Oh that sounds great, but Jerry Blavatt's 40th anniversary of what? He's been around a LOT longer than that! LOL!!!!
True lol! Apparently he started doing these shows 40 years ago! The Geator with the heater... Whatever that means!
I listened to Jerry Blavat in the early 80's (Memories From Margate). He always talked through entire songs. It was a bit annoying.
Me too Johnny Raven. I listen to him in the mid 80s when I lived in Philly and worked in South Jersey. He was buddies with Little Nicky Scarfo back then.
My mother knew him back in the late 50's/early 60's. She made some funny comments about him (none that I can remember now).
Where is So. Jersey did you work? I grew up in Ventnor.
In Cherry Hill and in Marlton. I've been to Ventnor. My company at that time also had plants in Barrington and Berlin, NJ.
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Haaaaaaa,most of the old dj's talked through the songs,but made it work..i didn't have a problem with this tactic back in the day but i might now,funny how things change when you grow up!
Jerry Blavat, Butterball and Harvey Holiday were the best from that area.
I liked Hy Lit In Philly.
He had a show on "UHF", remember that?... and Brenda was a guest.
Yes! Yes! Yes! Don't forget Georgie Woods, Hi-Lyte and Mary Mason!
Was it broadcast out of Philly or Vineland, NJ?
Yes, he was great for many years.
We had our own Legendary Disc Jockeys in Detroit too. Shout out in memory of Frantic Ernie Durham!
Not sure Marv ... just remember how hard it was to get reception on my little black and white tv!
I know what you mean. I use to have that problem trying to watch Dark Shadows reruns on station out of Vineland NJ when I was living out in Valley Forge area.
...and Niagra Falls on WIBG, Joe Niagra.Blavat loved to "rap" through the records as they played over the radio.and don't forget WDAS with Jimmy Bishop and Georgie Woods.I was lucky enough to attend several shows at the Uptown Theatre as well as Georgie wood's Freedom shows at convention hall.
Oh yes. Wasn't Bishop/Woods involved in Barbara Mason's career?
Thanks for reporting the YouTube video of the Chantels. Great performance although I would have liked to see them face to face vs. sideways, but at any rate, what is shown is better than nothing.
Does anyone know if there are any YouTube videos of Kim Weston's performance at the show? What did she sing?


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Hembree Brandon | Jul 27, 2001
"We may end up with a bigger crop than '91," Buddy Cochran, president of the Mississippi Cotton Ginners Association, said at the summer meeting of the Southern Cotton Ginners Association (SCGA) at Biloxi, Miss.
"We had the largest acreage increase of any cotton belt state, with 1.7 million acres. We've had generally good weather, and thanks to the eradication program, the boll weevil has been almost non-existent. On the whole, we've got a good-looking crop."
Cochran said 81 percent of Mississippi's cotton is biotech varieties. "Sixty-one percent is stacked gene varieties, which is an increase from 36 percent previously."
Tim Turner, president of the Tennessee Cotton Ginners Association, said acreage is up 6 percent to7 percent, "and we've got a good boll set where we've had adequate rain - but rain has been spotty."
The boll weevil eradication program is going well, he said, with "very little activity."
In the northern part of the Missouri Bootheel, cotton that was planted early and got rain "looks very good," said Allen Williams, president of the Arkansas-Missouri Cotton Ginners Association. "In the middle and southern areas, rain has been spotty.
"Irrigated cotton is looking very good; non-irrigated that hasn't had rain is looking half-bale-ish. Dryland cotton is going to need rain soon, or it will be in trouble."
Curtis Stewart, vice president of the Arkansas-Missouri association, said the state has 15 percent to 20 percent more cotton acres than last year.
"Overall, it looks good and we're about on course in terms of crop progress and development."
Bobby Todd, president of the SCGA and the Louisiana Cotton Growers Association, said "the next two or three weeks will determine what kind of crop Louisiana will have.
"The area north of I-20 is dry, but the rest of the state is in good shape. Boll weevils are non-existent. We need some rain to finish out the crop - but there's going to be a lot of cotton, regardless."
And that prospect for a large crop is a concern for the U.S. cotton industry, said James Echols, president of Hohenberg Cotton Co. and chairman of the National Cotton Council.
"With 2001 crop projections of over 19 million bales, coupled with reduced domestic offtake, we must raise exports significantly to avoid an ending stocks number that could exceed 7 million bales," he said.
With the U.S. textile industry fighting for its survival, Echols said, and a gross disparity in monetary exchange rates favoring Asian nations and unleashing a flood of textile/apparel imports, there is a greater need for effective trade policies and export enhancement programs.
"Along with negotiating the best possible farm policy, these areas will need to be dealt with effectively for both the short and long term viability of the cotton industry."
The council's priorities for the trade title of the new farm bill include:
•Maintaining cotton's competitiveness provisions.
• Insuring that new trade agreements are favorable to U.S. cotton and that existing regional trade agreements are effectively implemented.
•Maintaining effective export assistance programs, including the Export Credit Guarantee program.
• Insuring that China's compliance with its trade commitments is monitored and enforced.
• Working for a new World Trade Organization agreement that improves the competitive position of cotton.
"Our industry is committed to a strategic approach to trade and trade negotiations that evaluates new proposals based on their overall impact on our industry," Echols said.
While he said the council will work "to steer the negotiations in a direction that will provide the most benefit to our industry," he noted that the Bush Administration "has so far made it clear it is committed to significant trade liberalization. Our industry must, therefore, concentrate on enhancing our ability to compete."
He said steps "must be taken to stop the bleeding in the domestic textile industry, and it is of critical importance that we find an effective way to deal with monetary exchange rates."
The U.S. cotton industry is "evolving into a more efficient sector than ever before," Echols said. "Competition domestically and abroad has led us to develop new marketing approaches, new ginning technology, new trading relationships, and innovative production practices.
"We will need all of this innovation and efficiency along with an adequate level of government support to turn the corner and regain our profitability."
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Sarah Kemsley
Sarah spent many years working in the dive, snorkel and tourism industry before return to the UK to co found Snorkel Venture. Over a period of 8 years round the world locations included Fiji, Belize and Mexico alongside much of south east Asia including Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia with over 3000 dives to her belt. As a co founder of Dive Safari Asia she also acted as a tour leader on overland tours through remote Sumatra and various locations in Indonesia. Now based in UK Sarah manages the financial side of the companies and product development.
Ben left the UK in 2002 and worked as a dive & snorkel guide for 10 years, clocking up over 4000 dives and many hours in remote locations with just a mask and snorkel. He has headed up dive teams on liveaboards and for various high end operators across 4 continents including Asia, Australasia, Africa & Caribbean. In 2008 alongside Sarah he launched Dive Safari Asia (our sister company) and more recently Snorkel Venture. Ben still likes to be the first to see the destinations we offer so regularly heads off on exploratory trips, whilst not in the water he oversees the day to day running of the business and loves telling people about his latest findings.
Bernita Lewin
OPERATIONS MANAGER AND TOUR LEADER
Bernita is our supreme tour leader, manager of operations and all round logistics super star. After meeting Ben and Sarah at a dive school in Malaysia in 2005 she went on to manage numerous dive operations across the Asian continent before joining back up with us in 2016. With expert knowledge across Indonesia and Philippines she continues to lead many trips including to Papua New Guinea and Palau as well as overseeing our complete tour logistics across both Dive Safari Asia and Snorkel Venture.
Maggie Russell
A keen diver, snorkeler and all round underwater lover Maggie's experience in UK club diving logistics meant she was a perfect fit for Dive Safari Asia & Snorkel Venture. Maggie joined the team in 2013 as tour leader and has since taken clients to Raja Ampat, Sulawesi, Maldives, Komodo & Alor. With a passion for underwater photography and an interest in weird and wonderful marine life Maggie loves to explore remote parts of Indonesia.
Paul "Duxy" Duxfield
Tour leader, photography instructor
"Duxy" has developed the knack for sharing his knowledge and helping demystify photography for many, using humour and anecdotes to deliver the information. He has already escorted more than 40 international water based tours, and is as happy dealing with a GoPro or compact camera as he is with those shooting with high end underwater photography kit.
He is available with unbiased advise on appropriate equipment and offers many tips about gear setup, maintenance, shooting and editing.
He loves the quirkier side of marine biology too and has a couple of new talks up his sleeve looking at the fascinating world that us divers regularly encounter.
Gill McDonald
With three decades of diving and snorkeling, two with camera in hand, Gill McDonald is a veteran underwater photographer. Gill's photos and articles are regularly published in marine media, and she is also inspiring a new generation of underwater shooters with her tailor-made underwater photography workshops and courses. After three and a half years teaching in North Sulawesi, Indonesia and Anilao, Philippines she is now teaching in Grand Cayman in the Caribbean. In whatever way your path might cross with hers, you can be very certain that you'll gain from her infectious enthusiasm for the beautiful world beneath the waterline and her detailed knowledge of how best to capture that beauty in an image.
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Emma Farrell is one of the world's leading freediving instructors and the author of the stunning book One Breath: A Reflection on Freediving. She has been freediving since 2001 and teaching since 2002.
Emma is a founding member of the AIDA Education Commission and has written courses that are taught internationally. She chaired the British Freediving Association for two years, oversaw the design and construction of the freediving platform at Vobster Quay and co-wrote the world's first freediving logbook. She is also an AIDA judge and has competed in many international Apnea competitions.
Emma speaks about freediving internationally and has appeared numerous times on television. She is also the freediving consultant for Blue Abyss, the world's largest pool and astronaut training facility.
Charlie Knights
Charlie joined the team in 2018 after 10 years in the luxury and adventure travel sector. He has developed a vast level of experience of customising and delivering seamless travel experiences to some of the quirkiest corners of the planet.
He is also a lover of the great outdoors. A passionate snorkeller and keen adventure traveller. He also has an addiction to endurance running which has grown over the years and has now recently completed his 21st Ultra-marathon. He first met Ben on a dive trip in Papua New Guinea.
Crystal Kennard
Crystal has a decade of diving and snorkeling experience, having worked in dive resorts all over the world. More recently Crystal spent 5 years in the Philippines where she managed a dive and snorkel operation on Malapascua Island. She has vast knowledge of marine life and is an enthusiastic photographer and Freediver. Crystal is a senior sales assistant and much-loved tour leader with a keen interest in travel throughout the Coral Triangle.
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Alex Lindbloom is an award winning photographer and videographer and freelance photo journalist originally from The USA. Since 2010 he has lived and worked in Asia, including Thailand and Malaysian Borneo. For the last five years has lived and worked full-time on a boat in Indonesia. His images have been featured in Discovery Channel and are regular features in various dive magazines and assortment of online publications. He in experienced tour leader, expert photographer and videographer and all-round good guy.
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Storyteller, Kate Wilhelm
Small Beer Press, 2005, 190 pages, US$16.00 tpb, ISBN 1-931520-16-X
If you're not familiar with the subculture of Science Fiction writing, it can be difficult to explain the reputation that the Clarion Writers' Workshop enjoys within the SF community. Clarion was the first big SF writing workshops for neophytes, and still remains (even after its mitosis into Clarion East and Clarion West) one of the finest. For six weeks, a small community of aspiring writers congregates in a campus, living as a group and spending their time either writing short fiction or critiquing the work of their fellow participants. It's an intense experience: imagine living and breathing genre fiction for six weeks with little pause for anything else. (Now imagine the let-down of a return to normal life, and understand why a web search for "Post-Clarion Stress Syndrome" will net a dozen hits) Nearly every Clarion participant emerges from the experience a much better writer, which testifies about the workshop's effectiveness.
Since the beginning of the workshop, dozens of the genre's best writers have been to Clarion, many of them returning to teach a few years later. The program now benefits from academic sponsorship, widespread recognition and institutional respectability. But it wasn't always so, and part of Kate Wilhelm's Storyteller describes how the Clarion workshops developed from humble beginnings and through some rocky years. The other part of Storyteller is a compendium of Wilhelm's writing advice, distilled from numerous Clarion workshops and her own considerable experience writing in and out of genre fiction.
The impatient will turn to the penultimate chapter, "Notes and Lessons on Writing", as a handy summary of the writing advice offered through the book. How and where to begin a story, how to realize characters; how to describe setting; how to develop a plot. Wilhelm explains the distinction between the various forms of stories and takes some time in exploring the means and meaning of living like a writer. It's simultaneously simple and complex writing advice. Simple, because it can be boiled down to a few pages of self-evident advice. Complex, because these axioms were derived from years of experience, and numerous attempts in finding out what works. We're left with the results, but the proofs are left to the students.
Veteran of how-to-write books may not find anything startlingly new here, but it doesn't matter as much as you think: the basics of writing are universal, and Wilhelm's voice is entertaining enough that she's captivating even when explaining the obvious difference between a novel and a short story.
But there's also the historical-Clarion side of the book to consider. For some students of the genre, this is the part of Storyteller that makes the book worth its price. Wilhelm and her husband Damien Knight were, for decades, the backbone of the Clarion Writers' Workshop. Storyteller is her memoir of life at Clarion, through cohorts of students, evolving teaching methods and variously supportive environments (for a few years, Clarion students were so rowdy that the workshop was never allowed to take place more than once at the same place).
For fans of the genre, anecdotes about budding writers are what makes Storyteller sparkle. Page 151 alone is crammed with affectionate memories: "Ted Chiang, quiet and mostly silent, who never missed a word or a nuance… Kim Stanley Robinson, already deeply serious, and George Alec Effinger, who never was… Lucius Shepherd, a mobile disaster zone… Robert Crais, as debonair and handsome then as he still is." (Yes, that Robert Crais went to Clarion.) More interesting are the unnamed participants, those who fell by the wayside and were never nominated for Hugo awards: "the woman who seduced everything that moved, then apologized to the director because she had run out of time before getting to him." [P.152] (Well, I'm assuming she was never nominated for a Hugo.)
Those moments, the water-gun fights and concerns about places to eat, the story of "The Red Line of Death" and dormitory troubles, are what sets Storyteller from other books, and possibly why the book earned Wilhelm a Hugo Award in 2006 for best related non-fiction book. It's a short but perfectly enjoyable read from the fine folks at Small Beer Press, who continue to publish quirky books that may not have much of a chance otherwise. If you can't make it to Clarion, have a look at this book. It's decades of writing advice and experience compressed in less than two hundred pages.
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(June 11, 2013)
In the first prospective study of its kind, Seaver Autism Center researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai provide new evidence of the severity of intellectual, motor, and speech impairments in a subtype of autism called Phelan-McDermid Syndrome (PMS). The data are published online in the June 11 issue of the journal Molecular Autism.
Mutation or deletion of a gene known as SHANK3 is one of the more common single-gene causes of autism spectrum disorders and is critical to the development of PMS, a severe type of autism. To date, clinicians have relied on case studies and retrospective reviews of medical records to understand the features of this disorder and how the clinical presentation relates to the extent of the genetic changes in the SHANK3 region. In the first systematic and comprehensive prospective trial, researchers led by Alex Kolevzon, MD, Clinical Director of the Seaver Autism Center, under the direction of Joseph Buxbaum, PhD, Director of the Seaver Autism Center, enrolled 32 participants with SHANK3 deletions to comprehensively assess their clinical symptoms and examine how the size of the SHANK3 deletion correlated to those symptoms.
"Previous studies have not utilized prospective assessments to understand Phelan-McDermid Syndrome, and the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder has never been examined using gold-standard instruments" said Dr. Kolevzon. "There is no established standard for assessing this type of autism, and our study provides important guidance in developing such a standard."
Of the 32 patients enrolled, 84 percent met criteria for an autism spectrum disorder. Seventy-seven percent of patients exhibited severe to profound intellectual disability, with 19 percent using some form of verbal communication. Other common features included low muscle tone, gait disturbance, and seizures. The researchers also found that patients who had larger SHANK3 deletions had more severe disease.
"Our findings provide additional evidence of the significant impairment associated with SHANK3 deficiency," said Dr. Kolevzon. "Also, knowing how large the deletion of the SHANK3 gene is may have important implications for medical monitoring and individualizing treatment plans. Results also provide much-needed guidance in developing a standardized methodology for evaluating the features of this disorder."
Many of the patients who participated in this study were next enrolled in a clinical trial at Mount Sinai evaluating Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1), a commercially available compound for growth deficiency that is known to promote nerve cell survival as well as synaptic maturation and plasticity. The primary aim of the study is to target core features of PMS, including social withdrawal and language impairment, which will be measured using both behavioral and objective assessments. The clinical studies with IGF-1 were supported by studies in a genetically modified mouse with a mutation in SHANK3. These studies, carried out by Dr. Ozlem Bozdagi Gunal of the Seaver Autism Center, carefully examined brain function in the mice when SHANK3 was mutated, and provided preclinical evidence for a beneficial effect of IGF-1. These studies were reported the April 27 issue of Molecular Autism.
"The Seaver Autism Center has the unique capacity to evaluate autism spectrum disorders on both the molecular level and the clinical level," said Dr. Buxbaum. "This capability puts us in a unique position to see the entire picture—the connection between genetics and behavior in these disorders—and to develop new treatments and better tailor existing ones for these children."
To learn more about the Seaver Autism Center, visit http://icahn.mssm.edu/research/centers/seaver-autism-center.
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The Mount Sinai Hospital, founded in 1852, is a 1,171-bed tertiary- and quaternary-care teaching facility and one of the nation's oldest, largest and most-respected voluntary hospitals. In 2012, U.S. News & World Report ranked The Mount Sinai Hospital 14th on its elite Honor Roll of the nation's top hospitals based on reputation, safety, and other patient-care factors. Mount Sinai is one of just 12 integrated academic medical centers whose medical school ranks among the top 20 in NIH funding and by U.S. News & World Report and whose hospital is on the U.S. News & World Report Honor Roll. Nearly 60,000 people were treated at Mount Sinai as inpatients last year, and approximately 560,000 outpatient visits took place.
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August 2018 Noteworthy Case
June 13, 2019 | Newsletter
MASSACHUSETTS – Letters that accompanied a thermal energy provider's quarterly tax payments did not satisfy statutory requirement of filing an abatement application
Veolia Energy Boston, Inc., appealed from the Appellate Tax Board's granting of a motion to dismiss its appeal from the denial of its application for abatement of personal property assessed for fiscal year 2015. Veolia operates a steam manufacturing and distribution system that provides thermal energy to customers in the city of Boston. The system consists of boilers, a network of pipes, and appurtenant equipment located throughout the city. Previously, in 2014, when Veolia was assessed a personal property tax of approximately $2 million on its machinery and equipment, it had timely filed an application for abatement on the basis that it was exempt from paying personal property tax on all manufacturing machinery, including all components of its systems, because it was classified as a manufacturing corporation by the Commissioner of Revenue. The Assessor denied the application for abatement, and Veolia successfully appealed to the Tax Board, which concluded that the property at issue was exempt. Meanwhile, Veolia again was assessed a tax for fiscal year 2015, approximately $2.2 million, on the same machinery and equipment. Veolia timely paid each installment of the tax due in quarterly payments, accompanied by a letter addressed to the "City of Boston Collector of Taxes" noting that it had "filed a Petition under Formal Procedure with the Appellate Tax Board [for fiscal year 2014], the outcome of which may affect the tax assessment for this period and others."
The deadline for filing an abatement application for fiscal year 2015 was February 6, 2015. On May 14, 2015, Veolia received notification that the assessors "[had] no record of a Fiscal '15 abatement [application] being filed," to which it responded that the 2014 Petition [application for abatement] would apply to all tax years, including [fiscal year] 2015." Thereafter, on May 28, 2015, Veolia filed an abatement application with the assessors for fiscal year 2015 on State Tax Form 128, a form approved by the Commissioner. The Assessors denied the application as untimely filed, and Veolia appealed to the Tax Board.
Prior to the hearing before the Tax Board, the Assessors filed a motion to dismiss Veolia's appeal on the grounds that the Tax Board lacked jurisdiction because Veolia's abatement application had not been filed within the time period prescribed by the statute. Veolia opposed the motion, contending that its letter to the tax collector dated January 21, 2015, which accompanied its third quarterly tax payment, constituted a valid abatement application because it had provided notice to the Assessors of Veolia's challenge to the assessed tax and had incorporated by reference the application for abatement for fiscal year 2014. According to Veolia, the abatement application filed on May 28, 2015, was merely a "protective" filing because, if its then-pending appeal from the assessors' denial of its fiscal year 2014 abatement application was successful (as turned out to be the case at the Tax Board, but as to which judicial review remains pending), the Tax Board's decision that the property is exempt from taxation would be binding on subsequent tax assessments. The Tax Board agreed with the Assessors and dismissed Veolia's appeal.
The Appellate Court affirmed, reasoning that Veolia had failed to satisfy the statute's jurisdictional requirements in three respects, any one of which would warrant dismissal of its appeal. First, Veolia's January 21, 2015, letter to the tax collector did not constitute an "[application] in writing to the Assessors." Second, that letter was not "a form approved by the commissioner." And third, while the abatement application filed on May 28, 2015, was submitted on State Tax Form 128, a form approved by the Commissioner, it was nonetheless filed more than three months after the deadline of February 6, 2015.
Veolia Energy Boston, Inc. v. Board of Assessors of Boston, — N.E.3d —- , 95 Mass. App. Ct. 26 (Mass. App. Ct., March 8, 2019).
MINNESOTA – Tax Court is bound by Rule 8100, which requires use of both the cost and income approaches in the valuation of utilities, including pipeline systems, even where the Tax Court believes it will result in an inaccurate valuation 1
Enbridge Energy challenged the Commissioner of Revenue's valuation of its petroleum pipeline system for property taxes payable in 2013, 2014, and 2015. The Tax Court consolidated the cases for trial and concluded that the Commissioner had overvalued Enbridge's pipeline system for all three years, issued a new valuation for all three years, and ordered the Commissioner and Enbridge to "discuss procedures for addressing the method by which the Court should allocate" the pipeline system's unit value between Minnesota and other states.
In determining the value of the Enbridge pipeline system, the Tax Court rejected both the sales comparison approach and the cost approach. The cost approach is explicitly used in Minnesota Rule 8100, an administrative rule adopted by the Commissioner to guide the valuation of utilities, including pipeline systems. But the Tax Court concluded that it was not bound by Rule 8100 in determining market value, because the formula in the Rule applied only to the Commissioner in her valuation of the pipeline system.
Having rejected the cost approach, the Tax Court applied the income approach to valuation, setting the unit value of the pipeline system for the three years at issue. The Tax Court declined, however, "to allocate [the] system unit value between Minnesota and other states," because the Court said it was not limited to the formula the Commissioner used under Rule 8100 and because it had not utilized the cost approach, which therefore rendered the allocation formula in Rule 8100 unworkable. The Tax Court therefore "invited the parties to submit proposals for allocating" the system unit value.
The Commissioner objected to the Tax Court's conclusion that it was not bound by Rule 8100 when valuing a pipeline system and in allocating system unit value, and filed a timely petition for discretionary review. The Minnesota Supreme Court granted her petition.
The Supreme Court began by summarizing the administrative procedure for assessment and taxation of pipeline systems in Minnesota. Generally, property tax is assessed in Minnesota by local taxing authorities. The Minnesota Legislature has created several exceptions, one of which is the valuation of pipeline systems. By statute, the Commissioner must annually list and assess "[t]he personal property, consisting of the pipeline system of mains, pipes, and equipment attached thereto, of pipeline companies and others engaged in the operations or business of transporting products by pipelines." The Commissioner then must provide this list and assessment to the various taxing jurisdictions in which the property "is usually kept"—that is, through which the pipeline runs. Instead of providing an individualized valuation, the Commissioner assesses pipeline property as a whole, using the unit-rule method.
The Legislature has given the Commissioner considerable authority to make administrative rules, and a validly adopted administrative rule becomes a part of the statute under which it is adopted. Pursuant to her rule-making authority, the Commissioner promulgated Rule 8100, regarding ad valorem taxes for utilities, including pipeline systems. Under the Rule, valuation and allocation is a four-step process. First, the Commissioner must "establish [. . .] an estimate of the unit value for each utility company." Next, the "resulting valuation is allocated to each state in which the utility company operates." The Commissioner then subtracts from Minnesota's allocation the "value of property located in Minnesota that is exempt from property tax or that is locally assessed." Finally, the Commissioner apportions the remaining allocation "to the various taxing districts" in which the pipeline property is located.
In establishing unit value, Rule 8100 calls for an equal weighting of the cost and income approaches. If the Commissioner concludes "the market indicator can be quantified, is reliable, and is indicative of value for a company," she may include it, but its weight cannot exceed five percent. The Commissioner is also able to make weighting adjustments for obsolescence and other indicators of value, so long as she "state[s] in writing the findings that necessitate deviation from the default weightings. . . ." The allocation equation, however, relies primarily on cost factors. In addition to allowing for discretion in the elements of the valuation formula, the Rule also includes a general reservation of the right for the Commissioner "to exercise discretion whenever the circumstances of a valuation estimate dictate the need for it."
The Supreme Court observed that Rule 8100 is binding on the Tax Court, which is not free to ignore it. In this case, the Tax Court erroneously concluded that it "was not bound by Rule 8100 in determining market value," for two reasons. First, the Tax Court implied that the formula provided by Rule 8100—the use of which, the Tax Court noted, was made necessary by the Commissioner's "limited staff and limited expertise" and the statutory time constraints under which the Commissioner must assess pipeline property—was likely to lead to an incorrect valuation, whereas the Tax Court's proceedings, which it asserted are free of such constraints, would not. Second, the Tax Court concluded that, because the text of Rule 8100 is "directed solely to the Commissioner" rather than to the Tax Court, it "cannot make Rule 8100 applicable to the Tax Court simply by substituting 'Tax Court' for 'Commissioner,' at least not without violating the principles of statutory interpretation."
The Supreme Court observed that it had rejected the Tax Court's first reason in a prior decision. The Tax Court's second reason, said the Court, misapprehends the role of the Tax Court. It is true that the Rule as promulgated by the Commissioner speaks of actions the Commissioner must take in fulfilling her duty to determine market value. If a taxpayer objects to the Commissioner's valuation, it is the duty of the Tax Court to determine whether the Commissioner has correctly valued property pursuant to the relevant statutes and rules. If the Tax Court concludes that the Commissioner has not correctly valued the property, the Tax Court must then do so itself, pursuant to those same statutes and rules. Rule 8100 applies not only to the Commissioner but also—"by extension"—to the Tax Court. Accordingly, said the Court, the Tax Court is bound by Rule 8100, and it erred by concluding otherwise.
Commissioner of Revenue v. Enbridge Energy, LP, , 923 N.W.2d 17 (Minn. Sup. Ct., Feb. 13, 2019).
1 Reversing a decision reported in our December 2018 newsletter – Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership v. Commissioner of Revenue (Minn. Tax Reg. Division, May 1, 2018) 2018 WL 2106421, Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership v. Commissioner of Revenue (Minn. Tax Reg. Division, May 15, 2018) 2018 WL 2325404.
ARIZONA – Court of Appeals holds that unless the Legislature indicates otherwise, the law governing the valuation method and classification of property for property tax purposes is the law in effect on the valuation date
Siete Solar and several other companies operate electric generation facilities in Arizona that use renewable energy equipment. As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, they received either an investment tax credit or a cash grant in lieu of the credit for a portion of the costs to build their respective facilities.
On or before August 31 of each year, the Department of Revenue must determine the final valuation of taxable renewable energy equipment as it existed on January 1 of the same year, the "valuation date." The final valuation is then used to assess the tax for the upcoming year, the "tax year." In February of each year, the Department provides a form to facility owners requesting information necessary for the valuation of the property. The Department then calculates the value of renewable energy equipment pursuant to A.R.S. § 42-14155 and A.R.S. § 42-14156. Before an amendment in 2014, A.R.S. § 42-14155(B) directed the Department to value renewable energy equipment at "twenty per cent of the depreciated cost of the equipment," but provided no definition of "cost."
In 2013, Siete Solar and the other companies each submitted an annual report to the Department for the 2014 tax year reporting the cost of their facilities. Their respective reports calculated the cost of the energy equipment by subtracting the amount received in tax incentives from the actual cost. However, the Department disallowed the deducted tax-incentive amounts before applying the valuation method to determine the properties' full cash value. The Department's refusal to deduct the tax-incentive amounts from the actual cost increased the taxpayers' tax liability. They appealed to the State Board of Equalization, which upheld the Department's final valuation. They then appealed the Board's decision to the Tax Court.
In 2014, while their appeals were pending, the Arizona legislature enacted an amendment to A.R.S. § 42-14155 that altered the valuation method by specifically allowing taxpayers to deduct tax incentives from the cost of renewable energy equipment. Because the 2014 Amendment did not contain an emergency provision or a retroactivity clause, it became effective on July 24, 2014, the general effective date for legislation enacted during the 2014 session. Eventually, the 2014 tax year dispute resulted in an appeal to the Court of Appeals. On appeal, Siete Solar and the other companies argued that the 2014 Amendment should apply to their 2014 tax year appeal because it became effective before the taxes in question were actually assessed.
In August 2014, while the dispute over the 2014 tax year valuations continued, the Department issued the final valuations for the 2015 tax year. Siete Solar and the other companies had again reported their cost as the actual cost minus the tax incentives. The Department, applying the pre-amended version of A.R.S. § 42-14155, disallowed the tax incentive amounts to be deducted from the actual costs before computing the taxpayers' final valuations. They appealed the 2015 final valuations and moved for summary judgment, asserting the Department was obligated to use the valuation method prescribed in the 2014 Amendment for their final valuations. The Tax Court dismissed the taxpayers' appeal of the final valuations for the 2014 tax year on the basis of a related decision in a prior case and denied the taxpayers' motion for summary judgment on their challenge to the final valuations for the 2015 tax year.
On appeal, Siete Solar and the other companies contended that the Tax Court misapplied the law by refusing to apply the 2014 Amendment to the final valuations for the 2015 tax year. They claimed that the Legislature intended for the 2014 Amendment to apply to the 2015 tax year, and that the principles of retroactivity need not apply because the 2014 Amendment was enacted before the Department set the final valuations for the 2015 tax year. They argued that A.R.S. § 42-14153(C) "merely fixed the date the parties must use to determine full cash value." According to them, the Legislature may change the valuation method at any time during the valuation year and the application of the new valuation method to property—as it existed on the valuation date—is not a retroactive application of the law. The Court of Appeals disagreed, affirming the Tax Court's decision and holding that unless the Legislature indicates otherwise, the law governing the valuation method and classification of property for property tax purposes is the law in effect on the valuation date.
Siete Solar, LLC v. Arizona Department of Revenue, 2246 Ariz. 146, 435 P.3d 1052 (Ariz. Ct. App., Jan. 29, 2019).
NORTH CAROLINA – Equipment used "directly and exclusively for the conversion of solar energy to electricity" was tax exempt under N.C. General Statutes § 105-275(45), even though under construction
Following hearings before the Alamance County Board of Commissioners, Snow Camp and eight other solar energy providers received notice that the decision of the Board was to deny their requests for 2016 tax exemptions on solar energy electric equipment. They appealed the decisions to the North Carolina Property Tax Commission, and the appeals were consolidated.
The taxpayer solar companies and the Counties filed cross motions for summary judgment. The Property Tax Commission, sitting as the State Board of Equalization and Review, granted summary judgment in favor of solar companies, giving partial tax-exempt status to partially constructed solar energy equipment. The order was predicated on the conclusion that the partially constructed equipment satisfied the statutory definition for tax exemption set forth in General Statutes § 105-275 (granting a property tax exclusion for "equipment used directly and exclusively for the conversion of solar energy to electricity"). The Counties appealed.
Both the taxpayers and the Counties acknowledged before the Property Tax Commission that construction of the respective solar energy systems was completed during the 2016 calendar year. But on the tax assessment date, January 1, 2016, the taxpayers' respective solar energy systems were all under construction. The Counties contended that because the taxpayers' solar energy systems were under construction on January 1, 2016, they were not "used" for the conversion of solar energy to electricity on the assessment date, and thus, the taxpayers' solar energy systems were not eligible for tax exemption under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-275(45). The Court of Appeals agreed with the taxpayers. Relying on Seminary, Inc. v. Wake Cty., 251 N.C. 775, 782, 112 S.E.2d 528, 533 (1960), which held that real property on which a cafeteria was being constructed for the benefit of an adjacent seminary was exempt from taxation, the Court of Appeals affirmed the Property Tax Commission's decision.
Matter of Snow Camp LLC, 821 S.E.2d 489 (N.C. Ct. App., Nov. 20, 2018).
OREGON – "New property" exception to Article XI § 11 of the Oregon Constitution, which provides that the assessed value of a unit of property in any given year cannot exceed the previous year's assessed value by more than three percent, does not apply to property previously subject to, but not subjected to, central assessment
DISH, a satellite television provider, filed complaints against the Oregon Department of Revenue, objecting to the switch from local assessment to central assessment of its property, which resulted in a 100 percent increase over the prior year's assessment. The Department of Revenue maintained that central assessment was required because DISH was using its property in a "communication" business, citing ORS § 308.515(1)(h), which states that property used in certain businesses, including "communication" businesses, shall be centrally assessed by the Department of Revenue. Although DISH was forced to concede defeat on that issue based on an intervening decision by the Oregon Supreme Court in DIRECTV, Inc. v. Dept. of Rev., 360 Or. 21, 377 P.3d 568 (2016), DISH further claimed that the drastic increase in the assessed value of its property starting in the 2009-10 tax year violated "Measure 50" (Article XI § 11 of the Oregon Constitution, which provides that the assessed value of a unit of property in any given year cannot exceed the previous year's assessed value by more than three percent). The Department argued that because DISH's property had been newly added to the central assessment rolls in 2009, the property fell into an exception to the three-percent cap on increases in assessed value for "new property or new improvements to property" (Or. Const., Art. XI § 11(1)(c)(A)). The statutes implementing the constitutional provision define "new property or new improvements" to include "the addition of . . . property to the property tax account" (ORS § 308.149(5)(a)(C)). The Tax Court rejected the Department's "new property" theory and held that the Department's assessments of DISH's property in the tax years after 2008-09 were unconstitutional.
The Department appealed that decision on the basis that the "new property" exception applies, and the Supreme Court agreed. The Court framed the issue as a potential conflict between two legal constructs—the statutory requirement that certain types of businesses be centrally assessed under ORS §§ 308.505 to 308.665, and the limitations on the assessed value of property set out in Article XI § 11 of the Oregon Constitution and its implementing statutes. The Court said the primary question was whether a taxpayer's property that is moved from local to central assessment falls into the exception for "new property or new improvements to property" set out in Measure 50 and its implementing statutes. That is, does the term "new property or new improvements" in those contexts refer only to property that was created or acquired by a taxpayer in the year before the current assessment year, or can it refer to property that is new to an assessment roll (or to a property tax account on an assessment roll), based on a decision by the taxing authority?
After examining the statutory scheme and the intent of the framers of Measure 50, the Court concluded that, for purposes of both ORS Chapter 308 and Measure 50, the exception for "new property or new improvements" pertains when an assessor lawfully adds real or personal property that has not previously been assessed to a property tax account, as well as when the Department adds property previously assessed under a different account to a new account on the central assessment roll. The Court agreed with the Department that when a company's property is first subjected to central assessment and unit valuation, the entire unit of property should be considered "new property." Even if some component parts have been subjected to local assessment, the unit as a whole, which is "categorically different" from its parts, has not.
Dish Network Corporation v. Department of Revenue, 364 Or. 254, 434 P.3d 379 (Or. Sup. Ct., Jan. 25, 2019).
OREGON – Department of Revenue erroneously relied on power purchase agreement that provided biomass cogeneration facility with revenues significantly in excess of what a purchaser of the property on the assessment dates would have been able to negotiate for electricity, capacity, and renewable energy credits, and erroneously considered intangible assets by valuing taxpayer's entire property and business under the income approach, subtracting only an amount for working capital
In 2009, Seneca Sustainable Energy began construction of a biomass cogeneration facility on property that it owns outside of Eugene, Oregon. The cogeneration facility would generate electricity by burning wood waste produced by Seneca's nearby sawmill. Around that time, Seneca also negotiated a long-term power purchase agreement, under which it would sell the electricity generated at the cogeneration facility to the Eugene Water and Electric Board ("EWEB"). Among other things, the agreement set the rates that EWEB would pay for electricity, capacity, and renewable energy credits.
Seneca's facility was located in an area designated as an "enterprise zone," which allowed the facility to be exempted from property tax on its improvements during the first three years it was in operation. Seneca's exemption was subject to a condition that Seneca pay a public benefit contribution for each year that it failed to meet certain economic development and employment goals. The public benefit contribution would be a percentage of the amount of property tax that Seneca would have had to pay in the relevant year without its exemption. The amount of property tax that Seneca would have had to pay, in turn, would be based on the Department's determination of the real market value of the structures, machinery, and equipment that constitute Seneca's industrial property.
Seneca's cogeneration facility was completed and became operational in April 2011. The Department of Revenue determined that the real market value of Seneca's exempt industrial property was $62,065,350. Because of the enterprise zone exemption, no property tax was assessed against most of Seneca's industrial property for that or subsequent tax years, including 2013-14. However, for each tax year, a portion of Seneca's property was not tax exempt. Seneca paid property taxes on the real market value of its nonexempt industrial property for both the 2012-13 and 2013-14 tax years.
Seneca failed to meet its economic and development goals for tax years 2012-13 and 2013-2014. The enterprise zone sponsors therefore imposed a public benefit contribution under the enterprise zone contract provisions. Using the Department's real market value determination for Seneca's exempt industrial property, as noted on the assessment roll by the County Assessor, the enterprise zone sponsors calculated the public benefit contribution by first determining the amount of tax on the industrial property that Seneca would have owed had that property not been exempt, and then multiplying that amount by the percentage set out in the enterprise zone contract. Seneca objected to the valuation of its property by the Department and appealed to the Tax Court.
The Tax Court rejected the Department's appraisal as fundamentally flawed in numerous respects, generally agreed with Seneca's appraiser's conclusions, and set the real market value of Seneca's cogeneration facility at $38.2 million as of January 1, 2012, and $19.1 million as of January 1, 2013. The Department appealed, arguing that the Tax Court erred in determining the real market value of Seneca's industrial property without reference to the terms of Seneca's power purchase agreement with EWEB.
On appeal, the Supreme Court observed that the Department's appraiser based his determination of real market value on his understanding that the rates set out in Seneca's power purchase agreement with EWEB were rates that a purchaser of the facility could expect to receive for electricity, capacity, and renewable energy credits during the tax years at issue and on into the future. Building upon that premise, the Department's appraiser used the rates that EWEB was obligated to pay Seneca under the power purchase agreement to project future income for the cogeneration facility. He determined that the real market value of Seneca's property under the income approach was $59.9 million. Seneca, by contrast, presented evidence that, as of the assessment dates, the power purchase agreement resulted in revenues significantly above what a purchaser of the property on the assessment dates could have obtained. Additionally, Seneca presented evidence that, although the power purchase agreement included substantial payments for capacity, it was unusual in the Northwest for utilities buying from cogeneration facilities to pay for capacity due to the constant availability of hydroelectric power. For that reason, such payments would not have been available to a purchaser of the biomass facility on the assessment dates. Similarly, Seneca demonstrated that a purchaser of the biomass facility could have expected little, if any, revenue from renewable energy credits on the assessment dates, because the biggest market for the credits—California—had essentially become closed to Oregon renewable energy generators after a change in California law.
The Supreme Court agreed with the Tax Court's conclusion that to the extent that the power purchase agreement produced premium returns to Seneca in excess of those obtainable in the market for electricity, capacity, and renewable energy credits as of the assessment dates, it constituted an intangible, so any value attributable to that premium could be taken into account. The Department's arguments were predicated on its contention that its appraiser correctly determined that Seneca's power purchase agreement with EWEB reflected market rates on the assessment date. The Tax Court found that predicate to be incorrect and to seriously undermine the Department's appraiser's determination of the real market value of Seneca's property. The Supreme Court affirmed.
Seneca Sustainable Energy, LLC v. Department of Revenue, 363 Or. 782, 429 P.3d 360 (Or. Sup. Ct., Nov. 8, 2018).
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Whenever You start any piece of software — no matter how intuitive — there is that moment where you think"ok, what do I do today?" This process is known as onboarding, and it's also incredibly tough to implement well.
The Software maker does not want to be bothersome, but they also want to provide help. I really like how Weebly builds in solid onboarding and instruction not just via email drip arrangement but also via little info buttons built with their own platform.
One Promoted benefit of using a comprehensive site builder is you won't need to write HTML or CSS code. You only have to drag and drop components. Everything you see in the builder is exactly what you receive on the website.
It is Not necessarily that easy. There's a whole lot of nuances to"drop and drag." The majority of us actually mean"I want to drag and click this element and transfer it into a general place where it will seem great — you know, automatically focused, etc." Put simply, it's like playing tee-ball instead of baseball…or bowling with up gutter guards. You want to do the thing, but also have a bit of help.
With An all-inclusive platform, client support is able to troubleshoot and fix any matter. This is a huge benefit of website builder platforms generally, but especially with Weebly because they have phone support.
If You run your own site, you've got to work out just who can fix a problem before getting in contact with them. With Weebly, you merely get in contact with them.
The Big advantage of creating your own website on your host is you don't have to count on a platform's attribute set. If you go the platform route, it is essential to make certain they have all the qualities you want and need.
Weebly's Feature set is powerful. They have got all of the basics — such as blog performance, contact forms, etc, but also the necessary innovative features like URL redirects and page-level custom code placement.
Even Beyond the advanced requirements, Weebly also includes features like discussion, membership options, integrated advertising options, file uploads, etc.. They also have eCommerce options, which I will cover individually below.
If You go the all-inclusive site builder route, Weebly's attribute set should provide whatever you need for typical personal/business websites (though as we'll see in the Cons section, you really do want to be especially aware of innovative options).
If You're starting a site and plan on selling a few things here and there or in case you have an offline presence (ie, pop-up shops) and you would like to sell online, the Weebly provides a readymade solution with closely integrated ecommerce features which should only get better.
I have Been using website builders for 20 years because the Homestead.com times and have been paying attention to this sector for the past five years. 1 overarching trend is a firm's structure drives product investment more than the marketing group or the product team.
Even In a fast paced market, a company's structure and end goals will dictate how it acts and what investments it makes. As I outlined in my Wix vs. Weebly vs. Squarespacestructure can differ wildly among direct competitors.
Total Pricing is very competitive not only compared to other comprehensive site buildersbut also with purchasing your hosting. Their Starter plan begins around $8/mo when paid up front. And they don't possess the typical caps of other site builders. The Pro program adds solid features and still stays under $12/mo.
Compared To constructing your own website in your host and especially with other website builders, Weebly's pricing is very aggressive. Price isn't everything, however I really like how they structure it.
Weebly Kind of features that. It has a Pages section that lists out all the pages on your site. It allows you to drag and drop the hierarchy and click on to edit each. Nevertheless, it's far from a efficient system.
There's No way to add custom content types (except within a single page). If you're arranging a large site (such as hundreds of webpages ), the articles within Weebly would need a personal system to maintain it sorted and readily accessible.
The Last big disadvantage of Weebly is that moving to a new platform is difficult. If you want to move someplace else, such as your own WordPress powered website, Assessing your articles and redirecting your URLs are going to be a challenging procedure.
Since Weebly allows for HTML editing, most advertising tools and attributes can be added to your site. But since you still do not have 100% control over your site & host — it can be difficult or not impossible to add advanced marketing tools such as an EV SSL, custom email collection tools, custom analytics packages, habit social shares, specific Schemas and A/B testing computer software.
In The jargon — the principal issue is not having"origin" or"FTP" access to your server files. This isn't an unsolvable problem, however it's something to be aware of if you're planning a long-term project.
A bonus for Weebly is that their eCommerce functionality. It's possible to sell products from the Weebly website without switching platforms or performing any distinctive developments. It fits in seamlessly and has strong functionality.
It's Ideal for sites that are primarily lead-generation, informational, etc also want to sell a few goods. It's also a fantastic match for anyone testing out products prior to moving into a long-term platform. It is not a long-term fit for sites that are eCommerce-first. For those, an internet store you have with WordPress + WooCommerce or even a specialty eCommerce platform such as Shopify (review) or even Bigcommerce (review) would be a much better fit.
If You are wanting to build a long-term content or direct generation website, then I'd consider WordPress.com (for articles ) or Wix (for overall drag & drop) instead of Weebly. Even if Weebly meets your needs today, they might not in the future.
When we started testing Weebly many Years past, it was just another site builder. That's completely changed. Weebly has evolved into an outstanding website building tool which is far better than many competitors. It is easy, uncluttered and easy to use — that is exactly what people with limited technical abilities need when it comes to creating their own online presence.
Obviously, it's not 100% perfect. We'd like To observe somewhat more templates, as an example. Getting an email address attached to your domain name is also a bit expensive, as they urge G Suite, which costs $5 per month, per user. (Though there are workarounds, as you can see in the FAQ below).
But all in all, Weebly reaches the very top of our list of site builders. Their ease of use together with cool tools like the iOS or Android program for editing your website on the go, or the number of add-ons out there from the app centre makes it powerful, and fun to use.


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Pickup Driver Suspected of Trying to Abduct 4 Girls in Coronado
Police on Saturday were seeking a suspect who may have attempted to lure four girls into his truck Friday night, then chased them briefly when they became scared and fled on foot.
The incident occurred about 8:16 p.m. when four girls ranging in age from 11 to 14 were walking to Starbucks in the 500 block of Palm Avenue.
"A man asked the girls if they could help tie something into the bed of his truck," Coronado Police said.
"The girls ran away and the man walked, then ran, after them for about a block. The girls ran to the house of a friend in the 800 block of D Avenue where they called a parent."
The suspect was described as a short, white man in his 50s with a heavy build and white or gray hair and a white beard. He was last seen wearing a gray, long-sleeve shirt and jacket. His truck was described as a silver or gray older double-cab pickup truck with a sofa and chair tied in its bed.
Anyone with information is urged to call police at (619) 522-7350.
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Casa di Abdus Salam, è un monumento nazionale Pakistano, situato a Jhang. Ha ospitato il professore pakistano Abdus Salam, un fisico teorico che divenne il primo musulmano e pakistano a ricevere il premio Nobel per la fisica nel 1979.

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Dopo il 18° emendamento costituzionale pakistano, la maggior parte dei siti archeologici e monumenti nazionali sono stati trasferiti alle province. I monumenti trasferiti al Dipartimento di Archeologia del Punjab, inclusa la casa di Abdus Salam, e sono state intraprese dal dipartimento di archeologia varie iniziative di finanziamento e di conservazione.

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Home News Beijing seems to want to mitigate the "zero coronavirus"
Beijing seems to want to mitigate the "zero coronavirus"
Will Beijing loosen the screw? Chinese health authorities have given the first signs of a possible relaxation of their strict "zero Covid" policy, after a wave of angry demonstrations against health restrictions and demands for more freedoms.
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China's approach to the virus "Face new conditions and new tasks"Speaking Wednesday before the National Health Commission (NHC), Deputy Prime Minister Sun Chunlan said it was thanks to the less dangerous nature of the Omicron variant and vaccination progress. On Tuesday, Beijing has already decided to speed up the vaccination of the elderly, which is still not enough.
Sun Chunlan, a central figure in China's strategy in confronting the pandemic, did not mention the "zero Covid" policy in his remarks – according to comments reported by the state-run New China Agency -, giving hope that this strategy, which for years has upended China's daily life and economy. Country, will soon be relaxed.
Crowded population
Irritated by repeated bookings and almost daily PCR tests, thousands of Chinese demonstrated last weekend, in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou or even Wuhan – where the first cases were discovered in December 2019. For the communist authorities, this is the most widespread wave of A protest against the pro-democracy mobilization in Tiananmen in 1989.
Surprised, they called "repression" to contain this movement, but also seem to give pledge on the health policy front.
Thus, in the major industrial city of Canton (south), where on Tuesday clashes between demonstrators and the police, the confinement that has been in place for several weeks has been lifted, despite record numbers of pollution.
Can demonstrations against the 'zero Covid' policy make the Chinese regime shiver?
Because, if the numbers are indeed among the highest since the start of the pandemic, they remain minuscule: 35,800 local cases reported on Thursday, among a population of 1.4 billion and with the vast majority of asymptomatic cases.
Restrictions have been eased, to varying degrees, in 11 districts of Guangzhou, including Haizhou, the mobilization hub. Except for a few neighborhoods that were considered "high risk"According to the local health commission, Other areas are being managed as low risk areas..
The city of Chongqing (center) also announced on Wednesday that contacts who meet certain conditions are entitled to home quarantine, a clear change from the policy in place until then that required all positive cases and contacts to go to a quarantine centre.
These inscriptions on the local level, as well as Sun Chunlan's statements, "It could be a sign that China is beginning to consider ending its strict zero Covid policy"analysts at ANZ Research say in a note.
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"We believe that the Chinese authorities are shifting to a 'live with covid' strategy, as evidenced by the new rules allowing people to self-isolate at home rather than being transported to quarantine centres.they add.
On Thursday morning, two major Chinese newspapers published statements by experts to reassure that Covid is not serious in the majority of cases, after similar publications in recent days that seem to prepare the population for a change of mentality.
The deadly Urumqi fire
As the third anniversary of the first cases detected in Wuhan approaches, the population is clearly overwhelmed.
A deadly fire in Urumqi, the capital of the northwestern region of Xinjiang, sparked protests over the weekend, with some netizens blaming health restrictions for hampering rescue work.
But the demonstrators also chanted political demands, with some even calling for the departure of President Xi Jinping, who was renewed last month for an unprecedented third term. The authorities' strict control of information and health restrictions on travel within China make it difficult to assess the total number of protesters in the country.
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But such a large-scale uprising is rare, given the suppression of any form of direct opposition to the government.
The movements of 1989 ended in a bloody crackdown when the army intervened, notably in Beijing's famous Tiananmen Square.
On Wednesday, when the death of former President Jiang Zemin, who came to power immediately after Tiananmen, was announced, the Communist Party rightly emphasized its ability to restore calm during this uprising.
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The majority of graduate students in chemistry receive either a teaching assistantship (TA) or research assistantship (RA) during the academic year plus a summer stipend to support research.
Job opportunities often are available for spouses of graduate students at the University or locally. These include teaching positions, government work, and work in the Missoula business community. The University also offers full-time employment information through the Office of Career Services, located in the Emma B. Lommasson Center, Room 154.
Most entering graduate students are supported initially through Teaching Assistantships. The normal teaching load is about eight contact and 15 total hours per week. TA duties may include leading a discussion or laboratory section, meeting with students in tutorials, proctoring exams and grading. These appointments also cover tuition and most fees.
Most students switch from teaching to research assistantship support after one or two years. RAs are available from research grants and contracts awarded by government agencies or private organizations. An RA often pays a student for the research leading to the M.S. or Ph.D. degree, greatly increasing the time a student may spend on research. RA stipends are similar to the TA stipend and cover tuition and most fees.
Students are normally expected to work full time on research during the summer. Summer RA support is nearly always available to support students during this period. A beginning graduate student occasionally may obtain an RA the summer before he or she enters the graduate program. Such appointments are arranged between the student and individual faculty members.
The Department receives announcements of many fellowships/traineeships and grants for graduate students. These are described in the weekly departmental announcements collected by the administrative assistant. Bertha Morton fellowships are offered yearly by the University. Federal agencies (e.g., DOE, NASA, NSF, and NIH ) offer very attractive fellowship.


It is a general notion that people try to classify programming languages as either "compiled" language or "interpreted" language. Even experienced programmers tend to get confused here! But the fact is, programming languages are neither "compiled" nor "interpreted" types. They can be both at the same time. Compiling or interpreting -both are 2 different ways of implementing the same program written using a programming language. A program written in C language can either be compiled or can be interpreted. Same is the case with Java or any other programming languages. The only requirement is, we need a C or Java compiler to compile a C/Java program and similarly we need an C/Java Interpreter to interpret a program written in C/Java. So the difference is not with programming languages, it is with the way programs written in different languages are implemented.
Any one serious about programming should understand the working of compilers,interpreters and the differences between them.So here I am trying to outline generic differences between compiling and interpreting (compilers vs interpreters).
Though I said programs written in any programming language can be either compiled or interpreted, it is not the case always. Theoretically what I wrote above is right – any program can be compiled/interpreted. But a programming language is usually developed with an orientation to one particular form of execution – for example- C language was designed to be compiled where as Java was designed to be interpreted. But there are interpreters available for C programs too which will be helpful as debugging aids. But in most cases a C program is compiled for execution and not interpreted. Before going through differences, keep in mind the following technical terms.
Compile time – The time taken to compile a program.
Run time – The time taken for executing a program.
Source code– The program in its user written form of the language. Source code is given as input to the compiler.
Object code– is actually the machine code which is obtained by converting source code. The computer can read and execute machine code directly. An object code is also known as binary code/machine code.
So the primary difference between a compiler and interpreter is in the way a program is executed. A compiler reduces the source code to machine code and then save it as an object code before creating an executable file for the same. When executed, the compiled program is executed directly using the machine code (object code). Where as an interpreter does not convert the source code to an object code before execution. An interpreter executes the source code line by line and conversion to native code is performed line by line while execution is going on (at runtime). In such a scenario, the run time required for an interpreted program will be high compared to a compiled program. Even though the run time required for interpreted program are high, the execution using an interpreter has its own advantages. For example -interpreted programs can modify themselves at runtime by adding/changing functions. A compiled program has to be recompiled fully even for the small modifications we make to a small section of the program; where as an in the case of an interpreter there is no such problem (only the modified section needs to be recompiled).
Since compiler converts the program to native code of the target machine (object code), faster performance can be expected.
There is a scope for code optimisation.
Process of execution can be done in a single stage. There is no need of a compilation stage.
Alteration of codes possible during runtime.
Hey Jojo, I'm not ashamed to admit I'm one of those who wasn't sure about these differences, at least not until I've read your post. I have briefly studied C++ for a while, hence I know it works with a compiler (after writing the code I was accessing the compile option from the menus). But I was simply installing the program and it had the compiling software included. What do I need to do in order to work with an interpreter in C++? And can I have both options available in the same time?


Being a bachelor and out on my own since I was 18 years old has taught me a few things about cooking. One thing was, that you can't fix a huge meal for one person. You have to know your limitations. Another thing I learned, was how to cook. In cooking for myself, I began to throw somethings together and found that sometimes, it is how you prepare will enhance how it tastes (or at least in my mind). So, today, I decided to share how I make my scrambled eggs. When you read this post and hopefully try this, I ask that you come back and comment and rate this post. I want to know what everyone thinks.
Ok, to begin with, it doesn't matter what you cook in, but I prefer a flat hotplate. It makes it easier to use your spatula. The second thing that I would suggest is that you cook your bacon on the hotplate first, leaving the bacon grease. You can use oil, or butter or whatever you want, I just prefer bacon grease for the taste.
1. Chop up some green onions, mushrooms, hot peppers (and any other ingredient that you like) and put it on one side of the hotplate. Then I crack eggs, and put them on the other side, without busting the yoke.
2. Cook the eggs (sunnyside up) until they are almost done. Making sure that the clear parts of the eggs turn white. Then take the vegtables and put them on top of the eggs and cook for about 1-2 minutes more.
3. I then chop the eggs and vegtables together (do not stir) making sure not to burn the bottom.
4. Personally, I love cheese on everything, so I take shredded cheese (cheese slices work well too) and add it to the eggs and cook for about one minute longer to allow the cheese to begin to melt. This helps keep everything together too.
5. Once your cheese has melted, it is done. Put it on your plate, along with the bacon and toast and you have a great tasting breakfast with a different texture. Enjoy!
I will be posting more recipes, some handed down, some I made up, but all easy to make! Again, please let me know what you think of this by commenting/rating this post. I am interested in how it turned out for you.


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How to combine economic growth with climate sustainability
NEWS New project searches for policies that will reduce emissions without harming the economy.
Text: Elin Andersson
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Can greenhouse gas emissions be reduced without stopping economic growth? And, if so, how might the "decoupling" of growth from emissions be achieved? These questions are the heart of a new research project starting at Umeå University in 2021, entitled "In Search of Decoupling: (How) Can We Combine Climate Sustainability with Economic Growth, Good Jobs, and Public Preferences?" The project, which also includes researchers in Switzerland and Canada, was recently awarded 11 508 000 SEK by the Swedish Research Council (VR).
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Malcolm Fairbrother, Professor of Sociology, will lead the project. He emphasizes that some countries, including Sweden, have succeeded in substantially reducing emissions, even while growing their economies. But many other countries have not, and researchers around the world disagree about what this means.
- Whether economic growth inevitably increases greenhouse gas emissions may be the most contentious issue within the climate research and environmental communities. Some climate researchers and environmental advocates are optimistic about opportunities for "green growth" and new jobs in less polluting industries; others reject that emissions can be sustainably "decoupled" from growth. This open question is one important reason why governments have been far too slow in addressing the challenge of climate change. Given the world's urgent need for better climate policies, the project aims to identify ways of reconciling human flourishing with environmental sustainability.
The researchers will study the relationship between growth and emissions in three ways:
First, they will investigate past changes in countries' greenhouse gas emissions, comparing across sources like transportation and electricity generation. Using newly available data, the researchers will test statistically whether emissions have declined faster in countries where public opinion demanded it, and where fewer workers were employed in carbon-intensive industries.
Second, the project will examine the cases of countries that have most successfully decoupled economic growth from various sources of emissions. This part of the project will identify public policies that have worked to achieve these reductions, and strategies that have made those policies economically, politically, and socially feasible.
Third, the researchers will survey the general public in several countries, and investigate what laypeople perceive to be different policies' consequences for economic growth and employment. These beliefs likely shape public opinion about climate policies, but they may not match the actual track records of existing policies.
In Search of Decoupling: (How) Can We Combine Climate Sustainability with Economic Growth, Good Jobs, and Public Preferences? is financed by the Swedish Research Council 2021-2025. Learn more about the project.
Malcolm Fairbrother Professor
Ingemar Johansson Sevä Associate professor
Joakim Kulin Research fellow
External project members
Aya Kachi
Associate Professor, University of Basel, Switzerland
aya.kachi@unibas.ch
Katya Rhodes
Assistant Professor, University of Victoria, Canada
krhodes@uvic.ca