's exactly what the GNA has been doing.
Marshal Khalifa Haftar leads the strongest of multiple armed factions that have carved up much of eastern Libya.
Comment: The Qatari FM is just engaging in mafia politics. His government is currently flying weapons into Misrata, home of the GNA-backed terrorists whom Haftar is attempting to cleanse from the country.