However, there is a growing number of people who choose herbal acne treatments over traditional medications. Usually, herbal medications have far fewer side effects, and are not as dangerous as some of the prescription drugs.
The problem however, is that the United States does very little to regulate the herbal supplement industry. Unlike traditional chemical medications, herbal medications are not required to be clinically proven to work, or even to be safe. An example of this lack of regulation recently came to light with ephedra related deaths, and ephedras subsequent ban.
This lack of regulation results in many different acne products on the market. All of which claim to heal, prevent, or even cure acne with few, if any, side effects.
The truth is, there are very few herbal acne treatments that are scientifically proven to work. Traditional chemical treatments are still the most effective in stopping acne.
There are only 2 herbal treatments that have been clinically proven to help stop acne, tea tree oil and green tea cream.
Tea tree oil is a natural oil, derived from the Melaleuca alternifolia, a particular type of tea tree found exclusively in Australia. While it has been used from hundreds of years by the native aboriginals as a treatment for just about anything, it has only recently been accepted by modern medicine as being a viable anti-bacterial agent.
Even though tea tree oil has been suspected as an anti-bacterial agent for some time, A groundbreakings study was conducted in 1990 by I.B. Bassett, which compared tea tree oil to benzoyl peroxide in the treatment of acne. It was found that tea tree oil is as effective as a 5% benzoyl peroxide solution. It takes longer (6 weeks) for the tea tree oil to be as effective, but participants in the study reported none of the side effects associated with benzoyl peroxide, such as redness, skin irritation, or dry skin.
This study has helped tea tree oil become a recognized and legitimate herbal acne treatment. However, there is no need to purchase an expensive cream that contains tea tree oil. Just applying several drops of the oil directly on the acne has shown to be the most effective way to apply tea tree oil.
This was the only herbal acne treatment that had been proven to work until recently, when Dr. Jennifer Gan-Wong conducted a study that shows green tea can also effectively fight acne.
Dr. Gan-Wong compared a green tea cream with 3% green tea, to a 4% benzoyl peroxide solution, and found that the results in treating acne where the same for both the tea and the peroxide. These results were recently presented at the 2003 annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology.
These findings are relatively recent, and are not yet corroborated by additional independent studies. However, this evidence does demonstrate that the natural anti-bacterial properties of green tea can be effective to treat acne.
For those of you who are confused by the plethora of herbal acne treatments available, there really are only 2 that have been proven to be effective in fighting acne. Green tea cream, and tea tree oil. While many other herbal acne treatments may be good to moisturize the skin, or reduce oils, these are the only two that should be considered truly effective acne treatments.
Eating and drinking vegetables is necessary for good health and for keeping your skin free from acne. Most people don't eat enough vegetables and seldom drink their juices.
Imagine the day when you have to cancel an important appointment or much awaited social gathering or party, simply because you have developed a lot of pimples, blackheads, etc on your face!!It is because of this fear that people in USA alone spend over $ 1.4billion every year over acne treatment.
Have you ever wondered why we have acne and even more on how we can get rid of acne? Like a lousy tenant, acne doesn't pay you rent, nor contribute anything beneficial to your life. It does however do the opposite by destroying your skin and worst of all, your self esteem and social life!Well, before embarking on this simple method to destroy your acne for good, we need to know thy enemy.
Acne is an embarrassing and upsetting condition, and long-terms sufferers of the skin condition look forward to the day they find their own acne solution, perhaps courtesy of a few well placed acne prevention tips . There are a multitude of products available to help in clearing up the condition, but information on keeping it at bay can be more difficult to locate.
Systemic EnzymesIf you have scars or pockmarks that have recently occurred from acne, you may be able to clear them by using a product called Vitalzym.You're not going to hear this from your doctor or dermatologist, but systemic enzymes, such as serapeptase, which is found in Vitalzym, can remove excess fibrin, which makes up scar tissue that forms acne pockmarks.
Choosing effective acne treatments from amongst the plethora of products available today can be a daunting task, and while many skincare specialists advocate the use of gentle products, it can be difficult to find a natural facial cleanser that will effectively cleanse your skin, while attacking the causes of your acne. This is why many people are choosing to make their own natural face cleaner from products in their own kitchen.
Roughly 20% of acne cases being treated in the United States belong to adults. For many adults, what was thought of as a teenage affliction has continued well into their twenties and thirties.
There are many ways to achieve clear skin. If you need some tips for clear skin this is the article for you.


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North Korea has plenty of doctors: WHO
By Jonathan Lynn
GENEVA (Reuters) - North Korea's health system would be the envy of many developing countries because of the abundance of medical staff that it has available, the head of the World Health Organization said on Friday.
WHO Director-General Margaret Chan, speaking a day after returning from a 2-1/2 day visit to the reclusive country, said malnutrition was a problem in North Korea but she had not seen any obvious signs of it in the capital Pyongyang.
North Korea -- which does not allow its citizens to leave the country -- has no shortage of doctors and nurses, in contrast to other developing countries where skilled healthcare workers often emigrate, she said.
This allows North Korea to provide comprehensive healthcare, with one "household doctor" looking after every 130 families, said the head of the United Nations health agency, praising North Korea's immunization coverage and mother and child care.
"They have something which most other developing countries would envy," Chan told a news conference, noting that her visit was a rare sign of the communist state's willingness to cooperate with outside agencies.
Chan's comments marked a significant change from the assessment of her predecessor, Gro Harlem Brundtland, who said in 2001 that North Korea's health system was near collapse.
Chan, who acknowledged that countries that she visits always try to look good while pointing to where they need help, met a series of North Korean officials, visited several hospitals, and also talked to Pyongyang-based diplomats, United Nations officials and representatives of the Red Cross.
The authorities acknowledge there is a problem with malnutrition, she said, but things have become better since famine in the 1990s and a series of natural disasters in 2001.
"Nutrition is an area that the government has to pay attention (to) and especially for pregnant women and for young children," Chan said.
NO SIGNS OF OBESITY
Chan spent most of her brief visit in Pyongyang, and she said that from what she had seen there most people had the same height and weight as Asians in other countries, while there were no signs of the obesity emerging in some parts of Asia.
But she said conditions could be different in the countryside.
News reports said earlier this year that North Koreans were starving to death and unrest was growing as last year's currency revaluation caused prices to soar.
Chan, who described her visit as "technical and professional" -- in other words avoiding politics -- said the North Korean government's readiness to work with international agencies, such as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, was encouraging.
The Global Fund requires countries it works with to provide sound data, account for resources contributed and allow access by officials, she noted.
"I can confirm that at least in the area of health the government is receptive to engagement with international partners," she said.
"They are receptive to requests for increasing transparency -- have a better quality data -- and being held accountable for the resources flowing into the country to improve health."
North Korea, whose human rights record has been strongly condemned by U.N. experts, is refusing to return to six-party talks about its nuclear program, which has led to U.N. sanctions being imposed after a nuclear test in May last year.
Tension is increasing with South Korea, with which the North fought a war in 1950-53, after the sinking of a South Korean naval vessel last month for which Seoul increasingly suspects Pyongyang.
But Chan praised a joint project between North and South Korea to improve women's and children's health, which she said was promoting dialogue and trust between the two rivals.
Last month, the WHO said North Korea has reduced deaths from surgery and among women in childbirth under the South Korea-funded program.

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Reclaiming The Sand by A. Meredith Walters
This was such an emotional, beautiful and unique story, but also at times such a difficult and heartbreaking read. It's a story about Flynn, who has Asperger's, and Ellie, who was his friend but who also joined the others bullying him at school. I loved the extra dimension with the neurodivergent representation, but most of all, I loved it for being such a gripping and realistic story about finding forgiveness and allowing yourself to be vulnerable and open to love.
Ellie McCallum and Flynn Hendrick had such a tragic history together. Flynn loved Ellie from the first time he saw her, but Ellie was the tough girl growing up passed from foster home to foster home who had learned the hard way never to trust anyone or feel any emotions. Not until Flynn managed to break through her hard shell and become her friend. In secret. In school, Ellie kept tormenting and mocking him just like the others, calling him "Freaky Flynn" due to his Asperger's that made it difficult for him to understand social codes.
I have to admit that I struggled with the beginning of this book. A lot! I just couldn't connect with Ellie and I absolutely loathed her friends. It just made me so angry the way Ellie kept allowing her friends to ruin her life and all the bad decisions she made. But once Flynn entered the story everything changed… he stole my heart completely!
Flynn is one of those characters I will never forget. A. Meredith Walters did an amazing job showing us the world through Flynn's eyes with the alternate POVs. Flynn was just such a beautiful soul. So pure and innocent, so shy and awkward, so loving and compassionate, and so bluntly honest at all times. It was impossible not to love him and wanting to protect him from all evil. The alternate POVs also gave us readers the possibility to get the full picture and the painful and devastating backstory to what happened between them six years ago and why Ellie had become so embittered by life that she'd given into her anger and guilt to hurt him and herself.
I don't think I can say that I ended up loving Ellie, but I definitely understood the reasons for her horrible, selfish and mean behavior, and her character development was amazing. She'd been through so much, and she hated herself more than anyone else ever could, that it was hard not to pity her. Eventually she also learnt from her mistakes and allowed herself to connect with Flynn again, letting him teach her how to love.
If I could have skipped the first part (or made Ellie behave differently sooner), this book would have been such an amazing five star read, but taking into consideration the whole book and the way Ellie kept coming back to her horrible friends I have to settle for four stars. But I really love this book and urge you all to please give it a try! It's such an intense, heartbreaking, sweet, powerful, beautiful and unique story and I can't wait to continue to read about Flynn and Ellie in the sequel Chasing the Tide!
Thank you so much Sophie (Sophie's Reading Corner) for the recommendation that made me find this gem!
A. Meredith Walters
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Tomorrow's Order of Play
Andy Murray loses to Gilles Simon in Rotterdam quarter-final
Last updated on 13 February 201513 February 2015 .From the section Tennis
Andy Murray won the Rotterdam tournament in 2009, beating Rafael Nadal in the final
Top seed Andy Murray suffered a shock defeat against Gilles Simon in the quarter-final of the ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam.
The British number one and world number four lost 6-4 6-2 to the Frenchman, 15 places below him in the world rankings.
Murray, 27, lost his serve in the opening game and slipped up again in the fifth to concede the first set.
It was the same story in the second set with Murray failing to deliver on his first serve as he made many mistakes.
The Scot, who beat Canada's Vasek Pospisil 6-3 7-5 in the second round, had won 12 of the previous 13 meetings against the Frenchman.
Simon, seeded eighth, will face the Czech world number seven Tomas Berdych, who was a 6-1 6-4 winner against Frenchman Gael Monfils.
Stan Wawrinka also progressed to the last four in Rotterdam, defeating world number 37 Gilles Muller.
Number four seed Wawrinka sealed a 7-6 6-3 straight sets victory to set up a match against either Sergiy Stakhovsky or Milos Raonic.


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An American in Fiji
How did a respectable Bostonian lady come to be living in a Fijian village in the 1840s? These were violent years of inter-tribal wars, when sailing ships brought foreigners, kaivalagi, intent on profit, religion or refuge from their own laws. The fate of the shipwrecked, like Inspector Horseman's ancestor, was almost always grim. Kaivalagi added fuel to conflicts which could flare up from the slightest perceived insult. In 1844 the barque Zotoff, out of Salem, Massachusetts, landed Mrs Mary Davis Wallis onto these perilous shores. She remained in Fiji for most of the next five years.
Beche-de-mer trade
Her husband, Captain Wallis, was an experienced trader in beche-de-mer (dried sea cucumber). Like others in this profitable business, he would first contract a chief to supply his cargo. The chief then organised his subjects to collect and process huge quantities of these marine invertebrates, which Wallis would carry to markets in Asia. On previous voyages he had become comfortable with Fijian language and customs.
Life in Fiji
Mary Wallis insisted on sailing with her husband. The problem was that she suffered badly from sea-sickness. After a long voyage via New Zealand, Mary was ready for shore leave. When Cakobau, son of the pre-eminent Fijian chief', boarded Zotoff to negotiate a contract, he was much taken by Mary and sent his favourite wife to entreat her to visit his island of Bau. Mary ended up staying with missionaries on neighbouring Viwa island, teaching sewing and embroidery to a class of girls. But she visited Bau many times, becoming quite the court insider through her friendships with chiefly ladies.
While sailing in the Zotoff to different parts of Fiji, she observed customs which variously puzzled, appalled and sometimes delighted her. Like me, she loved Fijian puddings. As her taste became known, presents of puddings would arrive wherever she was staying.
Curiosity did not kill Mary Wallis. She asked direct questions of anyone and poked her nose into everything. She studied the politics of shifting allegiances among the tribes. Equally blunt in action, she protested against strangling new widows and other practices abhorrent to her. Despite or because of her boldness, Mary endeared herself to many aristocratic families. Indeed, a daughter of Cakobau was named Mere Walesi (Fijian spelling) in her honour and today this name is still popular. While I was working in Suva I taught two students named Mere Walesi .
Five Years Among the Cannibals, by A Lady
When Mary Wallis returned home to Boston, she wrote up her journal and Life in Feejee: Five Years Among the Cannibals was published in 1851. A sensation at the time, it is such a valuable source for scholars that it is still in print. I thoroughly recommend this unique book which reveals so much of the worlds of both the observer and the observed. I only wish Fijians had recorded stories of Mary Wallis from their perspectives!
What would this intrepid woman think if she knew her memoir was now available on Kindle?
You can find more about Fiji on my website, in the Fiji Gallery and Fiji Resources page. As ever, I'd welcome your comments and questions about this post.
Bernadette (B.M. Allsopp)
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Christian Lohbauer (São Paulo, 5 de enero de 1967) es un profesor y politólogo brasileño. Fue candidato a vicepresidente de Brasil en la elección de 2018, por el Partido Nuevo, en la fórmula de João Amoêdo. Es también uno de los fundadores del partido.

Biografía
Maestría y doctor en Ciencias Políticas por la Universidad de São Paulo (USP), fue becario CAPES entre 1992 y 1994, y becario de la Fundación Konrad Adenauer en la Universidad de Bonn, Alemania, entre 1994 y 1997 y becario CNPq entre 1994 y 1999. Es profesor de Relaciones Internacionales desde 1998. Fue gerente de Relaciones Internacionales de la Federación de las Industrias del Estado de São Paulo (FIESP), entre 2002 y 2005. Fue Presidente Ejecutivo de CitrusBR y Director Ejecutivo de la Asociación Brasileña de Empresas de Ingeniería de Fundaciones y Geotecnia (ABEF). Enseñó disciplinas en cursos de Relaciones Internacionales y Comercio Exterior en la Universidad Mackenzie y enseñó posgrado lato sensu en Negociaciones Internacionales del programa Santiago Dantas (UNESP/PUC/Unicamp).

Posicionamientos
Defiende el Fondo de Garantía del Tiempo de Servicio (FGTS) como opcional al trabajador. En un debate de los asesores económicos en la Universidad de Brasilia (UnB), defendió que la reducción del costo del capital vendrá con el incentivo a la inversión. "Eso tiene que ocurrir a través del aumento de la inversión con foco en la libre iniciativa". Para aumentar la productividad, defiende "agregar valor agregado a la hora del trabajador" con mejora de la educación y entrenamiento. "Es tener más ciencia y más valor con una remuneración mejor y una educación mejor. E inversión en tecnología", dijo al defender que haya apertura de la economía de Brasil.

Defiende la reforma que establezca el final del fondo partidario, la vuelta de la financiación de campaña por personas jurídicas con límites de contribución establecidos con criterios transparentes y disponibles a todos. Según Lohbauer, el sistema electoral debería ser el distrito mixto sin complejidad, y fidelidad partidaria en el mandato.

Libros
 Lohbauer, Christian; Abrahão, Larissa P.: "O suco de laranja brasileiro e o caso Carbendazim nos Estados Unidos: quando ambos os lados saem perdendo", in Dantas, Adriana (Org.): "Os desafios regulatórios que afetam o agronegócio exportador: casos práticos e lições de como enfrentá-los", São Paulo, Editora Singular, 2014, pp. 81-94
 Lohbauer, Christian: "Brasil e Alemanha: seis décadas de intensa parceria econômica", in J. Themoteo, Reinaldo (Coord.): "Relações Brasil – Alemanha: Cadernos Adenauer", Río de Janeiro, 2013, pp. 29-42
 Lohbauer, Christian: "New and old challenges of the trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur", in Apex Brasil, the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Coord.): "Mercosur: European Union Dialogue", 2013
 Lohbauer, Christian (Coord.): "Acesso a Mercados para Bens Não-Agrícolas", in "O Brasil e os Grandes Temas do Comércio Internacional", Thorstensen, Vera; Jank, Marcos (Editores), Ed. Aduaneiras, 2005

Referencias

Alumnado de la Universidad de São Paulo
Politólogos de Brasil
Profesores de la Universidad Estatal de Campinas
Profesores de la Universidad Presbiteriana Mackenzie
Nacidos en São Paulo

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Jun 01, 2018>
THOMPSON SQUARE TAKE A BOW WITH NEW ALBUM MASTERPIECE, OUT TODAY
MULTI-PLATINUM two-time GRAMMY nominees THOMPSON SQUARE are sharing their latest MASTERPIECE with the world, celebrating today's (6/1) release of their long awaited third studio album in style.
Returning with their first full-length Country project in more than five years, the husband-and-wife duo have just finished up a media blitz which included an in-depth spot on Fox & Friends appearing as part of the nationally-broadcast morning show's All-American Summer Concert Series.
After bringing fans up to speed on their close knit family life – including the 2016 birth of son Rigney Cooper, who inspired the MASTERPIECE album – Keifer and Shawna stuck around to introduce a handful of new tunes like the tender "A Love Like This" and deeply personal "Masterpiece" – plus a triple shot of the duo's beloved hits "Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not" (2X PLATINUM), "If I Didn't Have You" and "Everything I Shouldn't Be Thinking About."
Watch Thompson Square introduce "Masterpiece" and "A Love Like This" on FOX & FRIENDS, plus catch "Good Day" on After the Show Show here.
Download or stream MASTERPIECE in its entirety here.
The fan-favorites are also featured as special guests on today's edition of CMT After MidNite with Cody Alan and CMT Radio Live with Cody Alan, having spent a day visiting with patients, performing new songs and being interviewed at the Seacrest Studios at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt. For more information, or to find out where to listen, please visit https://cmtcody.iheart.com/.
Coming up next, the duo will keep the heat on with a frenzy of appearances around Nashville's gigantic CMA Music Festival, highlighted by the fan-focused MASTERPIECE AT THE MUSEUM party. Set for Friday, June 8, at 10:30 a.m. in the Frist Art Museum, the event will feature food, music and tons of fun in one of Music City's classiest settings.
Here's a look at what Thompson Square has in store for next week:
• On Tuesday, June 5, the duo can be seen nationwide on Hallmark Channel's Home & Family(10 a.m./9c)
• Thursday, June 7, will find Thompson Square onstage at Wildhorse Saloon for the 2018 Concert for Love & Acceptance, hosted by CMT's Cody Alan (7 p.m.)
• On Friday, June 8, the duo will host fan party MASTERPIECE AT THE MUSEUM at the Frist Art Museum (10:30 a.m.)
• And Sunday, June 10, will feature one more CMA Music Fest performance – this time at Ole Red programmed by Spotify (9 p.m.)
ABOUT THOMPSON SQUARE:
Thompson Square is an internationally renowned Country duo created by the husband-and-wife team of Keifer and Shawna Thompson. Since breaking out in 2010 with the 2X-PLATINUM #1 smash "Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not," the duo have gone on to score two Top 5 albums and romantic #1 hits in the U.S. and Australia (GOLD-certified "If I Didn't Have You" and "Everything I Shouldn't Be Thinking About"), while also racking up multiple GRAMMY nominations and three trophies as Vocal Duo of the Year from the ACM and CMA Awards. Beloved by modern Country fans, they have earned five Top 20 hits in total, with streaming numbers surpassing 600 million and a social media following of nearly 2 million. Thompson Square have been featured on mainstream TV franchises including TODAY, Fox & Friends, The Tonight Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Conan and CBS This Morning, and have also earned critical praise from Rolling Stone, People, Glamour, Elle, USA Today and much more. After welcoming the birth of their first child in 2016 – a son named Rigney Cooper – Thompson Square have released their third studio album, MASTERPIECE, which was produced by the duo with Grammy winner Nathan Chapman (Taylor Swift), perennial hit maker Dann Huff (Keith Urban) and Ilya Toshinskiy.
For more information about Thompson Square, please visit www.thompsonsquare.com/. Reach out to them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and SnapChat.


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USF Tabs Western Kentucky Head Coach Erik Jenkins to Lead Track & Field, Cross Country
The last coach USF hired from WKU worked out.
By Nathan Bond@BullsNathanSBN Jun 27, 2019, 10:27pm EDT
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University of South Florida Vice President of Athletics Michael Kelly announced the hiring of Western Kentucky Track & Field, and Cross Country head coach Erik Jenkins to the same position.
We're thrilled to welcome Erik Jenkins to Tampa as our new head coach!
The future couldn't be brighter!!https://t.co/PxK7IRQid8#HornsUp pic.twitter.com/kxoX1MraTp
— USF XCTF (@USFXCTF) June 27, 2019
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"Erik has a proven track record of excellence and has instilled a championship mindset and culture as head coach at Western Kentucky," Kelly said. "His ability to recruit and develop talented student-athletes, along with his strong ties to the state of Florida, makes him the perfect fit to lead our track and field and cross country programs."
This is marks Kelly's first hiring as VP of Athletics after he fired former T&F, CC coach Warren Bye earlier this month.
Jenkins comes to Tampa after spending the last 11 seasons at head coach at WKU where he helped produce 49 individual All-Americans, plus an additional 14 relay team All-Americans, 30 Sun Belt/ C-USA team championships across all sports and was named Coach of the Year another 21 times during his tenure.
Jenkins graduated from WKU in 1999, and spent 2000-2007 as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the Hilltoppers.
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"I am ecstatic about the opportunity to return to Florida and lead the track and field and cross country programs at USF," Jenkins said. "USF provides an exciting platform for students to receive a world-class education and live in Tampa, one of the nation's most vibrant cities. I will lead this program with unwavering passion and a strong sense of purpose. We want USF to be a destination for the nation's best student-athletes to excel academically, develop their athletic skills and compete at the highest level they can. I want to thank Vice President of Athletics Michael Kelly for the opportunity to lead this program, and I look forward to working with him and his staff."
Jenkins has coached five Olympic Trial athletes, and two went on to compete at the Olympics.
Our new head coach Erik Jenkins knows a thing or two about winning #HornsUp pic.twitter.com/qOoF4n167s
Jenkins coached former XFL star Rod "He Hate Me" Smart, as well as former NFL safety Mel Mitchell and cornerback Joseph Jefferson.
A relentless recruiter. A proven head coach with 30 previous conference championships. Developer of 84 All-Americans. Championship mentality. A Florida native. Bulls Nation...let's welcome Coach Erik Jenkins with open arms! #HornsUp #BullSpeedAhead https://t.co/fSJcEoaCcZ
— Michael Kelly (@MKellyUSF) June 27, 2019
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Section 1 The name of the organization shall be "The Louisiana High School Basketball Coaches Association."
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Article II – Objectives
Section 1 To promote the game of basketball at all levels within the state of Louisiana.
Section 2 To promote a harmonious relationship between coaches throughout the state.
Section 3 To help maintain the highest of standard in the coaching profession.
Section 4 To have a representative group of coaches in which problems of general interest may be discussed and to which they may be referred to for interchanging ideas, resulting in better relationships between schools and coaches.
Section 5 To promote good fellowship and social contact among coaches.
Section 1 The membership of the association shall consist of any current or former basketball coach (head, assistant, junior varsity, junior high, or elementary) whose school participates in the LHSAA, College coaches from a Louisiana College, or organizations for basketball who help promote Louisiana High School Basketball.
Article IV – Dues
Section 1 The Executive Board shall vote upon the annual membership fee for all members. The LHSBCA collection period will begin May 1 and end May 1of the next year. In order for an athlete to be eligible for the 3 pt. contest or All State Honors a coach must be a member by December 31, or the athlete cannot participate or be nominated. Membership registration can be done online at lhsbca.org, by mail, or in person at the July clinic.
Article V – Executive Officers
Section 1 There shall be Executive Officers consisting of the offices of President, 1st Vice-President, 2nd Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Technology Coordinator. The before stated offices shall be voted on by the members of the LHSBCA at the Top 28 LHSBCA Business Meeting.
Section 2 The term of the Executive Officers shall be for two years
Section 3 The President and 1st Vice-President shall appoint Committees and members of committees as they are needed.
Section 4 The immediate past President shall be an ex-officio of this board.
Section 5 The secession of officers shall be: President becomes ex-officio, 1st Vice-President becomes President, 2nd Vice President becomes 1st Vice-President. 2nd Vice-President, Treasurer, and Secretary, shall be voted on every two years at the Top 28 LHSBCA Business meeting. Technology Coordinator is a permanent member of the Executive Officers. (adopted July 2014)
Article VI – Duties of Officers
Section 1 It shall be the duty of the President and Vice-President to appoint all committees as there may be demand for and perform the other Executive duties pertaining to respective office.
Section 2 It shall be the duty of the President and Vice-President to carry out the promotion and professionalism of the organization as a liaison between the LHSBCA, the LHSCA, and the LHSAA.
Section 3 It shall be the duty of the 1st Vice-President to perform the duties of The President in his/her absence. The 1st Vice-President will have The responsibility of the LHSBCA membership mail-out. This mail-out shall include but not limited to membership gift, membership card. It shall furthermore be the responsibility of the 1st Vice-President to contact the host committee to set up coaching clinics for the boy's and girl's state basketball tournament
Section 4 It shall be the duty of the 2nd Vice-President to plan, organize, and oversee the state three-point competition that shall be conducted at regional sites throughout the state with the finals being held at time of the boys and girls All- Star Game.
Section 5 It shall be the duty of the Secretary to maintain and print minutes of all meetings and to keep a continued update list of members. The Secretary shall be in charge of obtaining, organizing, and e-mailing the LHSBCA newsletter through the Technology Coordinator. The newsletters will be mailed on dates deemed necessary by the Executive Board.
Section 6 It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to: 1. Collect and record all money. 2. Keep an accurate account on the Association's finances and report it to the Executive Board at all meetings. The treasurer shall also present the financial report at the annual and semi-annual meetings throughout the year.
Section 7 It shall be the duty of the Technology Coordinator to: Keep an updated email list, maintain the website through our web administrator, email, post on website minutes of Board of Directors meeting, email the newsletter to members, and maintain and coordinate any and all other Technology areas of the association.
Section 8 The immediate Past-President shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Executive Board. He or she shall have no voting privileges on the Executive Board.
Article VII – Removal of an Officer/Vacated Office
Section 1 By a majority vote of the Executive Board an officer may be removed from their office due to dereliction of duty.
Section 2 By a majority vote of the Executive Board a vacated office shall be filled.
Article VIII – Amendments
Section 1 The constitution may be amended at either of the Semi-annual meetings in March or the annual meeting in July. A majority vote of members present is needed to pass an amendment. Amendments must be presented in written form and describe in detail the purpose and intent of the amendment before a vote will occur.
Article IX – Privilege of Membership
Section 1 For an annual membership fee a coach is entitled to the following service and benefits:
Membership Gift
Periodic newsletters
Voting privileges at all meetings
Members camp information posted on website for no charge, Non members must pay a $50 fee (adopted July 2012)
Nominating and voting privilege for LHSBCA All-State Team
Player privileges in competing in the LHSBCA Three-Point competition
Allows the son/daughter of a LHSBCA member the opportunity to apply and receive a LHSBCA scholarship.
Amendment I – Clinic
Section 1 Will be held during the Top 28. The clinic will feature high school or college coaches selected by the Executive Officers with choices of the members being taken into consideration.
Amendment II – Officers Meetings
Section 1 There should be a meeting at the Top 28, June- Social for LHSAA, , and July at the LHSCA Coaching Clinic.(adopted July 2014) The President will have in his/her authority the right to call a meeting of the Executive Board as needed to plan for upcoming meetings, events, or clinics.
Amendment III – Committees
Section 1 All committee chairman shall be appointed by the President
Section 2 There shall be the following committees
All-State Selection
Section 3 Web Page – Online web site with up to date basketball information, Constitution and Bylaws, applications, membership list, basketball seeding system, and information to promote basketball throughout the state.
All-State Selection -To follow the selection process outlined in the Bylaws.
Hall of Fame -To recognize outstanding achievement and /or contributions of an individual to the LHSBCA.
All Star Game -Plan and prepare in conjunction with coordinators, and officers of the LHSBCA.
Scholarship -Verify that all applications contain the correct information and follow the guidelines according to Amendment IV.
Amendment IV – Scholarship
Section 1 Each year the LHSBCA will offer two $300 scholarships for post secondary education to the child of a LHSBCA member.
Section 2 A committee consisting of a chairman and two or more committee members shall verify each application for the following criteria:
Student must have a 2.5 GPA.
Completed application form.
Copy of official high school transcript.
Two letters of recommendation (From Principal, coach, teacher, athletic director, guidance counselor).
Student must be son/daughter of LHSBCA member.
Parent must be member of LHSBCA for three consecutive years (including current year of application) before child is eligible for scholarship.
These scholarships are available to graduating seniors.
Section 3 The deadline for submitting the application will be set by the scholarship committee and posted on the web site and in the news letter.
Section 4 The two scholarship recipients will receive their awards at the LHSBCA All-Star Dinner/Game.
Amendment V – Hall of Fame
This award is to recognize outstanding achievement and /or contributions of an individual to the LHSBCA.
Section 1 The chairman shall be appointed by the President. The chairman can select up to four (4) committee members to assist him/her.
Section 2 The categories for the nominees are as follows:
Section 3 Nominations shall be submitted in writing to the chairman of the Hall of Fame Committee. Nominations must be submitted by February 15.
Section 4 Committee members shall select inductees from past nominations received within three (3) years or from the current year. The President will keep on-going file of nominations.
Section 5 The award will be presented at the LHSBCA All-star game.
Amendment VI – LHSBCA All-State Nominations and Voting
Section 1 Member coaches may nominate two (2) players from his/her team.
Section 2 Only members of the LHSBCA who join by December 31st are eligible to nominate and vote for the LHSBCA All-State team.
Section 3 There will be 10 players selected and one MVP for both boys and girls.
Section 4 Nominations for boys/girls must be sent in no later than Friday of the first week of playoffs for boys (week #34).
Nominations will be sent to the All-State chairman via mail, fax, or e-mail. Nominations will not be accepted after the Friday deadline. (Date will be posted on web site and newsletter.)
Section 5 All-State ballots will be emailed to member coaches who joined the association by December 31st deadline. All-State ballots must be returned no later than Friday of the Top 28 Coaching Clinic. (Dates will be posted on web site and newsletter.)
Section 6 All-State ballots must be mailed, faxed, or emailed to the All-State chairman by the deadline date or hand delivered to the Top 28 coaching clinic. No ballot will be counted if received after the deadline date. Ballots must have school name, coaches name, and coaches signature in order to be considered valid.
Amendment VI – Board of Directors
Section 1 There will be a Board of Directors Consisting of Executive Director, (9) Board Members, 1 Technology Coordinator, and 4 Current Basketball Coordinators.
Section 2 The Executive Director will be selected by the Board of Directors chosen at the July 2010 LHSBCA business meeting. And shall be a principal of an LHSAA member school.
Section 3 The term of the Board Members will be 5 years. Any vacated office shall be filled by a majority vote of the Board of Directors.
Section 4 The term of Executive Director negotiated by the Board of Directors and the Executive Director.
Section 5 The term of the Technology Coordinator will be permanent.
Section 6 The term of the Basketball Coordinators will be the length of time they are elected to serve, and will rotate as new coordinators are selected.
Section 7 Duties of the Board of Directors
To carry out promotion and professionalism of the organization as a liaison between the LHSBCA, LHSCA, and the LHSAA.
Provide continuity for the organization and to represent the organization's point of view through interpretation of its purpose, and advocacy for them.
Select and appoint an executive director to whom responsibility for the administration of the organization is delegated, including:
To review and evaluate his/her performance regularly on the basis of a specific job description, including executive relations with the board, leadership in the organization, in program planning and implementation, and in management of the organization and its personnel
To offer administrative guidance and determine whether to retain or dismiss the Executive Director.
To work with and support the Executive Director by handling committee work, special functions, and any and all matters that will help the association grow.
To work with, and provide support to the Executive Officers of the association.
Govern the organization by broad policies and objectives, formulated and agreed upon by the Executive Director, Executive Officers, and organization members, including to assign priorities and ensure the organization's capacity to carry out programs by continually reviewing its work.
Other duties and job descriptions to be defined by the Board of Directors, Executive Director, Executive Officers, or membership. (adopted July 2010)


Blue Star Contemporary is please to stand with Creative Time and its project Pledges of Allegiance in hoisting Vik Muniz's Diaspora Cloud on June 6, 2018.
Vik Muniz's Diaspora Cloud features a cloud floating against a blue background and cites an earlier work of Muniz's, which was commissioned by Creative Time: Clouds, (from 2001), a "low tech illusion," wherein clouds were "drawn" over the Manhattan skyline by a crop-dusting plane re-worked for skywriting. Diaspora Cloud, in title and image, may suggest a geographically and temporally dispersed public coming together to imagine new, if ephemeral, forms of community.
Photographer and mixed-media artist Vik Muniz is best known for repurposing everyday materials for intricate and heavily layered recreations of canonical artworks. Muniz works in a range of media, from trash to peanut butter and jelly, the latter used to recreate Andy Warhol's famous Double Mona Lisa (1963) that was in turn an appropriation of Da Vinci's original. Muniz's Perfect Strangers is installed at the newly-opened 72nd Street subway station in New York City.


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Q: How to deploy project artifacts into an IIS server (across tenant) via azure release pipeline? My client has got an Azure VM in their tenant, with .NET installed and IIS configured.
I am using Azure Devops build/release pipeline on another tenant. Build pipeline generates an artifact (zip file). Now I want to deploy the zip contents into the IIS.
What do I need to do to make my release pipeline be able to deploy the website into the IIS VM which is on another azure tenant?

A: Based on your requirement, I suggest that you can create a Deployment Group in Azure VM and then you can use Deployment Group job in Release Pipeline to deploy the zip package to Azure VM IIS.
Here are the steps:
Step1: Create a Deployment Group target in Azure VM. Create a deployment group
Step2: In Release Pipeline, you can use IIS web app manage and IIS web app deploy task  to deploy the Zip contents to Azure VM IIS.
For example:

For more detailed steps, you can refer to this doc: Deploy apps to a Windows Virtual Machine
This way will not be limited by tenant.

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//     Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if
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using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Automation;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Controls.Primitives;
using System.Windows.Data;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Ink;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Markup;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Animation;
using System.Windows.Media.Effects;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
using System.Windows.Media.Media3D;
using System.Windows.Media.TextFormatting;
using System.Windows.Navigation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;
using System.Windows.Shell;

namespace beRemote.GUI.Controls {

    /// <summary>
    /// LoadingCircle
    /// </summary>
    public partial class LoadingCircle : System.Windows.Controls.UserControl, System.Windows.Markup.IComponentConnector {

        #line 7 "..\..\..\..\Controls\LoadingCircle.xaml"
        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("Microsoft.Performance", "CA1823:AvoidUnusedPrivateFields")]
        internal System.Windows.Controls.Grid LayoutRoot;

        #line default
        #line hidden

        #line 13 "..\..\..\..\Controls\LoadingCircle.xaml"
        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("Microsoft.Performance", "CA1823:AvoidUnusedPrivateFields")]
        internal System.Windows.Shapes.Ellipse C0;

        #line default
        #line hidden

        #line 17 "..\..\..\..\Controls\LoadingCircle.xaml"
        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("Microsoft.Performance", "CA1823:AvoidUnusedPrivateFields")]
        internal System.Windows.Shapes.Ellipse C1;

        #line default
        #line hidden

        #line 21 "..\..\..\..\Controls\LoadingCircle.xaml"
        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("Microsoft.Performance", "CA1823:AvoidUnusedPrivateFields")]
        internal System.Windows.Shapes.Ellipse C2;

        #line default
        #line hidden

        #line 25 "..\..\..\..\Controls\LoadingCircle.xaml"
        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("Microsoft.Performance", "CA1823:AvoidUnusedPrivateFields")]
        internal System.Windows.Shapes.Ellipse C3;

        #line default
        #line hidden

        #line 29 "..\..\..\..\Controls\LoadingCircle.xaml"
        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("Microsoft.Performance", "CA1823:AvoidUnusedPrivateFields")]
        internal System.Windows.Shapes.Ellipse C4;

        #line default
        #line hidden

        #line 33 "..\..\..\..\Controls\LoadingCircle.xaml"
        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("Microsoft.Performance", "CA1823:AvoidUnusedPrivateFields")]
        internal System.Windows.Shapes.Ellipse C5;

        #line default
        #line hidden

        #line 37 "..\..\..\..\Controls\LoadingCircle.xaml"
        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("Microsoft.Performance", "CA1823:AvoidUnusedPrivateFields")]
        internal System.Windows.Shapes.Ellipse C6;

        #line default
        #line hidden

        #line 41 "..\..\..\..\Controls\LoadingCircle.xaml"
        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("Microsoft.Performance", "CA1823:AvoidUnusedPrivateFields")]
        internal System.Windows.Shapes.Ellipse C7;

        #line default
        #line hidden

        #line 45 "..\..\..\..\Controls\LoadingCircle.xaml"
        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("Microsoft.Performance", "CA1823:AvoidUnusedPrivateFields")]
        internal System.Windows.Shapes.Ellipse C8;

        #line default
        #line hidden

        #line 50 "..\..\..\..\Controls\LoadingCircle.xaml"
        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("Microsoft.Performance", "CA1823:AvoidUnusedPrivateFields")]
        internal System.Windows.Media.RotateTransform SpinnerRotate;

        #line default
        #line hidden

        private bool _contentLoaded;

        /// <summary>
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        /// </summary>
        [System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
        [System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("PresentationBuildTasks", "4.0.0.0")]
        public void InitializeComponent() {
            if (_contentLoaded) {
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            System.Uri resourceLocater = new System.Uri("/beRemote.GUI.Controls;component/controls/loadingcircle.xaml", System.UriKind.Relative);

            #line 1 "..\..\..\..\Controls\LoadingCircle.xaml"
            System.Windows.Application.LoadComponent(this, resourceLocater);

            #line default
            #line hidden
        }

        [System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
        [System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("PresentationBuildTasks", "4.0.0.0")]
        [System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableAttribute(System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Never)]
        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("Microsoft.Design", "CA1033:InterfaceMethodsShouldBeCallableByChildTypes")]
        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("Microsoft.Maintainability", "CA1502:AvoidExcessiveComplexity")]
        [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("Microsoft.Performance", "CA1800:DoNotCastUnnecessarily")]
        void System.Windows.Markup.IComponentConnector.Connect(int connectionId, object target) {
            switch (connectionId)
            {
            case 1:

            #line 5 "..\..\..\..\Controls\LoadingCircle.xaml"
            ((beRemote.GUI.Controls.LoadingCircle)(target)).IsVisibleChanged += new System.Windows.DependencyPropertyChangedEventHandler(this.UserControl_IsVisibleChanged);

            #line default
            #line hidden
            return;
            case 2:
            this.LayoutRoot = ((System.Windows.Controls.Grid)(target));
            return;
            case 3:

            #line 12 "..\..\..\..\Controls\LoadingCircle.xaml"
            ((System.Windows.Controls.Canvas)(target)).Loaded += new System.Windows.RoutedEventHandler(this.HandleLoaded);

            #line default
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            #line 12 "..\..\..\..\Controls\LoadingCircle.xaml"
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            #line default
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            return;
            case 5:
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            return;
            case 6:
            this.C2 = ((System.Windows.Shapes.Ellipse)(target));
            return;
            case 7:
            this.C3 = ((System.Windows.Shapes.Ellipse)(target));
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            case 8:
            this.C4 = ((System.Windows.Shapes.Ellipse)(target));
            return;
            case 9:
            this.C5 = ((System.Windows.Shapes.Ellipse)(target));
            return;
            case 10:
            this.C6 = ((System.Windows.Shapes.Ellipse)(target));
            return;
            case 11:
            this.C7 = ((System.Windows.Shapes.Ellipse)(target));
            return;
            case 12:
            this.C8 = ((System.Windows.Shapes.Ellipse)(target));
            return;
            case 13:
            this.SpinnerRotate = ((System.Windows.Media.RotateTransform)(target));
            return;
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            this._contentLoaded = true;
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}

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CHICAGO -- A quick offensive burst is all it took for the Royals to grab their second consecutive win Sunday and claim the series with the White Sox, 14-6, at Guaranteed Rate Field.
The Royals struck for four runs in the second, third and sixth innings. Whit Merrifield had three hits, including his 14th home run, and drove in a career-high five runs. He was a double short of a cycle.
"I'm going to get it one of these days," Merrifield said of the cycle. "Keep getting opportunities, one of these times it will happen, I hope."
The Royals remained five games behind first-place Cleveland in the American League Central. The Royals' win Sunday came on the heels of a dramatic come-from-behind win Saturday.
"Those types of wins, like I said last night, can jumpstart a team," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "Momentum is easy to stop, it seems, but it's hard to get. We were kind of spinning our wheels, trying to get momentum. But those types of games where you have the lead, lose the lead, and get the lead back can jumpstart your momentum. What happened today is what I hoped would happen after a game like last night."
Left-hander Jason Vargas (14-6) was the beneficiary of the Royals' offensive burst. Vargas lasted six innings and gave up seven hits and three runs while striking out seven.
Left-hander Derek Holland started for the White Sox and was gone after facing three hitters in the third. He gave up seven hits and seven runs while walking three. His ERA rose to 5.68.
"I don't even know where to begin," Holland said. "Today was just, in my eyes, embarrassing. Not being able to find the strike zone, and then when I did, catching too much plate. These guys are going to do what they did today to you when you can't not be in the middle of the plate. It's frustrating."
Can I get a Whit-ness?: Merrifield punched a huge hole in this one when he came up in the third inning with Cheslor Cuthbert on second and Alcides Escobar on first. Merrifield worked the count full and then fouled off four consecutive pitches from reliever Mike Pelfrey. Then on the ninth pitch of the at-bat, Merrifield pounced on a 92-mph sinker and drove it into the left-field seats for a three-run homer, giving the Royals an 8-0 lead.
"I think [Cain's two-run single] was the biggest at-bat of the game,," Merrifield said. " But obviously, tacking on [is good]. We'll take all we can get."
Stop right there: The White Sox started to make some noise off Vargas in the fifth when with two outs, Tim Anderson drilled a two-run home run. The White Sox strung three more consecutive hits and suddenly it was an 8-3 game. Nicky Delmonico came up with a chance to get the White Sox back into the game. Delmonico sent a deep drive to right-center but center fielder Lorenzo Cain chased it down and caught it just in front of the fence.
Delmonico extended his franchise-record streak when he was hit by a pitch in the second inning to reach base for the 12th consecutive game to open his career. He finished 1-for-3 with an RBI double and a walk to extend his hitting streak to 10 games. He has 16 hits in his first 12 games, tying George Washington for the second-most in franchise history to open a career. He is hitting .405 (15-for-37) over his 10-game hitting streak.
The game ended in dramatic fashion despite the score, as Royals outfielder Alex Gordon -- who replaced Cain in center field in the seventh inning -- climbed up the center-field wall to rob the red-hot rookie Delmonico of a potential two-run homer. The ball, which Statcast™ said traveled an estimated 390 feet with a hit probability of 55 percent, would have been Delmonico's second career home run and first at Guaranteed Rate Field.
"It happens kind of quick, a catch like that," Gordon said. "Hard to tell how tough it was. I thought I made a good route to it. I don't know how much I jumped -- I don't have a good jump. But it would have been a homer."
The Royals challenged an out call in the second inning as Cain was attempting to steal third. The original ruling indicated Cain was safe but came off the bag and was tagged out. But after review, the out call was overturned. Cain wound up scoring moments later on a single by Melky Cabrera.
The Royals challenged another call in the fifth when Leury Garcia was called safe at first after grounding a ball to short. That call was overturned.
Royals replay specialist Bill Duplissea now is a Major League-best 75 percent (18 of 24) in replay challenges.
The White Sox challenged in the eighth inning after Escobar scored on Brad Goldberg's wild pitch. The ruling on the field stood, however, after there wasn't sufficient evidence to indicate that Goldberg had applied the tag on Escobar before he touched home plate.
Royals: Right-hander Jake Junis (4-2, 4.70 ERA) is expected to be recalled from Triple-A Omaha to start Monday as the Royals open a three-game series in Oakland at 9:07 p.m. CT. Junis, filling in for the injured Trevor Cahill, last pitched Aug. 6 against the Mariners and threw eight innings while giving up four hits and one run in a 9-1 win.
White Sox: The White Sox have an off-day Monday before Miguel Gonzalez (6-10, 4.85) takes the bump at 9:10 p.m. CT on Tuesday at Los Angeles against the Dodgers. Gonzalez has four quality starts in his last five outings, including allowing a run in six innings in a 1-0 loss to the Dodgers on July 18.
Fabian Ardaya is a reporter for MLB.com based in Chicago who covered the White Sox on Sunday.


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Das Corps Guestphalia Berlin ist eine farbentragende und pflichtschlagende Studentenverbindung im Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband.

Geschichte

Eine Guestphalia I mit den Farben grün-schwarz-weiß mit silberner Perkussion ist in Berlin schon 1811, kurz nach Gründung der Universität, bezeugt. Sie bestand bis 1821. Zu ihren prominentesten Mitgliedern gehörte Theodor Körner, der Dichter der Befreiungskriege, der nach seiner Relegation von der Universität Leipzig nach Berlin gewechselt war.

Die heutige Guestphalia wurde am 19. Juni 1845 an der Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität gegründet. Wie bei fast allen Westfalencorps sind die Farben grün-weiß-schwarz auf silberner Perkussion. Der Wahlspruch ist Eintracht hält Macht! Guestphalia schloss wenige Tage nach ihrer Stiftung mit dem Corps Pomerania ein "Exkartellverhältnis" gegen den Senioren-Convent der Corps Neoborussia und Hansea.

1863 und 1882 stellte das Corps mit Rudolf Windelband I (später Ehrenmitglied) und Karl Piest die Vorsitzenden des Kösener Congresses. 1912 wurde auf einem Eckgrundstück an der Bettina- und Douglasstraße in Berlin-Grunewald ein eigenes Corpshaus eingeweiht. Im Ersten Weltkrieg diente es ab 1914 als Genesungsheim für verwundete Soldaten.

Im Nationalsozialismus musste Guestphalia am 30. Oktober 1935 wie alle Corps suspendieren. Sie rekonstituierte sich am 11. November 1950 in Mainz und wurde Mitglied des dort neugegründeten SC. Am 30. Oktober 1955 verlegte sie zurück nach Berlin.

Verhältnisse
Guestphalia gehört zum grünen Kreis im KSCV. Befreundete Verhältnisse bestanden mit Masovia (1880–1882) und Tigurinia I und bestehen mit Franconia München (1870), Holsatia, Franconia Jena, Borussia Breslau (1964) und Albertina.

Berliner Westfalen

 Heinrich von Achenbach (1829–1899), Bergrechtler, Politiker
 Gerd Beug (1882–1961), Ingenieur und Industrieller
 Karl Friedrich Beug (1883–1965), Industrieller
 Joachim Brinkmann (1934–2022), MdHB
 Max Duderstadt (1861–1918), Landrat in Westerburg und Diez
 Karl Credé-Hoerder (1878–1952), Arzt und Schriftsteller
 Gustav Fabricius (1880–1960), Vorstand der Stettiner Hafengesellschaft mbH und der Flughafen Stettin GmbH
 Horst Gärtner (1911–2001), Mikrobiologe und Hygieniker
 Julius Goerdeler (1844–1928), Richter und Parlamentarier in Westpreußen
 Harald Gollnick (* 1948), Dermatologe
 August Hagen (1834–1910), Präsident des Oberlandesgericht Naumburg, MdHdA
 Carl Bernhard von Ibell (1847–1924), Oberbürgermeister von Wiesbaden
 John Koch (1850–1934), Anglist und Studentenhistoriker
 Theodor Körner (Schriftsteller) (1791–1813), Stifter von Guestphalia I
 Julius Kraaz (1822–1889), Jurist, Zuckerfabrikant, MdR
 Horst Lahr (1913–2008), Theologe
 Rolf Otto Lahr (1908–1985), Botschafter
 Joachim Linck (1940–2013), Jurist, Publizist und Autor, erster Direktor des Thüringer Landtags
 Gustav Adolf Meibauer (1821–1897), Jurist, MdHdA
 Max Menny (um 1862–1921), Kreisdirektor in Château-Salins und Colmar
 Wolfgang Müller-Ruchholtz (1928–2019), Immunologe
 Louis Niemeyer (1856–1940), Rechtsanwalt und Richter in Hamburg, MdHB
 Martin Oldiges (1940–2016), Jurist, Hochschullehrer in Leipzig
 Otto Polysius (1863–1933), Ingenieur und Industrieller
 Joachim Raack (1901–1997), Richter am Bundessozialgericht
 Albrecht Freiherr von Rechenberg (1861–1935), Gouverneur von Deutsch-Ostafrika, MdR
 Urs Rechn (* 1978), Regisseur, Theater-, Fernseh- und Kinoschauspieler
 Adolph von La Valette-St. George (1831–1910), Anatom
 Rudolf Windelband (1869–1909), homöopathischer Arzt in Berlin; Vorsitzender des oKC 1863, Ehrenmitglied
 Johannes Zwick (* 1955), Arzt, Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender der Johannesbad Unternehmensgruppe

Literatur
 Horst Gärtner, A. Barth: Geschichte des Corps Guestphalia Berlin 1845–1970. 1970

Weblinks

 Website des Corps Guestphalia Berlin

Einzelnachweise

Corps im Kösener Senioren-Convents-Verband
Studentenverbindung (Berlin)
Studentenverbindung (Mainz)
Corps Guestphalia Berlin


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"Teralba Lakeside Caravan Park is on the north end of Lake Macquarie. We are six minutes north of Toronto and five minutes from the Hunter Regional Sports and Athletics Centre.
We have overnight accommodation including ensuite cabins, drive through powered van sites and tent sites.
Same Day Bookings made between 3.00pm-5.00pm are to be confirmed by Park staff BEFORE arrival. Bookings made after this time may take up to 24 hours to be confirmed.
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Auditions, binturongs and RiffTrax
Parker Bowman
If you're like me and went to see Steve-O from "Jackass" perform at the Visalia Fox this weekend, then you're still recovering from all those belly laughs from him hurting himself physically and telling stories about doing drugs with celebrities.
But, there's a whole lot of stuff going on around The Valley this week, too. Here's a rundown of some of the fun stuff.
Encore Theatre searches for 'Annie'
The Tulare Encore Theatre's summer production will be the classic musical "Annie."
Director Bob Barnier and choreographer Linda Jarrett will be looking for the perfect actress to portray that titular orphan who lives the hard knock life.
Auditions for children, second through ninth grades, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 22. Auditions for teens and adults will be held 6 p.m. Sunday, April 23. Tuesday will be reserved for possible callbacks if needed.
All materials needed will be supplied at the audition.
Auditions will take place at the Encore Theatre, 324 South N Street, Tulare.
Performances are scheduled from June 30 through July 15.
For more information, contact the Encore Theatre box office and leave a message, 686-1300.
RiffTrax crew brutalizes 'Samurai Cop'
While everyone else is gearing up for the return/reboot of "Mystery Science Theater 3000," those of us with anti-Jonah Ray biases can still get a fix of bad movie bashing with RiffTrax.
The RiffTrax crew, comprised of "MST3K" originals Mike Nelson, Bill Corbett, and Kevin Murphy, will be watching legendarily bad film "Samurai Cop" live on movie screens via Fathom Events and mercilessly making fun of it.
One wonders how anyone, even guys this funny, can make a movie so stupid that a police officer crawls under a fence, rather than climb over it — because he's "an undercover cop" — any funnier than it already is (albeit unintentionally), though.
The film will be screened with live funny commentary at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 13 with a 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 18 encore at Cinemark Movies 8, 1669 W. Lacey Boulevard in Hanford, and Fresno Stadium 22, 250 Paseo Del Centro in Fresno.
Visalia library gets wild
Everyone loves animals. They're cute and they eat weird stuff. And the Visalia branch of the Tulare County Library is hosting an evening dedicated to our wildlife buddies.
Jeff Lee of Steve Martin's Working Wildlife will be on-hand at 6 p.m. Saturday, April 22 for a free program.
Lee will give an educational and entertaining talk about animals, sharing some of his expertise in animal behavior and give you an opportunity to experience wildlife in a way not possible when viewing animals at the zoo.
He'll even have a special guest straight from Hollywood with him, a binturong. Maybe the binturong isn't a household name when it comes to cute creatures, but it should be. It's sort of a mix between a raccoon and a bear and it'll be live in the library.
The Visalia branch of the library is located at 200 W. Oak Ave.
COS hosts town hall event
Community group Together We Will – Fresno/Central Valley will host a political town hall event at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 19.
Constituents of California Congressional District 22 are invited to a meeting at the Ponderosa Lecture Hall at the College of the Sequoias.
The three main topics to be discussed include affordable health care, immigration, and government transparency.
Organizers have invited Congressman Devin Nunes and his staff to attend, and hope they will be on hand to listen and answer questions about these issues and what they mean for his constituents Other local community members and politicians have been invited to help explain these issues if Nunes does not attend — and chances seem high he won't.
Seating will be limited.


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Q: Sample webserver is not accessible on external ip of GCP VM I have created a sample webserver using python in GCP VM Using below code.
from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler, HTTPServer
import time

hostName = "localhost"
serverPort = 5500

class MyServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    def do_GET(self):
        self.send_response(200)
        self.send_header("Content-type", "text/html")
        self.end_headers()
        self.wfile.write(bytes("<title>https://pythonbasics.org</title>", "utf-8"))
        self.wfile.write(bytes("
Request: %s
" % self.path, "utf-8"))
        self.wfile.write(bytes("", "utf-8"))
        self.wfile.write(bytes("
This is an example web server.
", "utf-8"))
        self.wfile.write(bytes("", "utf-8"))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    webServer = HTTPServer((hostName, serverPort), MyServer)
    print("Server started http://%s:%s" % (hostName, serverPort))

    try:
        webServer.serve_forever()
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        pass

    webServer.server_close()
    print("Server stopped.")

I can access this server on the VM using the command.
user@instance1:~$ curl  http://localhost:5500
<title>https://pythonbasics.org</title>
Request: /

This is an example web server.

I have created a firewall rule to allow access from all source ips. But not able to access using external ip. I have also tried from external browser.
Firewall rule screen. Allow HTTP(S).Here the external ip is 34.122.198.62
user@instance1:~$ curl  http://34.122.198.62:5500/
curl: (7) Failed to connect to 34.122.198.62 port 5500: Connection refused

Could you please help in resolve the issue? Thank you in advance

A: Running the server with python3 manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000 resolved the issue.


"It was not to be expected of the colonists of New England that they should be the first to see through a delusion which befooled the whole civilized world, and the gravest and most knowing persons in it. The colonists in Connecticut and New Haven, as well as in Massachusetts, like all other Christian people at that time -- at least with extremely rare individual exceptions -- believed in the reality of a hideous crime called witchcraft." PALFREY'S New England (Vol. IV, pp. 96-127).
"The truth is that it [witchcraft] pervaded the whole Christian Church. The law makers and the ministers of New England were under its influences as -- and no more than -- were the law makers and ministers of Old England." Blue Laws -- True and False (p. 23), TRUMBULL.
"One ----- of Windsor Arraigned and Executed at Hartford for a Witch." WINTHROP'S Journal ( 2: 374, Savage Ed., 1853).
Publication information: Book title: The Witchcraft Delusion in Colonial Connecticut, 1647-1697. Contributors: John M. Taylor - Author. Publisher: J. Edmund Edwards. Place of publication: Stratford, CT. Publication year: 1969. Page number: 35.


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Nitto ATP Finals Day 2 Prediction: Andrey Rublev vs Stefanos Tsitsipas
By: Gavin Lang | November 14, 2021
The night session on Day 2 of the Nitto ATP Finals features a repeat of this year's Monte Carlo final between Andrey Rublev and Stefanos Tsitsipas. Both players have had a dip in form of late, so it will be interesting to see who can elevate their level and come out on top in this opening group match. The Greek knows what it takes to win this event, as he was the champion in 2019. This is Andrey Rublev's second appearance at the season ending finale, so it will be interesting to see how he performs in Turin.
Nitto ATP Finals Day 2 Prediction
Andrey Rublev vs Stefanos Tsitsipas
Head to Head: 4-3 Tsitsipas
As well as being a rematch of this year's Monte Carlo final, the last hard court meeting between the pair came in the round robin stages of last year's Nitto ATP Finals, where the Greek prevailed in a deciding set tiebreak.
Andrey Rublev recorded one of the best wins of his career this season in Monte Carlo, where he defeated Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals. Although he made his first two Masters 1000 finals in Monte Carlo and Cincinnati this year, it would be fair to say that the Russian has still not produced his best tennis at the Grand Slams. Rublev is one of the best pure ball strikers on tour. At his best, the potent power of his serve and ground strokes can prove to be overwhelming for any opponents. However, his greatest asset can also prove to be his worst enemy at times. When Rublev's ball striking is erratic or when he has an off day, the Russian has struggled to find a plan B or add more variety within his tactical game-plan. This at times can lead to him being somewhat predictable or one dimensional. I do believe that the Russian will enjoy these faster conditions this week, as it will enable him to be able to hit more winners and gain more of a rhythm from the back of the court.
Stefanos Tsitsipas has enjoyed a fantastic 2021 season. The Greek won his first Masters 1000 title in Monte Carlo and reached his first Grand Slam final at Roland Garros, a match where he had a two sets to love lead before he lost in five sets to Novak Djokovic. However, post Roland Garros and indeed outside of clay courts in general, the Greek has not been able replicate his clay court form. I believe that one of the main reasons for this is his struggles on the backhand return. When the Greek has more time on this shot, and can run around his backhand to hit a forehand return on the slower clay court surface, he has yet to develop a solid and consistent backhand chip return for faster hard courts and at Wimbledon. This was particularly exposed by Daniil Medvedev in Australia, Frances Tiafoe at Wimbledon, and Reilly Opelka in Toronto. It is important to note that he has made improvements in this area this season. However, further improvement is needed, especially if he is to have success on grass courts. I think there is a risk this week that this area of his game is exposed due to the faster court conditions.
I think this will be a very close match. Both players have not been in the best of form recently and it will be interesting to see how Tsitsipas's elbow holds up, considering his retirement from his opening match in Paris. Whilst Rublev has more firepower, Tsitsipas has more variety in his game, as well as arguably having the higher tennis IQ and match awareness of the pair. However, I think the Russian has the edge given the fast court conditions and given the uncertainty regarding Tsitsipas's elbow, if this match goes long like I believe it will, then this could be a potential problem for the Greek. I think Rublev will get the win in three tight sets.
Prediction: Rublev in 3
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Cigna calling to tell us a pharmacy order is on the way and if there are questions about the medicine to call them at a certain number. I got the meds and I have no questions. This is the second day in a row I got this robo call. I blocked the number.
Didn't answer and voice message won't load. Don't want to be called at 8:00am.
Automated call indicating that someone in my household has a prescription about to run out. It asked for my date of birth and if I was the one getting the perscription. I gave my birth date and said "yes" to the second question.
when asked for a credit card number I hung up.
This is a call in regard to prescriptions through Cigna Home Delivery Pharmacy. They keep calling until you answer, and never leave a message.
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I did not answer because of location, they did not leave message.


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While trying to be out and proud, Batwoman gets a tad corny
Alani Vargas
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Batwoman has had one of the stronger first seasons to come out of the Arrowverse shows. Kate Kane has had to deal with a psychotic sister back from the dead, on top of becoming Gotham's newest vigilante. But after the solid midseason finale and that massive crossover, "How Queer Everything Is Today!" is a little underwhelming. Still, the episode does offer a few pleasant surprises, along with Kate still struggling with the whole hero thing, and a guarantee this season is about to get even more complicated.
Back at the beginning of the season, when Kate first donned the cowl and cape, she struggled with having to hide her identity, given that her whole existence up until that point was about being out and proud. But Kate's secrecy about her double life as Batwoman was intended to protect her family from the fallout of her nocturnal, crime-fighting activities. Now, there's an issue of Batwoman's queerness—or lack thereof.
BatwomanSeason 1
"How Queer Everything Is Today!"
Batwoman wasn't meant to be a device that shoved Kate back in the closet, if she ever was in one, but it now feels like that to her. She's very, very gay, as she points out in this episode, so her frustration at the erasure of her sapphic preferences is understandable, and exacerbated by the fact that Gotham is 'shipping her and one of the boys in blue. It seems a little silly at first, but when looking back on who she is and her new title as a Paragon of Courage, Kate's decision to let more more of Batwoman's true self (and, by extension, her own) shine through clicks into place, aided by Parker's storyline.
At first, Parker's devious cyber-hacking to get attention from her parents for being outed as gay is a little extreme, just as Kate's desire to establish Batwoman's sexuality started as a bit corny. But when those two are combined, it is relatable to a certain extent to real-life situations of hiding who you authentically are. Sure, gay teens aren't hacking their mayor's credit card info (that we know of), but it's a superhero-sized equivalence to what gay teens do to cope with lack of acceptance. Queerness is hard to come to terms with, even with a sound support system. Luke makes a good point about not giving Batwoman so many of Kate's characteristics, but in the end, her coming out saved even more of Gotham than she already does with a Batarang.
Image: Colin Bentley (The CW)
Batwoman also shows a newer side to Mouse and Alice's relationship. Up until this point, Mouse has been a doting yet aggressive partner to Alice; a true, idolizing brother-figure. While Mouse has had his moments of doubt with Alice, he's been very much on her side of things. But now that their Mad Tea Party went off without a hitch, Alice is angry Kate doesn't see it as the blessing she intended—and Mouse is not having it. It's fascinating to see him share such sane realizations with her when he and Alice are usually very much the opposite. He most likely is making so much sense and being rational—duh, killing Mary's mom and imprisoning their father isn't going to make Kate jump for joy—because he wants all of Alice's attention on him. Alice, of course, is not going to accept the fact that Kate is turning on her.
Speaking of which, Kate is truly, finally, over Alice. It took Catherine's death and the framing of Jacob to make her see Alice's true self, but Kate is done trying to bring Beth back. The end of "Mad Tea Party" really showed her anger towards the situation and the second metaphorical death of her sister. This time around, Kate is just determined. She's ready to grovel to Mary and make up for everything. She's also decided to shut Alice down—not in hopes of revitalizing her sister, but to end her.
And poor Mary. Our favorite character is grieving and juggling so much to stay away from facing it all. Unfortunately, everyone is just telling her to "see someone" or talk to someone, instead of talking through things with her themselves. Even though Kate will forever be making up for her role in Catherine's death, and she knows it, she doesn't do enough at first. After dodging that girl all season when Mary just wanted a sister, Kate has so to make up for.
The last reveal is nothing short of genius. Not only does Beth's return allow for some juicy and emotional hangups with Alice in the future, but it also shows that the series will have significant fallout from Crisis On Infinite Earths. It's also a way to keep Rachel Skarsten tied to the show, and keep other characters around longer and in different ways, if that's what they decide to do. Kate is going to have to pick up the pieces, with Jacob still in prison and Catherine's death so fresh. Throw in new-Beth, and it's getting really complicated. Alice is in custody, too, but heaven knows she won't be for long.
Stray observations:
Having Kara Danvers as the reporter to break Batwoman's story is not only friendship goals, but also just a perfect way to tie in the fact that they share the same Earth now, and also a great way to tell the world she's a lesbian. Kara Ace Reporter strikes again!
It was such a sweet moment to hear Jacob Kane tell Mary how he was never going to lose her as a daughter. Finally, Mary gets some much-needed (and deserved) emotional validation!
It's awesome that Batwoman is showing the fallout from Crisis On Infinite Earths. It seemed like maybe this show wouldn't be as affected by the universes consolidating into Earth Prime, but that's obviously not the case. It might cause headaches moving forward, though. Are there multiple Kates too? Multiple Batwomen or Bruce Waynes running around?
Hopefully, Kate getting Beth back doesn't change her desire to show Mary how much she cares for her as a sister, not just a step-sibling. Mary really needs Kate's emotional support and has always craved that connection. To lose it now would destroy her further. Unfortunately, we've seen what happens with Kate is sidetracked by Beth before. Let's see if she can have less tunnel vision when it comes to her siblings.
Alani Vargas is an entertainment writer and A.V. Club contributor. Her work also appears on Showbiz Cheat Sheet, INSIDER, Bustle, Refinery29, and Elite Daily.


In the mid-Wilshire area are the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the George C. Page Museum of La Brea Discoveries and the La Brea Tar Pits, and the new Craft and Folk Art Museum. Car fans will enjoy the Petersen Automotive Museum.
Glitzy Wilshire Boulevard, in Beverly Hills, is internationally known as Department Store Row. Legendary Rodeo Drive and neighboring streets offer famous designer shops and posh galleries that attract serious shoppers from around the world.
Got your sights set on the stars? Beverly Hills and nearby West Hollywood are studded with celebrity- owned and frequented cafes, clubs and restaurants. The stars might just come out at night.


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Ceres: Shareholders Seeking Stronger Responses from Companies as Climate Change Concerns Deepen
Record high climate-related resolutions seek improvements on issues like greenhouse gas reductions, flaring cutbacks and increased sustainable palm oil sourcing
March 7, 2014: Motivated by mounting scientific evidence that human activity is a leading cause of climate change; major institutional investors are pushing for stronger actions from companies in climate-related shareholder resolutions in the 2014 proxy season.
Led by Walden Asset Management, the New York State Comptroller's Office, the California State Teachers' Retirement System, Calvert Investments, the Connecticut Treasurer's Office, Trillium Asset Management, Mercy Investments and Green Century Capital Management, 35 institutional investors have filed 142 resolutions in a coordinated effort to spur action by 118 companies – including Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Kinder Morgan, Lowes and several electric utilities – on a wide range of climate-related issues such as greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, energy efficiency and sustainable palm oil.
"The combined package of 2014 resolutions demonstrates a common urgency that investors and companies alike need to 'raise the bar' and expand our actions to address climate change," said Timothy Smith, Senior Vice President and Director of Environmental Social and Governance Shareholder Engagement at Boston-based Walden Asset Management. "The range of resolutions shows how investors are broadening their outreach to more companies and deepening their message to other companies on difficult climate issues such as lobbying on climate by fossil fuel companies."
This year's record number of climate-related resolutions demonstrates that investors are paying more attention than ever to risks and opportunities that climate change and environmental issues pose to companies in their portfolios. The investors – many of which are members of the Investor Network on Climate Risk, coordinated by the sustainability advocacy group Ceres, and members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) – request specific actions from companies such as adopting and achieving company-wide goals for reducing GHG emissions from operations.
"Investors are not standing still as the climate crisis worsens. These wide-ranging resolutions reflect a deepening concern that stronger actions from companies are needed," said Mindy Lubber, president of Ceres and director of the Investor Network on Climate Risk, which helped coordinate the filing of the resolutions.
Investors filed 23 resolutions asking companies, including Exxon Mobil and Dish Network, to set GHG reduction targets and increase transparency on how they are managing climate risks. They also filed resolutions with companies including Kraft Foods and PepsiCo requesting assessments of the company's supply chain impact on deforestation and plans to mitigate these risks.
Recent analysis shows that many U.S. businesses, including numerous Standard & Poor's 500 index firms, have reported a higher rate of return on investments in carbon-reduction technologies than on overall corporate capital investments. In response to resolutions by Trillium Asset Management, Church & Dwight has agreed to set GHG emissions reduction goals and increase disclosure of the companies' approaches to managing climate risk. Advance Auto Parts, Denbury Resources, Cabot Oil and Gas, and Lincoln Electric Holdings agreed to increase public disclosure to investors of how they are managing climate risk following engagements with Walden Asset Management. Meanwhile, a shareholder resolution filed by Mercy Investments at BorgWarner prompted an enterprise-wide commitment to assess not only GHG emissions, but also other waste streams from manufacturing, such as water waste. After dialogue with Calvert and Mercy Investments, PACCAR – one of the world's largest manufacturers of medium and heavy-duty trucks – agreed to improve its reporting on climate change and the steps the company is taking to minimize its impacts.
The impact of these resolutions is already becoming clear on other issues as well. Last month, in response to a shareholder proposal filed by Green Century Capital Management, Kellogg Co. announced an industry-leading commitment to purchase only deforestation-free palm oil. Palm oil, which is a $50 billion-a-year commodity used in about half of all packaged goods, is a key driver of deforestation that accounts for more than 15 percent of worldwide carbon emissions. At least 30,000 square miles of tropical forest – an area bigger than Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire combined – has been cleared to accommodate palm oil plantations in the past two decades. Green Century also coordinated 40 investors representing $270 billion AUM to successfully lobby the world's largest palm oil trader, Wilmar, to adopt a zero deforestation policy- a move estimated to save the 1.5 gigatons of CO2 by 2020, the equivalent of annual CO2 emissions from all of Central and South America. Investors have filed with a number of other companies calling for sustainable sourcing of palm oil, including Panera Bread and Safeway. As one of the world's largest food processing companies, Kellogg's commitment is a critical development.
"Kellogg's commitment to only purchase palm oil from responsible sources positions it as company working to curb climate change instead of one accelerating it," said Leslie Samuelrich, President of Green Century Capital Management. "We hope that Kellogg's commitment encourages other companies to listen to shareholder concerns and develop sustainable palm oil supply chains that protect rainforests, which act as the 'lungs' of our earth to reduce carbon pollution."
Kellogg's commitment is just the latest example of shareholder impact. In 2013, Ceres worked with INCR member Mercy Investments to file a resolution with Continental Resources, the largest company operating in North Dakota's Bakken region, to save energy and curb carbon pollution by reducing flaring. Three months later, the company set an aggressive goal to reduce flaring, setting an important precedent for shale energy production across the U.S. On January 29, 2014, the entire industry in North Dakota pledged to significantly reduce flaring while advocating for stricter regulations moving forward.
Topics covered by the 2014 resolutions include:
comprehensive sustainability reporting
greenhouse gas reduction goals
methane emissions
carbon asset risk
deforestation and sustainable agriculture
spending on political lobbying related to climate and energy
greenhouse gas emissions financed by banks
plans to source renewable energy
and adding a board member with environmental expertise
For more information and to view these shareholder resolutions, visit http://www.ceres.org/investor-network/resolutions.
About Ceres
Ceres is a nonprofit organization mobilizing business and investor leadership on climate change, water scarcity and other sustainability challenges. Ceres directs the Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR), a network of over 100 institutional investors with collective assets totaling more than $11 trillion. Ceres also directs Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy (BICEP), an advocacy coalition of nearly 30 businesses committed to working with policy makers to pass meaningful energy and climate legislation. For more information, visit www.ceres.org or follow on Twitter @CeresNews.
Aaron Pickering — Ceres, pickering@ceres.org, 617-247-0700 ext. 148, cell: 508-951-0919
Peyton Fleming — Ceres, fleming@ceres.org, 617-247-0700 x 120, cell: 617-733-6660
This press release was originally published by Ceres which is solely responsible for its content.
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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Total U.S. light vehicle sales fell to a 15.28 million rate in September from 16.09 million in August, according to data from Autodata. The larger drop came from truck sales, which fell to 7.56 million from 8.06 million in August, while car sales fell to 7.72 million from 8.03 million in August. A favorable calendar front-loaded sales into the August reporting period, which this year included Labor Day.