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Q&As mark next step in House of Correction lawsuit (UPDATE)
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke Jr.
The outcome of a lawsuit over control of the House of Correction in Franklin could depend on Milwaukee County's responses to written questions from the attorney representing Sheriff David Clarke Jr.
Clarke sued the county in December to prevent it from transferring control of the House of Correction from him to a superintendent. Michael Whitcomb, Clarke's attorney, has said he must depose a county employee to ask questions about the intent of the budget provision that authorized that transfer.
The county, claiming it has the statutory authority to shift control no matter the intent, has requested summary judgment in the case. A hearing on that motion is scheduled for April 18.
Ron Stadler, an attorney with Milwaukee-based Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan LLP who represents the county, argued last week that the people best suited to answer Whitcomb's questions about intent are Milwaukee County supervisors, and they are protected by legislative privilege, which prevents legislators from providing depositions about the decisions they make in the legislative process. That protection also extends to the county executive, Stadler said Monday.
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Paul Van Grunsven last week delayed a decision on Whitcomb's request. Van Grunsven said he wanted to consider Stadler's motion for summary judgment.
While still not ruling on that request Monday, Van Grunsven brokered a compromise between the sides. Whitcomb would send a list of questions to Stadler, who would then provide the county's answers.
Van Grunsven said he is wary of handcuffing Clarke's attempt to sustain his lawsuit in case the responses to the questions are integral to his response to the motion for summary judgment.
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The county's answers to Whitcomb's list of questions will help determine whether a deposition is necessary, Van Grunsven said. If it is clear that Whitcomb still must question a county employee to make the case against summary judgment, the judge said the county's response should clarify who beyond the bounds of legislative privilege could answer those questions.
Whitcomb must submit his written questions to Stadler by March 4, and Stadler must provide those answers by March 13.
While information might come from the supervisors or executive, Stadler said, the county's response will not fall under legislative privilege. Stadler said he would present the position of the county as a whole, which does not fall under the privilege.
However, he said, if Whitcomb were to depose a single supervisor, for example, that would violate legislative privilege because that supervisor would be giving only his or her opinions.
If the county's response doesn't answer all his questions, Whitcomb said, he believes the question of legislative privilege would be moot.
"I find it fanciful to even suggest," he said after the hearing, "that the only people who have knowledge concerning the 2013 budget are county supervisors."
Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan House of Corrections Michael Whitcomb Paul Van Grunsven Ron Stadler 5:01 pm Mon, February 25, 2013 Wisconsin Law Journal - WI Legal News & Resources
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There's this little hyperactive kid in my mom's second grade class who I love to death. He's one of those kids who just genuinely has so much energy he often, literally, cannot control himself. He is forever moving, in one way or another, and has trouble concentrating. I feel for him. Probably because he outwardly manifests what goes on inside my brain a great deal of the time. Plus, I just have a soft spot for the kids who are considered more "difficult".
Hmmm. It used to be Coke when I was his age.
Everyone wants to be right about everything, pretty much all the time, most especially when it comes to religion. Some people take it to the extreme of being willing to write hateful stuff on signs and stand out shouting mean things, and others will fly planes into buildings for their cause. Just as convinced as you are that you are right, there is someone else with an opposing view who is more convinced they are right, and willing to do something far more radical to prove it. It seems the more right we try to be, the more wrong we become.
Some of the most nasty, disgusting behavior I have seen (regarding religion) has been related to people trying to prove to others that they are right, and "the others" are wrong. The interesting thing is often it seems like those people, trying so hard to prove their point, are trying to convince themselves about what they believe more than anyone else. They are also usually scared of any type of question that might challenge their belief in any sort of way. And these questions can cause them to totally freak out, become emotional, and ensue in heated debate about the matter.
We can become so ugly when we think we are right about something. I hate that ugliness because it puts huge divides between us. Surely if what or who we say we believe in is big enough to believe in, it should not shake our belief in that thing or being when others have opposing views. I have friends who believe many different things when it comes to religion, politics, world views, and life in general. I can have conversations with them, hearing their point of views and sharing mine, without feeling like I have to convince them that they are wrong and I am right, just because I may not agree with them. And most times, even though I may not agree with their entire view, there are areas where I can find common ground of agreement; and on certain occasions that may be to merely "agree to disagree".
Now, I am not at all saying that we should all believe the same things, or not have strong opinions about things. I have very strong opinions, beliefs and views on pretty much everything, and I like it that way. Diversity in belief and lifestyle is what makes it fun to live in this world, for me. But I guess, over the years, I have just seen that the best way to tell someone what you believe, is to show them with your life, and if it doesn't speak loud enough to convince them of your views, then your words will probably do nothing for your cause. One thing I know I am right about is one day we are all going to be very surprised about what we always thought was right and wrong, because we are all right in some ways, and we are all wrong in others. Until then, we all have the right to think we're right but let's try not to act wrong in trying to prove we're right. Right?
Go to Heaven. Go to Hell.
Rob Bell's new book "Love Wins" is apparently stirring up controversy. From what I can see, many Christians are thinking that he is saying that hell doesn't exist, and that anyone, who wants to, can get into heaven, no matter what they believe. I have no idea what he says in his book, as I have not read it. I did however just watch a couple of interviews with him, and he didn't seem to give any sort of really concrete, controversial answer in any way. His main point is just that God loves everybody, no matter what. I agree with that.
The funny (not "ha ha funny" at all) thing about all of this is, while people sit around and argue about whether or not there is a heaven or hell, and the location, and the guest list, and the cover charge, and all of that, there are people around them who are living in literal hell on earth. People often get so caught up in "what is to come" they forget about what is happening now. If this earth, and all of the people within it were created by God, is He not concerned about this life, now? I'm worried about it. I think Jesus worried about it too. He is my number one Christian role model.
Even people like Bill Maher, an outspokenly anti-religion, anti-Christian person, agrees that Jesus lived an incredible life; I heard and saw him say it with my own eyes and ears in a video just yesterday. Jesus's life was a literal example of how to live, love, serve and accept. His words and lifestyle offended the religious who were blinded by pride and legalism, but His life and words touched and comforted those who were cast out by society. He lived a life of selflessness, that many of us in the modern-day church will never be able to grasp, or even come near to; not that we shouldn't try. I mean, He had no home or possessions to speak of, at least that we know of. These aspects often get left out of sermons and discussion in and around church and Christianity. Probably, and mostly, because we are often self serving, and we like our "things", and we especially hate to be inconvenienced.
I think it is fair to say that humans are innately selfish. We often like to know what's "in it" for us before we get into something. It is interesting to see different Christians' reactions when you take the threat of hell and the enticement of heaven away from them; like, if you pose a question, which is very scary to them, "What if there is no heaven or hell?". For some, it really puts the lives they are currently living in question, because the majority of their spiritual identity is placed on the afterlife. Maybe it's a good question to ask ourselves, because I do not think it changes who God is; but maybe it changes who you thought God is, or how you have made Him to be.
And it is for this reason I respect people like Rob Bell, and Jesus, and Chris Boeskool (a Facebook friend who's always challenging people's beliefs and starting conversations on modern-day spirituality, and specifically wrote a note that got alot of feedback on this very topic). They don't just accept the religious set-up as is, and they offer important questions to a continuous dialogue, and though some of these questions can only be answered with more questions, they are still not afraid to ask them. That is brave. Most people are scared to do that. And it is that fear in asking those questions that leads us to continue to guard our tiny beliefs with fury, while people sit waiting on the outside for us to respond with love. Because yes, often the lives those very people are living cause us to ask the deepest questions about God, life, humanity, and ourselves. Sometimes it's easier just to defend what we already know, and ignorance is bliss.
End of a Beard Phase.
I've had facial hair off and on for the past few years, but around the middle of last year I began growing what was to become my most epic and first ever "serious beard". I grew it for several reasons; one of the simplest being "because I can", and some of the more complex reasons coming from a sort of strange need in the deepest, darkest part of my soul. Yep, that's pretty melodramatic. But so is life sometimes, I guess. So I just grew that old sucker right out! And people had all sorts of responses.
Some people's positive reactions ranged from like to love. Some were indifferent about it. And most straight up hated on it, some more venomously than others, without naming names, you know who you are. But seriously, this "beard phase" I found myself in was real, and, as I said before, it was needed. It's hard to put into words what it stood for, and what it meant to me. In some ways I was mourning a season of the past, in other ways it's like I was in some sort of hibernation period, and in other ways it was just an outward "stay away" sign for a period of time. Yeah, the past few years have been a bit rough, and I guess it all needed to work its way out in one way or another; my beard was just one of the many ways I have been "working it all out".
And I am still working it out. But I recently I have felt a tangible shift in the atmosphere. It's like things are changing, certain things are lining up in amazing ways, and I am coming into a new, fresh, wonderful season. This is truly incredible seeing that I just lived through my first full American (literal) winter in eleven years, right after living through four years of the coldest, darkest (metaphorical) winter of my life. And now it's Spring, and the birds are chirping, the weather's changing, the ground's thawing out, the flowers and trees are blooming, everything seems bright, and life seems to be filled with the promise of hope and newness. I like that. And I feel it too…deep, deep down.
This morning, with all of that in mind, I shaved my beard off. I shaved it off because I feel I am coming into a new season, and the beard phase is officially over. The thing is, I had really grown to like the beard. I'd actually even grown to love it. I hadn't even realized just how much of my current identity (at least in my mind) revolved around the beard. So, today, instead of being filled with joy of going into this new season I find myself moving into, I rather found myself mourning the loss of my beard. That is so, so weird. And then I realized…that's exactly what we do.
We get so used to pain, and hurt, and crap that we've lived through, we become comfortable in it, and we wear it, and if we allow it to, it becomes a part of us. Sure, sometimes it is important to go through phases of allowing ourselves to feel certain negative feelings, and mourn certain things we've lost, and acknowledge the pain that is there. But the most important thing is movement, and not to stop and allow a phase to become a destination. Sometimes sitting is easier than standing, wallowing is easier than walking, and dwelling is easier than moving on.
I don't want to sit, wallow, or dwell. It's just not me. I'm ready to move on to bigger and better, greater and more wonderful things. And I know that if I try to hold on to the "beard phase", I will not be moving into this new season of life in the fullness of what I am supposed to be, or rather who I am supposed to be. I needed a fresh start, a clean slate. As much as I miss the beard, I am aware of the symbol that it represented for me and I am happy to shed it, and move on. I shared this because I know I'm not the only one with a beard that needed to be shaved, whether literal or metaphorical, and if you are a "bearded" woman or man, wearing that "beard" for longer than you should, making the "beard phase" a "beard stop", I want to challenge you to consult your nearest "clippers", whatever that may be to you.
Drawn by Adam Daniels. Commissioned by Lillian Willis Boeskool.
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Now that's muscle! In other words for every 3 G8 servers, just 2 of those G9's would take on the same workload. If one of our racks normally would have 9 G8 servers, we can switch those out with only 6 G9's. Inversely planning to turn up a cage of 10 G9 racks would be the same as if we did 15 G8 racks!
Hardware brings the company together like a rug in a living room. See how many links I mentioned above to show you how we're one team dedicated to build a better Internet. Everything that we do here roots down to how we manage the tons of aluminum and silicon we've invested. There's a lot here to develop our hardware to help Cloudflare grow to where we envision ourselves to be. If you'd like to contribute, we'd love to hear from you.


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French presidential poll a bellwether for Europe
The outcome will show whether the populist tide that lifted Brexit and Trump is still rising
Mon, Apr 24, 2017 - 5:50 AM
A voter picking up a ballot at a polling station in Rennes, western France, during the first round of the French presidential election on Sunday.
FRANCE voted on Sunday in the first round of a bitterly fought presidential election that is crucial to the future of Europe and a closely-watched test of voters' anger with the political establishment.
Over 50,000 police backed by elite units of the French security services...

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Flanders' minister for agriculture and the environment Joke Schauvliege | Christophe Karaba/EPA
Flemish minister quits over false climate protest claim
Joke Schauvliege had cited state security agency to support her view.
By	Simon Van Dorpe
2/5/19, 4:47 PM CET
Updated 4/19/19, 1:19 AM CET
A Flemish minister resigned Tuesday after admitting she made a false claim about recent demonstrations for action on climate change.
Joke Schauvliege, Flanders' minister for agriculture and the environment, had said Belgium's state security service told her other forces were behind the protests.
She held a press conference Tuesday at which she announced her resignation.
In recent weeks, thousands of Belgian high school pupils have been skipping classes every Thursday to protest against the country's climate policies. Brussels has also hosted two major Sunday marches on the same issue, with a combined attendance of 135,000 people.
Many of the protesters targeted Schauvliege, one of four Belgian ministers responsible for climate policy, who is often accused of having a poor record on the issue.
"I know who is behind this whole movement, both the Sunday protests and the truants on Thursday — I was also told this by State Security — so I can guarantee you that I don't just see ghosts but that there is more behind it than spontaneous action of solidarity for our climate," she told a farmers' union meeting in the village of Lierde on Saturday.
The minister was forced to admit her claim about the intelligence services was untrue after facing an outcry over her remarks. She said she had made a mistake under pressure. Green and far-right opposition parties called for her resignation.
On Monday evening, Schauvliege conceded on Twitter that she had "expressed herself wrongly" about the security agency and apologized "to anyone who took offense."
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In a radio interview with public broadcaster VRT on Tuesday morning, Schauvliege said: "This is not to justify [what I said] but over the last week I received a lot of criticism on social media and by email and text messages. Last week was a very busy week. I slept very little and may have been overtaken by frustration or emotion."
The Christian Democrat party (CD&V) on Wednesday proposed Koen Van den Heuvel, the party's group leader in the Flemish parliament and mayor of the Puurs municipality, as Schauvliege's successor.
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Kenyan teacher wins $1 million global teaching prize
Peter Tabichi was presented with the award in the presence of the Crown Prince of Dubai and actor Hugh Jackman
Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, with Peter Tabichi, of Kenya.
Actor Hugh Jackman performing at the Global Educational Teacher Prize 2019.
Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, with Peter Tabichi, of Kenya. Photos by Leslie Pableo for The National.
Peter Tabichi was announced as the winner of the Global Teacher Prize 2019.
Peter Tabichi waves to the audience after accepting the prize.
Actor Hugh Jackman performed at the ceremony.
Peter Tabichi with actor Hugh Jackman.
Full interview: Global Teacher Prize winner Peter Tabichi tells of 'a new life' for his pupils
A Franciscan monk has been named the winner of the $1 million Global Teacher Prize at a star-studded ceremony in Dubai.
Peter Tabichi from Kenya was presented with the prestigious award in the presence of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, and actor Hugh Jackman.
Emotions ran high at the final ceremony at Atlantis, The Palm as Mr Tabichi dedicated the award to his father, who raised him after his mother died when he was 11.
The teacher, 36, was nominated in part for dedicating 80 per cent of his monthly salary to support pupils studying at the Keriko Mixed Day Secondary School in Pwani Village, Nakuru, to help cover the cost of their uniforms and books.
Almost all of the pupils at the school are from disadvantaged backgrounds, and many have lost a parent or are orphaned.
They are taught in groups of 70 or 80 and many walk more than 6 kilometres to reach the school.
A poor internet connection means he has to travel to a cyber-cafe to download resources for his science lessons. But despite the challenges they face, a number of his pupils have gone on to participate in national and international science competitions. One even won an award from the Royal Society of Chemistry in the UK.
The judges noted how his work at the school had "dramatically improved his pupils' achievement". Many more are now going on to college or university, in spite of the school's limited resources.
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"Every day in Africa we turn a new page and a new chapter," said Mr Tabichi, who is a member of the Catholic religious order founded by St Francis of Assisi in the 13th century.
"This prize does not recognise me but recognises this great continent's young people.
"I am only here because of what my students have achieved. This prize gives them a chance. It tells the world that they can do anything."
He said he has seen the promise the young people of Africa, who exhibit curiosity, talent, intelligence and belief.
They will no longer be held back by low expectations, he said. They will become scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs.
"And girls will be a huge part of this story," added Mr Tabichi, who tries to persuade families who expect their daughters to get married at an early age to keep them in school.
Mr Tabichi said he was "pleased, honoured and humbled" to be awarded the Global Teacher Prize.
Officials commended him for his work at the school, which has only one computer, and a ratio of one teacher to every 58 pupils.
The ceremony also heard that he offered one-on-one tuition sessions at pupils' homes during weekends.
Writing on Twitter, Sheikh Hamdan paid tribute to Mr Tabichi's creativity and dedication.
From Dubai, we congratulate the African continent for Global @TeacherPrize winner, Kenyan maths and science teacher @PeterTabichi. The lack of resources at his school was never an obstacle in the face of his creativity. We believe that teachers are the creators of needed change. pic.twitter.com/cBV3PMripV
— Hamdan bin Mohammed (@HamdanMohammed) March 24, 2019
"From Dubai, we congratulate the African continent for Global Teacher Prize winner, Kenyan maths and science teacher @PeterTabichi. The lack of resources at his school was never an obstacle in the face of his creativity. We believe that teachers are the creators of needed change," he wrote.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, also congratulated Mr Tabichi, writing on Twitter that "Teachers are the pioneers of development and the true change makers".
مبروك فوز بيتر تابيشي من كينيا بجائزة افضل معلم في العالم .. تقدير المعلمين هو تقدير لرواد النهضة وصناع التغيير الحقيقي .. pic.twitter.com/fdnt3B1Jl3
— HH Sheikh Mohammed (@HHShkMohd) March 24, 2019
In a video message played to the audience, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta told Mr Tabichi: "You are a shining example of what the human spirit can achieve – not just for Kenya, not just for Africa, but for the world" .
"You give me faith that Africa's best days are ahead of us and your story will light the way for future generations."
Sunday night's ceremony began with a video message from Jackman, who introduced each of the 10 finalists to the stage.
The roof of the venue almost lifted off when he then appeared in person to perform songs from The Greatest Showman, a 2017 musical in which he starred.
Mr Tabichi was chosen from an original list of 10,000 candidates from around the world.
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Northeast Missouri Machine and Pattern has been serving Palmyra, Missouri and the surrounding areas for 45 years. In January 1974, Randall and Norma Smyser purchased the Roy Davis Machine Shop located at 715 S. Spring St. in Palmyra. Randy was working as a foreman in the Pattern Shop at Gardner Denver in Quincy, Illinois and after 17 years, he felt it was time to start his own business. Norma started working full time in the business office in 1976. Kyle and Teresa Smyser, a son and daughter-in-law are still with them today, Kyle joining them in 1987 and Teresa in 2004.
Northeast Missouri Machine and Pattern has grown from a "Fix Anything" Job Shop to a Machine Shop specializing in Rubber Compression and Injection Molds. In 1988, Randy spearheaded his first major mold, weighing about 15,000 lbs., for Pearl Harbor Dry Dock #1. Shortly thereafter, the company undertook another major project, a compression mold for a seal for the Garrison Dam on the Missouri River in North Dakota.
The establishment has flourished, producing several dry dock molds including Boston Harbor, Norfolk Virginia and Pearl Harbor. Northeast Missouri Machine and Pattern has undergone four expansions of the original one room Job Shop to accommodate work load and equipment. However, management continues to maintain the Job Shop reputation with local farmers and businesses within a 100 mile radius, always willing to find time to stop what they're doing and fix what needs fixing.
Services include welding, machine work, pattern making, metal fabrication, mold making, and full CNC service. Northeast Missouri Machine and Pattern specializes in making injection and compression molding for the Rubber Industry. From as simple and small as a bumper on a bumper car to the Rubber Latch on the Hood of a Kenworth Truck or as complex as a Blower Hose on a Mack Truck to as large and intricate as a Dry Dock seal for Pearl Harbor or the complete Gate Seal for the Garrison Darn. Work can range from a week's worth to several months with machines running 24/7.
Northeast Missouri Machine and Pattern's goal is to provide exceptional work for anyone who has an idea. Satisfied customers include Buckhorn, Seals Unlimited, BASF, Central Stone, Watlow, Cosmoflex, Cerro Flow, area farmers and private contractors as well. With quality services and a name you can trust, you're sure to get what you're looking for.
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FFI invertebrate survey in a Myanmar cave.
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Helping Extractive Companies Help Biodiversity
CEPF grantees work with industry to minimize negative impacts
This week begins the UN Biodiversity Conference in Egypt, where many of the world's biggest wildlife conservation champions come together to discuss the challenges of protecting biodiversity and work to develop solutions.
One focus during this year's event: How to "mainstream biodiversity into the sectors of energy and mining, infrastructure, manufacturing and processing, and health." In other words, how do we work with companies in these industries to minimize the disruption they cause to ecosystems. (The issue falls under Aichi Target 2.)
Many of CEPF's grantees are working to address this exact challenge, including efforts to work with the extractive industries such as oil, gas, mining and quarrying.
CEPF has funded some 20 extractive-related projects across eight biodiversity hotspots. In Myanmar, part of the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot, CEPF grantee Fauna & Flora International (FFI) has had tremendous success in mainstreaming biodiversity into policies, plans and business practices.
Plants and animals have adapted and evolved to Asia's unique karst landscapes where limestone rock—eroded and dissolved over millennia—has been shaped into dramatic peaks and extensive caves. Today, many species are so unique that they are found only on one hill or in a single cave system. (In 2018, FFI discovered a whopping 21 new fish species in Myanmar, and 19 gecko species were discovered in the country's karst hills the year before.)
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These ecosystems aren't only important to biodiversity; they're important to the cement, industry, too. Limestone is a common ingredient in cement, and karst landscapes have plenty of it.
During extraction of limestone from the earth, damage to the ecosystem and the species on which it depends can be limited if certain guidelines and best practices are followed.
One momentous achievement was a 2016 stakeholder workshop, hosted by FFI, that brought together, for the first time in Myanmar, government agencies, cement companies, local conservation organizations and development banks. The workshop resulted in a radical change in awareness of limestone-related biodiversity among participants. At the event's conclusion, Shwe Taung Cement Company asked to work with FFI, which assisted the company with its biodiversity management plan and offset strategy for its limestone quarry. "This is the first biodiversity management plan and offset strategy ever done by a Myanmar cement company," said FFI's Frank Momberg.
The initial CEPF grant closed at the end of 2016 and a second began the following April. FFI and its myriad partners—departments of mines, forestry and environment; cement companies; environmental impact assessment companies and practitioners; and karst biodiversity experts—have submitted best practice guidelines to the Environment Department to be included in regulations and guidelines. FFI is also working to complete an assessment of Myanmar's karst Key Biodiversity Areas and recommend those with high biodiversity and endemism for protected area designation.
Economic sanctions in Myanmar have recently been lifted. The cement market in the country is booming—several new cement factories are planned or starting construction—making FFI's efforts well timed and more important than ever.
Across the Biodiversity Hotspots
In nearby Vietnam, PanNature is tackling similar challenges by strengthening the skills of local journalists who can then focus public attention on the environmental impacts of the country's increase in development, which is converting forest for industrial plants and infrastructure.
In the Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot, Forest of Hope Association is discouraging illegal mining in Rwanda's Gishwati-Mukura National Park and improving legal mining operations on the park's borders, helping decrease sediment in nearby Lake Kivu, a priority freshwater Key Biodiversity Area.
Meanwhile oil and gas companies in Uganda have been given the legal right to extract resources from within Murchison Falls National Park. Wildlife Conservation Society is working with these companies to mitigate as much damage as possible and protect the myriad wildlife found in the park.
"Extractive companies often need to plan for the long term: 20, 40, even 100 year investments," said CEPF's Managing Director Jack Tordoff. "These are similar timeframes that conservation and restoration of natural ecosystems is concerned with. By engaging constructively with extractive companies, CEPF grantees are developing long-term solutions."


But Bush has NO vision. He's blind! It would take a miracle to get him to see -- say, where's Jesus??? Somebody fly Him immediately to the White House & have Him fix the President's vision!
Palestinian state into being in the near future.
ADC President Ziad Asali said, "there are important elements in Mr.
the Palestinians. That, we have yet to see."
: But Bush has NO vision. He's blind! It would take a miracle to get him to see -- say, where's Jesus??? Somebody fly Him immediately to the White House & have Him fix the President's vision! : ------------------------ : ADC Press Release: : ADC Urges President Bush to Embrace His Own Vision for Middle East Peace : Washington, DC, June 24 – The American Arab Anti-Discrimination : Committee (ADC) today welcomed elements of President George W. Bush's : Middle East policy speech that called for an end to Israeli occupation : and settlement activity, and which reiterated earlier Administration : calls for the creation of an independent Palestinian state alongside : Israel. ADC urges President Bush to embrace his own vision of two : states and adopt a set of clear policies designed to bring the : Palestinian state into being in the near future. : ADC also expressed support for the President's call for Palestinian : democratic elections, but pointed out that the conditions currently : imposed by Israel make free and fair elections impossible. ADC notes : that elections cannot be conducted under the kind of occupation in which : there is no freedom of movement whatsoever, and in which Palestinians : live in a state of siege. ADC urges the Bush Administration to ensure : that Israel withdraw from areas re-invaded in recent days and weeks, and : allow Palestinians freedom of movement as a necessary precursor to : elections. ADC also expressed serious reservations about aspects of : today's address which put the onus for initial progress entirely on the : side of the Palestinians. The Administration has to recognize that : Israel must conform its behavior to UN Security Council resolutions and : the 4th Geneva Convention, withdraw from re-invaded areas and end its : attacks on Palestinian civilians. : ADC President Ziad Asali said, "there are important elements in Mr. : Bush's speech that all parties can work with to resume negotiations : designed to end the occupation and create peace in the region. We : welcome the President's call for the creation of a Palestinian state and : an end to occupation and settlements. We agree that Palestinian : elections would be helpful, and that all attacks on civilians should : cease at once." Asali added, "we feel that the President has yet to : fully embrace his own vision of two independent states, Israel and : Palestine, living side by side in peace, as the basis for actual US : policies. Policies designed to realize that vision in the near future : would, by definition, have to involve US pressure on Israel, not just : the Palestinians. That, we have yet to see."


In May, it's been 4 months since we moved into our new place. The Magnolia tree has bloomed, and it does look quite nice to herald the coming of spring. Between this and cherry blossoms, I think we're enjoying the large pedals from the magnolia much more.
Of course, that's only the front yard. The backyard was a whole different story.
Throwing them out and trying not to get stabbed by rusty nails or splinters.
We also started eating hotpot at home. This was the first time we cooked it, and used the full-sized stove range to cook this. Cost-wise, we spend less than $20 for the both of us, whereas it easily costs $60 if we went to a restaurant.
This was from back when we didn't even take the plastic covers off of the chairs!
Fun times living on an air mattress and eating at the stove.


It's the show that plays fast and loose with the laws of physics, the laws of gravity and just about every other scientific law there is. Professor Brian Cox [think Bill Nye] would not approve . But if you take off your lab coat, put your feet up on the sofa and forget scientific accuracy, Fringe is one of the most brilliantly-imagined fantasy dramas to come along in ages – it even has parallel universes to choose from!
Read the full article at SFX for complete breakdown.
It pisses me off even more that josh should just "downplay" his character and his acting just to make John and Anna look better than him. Stupid article.
I am really tired of people calling Fringe the next X-Files, but we're all entitled to our opinions, the only thing is I'd hope those who don't watch the show and claim it's just a ripoff of the X-Files would actually watch Fringe, then shut it.
You are right, that was shocking. Lincoln is one of the reasons why this season is so unpalatable. I would replace that useless character with Charlie Francis, despite his absence this season.
You are right, it has very little to do with The X-Files. They are two very different animals, even if they fit in the same genre. In its place I'd put Peter's peacoat.
SFX is notorious for its, let us say, off-centre judgements. It winds up fans all the time. Mentioning about every major character (but leaving out my favourite, Charlie) except Olivia, while insulting Blair Brown by suggesting only her hair can act, is par for the course, and another reason for me not to buy their rag.
I myself cannot understand why so many reviewers love lincoln so much and rave about seth gabel, i think if you watch 4.17 (which he was so praised for *vomits*) the scene where he slams the shapeshifter up against the fence tells all you need to know about his acting ability, the quality of his character and what he has done to fringe. Absolutely awful. Where is charlie!?


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Take a trip back in time, and listen to some of the work of Karsten Koch.
On your way around the web, you'll stumble across all sorts of cover versions of chip music, of a very variable quality. Back in the middle of the 90's we came across a cover version that even today, still amazes me. It was a cover/remix of Chronologie, part 4 made by Karsten Koch.
I do believe that this version once was played in the background in a TV program on Danish television, and everybody thought that this was the original version by Jean Michel Jarre. But no, this was the Karsten Koch Stream Tracker version.


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Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia
Contact and Office Hours
Management of the Court
Ambassador of India in Croatia in a curtesy call on President Šeparović
Working and Official Visit to the Constitutional Court of Hungary
Working meeting with the judges of the Constitutional Court of Italy
Working meeting with the Judges of the Constitutional Court of Slovenia
Judicial officials from the European Judicial Training Network at the Constitutional Court
Working meeting with the judges of the Constitutional Court of Kosovo
President Šeparović gave a speech at the 25th "Petar Simonetti" symposium of legal professionals
Official working visit of a delegation of the Constitutional Court of Austria
Visit of the High-Ranking Delegation of the Kingdom of Thailand
XXIst International Congress of European and Comparative Constitutional Law, Madrid
The official opening of the ECHR's judicial year
Members of Indonesian Parliament visited the Constitutional Court
7 December 2006 - The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia Celebrated its 15th Anniversary
On 7th December 2006 the Constitutional Court marked its 15th anniversary at the celebration held in the National Hall. On 7 December 1991 the judges of the first composition of the Constitutional Court began their term of office in the independent and sovereign state of Croatia, and the work began of the Constitutional Court constituted in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia of 22 December 1990.
Among the honourable guests were present also the President of the Republic of Croatia Stjepan Mesić, the Speaker of the Croatian Parliament Vladimir Šeks, the Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, the President of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia and the members of diplomatic corps.
Prof. Klarić, President of the Constitutional Court in his address presented the Court's workings and its efficacity in realising the constitutionality and legality, the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms and the rule of law, and also tackled the problems that the Court faces in its practice. He also expressed his strong belief that the Court: "... will continue along the path of the maximum realisation of the highest values of the constitutional order of the Republic of Croatia"
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Consider The End: Art School Graduate – art. college. life.
Life is pretty good. You're working your way through the maze of portfolio days, applications, campus tours and interviews, but in reality you already know where you want to attend college. You even dream about it. All that's really left is the waiting game and the email stating "we'd like to welcome you into the class of …" But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Before you dream of your happily-ever-after college experience I hope you'll consider reality for a minute; the reality of graduation.
Colleges and universities work very hard to attract the most talented and brightest students. They invest significant time and resources into recruiting, accepting and enrolling dedicated individuals. But once in the door, how much attention is paid to retention – and its cousin – graduation? Will the school make it easy for you to stay on course and graduate on time? And why should you care?
The answers are wrapped up in a multitude of tangibles and intangibles, often not easily measured. Cost and years to completion play a role. So do learned skills, experience gained, connections made, maturity, and confidence.
Let's consider graduation rates. Collegereality.com, produced by The Chronicle of Higher Education with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, helps navigate some critical issues that should be considered when selecting a college. I used their data on pricing and graduation to compare the most fiscally fit schools, as defined by Forbes.
Collegereality.com comparisons are based on obtaining a BA, not a BFA.
Most likely you won't be responsible for the advertised price; you'll pay the average net price which takes scholarships and grants into consideration.
Government graduation rate standards don't accurately reflect the times we live in. Part-time students, students who take time off in the midst of their college years, and transfer students don't count in these outdated graduation rates. However, students graduating within 150% of the time it should take to graduate are included, (i.e. students taking up to six years to graduate from a four year institution).
I believe graduation rates also reflect the effort that faculty, staff, and especially career services personnel put into getting students on the right track. That's where retention plays a role. According to a US News & World Report study, as many as one in three first year students don't return to the same school sophomore year. Reasons vary from financial to academic to family issues. One way schools fight back is with organized first year experiences that are fun and engaging, and that help freshmen adjust to college life. They teach time management, money management, healthy eating habits, how to live independently from mom and dad, and how to trust yourself as an artist. Professors and career services professionals also help by ensuring students remain focused on their major, understand career opportunities, gain exposure to real-world experiences, and connect to prospective employers.
My advice: keep asking questions. Find out what first year experiences exist at the colleges you're considering. Ask about their retention and graduation rates. Inquire how they'll engage you with others on campus and in your chosen career. Even if you've got your heart set on a specific school, you'll be happier in the long run.


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Italy: net income of retirees 2017, by age group and gender
Net income of retirees in Italy in 2017, by age group and gender (in euros)
by Statista Research Department, last edited May 9, 2019
This statistic depicts the net income of retirees in Italy in 2017, broken down by age group and by gender. According to data, the group of male retirees aged over 65 years registered a net income of about 18 thousand euros, whereas female retirees in the same age received approximately 13 thousand euros.
Age distribution in the United States 2017
U.S. - seniors as a percentage of the population 1950-2050
Poverty rate in the U.S. by age and gender in 2017
Number of retired workers receiving Social Security in the U.S. 2008-2018
Statistics on "Pensioners in the U.S."
Silent generation and baby boomers
Age distribution in the United States from 2007 to 2017Age distribution in the United States 2017
Population aged 65 years and over in the United States in 2018, sorted by state (in 1,000)U.S. population aged 65 years and over 2018, by state
Share of old age population (65 years and older) in the total U.S. population from 1950 to 2050U.S. - seniors as a percentage of the population 1950-2050
Poverty rate in the United States in 2017, by age and genderPoverty rate in the U.S. by age and gender in 2017
What does it mean to be a good grandparent?U.S. grandparents' opinion of being a good grandparent 2013
Number of people in the United States in 2011 and 2030, by generation (in millions)Number of people in the U.S. by generation 2030
Difference in importance of career development between Millennials and Baby Boomers in the United States in 2015Importance of career development between U.S. Millennials and Boomers 2015
Distribution of expenditures of Baby Boomers in the United States in 2016Costs of Baby Boomers in the U.S. 2016
Expected sources of retirement income of Baby Boomers in the United States as of 2016Expected sources of retirement income of Baby Boomers in the U.S. 2016
Expected sources of retirement income of Silent Generation in the United States as of 2016Expected sources of retirement income of Silent Generation in the U.S. 2016
How confident are you that you will be able to fully retire with a lifestyle you consider comfortable? (by generation)Confidence in retirement plans 2016, by generation
Per capita prescription drug expenditure for over 65-year-olds in the U.S. between 2010 and 2020, by insurance status (in U.S. dollars)Prescription spending per capita for 65+ year-olds in U.S. by insurance 2010-2020
Percentage of older people who received an influenza vaccination during the past 12 months in the U.S. from 1997 to 2018Percentage of U.S. older people who received influenza vaccination 1997-2018
U.S. aggregate care costs for older people with Alzheimer's or other dementias from 2011 to 2019, by payer (in billion U.S. dollars)*Older people with Alzheimer or dementia: U.S. aggregate care costs 2011-2019
Retirement readiness index score in the United States from 2012 to 2019Retirement readiness index score in the U.S. 2012-2019
Reasons for working in retirement in the United States in 2017Reasons for working in retirement in the U.S. 2017
Number of retired workers receiving Social Security in the United States from 2008 to 2018 (in millions)Number of retired workers receiving Social Security in the U.S. 2008-2018
Number of retired workers receiving Social Security benefits as of December 2018, by age group (in thousands)Number of retired Social Security beneficiaries in the U.S. 2018, by age
Percentage of large U.S. firms offering retiree health benefits as of 2018, by industry U.S. firms offering retiree health benefits in 2018 by industry
Percentage of large U.S. firms offering retiree health benefits to Medicare-age retirees from 2000 to 2018Large U.S. firms offering retiree health benefits to Medicare-age retirees 2000-2018
Percentage of older people who needed help with personal care from other persons in the U.S. from 1997 to 2018Percentage of U.S. people who needed help with personal care from others 1997-2018
Percentage of elderly persons in the U.S. with one or more hospital stays in the past year from 1997 to 2016*Elderly persons with hospital stays in the past year in the U.S. 1997-2016
How likely do you think it is that an aging family member or close friend will need ongoing living assistance in the next five years?Ongoing living assistance needed for aging people in 5 years in U.S. 2015
Experience with providing long-term care among U.S. population over 40 years old as of 2016*Long-term care providing experiences of U.S. population 40+ years old 2016
Italy: net income of retirees 2017, by education level
Italy: net income of retirees 2017, by age group
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Italy: net income of retirees 2017, by macro region and gender
Definition of retirement in the U.S. 2013
Italy: net income of autonomous workers 2017, by age group
Italy: net income of employees 2017, by macro region
Italy: net income of retirees 2017, by macro region
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Italy: net income of employees 2017, by education level
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Italy: net income of autonomous workers 2017, by education level and gender
Average monthly income in China 2017, by generation
Net disposable income of RBI in India FY 2013-FY 2018
Charities in the UK
Organ donation in the United Kingdom
Philippines decent work statistics (DeWS) 2017
Imperial College London: Annual Report and Accounts 2015/2016
University of Cambridge: Reports and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 July 2016
University of Oxford: Financial Statements 2015/2016
Census 2011: Income dynamics and poverty status of households in South Africa
Age distribution in the United States from 2007 to 2017
Population aged 65 years and over in the United States in 2018, sorted by state (in 1,000)
Share of old age population (65 years and older) in the total U.S. population from 1950 to 2050
Poverty rate in the United States in 2017, by age and gender
What does it mean to be a good grandparent?
Number of people in the United States in 2011 and 2030, by generation (in millions)
Difference in importance of career development between Millennials and Baby Boomers in the United States in 2015
Distribution of expenditures of Baby Boomers in the United States in 2016
Expected sources of retirement income of Baby Boomers in the United States as of 2016
Expected sources of retirement income of Silent Generation in the United States as of 2016
How confident are you that you will be able to fully retire with a lifestyle you consider comfortable? (by generation)
Per capita prescription drug expenditure for over 65-year-olds in the U.S. between 2010 and 2020, by insurance status (in U.S. dollars)
Percentage of older people who received an influenza vaccination during the past 12 months in the U.S. from 1997 to 2018
U.S. aggregate care costs for older people with Alzheimer's or other dementias from 2011 to 2019, by payer (in billion U.S. dollars)*
Retirement readiness index score in the United States from 2012 to 2019
Reasons for working in retirement in the United States in 2017
Number of retired workers receiving Social Security in the United States from 2008 to 2018 (in millions)
Number of retired workers receiving Social Security benefits as of December 2018, by age group (in thousands)
Share of retired male workers receiving Social Security benefits as of December 2018, by age group
Share of retired female workers receiving Social Security benefits as of December 2018, by age group
Share of retired male worker OASDI beneficiaries at full retirement age in the United States from 1995 to 2017
Share of retired female worker OASDI beneficiaries at full retirement age in the United States from 1995 to 2017
Percentage of large U.S. firms offering retiree health benefits as of 2018, by industry
Percentage of large U.S. firms offering retiree health benefits to Medicare-age retirees from 2000 to 2018
Percentage of older people who needed help with personal care from other persons in the U.S. from 1997 to 2018
Percentage of elderly persons in the U.S. with one or more hospital stays in the past year from 1997 to 2016*
How likely do you think it is that an aging family member or close friend will need ongoing living assistance in the next five years?
Experience with providing long-term care among U.S. population over 40 years old as of 2016*
Net income of retirees in Italy in 2017, by education level (in euros)
Net income of retirees in Italy in 2017, by age group (in euros)
Net income of retirees in Italy in 2017, by education level and gender (in euros)
Net income of retirees in Italy in 2017, by macro region and gender (in euros)
U.S. Americans' definition of retirement 2013
Net income of autonomous workers in Italy in 2017, by age group (in euros)
Net income of employees in Italy in 2017, by macro region (in euros)
Net income of retirees in Italy in 2017, by macro region (in euros)
Net income of employees in Italy in 2017, by macro region and gender (in euros)
Net income of autonomous workers in Italy in 2017, by macro region (in euros)
Net income of employees in Italy in 2017, by education level (in euros)
Net income of autonomous workers in Italy in 2017, by age group and gender (in euros)
Net income of employees in Italy in 2017, by age group (in euros)
Net income of employees in Italy in 2017, by age group and gender (in euros)
Net income of autonomous workers in Italy in 2017, by macro region and gender (in euros)
Net income of employees in Italy in 2017, by education level and gender (in euros)
Net income of autonomous workers in Italy in 2017, by education level (in euros)
Net income of autonomous workers in Italy in 2017, by education level and gender (in euros)
Average monthly income of Chinese in 2017, by generation
Net disposable income of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in India from FY 2013 to FY 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)*


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Ariana Grande sues Forever 21 over ads featuring 'look-alike model'
Ariana Grande has a problem with Forever 21.
The singer on Monday filed a suit against both the clothing company and spinoff beauty brand Riley Rose, alleging they "stole" the singer's "name, likeness and other intellectual property to promote their brands for free."
In the suit, obtained by CNN, Grande's legal team alleges the clothing company sought out an endorsement deal with Grande in late 2018 and early 2019, but the request was "explicitly declined due to Forever 21's unwillingness to pay the fair market value for a celebrity of Ms. Grande's stature."
The documents allege Forever 21 and Riley Rose published at least 30 unauthorized images and videos "misappropriating Ms. Grande's name, image, likeness and music in order to create the false perception of her endorsement."
The suit includes screenshots from Forever 21's Instagram that show stills from Grande's work being used to promote the Forever 21 brand, as well as advertisements featuring what the suit calls a "look-alike model," who has a hairstyle and clothes similar to those seen in Grande's music video for her song "7 Rings."
Some captions also featured lyrics from Grande's song, the suit says.
The images showcased in the lawsuit no longer appear to be on Forever 21's Instagram, Twitter or Facebook pages.
The suit claims Forever 21 left some of the unauthorized posts up until at least April 17, 2019, despite requests beginning in February that all of them be removed.
Grande is seeking $10 million in damages for copyright infringement, common law trademark infringement and other alleged offenses.
In an email to CNN, Forever 21 said, "Forever 21 does not comment on pending litigation as per company policy. That said, while we dispute the allegations, we are huge supporters of Ariana Grande and have worked with her licensing company over the past two years. We are hopeful that we will find a mutually agreeable resolution and can continue to work together in the future."
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Malavika Jayaram
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Malavika is the inaugural Executive Director of Digital Asia Hub, a Hong Kong-based independent research think-tank incubated by the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, where she is also a Faculty Associate. A technology lawyer for over 15 years, she practised law at Allen & Overy, London, and was Vice President and Technology Counsel at Citigroup. She was featured in the International Who's Who of Internet e-Commerce & Data Protection Lawyers, and voted one of India's leading lawyers. She taught India's first course on Information Technology & Law in 1997, and has taught as adjunct faculty at Northwestern University's Pritzker School of Law in Chicago. She is on the Advisory Boards of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and Mozilla's Tech Policy Fellowship, and on the Executive Committee of the IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems. Malavika is an Associate Fellow with Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs), as part of its Asia-Pacific Programme. She is also a member of the High-level Expert Advisory Group to the OECD project, "Going Digital: Making the Transformation Work for Growth and Well-being".


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Here is an excerpt from a wonderful NPR interview ('How Creativity Works': It's All In Your Imagination) with Jonah Lehrer, author of "Imagine: How Creativity Works." Lehrer and host Robert Siegel discuss the creative process and how great concepts often arrive in unusual packages.
On the creative processes that resulted in Nike's "Just Do It" campaign: "This is a great story from Dan Wieden at Wieden+Kennedy, the very honored Portland ad firm. … He'd come up with seven videos for the new Nike ad campaign. … He knew these different videos which featured different sports needed a shared slogan. But he just couldn't think of the slogan. … At some point during the day, somebody must've mentioned Norman Mailer to him. And so Norman Mailer was in the back of his head somewhere. It's near midnight. His deadline's approaching. He's really, really frustrated at this point because he can't come up with this damn slogan. And then suddenly he thinks of Norman Mailer. He remembers Norman Mailer wrote this book called The Executioner's Song about Gary Gilmore. And he remembers Gary Gilmore's last words right before he's executed by a firing squad in Utah. His last words were, 'Let's do it.'
"And Dan Wieden thinks to himself, Geez, that's pretty brave. That's a pretty brave sentiment to have right before you die — to just get it over with. But he realizes 'Let's Do It' isn't quite right, so he tweaks one word. And there you get 'Just Do It.' … But that's a perfect example of how, in a sense, that's an old idea. It was a line in a Norman Mailer book, and he tweaked it ever so slightly. He substituted one word and came up with one of the most influential advertising slogans of the second half of the 20th century."
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The Art Nouveau era was all about the imagery of women, goddesses, flowing hair, and florals. Soft curvy, graceful lines were seen in much of the jewelry. During this time period, Goddess rings such as this were very popular. Bring out your inner goddess with this ring!


We review the Corsair HXi Series 750 Watt PSU, this beast has moved from Gold towards being 80plus Platinum certified. So that means it is fully modular and optimized for silence and high efficiency. The power supply is quite delicious in performance, the one massive 63 Amp 12-volts says it all really. Superb for mainstream to high-end and even multi-GPU solutions. Corsair also embeds their LINK technology into the PSU. That means you can monitor the PSU with the help of software, things like PSU efficiency, power usage or simply to adjust the fan RPM. We'll show you that in the review though.
And who is the OEM? I think that should be mentioned in a review... I'm guessing Channel Well.
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p5 "Looking at the design, it could be Flextronics as ODM/OEM behind the product."
The earlier HX series were CWT or Seasonics. Flextronics is on the flagship AXi series and looking at the features of the new HXi could be Flex as well. Its an interesting OEM in that only Corsair seems to use them (and only recently beginning with the AXi units).
Why use a company that sources the psu from another company and puts their casing around it? That's why i always go with seasonic psu's cause they actually make their own and when you make something to put your own name on it you tend to take more pride in your work.
Corsair have had a great reputation on their higher end power supplies their lower end while adequate not stellar.I have no problem with outsourcing like they do as it's still their name that's on the line so I don't think your reasoning factors in all that much.
So if you had a corsair psu (seasonic oem) that was crap, you would put the blame on who? corsair or seasonic?
well the average consumer would probably blame corsair. But if the psu failed it would really be seasonics fault. Since the blame will be placed on corsair seasonics incentive to make a great product is slightly less then if they have their brand on the outside. And I just don't see the point if I'm getting a seasonic psu why do i need a middleman in the picture i'll just go directly to the manufacturer.
Unless its a part corsair added on to the product that failed then i would blame corsair.
Actually a lot of times the Corsair will be about the same or cheaper.They aren't in business to buy something to have it more expensive than similar designs.I understand what you're saying it's just not as simple as you think that's all.
I had one of Corsair PSU for a very short time, VS550 with half of its rated power output out of the box, I cant imagine how the hell this could get through testing process in the factory, it had both "Q.C. Passed" and "HI-POT OK" stickers.


As part of the 2017 federal tax reform (commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), Congress enacted a limit ($10,000 for most individuals and married couples filing a joint return and $5,000 for married individuals filing separately) on the amount of state and local taxes an individual may deduct for regular federal income tax purposes. There were no changes to the deduction for state and local taxes paid by a business.
Individual owners of pass-through entities (PTEs) report their proportionate share of business income on their individual income tax returns and are subject to the $10,000/$5,000 annual limit for state and local income taxes paid. These PTEs include S-corporations, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships (LLPs), and limited liability companies (LLCs).
In response to these new federal limitations, many state tax policy makers are proposing, and several state legislatures have enacted, various approaches to assist their taxpayers in mitigating this new limitation on the federal income tax deduction for state and local taxes.
One state legislative approach that several states have proposed, and one state already has enacted, is intended to shift the tax on PTE income from the owner to the PTE. Such an approach, its proponents believe, would allow the PTE to deduct the entity's state and local income taxes as a tax on the business at the federal level, followed by a deduction for the PTE tax in the distributive share of the PTE owners' income. These state proposals also would provide that the owner is permitted to claim a credit on the owner's state income tax return for the amount of the owner's distributive share of the taxes paid by the PTE.
A PTE state-level tax was recently enacted in Connecticut, and other states are considering similar proposals. As states consider enacting PTE-level taxes, states and state CPA societies should consider various perspectives and implementation issues regarding this approach.
Given the number of PTEs and the novelty of the recently enacted federal limitations on the deductibility of state and local taxes for PTE owners, we anticipate some states will consider enacting an entity-level tax with a corresponding credit to the PTE owners. PTE-level taxes will have broad federal and state tax consequences. In addition, many CPA firms are formed as PTEs.
CPAs are interested in working with state tax authorities and legislatures as they consider possible entity-level taxes on PTEs. Entity-level taxes have implications regarding both state tax revenues and state taxpayers, including PTEs and individual taxpayers.
On May 31, 2018, the Governor of Connecticut signed into law an entity-level income tax on most PTEs in Connecticut. Owners of PTEs are entitled to a credit against their Connecticut personal income tax for the PTE owner's share of the PTE-level tax paid by their PTE.
Other states, such as New York, New Jersey and Arkansas, have announced that they are considering whether to enact their own PTE-level tax similar to Connecticut's. Specifically, the New York Department of Taxation and Finance released its own draft of a proposed Unincorporated Business Tax (UBT), which, similar to the Connecticut tax, would provide a credit for PTE owners against their corresponding New York state personal income tax liabilities.
The AICPA does not take any position on these state tax proposals, either as a concept or on any of the specific legislative drafts that some states have recently released. To assist state CPA societies, the AICPA identified the following list of issues for consideration in evaluating any proposed state PTE-level tax.
Other administrative simplification and burden reduction.
Federal deductibility of individual state income taxes.
For federal purposes, income is calculated and reported at the entity level, but the income tax is imposed on the owners based on their allocable share of the entity's income.
For the most part, states have adopted the same tax regime as the federal tax regime for these types of PTEs. Most entity-level taxes currently imposed by states on PTEs are considered gross receipts or business activity taxes, as contrasted wtih income taxes. Roughly half of the states that impose such taxes are notable for having no individual income tax regime.
Specifically, at least eleven states, plus NYC and DC, impose an entity-level income tax on PTEs. Five of these states do not levy an individual income tax (i.e., Nevada, New Hampshire, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington) and three states (i.e., Connecticut, Kentucky, and Ohio) and DC and NYC provide some type of partial offsetting personal income tax credit or deduction. Other states impose annual fees or flat taxes on PTEs, such as annual filing fees or partnership fees.


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Ten years ago, Javier seemed destined for a long, successful career in digital marketing. At 25 years old, the California native had taken a $42,000-a-year job at a firm in Santa Barbara; his salary was raised to $54,000 in less than a year.
But the next few years proved hectic, as Javier bounced from job to job, with no clear career path. He quit his job in Santa Barbara after his long-distance girlfriend unexpectedly got pregnant in 2008, and "stepped up," moving to the Inland Empire to marry her and raise their child, as well as his wife's child from a previous marriage. He got another digital marketing job later that year, this time for a real estate listings website, but it vanished after the housing bubble burst.
"The next two years were by far the worst two years of my life," he says. He sent out 1,800 resumes before he received a job offer, which he passed on because it paid a paltry $32,000 per year. "The job wouldn't have covered paying for daycare and the commuting costs." He didn't work full-time again until September 2010, earning less than he was paid in 2008. He worked two more jobs after that, leaving the first after the company moved its office and the second in 2015 because of a dispute with his manager.
At first Javier thought he was being discriminated against because of his ethnicity, so he changed his name on his resume as a test, but it didn't elicit any more interest.
His claim is nearly impossible to prove, however. Age discrimination is simultaneously the most socially accepted and the hardest to substantiate form of bias in the workplace.
All you need to do to find proof of rampant ageism in the culture is to go to the stationary section of your local drug store, and read all the birthday cards making fun of people turning older than 30. "It's less socially acceptable to denigrate someone for gender, race or orientation — current political climate aside," North says. Reports of age discrimination increased 44 percent from 1999 to 2014, nonetheless.
Other times, companies conceal their ageist hiring and promotion policies with coded phrases such as, "We wanted to bring in some new blood," or saying a candidate wasn't the right "cultural fit," North says.
In Javier's case, hiring managers could simply say it was his spotty professional history, not his age, that made him an unattractive candidate. Proving one from the other is virtually impossible.
North thinks ageism in the workplace will only get worse as our current workforce ages. Americans are working later in life than ever before, and the resulting generational divide between new employees and industry veterans contributes to the increase in age discrimination. "We're at this zeitgeist of an aging workforce and more generations bumping up against each other in the office," adds North.
If you think there's a lot of tension between millennials and Boomers in the office right now, wait until 2022, when Gen Z graduates into the workforce, many millennials are in their 40s, and 31.9 percent of Americans 65 to 74 are still working. That figure is up from 20.4 percent in 2002 and 26.8 percent in 2012.


NASHVILLE, September 19, 2004 - Skeeter Davis, who hit the top of the pop charts with "The End of the World" in 1963 and sang on the Grand Ole Opry radio show for more than 40 years, died Sunday of cancer. She was 72. Skeeter Davis died at a Nashville hospice, said Grand Ole Opry publicist Jessie Schmidt. Davis had been diagnosed with breast cancer in 1988 and had a recurrence in 1996.
Mary Frances Penick was born on December 30, 1931 in the small Appalachian town of Dry Ridge, Kentucky. As a child, her grandfather nicknamed her "Skeeter" because she was always active and buzzing around like a mosquito. She got her start in music as part of the duo, The Davis Sisters, along with childhood friend, Betty Jack Davis. Thus, Skeeter Davis was born to the rest of the world.
Sadly, on August 23, 1953, Skeeter and Betty Jack were involved in a serious car accident in which Betty Jack died and Skeeter was critically injured. Skeeter returned to singing with Betty Jack's sister, Georgia Davis, to briefly resume the Davis Sisters' act. But, within a year, the duo broke up and Skeeter pursued a solo career.
She continued to record on the RCA label where she worked with Eddy Arnold and Elvis Presley. In 1955, she toured for RCA on the Caravan of the Stars. Davis teamed up with producer, Chet Atkins and scored her first solo country chart hit in 1958 with "Lost To A Geisha Girl."
In 1959, Davis achieved one of her greatest ambitions when she moved to Nashville and became a regular member of the Grand Ole Opry. In 1960, she married WSM personality, Ralph Emery, but the tumultuous marriage ended in 1964. During the 1960's, Davis was one of RCA's most successful country artists. She harvested 26 U.S. country hits, 12 of which crossed over to the U.S. pop charts. Among these was what was to become her trademark song, the million-selling record "The End Of The World" which peaked at number two in both the U.S. country and pop charts in 1963.
In 1967, Davis recorded a tribute album to Buddy Holly, which featured Waylon Jennings on the guitar. Later in 1972, she also did a tribute album to her friend, Dolly Parton. During the 70's her duets with Bobby Bare, George Hamilton IV, and The Bee Gees gave her a few more hits, but by the mid-70's, Davis was reaching the end of her illustrious career. She ended her twenty-two year relationship with RCA in 1974 and charted her last hit for Mercury in 1976 with "I Love Us."
In 1985, she re-recorded an old Davis Sisters' hit, "May You Never Be Alone," with the group NRBQ. She married Joey Spampanito of NRBQ, but this marriage ultimately ended in divorce as well. Davis has also taken to writing about her real life experiences. Her autobiography, "Bus Fare To Kentucky," was published in 1993. Skeeter Davis passed away September 19th 2004 after a long battle with cancer.


Today we're welcoming Maureen Lang! She is the author of nine novels, the first of which won a Golden Heart before its publication. Since 2006, Maureen has been writing for the Inspirational market. Her newest historical romance, LOOK TO THE EAST, released by Tyndale House, is the first of a three-book series.
Once, in a little village forgotten by time, there lived two feuding families: the Toussaints and the de Colvilles.
It is not, however, the origin but rather the result that matters. One hundred years later, even the purest flour made into the flakiest pastry would leave a bitter taste if made by one clan and sampled by the other.
What inspired you to write a novel set during the First World War?
I've always been fascinated by this era. In my family, I'm one of the youngest children of a large family--which I mention only because people are surprised that my grandmother (not a great-grandmother or some other distant ancestor) used to tell me about living in the era where "motorcars" shared the roads with carriages. Where airplanes were something people stared at when they had the chance to view one overhead. Where telephones were common in the city but certainly not in rural areas and not in every home, even homes in the city. She seemed to me to be a link between history and nostalgia to this modern world we shared.
And war...well, with a grandfather who fought in the First World War and a father who fought in the Second, I grew up hearing about war and I guess it made an impact!
Was marketing a novel set during the First World War a tough sell?
Initially it was. LOOK TO THE EAST is actually my third novel set during this time period, although those first two are not related to this novel. When I started circulating my first WWI idea, I received several rejections stating it wasn't "historical enough to be historical, or contemporary enough to be contemporary." But I'm happy to say the books sold despite those initial rejections.
However, when I mentioned to my agent that I had not one but THREE more novels set during this era, he was...shall I say, less than enthusiastic. At first.
I think the thing that convinced him was my own enthusiasm. I'd already done an American setting with this war, but this time I wanted to do a European setting--close to the war itself, but not a book of battles and war scenes. I wanted the drama of the war as played out in a relational story as seen through civilians, not soldiers. Book One, LOOK TO THE EAST, is set in a fictional little town in Northern France; Book Two, out early next summer, is set in Brussels, Belgium, and Book Three will be set in Germany.
None of these settings are your typical women's fiction or romance genre settings, but I've always been of the opinion that any story, in any setting, can work just so long as the characters and their goals are sympathetic or exciting enough to grab a reader. And that starts with the author's enthusiasm to write the story to begin with.
How did you choose the exact location for the setting?
The location for LOOK TO THE EAST had to be quite specific, since this story was inspired by real life events that took place in a town in France, near the front lines established during World War One. I've always been an avid reader of this era, and I came across a book titled The Englishman's Daughter, about a soldier who was caught behind enemy lines and had to take refuge in a little village in France.
So the backdrop needed to be in the same general area as the town that inspired this idea. I was fortunate enough to take a trip to France during the time I wrote this book, and was able to visit the towns in that area. I took pictures of buildings and churches, walked the streets and just generally soaked up the experience. Much of this particular area remains rural even today, so some of the landscape I saw was probably similar to what my characters would have seen.
How much research was involved in writing LOOK TO THE EAST?
Since research is one of my favorite parts of writing, I probably recall it taking less time than it actually did. I read many books on the subject of the war and what people in the occupied territories experienced, starting with The Englishman's Daughter, which I read more than once! Going to Northern France (and Belgium, where the second book the series takes place) was incredibly valuable, not only for orienting my characters to the area, but getting into context what went on at the time as it's commemorated over there.
As I write any novel, I usually start out with at least a couple of months of research and then search out more details as I need them--those unexpected little turns plots like to take, which lead to the demand for more knowledge.
One of my favorite parts to research was finding a church to have in mind as I wrote the scenes where my hero, Charles, is hiding. I needed to know if they were similar to churches here, if they had a basement, if they had pews the way churches here do, how ornate they might have been, etc. I'm convinced the authority an author conveys for writing a novel is found in the details.
So as my husband and I drove through Northern France, we often stopped to get a closer look at different churches. It was fun!
How can readers find you on the web?
My website is www.maureenlang.com, but if readers would like a peek at the journey this novel took--from the sale through the European research trip and on through the editing process--they should visit my blog archive starting from August of 2008. It was great fun to catalogue the process!
Thanks so much for stopping by, Maureen. She's giving away a copy of LOOK TO THE EAST to one lucky person, so leave a question or comment for your chance to win. I'll draw the winner next Sunday. Void where prohibited. Good luck!


Today, the video for Culan and Konshens' "Easy to Love You Remix" has premiered. The single is available on the 25th anniversary of Reggae Gold 2018 which was released in July 2018.
"Easy to Love You" remix is a pop/dancehall track, rich with a seductive riddim, flirty lyrics and gritty panache. The visual, directed by Unlimited LA (Maleek Berry, "Sisi Maria") is vibrant portrayal of the early stages of a budding romance. Throughout the three-minute video, Culan reminisces about a beautiful girl that he recently met and became enamored with.
Inspired by 80's and 90's dancehall, Culan has proven his talent in production working with top urban producers such as Mo Keyz (Ariana Grande, Wretch 32), Kz (Stefflon Don, Kojey Radical) and Josh Thompson (Rita Ora, Leon Else), among others. Now he is ready to make an impact as an artist himself. In 2017, his dancehall rewrite of Ed Sheeran's international hit "Shape of You" quickly went viral within 4 weeks. Shortly after, he released the original "Easy to Love You", which was featured on "Strictly the Best, Vol. 57" in 2017.
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Now that Quincy is 4-months-old and he's sleeping better I'm ready to get back into a routine of self- care; fitting in some exercise is one of my first priorities. But finding the time to do that with three kids, including two under age 2, is pretty challenging. I'm not quite ready to take Quincy to the daycare at our gym, so I'm trying to find ways to exercise at home. I try to get in some cardio in the form of a good walk every day. Pushing a double stroller with two kids in it is a pretty good start, especially in summer.