In numerous surveys of CEOs in the past few years, predictably, you will find growth strategies as one of the top priorities going into any new year. Strikingly, in these same few years, you will also find developing customer understanding also on the list of CEO priorities.
What is changing in the past two years, is that CEOs are focused on globalization and digital transformation. Per recent surveys by IBM, KPMG, and Gartner, you will find that more than half of CEOs surveyed believe their organizations will be significantly transformed by digital-centric globalization.
What becomes clear considering these surveys is that many CEOs see growth resulting from a strong understanding of customers. Yet, they also recognize that this understanding must be achieved within the context of understanding the impact of globalization and a robust digital economy.
In my article Rethinking Buyer Personas In An Era Of Digital Transformation, I presented four trends impacting the state of buyer persona development. A recognition of a world very different from that of sixteen years ago. Whereby, rethinking buyer persona development and insight gathering in a digital-centric world becomes a necessity.
We are now living in a world where a hyper-accelerated pace of change has become the norm. The introduction of new digital technologies and new business models is having a breathtaking impact on how customers determine what goals are important to them, what they want, and how they decide. For organizations to strive in such an environment, developing a robust multi-dimensional understanding of customers is becoming a strategic necessity.
Although many organizations are recognizing this strategic necessity, many are either not devoting enough resources, putting the majority of their spending in inadequate traditional methods, or have not enabled insights to achieve a valued seat in strategy. Relying on a status quo of traditional means such as focus groups, win/loss oriented interviews, surveys, and buyer interviews that are grounded in conventional yet outdated sales and product marketing concepts.
This applies to buyer persona development today. Especially as related to the veiled covering of old sales and product marketing methods and presenting as an expert method. And, why it necessitates a rethinking. Like a runaway train, buyer personas have run amok with incorrect portrayals of what constitutes insights and what methods of research are appropriate. Leaving many companies and marketing organizations with an incorrect view of their customers.
[epq-quote align="align-left"]The focus on understanding customers today in a digital-centric world requires new thinking and new approaches.[/epq-quote]The focus on understanding customers today in a digital-centric global world requires new thinking and new approaches. Approaches that go beyond the multitude of marketing analytical tools that are being introduced. As well as, beyond outdated traditional means grounded in sales and product marketing used for profiling buyers.
The emphasis is on, as stated in my previous article, adopting a market development approach. One that leads to organic growth in existing and new markets. For companies undergoing a digital transformation, new digital market development is truly a strategic necessity.
In terms of understanding customer, specifically for persona development, one fundamental principle remains true. That is, people are driven by goals and exhibit goal-directed behaviors when engaged in using products or services, as well as, in making purchase decisions. No number of made-up categories of profiling facts or "insights" can equate to this fundamental principle.
Digital technologies have enabled the ability to produce an overwhelming amount of data analytics. Often characterized as insights. Have they though produced human insight truth? Not particularly. We can ascertain much about the what and how in terms of activities. This also applies to very outdated buyer profiling methods, masquerading as buyer persona insight. Whereby what is sought is activity-based data and facts as opposed to true human insights. The rapid increase in a digital-centric world increases the need for human insights. Especially for goal-directed human insights as mentioned above. For example, in recent works with Reuters, we uncovered a human insight related to how people responded to and developed worldviews as a result of connected experiences across print, digital, TV, and public media. Enabling broadcast and digital media to reshape their news towards a connected experience.
The ability to utilize the power of crowdsourcing today to test insight understanding is proving to be very valuable. The use of digital platforms to test ideas, co-create with customers, spark innovation, and learn about emerging patterns of goal-directed behaviors can lead to new growth opportunities. In one case of working with an international supply chain platform, we learned that how the brand was framing a narrative in their content and conversations actually resulted in an unintentional negative view of the brand. This human insight prompted a shift in content towards a narrative that mirrored their customer's goal-based intentions.
As mentioned in my previous article, the impact of digital transformation is changing the way people conduct business, behave, work, socialize, interact, and perform activities. To accurately gain insights into the what, how, and why of what people really do requires observation. What people say they do is usually far less accurate than actual observation. One digital platform company we worked with, for example, wished to expand their presence outside of business intelligence into other functions of enterprises. Through observations and onsite conversations, we found that business intelligence teams were already "pre-equipping" other functions to offload routine intelligence runs. Based on this observation of how teams worked and interacted, the company had insight into which "pre-packaged" intelligence solutions to prioritize for new market entry.
As the digital platform economy expands, we are seeing customers, on a personal and business level, adapt to working within digital platform environments. This is having a profound impact on how people engage in goal-directed behaviors, perform activities, collaborate, and make decisions. It also affords opportunities to create iterative and collaborative insight communities with engaged customers. Especially for customers' representative of being active users, as well as, buyers. Enabling multiple two-way dialogues on specific interests among teams of people. As an example, a secure documentation company we worked with engaged working teams of 3-4 people in dialogue on its transformation to new cloud-enabled services. Leading to a human insight of how it would enhance working relationships and uncovering that a purchase decision did not require the approval of "a boss" – teams were empowered to make consensus decisions.
The impact of digital transformation is changing the very notion of executive leadership. Not only in terms of leading digital transformation but also in terms of how executives lead today in a digital-centric world. Whereas mentioned in my previous article, is far less hierarchal. While in-depth qualitative interviews (not to be confused with woefully inadequate buyer interviews focused on latest wins or losses) have been a staple of persona development for nearly twenty years, they take on added importance at the executive level. How organizations behave and lead are undergoing an enormous transformation. A case in point, in evaluating receptivity of transitioning global finance and trade compliance to cloud-based services for one international entity, in-depth interviews with executives invalidated an assumption that leadership would resist. Finding instead the contextual framing by which leadership would want to accelerate their transition.
Massive amounts of data can be collected today and analyzed. Oftentimes, organizations can engage in "needle in the haystack" missions to find revealing insights to uncover growth opportunities. Such exercises can be unfruitful and expensive. What organizations can do is scale their insights to get more detailed pictures of growth opportunities. For instance, a digital platform provider in customer support uncovered four distinct personas representative in six segments. Through data mining capabilities, they were able to target customers based on goal-directed behaviors specific to the four personas. Enabling them to tailor marketing communications to specific personas and segments.
[epq-quote align="align-right"]How we understand customers today will need to undergo its own transformation as we adapt to a digitized global economy.[/epq-quote]How we understand customers today will need to undergo its own transformation as we adapt to a digitized global economy. Transforming how we gather insights, identify relevant insights, and develop archetypal market-based personas (or market personas) is a strategic necessity. Companies today will need to examine the merits of using older techniques for insight gathering. Including the merit of promises to create buyer personas through the use of older sales and product marketing conventions.
Not reexamining can lead to an incorrect view of customers in a digital-centric world. And, produce the negative effect of an organization being outside the view of customers.


'What Does India Think?', edited by François Godement, director of ECFR's Asia & China programme, brings together leading Indian politicians and analysts to explore their country's state of affairs, economic prospects and new international activism. It follows a series of research trips involving prominent European politicians and journalists.
In his introduction to the report, Godement notes that there is a conspicuous absence of serious engagement between India and the European Union, pointing out that there has been no EU-India summit since 2012, and that India's globetrotting PM Narendra Modi will have visited four European capitals by the end of November 2015, but not Brussels.
A number of Indian contributors highlight the damaging effect that this lack of engagement has had on Indian perceptions of the European Union. Such apathy stands in stark contrast to the engagement of other major world powers: three successive US administrations have created a regional alliance to balance China's military rise, Japan is a major investor into India's infrastructure and even China, which has strong rivalries with India, is seeking to bring India into its new Silk Road initiative.
Godement highlights three key areas where greater cooperation between Europe and India would be beneficial. On security, he asserts, both sides share a common interest in preventing state collapse in Afghanistan and in security on the Indian Ocean littoral. On economic matters, with China's slowing growth, India is now the fastest growing economy, but one whose high rates of CO2 emissions are a concern to Europeans. And on the digital economy, India is a major player to be engaged if Europe wants to live up to its own aspirations in this field.
Visit 'What does India think?' dedicated website, where you can navigate through the different essays and find additional multimedia resources.


Ever since his 4-year anniversary, Tanner and his humans have been busy with a host of projects, including finding a home for GIMME SHELTER. The journey continues and we hope to have an agent in place by Eugenie's birthday (June 21). In addition to tweaking the book, crafting a proposal and starting a rewrite on my play, "All That He Could Be" (the true story of the only solider to successfully challenge the ban on gays in the U.S. Military – a black drag queen!), I've been I've been teaching at Probation and Eugenie has been carving like a mad woman. She's submitting to several galleries and competitions and applying for grants as well. On top of that, we took a quick trip to Palm Springs to visit Eugenie's mom, for Mother's Day. It was 100+ and Melissa's AC was out! Thankfully, our friends Toni, Ron and Alana let us stay at their place in Palm Desert. Tanner dislikes the heat and long drives but he bore up surprisingly well. On a sad note, Melissa's beloved Pug, Dudley passed away recently, a few months shy of his 15th b-day. Dud was a funny, mischievous little imp who trained his owner to do his bidding. For most of his life, he spent the summers with us when things got too warm in the Desert, so we'll miss him terribly, too.
In addition to work and travel, we've been fixing up the house in anticipation of our niece Margaret's wedding two months from now, when all of the Spirito famiglia will descend on SoCal, many for their first visit since we moved here in 1991. We can't have them thinking we live in a slum, albeit one with palm trees and an ocean view (if you stand on your toes in the upstairs loft). Like his grumpy 'father (and our late cat, Blanche) Tanner HATES changes to his environment or routine. Sprucing up the master bath fits that label, and he's been on edge the entire time. It doesn't help that we've been AWOL at the dog park lately so Poor Tanner has had to make do with local play dates, extra treats and cuddles in bed.
As it too often does, the 'June Gloom' has settled in bringing overcast skies and chilly (by California standards) temperatures. Tanner likes it cool but not foggy, and he detests the rain. I like it warm and sunny, so I'm bummed.
"Our first year here it rained all spring and the lousy weather lasted well into fall. Like a kid who'd been promised a trip to Disneyland but forced to settle for a T-shirt, I felt gypped. And ill. Before we quit New York, Eugenie's mom graciously supervised the fix-up on our Malibu rental. Under her decorator's eye, the place was painted top to bottom, the floors and furniture refinished, and new carpeting installed. The work took all of February. During that time it rained so fiercely that she kept the doors and windows shut tight, allowing the petrochemical fumes to reach critical mass. When we boarded the plane that would take us to the Left Coast, we had no idea that we'd be moving into a toxic time bomb. Shortly after we arrived my head began to pound. I was green, listless, and in constant agony. I tried aspirin, massage, and meditation. Nothing could blunt the pain. Either I was dying, or I was allergic to California. I agreed to give it one more week; then I was flying back to New York where I'd stay until I recovered. In desperation, Eugenie took me to see a homeopath who diagnosed me with chemical poisoning. I scoffed, but I took the little sugar pills and the headaches went away." (from "Gimme Shelter: A Damaged Pit Bull, an Angry Man and How They Saved Each Other").
Right now Tanner is crashed out on his bed, taking advantage of a lull in the hammering and sawing to catch up on his sleep. He'd better since we're off to Fashion Island in Costa Mesa tomorrow to visit with Eugenie's godfather, Gene, and his wife, Jennifer. There will be tons of Yorkies, Shih Tzus and other pocket pooches at the mall so Tanner will makes lots of new 'friends' and probably scare a few uptight O.C. residents.


Pink Pearl Apple! Yes, it is real and it truly was that bright fuschia color (no camera tricks)! Very tangy and delicious. Pairs well with Malbec wine.
Old Hag: Fine! Fine! Now, take a bite!...Don't let the wish grow cold!
Old Hag (expectantly rubbing her hands together): Her breath will still. Her blood congeal.
My "Bert and Ernie" fingerless glove made with Madeleine Tosh Sock in Baltic (the dark blue yarn) and some mystery sock yarn.
Each glove is 5o stitches cast on with a smaller-than-size-one needle, k1,p1 for 8 rounds, and then switch to a size 1 or 2 (not sure as I don't currently know where my needle gauge is...will ETA later when I find it) for knitting in the round.


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Case Study 1: Edward
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Human Trafficking in Canada
The Prevalence of Human Trafficking in Canada
Community Findings
RCMP Findings
Domestic Sex Trafficking Cases
Trafficking of Aboriginal Women
International Sex Trafficking
International Labour Trafficking
Canada's Human Trafficking Laws
Case Study 2: Eve
The Impact on Eve
More Examples of Canadian Cases
Temporary Resident Permit
Law Enforcement Initiatives
Test Your Knowedge: Module 2
Human Trafficking Case Study 1: Edward
Read the case study that follows. Then, click on the image to take the quiz about Edward.
Leaving his wife and three children in Manila, 32-year-old Edward thought he was coming to Canada to work on a crew building two ocean-going icebreakers for the Canadian government, for $23 an hour plus overtime, food and lodging.
An Ontario labour-supply company that legitimately thought it would be supplying workers for the federal contract asked a couple of Manila-based job-recruiting companies to help find them skilled workers, which is where Edward found out about the job. To qualify, he had a medical exam, took English lessons and upgraded his professional skills, all at his own expense. He also paid the recruiters a $12,000 "placement" fee that included a legal temporary work permit to enter Canada.
What Edward didn't know was that the contract for the icebreakers had fallen through, but once he arrived in Canada, the recruiters sent him to an agent in Ontario anyway, who then sent him on to a man named Robert.
Robert took Edward's passport and then dropped him at a house in Toronto where he found himself one of eight Filipino men — all skilled plumbers or welders — sleeping four to a bed in the basement. The next day, Edward and the other men were trucked two hours north to a new home in a filthy, abandoned farmhouse.
From the farmhouse, the men were driven to work at 5:15 each morning: some to help clean a water-bottling plant, others to dig ditches or pick up garbage around Robert's estate. When Edward asked his boss when he would get his first paycheque, Robert responded, "Don't you guys know that I spent $4,000 to get you?" He also told Edward that his work permit had expired and that "one call, I can have you deported," and then threatened Edward with a beating if he didn't go back to work.
Some of the men eventually did receive some pay, but not Edward. Edward's case finally came to the attention of Philippine embassy officials when another man, a welder, ran away from a work detail near Hamilton and eventually got in touch with his embassy. A few days later, consular staff rescued the remaining men from the farmhouse, including Edward. Now, Edward has a home and a paying job in Saskatoon, and is in the process of sponsoring his family to Canada. (Based on a true Canadian story.)
Copyright © 2014 Province of British Columbia.

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Our Lady of Perpetual Help (OLPH) Academy was an extension of the richly diverse and multi-cultural community it served. It not only had a significant spiritual influence over the many children that entered its doors, but it was a place that nurtured and developed generations of citizens in the Christian values emanating from the teachings of Jesus Christ. The school, like other long-lived entities, would evolve over time.
In the 1890's, the Sisters of St. Joseph established a humble private school named St. Joseph's Academy. It was located on the property of Our Lady of Mercy Church, the academy's neighbor and patron. Renamed Our Lady of Mercy Catholic School, the institute became the parish school and was committed to the spiritual, intellectual, social, and emotional growth of children in the community.
Throughout the years, the stewardship of the church parish changed hands from the Jesuit Order, to the Salesian Order, to the Redemptorist Order. While the dedication to the educational development of its students remained, the school was affected.
After the arrival of the Redemptorist Fathers in the 1930's, the wood frame building that was Our Lady of Mercy Church was replaced with a Spanish style brick structure. The church was renamed Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, to reflect of the order's devotion to Mary and the school became Our Lady of Perpetual Help Academy.
The Sisters of Notre Dame, who were highly respected, replaced the Sisters of St. Joseph as administrators and teachers in 1944. They continued the great work by creating an environment where the area's children, kindergarten through high school, would learn, pray and worship together (Rodriguez). The Sisters of Notre Dame continued to serve in this capacity until 1975 (Barfoot).
For generations, the children of OLPH Academy were often a reflection of the vibrant immigrant cultures the church and the academy served in Ybor City. The religious education was designed to meet the diverse needs of this unique melting pot community and to empower the students that graced the halls to become ethical, responsible and productive Catholic men and women. For example, school children who spoke Spanish at home became bi-lingual, learning English while attending the academy (OLPH Alumni).
As the community grew so did the school. OLPH added high school grades and an athletic program, to include a girls' and boys' basketball team and a boys' varsity football team known as OLPH Fighting Bears (Rodriguez).
The influence of OLPH resonated well beyond the walls of the school and church. Well entrenched in the fiber of the neighborhood, the parish embraced students and local families as they reaffirmed their faith in Jesus Christ and celebrated the sacraments of Baptism, First Holy Communion, Confirmation and Marriage in the church.
As the historic neighborhood deteriorated, families rooted in the community moved out of the area. OLPH Academy closed its doors in June of 1975. A steady decline in enrollment combined with increasing operational costs and no funding to repair the old school building in need of maintenance proved too much for the continued operation of the school. (Barfoot) The old school building was razed in mid-1990 after efforts of repurposing the building did not succeed.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Academy lives on in the lives of the children it touched, in their families, and in the OLPH parish community. Steeped in the tradition and history of their alma mater, some OLPH Academy alumni are parishioners of the Church which still stands today. Several times a year, in honor of the students, a weekend mass is joyfully celebrated and dedicated to a particular graduating class of OLPH Academy. The resounding effect of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Academy continues.


A condominium association had an owner that was uncooperative, didn't like following rules and paid assessments on her own timeframe for more than 10 years. In the spring of 2009, another law firm started collection against the unit owner for unpaid assessments by filing a lien on the property. During the next year and a half, the lien was foreclosed and judgment entered. In November 2011, the property went to sheriff's sale. At the sheriff's sale the attorney for the association opened the bidding at $1 and the property was purchased by a third party for $2. When the third party spoke with the unit owner, he felt sorry for her and sold the property back to her. Although the association's attorney sought and was granted a deficiency judgment, the judgment was not collectible because the unit owner was retired and had no assets. As a result, the association's debt had increased to more than $22,000, which the association lost due to the purchase of the unit by the third party for $2. In addition, the unit owner was still not paying and continued to be uncooperative. When the unit owner became delinquent again, the association hired The Husch Blackwell Condominium & HOA Law Team to collect the debt or remove the unit owner from the property. HB filed a lien in May 2013. When the owner didn't pay, HB started foreclosure. After the unit owner answered, HB brought a motion for summary judgment. The court granted the association's summary judgment motion in November 2013 with a one-year redemption period. When the redemption period expired, HB scheduled the sheriff's sale and in February 2015, the association became the owner of the unit. The original owner left without the association having to pay the sheriff's department to evict her. Much to the unit owner's dismay, she lost the battle and could no longer get away with not paying her assessments. In the end, the association achieved its desired result.
Lesson: Hire knowledgeable condominium legal counsel as early as possible. A collection attorney who specializes in condominium law can best pursue all the remedies allowed the association under the governing documents and state law. The HB Condo & HOA Law Team has a proven collection strategy. Since 2012, our team has collected over $9 million in dollars and property.
The HB Condo & HOA Law Team has the only two Wisconsin attorneys who are members of The College of Community Association Lawyers (CCAL). Fewer than 175 attorneys nationwide have been admitted to this prestigious organization. To be granted membership in CCAL requires demonstrated contributions over a number of years in the development of community association law, including publications containing substantive legal writing, teaching and significant involvement in the condominium and HOA law industry. To read more on what sets CCAL attorneys apart, click here.


To grow up is to meticulously delineate perception into fact and fantasy. When we are young, Santa Claus climbs down the chimney, mermaids live in technicolour worlds, singing songs with seahorses and princes ride dragons. When we grow up we are expected to understand that Coca-Cola invented Santa and our house has no chimney, girls are not fish and dragons don�t exist. A good vacation is a break from real life and a reconnect to your inner child. Santa regrettably did not make a comeback, but in the Komodo Islands I found a dream spot where dragons really do exist and the underwater world is in fact technicolour. Here I might not have been a mermaid, but I lived on the sea in an old wooden sailing schooner and spent hours underwater.
The Komodo Island National Park is in Indonesia, and in the heart of the Coral Triangle. Here you have some of the oldest corals in the world � they are also the most diverse and the least damaged. When you dive on these reefs, every square inch of space is covered in life � giant waving fan corals nestle pygmy sea horses, cotton candy shaped soft corals in orange and purple have multicoloured feather stars entwined around its branches, large and healthy hard corals provide structure for thousands of fish. It is like the coral is competing with the fish for Most Colourful, and almost winning. Once upon a time many reefs in the world looked like this � to dive in the Komodo Islands is to step back for a moment into a world before climate change and coral bleaching.
There are powerful currents in this part of the world, and while they do tend to hurl the divers around (scary if you�re a beginner in the sport) they also bring in the ocean�s flying carpets � manta rays. We encountered them feeding one morning in the green plankton rich water lit up by sunshine gleams. The 4-metre wide somersaulting mantas spot-lit with open skeletal mouths. On another day we saw them at the �spa�, while we clung on to any piece of rubble to avoid being swept away by the current we wondered if we were actually in the same ocean as the mantas who stood still as if in a pond. Poised vertically with wings spread wide, they waited for the little cleaner wrasses and shrimp to pick away dead skin and parasites.
Unlike many other places, the shallow reefs in Komodo are alive and kicking. From the early afternoon to the moment just before dusk when the angle of the sun makes the water golden, was my favorite time to snorkel and kayak in Komodo. Damselfish flit between the branches of staghorn coral and shards of sunlight, baby blue-spotted sting rays rest in the shade and there�s even the occasional lazy hawksbill turtle who doesn�t see the point of diving down deeper when he can graze all he likes so close to the surface. Kayaking and snorkeling in the afternoon means you get the best of both worlds in Komodo � the colourful sea and the vibrant before-sunset sky.
Where there are dragons, there must be magic. If you weren�t convinced of this by the beauty underwater, you definitely will as you pull up to the beach patrolled by these giant reptiles. They move in a threatening serpentine swagger, extending a foot-long forked tongue dripping with venomous saliva every few seconds. Komodo dragons are not found anywhere else in the world, and it�s a wonder they manage to survive even here considering the baby dragons have to drag themselves up to hide in the trees the moment they emerge from their eggs � before mummy and daddy return to the hidden nests to eat them. They must climb pretty high too; when the adults stand up on their sturdy tails they easily reach the lower branches. We visited them on the beach to get a closer look, only getting off the small boat one by one escorted by a guide with a big pole in case the giants were hungry. If you were a boring scientist you would call these animals the world�s biggest lizards � with a little bit of imagination and holiday spirit however, it�s easy to see they are truly, Komodo�s dragons.
The best way to get to Komodo is to fly into Labuan Bajo from Bali Denpasar. From Labuan Bajo you can access the rest of Komodo and there are many day boats that can take you into the national park to dive, snorkel or visit the dragons. For the real Komodo experience however, a �liveaboard� ship is highly recommended.


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Driver shortage anticipated as demand for taxis, ride-bookings increase
'We're not recruiting fast enough' says the owner of a ride-booking company. As the province continues to reopen further, ride-booking and taxi companies are preparing to get busier. But some in northeastern Ontario say recruiting drivers to meet that demand hasn't been easy.
As the province continues to reopen further, ride-booking and taxi companies are preparing to get busier. But some in northeastern Ontario say recruiting drivers to meet that demand hasn't been easy.
"A lot of our drivers who are early retirees are reluctant to come back until they get their second vaccination," said Sharon Flinn, co-owner of Lockerby Taxi in Sudbury.
"And even though they may have their second vaccination ... they don't want to take that extra risk, you know, should the other variant, the delta one now, begin to penetrate into the community."
Lockerby had to lay off more than half of its drivers during the pandemic.
According to Flinn, about 30 percent of those drivers have returned to work. But not everyone wants to return.
For now, she says Lockerby Taxi has enough drivers to meet current demand, but the company is working to recruit more drivers for what Flinn believes will be a bigger demand in the months ahead.
Flinn said it can take a number of weeks for someone to get their taxi licence, which requires a criminal record check, and to be trained with the company.
"We've got to start recruiting now and getting them in," she said.
Lockerby isn't the only company focused on recruitment. URide is a ride-booking company that operates in a number of cities, including Sudbury, Timmins, Sault Ste. Marie and North Bay.
"We're not recruiting fast enough," said CEO Cody Ruberto.
"So we really need to ramp up, especially the weekend nights."
Ruberto said since they were allowed to reopen, restaurant patios have been jam-packed with patrons, who then need a ride home afterwards.
Ruberto also anticipates a huge spike in demand for rides heading into Canada Day, since some provincial restrictions will be lifted.
He added that the company has already seen a 30 percent increase in demand in the last two weeks.
"Over the coming months I think it's going to be one of the busiest times for ride-sharing, taxis, any kind of transportation service," Ruberto said.
He said when demand spikes that quickly it's really hard to catch up on the supply side.
"It normally takes a little awhile to build up your driving roster, so if you double or triple the number of riders coming through in a short period of time, it's always going to be a bit of a struggle," Ruberto said.
Recruiting is always a challenge
Meanwhile, the owner of Aaron Taxi in Sudbury, Mike Sanders, said recruiting new drivers is always difficult since hours are long and there are other risks involved.
"It was a challenge before, it remains a challenge," he said.
Sanders is also anticipating a surge in demand that will come as more restrictions are lifted.
He was able to keep all of his staff on throughout the pandemic, even though some didn't get a lot of customers. Because of this, he said the workforce at Aaron Taxi is in decent shape.
"So, we can handle a bit of surge," Sanders said, though there will still be times when people will have to wait.
"I hope people are patient."
With files from Sarah MacMillan


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FCC Presents "In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play
Chuck Ketter Directs A Play That Explores Relationships At The Dawn of Electricity.
Alex Stouffer
Fullerton College Theatre proudly presents their performance of "In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play", by Sarah Ruhl, directed by Chuck Ketter. Performances will be held in the Bronwyn Dodson Theater from Thursday, December 6th – Sunday, December 9th, 2012. Join us as Fullerton College showcases their talents in this delightful and thought provoking comedy.
About "In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play"
This Pulitzer Prize nominated play tells the story of a Victorian Doctor and his wife and his patients as they examine their relationships in the dawn of electricity and the doctor's new "invention." Ms. Ruhl's complex and hilarious domestic comedy explores the eternal questions of intimacy, romance and the challenges of love in a time filled with societal restrictions and male dominance. The journeys of her characters are both profound and poignant as they find enlightenment and their eyes are opened to the beauty of souls unabashedly connected through the power of love!
In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play was originally commissioned and produced by Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, CA in February, 2009. The play made its way to Broadway and was produced by the Lincoln Center Theater in November, 2009. The play was nominated for the 2010 Tony Award for Best Play and was selected as a Finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize.
$15.00 General
$12.50 Students/Seniors
Showings
Thursday, December 6 at 8 PM
Friday, December 7 at 8 PM
Saturday, December 8 at 2PM and 8 PM
Sunday, December 9 at 2 PM
Jose Hidalgo Honored With Fairhaven's Oliver Halsell Care Award
Fullerton native emerges from two-year battle with cancer to pursue a career in physical therapy
Fullerton Arboretum Kicks Off New Culinary Series: Thursdays In The Kitchen!
Series emphasizes cooking with seasonal and locally available ingredients.
Planning Underway For Railroad Days 2013 In Fullerton
SCRPA Seeks Sponsors For The Family Event Featuring 40+ Train Exhibits
Assembly Member Quirk-Silva Begins Work, Gets Committee Assignments
A District 65 Press Release
Fullerton Arboretum's Cozy Victorian Christmas


Work > "Inlay on Oranges with Gold Glitter," from All that Glitters. Site specific installation, 'The Party's over Soap Factory, MN. 2015. Photography based wallpaper made from staged images of Glynnus Alexander's hands and nail art.
"Inlay on Oranges with Gold Glitter," from All that Glitters. Soap Factory, MN.


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Geomega to Recycle Rare Earths from USA Rare Earth's Anticipated Neo Magnet Production in the United States
New York, NY, July 16, 2020 – (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – via NEWMEDIAWIRE – Geomega Resources Inc. ("Geomega" or the "Corporation") (TSX:V.GMA) (OTC: GOMRF), a rare earth clean technologies developer for mining and recycling, and USA Rare Earth, LLC, the funding and development partner of the Round Top Heavy Rare Earth and Critical Minerals Project in West Texas, together with Texas Mineral Resources Corp. (OTCQB: TMRC), are pleased to announce that they have entered into a Letter of Intent (LOI) to recycle rare earth-containing production waste from USA Rare Earth's future production of sintered neodymium iron boron (NdFeB) permanent magnets (sintered neo magnets) in the United States.
As part of its mine-to-magnets strategy, earlier this year USA Rare Earth purchased the sintered neo magnet manufacturing equipment formerly owned and operated in North Carolina by Hitachi Metals America, Ltd. USA Rare Earth is currently evaluating options for the location of the plant, which will become the first neo magnet manufacturing plant in North America since the Hitachi facility ceased operations in 2015. Other domestic sources of neo magnets either import magnets for assembly in the US or import sintered neo magnet blocks that are machined and assembled in the US.
The plant was designed to produce in excess of 2,000 tonnes of sintered neo magnets per year, or approximately 17% of current U.S. demand for neo magnets. The process of manufacturing and machining neo magnet blocks generates up to 30% swarf and scrap (up to 600 tonnes), which needs to be recycled. Material from USA Rare Earth's facility and material from machining of other blocks will be the feed for Geomega's recycling plant located in St-Bruno, Quebec which, after processing, could become one of the rare earth oxide feed required for USA Rare Earth's magnet plant. USA Rare Earth is expected to make all its swarf and scrap available for Geomega to recycle for a minimum period of five (5) years, commencing on the effective date of a definitive agreement between the companies.
"With more than 60% of the materials coming out of our Round Top deposit being used in clean tech, green tech and renewable energy applications, we see recycling magnet waste as a natural way to be economically efficient and environmentally responsible," said Pini Althaus, CEO of USA Rare Earth. "Geomega's process to recycle waste and bring it back into our magnet feedstock reconfirms our readiness to innovate at every point in our mine-to-magnets strategy. It is also part of our strategy accelerate revenues from our U.S.-based neo magnet production ahead of mine production from the Round Top project."
"We see this collaboration with Geomega as an example of the kind of cooperation called for by the U.S. and Canadian Governments, in the area of critical minerals and Rare Earths in particular," continued Mr. Althaus. In January, the U.S. and Canada finalized a Joint Action Plan on Critical Minerals Cooperation. The Geomega-USA Rare Earth LOI follows on a collaborative agreement between USA Rare Earth and Australia's Arafura Resources, involving processing work at USA Rare Earth's Colorado Pilot Plant. In 2019, the U.S. and Australian Governments committed to encourage U.S-Australian critical mineral cooperation.
"We are very excited to be working in collaboration with USA Rare Earth. We both share the same vision to bring rare earth magnet production back to North America while securing the critical rare earth elements using Geomega's clean technology to process magnet waste." said Kiril Mugerman, President & CEO of Geomega. "It is exciting to be part of USA Rare Earth mine-to-magnet strategy which we can participate in and support using our rare earth clean recycling technology. Establishing a partnership initiative such as this in North America will prevent any supply chain disruptions from China for these critical elements. "Every rare earth magnet factory produces waste. By working together, Geomega and USA Rare Earth will ensure that the rare earths contained in this waste shall remain in North America and are then reused to make more rare earth magnets for the U.S. and Canadian markets that comply with the McCain National Defense Authorization Act. It will be a great opportunity to demonstrate to global magnet manufacturers that there are innovative solutions to obtain rare earths from trusted sources that don't harm the environment and produce less greenhouse gases than the current outdated methods used in China. Geomega's vision is for every magnet factory to use our technology in order to recycle their waste and not be dependant on foreign entities," added Mr. Mugerman.
Geomega and USA Rare Earth will negotiate mutually acceptable commercial terms including the possibility of a license agreement to develop a recycling facility at the location of its permanent magnet factory. Until such time, this LOI remains non-binding.
As indicated by USA Rare Earth in its April 7, 2020 press release, according to industry estimates, permanent magnets are a $21 billion-a-year (US dollars) global market split between high performance magnets (70%) and lower performance ferrite magnets (30%) used in applications such as chargers for electrical devices and other applications where weight and performance are less important and operating conditions are less extreme.
At $13.8 billion, neo magnets dominate the high-performance magnet market, replacing aluminum-nickel-cobalt and samarium-cobalt technologies. Industry sources project the global neo magnet market will expand by nearly 100% to $27.0 billion in 2027.
In 2019, the U.S. purchased approximately 12,000 metric tonnes of neo magnets at an average price of approximately $71,000 per tonne, according to industry estimates, representing 6% of the global rare earth magnet market. Note that this does not include magnets in finished and semi-finished products that are imported – since the U.S. was approximately 23.6% of global GDP in 2019, total imports of magnets could be at least four times the magnet-only numbers.
If the U.S. merely maintains its current 6% share of the global market, annual purchases of rare earth magnets will increase by more than 7,000 tonnes by 2027, or an annual increase of more than 900 tonnes per year.
USA Rare Earth, LLC has an option to earn and acquire an 80% interest in, and is the operator of, the Round Top Heavy Rare Earth and Critical Minerals Project located in Hudspeth County, West Texas from Texas Mineral Resources Corp. (TMRC: OTCQB). Round Top hosts a wide range of critical heavy rare earth elements, high-tech metals, including lithium, uranium and beryllium, and, based on the Preliminary Economic Assessment (dated August 16, 2019) projects a pre-tax net present value using a 10% discount rate of $1.56 billion based on a 20-year mine plan that is only 13% of the identified measured, indicated and inferred resources. The PEA estimates an internal rate of return of 70% and average annual net revenues of $395 million a year after average royalties of $26 million a year payable to the State of Texas. Based on the cost estimates set forth in the PEA, Round Top would be one of the lowest-cost rare earth producers, and one of the lowest cost lithium producers in the world.
The Round Top Deposit hosts 16 of the 17 rare earth elements, plus other high-value tech minerals (including lithium) and is well located to serve the US internal demand. In excess of 60% of materials at Round Top will be used directly in green or renewable energy technologies. Round Top contains 13 of the 35 minerals deemed "critical" by the Department of the Interior and contains critical elements required by the United States, both for national defense and industry. For more information about USA Rare Earth, visit www.usarareearth.com
About Geomega (www.geomega.ca)
Based in Boucherville and St-Bruno, Canada, Geomega Resources has developed a proprietary, environmentally friendly "ISR Technology" that recycles rare earth elements with focus on the permanent magnet industry and produces four high demand, high price, rare earth elements (HHREE – specifically Nd, Pr, Tb, Dy).
The Corporation is advancing towards initial production from its demonstration plant to supply HHREE's to North America and other parts of the world.
Geomega also owns the Montviel rare earth carbonatite deposit and holds over 16.8M shares, representing approximately 19% of the issued and outstanding shares of Kintavar Exploration Inc. (KTR.V), a mineral exploration company that is advancing the Mitchi stratiform copper project in Quebec.
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Geomega Resources Inc.
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Geomega
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Wild West Summer Series 2018: St. Louis
by chriskane on September 10, 2018
The summer season is quickly winding down. We have a few more teams to cover and I will make sure to squeeze them, hopefully as you are preparing for your drafts. As always make sure you buy the Dobber Guide and check out Cam's, Eastern Edge Series.
The idea for these columns to compare end of 2017-18 Fantasy Hockey Geek rankings for individual players with an expected ranking based on their average draft positions from the start of the year. This process does not necessarily identify who was the most important player to each team but gives us not only an idea of who was a steal/bust on draft day, but where each player was valued going into this season. I will also be adding some thoughts on whether or not that is the new normal for the player in question and if we should be adjusting our draft positions. For a deeper dive on each team plus full projections make sure to get your copy of Dobber's Fantasy Guide, out now!
And now for the technical details. We will be using the Fantasy Hockey Geek tool to get a ranking that combines all of a player's stats for the searched categories. Like for the previous series, the ranks are based on a 12 team, head-to-head league, using the categories of goals, assists, power play points, shots, hits and blocks for forwards/defensemen and wins, saves, save percentage and goals against average for goalies. Player eligibility for this series is based on Yahoo, and draft ranks are based on average draft positions compiled from Yahoo, ESPN and CBS by FantasyPros.
Recap:
St. Louis started the 2017-18 season very strong sitting atop the NHL standings on December 11th. An injury to Jaden Schwartz and some inconsistent play from Jake Allen seemed to trigger the an implosion that lead to St. Louis dropping out of the playoffs by one point on the last day of the regular season.
Undervalued:
The move to St. Louis clearly agreed with Brayden Schenn. The finished as the 57th most valuable player and the 11th most valuable center. To say that was an improvement on his previous season is an understatement. It was also a relatively significant improvement on his draft position.
Sean Couturier
Eric Staal
In the summer of 2017 it seemed the general consensus that Schenn would likely improve on his 2016-17 numbers, but not many projected him to hit anywhere near 70 points (except Dobber so you had better go buy the guide).
Points/ Game
Sht%
PPlay Points
2017-18 saw Schenn's highest goal, assist, point per game, and shot numbers of his career. He is also incredibly valuable in this league set up as he adds a significant number of hits. His power play numbers, while all still excellent, were actually down slightly from his power play specialist role in Philadelphia. Clearly though, the addition of two minutes of ice time per game overall and playing with the likes of Vladimir Tarasenko will do wonders for your even strength production.
His shooting percentage was within the normal range, but a few of his other numbers are a touch high which could imply that 70 might be a bit of a ceiling for Schenn and he may settle in a few points below that. I should also note that Schenn, like the Blues on the whole, collapsed during the second half of the season. Over the first 44 games Schenn had 52 points (97 point pace), over the final 38 games Schenn managed 28 (60 point pace). Now certainly a 60 point pace can be valuable, and that pace is much more in line with his time in Philly than the first 44 games. The question for us then is how much stock do we put into the first 44 games. I come down on the side of the larger sample, and think we can hope for something close to the full season pace from 2017-18, but perhaps not a full repeat.
Carter Hutton
Carter Hutton, Ben Bishop and Braden Holtby. I would never have placed those three in the same goalie tier for my 2017-18 draft. And yet, here we are, Hutton the most valuable of the three. Hutton was undrafted in essentially every league, while the goalies surrounding him had an average draft position of 67.
Ben Bishop
He started the year as a backup, and with the help of a faltering Jake Allen, was able to seize the reins for a chunk of the season an post excellent numbers in the process.
Now it is tempting to think that Hutton just needed the opportunity, and when it was finally given to him he tore it up. Unfortunately that isn't entirely the case. Hutton is a 32 year old journeyman backup who has played for three different teams in the last five seasons (soon to be a fourth). The jump in 2017-18 wasn't really about opportunity. In 2016-17 he actually a got a similar amount of games (while still on St. Louis) and clearly no one was rushing to grab him in 2017-18. Why? His numbers were decidedly worse.
2017-18 isn't even the most he has played in a season. Back in 2013-14 he played 40 games and his numbers were even worse than in 2016-17.
Buffalo saw something that they liked in Hutton, and are seemingly hoping to pull an Antti Raanta and turn a backup into a solid number one. On the plus side he has a chance at some extended playing time in 2018-19, but on the down side Buffalo isn't exactly known for their defense, and Hutton doesn't really have a history of exceptional goaltending. Because of the change in team, Hutton certainly carries more value going into 2018-19, however expecting him to repeat 2017-18's success is likely a mistake.
Overvalued:
Ok, I know, I have put injured players here for a couple of teams now. That is the obvious answer. Clearly an injured player is going to disappoint in a season long comparison. So yes, Jaden Schwartz was injured for a bit, only playing 62 games, but that is only part of the story.
Schwartz finished as the 251st most valuable player, and the 65th most valuable winger overall. He was drafted 112th on average, but those around him were drafted somewhere around 190th on average (still a disappointing return).
Kyle Okposo
Alex Tuch
Austin Watson
It is hard to square that value with the season I remember from Schwartz. His name was always seeming to appear on the score sheet, and that is actually born out in the stat line.
Schwartz had the highest point output and point per game pace of his career, and by a fair margin. He saw his highest power play time and total time on ice. He seemed to click well with Tarasenko and Schenn, so if only he had played a full season…
Unfortunately if you look at his value per game to account for those missed games it actually gets worse. Schwartz becomes the 83rd most valuable winger, and yes that is Cal Clutterbuck who provided more value than Jaden Schwartz. To be fair a very the average per game values at this level are all very close, and a small deviation in performance would could easily move him up to 75th overall, but the point remains.
Cal Clutterbuck
Brock McGinn
The problem is, that while there are not a lot of wingers at his scoring pace or better (maybe 15), there are quite a few (about 60) who are shooting more than him, about 80 who hit more than him, and about 40 who block more, and another 40 that have a better power play point pace than Schwartz. That hurt a bit as those peripheral categories can weigh quite a bit in a composite score for a player.
Schwartz then is a bit of a conundrum. His scoring pace makes him a high draft target, but he doesn't necessarily provide the value of some of the other wing options. In points only leagues he certainly provides a great per game value. In leagues that count a wider range of categories, he definitely starts to fall a bit. In the type of league described above, I am expecting the asking price to be more than the season value so I am unlikely to have the chance to draft Schwartz.
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Complex Syrian Civil War:Journalists Serving as Spies?
By Kerry Patton
Clash Daily Guest Contributor
Syria's ongoing atrocities have led to multiple discoveries revealing unprecedented amounts of covert activities. An array of international players exist in Syria, however most observers solely focus on the Assad regime or his opposition comprised of the Free Syrian Army (FSA). There is so much more to the situation in Syria going unreported and it constitutes internationally led covert activities and the illegal incorporation of journalists serving as spies.
After several days of deductive reasoning, then a quick follow up with an undisclosed source that is incredibly active with the Syrian conflict, some points of covert activities have been confirmed. At least one US media network, and possibly more, has been involved in covering up some of the activities.
More interesting is the fact that some of these media networks have a history of chastising such intelligence practices especially when it comes to the incorporation of intelligence contractors.Richard Engel, NBC News chief foreign correspondent, and his crew recently escaped pro-Assad militants after being held for five days. Mixed reporting initially aired claiming he and his crew were abducted by the Free Syrian Army. NBC requested a temporary media blackout on this situation.
Engel and his crew miraculously freed themselves yet the escape was not as miraculous as he or NBC would like anyone to believe. There was an orchestrated attempt to see Engel and his team freed by international players many of whom have no government affiliation — independent contractors.
These international players worked closely with the Free Syrian Army formulating a plan of action and that plan came to fruition.
With sound intelligence, an ambush was orchestrated on Engel's captors. The pro-Assad captors were caught in a "dead zone" forced to return fire and engage the FSA opposition.
During this action, some of Engel's captors were severely injured prompting Engel and his team to flee. Everything Engel revealed came to life but a lot of missing points can be observed. Temporarily freed, Engel was still in a hostile region deep inside Syria. Who assisted him and his team to physically move out of that hostile region? Who assisted in his transportation needs to reach the border of Turkey?
The same people who engaged Engel's captors were the same people who assisted in his travels to Turkey — the Free Syrian Army. This information has been confirmed by undisclosed western sources intimately familiar with Engel's escape as these sources were part of the planning process.
The same sources revealed a botched rescue mission conducted by the Free Syrian Army unfolded in September. It was a rescue mission to free US journalist Austin Tice. The former Marine Corp veteran was abducted in mid-August by pro-Assad militants.
The former Marine's family recently begged for information pertaining to their son's whereabouts. While no one can confirm his current whereabouts, it is known that in September, Mr. Tice was being held on an undisclosed airfield in Syria.
The airfield, which shall not be named due to intelligence security, was attacked by the FSA. The attack was a multi-pronged attack intended to destroy vital infrastructure which included gas storage facilities, air traffic control, and even aircraft. The attack was also intended to free at least one western journalist.
Operational security is vital in these types of missions. Leaks of information can get people killed. Unfortunately, the Free Syrian Army had a leak in their operation's planning which placed ground forces in a grueling situation leaving some killed.
During this time in September, at least three air fields were attacked by the Free Syrian Army. Some of the attacks could be deemed successful while others were a complete nightmare. Needless to say, Austin Tice remains in pro-Assad militant's captivity.
Another international journalist has been abducted, however most reporting claims the abduction was enacted by the Free Syrian Army. Ankhar Kotchneva, a Ukrainian journalist with Russian citizenship, has been missing since October.
The case of Ankhar Kotchneva is interesting. A few questions must be asked to determine her actual status. Some reports claim when Kotchneva was abducted, she was actually carrying a weapon.
Anti-Assad elements have stated that Kotchneva "was carrying a gun and was an interpreter for Russian officers." Real journalists do not make it a habit of carry weapons while on assignment. Why was she carrying a weapon? Was she using journalism as a cover story for intelligence activities?
According to the kyivpost.com, "Her coverage of the Syrian conflict for several Russian media, including NTV, RenTV and RT channels favored Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. She voiced support for the Syrian president in interviews she gave to other news outlets as an expert on the region. When she was abducted, Kotchneva was employed as an interpreter."
At least one Eastern European media outlet acknowledges Kotchneva was not in Syria working as a journalist. Instead, she was serving as an interpreter. But who was she interpreting for? That question remains unknown. But what is known is this — no one is coming to her rescue anytime soon.
Journalists have been rightly outraged over the ongoing crisis dealing with Ankhar Kotchneva. For many journalists, she is one of them. But emotions need to be taken out of the cognitive process to understand the life Ankhar Kotchneva could possibly have been living.
Remember Anna Chapman? How many American's who were close to her refused to accept the fact that she was an actual spy for Russia? If Ankhar Kotchneva is actually found to be a spy for Russia, many journalists will likely go into denial as well.
Russia is playing a very dangerous game in Syria and they have recently acknowledged that it appears Bashir Assad will likely lose the war. Russia backed the wrong team in Syria. Now they have one of their own citizens held against her will potentially facing execution for crimes of espionage.
When it comes to Syria, there is a difference between Russia's activities and the West. Russia is physically placing its citizens in harm's way on the ground in Syria. Some of those citizens may or may not be acting as journalists while they serve as spies.
Col. Stanislav Lunev has once revealed that many journalists from Russia and other countries are, in reality, spies. He also stated that many Russian journalists have recruited leading American reporters to engage in espionage as well. Col Lunev should know exactly how Russian covert operatives execute their missions. He was the highest-ranking spy ever to defect from the Russia's top spy organization, the GRU.
The United States has strict laws against using journalists as spies. This does not mean it never happens, though. More often than not, journalists serve as sources for the US intelligence community. OSINT, Open Source Intelligence, is the lead in utilizing media for its intelligence activities.
50 USC § 403–7 titled, Prohibition on using journalists as agents or assets, specifically states that "the Intelligence Community may not use as an agent or asset for the purposes of collecting intelligence any individual who is authorized by contract or by the issuance of press credentials to represent himself or herself, either in the United States or abroad, as a correspondent of a United States news media organization."
With more than 28 journalists killed in Syria just in 2012 alone, the war torn nation has become uniquely complex. Many of these journalists have been killed by pro-Assad forces while some have been killed by anti-Assad opposition.
Both sides have enacted the practice of targeting journalists and both sides may have good reason. Today, we learn that while most journalists are serving in ethical roles, some are not. Some, like Ankhar Kotchneva, may be serving in unique covert activities working as spies.
Image: Kidnapped journalist Ankhar Kotchneva
Kerry Patton, a combat disabled veteran, is the author of Contracted: America's Secret Warriors (Quiet Owl Books). You can follow him on Facebook or at kerry-patton.com.


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• Here we are, the Adams years. A look at four key challenges facing Mayor Adams as he takes office. (Elizabeth Kim for Gothamist)
• Adams took the subway to work on day one. It was, as you might expect, a bit of a circus. (Dean Moses for amNY Metro)
• With a new mayor in place, it's the right time to look at the many streets, buildings, parks, and spots named for previous mayors. (Shiloh Frederick for Shiloh in the City)
• Congrats to Leyla Gessel Tzunun Garcia, the first baby born in NYC in 2022. (NY1)
• The spectacle of Times Square on January 1 goes like clockwork each year. I am, of course, referring to the Department of Sanitation's cleanup of 40+tons of confetti and debris. (Jen Chung and Gretchen Robinette for Gothamist)
• The state's indoor mask-or-vaccine mandate was extended through Feb 1. It was previously set to expire on January 15. (Luke Parsnow for NY1)
• Photos: The Coney Island New Year's Day Polar Bear Plunge. Not a bad year to do it based on the temperature. One person was pulled out of the water unresponsive due to a cardiac arrest but no additional details are available. ( Amanda Hatfield for BrooklynVegan)
• The ferry to Coney Island won't open this summer, as originally expected, as a moratorium on dredging activity in Coney Island Creek is in place until July 1. The ferry is expected to be complete by the end of the year. (Jessica Parks for Brooklyn Paper)
• NYC Ferry opened a new stop in Throgs Neck on the Soundview Route, connecting all the way to Wall St in about an hour. (Aaron Ginsburg for 6sqft)
• The city released the Financial District and Seaport Climate Resilience Master Plan, a plan to extend Manhattan's shoreline for one mile South of the Brooklyn Bridge. The plan is expected to fight tidal flooding, which is expected to make most of lower Manhattan uninhabitable. (Michelle Rotuno-Johnson for Patch)
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• An Eater's guide to NYC, described as "unofficial, highly opinionated information about the City that Never Sleeps." (Eater)
• The first of the year means improvements for delivery workers' safety and working conditions as a package of laws go into effect. Apps will be required to tell delivery workers total pay and tips for the previous day, what each customer tips, and will require restaurants to make their restrooms available to delivery workers. (Sophia Chang for Gothamist)
• Video: A walk down Flatbush from the Barclays Center to the Brooklyn Museum. (ActionKid)
• Children under the age of 12 will no longer face arrest and prosecution for virtually all crimes, which makes you ask the question "We were arresting kids under 12?" (Jon Campbell for Gothamist)
• A crash course on finding an apartment and moving to NYC. Send this one to any of your friends who are asking for advice. (Mimi O'Connor and Emily Myers for Brick Underground)
• The city is putting $75 million towards the completion of Bushwick Inlet Park on the Williamsburg waterfront to extend the existing park to the actual Bushwick Inlet. There was no expected date of completion announced. (Aaron Ginsburg for 6sqft)
• Inside the TDF Costume Collection, a collection of donated costumes from Broadway, the Met, TV, and movies, available to nonprofits and for rent to a broader clientele. Decades of history are on display and ready for another life. (R. C. Baker for Village Voice)
• Public Theater's annual Under the Radar festival was canceled due to the Omicron surge. (Laura Zornosa for NY Times)
• A new law will require the MTA to incorporate thinking about bicycle and pedestrian access at its bridges and stations and in its capital plans. This is hysterical wording. "We've thought about it and no." Law fulfilled! (Jen Chung for Gothamist)
• The NYC Italian delivery guide. (The Infatuation)
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Not too long ago I stumbled on a book of pieces (in two volumes) by father and son composers Henrik and Frederik Rung (published ca. 1900).
The pieces are laid out in a somewhat progressive order in terms of difficulty. Many pieces have colorful and evocative titles.
There are some truly gorgeous pieces in this book, and I hope you will add some to your repertoire! Below I have recorded some of my favorites and provided the scores.
Happy plucking!
P.S. I've started a lesson of the day, which is displayed on my website's home page. There's also an archive under the Blog tab.
The Danish composer Henrik Rung (1807 - 1871)
Henrik's son, Frederik Rung (1854 - 1914)
Federik Rung - Biography from Wikipedia
Frederik Rung ( June 14, 1854 in Copenhagen - January 22, 1914 ) was a Danish conductor and composer. He was the son of Henrik Rung and brother of Georg Rung and Sophie Keller. From 1908 and until his death he was the chaplain of the Royal Chapel, replacing Johan Svendsen.
Frederik Rung became a student of his father and studied 1867-70 in the Royal Netherlands Danish Music Conservatory under JPE Hartmann and Niels W. Gade. As a 12-year-old, he was employed at The Royal Theater playing Guitar, Mandolin and Viola d'Amore. The following year he was awarded a scholarship and went abroad for a study trip. In 1872 , he became an opera director (?), in 1884 conductor and 1908 1st chaplain master.
In addition, he was a piano teacher at the Conservatory of Music from 1881 to 1893. In 1877 he took over the Cécilia Society after his father and formed a special madrigal group, who in 1897 sang at a music festival at a big exhibition in Stockholm and in 1900 performed at the Paris World Exhibition.
As a composer, Rung was extremely productive and versatile. He wrote music for Christian Molbech's play, Pharaoh's Ring (1879), The Secret Society (1888) and The Triangular Hat (1895), Music for Holger Drachmann's Act Thousand and One Night (1892), Ballet Aditi (1879) and a Carnival Spell in Venice (1890), a symphony , a suite for strings, a serenade, 2 string quartets, a piano quintet and several other chamber music. In addition, multi-voice songs and more than 70 romances. He published with Thomas Laub Sangmusik from the 17th and 18th centuries and alone he stood for Music from the Danish scene in 4 volumes. He was the Knight of Dannebrog and Dannebrogsmand.
He is buried at Solbjerg Park Church.
Some of my favorite selection from the book:
First Lute Suites


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Akhilesh Yadav congratulates 'united opposition parties'
| Published: Thursday, May 31, 2018, 17:25 [IST]
Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav congratulated 'united opposition parties' of the state for the victory of RLD and SP candidate from Kairana Lok Sabha constituency and Noorpur assembly seat respectively.
After the announcements of Lok Sabha election results, Akhilesh Yadav, said, 'I thank the voters for bringing us to power. People have voted in this scorching heat, and the ideology has won, the farmers and the poor have voted for us.'
"Jayant Choudhary, Ajit Singh and all the workers and leaders of SP have worked hard to ensure this historic win, " he said.
Akhilesh Yadav tweeted that the defeat of the ruling party in Kairana is the defeat of their (BJP) politics in their own laboratory. This is the beginning of the victory of the people who believe in unity and the end of arrogant leadership.
कैराना और नूरपुर की जनता, कार्यकर्ताओं, उम्मीदवारों व सभी एकजुट दलों को जीत की हार्दिक बधाई! कैराना में सत्ताधारियों की हार उनकी अपनी ही प्रयोगशाला में, देश को बाँटने वाली उनकी राजनीति की हार है. ये एकता-अमन में विश्वास करने वाली जनता की जीत व अहंकारी सत्ता के अंत की शुरूआत है.
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) May 31, 2018
Rashtriya Lok Dal candidate Tabassum Hasan declared her victory in Kairana, hailing Opposition unity as the key to defeat the BJP. Hasan was supported by the Congress, Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party. Hasan defeated Bharatiya Janata Partys Mriganka Singh by 43,000 votes.
Samajwadi Party's Naim Ul Hasan won Noorpur assembly seat against BJP's Avinash Singh. By-elections in Noorpur was necessitated due the the death of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Lokendra Singh in February.
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First stop after your arrival will be to Giza Plateau , where you will find the only remaining wonder of the Ancient world , which is the Pyramids of Giza.
Start tour by visiting the largest and most famous pyramid, Cheops pyramid where you can get a great chance to take wonderful photos there, before continuing to Chephern pyramid to have some free time to explore this ancient site in your own, after that your minivan will take you down to the valley temple and Mighty Sphinx , with its mysterious expression , the Sphinx stand as a guard for the pyramids complex.
After , start your way to the Egyptian Archeological museum through the Tahrir ( Liberty ) square , which has a very famous reputation after the Great Egyptian Revolution 2011 .
Start your tour inside the museum to discover more and more regarding the pharaohs era , it considered repository of the world largest and richest collections for Egyptian antiquities , that include the priceless artifacts of the boy king Tut Ankh Amun .
Final stop at this comprehensive tour will be at the Papyrus institute to see how old Egyptians used to make paper from reed from the river Nile .
Enjoy your free time for shopping and souvenirs in the adjacent gift shop to the papyrus institute before you start your return back to your ship.
– Mineral water on board the vehicle during the tour.
You will find many vendors at pyramids Area sell souvenirs, what they offer as Papyrus with cheap prices are nothing,, it is just painted Banana leaves .
Be aware from great bargains at great prices and always be near to your guide and consult and seek the advice of your guide if you are not sure from anything.
At the museum there is 30 to 40 stairs leading from the ground floor to upper floor where Tut Ankh Amun collection shown , elevator inside the museum not always working .
Camera and video not Allowed inside the Egyptian Museum, but it can be used in the outer garden of the museum or at Pyramids Area.
The tour order may change but all mentioned sites will be covered.


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Their new single 'You Got It All' is heading into the Big Top 40 this weekend, Elliot was joined by JJ and Josh ahead of the release of the single.
Hopefully the single will get to number 1 to cheer Josh up who had a nightmare week leading up to the release.
If you missed the chat you can listen again below!


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Italian scientist are claiming a supernatural event may have caused the image on the shroud of Turin, the robe some believe to have been the garment Jesus was buried in after the crucifixion.
By scorching similar material with an ultra-violet laser, the team was able to create a similar design. They believe this disproves at least part of the theory set in place my many that the shroud itself was nothing but a medieval hoax. The scientist from National Agency for New Technology, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, are claiming the technology was, "far beyond the capabilities of medieval foragers".
Still, one should remember that this doesn't prove that the shroud contained the body of a human deity. In fact, it's pretty well established that the artefact isn't nearly old enough to have been around during the crucifixion. The last tests concluded that the object is merely 800 years old.
So there you have it. The shroud may not have belonged to Christ, but it turns out that the strange sheet might still have reason to remain controversial.
So, the shroud is apparently depicts Jesus, but can't have touched him in his lifetime since it's not old enough. So that would tell me that it's faked. But it was apparently made by supernatural circumstances which means it is real? So either this is fake or jesus died 800 uears ago. This is very confusing, but so is Christianity.


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can someone please help me with my 93 jeep wrangler ecm. its fried says the mechanics and no idea where to go buy one?
Go get one at a junk yard. Some will overnight ship it to you if you live in the boonies.


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