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I am getting a offer of a home loan from Lloyds. My intention is to enlist the help of a Licensed Conveyancer in Hove. Does the Lloyds Conveyancing panel exclude conveyancers regulated by the CLC?
The Lloyds approved solicitor list is, like many other lenders, associated to the Council or Mortgage Lenders or BSA, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
My uncle passed away last year and as sole heir and executor I was left the property in Hove. The house had a small mortgage left on it of around £5k. I want to transfer the title deeds into my name whilst I re-mortgage to Kent Reliance, pay off the mortgage. Is this allowed?
If you plan to re-mortgage then Kent Reliance will require that you use a conveyancer on the Kent Reliance conveyancing panel. Here is link to the Land Registry online guidance around what to do when a property owner dies. This will help you to understand the registration process behind changing the details re the registered title. in your case it would appear that you are effectively purchasing the property from the estate. Your Kent Reliance conveyancing panel solicitor pays the new mortgage money into the estate, the estate pays off the old mortgage, the charge is released and you become the owner and the Kent Reliance mortgage is registered as a charge at the Land Registry.
When it comes to mortgage companies such as Nottingham, do Hove conveyancers have to pay a yearly amount to be on the conveyancing panel?
We are not aware of any mortgage company fees to register on their list of approved firms, although some do charge an administration fee to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel submission.
We were going to get a OIP from Leeds Building Society this week so we can work out what to offer on a property we like as otherwise we are dependent on web based calculators (which aren't taking into account credit checks etc). Do Leeds Building Society recommend any Hove solicitors on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel, or is it better to go independently?
You will need to appoint Hove solicitors independently although you'll need to choose one on the Leeds Building Society conveyancing panel. The solicitor represents both you and Leeds Building Society through the process.
The mortgage over my property is with Principality for my property in Hove. Conveyancing has been completed a year ago. If I am intending to rent out the flat and do not currently have a buy-to-let mortgage do I need to remortgage to a BTL mortgage or inform Principality?
Your original mortgage agreement with Principality will provide that you need their approval before renting your property as this is likely to be a breach of Principality's mortgage conditions. It may be that Principality will allow you to rent out your former home without needing to switch to a buy-to-let mortgage but some lenders will add a surcharge to your mortgage rate to reflect the higher risk. You should contact Principality directly. You need not do this via a Principality conveyancing panel firm.
Yesterday I discovered that there is a flying freehold issue on a house I have offered on a fortnight ago in what should have been a quick, chain free conveyancing. Hove is where the house is located. Is there any guidance you can impart?
Flying freeholds in Hove are not the norm but are more likely to exist in relation to terraced houses. Even though you don't necessarily need a conveyancing solicitor in Hove you would need to get your solicitor to go through the deeds thoroughly. Your bank may require your conveyancing solicitor to take out an indemnity policy. Some of the more diligent conveyancing solicitors in Hove may determine that this is not enough and that the deeds be re-written to give you the most up to date legal protection. If so, the next door neighbour also had to sign up to the revised deeds.It is possible that your lender will not accept the situation so the sooner you find out the better. You should also check with your insurance broker as to whether they will insure a flying freehold residence.
I am soon to complete on the purchase a property in Hove but as a consequence of wreckage from the recent storms I have negotiated reparation from the seller of £3k in the form of a deduction in the price. I had intended this to be addressed as part of the conveyancing process but my lender will not permit this. Should they have been notified?
Your lawyer listed on a mortgage company conveyancing panel is duty bound to inform the bank of any amendments to the purchase figure. In the event that you prohibit your conveyancing practitioner to disclose the price change to your bank then they would have no choice but to refrain from representing you and the lender.


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Déjà vu è il quattordicesimo album in studio del musicista italiano Giorgio Moroder, pubblicato il 16 giugno 2015 dalla Sony Music.

Descrizione
Si tratta del primo album in studio di Moroder a distanza di trent'anni dall'uscita di Innovisions e di Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder, pubblicati entrambi nel 1985, e ha visto la partecipazione vocale di vari artisti della scena musicale internazionale, come Britney Spears, Sia, Charli XCX, Kelis e Foxes. Riguardo alla pubblicazione, lo stesso Moroder ha dichiarato:

Ad anticiparne l'uscita sono stati tre singoli. Il primo, intitolato 74 Is the New 24, è stato reso disponibile per il download digitale a partire dal 17 novembre 2014, periodo nel quale Moroder ha annunciato la pubblicazione dell'album. Il secondo singolo è stato invece Right Here, Right Now, pubblicato il 19 gennaio 2015 e che vanta la partecipazione vocale della cantante australiana Kylie Minogue. Il terzo singolo anticipatore dell'album è stato l'omonimo Déjà vu, realizzato con Sia, pubblicato digitalmente il 17 aprile 2015 e successivamente entrato in rotazione radiofonica il 15 maggio dello stesso anno.

L'album contiene inoltre una reinterpretazione del singolo Tom's Diner della cantante statunitense Suzanne Vega, estratta successivamente come singolo il 9 ottobre 2015 con la partecipazione della cantante Britney Spears.

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I promised in the last post that I would share the story of meeting and subsequently dating a girl I was seeing earlier this year because its kind of an interesting story. It's also very typically "me" in the way things panned out.
This story has two parts: The first date setup, and the actual date which are each funny in their own right. Today is all about the meeting and setup.
For the sake of keeping *some* discretion for others, I'll just use one of her favorite nicknames to refer to her in this post - "Giggles" (ok, maybe not really...she said it sounds silly, hence I will continue calling her that in this blog, and everywhere else). This nickname will make sense by the end of the second part.
It all started one warm, sunny San Diego morning in January (I love the weather here). As a designated "ambassador" for my business school, I was supposed to go to this "mixer" where prospective students would be asking questions and mingling with current students.
I did eventually arrive (an hour late...oops) and b-lined it straight for the food table (surprise of the century, I know).
Me being me, I started joking around with and generally harassing the fellow ambassadors around me. I turn towards the window and see this really cute prospective student (and YES, she was a girl) leaning back with six current (male) students surrounding her itching to impress.
Yes, it was a shark tank and there was a nice juicy (and I do mean JUICY) piece of Palestinian meat that the sharks were circling.
Ahh the power of an attractive woman.
Now the average Joe might walk away and wait for the men to disperse or for her to have a free moment. But this is me. I am neither average nor rational. Reckless abandon with no regard for personal ego is more my style.
Then, I see her and another current student looking deeply into each others eyes. Again, the average Joe may sulk away in defeat here...but this was too good for me to pass up. Plus I've seen this move before.
"Oh. My. God!...either you've already fallen in love, or he's showing you his 'Look I have different colored eyes' thing"
Giggles: "haha, he DOES have different colored eyes!...Look!"
Ok, ok...in her defense, the different colored eyes thing is quite a trip, and I have previously spent a good 30 seconds gazing deeply into his delicate yet supple eyes, but I digress.
I pirouetted my way into the group and she and I talked for a few minutes (about what, I don't remember, but she was laughing a lot so I imagine I was obviously quite charming ) but she soon left to go sit in on some classes.
I honestly thought I'd probably never see her again, but I told the admissions ladies that I we should really heavily recruit her since she's a stellar candidate and if need be, I will take her out...only for recruitment purposes of course (common people I'm a professional!).
For some reason, they rolled their eyes and shook their heads...apparently this isn't their typical recruitment strategy.
Later that afternoon, I was in the study lounge working away when a friend mentioned to me that there was a really cute girl sitting at the restaurant right around the corner.
Could this be the same girl? Either way, cute girls are good and I was due for a little break anyways so I left to find out...but I never made it.
As I was walking over to the restaurant, I spot Giggles in the distance on her phone. By a stroke of amazing luck, two of my school friends happened to be chatting about 20 feet in front of where Giggles was, so I stopped to chat hoping I could buy enough time until she's off the phone.
Stop and tie and re-tie my shoe 17 times while waiting for her to get off the phone?
Hide around the corner of the building waiting like a lion to pounce as soon as the conversation is finished?
Do a solo Mexican Cha-Cha followed by the Tush-Push to get her so confused that she wraps up her call just to watch the spectacle?
Luckily, I didn't have to execute any of my well-thought-out back-up plans.
Giggles wrapped up and coincidentally, I abruptly ended the conversation with my friends just after she got off the phone.
We started chatting again and I knew it was "on" when she followed me to the little corner store so I could buy a snack before class.
In my mind I fist pumped and did one of those jumping heel click things. On the surface I was as smooth and cool as always (which is obviously SUPER smooth, and SUPER cool).
You can see from the picture on the left that my double heel click form is immaculate.
As a "business school ambassador" I offered to exchange numbers with her to *cough* answer any questions *cough* and possibly hang out since she's relatively new to San Diego.
Yes, I know, I am an amazing Ambassador who goes beyond the call of duty just to service my community...and I'm devilishly handsome to boot!
I was out of town the following weekend, but I when I got back, I texted her to meet up for a happy hour.
"My cousin is in town for the weekend...can we all do something together?"
A day or so passes and the night before our little group meetup, I get this text from Giggles: "This just in: my cousin went back to LA tonight"
"Ah too bad, it would've been nice to meet him"
No I'm not above stiffling my inner dork on occasion to look cool...even I have moments of weakness.
The day arrived of our little date and....well you'll just have to wait for the next post to hear about it.
And for those of you who happened to find this page looking for advice on setting up the first date, please don't follow anything that I've done...well, except for the Mexican Cha Cha and Tush Push - that move never fails to get the ladies.


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Barnaby Thomas Gerard Joyce (Tamworth (New South Wales), 17 april 1967) is een Australisch politicus. Hij was van februari 2016 tot februari 2018, met een tussenpoos van twee maanden, vicepremier van Australië. Ook bekleedde hij verschillende ministersposten. Hij trad in februari 2018 af als vicepremier nadat een voormalige medewerker zwanger bleek. Hij bleef wel aan als parlementslid.

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Jonge jaren
Joyces' vader was geboren in Nieuw-Zeeland. Toen hij studeerde in Sydney ontmoette hij Marie Roche, met wie hij in 1956 trouwde. Zij begonnen een schapenfokkerij. Het stel kreeg zes kinderen, onder wie Barnaby. Hij zelf studeerde aan Universiteit van New England, waar hij Bachelor of Financial Administration behaalde. Na zijn afstuderen in 1989 werkte hij de eerste jaren als loonarbeider, en uitsmijter in een nachtclub. Van 1991 tot 2005 werkte hij als accountant. Ook was hij reservist in het Australische leger.

Senator
Joyce werd in 2004 namens de National Party in de federale Senaat gekozen. In 2010 werd hij herkozen, ditmaal namens de Liberal National Party. Deze partij was voortgekomen uit een fusie van partijafdelingen van de Queenslandse Liberale Partij en de National Party. Om deze manier hoopten zij zich beter tegen de Labor-partij te kunnen verweren. In andere deelstaten bleven beide partijen los van elkaar optrekken..

Voor zijn bevestiging in de Senaat in 2004 liet Joyce weten dat de regering van premier John Howard zijn steun niet als vanzelfsprekend moest beschouwen. Dat bleek ook zo, want hij stemde in zijn eerste termijn negentien keer niet met zijn partij mee. Zo was hij aanvankelijk tegen de verkoop van staatstelecombedrijf Telstra en tegen de gratis verstrekking van een vaccin tegen Gardasil. In mei 2006 nam hij deel aan aan een expeditie naar Antarctica. Hij pleitte voor mijnbouw daar, iets wat verboden is onder het Verdrag inzake Antarctica. Het voorstel werd zowel door zijn eigen minister van Milieu Ian Campbell als door oppositiewoordvoerder Anthony Albanese verworpen.

Joyce daagde in september 2008 zittend fractievoorzitter in de Senaat Nigel Scullion uit en won de interne partijverkiezing. Niemand had de machtsovername zien aankomen. Ondanks de samensmelting van de National Party met de Liberale Partij in Queensland bleef Joyce aan als fractievoorzitter. In 2010 werd hij aangewezen als schaduwminister voor Regionale Ontwikkeling, Lokaal Bestuur en de Waterhuishouding.

Afgevaardigde en minister
Drie jaar later, in augustus 2013, stelde Joyce zich verkiesbaar voor Huis van Afgevaardigden. Hij won de verkiezingen en nam de plek van de onafhankelijke senator Tony Windsor over. Direct na de verkiezingen werd hij ook gekozen als vicepartijleider. Hij werd benoemd tot minister van Landbouw in de regering van premier Malcolm Turnbull. In september 2015 kreeg hij de portefeuille waterhuishouding erbij. In diezelfde maand kwam Joyce internationaal in het nieuws toen hij acteur Johnny Depp waarschuwde dat zij twee hondjes geëuthanaseerd zouden worden wanneer zij niet het land verlieten. Depp had de honden illegaal geïmporteerd.

Vicepremier
Tijdens de parlementsverkiezingen van 2016 nam Joyce het op tegen de reeds gepensioneerde Tony Windsor. In de peilingen leek het een nek-aan-nek-race te worden, maar uiteindelijk won Joyce met een behoorlijke marge. Partijleider Warren Truss kondigde in februari 2016 zijn aftreden aan. Joyce werd zonder tegenkandidaat gekozen, met Fiona Nash als zijn plaatsvervanger. Joyce volgde tevens Truss op als vicepremier.

In juni 2017 ontstond er onrust in het Australische parlement doordat verschillende parlementariërs over een dubbele nationaliteit bleken te beschikken, iets wat volgens de Australische grondwet niet is toegestaan. Joyce maakte op 14 augustus bekend dat hij mogelijk via zijn vader nog over de Nieuw-Zeelandse nationaliteit beschikte, iets wat dezelfde dag nog bevestigd werd door Nieuw-Zeeland. Hij herriep zijn tweede nationaliteit meteen. Het Hooggerechtshof oordeelde echter dat de verkiezing van Joyce en een aantal andere parlementariërs niet rechtsgeldig was, waarop zij het parlement verlieten. De National Party werd dubbel getroffen doordat ook vicepartijleider Nash moest opstappen.

Joyce mocht zich na het herroepen van zijn Nieuw-Zeelands staatsburgerschap wel weer verkiesbaar stellen. Hij werd op 2 december 2017 herkozen tijdens de tussentijdse verkiezingen voor zijn eigen zetel. Vier dagen later werd hij bevestigd. Diezelfde dag nam hij de positie van vicepremier en minister van Landbouw weer in. In de tussentijd was premier Turnbull verantwoordelijk voor diens portefeuille.

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Joyce liet op 7 december 2017 weten dat hij was gescheiden van zijn vrouw. The Daily Telegraph maakte op 6 februari 2018 bekend dat zijn voormalige communicatiemedewerker Vikki Campion een kind kreeg en Joyce de vader was. Deze onthulling leidde tot veel kritiek. Premier Turnbull riep Joyce op zijn eigen positie te heroverwegen. Gezien de coalitieafspraken tussen de Liberalen en Nationals kon Turnbull hem niet zomaar uit zijn kabinet zetten. Wel stuurde hij Joyce met speciaal verlof om te voorkomen dat Joyce hem zou vervangen als waarnemend premier vanwege een bezoek van Turnbull aan de Verenigde Staten.

Joyce kondigde op 23 februari 2018 zijn aftreden als partijleider, vicepremier en minister aan. Wel bleef hij aan als parlementslid. Michael McCormack volgde hem op als vicepremier en leider van de Nationals. Zijn eigen partij had een onderzoek gestart naar seksueel grensoverschrijdend gedrag, maar kon dat niet vaststellen. Het rapport bleef vertrouwelijk.

Het aanblijven van Joyce in het parlement bood hem de kans om zijn opvolger McCormack in 2020 uit te dagen voor het partijleiderschap. In 2021 verloor Joyce nog een interne stemming, maar een jaar later moest McCormack alsnog vertrekken en keerde Joyce terug als partijleider en vicepremier. In februari 2022 werd bekend dat Joyce premier Morrison in een tekstbericht had uitgemaakt voor "hypocriet en leugenaar". Joyce bood zijn ontslag aan, maar dat werd niet geaccepteerd. Drie maanden later moest hij alsnog vertrekken als vicepremier nadat de zittende coalitie haar meerderheid had verloren.

Standpunten
In de Senaat en later het Huis van Afgevaardigden presenteerde Joyce zich als een conservatief politicus. Zo is hij tegen abortus en verzette zich fel tegen een verbod op het protesteren bij abortusklinieken. Ook was hij tegen openstelling van het huwelijk voor mensen van dezelfde sekse. In april 2015 riep hij op tot een nieuw debat over de invoering van de doodstraf, hoewel hij aanvankelijk tegenstander was. Wel is Joyce voor het legaal gebruik van cannabis voor medisch gebruik. Joyce pleitte in september 2015 voor de opvang van Syrische vluchtelingen. Zijn pleidooi om vluchtelingen van christelijke afkomst voorrang te geven leidde tot veel kritiek.

Joyce gold lange tijd als klimaatscepticus. In 2015 en 2016 keerde hij zich wel tegen koolwinning in de Liverpool Plains, hoewel hij zich in 2018 wel weer aansloot bij een groep die voorstander was van meer kolencentrales in Australië. Op economisch gebied heeft Joyce zich regelmatig verzet tegen overnames uit het buitenland van Australische bedrijven. Hij is vooral bezorgd over de groeiende Chinese invloeden.

Persoonlijk
Samen met zijn eerste vrouw Natalie Abberfield kreeg Joyce vier dochters. Het stel ging in december 2017 uit elkaar. Op dat moment was zijn voormalige communicatiemedewerker Vikki Campion zwanger van een zoon. Campion en Joyce gingen samenwonen. In 2019 beviel zij van een tweede zoon.

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QUECTEL Wireless Solutions launched the industry's first LTE Cat 4 module to provide global connectivity on up to 30 bands with LTE, 3G and 2G coverage all from a single SKU. The "all-in-one" module EG25-G will massively improve the efficiency of global IoT deployment at optimized cost.
EG25-G is the latest addition to QUECTEL's comprehensive LTE portfolio based on the QUALCOMM MDM9x07 chipset. Adopting the 3GPP Release 11 LTE technology, it delivers 150Mbps downlink and 50Mbps uplink peak data rates, with an optional GNSS receiver including GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo and QZSS to provide quick and accurate positioning.
This ensures that devices using EG25-G can operate on networks of major global carriers like AT&T, VERIZON, TELSTRA, Vodafone and T-MOBILE.
Moreover, EG25-G supports multi-carrier switch by detecting (U)SIM card.
Designed in a compact LGA form factor measuring 29×32×2.4mm, EG25-G is pin-compatible with QUECTEL's best-selling EC2X family, allowing flexible migration.
It also offers Mini-PCIe form factor with built-in sim card holder, which will bring better plug-and-play experience.


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The first Pendle Pub Walk was on Saturday 15th August 2009 - starting from Barrowford Locks - around 40 walkers raised over £1,500 which was split between Medecins San Frontier, North West Air Ambulance and Pendleside Hospice
A - Starting from Barrowford locks
B - Through the fields to The George And Dragon (Barrowford)
C - Through the fields along the river to The Old Bridge Inn (Barrowford)
D - Through the fields to The Cross Gaits Inn (Blacko)
E - Through the fields to The Rising Sun (Blacko)
F - Through the fields to The Bay Horse Inn (Roughlee)
G - Through the fields to The Pendle Inn (Barley)
H - Through the fields around the reservoir to The Four Alls Inn (Higham)
I - Through the fields to The Bay Horse (Fence)
J - Along Wheatley Lane Road to The White Swan (Fence)
K - Along Wheatley Lane Road to The Sparrowhawk (Fence)
The Rotary Club of Burnley Pendleside have been doing annual walks around the Barley area for many years. After Rotarian (and keen walker) Grahame Trudgill noticed that the walk hadn't happened for a few years, he decided to bring the event back, but he wanted to come up with something a little different.
Inspired by the Lancashire based LUMPS walk (AKA 20 miles 20 pubs) Grahame approached the LUMPS organisers about sharing their concept, and Pendle Pub Walk was born.
Originally known as "10 miles 10 pubs", PPW 2009 was attended by around 40 sponsored walkers who raised over £1500 for the Rotary charity pot. This was split between Medecins San Frontier, North West Air Ambulance and Pendleside Hospice.
Rather than the intended 10 miles, PPW 2009 was actually 13 miles long. But despite the length and unusually heavy August rain-showers, it was clear that all the walkers had a great time, and this event was something that needed to grow and be repeated annually.

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In Just 100 days of Launch, 3D Factory Incubator in Barcelona 3D Prints 15,000 Pieces
Above: The headquarters of El Consorci de la Zona Franca in Barcelona which houses the 3DFactory Incubator/Image Credit: El Consorci de la Zona Franca
The first European High-Tech 3D Printing Incubator, 3D Factory Incubator, celebrates its first 100 days since its launch with an extraordinary positive balance: it has currently printed more than 15,000 3D pieces and all private spaces are occupied. There are still spots available in the co-working area and virtual incubator.
This initiative, located in the Zona Franca Industrial Estate, is unique in Europe and has received an investment of 3 million euros. It is led by the Consorci de la zona Franca de Barcelona (CZFB) and the Leitat Foundation, and is financially backed by the European Regional Development Funds (ERDF) through the INCYDE Foundation of the Chambers of Commerce.
Above: Some of the 3D Printed Pieces/Image Credit: El Consorci de la Zona Franca
There are currently –in its first 100 days since its launch- 20 incubated companies. The initial objective was to incubate 25 companies per year, which highlights the success of this first open call, which remains open.
The 3D Factory Incubator is the only incubator devoted to additive manufacturing (3DP / AM) that is part of the network of high-tech incubators promoted by the EU. A new bid for a new printer has been opened because of high demand. This new printer will cover incubated companies' needs related to biocompatible materials. Also, a new 3D printer is expected to be added to the facilities within the next month.
The incubator occupies more than 600m2 of private spaces and common areas and it also includes a production laboratory with 6 different printing technologies, 3D design software, last-technology post-processing equipment and a 3D scanner for quality control and metrology. The 3D Factory Incubator offers general incubating services, production technology services, innovation and business consultancy services, testing services and also market launch support.
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The type of companies hosted at the incubator is very wide: healthcare companies (customization technology), consumer goods (from musical instruments to bicycles), mobility and initiatives specialized in design. There is also a noteworthy project: a logistics company that has foreseen the revolution that the re-localization of production with 3D technology will entail.
The goal of the high-tech incubator is to promote the growth of initiatives related to 3D printing through the creation of a space for the incubation of entrepreneurs, start-ups or spin-offs from larger companies. It is co-financed by 50% by the European Regional Development Funds (ERDF) through the Multiregional Operational Program for Spain 2014-2020, and operates under the 3rd Thematic Prioritiy: Improvement of SMEs competitiveness, awarded through the INCYDE Foundation.
After its launch, the 3D Factory Incubator has been present at the start-up event 4YFN–held within the Mobile World Congress-, at the 3D Printing fair in Bilbao ADDIT3D and will participate in the International Logistics Exhibition SIL and in the first Edition of the LBL Factory in Zaragoza, amongst others.
The high-tech 3D Printing incubator was inaugurated in February and the following personalities were in attendance: the Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities, Pedro Duque, Barcelona's Mayoress and President of the CZFB, Ada Colau, the Special State Delegate to the CZFB, Pere Navarro, the President of Leitat, Jordi W. Carnes, the President of INCYDE, José Luís Bonet, and the Minister of Enterprise and Knowledge, Àngels Chacón, amongst other authorities.
These facilities are part of the strategic project DFactoryBCN developed in the Zona Franca Industrial Estate. This project will materialize in the following months with the first stone of a new building with a surface of 17,000 m2 that will constitute the first phase of a 4.0 Economy hub in Barcelona.
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Beheaded on New Guinea, Honored in Rhode Island
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May 27th, which happens to be Memorial Day in both United States and Japan this year (2013), was the 69th anniversary (1944) of the downing of Army Air Corps 2nd Lt. Robert E. Thorpe's P-47D Thunderbolt by Japanese ground fire near Kairiru Island, New Guinea.
Lt. Thorpe, 20, after ditching his damaged plane, swam ashore to Kairiru. There, he had the misfortune to become a POW to some of Imperial Japan's more sadistic Naval officers.
According to a Yokohama War Crimes Trial summary record (Case 329), Thorpe was first beaten and interrogated by Lt. Commander Kaoru Okuma and and Lt. Isamu Amenomoro. When Thorpe continued to refuse to supply any information other than name, rank and serial number, Okuma invited a group of soldiers to join in on the beating.
Whether Thorpe cooperated or not, the Commander of the 27th Japanese Special Naval Base Force Rear Admiral Shiro Sato had already ordered his execution. He explained to his Chief of Staff that on the Mainland all captured American flyers were executed and that "under the present circumstances...the execution of the prisoner of war cannot be helped."
Lt. Yutaka Odazawa, who had been selected to execute the prisoner, warned his fellow officers who wished to use Thorpe as target practice to shoot the prisoner below the waist otherwise it would difficult to behead him. After a number of gunshot wounds, Thorpe dropped to his knees and was held in this position at the edge of freshly dug grave. The trial records note:
Odazawa said to the flyer, "I am going to behead you under orders"; "I am golng to kill you"; "I Odazawa will now proceed to execute you"; "You wilI first go to Paradise, and I will follow you later on"; "Due to the war, it cannot be helped; I will dispose of you." He then poured water on the prisoners neck and on his samurai sword. With one blow of the sword, he struck the prisoner in the back of the neck. The head was not completely severed, but was hanglng by a small bit of flesh. After the blow the prisoner fell into the grave.
In the trial testimony, it was said that a Medical Petty Officer Waichi Ogawa climbed into the grave and cut out an organ from the deceased flyer. It does not say what was removed, but it is likely to have been the liver. As documented in James Bradley's, Flyboys: A True Story of Courage (2003), it was not unusual for Japanese commanding officers to consume the liver of their enemies.
Rear Admiral Shiro Sato killed himself and his entire family at his Yokosuka home in 1946. Petty Officer Waichi Ogawa was Sugamo Prison's first suicide (August 1947) during the Yokohama Class B and C War Crimes Trials. Lt. Commander Kaoru Okuma, was convicted in 1948 for his war crimes and hanged in 1949. Oddly, according to court records, his own father concurred with the death sentence.
Remembered in Rhode Island
On May 14th, Rhode Island State Representative Peter F. Martin (D-Dist. 75, Newport) introduced a Resolution on the House floor – unanimously supported by the Chamber – honoring Rhode Island native Lt. Robert E. Thorpe. "Lt. Thorpe is a hero in every sense of the word," said Representative Martin. "He probably could have escaped some of the brutality inflicted upon him if he had been willing to cooperate with his captors. Instead, he went to his death bravely and defiantly."
State House Resolution H 6114 (2013) "requests the Governor to honor 2nd Lt. Robert E. Thorpe posthumously with the Rhode Island star and the Rhode Island cross for his extraordinary heroism in the service of our nation during WWII; and be it further RESOLVED, That this House hereby urges the Graves Record Administration to re-investigate and bring the remains of 2nd Lt. Robert E. Thorpe home."
2nd Lt. Robert E. Thorpe's unmarked grave was never found and a memorial had never been held. Yet, his family and dedicated others have in the past decade stepped up efforts to locate him. During August 2009, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) did excavate a grave site thought to be Thorpe's, but found nothing.
On May 17th, the Rhode Island State House finally honored Lt. Thorpe at a special ceremony [a video worth watching]. Present were Lt. Thorpe's brother Gill and members of his family as well as Capt. Lewis Lockhart, a WWII fighter pilot who was Lt. Thorpe's friend. Political leaders present included Governor Lincoln Chaffee and Cranston Mayor Allan Fung, who is the first Asian-American mayor in Rhode Island. Mayor Fung declared May 17th Robert E. Thorpe, Jr. Day in Cranston.
Video of the Ceremony
A book in the works, Broken Trust by Ken Dooley [to be published August 2015 as Relentless Pursuit], documents Thorpe's life, death, and the quest to bring him home. One journalist who previewed the book said it suggests the question "Were a good many guilty people in Germany and Japan spared the justice they deserved?" He compares the draft with the bestseller Unbroken and observes that they demonstrate "how that spirit of reconciliation has been disturbed in the last decade, as several writers have gone back and combed official records and trial transcripts that paint a Japanese culture far removed from serene gardens, arranged flowers and delicate poetry pondered in the moonlight."
Dooley said at the memorial ''There once lived a man named Robert E. Thorpe, who stood on a lonely beach and who, in the words of one of his tormentors, died magnificently.''
These memorials, resolutions, books, articles, and videos show that Imperial Japan's victims are not forgotten. A new generation still searches for closure. The Japanese are wrong to believe we will forget.
Labels: Asian Americans, Cannibalism, Dooley Jim, JPAC, Kairiru Island, Rhode Island, Thorpe Robert, Unbroken, War Crimes, Wewak, Yokohama Trials
Peter Martin July 19, 2015 at 9:39 AM
On June 12, 2015 a memorial stone was placed at the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Exeter, RI in honor of 2nd Lt Robert Thorpe.
Ken Dooley's book, which has expanded in its focus and now has a new name: Relentless Pursuit - the Untold Story of the U.S. 5th Air Force's 39th Fighter Squadron, has been completed and will be available in August 2015.
For further information: www.WWII-Relentless-Pursuit.us
Guam's Liberation Day
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The crew of space shuttle Discovery will continue to test new equipment and procedures that increase the safety of space shuttles during the STS-121 mission to the International Space Station. It also will perform maintenance on the space station and deliver more supplies and cargo for future station expansion.
This mission is to carry on analysis of safety improvements that debuted on the Return to Flight mission, STS-114, and build upon those tests.
Discovery will bring a third crewmember to the station, European Space Agency Astronaut Thomas Reiter. This will be the first three-person crew since the Expedition 6 crew returned to Earth May 4, 2003. Without the space shuttle to ferry equipment to the station after the Columbia accident, only two people could be supported onboard until the necessary provisions were in place.
Discovery will carry the Italian-built Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MPLM) Leonardo, with more than two tons of equipment and supplies aboard.
This will be the fourth trip to the station for Leonardo, the first of three Italian-built MPLMs. Equipment and supplies no longer needed on the station will be moved to Leonardo before it is unberthed on Flight Day 10 and put back into Discovery's cargo bay for return to Earth.
Steve Lindsey, an Air Force colonel, will command Discovery. He is making his fourth spaceflight, and second as commander. The pilot will be Navy Cmdr. Mark Kelly, making his second flight.
Others aboard, in addition to Reiter, will be mission specialists Mike Fossum, Stephanie Wilson, Piers Sellers and Navy Cmdr. Lisa Nowak. This will be the first spaceflight for Fossum, Wilson and Nowak. Sellers is making his second spaceflight.
Reiter will remain on the station, working with the station crew under a contract between ESA and the Russian Federal Space Agency.
Two 6.5-hour spacewalks are scheduled for Sellers and Fossum on the fifth and seventh days of the mission. The first spacewalk will test the 50-foot robotic arm boom extension as a work platform. They will also begin maintenance of the station's Mobile Transporter (MT) by safing or replacing a cable cutter unit to allow the station's mobile robotic system to be translated in support of the second spacewalk.
During the second spacewalk the crew will replace the detached cable on the MT, which was inadvertently cut, and its reel assembly. They will also install a spare part for the station's thermal control system for future use.
During STS-121, mission managers expect to evaluate the high probability of shuttle consumables supporting an extra day for the mission. If an extra day is available, the crew and flight control team are training for a third spacewalk. The third spacewalk would include tasks to test techniques for inspecting and repairing the Reinforced Carbon-Carbon segments that protect the orbiter's nose cone and wing leading edges.
Inspections of the orbiter's heat shield with a 50-foot-long Orbiter Boom Sensor System (OBSS) are scheduled for before Discovery arrives at the station and again near the end of the mission, on the day before and the day of undocking from the space station.
Undocking is set for Flight Day 11. Discovery's crew will make final preparations for the return home on Flight Day 12, with landing at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility on Flight Day 13.


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Birhanu Balew (born 27 February 1996) is an Ethiopian-born long-distance runner representing Bahrain. He reached the final of the 5000 m event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Athletics career

Birhanu started competing internationally in 2015.

In 2016 Birhanu competed in his first Olympic Games at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.  He placed 9th in the men's 5000m Final clocking a time of 13:09.26.  The race was won by Great Britain's Mo Farah in 13:03.30.

Birhanu's first race of 2017 came on 17 January at the Kuwait City Half Marathon, where he won in a personal best time of 1:01:45.  On 26, March Birhanu represented Bahrain at the 2017 World Cross Country Championships in Kampala, Uganda.  In the Senior race Birhanu placed 27th.  On 25 and 26 April Birhanu won both the 10000m and 5000m at the Doha EMIR Cup in 31:16.51 and 13:52.39 respectively. On 5 May Birhanu competed in his first Diamond League Meeting of the season running 7:52.98 to place 14th in Doha, Qatar.  Birhanu then returned to the roads to race the Okpekpe Road Race 10 km in Nigeria, placing 10th in 31:15.  Birhanu then won three 5000m races in a Europe before going to London to compete in the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.  In London Birhanu qualified to the final of the 5000m, and finished 12th in a time of 13:43.25; the race was won by Ethiopia's Muktar Edris.  Birhanu won two more 5000m before his final competition of the year at the Sao Paulo Corrida de Sao Silvestre 15 km in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

In 2018 Birhanu represented his country at the 2018 World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, United Kingdom over 3000m. After qualifying to the final, Birhanu placed 10th in 8:18.89.  Birhanu won a 5000m at the Shanghai Diamond League on 12 May in 13:09.64, and raced 2miles at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon, USA on 25 May, placing 3rd in 8:21.54.  On 5 July Birhanu won the 5000m at the Lausanne Diamond League Meeting.  Running in third place into the final 200m, race leader Yomif Kejelcha fell at grabbed Selemon Barega's shorts, pulling him out of the inside lane, while Birhanu ran by to win in a time of 13:01.09.  On 30 August Birhanu represented his country at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia.  Birhanu won the 5000m in a time of 13:43.17.

Birhanu started his 2019 track season running indoors in France.  On 2 February he won the 3000m at the Meeting National, Mondeville, and on 10 February he won the 2000m at the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais.  On 30 March Birhanu represented his country at the 2019 World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus, Denmark.  Birhanu finished 19th in the senior men's race, which was won by Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei. Birhanu then won both the Arab Championships in Cairo, Egypt and the Asian Championships in Doha, Qatar over the 5000m.  On 18 May Birhanu finished 4th at the Shanghai Diamond League 5000m running a time of 13:05.04.  On 6 June Birhanu finished 4th at the Golden Gala-Pietro Minnea in Rome, clocking a personal best of 12:56.26; his first sub-13 minute 5000m clocking.  Birhanu contested several Diamond League Meetings over the summer before his next global championships at the 2019 World Championships in Athletics in Doha, Qatar.  On 30 September after qualifying for the final Birhanu placed 9th in 13:14.66; the race was won by Ethiopia's Muktar Edris.  On 26 October Birhanu won the 5000m at the CISM Military World Games in Wuhan, China in a time of 14:08.99.

Birhanu only had a short 2020 track season racing indoors between 31 January and 21 February.

2021

Birhanu began his 2021 track season by competing indoor over 3000m at the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais; he finished 5th in an Asian Record of 7:34.58. On 19 May Birhanu raced 10000m at the 60th Ostrava Golden Spike in Ostrava, Czech Republic.  Birhanu finished 2nd in 27:07.49, and new personal best and national record.  Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo won the race in 26:33.93  Birhanu's race in Ostrava qualified him for the 10000m at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games; he had already qualified for the 5000m.  Birhanu's next race was at the Golden Gala-Pietra Minnea in Florence, Italy. Birhanu placed 7th in 12:57.71; the race was won by Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen. Birhanu next raced at the Bislett Games in Oslo, Norway in the 3000m placing 4th in a personal best time of 7:33.05.

References

1996 births
Living people
Ethiopian emigrants to Bahrain
Naturalized citizens of Bahrain
Bahraini male long-distance runners
Ethiopian male long-distance runners
Olympic athletes of Bahrain
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for Bahrain
Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Asian Games gold medalists for Bahrain
Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
Asian Athletics Championships winners
Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics


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'The Essex Serpent' Receives Premiere Date Alongside First-Look Images
Apple have unveiled the premiere date and a first-look at the upcoming period drama 'The Essex Serpent', starring Claire Danes and Tom Hiddleston.
The series, based on the best-selling novel by Sarah Perry, will arrive on Apple TV+ on Friday May 13th with two episodes, with a new episode premiering each subsequent Friday through June 10th.
'The Essex Serpent' follows London widow Cora Seaborne (Claire Danes) who moves to Essex to investigate reports of a mythical serpent. She forms an unlikely bond with the village vicar (Tom Hiddleston), but when tragedy strikes, locals accuse her of attracting the creature.
Claire Danes and Tom Hiddleston in 'The Essex Serpent'
Tom Hiddleston in 'The Essex Serpent'
Claire Danes in 'The Essex Serpent'
Alongside Danes and Hiddleston, Clemence Poesy, Frank Dillane, Hayley Squires, Jamael Westman, Michael Jibson, Dixie Egerickx and Jamael Westman will round out the cast. The series is written by Anna Symon and directed by Clio Bernard, who has won several awards for her earlier work including Best New Documentary Filmmaker at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Fun Fact: Keira Knightley was originally set to star as Cora before leaving the project due to personal reasons, with Claire Danes taking over the role.


The death of a bogeyman who haunted a generation. A record-magnitude earthquake and a tsunami that swept away towns. The trial of the summer. A sudden passing. Dead-at-27 club. The next generation's go at a fairy-tale wedding. A disturbed man's action and the toxic side of politics. The toppling of long-entrenched regimes.
Those were just some of the many, many breaking news stories that hit us in 2011 and commandeered our online attention. While the Top 10 Searches focus on related keywords, the Top 10 News Stories involve a wider range of searches and include an analysis on the most-read news stories on Yahoo!.
And talk about a 24-hour news cycle: 2011 started off with theArab Spring and the domino effect of toppling governments. Citizens from Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Syria, and Libya rose up. Of course, each country had its own set of unique, complex circumstances and craved its own particular kind of freedom. Yet the domino effect, amplified by social networking, made the Arab Spring appear to be a collective revolt. Some, like Egypt and Tunisia, quickly effected astonishing change, from riot to election. Others followed a more typical, protracted conflict -- some with no end in sight (Syria), others with the death of a leader (Moammar Gadhafi). The contagion of protest spread to the United States, with Wall Street, not the government, as the target.
Not that American politics wasn't a toxic subject in 2011. Whether or not it was fair, Arizona's political climate received partial blame for a shooting spree that killed six and injured 14, including intended target Representative Gabrielle Giffords. But Americans came together, especially when the death of Osama bin Laden -- four months shy of the 10th anniversary of 9/11, was announced.
People the world over also banded together to help the victims in the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. A record 9.0-magnitude quake resulted in unspeakable, unfathomable calamity. Even more frightening was the very real possibility of a nuclear disaster, when waves tore through the seawall and swamped the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
Given all this, it seems astonishing that the Casey Anthony trial would figure so highly in news searches -- but yet, it does make sense. Many of the year's breaking news events stayed in the headlines day after day. The so-called trial of the summer was controversial for even being covered. To some, the daily queue of courtroom spectators was little better than the crowds of people in days gone by who gathered to witness public beheadings and hangings. For those who passionately sought justice for toddler Caylee Anthony, the story was every mother's terror: the disappeared child, the callous mother, a legal bureaucracy that favored the criminal over the innocent.
Two major events originated from Great Britain. Amy Winehouse's troubles with addiction were well-documented, but her talent was undeniable. Her death at age 27 revived the memory of other premature passings, of talented artists like Janis Joplin and Kurt Cobain.
The other seemed to be a throwback, yet in the midst of turmoil, people wanted to bear witness to a fairy-tale royal wedding. More than one prince married a commoner this year, but the wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton was a second chance of sorts for those who still remembered -- and even revered -- his parents' wedding. Things didn't work out for Prince Charles and Diana Spencer, and her 1997 death added a tragic dimension to that wedding of the century. Seeing William all grown up and marrying a nice girl made the more romantic spectators think that his mother would have been quite proud.
These were the Top 10 News Searches. Read on to revisit the biggest stories of the year -- starting with the Casey Anthony trial -- and find out what lies in store for 2012.
The Yahoo! Year in Review editorial lead for five years running, Vera H-C Chan dissects news events, pop-culture idiosyncrasies, and online behavior to probe the "why" behind what's Web-hot with media and online. On Yahoo!, her articles can be found in News, TV, Movies, and her Shine blog Fast-Talking Dame. Across the Net, there are remnants of contributions to a cultural travel guide, martial arts encyclopedia, movie criticism, business profiles, and A&E/features reporting.


The 18th Annual Meeting of the Clinical Movement Analysis Society will take place in Sheffield on 25- 26 April 2019. The programme includes keynote lectures, free paper presentations, case presentations, poster presentations, networking and group discussion. There will also be plenty of opportunities for interaction with our exhibitors and other delegates attending the meeting.


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Smart blasting solutions
By mari| 2019-03-20T11:22:38+00:00	March 12th, 2019|News|
New technologies in blasting and explosives, BME, 'internet of things' IoT, centralised blasting system CBS, XPLOLOG technology, Joe Keenan managing director
As mining companies rapidly shift their strategies and operating models to leverage digital transformation, new technologies in blasting and explosives are making an ever more vital contribution to bottom-line improvements.
According to Joe Keenan, managing director of BME, a combination of market volatility, changing global demand and radically different input economics has contributed to a seismic shift in the industry.
"Automation in mines, new analytic capabilities, digital workers and remote operation are just some examples where technologies disrupt the mining industry today," says Keenan.
"At BME, our turnkey blasting offering is based on our ongoing investment in technology in precisely these fields; combining the power of mobile computing and cloud data storage to enhance safety, productivity and information transparency, allowing quicker and better decision-making."
He highlights the internet of things (IoT) as an important driver of mine profitability through safe, efficient and automated operations.
"Our AXXIS centralised blasting system (CBS), for example, takes the benefits of electronic detonation into the underground environment – with active monitoring and detection that gives mines the ability to take corrective action before a blast instead of just remedial action afterwards," he says.
"The system's data collection capability provides faster insights and improved blast prediction using advanced analytics and data tools; it also allows data visualisation through dashboards and easier information accessibility."
In similar fashion, BME's XPLOLOG technology closely monitors the activity and performance of teams conducting drilling, charging and stemming on a blast site and controls the utilisation of key resources like emulsions.
"XPLOLOG captures detailed information on each hole, picking up inconsistencies or issues that could reduce the quality of a blast," he says. "This easy-to-use tool can upload and download data, presenting it on a dashboard for better management decision-making – and integrates with our powerful BLASTMAP III design software."
Driving this work is BME's Innovation Hub, a dedicated division that commercialises its technology to benefit customers. Staffed by experts including physicists, engineers and chemists, it continuously improves various aspects of the company's offerings – from emulsion formulations and blast modelling, to mobile app technology and data transparency.
"The landscape of Mining 4.0 is no longer about commodities; rather, the focus is now on embracing technology and evolving as an industry," says Keenan. "This means increasing collaboration between mines and their partners; we are constantly being approached by our customers to participate in new mining technologies, so we work increasingly in collaboration with them to find solutions for the industry as a whole."
He highlighted how a more interconnected and information-based mining operation will continue to push the envelope of which activities really need human interaction – and which can be automated. The possibilities for new operating models and new levels of optimisation will create the next wave of differentiation in the industry, he argues.
ATI purchases De Beers' training campus
Africa getting ready for oil week
Mines' technology push means new approaches to digitisation
2018/2019 NSTF-South32 Awards
Sibanye enters agreement with Generation Mining


A girl's education is very important, but in the country of South Sudan, which has been badly affected by decades of civil war, the number of educate girls is very low. Deng Opportunities Foundation wants to ensure that a good number of orphan girls get equal access to education. Women are great leaders and if educated, they can contribute to the development of our world in a better way. In South Sudan, girls are subject to early marriage due to lack of education. Sad indeed, orphan girls are so much affected by this and you can help bring this to an end today. Girls like Akur who are already in our program look at the future with big smile. There are so many orphan girls like Akur needing your help. Please donate today so that we can send many girls to school.


Three-shot panorama of a paper birch (Betula papyrifera) understory in White Earth State Forest near Park Rapids, Minnesota.
Timber stands dominated by paper birch are generally early successional habitats that are created by major disturbance events. Paper birch is not a particularly long-lived species and as they age are susceptible to disease, drought and major wind and ice-storm events.
These types of forests are becoming more rare in the southern boreal forest of Minnesota due to the influence of humans, including fire suppression and anthropogenic induced climate change.


On May 14, 2007 the Kentucky Supreme Court gave the United States access to " the documents, evidence and information it has gathered or collected in connection with any disciplinary matter arising from the Darla Guard, et al, or Joneta Moore, et al v. A.H.Robbins, et al., Case No. 98-CI-796 " by the Kentucky Bar Association.
Gallion was indicted in June 2007 after this Order had been made. In May 2007 there was no defendants and no witnesses. The United States argument and the District Judge's reasoning that somehow they were limited by a Rule applicable only to targets of their investigation in accessing and gathering such information was not true.
The Inquiry Commission charged Mr. Chesley with ethical violations in December of 2006. Mr. Chesley's Response was made March 1, 2007.
class actions and suggested to the Court the propriety of its use in the Guard case.
The Inquiry Commission Complaints against Mr. Chesley was exculpatory evidence. The United States violated the Brady rule in failing to disclose the same to the defense.
Exhibit A to this Reply is Mr. Chesley's perjured trial testimony offered by the United States.
Judge Bamberger and David Schaefer's Judicial Conduct Commission Interviews in 2005 were discovered in Judge Bamberger's KBA Investigative file. Both Interviews contained exculpatory evidence that the United States had access to and did not disclose. As noted in the Application (p. 14) it was discovered that the Kentucky Supreme Court on May 10, 2006 had given the United States access to the Judicial Conduct Commission file of Judge Bamberger. The Schaefer Interview filed with the Sect. 2255 Motion was paged KBA 2211, 2212.
The District Court states: (Id.) " Nor is there any support for the inference that the government had information that should have been disclosed to him." (Id.)Accordingly there was no need for discovery.
The United States makes the alarming statement (id.) that " There is no rule that allows disclosure of disciplinary information relating to a witness." If the information is exculpatory evidence Brady v US mandates its disclosure.
In discussing Schaefer the United States does not refer to Shaefer's statement " there was talk by some of the plaintiffs'attorneys, of the establishment of a charitable fund to receive any left over monies as part of the settlement" in relation with the Helmer's $50 million to Charity notation made during mediation or Gallion's disclosure to Linda Gosnell in February 2002. Counsel for the Petitioner thought the Helmer's notation was highly relevant to the defense. The District Court would not admit the Exhibit and instructed the Jury to disregard Helmer's number $50 million because it was not discussed in the presence of the attorneys for American Home Products.
In discussing Schaefer the United States does not refer to the argument that the Schaefer Interview challenges the District Court's instruction on the Aggregate Settlement Rule. There are no Excess funds in an Aggregate Settlement according to the testimony of the United States expert witness.
In discussing Schaefer the United States does not realize that the Schaefer interview challenges the District Court's matter of law interpretation of the Settlement documents that made Exhibit 3 monies allocated to 440 claimants.
The District Court prejudged Gallion.
that might arise within the state of Kentucky for a one year period.
who settled their case and dismissal without prejudice to those who did not.
which contained a full release of AHP.
attorneys to meet specific contingencies imposed upon them.
jury had enough information to access the defense theory of the case.
very thing that you have told the jury not to do.
During the Opening Statement of defense counsel the Court gave a limiting instruction to the Jury.
8 client had no further claim to the 200 million.
17 but 50 times more than that; 50 times more than that.
18 MR. WALBOURN: Objection, Your Honor.
20 give a limiting instruction at this time.
16 MR. ALMAND: Thank you, Judge.
MR. ALMAND: May I make a proffer?
more money for their compensation than the injuries justified.
opinion. Maybe I missed something on that.
THE COURT: It's part of the ruling that the Court made.
The United States does not discuss the argument that the District Court interpreted the Settlement in Boone County the same as Judge Wehr in the civil case. Exhibit 3 was monies allocated solely for the known claimants subject to a set aside limited to $7.5 million for other potential claims.
The Jury did not consider the truthfulness of the Petitioner's explanation of the Settlement. The Jury was instructed that the Petitioner's explanation of the Settlement was an explanation of how he defrauded the claimants.
The Petitioner believed the claimants were fairly compensated. Exhibit B to this Reply are excerpts of cross examination on the medical conditions of the claimants called by the government. Was Tracey Curtis defrauded? She saw a physician once. According to Exhibit 3 Tracy Curtis was entitled to $181,000.
the Petitioner was seeking discovery and an evidentiary hearing.


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Q: Chrome Extension Popup styling breaking in generated frame I have a simple table styled with bootstrap I am trying to display in the Popup of a chrome extension. The on-hover styling that should be applied to each row stops working towards the bottom of the list.
I can load up the popup.html in its own window (via chrome-extension://<my_extension_id>/popup.html and the styling renders just fine.
Here's a pared down version of what my popup.html looks like:

<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">

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      Test (hover styling breaks here)

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I would expect there to be no difference between what chrome's popup window renders and what renders when viewing the popup in its own page. I have experienced similar other anomalies trying to build the styling for my popup. I'm hoping that if I can find an answer to this question, I can apply it to the other issues I've seen.
EDIT: here are some .gifs demonstrating the difference in behavior:
In Popup
In Page
I should also note that I can use chrome DevTools to manually set the :hover property, the table row's styling updates correctly.

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Being Inspired, maybe - 104
It was a small town that we had visited once, some years ago, that had enticed me back.
Those had been happier times, times when the stench of money hadn't overtaken sensibility, and who we really were.
Not that I had changed all that much, except for the upper west side apartment, and posh car to go with it, but what had disappointed me was the change in Liz, the woman I thought once as the love of my life.
Without the trappings of wealth, she was the kindest, most thoughtful and generous person I knew, but that had changed when I became the recipient of an inheritance that beggared belief. We both made a promise from the outset that it would not change us, but unfortunately, it did.
And that was probably the main reason why I was standing outside an old fixer-upper house on several acres overlooking the ocean.
I'd asked Liz to come, but she was having a weekend away in Las Vegas with her new friends or as one of the ladies rather salaciously said, a what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas kind of weekend.
Charmaine had told me about the house, one that she had admired for a long time, but didn't have the means to buy it.
Charmaine was a painter, a rather good one and both Liz and I had met her on a weekend away upstate, and I'd bought one of her landscapes to hang in our new apartment. Liz hated it, but I think that had more to do with the painter than the painting and that was because Charmaine had flirted with me, and that, I had observed over time, was how she was with everyone.
She called it her sales technique. After all, it had worked on me.
I listened to the auctioneer go through the rules of the action and then move on to a physical description of the property. I'd been to several viewings and got a good idea of what was needed if I was to buy it. It had good foundations and had suffered from a lack of TLC. It was how the auctioneer summed up.
When he called for the first bid, I felt a hand slip into mine, and a glance sideways showed it to be Charmaine. I had asked her along for support but she had something else to do, but it appeared now, she hadn't.
"So," she whispered next to my ear, "you were serious about this place?"
I had been dithering, not being able to make my mind up, but Liz, in the end, made the decision for me. I'd overheard a snippet of conversation with one of her new friends, and, to be honest, I'd been surprised.
"Perhaps it was time to find a hideaway."
"Things that bad?"
I shrugged. "Maybe I'm writing too much into it. At any rate, I needed an excuse to get out of town, and being here was as good as any."
The first bid came in at 450,000. I knew the reserved was about 700,000, and I was prepared to 850,000. But I was hoping to spend less than that because the renovations would be about 250,000.
"We could go and have a picnic. It'll certainly cost less than buying this place."
"I'm here now."
Holding hands was just one of Charmaine's 'things', and I had never written anything into what might have been called a relationship of sorts. We were not lovers, and the conversation had never been steered in that direction, but I did find myself gravitated towards her when Liz was off doing her thing with her friends. To be honest, I just liked the idea of a picnic and watching Charmaine paint her landscapes.
I raised the bid to 500,000. Another from the previous bidder, 550,000. Another at 600,000. It seems there were three bidders for the property. The other sixteen people attending were observers, probably locals interested in how this would help their property value.
I went 625,000 when the auctioneer changed the increment after a lack of bidding. It was countered, moving to 650,000. Another at 657,000, and then the first bidder went to 700,000, the reserve.
"You do realize the other bidders are friends of the owner and are there to push the price up?" Charmaine whispered in my ear.
I'd heard of it happening, but I'd not suspected it until she mentioned it.
"Going once, going twice at 700,000." The auctioneer looked at me. "I'll accept 10,000 increments."
I nodded. 710,000. It quickly moved to 800,000, after I bid 790,000.
The auctioneer looked at me expectantly. "810,000, sir?"
That was more than I wanted to spend though an elbow in the ribs was the clincher, and when I declined, there was an air of disappointment.
"Going once, going twice, all done at 800,000?" A look around the crowd confirmed we were all done, and the gavel came down.
"Looks like we're going on a picnic," she said. "I'd expect a call in an hour or so."
Two things happened that weekend, both of which surprised me. The first, Charmaine was right, I did get a call, and finished up with a hideaway in the country, overlooking the ocean. The second, Liz didn't come back from Las Vegas. She had apparently found someone new, someone more exciting, or so she said.
I guess I was disappointed but not overly concerned. She had changed and I had not and if the truth be told, we were drifting apart. We parted amicably, sold the apartment, and moved on, each in a different direction.
I had a new residence, and renovations to take my mind off the break-up, and when I told Charmaine, she was just said she didn't believe we were that perfect match. And in the light of my new status, I could now ask her to come and stay in the spare bedroom, a lot better, I said, than the one person tent she had been using, an offer she readily accepted.
Until, a year later, it became something more than that.


I'm the same! (Not that I've been to a graduation ceremony.) Just.. No matter what I have to rehearse 3+ times before my brain even begins to remember what I'm trying to remember!
Only because the others didn't care if they knew what was going on. They were confused but left anyway. And you did perfectly!


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Former British Home Secretary Leon Brittan Dies From Cancer
by News Editor
Leon Brittan's family said he was a beloved husband, stepfather and step-grandfather. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
BBC – Former Home Secretary Leon Brittan has died aged 75 after a long battle with cancer, his family have said.
The former Conservative MP was a key figure in Margaret Thatcher's government in the 1980s and later became a European Commissioner.
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SeaWorld 1st quarter attendance report shows huge dip for first part of 2017
SeaWorld Orlando announced their first quarter results on Tuesday morning, with a huge dip in both earnings and attendance company wide.
Here are a few of the key points of the press release.
-Total revenues were $186.4 million, compared to $220.2 million in the first quarter of 2016, primarily due to a shift in the timing of the Easter holiday into the second quarter of 2017 which also impacted the timing of spring break for a number of schools.
-Year-to-date attendance through the end of April is essentially flat over the prior year period.
-Exciting lineup of new attractions coming online in the second quarter.
-Season pass sales revenues are up nearly 6% through the end of April compared to the same period of 2016.
-The company remains on pace to achieve its cost optimization program net cost savings targets for the year.
-For the full year of 2017, the company expects Adjusted EBITDA[1] in the range of $330 million to $360 million.
SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment generated total revenues of $186.4 million, a decrease of $33.9 million, or 15%, compared to the first quarter of 2016. That's a pretty large dip. For attendance, the company declined by approximately 491,000 guests, or 14.9%, compared to the first quarter of 2016.
The company attributes a shift in the Easter Holiday, from the first quarter last year to the second quarter in 2017, as the main reason for the drop in attendance. To a lesser extent, the company blames the closing of One Ocean at SeaWorld San Diego for a dip in attendance at that park.
Interestingly, SeaWorld seems to be trying to shift the attention away from the first quarter by saying that "attendance has been flat through the end of April".
On a year-to-date basis through the end of April, attendance was essentially flat over the prior year period and season pass sales revenues were up nearly 6% compared to the same period of 2016.
While it April attendance may have been flat, that month falls into the second quarter and shouldn't factor into the first quarter results. While it is important to look to improve, the fact remains that attendance was down almost 15% for the first quarter. That's a pretty big number.
SeaWorld doesn't release individual park attendance for the quarterly results, but they did touch on the fact that SeaWorld San Diego was down due to the transition from One Ocean. Our sources indicate that One Ocean's closing at that park actually had a huge impact, that could be turned into a positive. According to sources close to the park, attendance at SeaWorld San Diego could have been down as much as 22%. It was public perception that the park had gotten rid of the whales, and some even say that some people don't understand that Orcas are Killer Whales. They aren't understanding that the two are the same species. So, how is this a positive? It shows that the public still supported SeaWorld when they had the Killer Whale Shows. Once they thought that the whales left, the support left with it. People still want to see Killer Whales in an up close environment, which could have been a great driving point for SeaWorld.
Looking ahead, SeaWorld San Diego will have a massive summer line up, as they roll out their new Orca Experience, which will see the signature Killer Whales return with a new, more educational show and habitat. The park will also unveil an all new interactive Dark ride and animal habitat with Ocean Explorer. And they will also have a brand new nighttime show with Electric Ocean. SeaWorld Orlando will also be getting the new Electric Ocean, as well as new show additions and a huge VR overhaul to Kraken. SeaWorld San Antonio will get a brand new coaster, Wave Breaker. Also, looking ahead to the results for the second quarter, response has been overwhelmingly positive for the company's Seven Seas Food Festival and Food & Wine festival at Busch Gardens. Also, Busch Gardens Williamsburg just opened the all new Invadr, which has gotten rave reviews.
Also at the end of the first quarter, SeaWorld saw a 21% purchase by Chinese group Zhonghong Zhuoye Group Co., Ltd. That deal was finalized on the 8th of May and will see even more big changes coming to the company. What kind of big changes? An SEC filing shows that SeaWorld CEO, Joel Manby has sold off about 17,000 shares of company stock. While no announcements have been made, that is a pretty good indication that Mr. Manby might not be at the company for the long term. Again, that is just speculation on our part.
While 2017 has had a rough start for SeaWorld, the company has all the cards laid out for a massive summer and great remainder of the year.
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Sohini Alam is a British Bangladeshi vocalist in the bands Khiyo and Lokkhi Terra. The group Khiyo's debut album, described as 'Bengali music with a London sound,' includes Oliver Weeks on guitar and piano, and Ben Hillard on bass. The group performs modern interpretations of Bengali heritage music, with a blend of folk, Indian classical, rock and jazz. It evokes the culture of both sides of the India-Bangladesh border, along with a Western infusion. Khiyo is named after a letter of the Bengali alphabet.
Sohini Alam and her band join us in this exclusive interview on their musical journey spanning Asia and Europe, and the vision and scope of their work.
Madanmohan Rao – How did you get started on your journey blending East and West?
'Blending East and West' was not a conscious decision – it just comes naturally to the band's core creative partnership (Sohini Alam and Oliver Weeks / Olly). Existing in several musical worlds simultaneously is a natural outgrowth of our musical backgrounds.
For Sohini, her mother Hiron Alam and her aunts Jannat Ara and Ferdous Ara are her foremost influences given that they were her music teachers and professional musicians themselves. She also grew up listening to a lot of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Abida Parveen, Led Zeppelin, and Bob Marley.
Olly comes from a musical background too – his father is a keen amateur musician who started off playing folk music in pubs in St. Albans in the 60s – and essentially grew up listening to a schizophrenic diet of 60s rock 'n' roll and soul and heavy German classical music (Wagner, Berg, Brahms and the boys). This laid the foundations for an extremely eclectic musical career. His interest in Bengali music stems from going to India as a teenager and a chance meeting with a baul musician somewhere near Shantiniketan in the late 90s.
How has your musical journey evolved over the years, in terms of styles, collaborations, themes?
The first song we jammed was Nishi Raat. That song fell together quite naturally, so we were encouraged to keep going. The breakthrough with some of the other songs took a lot longer, but by then, we knew we had something good on our hands that hadn't been done before. While we started out doing Bengali heritage music, we have since been working on original Bengali material too.
How did the musicians get to know each other on your debut album?
Sohini met Olly and Ben Heartland through Bengali singer-songwriter Moushumi Bhowmik. Olly and Ben knew each other from Cambridge University, and they were playing in Moushumi's band. Hassan Mohyeddin and Danyal Dhondy came to the band through Sohini's work with the pioneering London Asian theatre Tara Arts. The other musicians on the album are mostly contacts of Olly's from university and music college.
How long did the album take to produce?
The album took us seven years to make. That includes the time we took actually picking songs to work on during initial jam sessions, the aborted first set of recordings, and the final recordings with mixing, mastering, and CD artwork.
Tell us about the arrangements with the wide range of instruments – how did that come about?
The way each band member responds to each song is different, so it was clear from an early stage that we needed to work with a range of musical styles. The core instruments of the band reflect this varied approach: Indian classical and folk (tabla), rock and jazz (drums, upright bass, electric guitars), Western classical (strings, piano), Western folk (acoustic guitar), and so on.
The album's handful of semi-orchestral arrangements were a logical extension of the sound world we were creating around the songs. Olly's classical background means complex scoring for large groups of instruments is second nature to him. Add 22 string parts to a song? Why not?
What are the themes of some of the tracks in the album?
The tracks in the album cover themes that include love, loss, nostalgia, religion, nature, homeland, hope, freedom, migration, sacrifice, struggle, language, identity and so on – some of the many themes associated with the human condition.
How has your music been received in Bangladesh and Bengal?
For the most part, it's been wonderfully positive, but when the video for our version of Amar Shonar Bangla came out, there were a few people who took exception to our "experimentation". We never thought that it would become such a big deal, but as some of the people who took offence happened to be famous Bangladeshi musicians, the media quickly picked up the story, and we became national news very quickly. Luckily for us, the people who liked our music far outnumbered those who didn't, so the coverage of our music was mostly really great.
What are some unusual reactions you have got?
When our single Amar Shonar Bangla came out, some people thought we were trying to be disrespectful with our "experimentation," which was very far from the truth. We picked songs that we genuinely liked. We also got called "fundamentalists" for some reason, which we found quite funny.
How do you blend different musical influences and genres, and create 'fusion without confusion'?
We tend to find commonalities within different kinds of music. We don't necessarily look for the commonalities; they almost jump out at us. We can hear them in our heads. Maybe that comes from having band members of dual heritage or others who have studied and played music from different parts of the world for a long time. Sometimes, there is still some confusion when we start with a piece. We try to see if we can make musical sense of our ideas.
While we don't have any duets planned at the moment, we're open to collaborations.
How do you manage the balance between preserving traditional music and blending contemporary sounds?
We use our instincts. There is no magic formula. We have to work out what is true to our musical experiences, what is honest, and go from there.
This answer alone could take pages, so we'll keep it brief-ish! The music industry has changed, so it's harder than ever to make a living of being a full time musician or composer. The lack of funds trickles down into struggling to get as much done in as short a time possible at recording studios, having to do our own PR, social media, taxes, and the like, which then results in struggling to fit practice and rehearsals in between all that and other paid work.
The hours, days, months, and years that go into rehearsing and arranging an album aren't paid, so the total cost of the album doesn't even include that. It's difficult enough for a band to recoup album recording, mixing, and mastering costs let alone marketing.
Do you also teach or conduct music workshops?
While the individual band members have done so already, as Khiyo, we are in talks to do so soon.
We are currently working on a video based on some art by Alban Low that is being developed to go with our music. He will be painting live during our upcoming shows commissioned by Circulate.
What kinds of social and political messages have been conveyed in your recent album?
The album covers Bengali heritage music. The history of Bengal is filled with struggle – the language movement, searching for a higher power, religious vs. cultural identity, nature, loss, love – all of these social and political struggles are touched upon in the various songs on the album. For Bengalis, the concept of homeland beyond political boundaries is especially relevant because Bengal is now split between Bangladesh and India, so three of the fourteen songs on the album are about the physical beauty and nostalgia of homeland.
There are also a couple of songs about sacrifice and hope that were written in the context of the Bangladesh War of Independence. That said, the messages in these songs are universal, which is why we found them so appealing.
What is your vision of what music can do in this age of political and economical turmoil, especially in South Asia and the Middle East?
In any age, the feelings that art, music, dance, and sport can elicit in people transcend the boundaries that people put up between one another. In this age, music can help people to see that the boundaries don't matter nearly as much as the human experience.
In the first song on our album (Akashta Kanpchhilo Kyan?), the writer/composer Shorkar Shah Alom points out that religion (in this case, Islam) and culture are not as far removed from each other as some might have you believe. We hope that our music will speak to a whole new generation of people – either those of dual heritage, or those who know people of dual heritage – and help them see their commonalities rather than their differences.


Question: Is it necessary to strive towards the maximum unification that one can possibly imagine at the given moment?
Answer: We have to strive towards maximum unification and ever-increasing feeling of unity starting with the point we reached at the convention, and try to rise above it in spite of all disturbances. This is how a spiritual life begins.
On one hand, this point of unity becomes ever more subtle and sensitive, while on the other, you have more and more access to it. You start to develop yourself within it, and various interactions with your first spiritual state begin to arise in you, even if without complete conscious awareness. But as you return to it time after time, a certain attitude arises in you, a certain approach, a revelation of this state.
In this manner you gradually bring yourself to greater and greater contact with this point. And it expands, acquires all kinds of inner properties, certain "organs," like in a person whom you do not know and then suddenly begin to see his manifested qualities. You have to gradually expand this point to the first ten Sefirot, and then you will begin to feel your existence within it.
The acceleration of this process depends only on you: on how frequently you will attempt to enter this point again and again. You will be cast out, but you will try to reenter it again. In this manner, quantity turns into quality.
Every person who felt this point of unity, and even those who didn't feel it, can catch up to us, experience it (because it already exists, it was already born, it exists outside of us), and develop independently at a pace that depends only on the person himself. To the extent he will be thrown away from this point and to the extent he will strive to return to it—that is how he will advance.


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DEAL! AVEVA+Schneider, sorta
Jul 20, 2015 | Hot Topics
While you and I were at the beach or in the mountains, the lads and lasses at AVEVA have been busily negotiating a merger with Schneider Electric, one of the suitors that kept cropping up over the last couple of years. It's a very complicated deal –and it make sense on many levels– so let's see if we can break it down:
AVEVA will acquire Schneider Software in such a way that Schneider Electric winds up owning the majority of the shares of AVEVA.
Schneider Software was created when Schneider acquired Invensys in 2013. If you follow the space, you're probably most familiar with the Invensys SimSci brand, which competes in may ways with Aspen Tech (another oft-rumored suitor for AVEVA. You can stop asking about that one now). SimSci's process simulation, optimization and training solutions are a perfect match for AVEVA's design solutions, and SimSci's process control software can take it into interesting new directions, to rival what Siemens has in it PLM business. Invesys also brought with it Avantis' enterprise asset management solutions; Eurotherm, process control tracking and recording; IMServ,which makes energy and carbon management solutions; Skelta's business process management and workflow solutions; Triconex' emergency and safety applications; and Wonderware, which makes industrial software including Human Machine Interface (HMI), SCADA, MES, real-time Operations Management and Production Information Management software. You may also know another Schneider Software brand: Foxboro, which provides process automation, control systems and instrumentation.
That sounds big, you say. How can AVEVA afford this?
This is where it gets complicated. The deal has AVEVA buying Schneider Software on a "debt-free cash-free basis" for £1.3 billion. The only way to do this is to issue 74 million new shares, which it will sell to Schneider Electric. This deal will give Schneider 53.5% of the shares of what's being called the "enlarged AVEVA Group".
At the deal's closing, Schneider will give AVEVA £550 million that will be distributed to AVEVA's shareholders (not including Schneider Electric). This is the part of the deal I don't understand — seems to make it unnecessarily complicated. But AVEVA has been such a takeover candidate, with lots of private equity firms owning reasonably large stakes, that it might be the only way this deal could succeed.
The press materials announcing the deal say that this "enlarged AVEVA" will have combined revenues of £534 million and an adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization of £130m. That means Schneider Software had revenue of $524 million (roughly£325 million) for the year ended 31 March 2015, more that AVEVA had in the same period.
This deal is being called a reverse merger and isn't an outright takeover. Schneider Electric has agreed to not increase its stake in AVEVA for 2 years, and to not increase its stake above 75% for a further 18 months without seeking AVEVA's approval and jumping through some other hoops.
AVEVA CEO Richard Longdon and the AVEVA board will remain in place (with the addition of two Schneider members when the deal closes), and the company will continue to be listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Richard Longdon, AVEVA CEO said in the announcement that, "The transaction will be transformational to AVEVA, creating a global leader in industrial software, which will be able to better compete on a global scale. Through the acquisition of Schneider Software, AVEVA will significantly expand its scale and product portfolio, diversify its end user markets and increase its geographic exposure to the US market, in line with our strategic goals."
Schneider Electric CEO Jean-Pascal Tricoire said that that "combination of AVEVA and selected Schneider Electric industrial software assets … will create a global leader in industrial software, with a unique portfolio of asset management solutions from design & build to operations and will address customers' requirements along the full asset life cycle in key industrial and infrastructure markets. It will also create the right environment for the software teams to develop aggressively their business, while benefiting from the multiple commercial access of Schneider around the world."
The deal still needs regulatory and shareholder approvals.
I like this deal. I like that AVEVA stays independent, but with bigger everything. Schneider Electric styles itself as "the global specialist in energy management and automation", both of which are critical for AVEVA's base, regardless of end-industry. Schneider Electric reported revenues of €24.9 billion in 2014, with operations in 100 countries; its geo and vertical footprints are huge and much more diverse than AVEVA's, which should help AVEVA boost its business in North America and enter new verticals. Add to this a product portfolio that spans process simulation with SimSci, detailed design via AVEVA's PDMS and E3D and project/process/data management using AVEVA NET then asset data management with Avantis, and so on bringing the potential for a comprehensive and integrated offering that spans the 50-odd year life of an industrial plant. I'm sure there are also new technologies in R&D at both Schneider Software and AVEVA that are will extend the value of engineering and operational data beyond traditional boundaries; the ability to do this "in one house" should speed these developments and make them more useful early on.
AVEVA's shareholders also like this deal (and who wouldn't, given the cash payout that's coming?), sending the share price up 28% at 1PM London time, as I write this.
I've asked the company for a timeline and additional info; will update if I learn more.


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Q: Does it matter where code is placed in .HTACCESS? in htaccess, i have (i.e. Wordpress has)  rewrite rules like this:
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RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
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i want to insert directives in .htaccess, like these:
ExpiresByType image/jpg   "access plus 1 year"
Header unset ETag
Header unset Last-Modified
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does it matter if I place them before or after the the first block?

A: In your case it does not. The rewrite base rules are for permalink. The directives you are related cache-control. As a personal choice I would add those after rewrite base rule. Test your website via:
http://www.gtmetrix.com to check whether your entries are making an effect.
To add further:
These directives have a cascading effect somewhat similar to cascading style sheet. So if two directives on the same feature are added in a single .htaccess file, the later one will get precedence.
I recommend the following links :

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*https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/howto/htaccess.html

*https://gtmetrix.com/leverage-browser-caching.html
Hope this answer the question.


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Monica Lewinsky, Linda Tripp Screenplay Lands At Amazon
Linda And Monica, Flint Wainess's Black List script about the relationship between Linda Tripp and Monica Lewinsky, has been picked up Amazon Studios.
The screenplay tells the real life story of how the relationship between Lewinsky and Tripp fell apart in the wake of Clinton scandal. Although good friends while they worked at the Pentagon together, Tripp betrayed that friendship when she secretly taped phone conversations where Lewinsky confessed to having a sexual affair with then presideny Bill Clinton. Tripp later released the tapes to Ken Starr, an independent counsel who was investigating the President for entirely unrelated matters. Ultimately, it would be allegations that Clinton perjured himself about the relationship and not any of the numerous random other things that Starr looked into that would lead to an impeachment trial. He was acquitted of all charges after a 21-day Senate trial.
Last year, the screenplay placed 10th on the annual Black List, a ranking of unproduced screenplays circulating in Hollywood at the time. Two other screenplays form last year's top ten are already moving towards production – Steven Spielberg is busy casting The Papers (which appeared on the Black List as The Post) while Universal picked up the Madonna biopic Blond Ambition back in April.
Despite the buzz around the screenplay, Amazon is taking a bit of a risk. Previous Black List scripts that dabbled in politics have not fared well in the journey to the big screen. Rodham, which looked at the early career of Hilary Rodham Clinton, and College Republicans, which told the story of the early days of future GOP operatives Lee Awater and Karl Atwater failed to get greenlit even with talent attached.
Via The Wrap.
Flint Wainess
LINda And Monica


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