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The Duke of Spook has returned once more from beyond the grave to reveal the »Necrophaze«! This latest, full length offering from the ghouls of WEDNESDAY 13 will be available on September 27th, 2019 via Nuclear Blast Records. Heavily influenced by the real life night terror occurrences of Wednesday himself, historical serial killers, and a slew of 80's horror films, the ideas behind »Necrophaze« are bizarrely familiar, frightening, and a hell of a lot of fun.
We got to speak to Wednesday about Wednesday 13 upcoming tour and more.
TM - Hi, This is Amelia from Twinmusix. Thank You for taking this call with me today.
W - Hi, this is Wednesday 13.
TM - How is your day going?
W - Good, Thank You. I have been talking about myself all day and it's coming to an end for me it's almost 6 pm here.
TM - That is a long day, We are excited to have you coming to Australia. What can fans expect from your Australian tour?
W - Fortunately we have been able to come to Australia almost every year since 2010. This time we are coming back has the support band, so it's a bit different from a headline tour. We normally turn all our shows into a theatrical performance. Fans can expect a theatrical performance like they haven't seen from us before.
TM - That sounds good, I saw you last time you were here and you were awesome. You brought out an umbrella on stage and were spinning it around. It was awesome.
W - I don't know if I will bring the umbrella this time. We will see what happens.
TM - What can fans expect from your Setlist?
W - That is a good question because I don't even know yet. We will probably stick to something of what we did on the US tour. We might play decompose because it is our new singles. We won't know until we get there and our fans will be pleasantly surprised.
TM - We look forward to your set. How have fans responded to your new single?
W - Fans have responded great every time you put out a new album or single, so I hope that our fans respond well to it.
TM - You have been back almost every year since 2010, what's your favorite thing to do in Australia?
W - My favorite thing to do in Australia was drinking before I stopped drinking. I am pretty fortunate to go there every year. This time I don't plan on doing much, besides playing to our fans. Australia is pretty amazing and I enjoy it more every time I play. The weather is always great, hopefully, the weather is good this time.
TM - You are bringing out your new album "Necrophaze" on September 27th what can fans expect?
W - I think the new single on the album gives you a pretty good idea about what this record is about. The record label let me do pretty much whatever I want. You can expect cool videos that I haven't been able to do before. You will see commercials and trailers, you will really see the kid in may come out in me. The album covers really shook me off the shelf, there are two different album covers and an action figure. We have done so much stuff, I don't know if he could do anymore.
TM - What was the writing and recording process on your new album "Necrophaze"?
W - Every time we have done something different because of the situations and were we are living at the time. The condolence record was recorded in Massachusetts without a producer. This time I wanted to do it close to home. I would go into the recording studio everyday, record and come home and work on stuff. I even recorded 45 minutes of recording at my house. I got a lot more stuff done than I have in the past because I got to go home every night.
TM - Who Designed your Album cover for "Necrophaze"?
W - The one with my hands and the face and the house was done by a guy called Travis smith. He is well known for metal covers, he has done covers for bands like Devin Townsend and Opeth.
TM - If you could have any bands play one of your songs which band would it be which song would it be and would it be in your style or their Style?
W - I don't know, there is a place where kids have their birthday parties here and they have an animatronic animal band. I would have that, it would be more satisfying to me.
TM - What a cool choice, I would love to see that. Maybe you can make a video clip with that.
TM - If you could collaborate with any artists who would it be and why?
W - Jaz Coleman from the band Killing Joke and working with Alice Cooper on the new album.
TM - What was it like working with the Alice Cooper?
W - It was pretty awesome, he knows I'm a big fan. We have been on the road with them a couple of times.
TM - What is your favorite memory of watching a different band perform live?
W - I got the honor of introducing the original Alice Cooper band at an awards ceremony in 2011, it was the original group that wrote "School's Out and No More Mr. Nice Guy". They performed together for the first time, in a long time, 1975 I think.
TM - Is there anything else you would like to say to your fans?
W - Thank You for the support and he will be back in Australia in a couple of weeks and hoping to see everyone there.
TM - Thank You for our interview and we cannot wait to see you in Australia.


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The Sunflower Lanyard Program for Hidden Disabilities
Outline: Information regarding the invisible disability sunflower lanyard program where a lanyard is worn around the neck to let others know you have hidden disabilities. The Sunflower lanyard program is entirely voluntary for people with hidden disabilities and their families. Organizers of the sunflower lanyard program state that there is no qualifying disability needed to qualify a person for the program. Not only are the sunflower lanyards available at many airports across the UK they have also been introduced in LNER trains, and several supermarkets including M&S, Sainsburys and Tesco.
A scheme, which is supported by charities, has been introduced where a sunflower lanyard, worn around the neck, lets others know that you have hidden disabilities.
Sunflower lanyards can be worn by individuals with hidden disabilities as a way of discreetly letting others know they might need extra assistance in certain situations.
A recent program supported by a number of U.K. charities including; The National Autistic Society, RNIB, Alzheimer's Society, Action on Hearing Loss, and other organizations, shopping complexes, and public transportation facilities, has been introduced where wearers of sunflower lanyards can "discreetly" let others know they have hidden, or invisible, disabilities. The Sunflower Lanyards are free and can be re-used at any other location operating the scheme.
The Hidden Disabilities Sunflower purpose aims to help others identify when support may be needed for those with disabilities such as autism, dementia, anxiety, or other conditions that may not be immediately obvious to other people.
Image of sunflowers, two butterflies, and a ladybug.
What is Invisible or Hidden Disability?
Invisible Disability, or hidden disability, is an broad umbrella term that captures a whole spectrum of hidden disabilities and/or challenges that are primarily neurological in nature. Invisible disability, or hidden disabilities, are defined as disabilities that are not immediately apparent to others.
About 10% of Americans have a medical condition which could be considered an invisible disability.
96% of the American people with chronic medical conditions live with a condition that is invisible.
These people may seldom use a cane - or any assistive device at all - and it is often impossible to tell they have a medical condition. Although the disability creates a challenge for the person who has it, the reality of the disability can be difficult for others to recognize or acknowledge. Others may not understand the cause of the problem, if they cannot see evidence of it in a visible way.
Invisible Disability Examples Can Include
People with visual or auditory disabilities who do not wear glasses or visible hearing aids may not be appear to be disabled. Some people who have vision loss may wear contacts.
A sitting disability is another category of invisible impairments. Sitting problems are often caused by chronic back pain. Those with joint problems or chronic pain may not use mobility aids on some days, or at all.
Disabled World provides a more comprehensive list of invisible disabilities.
Gatwick airport is said to have first introduced the sunflower lanyard program in 2016. Since then, most U.K. airports have welcomed and adopted the idea. Manchester airport has also recently opened a new "Sunflower Room", which allows passengers to experience a quieter environment away from the waiting departure lounges if needed.
Today, the fast growing sunflower lanyard initiative is helping adults and children with hidden disabilities experience more support in airports and supermarkets by acting as a discreet sign for staff that additional support or help may be required by the wearer of the lanyard. The lanyards, which are bright green in color and decorated with a sunflower design, are free of charge, and help identify people with additional needs and their families navigate their way through busy airports without having to specifically ask for assistance. The scheme is a simple way to enable staff at airports to identify those who may need extra support.
The sunflower lanyard for hidden disabilities awareness (Optional about me card attached).
Entirely Voluntary
The Sunflower lanyard program is entirely voluntary for people with hidden disabilities and their families. Organizers of the sunflower lanyard program state that there is no qualifying disability needed to qualify a person for the program. Instead, the sunflower lanyard program is for everyone and anyone that considers themselves to have a hidden disability. Once you obtain one, you do not have to provide any proof of a disability, it is yours to keep forever and use for future travels, shopping trips and outings where ever the program is recognized. However, please note tha while an increasing number of venues are starting to offer these free lanyards, not everyone is familiar yet with the idea and meaning behind the cause.
Places That Currently Recognize the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Lanyard
Not only are the sunflower lanyards available at many airports across the UK they have also been introduced in LNER trains, and several supermarkets including M&S, Sainsburys and Tesco.
The official advice from airports is that the sunflower lanyard does not give you access to security or immigration fast track. Airports advise that when entering the security area, you will be pointed to the shortest available lane based on live operations and where possible you might be shown to the front of the queue.
In 2016, Gatwick launched the first-of-its-kind lanyard for passengers with hidden disabilities who may require additional support when travelling through the airport. By wearing the lanyard at Gatwick, or other major UK airports, you could receive additional support from staff including:
Receiving clear instructions
Ability to remain with family members at all times
Staff assisting with reading departure boards or signs
Getting more time to prepare at check-in and security
Receive additional time to prepare for security checks and boarding
Explaining in detail what to expect when traveling through the airport
A more comprehensive briefing on what to expect as you travel through the airport
The lanyard scheme is gradually being adopted by railways. It is now being used by LNER, which operates the London North Eastern routes, and c2c, which serves 26 stations in East London and South Essex.
The sunflower lanyard program is currently being trialled by two major U.K. supermarkets. Sainsbury's is running an extended trial at 40 branches following a successful test at its Barnstaple store. Tesco is running a trial in 15 of its Hertfordshire stores.
In August 2019, Eureka!, a children's museum in Yorkshire, joined the sunflower lanyard scheme. If you're planning a visit to Eureka!, they have lots of information on accessible visits on their website.
The Royal International Air Tattoo, which stages air shows in Gloucestershire for aircraft enthusiasts, is another attraction currently trialling the sunflower lanyard scheme.
How and Where to Obtain a Sunflower Lanyard (Uk)
If you are flying from a major U.K. airport, you can ask for a lanyard from an airport assistance desk, or order it in advance from participating airports by contacting the airport before you travel.
Railways:
For LNER, ask at any rail station or by contacting customers services. For c2c, ask at train station booking offices or by contacting customers services.
Supermarkets:
If you happen to shop in any of the Sainsbury's or Tesco stores running the trial, you can request the lanyard at the customer service desk - or the checkout counters at smaller shops. Visitor attractions: Ask at the checkout tills or information center.
What Countries Use Sunflower Lanyard Awareness
Several other countries are beginning to participate, or are petitioning the powers that be to adopt the Sunflower Lanyard for invisible disabilities Program.
To date these countries include:
Australia: Several major airports in Australia recognize and support the lanyard scheme.
New Zealand: Georgia Hood has launched a petition addressed to the New Zealand Airports Association to introduce the sunflower lanyard, for people with hidden disabilities, at all NZ airports.
United Kingdom (UK): The birthplace of the sunflower lanyard for hidden disabilities awareness scheme.
Ireland: Cork Airport is the first airport in the Republic of Ireland to roll-out the sunflower lanyard initiative supporting passengers with hidden disabilities.
Have you seen the Sunflower Lanyard program in use somewhere we haven't mentioned? If so please contact us so we can add the venue to this page for the benefit of others.
Not all disabilities are visible, and it's clear that a subtle signal such as the sunflower lanyard can make a big difference in providing confidence and reassurance to the wearers.
To date, over 500,000 lanyards have been issued in the U.K. and as interest continues to grow, so does the number of organizations, groups, and venues involved.
Not all people with hidden disabilities require assistance. However we believe that the sunflower lanyard program is an optional opportunity to provide people with a 'discreet sign' which demonstrates to staff, and others, that they may need additional support or assistance.
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Just some of the goodies on offer from Netflix for November, including House of Cards, Westside, The Kominsky Method and Superdrags. Highlights include the return of House of Cards with a new Underwood at the helm, Narcos : Mexico, Season 2 of The Sinner and Chris Pine in Netflix Original film, Outlaw King, The Christmas […]
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'Growing wealth gap and rising inflation … hurt the global economy at almost every turn,' Jamie Dimon says
Fed Set to Shrink Rate Hikes Again as Inflation Slows
What a difference 25 years can make. The world today is a markedly different place from the world that existed at MarketWatch's inception in October 1997.
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CEO Jamie Dimon expressed it aptly when we reached out to him for his take on the state of the global economy and markets and his outlook for both.
Over the past 25 years, since MarketWatch's founding, the world has grown far more polarized and unstable. And during the past few years alone, this is more true than ever before. The pandemic, George Floyd's murder, the war in Ukraine, and supply-chain disruptions — within the context of a growing wealth gap and rising inflation — have furthered divisions, widened the wealth gap, and hurt the global economy at almost every turn.
Frankly, we are now living in a time that's decidedly different from even five years ago, when MarketWatch was celebrating its 20th anniversary.
For one, markets have of late been in a virtual free fall, propelled lower by richer borrowing costs, as the Federal Reserve attempts to quell uncomfortably and stubbornly high inflation.
Five years ago, the 10-year Treasury
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was yielding 2.32%, compared with around 4% now. The federal funds benchmark interest rate was in a range between 1% and 1.25%, versus 3% to 3.25% presently, with the Fed anticipated to lift rates by at least a further three-quarters of a percentage point early next month.
Against that backdrop, the Dow Jones Industrial Average
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and the Nasdaq Composite Index
are all in or near bear-market territory.
To be sure, we're up dramatically compared with where markets stood 25 years ago, but the recent downshift has unsettled bullish investors, particularly as Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 rippled throughout global markets, sparking an energy dilemma in Europe and amplifying the impact of pricing pressures rooted in the COVID-19 pandemic.
These are uncertain times, and it might feel as if the world has never been more perplexing.
I've been given the privilege of helping to oversee this site this year, and the vicissitudes of stocks and bonds and the concerns harbored by many of our readers have made it clearer than ever that our editors and reporters hold a tremendous responsibility: to deliver trusted financial journalism to the masses and build on MarketWatch's legacy.
Or as Dimon notes:
News organizations with MarketWatch's reputation and reach are needed more than ever to shine light on the issues of the day — bringing much-needed facts and unbiased analysis to help the public and policy makers make the best choices for all of society.
Our evolution as an organization has seen us lean into expansions of our reach and scope, with our inaugural Best New Ideas in Money Festival, which featured such notable participants as Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, the biggest hedge fund in the world, and legendary activist investor Carl Icahn.
In fact, Icahn cautioned that the worst is "yet to come" for the markets. Of course, we can hope he's wrong. But there are a number of ways to think about such predictions. Because with fear comes opportunity.
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Jonathan Gray, chief operating officer with the private-equity giant, told MarketWatch on Thursday that investors who are patient enough to wait out the volatility could emerge with rich rewards.
Gray voiced his own concerns about the wealth gap and political division, as impediments to America's ability to collectively overcome its current challenges.
For MarketWatch, uncertainty amplifies the utility of our daily task of providing the information and context that our audience needs to make better financial decisions.
In November, as the battle between Republicans and Democrats comes to a head with the U.S.'s midterm elections, times could feel indeed precarious. While Democrats have focused on abortion and voting rights in their campaigns, Republicans have pointed attention at the inflation and crime rates, along with immigration, and the emotion surrounding those topics have only elevated anxiety among voters.
For his part, Dimon observed that true progress "does not happen overnight or by working only with people who share our views."
"As we move forward," he said, "businesses, community leaders and policy makers must embrace this spirit and come together so the global economy and society are better off."
That sentiment is hard to disagree with, certainly here at MarketWatch, where, a quarter-century after our founding, the democratization of financial news and information remains our guiding principle as we, in Dimon's phrase, seek to "shine light on the issues of the day."
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Customer Spotlight: Beyond IT with Steve Thompson
Gillian Smith April 19, 2019
The technology world is full of interesting people. A particular stereotype of an IT expert includes the laser-focused, pocket protector persona who sits in a room with their computers troubleshooting all day. But I'd like to debunk that myth by starting to introduce some great folks in IT who do some really fabulous things with their lives beyond the office.
Steve Thompson is the IT Director at Rheonix and spends his day solving issues with servers, setting up access points, dealing with SAP, managing Microsoft licensing—not to mention budgeting, forecasting, and overseeing infrastructure in general. In an IT world of ones and zeros, there's little room for creativity… So how do you find a creative outlet? Steve writes—and mostly to prove that he can do more than fix computers!
He discovered his affinity for writing after starting a book called Henry's Online, primarily on a dare from his children. Steve merged the love for his IT day-job with his creative vision and began to write a story of a young boy discovering computers and how they can save the world. Steve started in IT as a kid working in a mainframe environment, and his experience quickly morphed into working on desktops, servers, and client server software architecture. It is from his early start in IT where he drew inspiration for Henry's Online. He was able to publish Henry's Online on Amazon, and then took on a new venture— a book about cooking.
Steve's latest book is called There Are Many Tools in the Kitchen (Don't Be One of Them). This satirical story wraps 1980s movies, 70s and 80s television, some saucy romantic references, and a lot of snarky storytelling into an everyday user's guide to being more effective in the kitchen. By poking fun at people who claim to grill year-round and who think they have the "best chili ever," Steve teaches readers not to use a bunch of fancy words to cook. He skips the recipes and instead gives practical advice on being healthy, happy, and normal in your kitchen. Guides to unusual kitchen tools and words that you should never use in your kitchen support entire chapters on expert cooking tips.
The satirical writing and cynical humor in Steve's books are driven by his ability to see fads and trends, and the pure entertainment found in people-watching. After making fun of people who think they're great in the kitchen, Steve plans to go back to his roots and write about those who call themselves IT Experts. He'll call out the "Posers" in the technology field, and explain how the Internet and technology have changed our lives, for better and for worse. What has the Internet done and how has it changed our modern world? What would life be like without it? To that Steve asks, have you ever seen King Kong? The saying goes that if it's not on the Internet, it's not real, and Steve is going to put the mystery back into life by demystifying what's out there in the most satirically-humorous way possible. He guarantees you'll believe in Bigfoot after reading this book!
Steve Thompson and Rheonix have been a Connection customer for over 10 years, and it has been an absolute pleasure building lasting and supportive business relationships with the Rheonix team. It is the trust and the human connections that we build with our customers that allow us to more effectively solve IT together. Hopefully, every month I can present you with another interesting person who has found a way to enhance their own life and the lives of others.
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Gillian Smith is a Presidential Account Manager at Connection with more than 10 years of sales experience. She's currently working toward a Master's Degree in Cyber Security, and she also works as a professional photographer. She loves to travel, having visited more than 20 countries, and has also been a Girl Scout leader for fifteen years.
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Who Is The Prevailing Party In A Lease Agreement
The disputed tenancy agreement provided: "When legal proceedings are initiated to enforce or interpret the provisions of the tenancy agreement, the litigant has the power, in such an action, to recover the reasonable legal costs it incurred in connection with such an action." Following a dispute during the trial phase of the case, the court granted an application for sanction from the owner. By imposing the ultimate sanction, the court rejected all of the tenant`s claims, so that only the lessor`s claims remained before the court. Prior to a trial, the owner requested that the court declare that the owner is the "dominant party" so that he could recover his costs. This request was accepted. A final remark – although the court did not award expert fees to the party in power, the court had no difficulty in using the fees collected by the defendant`s lawyers when preparing the expert witness for trial, in accordance with the "dominant party" rental clause! Landlords (and tenants) should not accept the language of the "dominant party" in a tenancy agreement as the beginning and end of the analysis on the collection of legal fees and fees. In addition, civil regulation provides a valuable tool when used to support and counter a provision in the lease that allows for the recovery of legal fees. The impact of this judgment and the "dominant part" of the legal fees was that the tenant now faces a terrible dilemma. The court had found that the tenant had to pay the lessor the significant costs associated with defending the lessor`s action up to that date. If the tenant came to court, he would have more fees to pay to his own lawyer and would take a significant risk that he would also pay aGG as the landlord`s lawyer. As a result, the tenant tried to negotiate a transaction in which some, but not all, of the landlord`s fees were negotiated. The tenants and landlords entered into a commercial lease that required the landlord to deliver the premises until a specific date. Delivery was delayed by 825 days and the tenant applied for a rental credit of $3,000,000. Prior to the trial, the landlord made two offers in due course to settle for $1 million and $1.5 million, which the tenant refused.
In court, the tenant received $650,000 in damages, far less than the liquidation damages offered by the landlord. "In the event of litigation related to the purpose of this agreement, the dominant party is entitled to receive reasonable legal fees and fees from the other party." The dominant party is determined on the basis of an assessment of the party that could have imposed the party`s arguments or positions in the arbitration proceedings or in the courts against the other party`s arguments or positions. This assessment should include the assessment of the following: the amount of the net amount of recovery; The main issues challenged by the parties; Whether the amount of the arbitration award represents a significant percentage of the amount requested by the applicant; and the most recent comparative positions of the parties. Lawyer`s fee clauses are important mechanisms for avoiding lawsuits lightly and encouraging out-of-court settlement of disputes, but these clauses – including the example above – often pay off by not defining what it means to be the so-called "dominant party." In the absence of a definition or explanation, the term "dominant party" indicates that the dispute will result in a winner and a loser that is easy to determine.


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Dreaming of Mars
August 9, 2012 Graham Edwards Mars, NASA, Science Fiction, Space 3 comments
This has to be the image of the week: NASA's Curiosity Rover photographed around sixty seconds before it touched down on the surface of Mars. This extraordinary picture was taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and clearly shows the one-ton robot dangling from its parachute on final descent.
A new NASA mission to Mars was always going to thrill me, but this one really upped the ante. Biggest rover ever? A parachute that deploys at over twice the speed of sound? A rocket-powered skycrane that lowers an entire science laboratory on cables down to the surface? How crazy were the guys who came up with that idea? Not too crazy, it seems, if the runaway success of the landing is anything to go by. Indeed, Adam Steltzner of JPL assures us that the white-knuckle concept was 'the least crazy of the methods you could use to land a rover the size of Curiosity on Mars.'
The whole thing's a dream come true. So, while watching my Twitter feed so as not to miss each new thumbnail image of the Martian surface as it comes in over the ether, I've started thinking about a few of the other Martian dreams I've enjoyed.
The grand-daddy of all Martian fiction is undoubtedly the Barsoom series of novels written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The first volume – A Princess of Mars – was published in 1917 and tells the story of John Carter's first trip to the red planet. His adventures with the warlike Tharks and his romance with the smouldering Dejah Thoris deliver pulp fiction thrills of the highest order. Sure, it's dated. And yes, its reputation's been shaken by the poor performance of the recent Disney movie adaptation. And realistic it ain't. But it is a whole heap of fun and I guarantee you that, if you read it, you'll find the fantastic world of Barsoom invading your dreams.
Even more dreamlike are Ray Bradbury's classic Martian tales, known collectively as The Martian Chronicles. Written through the 1940s, these loosely connected short stories meander through a future history in which men in rocketships gradually colonise Mars. On Bradbury's version of Mars, nothing is certain. The Martians themselves don't so much live on their planet as haunt it. The Earth settlers grapple with hallucinatory episodes and telepathic attacks, and are frequently brought to the brink of sanity as they question their right to be on Mars at all, or face the devastating truth that the planet they've left behind has been destroyed by nuclear war. The tone throughout – as with so much of Bradbury's fiction – is wistful, unsettling and often indescribably beautiful.
Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy – Red Mars, Blue Mars and Green Mars – was published in the mid-90s, and I reckon it's the definitive series of novels about the terraforming and colonisation of Mars. As dreams go, this tale of the imagination is as lucid they come. Robinson's huge ambition is matched only by his tremendous skill in wrangling a huge cast of complex characters as they struggle to establish the first human colony on another world. If you like hard science, smart politics and rich philosophy, this one's for you. And the level of detail (particularly in the soaring descriptions of epic journeys by rover, dirigible and on foot across the Martian landscape) is so phenomenal I'm convinced Robinson, as part of his research, must have walked on the damn planet himself.
I could recommend more Martian fiction – in fact, the hard part is knowing when to stop. The War of the Worlds by H G Wells, while not actually set on Mars, is the classic story of Martian invasion and the blueprint for all alien invasion stories since. Philip K Dick's Martian Time-Slip takes the author's favourite themes of paranoia and unreliable realities and plays them out against the backdrop of a Martian colony. Stephen Baxter's Voyage tells the story of a mission-that-might-have-been as he imagines an alternative history in which Kennedy dodged Oswald's bullet and, instead of building the Space Shuttle, NASA sent an Apollo-derived spacecraft to Mars.
Even then I'm just scratching the surface. The thing is, wonderful as all these fictions are, suddenly the real world's become just as exciting. And by 'world' I don't mean this one. I mean the other one. The red planet. Mars – the world of dreams.
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halfterm says:
And nit forgetting Ben Bova's Mars…
Or not, even. It's too hot…
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Nit or not, it's all the same to me. Bova's an excellent addition to the list, my friend.


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President Energy PLC (PPC)
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Wednesday 28 February, 2018
President Energy PLC
Argentinian Stock Exchange Secondary Listing
RNS Number : 1229G
("President", "the Company" or "President Energy")
Process commenced for President Energy's Argentinian Stock Exchange secondary listing
President Energy (AIM: PPC), the upstream oil and gas company with a diverse portfolio of production and exploration assets focused primarily in Argentina, is pleased to announce that it has commenced the relevant processes to obtain a secondary listing of the Company's shares on The Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires (BCBA)- the Argentinian Stock Exchange. The secondary listing is expected to take place towards the end of Q2 2018. It is intended that the primary listing of the Company will remain the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.
Background to and reasons for the listing
President Energy's proposed secondary listing on the Argentinian Stock Exchange aims to increase the Company's international profile and improve liquidity by facilitating the growing investment demand in Argentina which has been supported by capital returns back into Argentina and international capital flows into Argentina. The MERVAL, the most important index of the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, was up 72% in 2017.
Peter Levine, Chairman and CEO, commented:
"We have begun the process of becoming an Argentinian listed Company as a complement to our main listing in London.
"We are committed to significantly expanding our business in Argentina and are very positive about the Country's prospects.
"The proposed secondary listing will not only expand liquidity but importantly will expose President to a rapidly emerging, growing and vibrant audience consisting of both institutional and private investors domiciled at the epicentre of the Group's operations who are increasingly looking for companies which have world class standard of governance, environmental and social awareness combined with profitability, cash generation and excellent prospects".
Peter Levine, Chairman, Chief Executive
Bruce Martin, Chief Financial Officer
finnCap (Nominated Advisor & Joint Broker)
Christopher Raggett, Scott Mathieson, Andrew Burdis
BMO Capital Markets (Joint Broker)
Jeremy Low, Neil Haycock, Tom Rider
Camarco Financial PR
Billy Clegg, Owen Roberts, Mercedes Valenzuela-Goldman
President Energy is an oil and gas company listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (PPC.L) primarily focused in Argentina, with a diverse portfolio of operated onshore producing and exploration assets. The Company currently has independently assessed 1P reserves over 15 MMboe and 2P reserves of more than 25 MMboe.
The Company has operated interests in the Puesto Flores and Estancia Vieja Concession, Rio Negro Province, in the Neuquén Basin of Argentina and in the Puesto Guardian Concession, in the Noroeste Basin in NW Argentina. The Company is focused on growing production in the near term in Argentina. Alongside this, President Energy has cash generative production assets in Louisiana, USA and further significant exploration and development opportunities through its acreage in Paraguay and Argentina.
President Energy's second largest shareholder is the IFC, part of the World Bank Group and is actively pursuing value accretive acquisitions of high quality production and development assets in Argentina capable of delivering positive cash flows and shareholder returns. With a strong institutional base of support and an in-country management team, President Energy gives UK investors rare access to the Argentinian growth story combined with world class standards of corporate governance, environmental and social responsibility.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of article 7 of Regulation 596/2014
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Maria Galli has joined the group as a PhD student. She did her master's at the University of Milan and the Max-Planck Institute for Quantum Optics on Bohmian trajectories of photons in a double slit experiment. In Innsbruck, she will work on connecting the three cavity QED experiments in a quantum network.


Police Chief Jane Moran last night urged selectmen to hire a Shrewsbury company to evaluate candidates for the job of the town's first police lieutenant.
Moran submitted information to selectmen detailing how she selected Public Safety Consultants of Shrewsbury to conduct what is called an assessment center, where candidates take tests to determine their skills.
"I discussed the issue with Town Accountant (Carla McAuliffe) to confirm the parameters in securing a bid," she said. "It was my thought the bid would be under $5,000."
"She advised me that we should at least review a couple or three bids, but in fact I only needed one because it's under the $5,000."
Selectmen voted unanimously in support of Moran's choice, but not before posing several questions.
Chairman Bonnie Phaneuf asked if the money would come out of the fiscal 2010 or 2011 budgets.
"I hope to secure the funds out of the fiscal 2010 budget because we have money left over from our personnel line-item budget," Moran said.
Selectman Bill Boland's only question was why Moran did not ask BadgeQuest, which organized an assessment center during last year's police chief search, to submit a bid.
"We've had such good luck with them," Boland said.
Moran said that this would be the first time the Police Department used an assessment center to conduct an internal promotion.
"My desire is to make this the most positive process possible," she said. "It's going to be strenuous and I need to eliminate the slightest possibility that there will be favoritism one way or another."
"BadgeQuest had conversations with many folks within the Police Department and I'm trying to eliminate the conversation that this is not a fair process."
Moran also said that she felt it was important to have neutrality.
"That's not to say we shouldn't use BadgeQuest the next time around," she said.
But Boland asked Moran if former Shrewsbury Police Chief Wayne Sampson, who oversees Public Safety Consultants, would be partial to officers he already knew.
"He hasn't been a police chief for quite some time," Moran said.
Sampson retired on Dec. 31, 2006.
Moran said the assessment center would also be used to promote a patrolman to the sergeant's position, which will be vacated when the lieutenant's position is filled.
"It would be a combo, one package deal," Moran said.
Southborough currently has three sergeants - Sean James, Timothy Slatkavitz and Ryan Newell.
Moran, who was a sergeant prior to being named interim police chief, said there are no plans to hire a fourth sergeant in the near future.


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Frankfurter Buchmesse's The Arts+ Names 2020 Film Award Winners
In News by Porter Anderson October 8, 2020
Work of Caroline Link, Charlie Kaufman, and Maria Schrader wins top honors in the increasingly important books-to-film sector of the international publishing industry.
By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson
See our complete guide to Frankfurter Buchmesse 2020 here. It has our latest stories, event highlights, our free digital magazine, and more.
Awards To Be Presented October 9
You'll remember that we covered the shortlists at the end of September for the Frankfurter Buchmesse Film Awards, which are produced under The Arts+ programming, directed by Frankfurt vice-president Holger Volland.
Today (October 8), we have the news of the winners. And remember, the film awards are to be presented Friday (October 9), before the October 14 start of Frankfurter Buchmesse, at the B3 BEN Awards, the B3 Biennale's opening "online gala." That program will include actor Willem Dafoe's win of the event's main prize and "live performances by international artists."
That awards program starts at 7 p.m. CEST (1700 GMT) Friday, and registration, free of charge is here. This program is presented in partnership with the fifth B3 Biennale of the Moving Image (October 9 to 18).
Our digital magazine for Frankfurter Buchmesse Special Edition is ready for your download, free of charge, here
As we mentioned previously, these awards—as yet without an endowment to get some cash under them for the winners—tend to fly under the radar at Frankfurt, partly because Buchmesse is such a crowded field in terms of events, announcements, and programming.
But the more the books-to-film / words-to-screen channel for content development heats up, the more importance these awards should be given. Book publishing is an awards-heavy industry, its professionals probably paying more attention to awards and prizes than consumers. At a time when beautifully crafted screen development and the streamers that distribute it are so powerful, what better way to help focus the industry on this avenue to revenue and visibility than film awards.
So as we offer you the winners, here's hoping that this might be a program given more support, more visibility, and more attention in our vaccinated future. Once we can all watch a film in the same room again, why not show us the works represented by these awards.
I see a B3/The Arts+ Jumbotron set up in the Agora after sunset in Messe Frankfurt.
Winner: Adaptation for Children or Young Adults
Als Hitler das rosa Kannichen stahl (When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit), directed by Caroline Link and written by Anna Brüggemann, based on Judith Kerr's book.
Margret Albers, jury chair in the category of children's or YA adaptation, says, "Caroline Link and Anna Brüggemann have adapted Judith Kerr's autobiographical children's book in such an extraordinary way that young viewers are able to understand the experience of an escape—also thanks to the outstanding performance by actress Riva Krymalowski" in the lead role of Anna Kemper.
Jochen Laube and Fabian Maubach produced, with a score by Volker Bertelmann.
Also shortlisted:
Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dog (Edmunds Jansons)
Pinocchio (Matteo Garrone)
Winner: International Literary Adaptation
I'm Thinking of Ending Things, directed by Charlie Kaufman, who wrote the screenplay based on Iain Reid's book.
For the jury, Beat Glur says, "The film is a minimalist work of its own kind. In precisely composed images—in which often only the two main actors Cindy (Jessie Buckley) and Jake (Jesse Plemons) appear—the plot is largely revealed through the laconic-intellectual dialogues of the two."
Kaufman also produced, with Stefanie Azpiazu, Anthony Bregman, and Robert Salerno. Music is by Jay Wadley.
Other films shortlisted for this category are:
First Cow (Kelly Reichardt)
Shirley (Josephine Decker)
Winner: International Literary Adaptation Series
In addition, an award for Best Literary Adaptation Series has gone to Unorthodox, Maria Schrader directing with Anna Winger listed as series creator.
This category was not announced in advanced and has been added this year, so there was no offer of a separate shortlist prior to the naming of the Schrader work as its winner.
Schrader is reported by the trade show to be the first German director to win an Emmy. She won the 2020 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special.
A special mention has gone to the Canadian film Antigone in Sophie Desraspe's direction of her own screenplay based on the Sophocles. The film is produced by Marc Daigle. The film as premiered at last year's Toronto Film Festival.
Winner: Illustrated Book on Film
French New Wave: A Revolution in Design by Alison Elangasinghe with an introduction by Sir Christopher Frayling (Reel Art Press)
The book celebrates the French New Wave film genre in a kind of collage of film posters, biographies of artists, photographers and designers.
In a prepared statement on this win, Christopher Hudson, the president of the Motovun Group of International Publishers (MGIP), is quoted, saying, "Although two books by MGIP members were finalists, the jury showed its true objectivity and selected a different winner.
"All finalists will be invited to take part in the ICMA Award–the International Creative Media Award–which will take place following the fair, in November."
The Story of Film by Mark Cousins (Pavilion Books)
Color Mania edited by Barbara Flückiger, Eva Hielscher, and Nadine Wietlisbach (Lars Müller Publishers)
More from Publishing Perspectives on Frankfurter Buchmesse is here, more from us on awards in publishing is here, and more on the development of book content for film and television is here. And more from us on the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on international book publishing is here and at the CORONAVIRUS tab at the top of each page of our site.
Porter Anderson
Porter Anderson is a non-resident fellow of Trends Research & Advisory, and he has been named International Trade Press Journalist of the Year in London Book Fair's International Excellence Awards. He is Editor-in-Chief of Publishing Perspectives. He formerly was Associate Editor for The FutureBook at London's The Bookseller. Anderson was for more than a decade a senior producer and anchor with CNN.com, CNN International, and CNN USA. As as an arts critic (National Critics Institute), he was with The Village Voice, the Dallas Times Herald, and the Tampa Tribune, now the Tampa Bay Times. He co-founded The Hot Sheet, a newsletter for authors, which now is owned and operated by Jane Friedman.
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Watch Out for These Fake Chrome Extensions
The Chrome Web Store has some very convincing extensions that inject malicious code into ecommerce websites you visit.
Written by Conor Cawley
Published on September 1, 2022
Google apps and extensions continues to be a source of security stress, as experts have discovered a few malicious extensions that have been downloaded by more than a million users.
Security issues abound when it comes to the Google. Compared to the more secure Apple App Store, the Play Store, for example, is riddled with problematic apps that could wipe your computer or steal your information. The Chrome Web Store is no different, occasionally housing nefarious extensions that can steal your personal information.
In most cases, Google can sniff out these malicious apps and extensions before it's too late, but sometimes they slip through the cracks, resulting in millions of downloads.
Experts Spot Fake Chrome Extensions
Experts from McAfee — the popular cybersecurity provider known for its antivirus software — reported in a company blog post that there were five fake Chrome extensions that were designed to steal user data and insert false affiliate links on the ecommerce pages they visit.
Even worse, the extensions are disguised as apps people use all the time. Among the five fake extensions are two Netflix group viewing extensions, a screenshot capture extension, and a price tracking extension.
"The extensions offer various functions such as enabling users to watch Netflix shows together, website coupons, and taking screenshots of a website," said Oliver Devane and Vallabh Chole, who are both researchers at McAfee. "The latter borrows several phrases from another popular extension called GoFullPage."
As for how prolific these fake extensions have been, users have downloaded them more than 1.4 million times, which doesn't bode well for their security or the security of the ecommerce platforms those 1.4 million users visited after downloading them.
Malicious apps and fake extensions are unfortunately all too common on the web nowadays, and the consequences for falling victim to these scams can be pretty dire. Fortunately, you don't have to be an expert to spot these nefarious apps and extensions, as there are a few key tips for keeping yourself safe online.
First off, take some time and research your apps. If you're downloading any third-party app that you aren't 100% sure is real, a cursory glance through the app reviews or even just the notes can give you a pretty good idea about whether or not it's safe to download. If you still aren't sure, a quick Google search for the extension or app name along with words like "scam" or "is fake" can give you all the information you need to keep yourself safe online.
Finally, there's a bevy of digital tools out there that can shore up your online security and keep you safe from hackers. Password managers, antivirus software, and VPNs are some of the most useful, protecting your data and sniffing out breaches to ensure you don't fall victim to one of these tragically convincing scams that trick so many unsuspecting users.
Conor Cawley Writer
Conor is the Lead Writer for Tech.co. For the last six years, he's covered everything from tech news and product reviews to digital marketing trends and business tech innovations. He's written guest posts for the likes of Forbes, Chase, WeWork, and many others, covering tech trends, business resources, and everything in between. He's also participated in events for SXSW, Tech in Motion, and General Assembly, to name a few. He also cannot pronounce the word "colloquially" correctly. You can email Conor at conor@tech.co.
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The mother of a severely autistic teenager who ran onto the road in front of oncoming traffic in Melbourne's west has praised the good Samaritans who stopped and saved her son from the "life-and-death situation".
One of the three men who went to Darcy Mills' aid had his new ute stolen as he was chasing the 14-year-old along busy Rosamund Road in Maidstone on Tuesday.
Jennifer Mills said her 14-year-old son Darcy sneaked out of the house before he jumped the fence at their home in West Footscray and fled down the street on Tuesday night.
Ms Mills said she did not realise Darcy had disappeared until a neighbour saw him running down the street and knocked on the door to tell her.
"He's just so quick and ambulant," she said. "Within a few seconds he was out of sight."
Ms Mills said she called the police, but by that time Darcy had already reached Maidstone.
He was sprinting through the middle of streaming peak-hour traffic, cars swerving and slamming on brakes to avoid him.
They kept him busy by throwing balls on a nearby tennis court while they waited for police to arrive.
"Fortunately some good Samaritans noticed him behaving oddly because he was weaving in and out of traffic and not noticing any of the traffic, and they stopped," she said.
"He's quite a big boy and a lot of people wouldn't have stopped. He looks normal but he doesn't have any road sense whatsoever and we are just so indebted to those guys."
When asked whether she believed those three men saved his life, Ms Mills said "absolutely, not a question in my mind."
"Cars were travelling at speed, he was in the middle of the road, I just can't imagine how he wouldn't have been hit," she said. "He just doesn't have that alertness to know that he might get hit by a car. It was a life-or-death situation."
Ms Mills said her home was modified for Darcy's special needs, but one of the locks wasn't completely deadlocked on Tuesday night, allowing him to escape outside.
"It was an oversight and it is so lucky a quick-thinking neighbour saw him," she said."But he is the master of escape. He has no physical disabilities so he was just off down the road as soon as he got out."
She said she was devastated to hear one of the good Samaritans had his ute stolen as he ran to rescue Darcy.
"Clearly [the thieves] were taking advantage," Ms Mills said. "There would have been a lot of fuss with what was going on ... but I'm more focused on the fellas who saved Darcy. They are the heroes for me."
The good Samaritan's ute– along with his house keys, wallet and laptop –were stolen.
The thieves managed to rack up a couple of thousand dollars worth of transactions before the man reported his cards stolen.
Ms Mills said the family was "frantic" during Darcy's disappearance. She described him as a gentle and loving boy.
"He is lovely, he's bubbly, he's affectionate ... but he's completely oblivious to any dangers of the world," she said. "He has the language of a two-year-old and he might look a bit scary but he's really just the most harmless and innocent boy."
Ms Mills said she hoped the incident would raise awareness about the plight of people with disablities and their families.
"It's really heartening for us as a family, just struggling away, to know there are good people out there willing to step up and take charge when something like this happens," she said.
"They just threw themselves in there to save him. They're just amazing people."
A 51-year-old North Melbourne man has been charged with two counts of theft of motor vehicle, theft from motor vehicle and four counts of obtain property by deception.
He has bailed to appear at the Melbourne Magistrates Court on April 12.
A 41-year-old man and a 34-year-old man, both from Maidstone, were also been arrested then released pending further inquiries.


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2 Stocks With Better Dividends Than NVIDIA Corporation
A paltry yield combined with a sky-high valuation makes NVIDIA a poor dividend stock.
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Jul 19, 2017 at 9:05AM
Graphics-chip company NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) isn't much of a dividend stock these days. A surging stock price over the past year has rendered the dividend almost inconsequential, with a yield of just 0.33%. On top of that lackluster dividend, shares trade for more than 60 times last year's earnings. Those are two good reasons for dividend investors to avoid the stock.
The story pushing NVIDIA stock into the stratosphere is the company's opportunity in artificial intelligence. NVIDIA's GPUs are being used in cloud data centers to accelerate AI workloads, and major automakers are using its chips to develop self-driving cars. At the same time, the core gaming business is booming, driven by strong sales of the GTX 1000 series graphics cards.
There are plenty of other companies investing in innovative technology, and some of them pay far better dividends than NVIDIA. Two prime examples are software giant Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and networking hardware giant Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO). Both stocks pay dividends that beat the S&P 500 in terms of yield, and both stocks trade at far lower valuations than NVIDIA. For dividend investors, choosing Microsoft or Cisco over NVIDIA is a no-brainer.
Shares of Microsoft have steadily risen over the past five years, gaining nearly 150% in that time. This has pushed the dividend yield, which was around 3% in early 2013, down to about 2.1% today. That still beats out the 1.9% yield provided by the S&P 500, but just barely.
A variety of devices running Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system. Image source: Microsoft.
Not too long ago, Microsoft was highly dependent on selling on-premises software like Windows and Office. Under the leadership of CEO Satya Nadella, who took the reins in early 2014, the company has shifted hard toward cloud computing and subscription software. Microsoft's Azure platform, widely recognized as the No. 2 player in the public cloud infrastructure market behind Amazon Web Services, is nearly doubling revenue on a year-over-year basis. Office 365, the subscription version of Office, now has 26.2 million consumer subscribers, and the commercial version grew revenue by 45% year over year during the latest quarter.
Microsoft has also become an innovative hardware company. It's line of premium surface tablets and laptops have proven popular, and the Surface Hub, an interactive TV-like computer aimed at conference rooms, is reportedly seeing strong demand. HoloLens, Microsoft's augmented-reality headset, along with its Windows Mixed Reality platform, have the potential to redefine computing. The smartphone was the last great shift, and Microsoft completely missed the boat. Not this time.
Even as Microsoft continues to shift its business toward cloud computing, subscription software, and innovative hardware, the company is producing a tremendous amount of free cash flow that should fuel a growing dividend. Microsoft's free cash flow totaled about $25 billion in fiscal 2016, with just shy of 45% of that going toward the dividend. That leaves plenty of room for the dividend to increase faster than earnings.
Microsoft stock isn't all that cheap, trading for 22 times the free cash flow and nearly 35 times GAAP earnings. But it's a bargain relative to NVIDIA, and its dividend is in an entirely different league.
Cisco's core business is selling ethernet switches and routers to large organizations. It's the dominant leader in both markets, but the rise of both cloud computing and software-defined networking has threatened its proprietary hardware empire.
Cisco Catalyst switches. Image source: Cisco Systems.
Cisco has taken a few steps to adapt and diversify. Software and services have become a major focus, particularly subscription software that produces recurring revenue. Nearly one-third of Cisco's revenue was recurring during the latest quarter. Cisco is also expanding smaller growth businesses, particularly security, which generated $1.6 billion of revenue through the first nine months of fiscal 2017, up 12% year over year.
Cisco isn't ignoring the core business. The company recently announced a new line of switches, the Catalyst 9000 series, which feature what Cisco calls "intent-based networking". Along with machine learning and analytics software, these new switches can manage millions of devices, automate routine tasks, and provide improved security. Nearly every major technology company is jumping on the machine learning and AI bandwagon, and Cisco is now joining the party.
As a dividend stock, Cisco offers a solid 3.5% yield. The company boosted its dividend by 11.5% earlier this year, and there's still room for more growth going forward. Based on the current dividend payment, about 47% of Cisco's free cash flow goes toward the dividend. Earnings won't need to grow all that fast for Cisco to continue growing the dividend at a double-digit rate, at least for the next few years.
Compared with both NVIDIA and Microsoft, Cisco stock is cheap. Even ignoring the net cash on the balance sheet, Cisco trades for about 12.5 times free cash flow and just shy of 15 times GAAP earnings. If you're looking for a high-yield technology stock with a valuation that won't make you wince, look no further than Cisco.
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'You're not cutting me out of that upside': Rapinoe, USWNT players upset with new NWSL pay guideline
Caitlin Murray
November 11, 2019, 7:10 PM UTC
Megan Rapinoe and her USWNT teammates aren't happy with one aspect of the NWSL's new compensation rules. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
It was a landmark announcement for the National Women's Soccer League. For the first time in the young league's history, it was introducing a new spending mechanism called allocation money, which would allow team owners to spend big on stars.
But when members of the U.S. Women's National team first saw the new compensation rules, something else also jumped out to them. It was a line that read: "Allocation money may not be used for Canadian or U.S. allocated players." In other words, USWNT players who committed themselves to the NWSL since its inception can't see a dime of the influx of cash.
Players on the USWNT quickly began messaging each other, raising questions about the new rules, which the league announced on Nov. 1.
"Immediately people were like, 'Um, you're telling me we're opening up the money but I'm stuck?'" Megan Rapinoe tells Yahoo Sports. "'We're gonna be here for seven years, and then you're gonna bring in whoever for $200K and I'm gonna be making what I'm making now?' It's just not fair."
It's not that Rapinoe or players on the USWNT don't support the changes, which should help the NWSL compete against leagues in Europe that have seen growing attendance, sponsorships and professionalism in recent years. Overall, USWNT players are glad that the NWSL has agreed to invest more in its players — but it shouldn't be to the exclusion of USWNT players.
"On one hand, do we need to pay players more? Yes," Rapinoe says. "Do we need to have the ability to get a Dzsenifer Marozsan, Eugenie Le Sommer, Lucy Bronze, Wendie Renard, and these types of players here? Yes, 100%. But you're not cutting me out of that upside.
"There has to be some sort of structure where teams are incentivized to pay their national team players or else that player gets to choose where they want to go," Rapinoe adds. "I don't know what the best option is, but I'll tell you what the best option is not: to do all of this behind closed doors, to not bring the national team players in at all. The best way is not to drop this on us and then, in the middle of the text, slip in that all national team players are excluded.
"I'm sorry, that's just so disrespectful and such a slap in the face to everything that we do to grow this sport in this country."
North Carolina Courage striker Jessica McDonald (14) and Chicago Red Stars midfielder Julie Ertz are two of the many USWNT players who ply their trade in the NWSL. (AP Photo/Karl B DeBlaker)
The new compensation structure, which was approved by the NWSL board of owners for the 2020 season, will allow teams to purchase up to $300,000 in allocation money to pay players above the maximum salary of $50,000. Additionally, allocation money can be traded, so teams could conceivably spend several hundred thousand dollars on a single star player if they wanted.
But USWNT players, who are prohibited from receiving allocation money under the new rules, will be stuck at a maximum salary of $77,500, with some USWNT players earning $72,500. That salary is paid by the U.S. Soccer Federation for USWNT players to be assigned NWSL teams as set by their collective bargaining agreement, which expires in 2021 and is currently the subject of a wage discrimination lawsuit.
As part of the CBA, the players earning separate national team salaries from U.S. Soccer are required to play in the NWSL — a deal USWNT players agreed to because they wanted a domestic league to grow and thrive.
In some cases, USWNT players committed themselves to the NWSL even though they could've earned more elsewhere. Rapinoe, for instance, earned the equivalent of around $170,000 per year in Lyon, and her club salary dropped to a fraction of that when the NWSL first launched and she left Lyon for the Seattle Reign.
In drafting the new rules, the NWSL competition committee set out to ensure the league would attract and retain certain types of players it struggled to get ahold of: big-name internationals who could earn huge paychecks in Europe, quality domestic players on the cusp of the USWNT, and draft picks who can often earn more going overseas because of the NWSL's low $20,000 minimum salary.
While the NWSL Players Association was in dialogue with the NWSL competition committee as changes were under consideration, and offered feedback that led to a new provision requiring year-round housing, the USWNT Players Association was not kept in the loop.
"When it was announced to the press, we had only heard what the rules were around allocation money a few hours prior," says USWNT PA director Becca Roux. "These rules are extremely positive for the league. I just wish our right, per the CBA, to have a seat at the table while they're developing these types of changes had been honored.
"We have already requested to get a copy of the rules, and we have asked as well to have a call to discuss the rules, and one of the things we will discuss is the restriction," she adds.
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Though the USWNT PA is still waiting for a response from the NWSL and U.S. Soccer as of Sunday night, she says, the union will likely be asking for removal of the allocation money restrictions on USWNT players.
"There is no team, no group of players, who is more committed to their sport than we are — stop cutting us out of the conversation," Rapinoe says. "We have a lot of really good ideas, we all want to be here, we all want to play in the league, we all want it to be better, we all want everyone else to be paid more, we all want there to be more money to bring better players in. So let's have the conversation."
The NWSL may soon find itself in a position where USWNT players are no longer guaranteed to stick around, and different mechanisms designed to keep those players will become a necessity.
Right now, USWNT players on a federation contract are only allowed to skip the NWSL for a single season. But the USWNT's current CBA expires in 2021, and multiple sources have indicated to Yahoo Sports that it is unlikely NWSL salaries or requirements will be part of the next CBA, especially since U.S. Soccer is expected to step away as the NWSL's operator at the end of the year.
On one hand, that would mean USWNT players could no longer be yanked way from their club teams outside FIFA dates and they would become direct employees of NWSL teams. On the other hand, NWSL teams would have to put up their own money to sign such high-caliber players.
Whether USWNT players are locked into playing in the NWSL or not, they are unquestionably the stars that have driven the league forward and will continue to do so. They are the players that fans are often attending games to see, and the players who tend to help teams win trophies.
But now, with allocation money being spent on only non-USWNT players, the new rules could create an imbalance where the most-talented and highest-drawing player on a given team isn't compensated according to her value.
"We're the best players on most of our teams and I think we should be compensated as such," Rapinoe says. "It's not fair that players on my team are making more than me. I'm sorry, it isn't. Sports are a meritocracy in that way, and we need to find a way to appropriately compensate our best and brightest and leave space to pay all the other players so much more because those players are the foundation of the league with us."
Caitlin Murray is a contributor to Yahoo Sports and her book about the U.S. women's national team, The National Team: The Inside Story of the Women Who Changed Soccer, is out now. Follow her on Twitter @caitlinmurr.
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The Noises is about a dog. Her name is Luna, and she lives in a fairly ordinary house with a fairly ordinary family (a grouchy Ma, a submissive Pa, a beloved Ellie Girl). However, we have not caught Luna on anything like an ordinary day. She's been locked into a room for unspeakable crimes regarding a chicken, while an argument rages between Ma and Ellie – about what she's wearing, when she'll be home, where exactly is she going anyway? Not unusual for a Friday night in a teenage household – but then Ellie doesn't come home. And the noises… they start getting louder.
Throughout the next hour and a half our experience is split in this way; noises seeping under the door – wine being poured ("Ah", nods Luna knowingly, "The red stuff"), phones ringing, and later more ominous soundings in the night – while we are locked in with Luna. We are forced in this way to experience the outside world, the Them world, in a kind of double-vision; the way that we understand it, and the way that Luna interprets it. It's clever and compelling – the idea of experiencing the world through a dog's eyes has been done before, but possibly never so well.
A lot of that is down to Amy McCallister. One (wo)man shows are hard because as a performer, you have to be constantly interesting, so people's attention doesn't start wandering. No such problem here; McCallister totters about the stage as Luna, shuffling nervously, or baring her teeth, funny, tragic, distressed – there are so many themes explored here, and McCallister transitions seamlessly between them. The physicality of her performance is unwavering and really serves to underline the canine nature of the character she is playing; she embodies Luna as a textured, multi-faceted character (and dog), and it's very impressive.
The dialogue plays its part too – it is lyrical, almost poetry, and an entirely unique voice for Luna. She describes her world to us in terms of Us and Them, adversarial due to her circumstances (rabbit-hunter, street dog, less-than-beloved pet), touching on themes of family (Pack), relationships with men (big-dicked labradoodles, teenage boys with the Stink), and motherhood. This is a mother-daughter play, a collaboration between TS Eliot Award shortlisted poet and playwright Jacqueline Saphra and director-dramaturg Tamar Saphra, and it comes through in waves. The relationship between Ma and Ellie (painful, fierce, loving), as well as the relationship between Luna and Ellie, Luna and humans in general – all echoing a bond, and asking a question. How far do you go for the people you love when the night is loud and full of noises?
Old Red Lion is a small space, and sometimes it can be hard to fit a big idea into that space. However, The Noises has the best set design I have ever seen at Old Red Lion – it's hard to describe why without getting spoiler-y but it conveys the feeling of claustrophobia and, later, fear incredibly effectively. So too the lighting – again without spoiling anything, it is integral to the atmosphere of the play, and is executed expertly.
The Noises opens on an empty stage, while McCallister narrates overhead. She describes the format of the play, her own techniques for making herself dog-like, the precise objects in the room (brown cushion, dog toy) as well as the sounds they make (untranslatable unfortunately). It's an audio description for the hearing impaired; not something I've ever seen before, but that I hope to see much more often.
My verdict? Funny, touching, fearful – an excellent, unmissable play.
The Noises runs at the Old Red Lion Theatre until 20 April 2019. Tickets are available online or from the box office.


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May 22, 2019 May 22, 2019 / By ventuslogistics / Cargo • International • Tariffs/	Laredo • NAFTA • US/ Mexico Trade/	0 Comments
Trade War Update: Port Of Los Angeles No Longer Top 'Port' — It's Laredo
The Port of Los Angeles is no longer the nation's leading port, further evidence that the U.S.-China trade war is scrambling the deck chairs of U.S. trade.
Laredo, a city of 260,000 hard on the U.S.-Mexico border, is.
In the month of March, the latest U.S. Census Bureau data available, Port Laredo's trade was $20.09 billion while trade through the Los Angeles port's was $19.66 billion. Laredo's trade was up 9.52% from February while the Port of Los Angeles' trade was down 10.01%.
Although it is just one month of trade, and although the Port of Los Angeles remains the nation's top-ranked port year-to-date among the more than 450 airports, seaports and border crossings, it is just one more sign that President Trump's efforts to force change in China's policies is having an impact.
In previous columns, I have written how China went from buying 57% of all U.S. soybeans to dropping 94.75% in one month. I have written about how China went from being the second-leading buyer of U.S. oil to buying none. I have written about how U.S. trade with China fell fasterearlier this year than at any time in at least 17 years. I have written that China now accounts for a lower percentage of U.S. imports than at any time since 2012. And I have written that Mexico is now the United States' leading trade partner, having replace China.
And now this.
At work, in part, is how important Mexico trade is to Laredo and how important China trade is to Los Angeles. Laredo, in particular.
No other port has handled more trade with one country than Laredo does with Mexico, more than $228 billion in 2018. That''s because last year and this year, Mexico has accounted for more than 97% of all Port Laredo trade.
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Border wait times swell amid customs officer shuffle to handle migrant crisis
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico - U.S. President Donald Trump hasn't followed through on his threat to shut the border with Mexico, but one crossing here that connects this Mexican city with Laredo, Texas provided a glimpse of the chaos and economic disruptions that it would likely ensue.
Lines of 18-wheeled semi-trucks carrying auto parts, produce and other goods for U.S. consumers and businesses stretched more than six miles into Mexico Wednesday after the Trump administration shifted Customs and Border Protection agents from Laredo and other Texas border crossings to El Paso and the Rio Grande Valley to deal with the flood of asylum seekers from Central America. Waits to cross the World Trade Bridge, which normally run 30 minutes, reached more than three hours.
The impact of the delays was being felt on both sides of the Rio Grande, with those who depend on U.S.-Mexico trade barely able to consider what would happen if the Trump closed the border. Ernesto Gaytan, president of the Laredo company Super Transport International, which has 200 trucks on the American side of the border and 300 more on the Mexican side, said he couldn't put a number on it, but knew the delays were costing him money. A complete border shutdown, he estimated, would cost his company $200,000 a day.
On the other side of the border, Roberto Hernandez was idling at the back of the line with hundreds of 18-wheelers ahead of him. Hernandez doesn't get paid by the hour, but rather by the number of loads he delivers.
Usually, he makes four cross-border runs a day, earning the equivalent of about $15 per load. But he was only able to make two trips on Tuesday and his is daily pay fell to $30 from $60.
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Mexico Trade Spurs Largest Regional Spec Build
Laredo, TX is the third largest port in the U.S. after Los Angeles, and New York City and 60% of U.S. / Mexico trade occurs in Laredo, TX. Last year trade in Laredo surpassed $300 billion. This robust trade has driven the need for the largest regional class-A industrial spec space to be developed. It is no wonder why international companies are looking to Laredo to establish logistics operations.
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Internationally renowned, contemporary British artist Lauren Baker announces the launch of The Colour Of Energy exhibition, to coincide with the opening of her brand new gallery and studio premises on Floral Street, Covent Garden.
Crowned as the 'Queen of Neon' by Le Cool and touted as 'One to Watch' by the Tate. Baker, a multidisciplinary artist represented by 15 galleries worldwide is best known for her neon work; using light to express her positive messages and raise the vibration of love and connection in the world.
Inspired by the Icelandic spectacle of the Aurora Borealis and subsequent research into aura energy colours, Lauren Baker presents The Colour Of Energy; a fully immersive, multi- sensory exhibition.
The artwork is presented in an experiential setting, transporting the viewer to an augmented reality. The collection of seven pieces, derived from research of the energy chakras, colour therapy and intuition, mix the mediums of refracted light, subtle sound and movement, unique textures and expressive digital painting.
The audience are invited to experience a metaphysical interpretation of unseen energy, both feeling and listening to the energetic vibrations of the art. The artist states, 'Everything has an energy and a frequency. We all have an energy or aura. I wish to visually and physically interpret unseen energy. These artworks are multi-sensory perceptions of energy'.
An aura photo machine will be present during 'The Colour Of Energy' exhibition where visitors can have their own aura photographed. Through a process that visually captures the electromagnetic energy given off by a person or an object, the viewer can see their own human atmosphere and personally experience the art of aura photography during this astounding exhibition.
Lauren Baker has created instillations at the V&A and Tate Britain, hosted art workshops at the Tate Modern and curated the windows of Selfridges. The opening on Floral Street will be the first opportunity for the artist to house and exhibit her collection under one roof over the next few months.
Set in the heart of Covent Garden, Floral Street became synonymous with creative talent after Paul Smith opened his first store on the same street back in the 1970s.
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Kanye West Airs Out Drake, Nick Cannon & Tyson Beckford For Anti-Kim Kardashian Comments
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Kanye West went on quite the Instagram tirade on Thursday (September 20). While walking down the street, he whipped out his phone and recorded four separate videos that took aim at Drake, Nick Cannon and Tyson Beckford.
'Ye was upset about some comments they made about his wife/reality television queen Kim Kardashian.
"I just wanted to express some things that were not sitting right with my spirit," Kanye begins. "Now that I'm up out the sunken place, I can just be 'Ye and express how I feel. There's a couple things that I want to address.
"First of all, I want to address Nick Cannon. I understand that you used to date my wife. But if you in an interview, don't mention my wife. If someone brings my wife up, say 'I respect that man, I'm not speaking on that.' Don't be making no suggestions like nobody fucked my wife."
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"The next thing is with Drake," he continues. "I told you that if I wasn't in a medicated state, I might have had the thoughts to say, 'Hey Pusha, don't diss Drake on my beat.' I spoke about that and took accountability for that … The fact that there's people making rumors or thinking that you fucked my wife and you not saying nothing and you carrying it like that? That don't sit right with my spirit."
'Ye goes on to explain that if he had a girlfriend with a similar name to Drake's imaginary wife, he wouldn't name a song "RiRi," a reference to Drake's "In My Feelings (KeKe Do You Love Me)" track.
"You too smart for that bro," he says. "You know where that comes from."
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In two other Instagram videos, 'Ye wraps up his Drake rant by saying he made sure it was cool with Travis Scott to use Kylie Jenner's name on his new track "XTCY," which is evidently the same kind of respect he demands from Drake.
"I hit Trav about the 'XTCY' record and made sure we was all good, that we know we family," he says. "I did tell you not to do that. Period. Don't speak on nobody from my family. Nothing that can be even mentioned with my wife. Period. We don't have to talk again. I'm giving no energy to that."
Finally, he gets to model/actor Tyson Beckford who — not too long ago — made some negative comments about Kardashian's appearance.
"As far as Tyson Beckford goes, don't speak on my wife bro," he says. "None of y'all speak on my wife, period. I'm married. We in love. We a family. It don't sit right with my soul. It don't sit right with my spirit. As men, y'all three come talk to me. Come holler at me. We'll work it out. We'll come to a resolution.
"It just don't sit right with me and I had to express it. Nick Cannon, Drake, Tyson Beckford, all the wasn't sitting right with me."


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Afghan Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwal said on Monday that the government had cut off its ties with the IMF for blocking a payment of $70 million following the near collapse of the country's largest private bank. Speaking to reporters in Kabul, Zakhilwal said that the ties were severed after the fund put forward "politically motivated" conditions for resolving the bank crisis. Problems surfaced last year when it was revealed that the bank gave billions of dollars in dubious loans to shareholders that include President Karzai's elder brother. Meanwhile, the IMF said that the decision to block the payment was made by trust fund donors due to uncertainty arising from the Kabul Bank scandal.
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After battling for three days, firefighters believe that they have the blazes on the Costa Blanca under control.
The fires in Jávea and Benitatxell are under control and those residents who were evacuated during Sunday and Monday have now been told that it is safe to return to their homes.
Authorities report that 812 hectares ( 2,006 acres) have been devastated between Jávea and Benitatxell before the fires were brought under control, although until the ashes have completely gone out there is still a risk of reignition.
Amazingly despite the close proximity of the blaze to built up areas only around 100 houses in wooded zones were affected by the wildfires, which are known to have been deliberately started.
Police are now hunting the arsonists and have a video taken by a resident from a fifth floor window that they believe may show the man responsible for starting at least one of the widfires leaving the area.
Meanwhile another wildfire that broke out on Monday in the Bolulla area and spread across the Sierra de Bernia is thought to have been started by a barbecue. It is still burning but is described as 'under control'.
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Here are a selction of images posted on social media that show the full extent of the devastation.
Firefighters had worked through the night to ensure the blaze didn't spread.
The local authorities will hold a meeting on Wednesday evening to call for the wildfire area to be declared an official disaster zone.