Lack of both specialist and generalist knowledge to tackle the challenges facing the organization.
The need for management consultants and interim managers grows as organizations trim staff and must look to external sources to plug the talent gap or cannot devote the time and resources of the remaining staff to solve particular problems.
It is our firm belief that companies who successfully attract people with track record in their field of expertise,combined with a skill set allowing cross-business problem solving, will outperform their competitors!
"As Research & Development specialist, Cochlear focuses on development and production activities. Our ambition - growth - is clear, but uncertain, both from timing as well as from a potential perspective. However, we fully realise that our operations, i.c. supply chain and procurement, may never limit the expected growth.
Through collaboration with PROGRESSIO we prepared Cochlear for growth. We created a stronger organisational structure, redefined roles and responsibilities within Procurement and Supply Chain and installed solid and at the same time more flexible procedures. So we did not only retain their ideas, but also implemented and embedded these ideas with their support.
"The Procurement staff within Rettig ICC (Indoor Climate Comfort), owner of radiator producer Radson, is a very diverse group, working at different levels and taking on various responsibilities in Europe. We wanted to set up a Procurement Training that would satisfy all of our people. PROGRESSIO was the solution to this challenge!
PROGRESSIO created a tailor-made training program, combining Project Management with Marketing of Procurement and matching it in an ideal way with the needs of our people.
We particularly appreciated PROGRESSIO's professionalism. Trainers were knowledge experts and had in-depth Procurement field experience. They openly shared their experiences and tools, enabling us to actively use the matter taught. A good eye-opener for us! Some of the key elements and templates that the trainers provided were used in one of our projects in Germany.
We highly value PROGRESSIO's personal and spontaneous vision on collaboration. Fun & laughter were key, both in preparation of the training, as on the training day itself!"
"Over the past few years, bpost Special Logistics (Euro-Sprinters) has evolved quite significantly as a company. To support a number of changes, Euro-Sprinters called upon PROGRESSIO knowledge and expertise.
In particular, the upgrade/implementation of and migration to our new IT transport distribution platform could count on PROGRESSIO's project management expertise. Also, when moving the activities from our Brussels hub to our new hub in Kortenberg, PROGRESSIO helped us with the fitting-up of the logistical infrastructure and organization in the building, as well as in preparing the move as such.
PROGRESSIO really listens to the customer's needs and pays much attention to creating the perfect match between the customer's expectations and the profile of the proposed candidate(s) to fill in the required function. PROGRESSIO will not only consider 'technical criteria' (such as education, skills, competences, training, experience, etc.), but will also consider the complete context of the need (customer's company culture, colleagues, type of project, etc.).
This way of working made it much easier to share a transparent project planning and evaluation scheme with PROGRESSIO and to agree on evaluations which took place while respecting all parties."
DuPont is a company in transformation. A strong increase in the number of acquisitions and divestitures led to extra work in Logistic Sourcing and as a consequence, entailed the need for an additional buyer.
"In our search for the right interim support, we considered it crucial that the buyer profile would be able to function right away within the existing team and that he/she could rely on solid experience within Logistic Sourcing.
In no time, PROGRESSIO matched our need with the right buyer profile, taking into account the required competences and attitude.
What initially started out as rather small project, soon became a long-term collaboration. In a first stage, the PROGRESSIO consultant helped us with the acquisition of DuPont Performance Coatings. Right after, within this acquisition, he led the renegotiation of existing contracts and the conclusion of new contracts. Finally, PROGRESSIO helped DuPont with the set-up of a road tender for logistic supplies: data collection, renegotiation of rate sheets and harmonization/standardization of these sheets.
What I particularly appreciate about PROGRESSIO's way of working is the time and effort that they put into coaching their team members. Although the consultant is off to its own adventure, PROGRESSIO makes sure the consultant is properly guided, benefitting directly the customer."
Citrique Belge, citric acid producer based in Tienen, called on PROGRESSIO for the temporary support of a Technical Buyer within their Procurement Department, in order to help out with operational & tactical buying activities and contract (re)negotiation.
"In our search for the right support, we found it difficult to find someone with broad technical skills, on the one hand, and extensive procurement experience on the other. PROGRESSIO was able to provide us with this unique profile, allowing us to accelerate and deliver on time during peak times. The PROGRESSIO consultant was the answer to our internal lack of experience. He was highly energetic and driven, constantly reaching out to and investing in the internal customers.
Colfridis offers specialized logistic services tailored to the Belgian retail sector. For the contract renewal with one of its main retailers in the Belgian distribution, Colfridis called on the Supply Chain & Logistic knowledge of PROGRESSIO. The PROGRESSIO Consultant acted as Project Leader and, together with the support of internal stakeholders, set up an Activity Based Costing (ABC) exercise, in order to stand firm during contract renegotiation.
By means of the ABC model, the PROGRESSIO Consultant identified, mapped and documented Colfridis' activities (process flows) and assigned the cost of each of these individual activities. The tailor-made model, with process basis, resulted in a transparent and detailed insight in Colfridis' cost to serve and gave Colfridis the guarantee to be paid for all services delivered.
In a second phase, Colfridis now hires the PROGRESSIO Consultant to run a continuous improvement track in order to develop the right end-to-end solution to the actual and future supply chain processes.
Colfridis appreciates the work and commitment of PROGRESSIO and recommends its maturity. The extensive knowledge and experience within Supply Chain and Logistics is a firm solution to bridge the gap between what was needed to turn this case into a success and the level of internal expertise.
Buying at P&V Insurance Group (P&V, Actel & Vivium) used to be decentralized. As each department purchased individually, P&V understood that they were missing out on synergies and savings. It became clear that some departments were more professionally organised in their procurement activities and used negotiation as a standard approach, where other departments simply purchased without real expertise.
P&V decided to switch to a centralized buying structure, the so called "Global Vendor Management", that aims to create added value and joined benefits within Procurement and to question routine operations and methods in order to optimize and professionalize P&V buying activities.
Once the Global Vendor Management idea was born, P&V turned to PROGRESSIO for the roll out. By means of a Spend Analysis, PROGRESSIO mapped the various purchasing categories, spends and suppliers, as well as the saving potential within each domain. Subsequently, PROGRESSIO delivered an action plan that made it possible for P&V to generate the potential savings in a sustainable way.
In the next stage, a team of 4 PROGRESSIO Consultants coached and steered the Global Vendor Management Department of P&V. Their mission: evaluate, assess, coach and train the procurement employees, coach and guide the P&V fleet responsible and provide an Ad Interim IT Procurement Specialist.
According to P&V, PROGRESSIO was the perfect partner to set up their new buying structure. PROGRESSIO provided knowledge that was non-existent within P&V, facilitating a professional and swift change process.
"Boost Group is leading service provider in retail shopper marketing with offices in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland & China. Boost's mission is to enlarge & retain A-brand customer populations via interactive promotion (product tastings and sample distribution at home, in shops or in public places), loyalty programs (loyalty cards, saving programs, etc.) and collectibles (e.g. sticker promotions).
As Boost Group is in rapid expansion, the need for optimisation arose. With the right focus and professional, to the point approach PROGRESSIO was able to put forward the right consultant to lead significant procurement improvement and productivity tracks.
Annually, Boost Loyalty distributes over 1 million gifts into Europe for customers within different industries. All of the orders are packed in full colour boxes, with customized packing slip. PROGRESSIO considerably reduced the packaging cost via switching from a local packaging partner to an international one and the change of the packaging material.
With regard to business intelligence and reporting, PROGRESSIO created tailor-made templates and dashboards in order to enable the procurement team to visualize, follow-up and analyse their KPI's, as well as to steer their Category Management.
Finally, PROGRESSIO helped Boost Loyalty with on-the-job training of junior procurement professionals, creating solid grounds for future growth!"
"End 2016 Punch Powertrain decided to renew the delivery of gas and electricity in order to support its grow. The challenge was high as Punch Powertrain up to that very moment bought its energy via the former mother company VCST (Volvo Car Sint-Truiden). Besides the need to create and get operational a new connection for the first time ever, the legal entity Punch Powertrain needed to buy and contract energy.
The complexity was aggravated by the fact that the energy consumption (volume and profile), nor start date of delivery were unambiguous – cfr. Combination of increasing but unpredictable growth and timing go-live of new connections. PROGRESSIO worked project wise on a transparent model being an alternative Request for Quotation, resulting in not only sharp process, but (as important) also flexible contract that supports and will support the spectacular growth of Punch Powertrain in a cost efficient way."
"Agristo is a huge growing family owned company specialized in the production of deepfrozen potato products. PROGRESSIO was assigned to do a maturity analysis of the supply chain department in order to determine the focus areas to develop in order to manage the huge growth of the company. We realized that PROGRESSIO could help us to progress in a professional way and that's why we involved them in different purchase projects during one year.
PROGRESSIO helped us to really integrate purchase in the organization, which is crucial in order to achieve good supply chain results. They have a lot of experience in different sectors and in different organization over the world, which gives them a very huge view on the global supply chain and how to cope with suppliers, customers and the organisation. Their ideas, mostly situated in the tactical and strategic context, are clear, objective and realistic. It was a pleasure to work with PROGRESSIO!"
"PROGRESSIO has helped us in our search for a temporary procurement professional. The selected person has supported our procurement department in a transition period and brought as well new insights as manpower to get the job done. She coached our existing buyers in setting up tender processes and pushed them to go the extra mile in our search for the right supplier. Besides this, it gave us the time to select a new procurement manager and it gave him the time to move into his new role."
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The GE A20 project is a state of the art test facility for the GE 9x engine combustion sections.
BL Harbert was contracted to perform installation of (8) piping systems inclusive of all equipment, in-line and online instruments and devices required to complete the operation of the facility. In total approximately 16,000 LF of pipe was installed along with 1,800 inline/online devices and equipment.The project engineering design was incomplete at the start of installation. BL Harbert assisted with design review and coordination through the project life cycle. In total The project consisted of 6715 total welds read to B31.1. The project RT reject rate was below 2%.


Directions (Question 1-5): Read the following information and answer the questions given below it.
(i) Eight persons A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are seated round a table.
(ii) C and E are not adjacent to each other.
(iii) B is on the left of E.
(iv) H is on the right of D.
(v) There are three persons between B and H.
(vi) A is adjacent to F.
(vii) F is on the left of C.
1).Assuming A to be at the first position and moving clockwise, who occupies the sixth position?
2).Which of the following statements is true?
a) C is second to the right of E.
b) A is on the immediate right of E.
c) E is on the immediate left of D.
d) E is sitting opposite F.
3).Which of the following is an incorrect pair of persons seated opposite each other?
4).If each person interchanges his or her position with the person seated opposite, who will be on the right of D?
5).If A interchanges his position with D, and so do H and C, which of the following will be true?
a) H is second to the left of E.
b) B and A are opposite each other.
c) F is on the immediate left of C.
d) A is on the immediate left of H.
(i) If a number starts with an odd number then that odd number should be codified as 'B'.
(iii) Number 3 and 7 should always be codified as 'M' and 'N' respectively whenever are neither at the beginning nor at the end.
Excluding cases given at (i),(ii) and (iii),the numbers should be codified as per letter codes given above.
6). Which of the following will be the code for 274310?
7).Which of the following will be the coder for 737896?
8).Which of the following will be the code of 3670421?
9).Which of the following will be the code of 4318767?
10).The code of 7735628 is same as the code of which number?


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Inside the Lines: Chiefs vs. Jaguars
It's time to get back to football as the Chiefs kickoff the regular season in Jacksonville against the Jaguars in just three days.
The last meeting between the two clubs was on October 24, 2010, when the Chiefs defeated the Jaguars 42-20 at Arrowhead Stadium. Kansas City forced three turnovers and put up 426 yards of total offense.
The Chiefs are 3-6 all-time versus the Jaguars but head coach Andy Reid's squad has been hard at work this offseason and is ready for the challenge on the road.
This Sunday's contest marks the first time the Chiefs will open on the road since 2009. The Chiefs are 5-1 in games played on September 8th and own a 27-26 record in season openers.
Head coach Andy Reid is the fifth-active NFL head coach with 140 overall victories and one of three with 10 or more postseason victories.
General manager John Dorsey enters his first season as an NFL general manager and his 23rd year as a player personnel member. He has two Super Bowl rings, three NFC Championships and helped earn nine division titles over his career.
The Chiefs currently have 30 new players on their 53-man roster, retaining six Pro Bowlers from 2012.
Kansas City's defense recorded 11.0 sacks during preseason play and grabbed three interceptions. The team also recovered one fumble.
Through the preseason, the Chiefs led the NFL in average starting field position after kickoff.
RB Knile Davis and S Quintin Demps owned the top two spots for highest kickoff return average and returned kickoffs in back-to-back games of more than 100 yards each.
Chiefs and Jaguars Connections: Jacksonville QB Ricky Stanzi spent his 2011-12 season with the Chiefs; Chiefs Assistant Offensive Line Coach Eugene Chung spent his 1995 season with the Jaguars as an offensive lineman; Chiefs Offensive Line Coach Andy Heck was part of the Jaguars staff from 2004-2012; Newly acquired Kansas City WR A.J. Jenkins grew up in Jacksonville, Fla. and graduated from Terry Parker High School.
Records to Watch
Jamaal Charles
His 784 carries rank seventh in team history for most career rushing attempts. He needs 11 more carries to pass RB Abner Haynes for sixth.
Charles ranks fourth in team history with 4,536 career rushing yards. He needs 362 yards to pass RB Christian Okoye, who has 4,897 career rushing yards.
Charles has 124 career rushes of 10 yards to rank third in team history. He needs 14 more to pass RB Larry Johnson, with 137.
He also has 5,818 career scrimmage yards to rank 10th in team history. He needs 556 yards to pass WR Stephone Paige, with 6,373, for ninth.
On September 8th in 1930, Richard Drew created Scotch Tape, in 1966, "Star Trek" premiered and in 1989 George Brett got his 2,500th hit.
Also, American Senator and U.S. representative Claude Pepper, American country singer Patsy Cline and baseball player Buck Leonard share a birthday on September 8th.

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The Directors and CEO of Westpac are facing a likely criminal investigation after Lawyers acting on behalf of fraud victims Lisa Anne Lambert and Thomas Patrick Hayes made a formal complaint to Detective Inspector Aurthur Katsogiannis who is the Commander of the NSW Police Force Cybercrime Squad.
The complaint centers around the Directors and CEO knowingly covering up a multi-million-dollar fraud. If you conceal a crime that is a crime in itself. Internal Westpac emails show senior executives knew about the fraud but did nothing and failed to report the fraud to the police.
I am writing to report, what ought properly be considered to be an offence committed under section 316 of the Crimes Act 1900.
The matter relates to the conduct of the WBC senior executives, its Chairman and CEO and their failure to report a very serious multimillion dollar finance fraud committed against the WBC on the 13 November 2006 and arguably perpetrated in Sydney.
The crime surrounds a $6.8 million advance by WBC to a twice convicted criminal. The advance was a finance and property fraud and the monies were provided based on a sophisticated property scam which is dealt with in the attachments and news articles.
The loan was advanced by WBC to a registered corporation, Knight Property Investments Pty Ltd, which company had as its sole director, Mario Michael Girardo (Girardo).
At the time the advance was made Girardo had been convicted of fraud in Qld on 14 December 2001 and was disqualified from managing a corporation. This was likely an offence under the Corporations Act section 206A. He was subsequently jailed for 4 ½ years extortion and other serious crimes in 2011 in the Southport Magistrates Court.
The loan had the effect of financing Girardo and thereby allowed him to proceed with further property frauds. Ultimately, he went on to defraud my clients in two property transactions. These frauds had a severe financial impact on them and their families and left them destitute.
My clients have written to WBC on numerous occasions since 2010 strongly urging them to report the frauds and its perpetrators to the authorities, and they have, to date, failed to do so.
My clients then sought the assistance of Gold Coast MP Dr Alex Douglas. Dr Douglas MP wrote directly to the Chairman of WBC and espoused his very serious concerns over the matter. Once again, a Westpac executive wrote back to Dr Douglas essentially dismissing the claim, apart from acknowledging that WBC bankrupted Girardo. A copy of Dr Douglas MP's letter to Westpac dated 7 March 2013 and Westpac's reply to him dated 26 March 2013 are attached.
The attached settlement statements from Ingwersen Lansdown Solicitors show, in Item 14, that the balance of money advanced by WBC was to be paid into Delaneys Lawyers Trust Account (the Balance of the Loan).
During my Clients pursuit of the truth behind the frauds, I wrote to Delaney Lawyers in December 2016 to ascertain what happened to the Balance of the Loan. I received a Trust account ledger from Delaneys showing an amount of $869,183.69 was paid to Sebastian Muscolino. A copy of my email to Delaneys dated 22 December 2016 and their reply on 23 December 2016, which reply attached their trust account ledger, is attached.
Mr Muscolino has denied ever receiving any money even though he was due to be paid $3.5M as part of the transaction which he deposes to in statutory declarations sworn on 7 February 2017 and 16 October 2013. A copy of his Statutory Declaration sworn on 7 February 2017 (the Statutory Declaration sworn on 16 October 2013 is at Attachment A to it) is attached.
This money remains unaccounted for and the party to whom the trust account cheque was ostensibly written, namely Mr Muscolino, has no idea as to its whereabouts.
They have recently been enlivened by the FCRC and the exposure of the general conduct of the banks including WBC.
I raised the alleged breach of section 316 by me letter to WBC's CEO, Brian Hartzer, on 4 November 2016. However, the allegations were obviously denied by the solicitors for WBC, Allens Linklaters by their letters to me commencing on 17 November 2016. A copy of the relevant correspondence between myself and WBC and their solicitors is attached without the attachments to them which are available on request.
There is evidence that WBC's senior executives admitted to the fraud in internal memos however, to date they have failed to report it, despite it being brought to the attention of multiple parties including the Chairman and CEO.
In March 2013 the Queensland State MP Dr Alex Douglas wrote twice to Westpac Chairman Lindsay Maxsted outlining his concerns with the alleged fraud and Mr Maxsted did nothing.
I am writing to you in relation to the fraud at Westpac that has been concealed by a number of Westpac employees. There is admission of the fraud in internal Westpac documents that are in my possession. The employees that have concealed the fraud include Chairman Lindsay Maxsted, John Murphy, Stuart Meager, Matt Sainsbury, and others.
At the bottom of the attachment you will see a document from Allens Arthur Robinson lawyers explaining one element of how the fraud worked, which was getting an inflated property valuation so the purchaser could get an inflated and fraudulent loan.
It is clear fraud had taken place and that Westpac had been defrauded. The fact that there has never been a complaint to the police for the fraud itself shows a cover-up by Westpac staff.
Matt Sainsbury's conduct, which at best is disgraceful and at worst criminal, says there should have been a complaint to the police for fraud. Once again the fact there has been no complaint to the police shows a clear cover-up.
A highly likely hypothesis is that Mario Girardo bribed Matt Sainsbury and/or others at Westpac to get the $6.8 million loan and paid $5million for the unit and Mr Girardo pocketed the $1.8million balance. The original loan grew with further loans to $7.8 before Westpac sold the unit for $3.5 million and Westpac lost $4million and I am told Westpac lost another $11 million plus on other loans to Mr Girardo. It must be noted that Mr Girardo was on remand for extortion which was in the media at the time Westpac made a number of loans to him. He was also banned by ASIC from being a company director when some of the loans were approved by Westpac. Neither the ASIC banning or criminal charges facing Mr Girardo seemed to bother Westpac staff and they continued to loan him money.
It is not believable a police officer would say "there is no need for Westpac to lodge a complaint" given it was a $4million fraud. Can Mr Johnston name the police officer who gave that advice?
If the police officer did say "it was open to Westpac to do so if it chose to" in relation to making a complaint then why did Westpac not make a complaint. Who at Westpac decided not to complain to the police in relation to the $4 million lost by Westpac from fraud by Girardo. Have Westpac sacked them? If not, why not? It is so obvious a cover-up by Westpac staff.
Westpac have a large legal team and external lawyers who were already looking at the issue and they would have known that they needed to make a formal complaint to the police given it was a $4 million fraud and as there was at the very least evidence that suggested that Matt Sainsbury was part of the fraud as the attachments show. Whether he was knowingly part of the fraud is something the police should have investigated.
Why did Lindsay Maxsted leave the line out of his letter. Quite simply Mr Maxted would have known the line is a lie as it stands out a mile and that Westpac had an obligation to make a complaint of fraud to the police.
The above issues are currently part of a court proceedings involving Patrick Hayes. I am a journalist and investigate crime and to me the fact that the court proceedings are taking place is further evidence of the cover-up of the fraud. It is my understanding that counsel representing Westpac have already been caught deliberately misleading the court in evidence to try and cover-up the fraud.
Can you please advise what action you intend on taking and when you intend taking it. Do you intend calling the police and making a formal complaint and standing down Westpac staff until the matter is fully investigated?
I make a very serious allegation against Lindsay Maxsted in this email which is supported by the attached documents. Will you raise this allegation with the Westpac Board?
I received a very dodgy response from Westpac as per below.
Westpac have a new CEO Brian Hartzer who has been in the job since February 2015, so the corruption has persisted on his watch.
Things have changed greatly since 2013 and 2014 so the likelihood that the NSW Police will take action is a lot greater now and the Westpac Board and CEO should be worried. We now have a Banking Royal Commission that has put the spotlight squarely on corruption in the Banks and their cover-ups so Detective Inspector Aurthur Katsogiannis has no excuse not to investigate fully and lay charges where appropriate.
Never-ending hard work by police, 'honest' lawyers and judges to find and send even the most petty of criminals to prison doesn't happen when bank, financial institutions and others of their ilk management members destroy peoples' financial lives when their bare-faced lying, cheating, conning, scamming and other high-end money-grubbing schemes continues un-checked on a regular basis.
Investigations, Royal Commissions and all the rest of the expensive malarkey may single out one or two individuals to make headlines for a day or two, but never do we see short, sharp collective and severe entrapment followed by severe prison sentences.
Catching the giant 'rats with the gold teeth' needs bigger 'cats with iron claws' not baby kittens in a play-pen.
Seems to be a disgraceful amount of lack of action by the NSW police in these cases and it would appear that all this uncovering of a lot of malpractice will just be swept under the carpet and no one gets a fine or even spend a few days in gaol. Looks like third world inaction and no justice to me!
An except from an internal Commonwealth Bank email was sent to me by mistake. It states, in clear as crystal English, that the Commonwealth Bank would prefer a change in the description of a fee. That means the bank knows the way the fee is described is illegal. The fee is described as a 'no-cost fee'. But the bank is surreptitiously charging the fee. Therefore the bank is defrauding people. According to the excerpt, internal Commonwealth Bank emails show senior executives knew about the fraud but did nothing and failed to report the fraud to the police. Senior Commonwealth Bank executives are knowingly concealing a crime, and concealing a crime is a crime in itself. ASIC informed me, in writing, charging the fee APPEARS to conform to regulations. Apparently the Commonwealth Bank doesn't agree with ASIC because my defrauded money was repaid in full.
Surely these people responsible for such action of defrauding the clients should be looked at by DPP and if any illegalities the persons responsible should be charged?
The corruption in the QPS prevented the complaints moving forward, disgraced Ex cop Mick Featherstone was running interference with his old mates at the fraud squad. Featherstones best mate and godfather to his kid was dirty Gold Coast former assistance commissioner Paul Wilson, he also left the QPS under a cloud and is still being investigated by the CCC. The LSC QLD made a formal compliant to the Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson about the Solicitors acting for the crooks in the Westpac fraud , who BTW corrupted the public record by making false declarations on the Form 1 Transfer Document for millions above the true price was never investigated. The Police never reverted back to the LSC with a report nor did the LSC ever follow up the QPS. The criminal Solicitor who assisted Girardo in defrauding Westpac of millions still sits behind a desk at Palm Beach today, even though he got away with criminal fraud and corrupting the public record and stole millions off the bank. Westpac were told this, but did nothing. The Solicitor did it twice for his criminal mate Girardo. Disgraced former head of the fraud Squad, Brian Hay wrote to Lambert with a one paragraph letter stating there was not enough evidence to pursue the matters. They told Westpac there was no need to lodge a complaint, not that Westpac tried. Two years later Hay was investigated by the CCC and given his marching orders from the QPS. Featherstone was all over it with his dirty copper mates. Featherstone is now facing multiple criminal charges along with two others over kidnapping a former NAB employee. Google the bloke. The QPS is dirty and rotten to the core and nothing has changed. The good cops turn a blind eye to the bad cops. Hay and Wilson who both had carriage of the matters complained of, did nothing, they perverted the course of justice. They have both now left the QPS in disgrace were involved, and Featherstone ran interference. This explanation might answer your question.
These types of coverups takes me back to my court cases when solicitors, barristers and Supreme Court judges covered up legal negligence to the detriment of justice. Nothing like belonging to an old boys club in Oz.


text: Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp will resume vehicle production in Burma from May after a two-year hiatus, the company said on Wednesday. According to a report by Dow Jones Newswires, Burmese authorities gave the company the go-ahead to restart production at its plant in Rangoon. The move comes after Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso confirmed that Tokyo would waive much of Burma's 500 billion yen (US $5.4 billion) debt to Japan and offer an additional $540 million in fresh loans. Suzuki is set to start producing its Carry light pickup trucks in Burma, but further details were not available.


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Prior to The Techno Hall Of Fame (TTHOF), Toronto-based Liam Sanagan could be found on Swim Good Now's latest album which was released on Ryan Hemsworth's Secret Songs, or working with local artists like rapper Sydanie, or releasing dream-pop under his previous moniker Lum, with releases on Bedroomer and Activia Benz. Now as TTHOF, Sanagan draws inspiration from the city's eclectic DIY club scene and bedroom pop community creating funky basement club tracks that also serve as dreamy crooners.
Sway In The Dark is TTHOF's second single and an anthem for friends and lovers that move between alleys and backdoors, basement stairs and cramped attics. It pulses with a swoon of disco notes and enchanting positivity as Sanagan croons about sweaty nights that ripple into elated mornings. This is for those that want to lose themselves and lay in the dark, dance in the dark, sway in the dark.


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National Humor Month was founded in 1976 by best-selling humorist Larry Wilde, Director of The Carmel Institute of Humor. It is designed to heighten public awareness on how the joy and therapeutic value of laughter can improve health, boost morale, increase communication skills and enrich the quality of one's life. Here are some rules to live by.
LAUGH LONG AND LOUD. A robust rib-rattler improves not only your mood, but also your health. The physical act of laughing helps you stay alert, makes it easier to cope and lets you maintain your sanity when the world gets a little crazy.
ADMIT YOU'RE HUMAN (it's true, isn't it?) and laugh at yourself. People who have mastered Living 101 take their work seriously, but not themselves. Knowing the difference gives you the keys to the kingdom.
UP YOUR LAUGH QUOTIENT. Nothing may be more important to your health and happiness. The average American laughs 15 times daily. So eat your broccoli and get a mega-dose of Vitamin L every day.
GENERATE MIRTH wherever you go. Good humor is the best business and social lubricant. It smoothes understanding, communication and cooperation. Make it your mission to elicit as many smiles as you can each day.
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REMEMBER THAT LAUGHTER and longevity go hand in hand. Grumps don't live longer --it just seems like it. A buoyant outlook may be more important than oat bran and pushups, and it's easier to take. So get in the zone!
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Alcohol: Did You Know .... ?
Alcohol is linked to as many as two-thirds of all sexual assaults and date rapes of college students.
Binge drinking is defined as consuming five or more drinks in a row at one sitting for men and four for women. 43% of college student say they are binge drinkers and 21 % say they binge frequently.
Each year, college students spend $5.5 billion on alcohol. On average $466 per year.


Odds of Trump being impeached within 6 months, are currently standing at 6:1.
Watch: it will turn out that Trump will have bet the under, and then submit to impeachment by the end of May. Just to win the bets.


The Liusanjie Grand view garden is a place visitors can see the scenes of the film Liusanjie reappear and experience the life of Zhuang, Dong, Yao and Miao Nations.
When we talked about Guilin, one thing that represents the city is definitely Liu San Jie. Originally based on famous film set in the mountains and rivers of Guilin, Liu San Jie is a farmer's girl who lived in Tang Dynasty. The story of Lui Sanjie is a legend that finds its origins in tales told by the Zhuang people. Their stories about a woman who was named Liu Sanjie, which translates into English means Third Sister Liu, telling there is a young girl who was with a natural born good voice. Her voice is said to have been so transcendently beautiful that it could raise the dead. The story of Liu Sanjie was so popular amongst the Zhuang people that a movie was written about her, and it was released in 1960.
This park is located alongside the serene Peach Blossom River, and spans several lush acres. Visitors to the park can view live action scenes from the film that inspired the design of the park, and can become wholly immersed in an experience unlike any other. The lightshow is incredibly popular and guests to the city say that the light show stands out as one of their most memorable experiences.
From 8:30am-9:00pm, the performances of different minorities are showing on.


There were a few things I wanted to see around this part of the trip, which we had to sacrifice in order to make hotel bookings that I'd made weeks in advance. We'd been caught up in Massachusetts basically, and fell behind in our schedule. Which is cool with me, I loved Massachusetts, and now I have an excuse to go back to Virginia and it's surrounds. For example, the only thing I saw of Washington D.C. was some DEA agents arresting a guy on the side of the road. I would kind of like to see, you know, that big Abe Lincoln statue for a start. I suppose I wouldn't mind checking out a Smithsonian Museum or two either. So... maybe next time huh?
Two things are going on here. As you might be able to tell. On the left we have Geoffrey, or as C and I like to call him, Geoffrey The Shoe Wizard. If memory serves correctly, he was in Charlottesville, and C's boots that he had purchased mere days earlier, had fallen apart. We had asked Phil, our GPS where we might find a cobbler, and here is where we ended up. Geoffrey was incredibly kind. He took one look at the boots and said he would do what he could, but it was beyond repair, and in reality would only last a couple of weeks at best. (we'd just paid around $70 for these boots in Boston) As we'd been searching for boots since the original pair got snow on them in Montana, and consequently wore through the sole, we were happy to take anything. We sat in Geoffrey's ancient store, where everything was covered in a layer of shoe machine dust, and watched the master work. He paid close attention to every part of the shoe and spent around 45 minutes nailing, gluing and hammering the heel to try and fashion it into something useful.
A couple of other customers came in, an elderly man with his carer. Geoffrey completed the repair on his shoes, and then refused payment as it was a small job and he 'couldn't charge'. The older man and his carer were obviously grateful and thanked him and left. After Geoffrey finally completed his work on C's shoe, he once again warned us that it would not last long, and as he couldn't guarantee his work, there would be no charge. We went back and forth for a little bit, insisting that we pay him, and him insisting that the shoe would fall apart and he couldn't charge us. In the end, we managed to convince him to take $10, which in all honestly, was not enough. The boot, though not worn often, has held together to this day. Shoe Wizard indeed.
That mug on the right is me in a vintage store trying on a marching band hat. Which of course, I bought! I'm glad because I needed it the next day (more on that in part 3). Can you tell how uncomfortable I am with having my picture taken? Thanks blog for helping me get better with this!


Chicago-area hospitals, which bought dozens of physician practices five years ago amid an industrywide acquisition binge, now are scrambling to sell, or drastically reshape, these unprofitable relationships.
Hospitals ranging from large systems to small institutions are taking drastic steps, including laying off hospital-employed physicians, linking physician salaries to strict productivity guidelines and selling the practices back to the doctors.
"The financial performance of hospital-owned physician practices right now is awful," says James Pizzo, a partner and consultant who oversees the physician services sector in the Chicago office of Ernst & Young LLP.
According to a national survey of hospital systems and group practices conducted by New York-based Ernst & Young, 96% of hospital systems reported losses in their physician practices this year, with losses averaging more than $111,000 per doctor. That's a sharp rise from 59% of organizations averaging losses of almost $87,000 per physician in 1998.
Yet in the mid-1990s, hospitals were drawn to physician practices for several reasons, including a fear that private health management companies -- which were paying high prices to sweep up physician practices -- would control physicians' hospital referral business.
"There was a Pac-Man frenzy going on," says Peter J. Murphy, president and CEO of St. James Hospital in Chicago Heights. "There was a fear that other hospitals would acquire physicians that had been loyal to you. The fear was they would steer patients away."
By buying physician practices -- the bulk of them consisting of primary care clinics with doctors in family practice or pediatrics -- hospitals were hoping to find a cost-efficient way to protect their turf.
Instead, the acquisitions have turned out to be financial disasters, as hospitals spent to provide employee benefits, technology support and other services to physicians, nurses and administrators.
Hospitals also attribute the physician practices' steep financial losses to the inflated prices paid for the acquisitions and declines in physician productivity.
"When you connect them with a large organization like ours, you inevitably increase overhead costs and you don't create any synergies that lead to savings," says Dr. Lee B. Sacks, chief medical officer of Advocate Health Care, who oversees the Oak Brook-based hospital system's 550 physicians at 58 Chicago-area locations. "It's very clear to us that running a collection of small practices doesn't work."
As a result, Advocate, which laid off 19 doctors earlier this year, says about 25 additional physicians from smaller practices will decide by yearend whether to join one of Advocate's three larger physician groups or terminate their employment and return to private practice.
Dr. Sacks declines to specify losses, but he says the division was unprofitable last year.
Earlier this year, the University of Chicago sold its physician group back to the doctors, after the group posted a whopping $27-million loss in 1998, according to a source. U of C declined to comment.
Losses also have hit Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group (NMPG), a 53-physician practice owned by the parent of Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Its red ink increased in fiscal 1998 ended in August 1998 to $5.7 million, from $4.0 million in 1997.
Dr. Daniel Derman, president of NMPG, who attributes the red ink in part to the group's aggressive expansion, says the loss increased again in fiscal 1999 but now is shrinking. A hospital spokeswoman says Northwestern "has no intention of selling" NMPG.
Despite losses on physician practices, hospitals stress that there is an economic rationale to continuing to own and develop the groups -- if viewed as part of their overall revenue and profit picture.
At Northwestern Memorial, for example, its physician practice generates revenue and income for the hospital through inpatient admissions and referrals to specialists and subspecialists.
Meanwhile, Catholic Health Partners, which operates three hospitals in Chicago, is projecting a loss of $3.0 million to $3.5 million in fiscal 2000, ending December, with losses of about $70,000 per doctor in its 52-member physician group.
Despite the shortfall, the doctors represent a benefit, says Ralph J. Fornari, vice-president of Catholic Health Partners Medical Network.
"We see almost 17,000 new patients a year through this network of physicians," says Mr. Fornari. "That means this network is the front door to Catholic Health Partners. There is some value."
Mr. Fornari says Catholic Health Partners is deciding whether to divest its physician group, form a joint ownership with doctors or align compensation with productivity.
At St. James Hospital, whose physician group posted a $2-million loss last year, 13 doctors are being terminated. CEO Mr. Murphy says they can join nearby Suburban Heights Medical Center, a practice now owned by St. James' parent company, Indiana-based Sisters of St. Francis Health Services.
Meanwhile, Ingalls Hospital in south suburban Harvey, which agreed to be acquired by Sisters of St. Francis earlier this year, is requiring its 35 employed physicians to sign up for a productivity-based compensation model or lose their jobs.
Losses of more than $3 million annually led to the decision, says Scott Strausser, Ingalls' vice-president of business development.
Despite decisions to exit or alter the physician practice business, hospital executives say they're confident they can maintain patient volume through continued affiliations with the doctors.


People all over the world are turning to coloring books not only to satisfy their creative impulses but also as a way of relieving and soothing the stresses of everyday life. This book offers hours of coloring opportunities using the shapes and forms of some of the world's great modern and contemporary artists. The dots of Chuck Close, the helixes and spirals of M. C. Escher, the playful lines of Calder and Miro, and even the splatters of Jackson Pollock are translated into boldly lined and enthralling illustrations. Including dozens of patterns, this coloring book is the perfect gift for anyone yearning to nurture their inner artist and find relaxation in art.


Approx. 10-7/10" x 10-1/5" x 6-1/5"
I purchased this doll for my great-niece and she really like it.
Very cute! Giving this to my granddaughter for Christmas,she is going to love it!!
My grand daughter carries the baby around with her all the time. She just loves it!! Thank you HSN for having such great products!!


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OLAF: Slovakia might have to pay €300 million to the EU
The European Anti-fraud Office found custom-related fraud worth millions of euros. Slovakia is one of the countries that lets underpriced goods onto the EU market.
(Source: AP/TASR)
Slovak custom officers are facing suspicions of having skipped the checking of major amounts of clothes and shoes from China to the EU. The alleged fraud took place in 2013 and 2014 and the customs that the EU lost exceed €300 million.
The Dennik N broke the story on September 7 when it wrote that the Slovak authorities have either overlooked or directly cooperated on the fraudulent transactions, with the second option being much more probable, according to experts on customs.
So much stems from the EU Anti-fraud Office (OLAF) report based on a series of investigations its officers concluded last year. It turned out that due to organised criminal activity taking place between 2013 and 2016, major amounts of clothes and shoes coming to the EU from China were undervalued during the customs process.
OLAF reports that the goods from China were first shipped to the German port in Hamburg where it was loaded on trucks and taken for the custom process to another member state - the UK, Slovakia, Czech Republic, France, or Malta - where it was possible to lower the value of the goods to secure lower custom fees. The UK authorities have thus caused a loss of some €1.9 billion to the EU budget, Sme reported, while in other countries the sums are around €300 million.
No action yet
OLAF recommended the European Commission to demand the lost money from the countries that allowed this. Slovakia is among them, but it is not clear for now if the country will have to pay the EU.
So far, the European Commission has taken no action against Slovakia in connection with the OLAF findings. The Commission specified for Dennik N that at the moment the communication about the report of the anti-fraud office is in its initial stages.
"The European Commission, particularly its Directorate General for Budget, closely follows this communication in order to take further steps if necessary," the daily quoted the Commission as stating.
The Finance Ministry responded that they requested additional explanation from OLAF, which they have not received yet, and so will not comment any further, Dennik N wrote on September 7.
Meanwhile, the Financial Administration admitted for the Sme daily that they are already demanding the payment of customs amounting to €200 million from shipping companies - half in administrative proceedings and half in criminal proceedings.
Imrecze says it is no news
But the Financial Administration did react fiercely and immediately labelled the article in Dennik N as a purposive and tendential "attempt to harm the Financial Administration". In its statement from the same day, the Financial Administration insists that none of the information in the article is new and that their director had already commented on the case as early as February 2018 in an interview for Hospodárske Noviny daily.
At the time when the alleged crimes took place, in 2013 and 2014, the Financial Administration was led by its current head, František Imrecze, and his deputy, Dana Meager, who now serves as state secretary (deputy minister) at the Finance Ministry. Peter Kažimír was at the helm of the entire department as finance minister, a post that he still holds today.
The opposition was quick to pick up on the information from the article and started demanding the head of Imrecze, the Financial Administration director, and Jozef Makó, the head of the police office for financial criminality. SaS MP Jozef Rajtár even suggested that custom-duty frauds started occurring again, which should be proven by the increased number of trucks carrying goods from China applying for custom duty in Nové Zámky, southern Slovakia, and then transporting the goods all around the EU.
Imrecze responded by filing a criminal complaint against the MP Rajtár over false accusations.
Imrecze is scheduled to explain the case to the parliamentary finance and budgetary committee on September 19. Finance Minister Kažimír said he would only respond to the case after that.
13. Sep 2018 at 15:13 | Compiled by Spectator staff
Theme: Corruption & scandals
Why did Lučanský return from Croatia and why was he alone in a cell? His story raises questions
Police press charges against former minister Žiga
How the mafia took over the police. Detained tax inspector tells his story
Another former police chief taken into custody
Slovakia wins €34-million dispute in the emission sale scandal


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Splitting carbon dioxide using low-cost catalyst materials
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EPFL scientists have built the first Earth-abundant and low-cost catalytic system for splitting CO2 into CO and oxygen, an important step towards achieving the conversion of renewable energy into hydrocarbon fuels.
A promising avenue for the future of clean energy is to store it in the form of carbon-based fuels produced from renewable sources, effectively enabling the clean use of liquid fuels such as gasoline. A first step is the electrolysis of carbon dioxide into oxygen and carbon monoxide, which can be subsequently be transformed into liquid fuels. But current CO-forming catalysts are either not selective enough or too expensive to be industrially viable. EPFL scientists have now developed an Earth-abundant catalyst based on copper-oxide nanowires modified with tin oxide. A solar-driven system set up using this catalyst was able to split CO2 with an efficiency of 13.4%. The work is published in Nature Energy, and is expected to help worldwide efforts to synthetically produce carbon-based fuels from CO2 and water.
The research was carried out by the lab of Michael Grätzel at EPFL. Grätzel is known worldwide for the invention of dye-sensitized solar cells ("Grätzel cells"). The new catalyst, developed by PhD student Marcel Schreier, postdoc Jingshan Luo, and several co-workers, is made by depositing atomic layers of tin oxide on copper oxide nanowires. Tin oxide suppresses the generation of side-products, which are commonly observed from copper oxide catalysts, leading to the sole production of CO in the electroreduction of CO2.
The catalyst was integrated into a CO2 electrolysis system and linked to a triple-junction solar cell (GaInP/GaInAs/Ge) to make a CO2 photo-electrolyzer. Importantly, the system uses the same catalyst as the cathode that reduces CO2 to CO and the anode that oxidizes water to oxygen through what is known as the "oxygen evolution reaction". The gases are separated with a bipolar membrane. Using only Earth-abundant materials to catalyze both reactions, this design keeps the cost of the system low.
The system was able to selectively convert CO2 to CO with an efficiency of 13.4% using solar energy. The catalyst also reached a Faradaic efficiency of up to 90%, which describes how efficiently electrical charge is transferred to the desired product in an electrocatalysis system like the one developed here. "The work sets a new benchmark for solar-driven CO2 reduction," says Luo.
"This is the first time that such a bi-functional and low-cost catalyst is demonstrated," adds Schreier. "Very few catalysts — except expensive ones, like gold and silver — can selectively transform CO2 to CO in water, which is crucial for industrial applications."
This work was carried out in collaboration with Jeremy Luterbacher's Laboratory of Sustainable and Catalytic Processing at EPFL. It was funded by Siemens AG, and a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme. It included a contribution from Abengoa Research in Spain.
Marcel Schreier, Florent Héroguel, Ludmilla Steier, Shahzada Ahmad, Jeremy S. Luterbacher, Matthew T. Mayer, Jingshan Luo, Michael Grätzel. Solar conversion of CO2 to CO using Earth-abundant electrocatalysts prepared by atomic layer modification of CuO.Nature Energy 2, 17087 (05 June 2017). DOI: 10.1038/nenergy.2017.87


Thread: Getting traction tips ideas thoughts for fg xr6t.
Well I am hoping for a 12 second pass in my stock fgxr6t but it wheel spins every time.I use stocky tyres and prefer to keep it that way. Do you guys think 245 19 35 are not wide enough? I also do not do burnouts but been told to rip one to get the nitto invos warm. Thoughts?
Leave T/C on. Drop rear pressures to 18psi. Pump up fronts to 48psi. Do at leat 15 sec burnout ... just like you'd do at the traffic lights! LOL. Stall up to 1500 RPM for launch.
Australian Muscle Car ... "It is a sensational high performance vehicle; a beautifully engineered and immensely capable four door Grand Tourer or 'GT' in the truest sense of that tradition."
Don't today's silica based tyres lose their stickiness after prolonged skids?
A skid long enough to remove the water has been said to be the way to go.
As for stall rpm, that's something you need to work out with much practice; every car is different.
I've had as much success on 25psi as I've had 35psi.
I always take TC off but I had somebody tell me once to go with TC on, before they realised I didn't have a ZF.
I've run a best. Of 11.8 on nitto invo 255 35 19 through a manual, it isn't your tire.
Consistently run 12 - 12.2 on them.
Keep at it, you'll get there, throttle modulation is the key, and gentle gear changes to keep the tires hooked.


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New Mexico Profile
Dubious Democracy provides indicators of the civic health of America.
Fact in focus: New Mexico Republicans won 39.4% of votes in 2008, but none of the three open US House seats.
Since 1993, FairVote has tracked elections to the U.S. House of Representatives through its lens of the way democracy will be:
Equal access to fair representation through an equal vote for all.
Dubious Democracy is a series of algorithms that categorize districts and states by rates of overall turnout, wasted votes, turnout dropoff across races, and proportionality of seats to votes. It provides indicators of the civic health of America, touching on:
How competitive an election is.
How fair an election result is.
Where it's meaningful to vote.
Why one might not bother to vote.
Dubious Democracy has the added benefits of providing researchers with ready-made indicies and digitized records of district-level U.S. House results.
The State profile above contains information regarding the state's relative national position with regards to the democratic nature of its elections, as well as more specific data about the state's House elections.


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Made a Memory
Making a Memory
The above picture is one of 30 drafts for what would eventually be called " Want to Make a Memory". I staged the shot in 3 different bedrooms with multiple arrangements of clothing, wine, car keys, cell phones, and bed sheet arrangements in different angles to try to capture a vision in my head to match not only the song that inspired it, but also what was in my heart from my own memory made.
The idea behind it is two old and dear friends who get together and one asks the other to spend the night. In the song there are moments such as,"I see you reaching for your keys, looking for a reason not to leave," and "Your phone is ringing I don't wanna as," and ultimately he asks her if she wants to make a memory and steal a piece of time.
In my own life I had a special season with a memory made that is deeply personal. I wanted to capture the essence of the song and my story while making it something universal that others could relate to. Universal beauty and truth in an 8X10 matted in a 10X14 frame.
This was for my first gallery showing with an artist guild called TAGOL. The gallery show is called "Rhythm and Hues" and it opened on April 30 at the Flower of Life Art Gallery. All the pieces in the show ranging from paintings to sculpture to photography to mixed media and more are inspired by a song.
I had my son in tow with me for the event. I did not expect the mass of humanity and the crowd. We were packed from the opening to the end. To get from one side of the main gallery floor to the other took minutes. When empty it takes ten seconds at a leisurely pace.
The final piece I printed at a lab and matted and framed myself was what I envisioned in my heart. It was beautiful, honest and vulnerable. It was a catharsis of sorts. It was so personal I feared no one else would "get it" and make an offer to take it home.
Then I walked over to see a man staring at it with what you could tell was emotion. I introduced myself. He turned to me with eyes welling up with emotions and asked if I made this piece. I said yes. He told me he was looking for a gift for his wife that night and when he saw my piece and saw the title he fell in love. It reminded him of the beginning of his relationship with the woman who is now his wife and the mother of his children. His sweetheart. His voice cracked as he told me the story and I felt my heart connect with his as the wave of his emotions of love for his wife struck a chord in me.
This was going in a home where it would be loved and cherished for years to come. This was going to the home it was supposed to with two hearts that beat for one another and celebrate the beauty. I was, in that moment, a photographic troubadour telling the truth of the beauty of courtly love and a blue collar prince found something for his princess that he is still wooing to this day.
I had a memory made once. It was a lovely season. He had a memory made once. It was the beginning of a story. Together, we made a memory.
*AUTHORS NOTES*
I do not show the final work and merely one of the top 4 drafts because I want what was made for him and his wife to be theirs. I will make no further prints of it.
If you would like to see it and are in the Chicago area, it will be on display at the Flower of Life Art Gallery located at 1601 S State Street (next to Tattoo City on the corner of State and Division) in Lockport Il. There are some wonderful pieces by amazing artists still for sale and I have one piece still for sale as well if you would like to take home something beautiful for your own memory.
If you would like a lovely gallery catalog of all the pieces in the gallery, you can get one in digital format or print for under $20 by clicking here.
The Gallery and the catalog will be the only spaces you can see the piece.
Finally, enjoy a video of the song that inspired the work.
Optimistic Existentialist May 2, 2016 at 7:19 AM
I wish I lived in Chicago because I would love to see this...


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"It was an intense night," Long Thompson said early Wednesday. "You're always on edge during the day of the election, but we have done a good job of crunching numbers so knew where we were."
She received more than 70 percent of the vote in Allen, DeKalb, Noble, Steuben and Whitley counties, 67 percent in Adams, Huntington and Wells county, and 63 percent in LaGrange -- all parts of her former district -- helping her to eke out a 50.2 percent to 49.8 percent victory over Schellinger, according to unofficial results tallied by The Associated Press. She will face Gov. Mitch Daniels in November.
"The strong support in my old congressional district was important," said Long Thompson, who now lives in rural Marshall County near Argos.
Schellinger was not conceding defeat. His campaign issued a statement late Wednesday morning saying there were some precincts where votes were uncounted, there were provisional ballots to count and sort through, and a recanvass process that could show shifts in county vote totals.
"As we know, the election process is sometimes a lengthy one when elections are very, very close," campaign manager Tim Jeffers said in a statement. "But as Democrats, we believe every vote must count. It's important that we protect the integrity of the election process, especially with this many new registered voters and record turnout."
Schellinger spokeswoman Jennifer Wagner said the campaign was "fact finding," and had not decided yet whether to seek a recount.
Long Thompson said late Wednesday morning that she believed she was clearly the winner and looked forward to taking on Daniels.
"Let me just say that all the major news organizations have declared me the winner," she said.
Long Thompson, who has a Ph.D in business, said she thought her background in economic development was a key factor in her win. After declaring victory, she said she planned to go back in her room and pray with her supporters "to rebuild Indiana's economy."
The race went back and forth during the night Tuesday, with Long Thompson leading early, Schellinger edging ahead for several hours, and Long Thompson moving ahead after 1 a.m. EDT when results from Lake County came in.
Schellinger, a regular donor to the party who was making his first run for office, had an early fundraising advantage and backing from some big-name state Democrats. Long Thompson had better name recognition, having represented northeast Indiana in Congress from 1989 to early 1995 and running unsuccessfully for Congress in north-central Indiana in 2002. She also served as undersecretary of agriculture in the Clinton administration.
Long Thompson heads into November's race at a financial disadvantage against the well-funded Daniels, who had no primary opponent.
"The challenger would have to have a lot of money just to catch up with name recognition," William Kubik, a political science professor at Hanover College in southern Indiana, said before the results were in.
But party officials hope voter displeasure with some of the first-term governor's changes will bolster Long Thompson.
Both candidates had criticized Daniels for leasing the Indiana Toll Road and other privatization efforts and ending collective bargaining rights for state employees. They also said that Daniels' job-creation efforts have fallen far short of expectations and that the sluggish economy has taken a toll on Indiana families.
While both candidates ran TV ads for weeks, Daniels blitzed the airwaves with commercials of his own. In one he acknowledged that many people think he has ushered in change too fast. He says he understands that sentiment but hopes people believe he wants to improve Indiana.
Daniels has outraised and outspent the two Democrats, and as of March 31 had $5.3 million cash on hand -- four times that of Schellinger and Long Thompson combined.
Long Thompson said she doesn't think she will have any trouble winning over Schellinger's supporters.
"We've very unified about our belief in the importance of beating Mitch Daniels," she said.


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By Edi tor in Articles, Forums, News, Uncategorized April 10, 2018
This year Sri Lanka will despatch its largest-ever business and trade delegation targeting the Commonwealth. Sri Lanka is also scheduled to unveil its new country branding and slogan for its ICT sector in London next week.
"Sri Lanka is one of the Strategic Partner Countries of 2018 CBF. Therefore the Department of Commerce is organising many informative country presentations, B2Bs and roundtables on Lankan sectors of investment for CBF in London," said Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen on 9 April.
Bathiudeen was addressing a preparatory meeting organised by the Department of Commerce of Sri Lanka (DoCSL) with Lankan business and Government representatives on the forthcoming CBF.
Also present were DG Commerce Sonali Wijeratne and Kosala Wickramanayake who leads the International Business Council (IBC) of Sri Lanka.
Bathiudeen is scheduled to lead the more than 50-member delegation to London from Sri Lanka – the largest-ever Lankan delegation in CBF's history – for CBF held in London from 16-18 April. This is also the first-ever CBF to be held in London since the inception of the series in 1997. DoCSL is partnering with the Sri Lanka Export Development Board (SLEDB) in this initiative.
Sri Lanka is considered one of the major "emergent FDI attracting Commonwealth Destinations" (along with Bangladesh and Singapore). Around 27% of Sri Lanka's annual global trade in "goods" is being done with the Commonwealth while 40% of Sri Lanka's global trade in "services" is done with the Commonwealth. Sri Lanka's country share of Intra-Commonwealth imports is around 3%.
The Commonwealth plays a silent but significant role in Sri Lanka's new trade reforms. In 2016, Commonwealth Secretariat's Head and Adviser of Trade Competitiveness Dr. Rashmi Banga stressed in Colombo that the Secretariat is "providing technical assistance to the Department of Commerce in Sri Lanka in the Department's (work on) Free Trade Agreement negotiations".
The Secretariat has already analysed and identified 40 new products and 15 new markets for Lankan exports that could add $ 2 b more to the present Lankan export revenues.
Representatives from Sri Lankan ITC sector, who appeared well prepared for the tour, informed Bathiudeen that they would launch Sri Lanka's new ICT branding 'Island of Ingenuity – Knowledge Solutions' at 2018 CBF country presentations.
"We will introduce this new 'Island of Ingenuity' country slogan and highlight the names of some of the leading global brands which source a great amount of their ICT needs from Sri Lanka. Many global ICT sourcing firms are unaware that global brands such as SyscoLABS, WNS and Pearson are using our IT engineers, service inputs, and skills for their worldwide innovations. We will also highlight our IT industry's gateway capacities for the continent, the hidden gem quality of Sri Lanka's ICT/BPO/KPO outsourcing, and our ICT industry's strengths to support the emergent 'Disrupt Yourself' chain of activities increasingly taken up by global brands," said representatives from Sri Lanka Association for Software and Services Companies (SLAASCOM).
When it comes to the Speed of Access to Internet among Commonwealth Countries, Sri Lanka is ranked at 14th. Singapore leads this ranking, followed by the UK at second place.
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