I agree its not all bad, its just the worst one i've received so far.
I also agree that you cant please everyone, some people will say i want more wwe, other will say i want more us indy, i say i want more british wrestling haha.
If this had been my first box i probably would of loved it, the past boxes have been that good, which is a massive compliment to Wrestle Crate.
With regards to the 2 british wrestlers, they are PCW academy student, seen Jimmy J a couple of time and looks not bad, Jennie B i wasn't impressed with at all, but they are both still training.
I am shocked at the lack of love for the DVD so far, one of the greatest companies in the world and an excellent show to start with, would love to hear what people think of the DVD after they have watched it!
Thanks for the reviews, guys. As you know by now, both your support and feedback is appreciated.
@Nugent99 - The DVD is one I've wanted to feature for a while now. It's a company that is so different to anything else on the market that I wanted to ensure I got that inside a Crate. I do hope people check it out.
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My friend who had never heard of beyond has just finished the DVD I think it is easy to call it his second favourite Indy behind progress!
Just been reminded to ask....The Ringside prints....are there more to come? They're fantastic, but they seem to have stopped?
In all seriousness - I love working will Oli, who's genuinely one of the best wrestling photographers on the planet, and we have a super-cool collab due in a Crate very, very soon.
What's the timescale for delivery on December's crate?
CHRISTMAS SHIPPING - We are aiming to ship December's Crates four days early (December 18th) to try and get all UK Crates to you before Christmas. Please note, this is NOT guaranteed, as we're relying on our eight suppliers getting items to us on time. If you want to buy a Crate as a Christmas gift, any one-off Crate of past items purchased before December 15th will arrive at mainland UK addresses before Christmas.
Seen a massive spoiler on Facebook for one of the items that will be in this months box and all I can say is I can't wait.
Hopefully the Crates arrive before Christmas!
There's just one day left to get our final Wrestle Crate of the year - and it promises to be our most-packed yet.
The next exclusive item in our collaboration with PROGRESS wrestling - the second limited edition DVD in our partnership.
Get December's Wrestle Crate, from just £11.99 (+P&P) at WrestleCrate.co.uk and enter code UKFF10 for 10% off your first Crate.
Received my crate this morning, nice and early before Christmas. Love it. It's going to feel like forever until the next one, now, though.
Calendar - Nice item! The images used are mostly fantastic, as I've come to expect from Ringside Perspective.
Honky Tonk Man signed print - Really cool addition to a growing collection. Really cool print, too.
The Genius A5 - Not the greatest item, but the 20% off War To Settle The Score is a nice touch. My buddy was showing me said book online a week or so ago. Here's hoping he didn't buy it before getting his WrestleCrate!
Flair Pin Badge - 1 of 4, eh? I'm half-hoping this goes in a Four Horsemen or Evolution direction, as opposed to a Four Horsewomen direction. Not that there would be anything bad about that, I'm just a bigger Horsemen/Evolution fan.
MCW Download - Saw this, and was a little disappointed that it's not a DVD. Then I asked myself "Is this not simply the way we're headed, now?" and I think it's quite cool. Doesn't take up any space on my DVD shelf, and I can carry it with me on journeys. That'll do.
Progress DVD + 1 month free on demand - Had gone back and forth on Progress on Demand. Wasn't sure if I'd watch the shows enough to warrant a monthly sub. I guess now I'll find out. DVD looks like fun too. Devitt vs Havoc could be good.
Jimmy Havoc t-shirt - I love it. The design is great, and it's one of those shirts that doesn't scream "WRESTLING" unless you know. And I like that.
Puroresu hat - I really like it. Again, doesn't scream "WRESTLING", and it's a bit different from the normal t-shirt items.
And finally, The List of Jericho clipboard. I don't think I need to tell Rich how pumped I am for that item! But for everyone else, it's my favourite of this Crate. Rich, you're an absolute legend.
Thanks to Rich and the Crate team. Merry Christmas!
Ha...I toiled all month between telling you that I was going to use your genius idea or letting you find out organically. I plumped for the latter. Massive kudos though - it was a brilliant idea and people seem to absolutely LOVE them! I don't share spoilers for a week or so, but when I do, do you have social media channels I can credit for the idea?


My name is Alfredo Sánchez Tójar and, as the latest PhD student to join the Lundy House sparrow Team, I'd like to share with you the wonderful experience of my first visit to that beautiful and remote island.
The trip started the 6th of November, exactly two days before arriving to Lundy, at the West Titchberry Farm (Hartland).
There, and thanks to Yvonne's hospitality, Isabel Winney and I could spent one entire day, the 7th, catching the house sparrows that live in and around the farm. We managed to catch 3 females; one had been previously ringed by Isabel about 1 year and 9 months before. These catching attempts have been carried out since November 2011 to DNA sample the closest house sparrow population on the mainland. We already have much evidence suggesting that house sparrow migration from and to the island is very low and those samples will help us in getting more insight about these processes. Charlotte Morgan joined the expedition on time to get the helicopter that would bring us to Lundy where we arrived with enough time to prepare everything we would need for starting catching on Saturday, the 9th. We wouldn't stop catching until the 14th of November, but we welcomed the last member of the expedition, Mirre Simons, on the 11th. We spent all the possible time catching, even during the last hours of the night, just before dawn, when we managed to catch some of the birds that sleep in nest boxes during the winter. Thanks to our enthusiasm, we managed to catch a total of 134 individuals; only 8 of them (i.e. < 6%) had escaped the summer's effort and needed to get their individual set of colour rings, BTO metal ring and PIT tag.
House sparrows chicken feeder photo: House sparrows socializing at one of their favorite places, a chicken feeder.
During our stay, I also carried out my first trials to record dominance hierarchies and social interactions between individuals. I set up several feeders around the island and videotaped sparrows. It took several days until they started to visit some of the feeders but I could finally manage to get 3-days data from two of the feeders. I've already started to analyze these videos and they are very promising.
Happy with our great success, we left the island the 15th of November. However, time goes fast and we are already planning our next visit to this wonderful island. And yes, don't worry, we'll also share with you our experiences from that trip. See you soon.
Fig. 4: More social interactions. Note how all sparrows are ringed!
Acknowledgements: Thanks to the people on Lundy for their hospitality and help, to Yvonne for her friendliness and to all the members of this successful expedition.


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'Give me back my life': Victims of Japan's forced sterilizations demand justice after decades of silence
A 75-year-old man, who goes by the name Saburo Kita in the Japanese media to avoid questions from his late wife's family, is interviewed at his home in Tokyo on April 22. | REUTERS
by Elaine Lies
Reuters, Staff Report
One day when Saburo Kita was 14, he was taken from an institution for troubled children to see a doctor. Despite protesting that his health was fine, he was ordered to strip, lie down on a table, and was given a local anaesthetic.
Then the surgery began.
He was left with a thick, v-shaped scar on his lower body and questions about what had happened. Months later, talking with a friend, he learned that he had been sterilized. So had two others from the same institution in Miyagi Prefecture.
"There was no explanation, ever," said Kita, now 75, who uses the pseudonym in the media to avoid questions from his late wife's family. "I was left with a body that couldn't create children."
But he did not realize until January that his surgery was part of a government program to prevent the birth of "inferior descendants" that saw tens of thousands sterilized, often without their consent, under a law not revoked until 1996.
Most were physically or cognitively disabled. But others suffered from leprosy — curable, and now known as Hansen's disease — mental illness or simply had behavioral problems. Kita had been sent to an institution for fighting at school.
Now the victims, many of whom were in their teens or younger when they were sterilized, are fighting back, demanding justice from a government they say violated their human rights. A mentally disabled woman in her 60s has sued for an apology and ¥11 million ($100,328) in compensation, and other suits may follow soon.
All could embarrass the government, which insists the surgeries were done legally, and Japan, where attitudes about the disabled still lag other advanced nations even as it prepares to host the Paralympic Games in 2020.
"Right after the war, rebuilding the country and its people was paramount, so in the name of building better citizens for the nation, the law came into effect," said Keiko Toshimitsu, a bioethics researcher and head of an activist group supporting those who were forcibly sterilized. "It was to build a better Japan — along, of course, with prejudice against the disabled.
"Then in the 1960s and 1970s there was rapid economic growth, so they needed people born who could keep the growth going."
An official at the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry, who declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the issue, would not discuss the law or the lawsuits in detail.
"It was an operation that was carried out according to a law that was in force at the time, so we are contesting it with the stance that it is not a matter for compensation," he said.
Though the most notorious eugenics laws were imposed by Nazi Germany, Japan is not the only nation with similar programs in peacetime. Sweden sterilized 63,000 people under a 1935-1975 program, almost all women, in the name of racial purity.
Thirty-two U.S. states embraced eugenics at some point, with the number of sterilizations climbing after a 1927 Supreme Court decision upholding a Virginia law. In the majority opinion, Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes compared the state's duty to sterilize a woman to the need to protect the public against smallpox with compulsory vaccinations.
But laws overseas, by and large, were revoked in the 1970s; Sweden apologized and paid compensation after media reports brought the problem to light in 1997. North Carolina and Virginia have also offered compensation.
Japan's Eugenics Protection Law came into effect in 1948 as it struggled with food shortages and rebuilding a ravaged nation.
Sterilizations peaked in the 1960s and 1970s. The last surgery under the law was carried out in 1993, and the measure was revoked three years later.
Of the estimated 25,000 people sterilized during this time, at least 16,500 did not give their consent — unneeded if a eugenics board signed off on it after an often cursory review. Few records remain.
"It seems there were zealous doctors who took the law up systematically, promoting it as a truly noble way to save the nation," said Koji Niisato, a lawyer overseeing the lawsuits.
Methods varied. Hysterectomies were recommended for disabled women in institutions on the pretext they couldn't handle their menstruation. One woman born with cerebral palsy was subjected to high doses of radiation to her reproductive organs.
The reasons varied as well, in some cases going beyond the scope of the original law.
A woman now in her 70s known as Junko Iizuka in the Japanese media, who had limited schooling because of poverty, was given an intelligence test as a teenager and did badly. She was then diagnosed as "feeble-minded" and sterilized.
"When you look at lots of victims' statements, none of these are disabilities that were inheritable," said lawmaker Mizuho Fukushima, secretary-general of a multiparty lawmaker group working on the issue. "It was definitely due to prejudice, or poverty … an accumulation of discrimination and black marks."
Fukushima hopes by next year to present a law proposing compensation for the victims, and lawyer Niisato expects more will come forward, emboldened by publicity around the court cases.
"The idea they were sterilized because they were disabled isn't something anybody wants to bring up," he said. "They were afraid that if they did, people would say 'well, you're disabled, it can't be helped.'"
Though overt discrimination has fallen, attitudes toward the disabled lag those overseas and on rare occasions has shown up in horrific acts. In 2016, 19 people at a facility for the disabled in Kanagawa Prefecture were murdered in their sleep by a man who had advocated euthanasia for the physically and mentally impaired.
The incident led to a wider conversation about attitudes toward disabled people. A 2017 Cabinet Office report noted, "This incident is considered to be caused by the background of unilateral and selfish prejudice and discrimination towards persons with disabilities," adding that dispelling such discrimination is "imperative" and "promoting the public understanding … (is) deemed to be recognized anew."
With the Paralympics rapidly approaching, the government has doubled down on public education, advocating kindness and urging people to offer help to disabled people they may see.
But some consider that view just as alienating because it doesn't recognize the right of disabled people to live life just like everyone else, said Ryoji Hoshika, an associate professor at the University of Tokyo.
"The image people have of the disabled is as if they're not human — those who try really hard and have super-achievements, and those who can't do anything at all," said Hoshika, who himself is visually impaired, warning that the Paralympics could just reinforce this view by showcasing only the elite athletes.
"There still isn't any really clear consensus within society on dealing with the disabled — and given this, hosting the Paralympics in a shallow way risks side-effects," he said.
For Kita, who often looks at fellow train passengers and thinks his children might have been that age, anger remains strong.
"I just can't stand the way the nation's handled things. They sterilized me, then now they say 'oh, we don't know anything,'" he said during an interview in his narrow, dark, Tokyo apartment.
"An apology is not enough. What I want to say is: give me back my life."
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complaints relating to private health care.
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the complaint is, or has been, the subject of legal proceedings before the courts.
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Nothing - there is no charge for the services of the Ombudsman.
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We recently got our first official look at Darth Vader in Gareth Edwards' Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, but we now have a closer look at the iconic villain thanks to a bunch of new playing cards for the highly anticipated movie. We've known for a while now that Rogue One takes place before the events of A New Hope, so Vader's costume here looks very similar to the one he was sporting in Revenge of the Sith.
It's safe to say that there's going to be a final Rogue One trailer before the movie hits theaters, but it's going to be interesting to see whether it's going to feature more footage of Darth Vader. We're getting closer and closer to the release of the movie, so we'll probably know the answer to that within the next two months.
Starring Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Riz Ahmed, Ben Mendelsohn, Jiang Wen, Donnie Yen, Forest Whitaker, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk and Genevieve O'Reilly, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story comes to a galaxy near you on December 16, 2016. Are you excited?
Oh it's just a trading card..


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Celebrían je fiktivní postavou v příbězích J.R.R.Tolkiena. Je dcerou noldorské paní Galadriel a Celeborna ze Sindar. Celebrían si vzala Elronda a spolu později vychovávali 3 děti – dvojčata Elladan a Elrohir a dceru Arwen.

Při cestě z Lothlórienu do Imladris byla v Rudohoru přepadena skřety. Padla do zajetí, kde byla mučena a zasažena otráveným šípem. Její synové ji sice zachránili a Elrond vyléčil, ale ona již nedokázala být ve Středozemi šťastná a odešla do Valinoru, kam za ní po zničení Prstenu připlul Elrond.

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PBA Playoffs a Title Event in 2020
With the PBA Playoffs being a new event in 2019 nobody knew what to expect from the event. It turned out to be a significant event followed by many fans and popular opinion was that it should count as a PBA Tour title.
After the PBA Playoffs seemed to be one of the most popular events of the 2019 PBA season, the PBA announced Friday the event will award a PBA Tour title in 2020. Plus, defending champion Kris Prather has been retroactively awarded a title for his 2019 win.
Prather, who now has two PBA titles, defeated Bill O'Neill in the championship match of the inaugural PBA Playoffs earlier this year at Bayside Bowl in Portland, Maine. The event awarded $100,000 to the winner and the semifinals and finals were broadcast on national television.
The event had the feel of a major with the top 24 players based on points through the toughest stretch of the PBA schedule earning spots in the event.
FloBowling reported in May that PBA Commissioner Tom Clark allowed the PBA Players Committee to make the decision as to whether or not the event should be a title. At the time, committee chairman Brad Miller declined to explain the decision.
"After we all had the opportunity to watch how the event played out in 2019, we are comfortable and confident this is the correct decision," Clark told FloBowling on Friday.
When asked by FloBowling if he personally thought it should be a title on the eve of the semifinals and finals, Clark said he thought it should.
"I think it should be (a title)," Clark told FloBowling at the time. "I don't have to do what the players committee says, but I respected their wishes. No one had seen this thing before. No one knew how it was going to play out."
In 2020, the PBA Playoffs will follow the same format as it did in 2019 with the exception being that each round will be contested in a different city.
The PBA reported Friday that PBA members will earn competition points in 13 tournaments between January and late March. The match play elimination rounds for the top 24 qualifiers will be held in four different locations for the first time. Qualifiers nine through 24 will compete in the Round of 24 at Bowlero Norco in California. Those winners will be joined by the top eight qualifiers for Round of 16 competition at Bowlero Lone Tree in Colorado. The Round of 8 will then take place at Bowlero Euless in Texas, and the semifinal and final matches will be contested at Bowlero North Brunswick in New Jersey.
The 2020 PBA Tour season gets underway in mid-January with the PBA Hall of Fame Classic. All qualifying and match-play rounds of every PBA Tour event are broadcast live exclusively on FloBowling.
Labels: Kris Prather, PBA, PBA Playoffs, Professional Bowlers Association
In a local story reported by WKDZ radio, Cadiz, KT. Ebonite International closed its facilities in Hopkinsville today.
From other sources, it's been reported that Brunswick is buying the company. No one from either company was immediately available to confirm this news.
Labels: Brunswick, EBI, Ebonite
PBA Adding Prize Money - Three Tournament Championships Worth $100,000.00 in 2020
In major news out Friday, the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) has announced increased first-place prizes in nearly every upcoming PBA Tour event, improved cashing ratios and added more dual pattern events.
Among the most high-profile changes were to the PBA's most prestigious majors – the PBA Tournament of Champions (TOC) and the PBA World Championship. Both of those events will now feature a $100,000 first-place prize.
In 2019, the TOC paid $50,000 for first, while the World Championship paid $60,000. The changes are part of an overall $400,000 increase in prize money year-over-year for the FOX portion of the PBA schedule, which begins in January. It's the first major announcement since Bowlero purchased the PBA earlier this year.
In addition to the two majors, the PBA Playoffs will also once again award a $100,000 first-place prize, giving the PBA at least three six-figure payouts in 2020. The PBA Players Championship, the third of the PBA's owned majors, will pay $70,000 for first.
First-place prizes for the USBC Masters and U.S. Open, both controlled by the USBC, have not been announced. In 2019, those events paid $30,000 for first place.
All of the standard singles events will pay $30,000 for first with the exception of the animal pattern events at the World Series of Bowling, which will pay $25,000. Cashing ratios will improve from 1:4 to 1:3 for all events other than the WSOB animal patterns.
The PBA will also roll out more dual pattern events. In 2019, two patterns were used for the PBA Indianapolis Open and PBA Jonesboro Open, both won by Norm Duke.
In 2020, the PBA Hall of Fame Classic, PBA Oklahoma Open, and the PBA Doubles Championship will join the Indianapolis and Jonesboro events as dual pattern tournaments.
As for event formats, the PBA Doubles Championship will change slightly in 2020. Instead of qualifying through the attached singles event, qualifying will happen separately as teams to determine advancers into match play.
The four standard singles events will have similar formats with one minor exception. The Hall of Fame Classic and Oklahoma Open will have two squads for qualifying. Those events will feature 12 qualifying games and 16 games of round-robin match play to determine stepladder finalists.
The Jonesboro and Indianapolis events will have one squad for qualifying with 14 total qualifying games and 16 games of round-robin match play to determine the stepladder advancers.
Just like in 2019, all rounds of qualifying and match play leading up to the stepladder finals for the FOX events will be broadcast live on FloBowling. The stepladder finals will also be simulcast on FloBowling for international audiences.
Here's a detailed breakdown of each of the 2020 FOX events:
PBA Hall of Fame Classic
Where: Arlington, Texas (International Training and Research Center)
When: Jan. 13-19
TV: Finals Sunday, Jan. 19, 1 p.m. ET, FS1 (Live)
Digital: Qualifying, match play, FloBowling (Live)
Field: 56 (48 + 8 PTQ)
Format: 2 squads. 12 qualifying games (6 per day, per squad). Cut to top 16 for 16 games round robin match play. Top five advance to stepladder finals.
Conditions: Dual patterns throughout (Left lane: Weber 45, Right lane: Aulby 38)
PBA Playoffs points: Tier 3 event
Defending champion: Bill O'Neill
Prize fund, ratio: $110,000. 1 in 3 cash.
Top prizes: 1. $30,000, 2. $15,000, 3. $9,000, 4. $7,000, 5. $5,000
PBA Oklahoma Open
Where: Shawnee, Oklahoma (FireLake Bowling Center)
TV: Sunday, Jan. 26, 2 p.m. ET, FS1 (Live)
Conditions: Dual patterns throughout (Left lane: Dragon 45, Right lane: Wolf 32)
Defending champion: Jakob Butturff
PBA Jonesboro Open
Where: Jonesboro, Arkansas (Hijinx Lanes)
When: Jan. 27-Feb. 1
TV: Saturday, Feb. 1, 4:30 ET, FS1 (Live)
Format: 1 squad. 14 qualifying games (two 7 game blocks in one day). Cut to top 16 for 16 games round robin match play. Top five advance to stepladder finals.
Conditions: Dual patterns throughout (Left lane: Shark 48, Right lane: Viper 36)
Defending champion: Norm Duke
PBA Tournament of Champions
Where: Fairlawn, Ohio (AMF Riviera Lanes)
TV: Sunday, Feb. 9, 5 p.m. ET, FOX (Live)
Field: 76 (70 national champions + 6 regional champion PTQ)
Format: 1 squad. 18 qualifying games (3 game blocks). Cut to top 24 for 24 games round robin match play. Top five advance to stepladder finals.
Conditions: Johnson 40
Defending champion: Jason Belmonte
Top prizes: 1. $100,000, 2. $50,000, 3. $25,000, 4. $12,000, 5. $10,000
PBA Players Championship
Where: Columbus, Ohio (Wayne Webb's Columbus Bowl)
When: Feb. 9-15
TV: Saturday, Feb. 15, 5:30 ET, FS1 (Live)
Field: 92 (82 + 10 PTQ)
Conditions: Webb 38
Defending champion: Anthony Simonsen
Prize fund, ratio: $246,000. 1 in 3 cash
Top prizes: 1. $70,000, 2. $35,000, 3. $17,000, 4. $11,000, 5. $10,000
Where: Lincoln, Nebraska (Sun Valley Lanes)
TV: Sunday, Feb. 23, 1 p.m. ET, FOX (Live)
Field: TBA
Format: TBA
Conditions: TBA
Defending champion: Francois Lavoie
Prize fund, ratio: TBA
Top prizes: TBA
PBA Indianapolis Open
Where: Indianapolis (Woodland Bowl)
TV: Saturday, Feb. 29, 8:30 p.m. ET, FS1 (Live)
Field: 120 (no PTQ)
Format: 1 squad. Two blocks of 7 games qualifying (14 total). Cut to top 16 for 16 games round robin match play. Top five advance to stepladder finals.
Conditions: Dual patterns throughout (Left lane: Roth 42, Right lane: Holman 37)
PBA Playoffs points: Tier 2
Top prizes: 1. $30,000, 2. $15,000, 3. $10,000, 4. $8,000, 5. $7,000
PBA Roth/Holman Doubles Championship
TV: Taped Saturday, Feb. 29, 4:30 ET. Airs Sunday, March 8, Noon ET, FS1 (taped)
Field: 60 doubles teams
Format: 1 squad. Two blocks of 7 games (14 total, 28 games per team). Top 16 teams advance to 16 games of round robin match play using Baker system).
Defending champions: Sean Rash and Matt Ogle
Prize fund, ratio: $147,000. 1 in 3 teams cash.
Top prizes (per team): 1. $30,000, 2. $15,000, 3. $13,000, 4. $12,000, 5. $11,000
PBA World Series of Bowling
Where: Las Vegas (South Point Bowling Plaza)
When: March 6-18
TV: Five consecutive days (first four live), FS1 (Sunday, March 15 - Thursday, March 19). Times below.
Field: 120 (110 + 10 PTQ)
Total prize fund: $685,000
Events: PBA Cheetah, PBA Chameleon, PBA Scorpion, PBA World Championship, USA vs. World.
WSOB PBA Cheetah Championship
TV: Sunday, March 15, 1:30 p.m. ET, FS1 (Live)
Format: One squad. 2 blocks of 5 games qualifying (10 games total). Top 16 advance to elimination match play bracket. Surviving four players advance to TV finals. TV finals all four bowl one seeding game, then stepladder.
Conditions: Cheetah 33.
Defending champion: Dick Allen
Prize fund, ratio: $79,000. 1 in 7.5 cash.
Top prizes: 1. $25,000, 2. $13,000, 3. $7,000, 4. $6,000
WSOB PBA Chameleon Championship
TV: Monday, March 16, 8 p.m. ET, FS1 (Live)
Format: One squad. 2 blocks of 5 games qualifying (10 games total). Top 16 advance to elimination match-play bracket. Surviving four players advance to TV finals. TV finals all four bowl one seeding game, then stepladder.
Conditions: Chameleon 39.
WSOB PBA Scorpion Championship
TV: Tuesday, March 17, 8 p.m. ET, FS1 (Live)
Conditions: Scorpion 42
Defending champion: Kris Prather
WSOB PBA World Championship
TV: Wednesday, March 18, 8 p.m. ET, FS1 (Live)
Format: 30 games qualifying (10 games each on Cheetah, Chameleon and Scorpion patterns). Top 40 advance to cashers round, X games on Anthony. Cut to top 24 for 24 games round-robin match play. Top five advance to stepladder finals.
Conditions: After cut to top 40, Anthony 43
WSOB USA vs. The World
TV: Taped Wednesday, March 18, 1 pm PT. Airs next day Thursday, March 19, 8 p.m. ET, FS1 (taped)
Format: Team event. The Top 5 USA players and Top 5 international players after the first 30 games of WSOB qualifying form the teams.
Prize fund: $60,000 (Winning team: $40,000, losing team: $20,000)
Where: Reno, Nevada (Grand Sierra Bowling Center)
TV: Sunday, March 29, 2:30 p.m. ET, FOX (Live)
PBA Playoffs
Where: Round of 24 in Norco, California. Round of 16 in Lone Tree, Colorado. Round of 8, Euless, Texas, Final Four, North Brunswick, N.J..
When: Round of 24, April 6. Round of 16, April 20-21. Round of 8, May 10-11. Final Four, May 16-17.
TV: Monday, April 6, 7 p.m. ET, FS1 (Live)
Monday, April 13, 9 p.m. ET, FS1 (Taped April 6)
Monday, April 20, 7 p.m. ET, FS1 (Live)
Monday, April 27, 9 p.m. ET, FS1 (Taped April 21)
Monday, May 4, 9 p.m. ET, FS1 (Taped April 21)
Sunday, May 10, 2 p.m. ET, FS1 (Live)
Monday, May 11, 9 p.m. ET, FS1 (Taped May 10)
Saturday, May 16, 2 p.m. ET, FOX (Live)
Sunday, May 17, 2 p.m. ET, FOX (Live)
Field: Top 24 in points from 2020 PBA on FOX season. All cash.
Format: Single elimination bracket. Top 8 seeds get byes into second round. First round one game matches, subsequent matches best of 2.
Conditions: Carter 39
Prize fund: $320,000
Top prizes: 1. $100,000, 2. $50,000, 3. $25,000, 4. $25,000
PBA/PWBA Bowl Expo Cup
Where: Denver (Bowl Expo special lane construct)
When: July 5
TV: Sunday, July 5, 7 p.m. ET, FS1 (Live)
Prize fund: TBA
PBA Summer League
Where: Portland, Maine (Bayside Bowl)
TV (4 telecasts): Tuesday, July 21, 7 p.m. ET, FS1 (Live)
Tuesday, July 21, 9 p.m. ET, FS1 (Live)
Wednesday, July 22, 9 p.m. ET, FS1 (Live)
Thursday, July 23, 9 p.m. ET, FS1 (Live)
Format: TBA. 10 teams. All players cash.
Conditions: Roth 42
Defending champions: Portland Lumberjacks
Prize fund: $360,000 (1, $60,000. 2, $50,000. 3, $35,000. 4, $35,000. 5, $25,000. 6, $25,000. 7, $25,000. 8, $25,000. 9, $20,000. 10, $20,000.)
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Labels: Bowlero, Bowling on Fox, BPAA, Fox Sport Network, PBA, PBA Schedule 2020, PBA World Championships, PBA World Series of Bowling, Pro Bowlers, Professional Bowlers Association, Tournament of Champions
FOUR ELECTED TO USBC HALL OF FAME FOR 2020
ARLINGTON, Texas – The United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame will have at least four new members when the 2020 class is inducted April 29, 2020, in Las Vegas.
The USBC Hall of Fame Committee recently elected Patrick Healey Jr. in the USBC Outstanding Performance men's category, Bob Learn Jr. in the Veterans category, and Andrew Cain and Jim Zebehazy in the Meritorious Service category.
In addition to the four elected, the USBC Hall of Fame Committee selected eight bowlers – six men and two women – for the Superior Performance ballot that will be distributed to a national panel of USBC Hall of Fame members, USBC Board members and veteran bowling writers.
Selected for the men's national ballot are Patrick Allen of Garfield, New Jersey; Bryan Goebel of Shawnee, Kansas; Wes Malott of Pflugerville, Texas; Randy Pedersen of Orlando, Florida; Mike Scroggins of Amarillo, Texas, and Mark Williams of Beaumont, Texas.
Named to the women's national ballot are Marianne DiRupo of Succasunna, New Jersey, and Tammy Turner of West Palm Beach, Florida.
Healey Jr., 51, of Niagara Falls, New York, was a three-time member of Team USA (1991-1992, 1995). In Pan American Games competition, he brought home two gold medals (team, Masters) from the 1991 event in Havana, Cuba, and won three golds (doubles, team, Masters) and a silver (singles) at the 1995 event in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
He won gold in doubles and trios at the 1991 World Championships in Singapore, gold in Masters at the 1991 United States Sports Festival, and took the title at the 1995 QubicaAMF World Cup in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He also earned six gold medals at the 1995 Tournament of the Americas.
The 1994 U.S. National Amateur champion, Healey Jr. took third at the 1995 Brunswick World Tournament of Champions as an amateur and also is a two-time World Team Challenge champion (1995, 1997). He is a two-time World Amateur Bowler of the Year (1995, 1996) and was named to the Bowlers Journal All-Century Team for the American Zone (1999).
He was selected the United States Olympic Committee Athlete of the Year for Bowling in 1991 and 1995.
Healey Jr. started bowling in international tournaments in 1990 and has earned 24 wins in international competitions. He has a 300 game in nine countries and won titles in 14 countries and on six continents. He was invited to be part of the 1992 Olympic Games American Bowling Congress team to help promote the sport of bowling and the sport's quest to gain medal status.
He was a member of the Lodge Lanes team that won the Team All-Events title at the 1997 and 1998 USBC Open Championships. He has four additional top-10 finishes at the event.
A regular on the PBA Tour for nearly a decade, Healey Jr. won three titles, including the PBA Tournament of Champions in 2003. He officially retired from competition in 2008.
The 1986 Chuck Hall Star of Tomorrow award winner, he attended Wichita State University from 1986-1990 and was a National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association (NCBCA) first-team All-America selection in 1988.
Learn Jr., 57, a native of Erie, Pennsylvania, currently serves as the head coach of the men's and women's bowling programs at Martin Methodist College in Tennessee.
He joined the PBA Tour in 1981, winning five titles, including the 1999 U.S. Open. In 1996, he rolled a 300 game in the opening match of the PBA Flagship Open televised finals, the 10th perfect game in a televised PBA event, to earn a $100,000 bonus and the nickname Mr. 300. He then posted games of 270, 280 and 279 to win the title and shatter the highest two-game (570), three-game (850), and four-game (1,129) series in PBA television history.
He also owns three PBA50 titles and, in 2017, made the stepladder finals in six of 11 events.
A two-time member of Senior Team USA, he earned a gold medal in team at the 2015 World Bowling Senior Championships in Las Vegas and captured gold in doubles and team at the 2017 event in Unterfohring, Germany.
A USBC Silver coach, Learn Jr. is a former Team USA coach and has conducted bowling clinics throughout the world.
He won the ESPY Award for bowling in 1997, was a Bowlers Journal All-America first-team selection in 1995-1996, and a USBC first-team All-American in 1996 and 1999. He is a member of the Erie Bowling Association and Pennsylvania State Halls of Fame.
Cain, 38, of Phoenix, was a five-time member of Team USA and has bowled on the PBA Tour since 2007, but made his biggest mark in the sport off the lanes.
He joined the USBC Board of Directors in 2007, was named vice president in 2010, and then took the reins as president in 2012. During his three-and-a-half years as USBC president, Cain was instrumental in the creation of International Bowling Campus Youth Development, combining the youth forces of USBC and the Bowling Proprietors' Association of America (BPAA) to streamline and improve participation in youth bowling.
Also, during his tenure, the Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA) was restarted through a joint effort with BPAA, as was the U.S. Open, also with support from BPAA.
Cain served on the BPAA, Strike Ten Entertainment, and The Bowling Foundation boards, and, after completing his term on the USBC Board, he continues to serve bowling at the national level as a member of the USBC Equipment Specifications Committee and on the SMART board.
On the lanes, Cain was a two-time first-team All-American at Arizona State University and was named the 1999 Chuck Hall Star of Tomorrow. He won the 2001 U.S. Amateur Championships, is a five-time member of Team USA (2002-2003, 2005, 2016-2017) and was a member of Junior Team USA in 2001.
As a member of K&K Bowling Services 5, Cain captured the Team All-Events title at the 2011 USBC Open Championships.
He joined the PBA Tour in 2007, making the televised finals in his first PBA event (Dick Weber Open), where he finished fourth. He was named the 2007-2008 PBA West Region Player of the Year, as well as 2007-2008 PBA West and Northwest Region Rookie of the Year. In 2017, the left-hander rolled a PBA five-game record of 1,352, including a 300 game, in the PBA Cheetah Championship at the National Bowling Stadium.
Zebehazy, 66, of Leesburg, Florida, was instrumental in promoting and developing youth bowling and helped lay the groundwork for the Junior Gold Championships.
He started his career in the bowling industry in 1971 as a pinsetter mechanic and pro shop rep at Airport Bowling Center in Buffalo, New York, and later joined the Buffalo Bowling Association board.
In 1983, he became a field representative for the American Bowling Congress (ABC), visiting more than 1,500 associations in the Northeast and teaching Certified Lane Inspection Workshops. He took over as ABC's Group Executive for Field Service in 1989.
In 1998, he was named Executive Director of the Young American Bowling Alliance (YABA), overseeing staff, programs and services, and strategic planning. During his tenure, he implemented David Dahm's concept of the Junior Gold program, provided the vision for the USBC Youth Open Championships, and initiated the Gift For Life Scholarship program.
He was directly responsible for the creation of the Registered Volunteer Program (RVP), one of the first safety programs put into place in the world of youth sports, and was a key person in improving and advancing the Scholarship Management and Account Reporting for Tenpins (SMART) program.
His role in YABA ended with the merger of the sport's major organizations to form USBC in 2005. He supported the merger and played an integral role in helping to push the initiative to completion. The YABA board created the Annual Zeb Scholarship in 2005 in recognition of his dedication to the organization.
He joined USBC in 2005 as a field representative, a position he held until his retirement in 2015.
In 2010, Zebehazy received the Kerm Helmer Horizon Award, given to leaders in the youth bowling community who have displayed the courage, determination, and ability to develop far-reaching programs of national scope that provide fun and exciting opportunities.
The 2020 USBC Hall of Fame Class will be inducted April 29, during the USBC Convention at The Orleans Hotel and Casino.
Through 2019, there are 432 members of the USBC Hall of Fame – 223 in Superior Performance, 120 in Meritorious Service, 51 in Veterans, 22 in Pioneer and 16 in Outstanding USBC Performance.
The USBC Hall of Fame was created in 2005 by merging the former American Bowling Congress and Women's International Bowling Congress Halls of Fame.
Visit BOWL.com/HallofFame for more information on the USBC Hall of Fame.
Labels: Andrew Cain, Bob Learn Jr., Bryan Goebel, Hall Of Fame, Jim Zebehazy, Marianne DiRuppo, Mark Williams, Mike Scroggins, Patrick Allen, Patrick Healy, Randy Pedersen, Tammy Turner, USBC, USBC Hall of Fame, Wes Malott
Tommy Jones Elected To Professional Bowlers Association Hall of Fame
CHICAGO (Oct. 17, 2019) – Nineteen-time title winner Tommy Jones of Simpsonville, South Carolina, and former Professional Bowlers Association ownership partners Mike Slade and Rob Glaser have been elected to the PBA Hall of Fame, PBA Commissioner Tom Clark announced today.
Jones, one of five PBA players to win both PBA Rookie (2001-02) and Player of the Year (2005-06) honors, has earned more than $1.7 million in his 20-year PBA career. The 41-year-old power player owns 17 standard PBA Tour titles plus two majors: the 2006 U.S. Open and 2007 PBA Tournament of Champions. He has finished in the top 10 in annual PBA Tour earnings nine times and has finished in the top five in 47 of the 326 PBA Tour tournaments he entered, cashing in a remarkable 80.3 percent of those events.
An 11-time member of Team USA, Jones also has been on winning teams in PBA League Elias Cup competition three times and was the recipient of the PBA League Mark Roth Most Valuable Player Award in 2017.
"It's one of those things I probably wouldn't have known was coming if I hadn't seen an article about being on the ballot," Jones said of his election to the Hall. "It's a huge honor to be among all of those players who are in the Hall. It's something you dream about all of your life. It'll probably hit me when I'm standing up in front of the crowd to accept."
Defining moments in Jones' career? "For me, it's a combination of things. The U.S. Open title was big and being selected No. 30 among the top 50 players in PBA history (in 2009) as the youngest one (age 30) also was pretty cool for me," Jones said. "The U.S. Open was defining because I bowled so bad the previous year. The Tournament of Champions at Mohegan Sun also was a great win because that's the one title every PBA member wants to win. It's really special to be on that list of winners."
Jones admits his career isn't over; his ultimate goal is to reach 25 PBA Tour titles and that goal is still alive.
"It's not unrealistic," Jones said. "My body is finally healthy again. My back was bad for a while, but now it seems to be good.
"We have a lot more events now, in a lot of different centers, which makes a difference," he continued. "At this point in my career, there isn't a whole lot I haven't seen. One of the reasons this game is so great is that you can never master it. But I figure, with my experience, I may be better prepared than some of the younger guys."
Slade and Glaser will join their original PBA ownership partner, Chris Peters, in the PBA Hall of Fame. All three were former Microsoft executives who combined resources to purchase the PBA in 2000, pulling the organization back from the brink of bankruptcy, and providing the organization with leadership from their board of directors positions and the financial support to remain viable until its recent sale to Bowlero Corp.
Slade's creativity and contacts at ESPN and with leaders in sports media were key assets in advancing the PBA brand and opening doors with new partners including FOX Sports.
Slade began his career at Microsoft in 1983 and spent seven years there in a variety of product marketing roles. In 1993 he was hired as CEO of Starwave, Paul Allen's trailblazing venture into the Internet and multimedia where he launched ESPN.com, NBA.com, NFL.com, NASCAR.com, ABCNews.com and the Go.com network. He retired as Chairman and CEO of Starwave following its sale to the Walt Disney Corp. in 1998.
Slade then served as a strategic advisor for Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs, and as a strategic consultant for ESPN, NBA.com, NFL.com, Starbucks, Real Networks, Disney, and various Paul Allen companies. In 2000, he co-founded the venture capital firm Second Avenue Partners and he became a co-owner and board member of the PBA.
"It's a real honor to be elected," Slade said. "I kind of got involved with the PBA by accident and I wound up being the owner.
"When we left Microsoft, Chris Peters got into bowling instead of golf, and he was really excited about it," Slade reflected. "Then he found out the PBA was about to go out of business, so he approached Rob and me about buying the Tour. I had a sports background; I was once a sportswriter and the company I was affiliated with at the time was involved with a number of sports.
"I had a lot of experience at the intersection of sports and tech(nology), so I was excited to get involved. When we did the deal with ESPN way back when that was me getting involved.
"We hired good people and we ran the PBA like a real professional sport," Slade added. "We always felt (the PBA) was going to advance in the sports world, but ultimately it needed a bigger plan, so that's why the deal with Bowlero made sense."
Glaser, a New York City native, was the PBA's principal investor financially, largely funding the early 2000's efforts to boost prize funds, regulate TV exposure and further explore arena settings. After a 10-year career in a variety of positions with Microsoft, Glaser founded RealNetworks in 1994, a company that produces RealAudio, RealVideo, RealPlayer, and Helix, among other products and services. A Yale graduate with degrees in Computer Science and Economics, Glaser has been a major donor supporting a wide range of humanitarian causes throughout his career.
"In 1999, my good friend Chris Peters approached me with the opportunity to get involved in what he called "saving the PBA,'" Glaser said. "I was a lifelong bowler and PBA bowling fan, so I happily said yes.
"It's a true honor (to be elected)," he added. "I have so much respect for the incredible athletes who make up the core of the PBA Hall of Fame. Other than Mike Slade, I am certainly the worst bowler ever elected to the PBA. But the last time I bowled I rolled a 217, so that's something."
In addition to the inductions in Arlington on Jan. 18, the PBA also will present the 2019 Chris Schenkel Player of the Year; Harry Golden Rookie of the Year; Steve Nagy Sportsmanship Award winner and PBA Tony Reyes Memorial Community Service Award winner. The winners of those annual awards will be announced later this year.
by FlowBowling staff writer.
Labels: PBA, PBA Hall of Fame, Professional Bowlers Association, Tommy Jones
Congratulations Kalei Bass
Lincolnway Central HS grad Kalei Bass earns 2018-2019 Dexter High School All-American Team honors. At the Dexter High School All-American award presentation, Bass was awarded the Bud Clapsaddle Award presented to the All-American Team Captain.
Kalei Bass (New Lenox, Illinois) – She was the anchor of the Lincoln-Way Central High School bowling team her junior and senior years. She had a 5.468 weighted GPA, and was a member of the National Honor Society. She also was on the Mathletes team that was a state qualifier each of her four years and did community work through Leo Club, part of the New Lenox Lions Club.
Selected by Dexter Bowling in consultation with the International Bowling
Campus Youth Development staff, the Dexter High School All-American Team is comprised of five girls and five boys who participated in a recognized interscholastic high school bowling team during the last school year.
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Labels: 2018-2019 Dexter/USBC High School All-American Team, All-American Team Captain, Captain of girls High school bowling All-American team, Kalei Bass
Hall of Famer Kelly Kulick won the all-events at the 2019 United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Women's Championships for her first title at the tournament.
In the 2019 USBC Women's Championships at Northrock Lanes in Wichita, Kansas, all of the leaders heading into the finals days held on to win.
by Jeff Richgels
Photo by United States Bowling Congress.
Labels: 2019 United States Bowling Congress Women's Championships, Kelly Kullick, USBC


Is your dog is a 'professional' chewer?
Your pet massages his / her gums chewing everything on his / her way?
It is time to solve this problem and to save your stuff from the teeth of your little four-legged friend. Try this Bright Pinck Dog Toy for your canine to play and to chew. It attracts the dog's attention thanks to the smell of Tasty Dog Treats placed inside. The supply has an unusual design suitable for rolling, biting and chewing. This item is a great massager the gums and a good treat dispenser, so it will be interesting and useful for your doggy to play with.
As you can see on the video, this Rubber Chewing Dog Toy is intended to be used like a treat holder. It is possible to place both small and big treats in this supply. Also, you can put the kibble inside this toy. It won't be easy for your pet to get them out of the item, but these tasty pieces of the food will be perfect as a reward for his / her diligence.
This dog toy is very strong, but at the same time it is rather soft thanks to its special flexible rubber. Thus, the item is comfortable for chewing. The material is absolutely safe for the dog's health. Chewing the toy, there won't be any harm for your pet. This item is even useful, because it massages the gums and helps in the dental hygiene.
This toy has rather small size that is mostly intended for puppies and small dog breeds. Be careful, this size is not suitable for big dogs, because there can be the risk of choking or swallowing. Such product should be chosen strictly according to the size of the dog.
There are the other sizes of this chewing dog toy.


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Q: Hide a Div: "display:none" property Suppose there is a string of Divs with no ID or name to distinguish them. Like the code bellow:

<input value="0" name="checkFerramentas[]" id="checkFerramentas" title="Exportar todas operações cadastradas em Compras e Vendas" onclick="checkFerramentas_checkBox_para_textBox(5);" type="CHECKBOX">

<input value="1" name="checkFerramentas[]" id="checkFerramentas" title="Exportar parâmetros definidos em Cadastro Geral" onclick="checkFerramentas_checkBox_para_textBox(5);" type="CHECKBOX">

<input value="2" name="checkFerramentas[]" id="checkFerramentas" title="Exportar liberações/bloqueios de APR" onclick="checkFerramentas_checkBox_para_textBox(5);" type="CHECKBOX">

How to hide the second DIV without adding a ID to it? This HTML is generated by a function which I can't edit. Is there any HTML or JS to hide it from "outside"?

A: This could be a forced solution using CSS pseudo-selectors but its works, good look
div:nth-child(2) {
  display: none;
}

A: div:nth-child(2) will work but there may be more div elements in the page so we may need to be more specific. for example consider the parent element. if parent element has id , it is better.
div > div:nth-child(2) { display:none; }

or
#parentid > div-child(2) { display:none; }

you can extend the solution.

A: As a stab in the dark (since you haven't provided much information), what you might really want to do is hide the div containing the input with title "Exportar parâmetros definidos em Cadastro Geral". To do that you could do:
var input = document.querySelector('input[title="Exportar parâmetros definidos em Cadastro Geral"]');
var div = input && input.parentNode;
div.style.display = 'none';

Of course there are many other ways too.

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Rectangular labels
Shaped labels
Counter Pressure Punching Lines
Taxstamps & cards
Modular ATLAS-System
Channel grooves
Micro-perforation lines
Perforarting in offset printing
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Welcome to BLUMER
Over 125 years ago, the foundation of Blumer Maschinenbau AG was laid. Today, Blumer is a leading, and worldwide acting, technology provider for the finishing process of cut to stack labels and for a wide variety of cards.
With the necessary vision and making the right path choices, the company has been able to advance on the track to success and be made sound for a successful future.
This was made possible by the persistent courage to follow our visions – and last but not least, thanks to our highly motivated employees, who pushed the development of convincing products forward with full force.
Cutting–edge technology can be achieved, because Blumer adapts to the changing market demands, pursues goals with endurance and follows sustainable strategies. Here at Blumer, we are dedicated to reliability, hard work and the most important challenge: leading our customers – and therefore ourselves – to success.
Today, Blumer is a modern, globally active company that plays a leading role in the processing of labels and cards cut into stacks or die-cut. The further and new development of machines in the post-press area is driven forward with great commitment.
Blumer Maschinenbau AG and its sister company Awema AG will be sold to the two entrepreneurs Roy Bruderer and Dr. Thomas Ahlburg as part of a succession solution.
Blumer Maschinenbau AG today is a modern company operating worldwide, which plays a leading role in the area of the finishing process of labels and cards cut/punched in stacks. The core business of the company are production systems for wet glue applied labels under the "ATLAS" brand. In 2011, Blumer Maschinenbau AG was sold to the entrepreneur René Amherd.
Blumer launched new products with great innovative strength like the strip die-cutter system SG-2020, the large-format die-cutter system DG-35, as well as the newly designed Atlas-1110 LS, which has established itself as the new industrial standard within a few years. In 2008, the fully automated Atlas 40 for large- and small-format cut labels was introduced to the market. With the development of the card punching machine CCS 310 for polycarbonate and other difficult-to-process materials, the foundation for the second field of activity in the security area was created.
Within the 90's, the focus was on the full automation of label production. Blumer and partner companies found solutions which brought all steps together, from the roll to perfectly banded label stacks. Blumer developed the counter pressure system for processing difficult label shapes and materials – another trend-setting innovation. 1997 Blumer celebrated its 100-year anniversary.
In 1984, the Hans Blumer Maschinenfabrik was changed into an incorporated company with headquarters in Otelfingen. With the new company owners and stockholders – Hans Blumer, Jr. and Verena Blumer – the company remained family-owned. Starting from 1986, Blumer more intensely marketed its products for the graphics business and the packaging industry. The decade of success was rounded off with the development and market launch of different multiple-head banding machines.
The company site in Zurich gradually became too small and prompted Blumer to move to Otelfingen. The company was further expanded by taking over various commercial agencies. The label production system newly developed by Blumer for the die-cutting process of cut stack labels in combination with a strip cutting and banding system proved to be groundbreaking. At DRUPA trade fair 1977, the company presented the prototype of the ATLAS-110 for the first time. From 1980 onwards, the ATLAS label production systems systematically conquered the market for cut and die-cut labels. It remains the new industry standard to this day and has made Blumer a pioneer in label finishing.
Blumer has drawn attention with its ever new innovations: The rubber blanket cliché grinding machine, a crease milling machine and the first table banding machine were created. A decisive breakthrough was made with the construction and development of a ram punching machine.This formed the basis for Blumer's worldwide success in solutions for the finishing process of labels and cards.
Hans Blumer laid the foundation for the company in 1897. In the beginning, he mainly repaired machines and devices in his locksmith shop, before he further developed it into a mechanical workshop. When Hans Blumer's son, Hans Blumer, Jr., entered the company in 1953 systems and machines of all kinds were developed and built.
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"We don't think it involves any additional risk," he said. "These are prime borrowers.
MONTREAL _ Laurentian Bank Financial Group expects to put troubles related to a mortgage loan review behind it this year, chief executive Francois Desjardins said Friday as the bank raised its dividend and reported a better-than-expect profit in its second quarter.
"I am pleased with the progress we have made, and although not yet complete, management is confident that we have a clear path to resolution," Desjardins said on a conference call with financial analysts.
The bank said earlier this week that it has successfully resolved issues related to mortgage loans sold to an unnamed lender that was first disclosed last year.
However, Laurentian also said Tuesday a CMHC audit during the bank's most recent quarter found mortgages that were inadvertently portfolio insured while they did not meet CMHC portfolioinsurance eligibility criteria.
As a result, the bank said it will repurchase those other mortgage loans that were inadvertently portfolio insured and sold to the CMHC securitization program. Based on the results of CMHC's audit, the bank estimates the total amount to be repurchased at between $125 and $150 million.
Laurentian shares closed up $1.29 or 2.85 per cent at $46.49 on the Toronto Stock Exchange Friday after the bank announced it will now pay a quarterly dividend of 64 cents per share, up a penny from its previous rate. It also reported it earned $55.9 million attributable to common shareholders or $1.34 per share in its second quarter ended April 30.
That compared with a profit of $40.3 million attributable to common shareholders or $1.19 per share a year earlier when the bank had fewer shares outstanding.
On an adjusted basis, Laurentian said it earned $1.47 per share for the quarter, up from an adjusted profit of $1.39 per share a year ago.
The adjusted result topped the $1.38 per share that analysts on average had expected for the quarter, according to Thomson Reuters Eikon.
TORONTO _ Canada's Big Six banks have all increased their benchmark fixed-rate mortgage rate, a move analysts say could trigger a rise in the Bank of Canada's qualifying mortgage rate as early as Wednesday, making it more difficult for some to take on home loans.
The Bank of Nova Scotia on Tuesday became the last of Canada's biggest lenders to raise its posted rate for a five-year fixed-rate mortgage from 5.14 per cent to 5.34 per cent. They also increased the posted rates for other fixed-rate term lengths.
As well, the margins or profit made on loans on variable rate mortgages will improve if interest rates rise, he added.
VANCOUVER _ The British Columbia Real Estate Association says tough mortgage qualification rules are a key reason for a provincewide drop in housing demand last month compared with February 2017.
But the association says prices continue to climb, with the average home selling for just over $748,000, an 8.8 per cent jump over February of last year.
The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions implemented new lending guidelines in January that require borrowers who don't need mortgage insurance to show they would still be able to make payments if interest rates rise.
In order to get insurance, homebuyers must prove they can service their uninsured mortgage at a qualifying rate two percentage points higher than the lender's rate or the Bank of Canada's five-year benchmark rate, currently set at 5.14 per cent.
Entering the housing market for the first time can be a bewildering experience, especially where financing is concerned. Our post this week looks at the bare basics of residential mortgages and how a real estate lawyer can help ensure that a housing newbie's first go at financing is a smooth one.
Mortgages fall into two categories depending on the amount of home that a buyer finances. Those able to finance less than 80 per cent of a property's value can apply for a conventional mortgage.
High-ratio mortgages are for purchasers who finance between 80-95 per cent of the property's value. These mortgages allow more individuals to join the housing market, but with the higher risk involved, the law imposes mandatory mortgage loan insurance on these transactions as a safeguard against mortgage default. Read more about mortgage loan insurance in one our previous post.
The first place that first-time homebuyers logically turn to for mortgage help is their own bank. This can be a good starting point to obtain information and do some number crunching, but a number of alternative options exist. These include trust companies, insurance companies, credit unions and private lenders.
Rates, options, conditions, risks and benefits differ, so it's wise to treat a mortgage no differently from any other major purchase decision. Shopping around could also sizably impact the total money a buyer saves or loses in interest over the long term.
Working with a mortgage broker instead of a single lender opens up options. These brokers do the shopping for the mortgagee, scouring various institutions to gather the best possible packages to suit the needs in each transaction.
Meeting with a real estate lawyer is the next wise investment, especially for a first-time buyer. Experienced lawyers have reviewed hundreds and thousands of mortgage agreements. They can cut through the fine print and provide clarity to ensure that buyers know exactly what they are signing to.
Real estate lawyers can also spot existing and potential problems that buyers are often not aware of. They can also ensure that legal provisions are in place to protect against possible future risks. With one of life's largest investments involved, professional scrutiny makes good sense – both financially and practically.
On behalf of Quinn Ross of The Ross Firm Professional Corporation posted in Residential Real Estate on Wednesday, April 12, 2017.


A short film that follows Mothers for Justice founder Maria Hamilton — whose son, Dontre Hamilton, was shot by a Milwaukee police officer in Red Arrow Park in 2014 — won the top cash prize at the 2015 Milwaukee Film Festival.
"Mothers for Justice," by Erik Ljung, received a $25,000 cash prize and $10,000 in production services from Independent Studios under the Brico Forward Fund, the festival's new grant program for local filmmakers. The prize will help expand the work into a feature-length film.
In all, a three-person jury awarded $50,000 in cash and $76,000 in production services to six films. The awards were announced at a private event Sunday.
The other Brico winners were "Night Country," by Oliver Franklin Anderson; "When Claude Got Shot," by Brad Lichtenstein; "Never Home," by Pang Yang Her; "Just Eat," by Laura Dyan Kezman; and "Lunar Man," by Kyle V. James.
"Mothers for Justice" will screen Friday through Jan. 9 as part of a show of works by Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowship winners at Inova, 2155 N. Prospect Ave.
■ Herzfeld Competition Award: "No One's Child"
■ Cream City Cinema: "Lemon"
■ Cream City Cinema Special Jury Prize: "The Sound Man"
■ Documentary Jury Award: "The Look of Silence"
■ Shorter Is Better Award: "Giovanni and the Water Ballet"
■ Shorter Is Better Special Jury Prizes: "We Can't Live Without Cosmos," "De Smet"
■ Kids Choice Short Film Award: "A Place in the Middle"
■ Kids Choice Special Jury Awards: "Papa," "Johnny Express"
■ Pitch Us Your Doc! Contest Winner: "Wingman Dad"
The Journal Sentinel is a presenting sponsor of the 2015 Milwaukee Film Festival, which runs through Thursday.