Tower Hamlets Council - Agenda for Pensions Committee on Monday, 31st July, 2017, 7.00 p.m.
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Monday, 31st July, 2017 7.00 p.m.
That Councillor Candida Ronald be appointed Vice-Chair of Pensions Committee for the duration of the municipal year.
The Chair declared a personal interest in item 6.8, Pension Fund Administration Update by virtue of her being Chair of the Tower Community Housing Board. The Chair remained in the meeting and took part of the discussion whilst the item was being discussed.
The minutes of the previous Pensions Committee held on 16 March 2017 was approved as a correct record, subject to the following amendments.
Some Members expressed concerns about the need to re-elect to the position of Chair of the Committee on the grounds that previous Chair of the Committee Councillor Andrew Cregan had changed political groups'.
Suzanne Jones, Support to the Divisional Director Resources, provided the following feedback from the Pensions Board's meeting held on Monday 31 July 2017.
The Board considered reports and held discussions about the Administration of the Pensions Funds and the quality of data received.
Members also reflected on their work programme, in particular how they conduct their business and agreed that their members should attend the Pensions Committee.
The Board has a vacant post, Representative for Admitted Bodies – Employers. Admitted Bodies will be contacted about the vacancy and requested to nominate a representative.
The Chair thanked Suzanne for the feedback and agreed that members of Pensions Committee should attend the Pensions Board.
The Clerk presented a report which set out the Terms of Reference, Membership and Quorum of the Pensions Committee for the Municipal Year 2017/2018. The Committee agreed that 7pm was the preferred start time for their scheduled meetings.
1. That the contents of the report be noted.
2. That all scheduled meetings start at 7pm.
The Committee to receive a verbal presentation from Mercers.
The Committee received a presentation from Steve Turner of Mercer, on the Investment Strategy Review. The aim of the review is to consider the allocation between asset classes; risk and returns, ensure that there is a reasonable balance between the two objectives and to identify improvements to the investment strategy to help achieve these objectives.
There are a number of reasons to undertake a review and these range from funding changes, legislation change, new solutions, consolidation, Liabilities change, outlook change, change to employee and providing a clear plan.
· That there was an opportunity to reduce risk and volatility of their past deficit by £26m or more.
· The forward looking equity market returns were unlikely to be as strong as they have been over the last 7 years and that it was a good opportunity to address the equity risk; the reduction will help the funding position.
· That Bonds accounted for 18% of their Portfolio and was divided into two distinctive types; return seeking bonds and liability hedging bonds.
· The Level of liability hedging was 7% and that currency hedging should be considered.
· That their Asset Portfolio should be increased; this is linked to inflation. A long term strategy would need to be agreed and should be guided by the CIV, the asset allocation would need to be determined as this will have the biggest impact on the CIV.
· That the current funding level had improved over a 5 year period and at current was at 86%, this was attributed to strong asset returns. As funding levels approach nearer to 100% this period should be used as an opportunity to decrease risks.
· The assessed Value at Risk (VaR) indicates that there is a 5% chance that the current deficit £223m could be increased by at least £329m over a 1 year period to £552m. This is based on the deficit as at March 2017.
· Equities are expected to provide 75% of the Funds excess returns and account for 56% of the Fund's risk on the VaR.
· That they consider reducing the allocation to equities by 10%, in light of strong performance, an increase in the funding level and level of risk concentration in equities.
The Committee to receive a verbal report from Raymond Haines, Independent Advisor.
The item was deferred to the next meeting.
Bola Tobun, Investment and Treasury Manager, presented a report which updated members on the arrangements for the preparation of the Pensions Fund Annual Report and Accounts 2016/17 in accordance with regulations and the arrangements for the separate audit engagements, opinion and certificate for the Fund.
Members were informed that assets had increased by over £200 million in the year and that funding levels had increased from 83% to 86%.
The Committee was advised that an updated version of the report will be circulated to members, prior to the report being submitted to Audit. The Pensions Fund Accounts are subject to the normal audit of accounts process; which is carried out in July and August 2017.
4. Delegate authority to the Corporate Director, Resources to make any amendments to the Pension Fund Statement of Accounts that arise as a result of the audit, in advance of the publication of the accounts.
George Bruce, Interim Pensions Manager presented a report which detailed the current Pension Administration Services to the Tower Hamlets Pension Scheme, the advantages and challenges to the current arrangements and compared these with alternative arrangements.
Members sought clarification on whether the item should be considered by the Pensions Committee and was advised that initial feedback was being sought.
The current administrative service in place for Tower Hamlets Pension Scheme has been in operation since the Borough was established. At current services are delivered by the Council's HR and Finance Departments and comprises of small teams. This in-house service enables the direct control over the quality of service, ensures there is a direct relationship with scheme managers, avoids conflicts of needs of other clients and ensures certainty of staff.
The LGPS is becoming increasingly complex due to frequent changes in regulation and best practice guidelines and is now under greater scrutiny. Maintaining awareness of and implementing new regulations is a challenge to a small team; in conjunction the size of the current Team faces inherent risks from losing key staff.
Two main alternative means of delivering pension administration services to the scheme have been identified, co-operation with other Local Authorities or appointing an external third party administrator. The former option will grant the Pension Scheme access to more resources, access to a larger and diverse pool of specialist staff, encourage standardised client reporting and reduce IT cost.
The above mentioned will enable more focus to be given to daily tasks and also be adaptive to the needs of the Scheme. The Committee noted the risks of switching from an in-house to a local authority grouping could result in the reverse of advantages that are found in retaining an in-house team.
The third option, appointing a third party administrator would be undertaken via a commercial tender. An appointment of a third part administrator will magnify both the advantages (cost and resilience) and disadvantages (compromise and loss of control) of local authority groups. Third Party administrators can be accessed through the National LGPS Framework.
Members noted all the proposals presented and the size of the administrative team and specialties of officers. The option to collaborate with other Local Authorities was discussed further and Members preferred this option to over the other options presented and agreed that further research be undertaken to ascertain what administrative systems were in place in neighbouring boroughs. Members agreed that if the option to co-operate with other Local Authorities is chosen; the other scheme participants should have a shared interest with Tower Hamlets.
Members were advised that the Pension Board had recommended that all options are fully explored and that resilience of the service remains paramount. The Committee were informed established networks would be used to gage views and experiences. Members can forward comments about the various options to Lead Officers.
Bola Tobun, Investment and Treasury Manager presented a report which informed Members of the Performance of the Fund and its investment managers for the quarter and year ending 31 March 2017.
The fund delivered a positive return of 4.4%, by outperforming its benchmark return of 3.6% by 0.8% for the reporting quarter. In addition 7 out of the 9 mandates matched or achieved returns above the benchmark in the quarter end. Ruffer and Goldman mandates lagged behind their respective benchmarks. Overall the Fund performance was ahead of its benchmark.
Members commented and welcomed the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Scheme Advisory Board issue of the LGPS Investment Code of Transparency. The purpose of the Code is to improve the reporting and understanding of investment management charges and costs.
The Committee noted that the LCIV during the first quarter of 2017/18 was positive and that a majority of their quarterly KPI targets had been met.
George Bruce, Interim Pensions Manager, presented the report which covered current issues affecting scheme members and employers participating in the Tower Hamlets Pension Scheme.
The Committee was advised that Anant Dodia, Pensions Manager had retired In the interim, Team Leaders will be responsible for overseeing the daily operation of the Team; in addition an experienced Pensions Manager from Surrey Council will provide support to the Service and act as a Mentor. Suzanne Jones, Deputy to the Divisional Director, will continue to attend Committees and assist with employee matters and act as link to team management. The Project Team will continue to work on the Member Self-Service Project.
During the period between April - May 2017 service standards increased and improved from 78% to 86% from the previous quarter. There has been steady progress made in relation to compliance.
Internal Disputes Resolution Procedures, an outstanding appeal has gone to an external reviewer; this is due to contractual information.
The Committee were advised that at their meeting in December 2016 they had discussed and agreed the recommendation to admit Energy Kidz into Pension Scheme and that the discussion and committees resolution was not included in the minutes meeting of 7 December 2017. This recommendation has again been repeated.
Members were advised that Compass Catering had recently advised that that they had employed over a dozen staff in September 2015 and that their request for admitted body status had not been processed. The meeting was informed that deductions from employees have been made since 2015 and that Compass Catering was to be granted admitted body status.
Internal Audit are scheduled to return and will be reviewing the service as part of the 2016 /2017 agreed internal audit plan. Members were advised that the earnings of Active Members will need to be checked to ensure that benefits received are correct. The addresses of these individuals have been checked.
The Actuary has issued a report on the quality of data that was provided during the triennial actuarial valuation in March 2016. A total of 700 members were noted as not having a home address; to rectify this, a company has been commissioned to undertake searches to identify addresses. A charge of £12 will be levied for each address; this cost was viewed as justifiable and good use of budget. The Inland Revenue Service was liaised with.
At the recent Pensions Board, discussions were held about undertaking a formal review of data control and also a benchmarking exercise.
The Committee were reminded that two data matching exercises are carried out on annual basis to ensure that pensions are only paid to surviving scheme members; these include the National Fraud Initiative for UK pensioners and Life certificates for overseas pensions.
That press and public be excluded from the remainder of the meeting in that under the provisions of Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended by the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, the press and public be excluded from the remainder of the meeting for the consideration of the Section Two business on the grounds that it contains information defined as Exempt in Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972." which relates to information relating to a particular employee, former employee or applicant to become an employee of, or a particular officeholder, former office-holder or applicant to become an office-holder under, the authority.


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Resolution Chemicals Ltd. v. AstraZeneca B.V. and Shionogi Seiyaka Kabushiki Kasiha, Supreme Court of The Netherlands, The Hague, 8 June 2018, Case No. ECLI:NL:HR:2018:854
This case relates to the scope of protection of a patent for a cholesterol inhibitor, more importantly whether or not the description of the patent provides for a limiting definition of the claim feature "pharmaceutically acceptable salt". The District Court ruled that this was the case. The Court of Appeal, however, did not agree with this. According to the Court of Appeal, the average skilled person would not take the definition given in par. 7 of the description of the patent (i.e. a list of salts) to be a limiting definition.
Resolution Chemicals then brought an appeal in cassation complaining about this. The Supreme Court, in addressing the complaints of Resolution Chemicals, first of all refers to established case law which states that the interpretation of patents is so closely interwoven with factual valuations, that it can only be reviewed in cassation to limited extent.
The Supreme Court then refers to its decision in the Bayer v. Sandoz case where it ruled:
"Article 69 EPC entails that the extent of the protection conferred by a patent is determined by the claims of the patent specification, in which the description and drawings are used to interpret those claims.
"In accordance with this interpretation of the Protocol, the Supreme Court labelled the formulations used in its earlier rulings, "which is essential for the invention whose protection is invoked", and "the inventive idea underlying the words of those claims", as a point of view, as opposed to the literal text of the claims (the "extremes" in the words of the Protocol) (cf. HR 7 September 2007, ECLI:NL:HR:2007:BA3522, NJ 2007/466 and HR 25 May 2012, ECLI:NL:HR:2012:BV3680, NJ 2013/68).
"Identifying the inventive idea underlying the words of the claims serves to avoid an interpretation that is based exclusively on the literal meaning of the wording and therefore may possibly be too limited or unnecessarily broad for a reasonable protection of the patent proprietor (cf. HR 13 January 1995, ECLI:NL:HR:1995:ZC1609, NJ 1995/391).
"In this scope, the description and drawings are an important source. Part of the description is a representation of the prior art that the applicant considers to be useful for understanding the invention (rule 42 of the Implementing Regulations to the EPC). Prior art that is not mentioned in the description may also be relevant. After all, the perspective of the average skilled person with his knowledge of the prior art is the guiding principle in interpreting a patent (HR 4 April 2014, ECLI:HR:2014:816, NJ 2015/11 (Medinol/Abbott))."
As to the question whether or not part of the protection has been "waived" in par. 7 of the description of the patent in suit and, more importantly, whether or not the waiver doctrine as formulated in the Van Bentum v. Kool case (in which case the Supreme Court ruled that the average skilled person is only allowed to assume that protection has been waived if there would be valid reasons for such an assumption, taking into account the content of the patent in light of any other information that might be available, such as information from the prosecution file), is still applicable, the Supreme Court ruled that the inventive idea underlying the words of the claims only functions as a point of view, and no longer functions as a starting point. In other words, the Van Bentum v. Kool decision has no longer an independent significance as a separate test.
According to the Supreme Court, a judge can, in its search to balance the reasonable protection of the patentee and the legal certainty of third parties (as required both in the aforementioned case law and art. 1 of the Protocol) and confronted with the question whether the formulation in a claim needs to be considered as a limitation of the scope of protection, give meaning to the answer the average skilled person would give to the question whether there are valid reasons for such a limitation.
According to the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal has explained the patent claims in light of the common general knowledge of the average skilled person and, contrary to the complaints raised by Resolutuon Chemicals, it did not only take into account the inventive idea as a point of view, but also took into account the contribution of rosuvastatin to the art, the meaning and function of the salt forms in the rosuvastatin composition to be administered to a patient and the fact that the case concerns a compound patent that provides for absolute protection. The Supreme Court confirms the decision of the Court of Appeal. In doing so, the Supreme Court follows the opinion of the Advocate General.
The decision of the Supreme Court (in Dutch) can be read here.
The entire English translation of the opinion of the Advocate General can be read here (the opinion was followed).
The opinion of the Advocate general (in Dutch) can be read here (the opinion was followed).
The decision of the Court of Appeal (in Dutch) can be read here.
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My oh my, after the week I had, it has been so refreshing to just get out of my own way and get down to some work at the library. Ugh, so nice.
I love the library. Always have. There's just something about the way the books smell and the quiet atmosphere, the people reading books or discovering something new in the stacks that inspires me to work really hard. And work hard I did.
Today was a day to get my business plan in tip top shape and to research everything that I need to know. I began compiling all of my ingredients for listing and started a Cosmetic Notification form that needs to be submitted to Health Canada so that I can actually run Urban Minerals as a business. Just making sure that all my ducks will line up makes me feel good. I'm just happy to be doing it now and accomplishing it today.
Plus the added bonus of sitting at a window and getting to look out at the birds whizzing by, getting some amazing sunshine and just enjoying the beautiful people looking happy has me feeling extra good. I hope you get the chance to head outside today friends!


Poll closed Mar 21, 2017.
I have been trying a few things these last few months. and I just can't seem to get a hold on what the perfect schedule is for uploading videos. So I'm turning to the members to ask them what they would like to see.
The question is simple, how often would you like to see new videos put out?
Hi Tony, I guess it depends on being able to keep the subject matter interesting, which tough if having to do them more regularly, not to mention the time invested. Once a week might be good but that's going to be quite hard to do 'solo'.
I don't think I will have an issue with once a week. A few weeks ago I tried to do one every day to see if I could keep up, and of course life got in the way and I was not able to keep up. Even with making 1-4 videos a day and scheduling the uploads, I just couldn't keep up. Once a week is doable though and is what I'm doing now. The thing that I'm worried about is with the videos that I'm doing now, they are back to basics and I feel many subscribers are going to get bored with them. Especially with me breaking them up to try to keep the time down. Average view duration is 4-5 minutes on the channel and most of my videos are 10+ minutes long. So I'm trying to cut them down, but still finding it hard to do.
What days? I have thought about twice a week, but never could decide on the days lol.
If the week had an even number of days, it would make this a LOT easier lmao.
Do Sunday and Wednesday... anyone disagree?
No worries there Ivan, when I do videos I can do them in advance and schedule them to upload on a certain day. That way I just have to spend one day shooting, one day editing and uploading then I let the schedule take over.
Well, that is what I'm asking now, but the main question for the thread is how often you want to see videos. Not that it will happen this way, but it gives me an idea of what the members want.


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	dom = require('../dom'),
	platform = require('../platform'),
	utils = require('../utils');

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	drag = require('./drag'),
	touchGestures = require('./touchGestures'),
	gestureUtil = require('./util');

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* Enyo supports a set of normalized events that work similarly across all supported platforms.
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	* @param {Event} evt - The standard {@glossary event} [object]{glossary Object}.
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		drag.beginHold(e);
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	* Handles `mousemove` [events]{@glossary event}.
	*
	* @param {Event} evt - The standard {@glossary event} [object]{glossary Object}.
	* @public
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	* @public
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		dispatcher.dispatch(e);
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	* @public
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		dispatcher.dispatch(e);
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	* Handles `mouseout` [events]{@glossary event}.
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	* @param {Event} evt - The standard {@glossary event} [object]{glossary Object}.
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	* @public
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			// Control.doubleTapEnabled is a tri-value property. The default is 'inherit'
			// which takes its cue from gesture's doubleTapEnabled. Values of true or false
			// override the default. So, if the global is true, any truthy value on Control
			// results in true. If the global is false, only an explicit true on Control
			// results in true.
			return this.doubleTapEnabled? !!obj.doubleTapEnabled : obj.doubleTapEnabled === true;
		} else {
			return false;
		}
	},

	/**
	* @private
	*/
	doubleTap: function(evt, t) {
		var obj = dispatcher.findDispatchTarget(t);

		if(this.tapData.id !== obj.id) {	// this is the first tap
			this.resetTapData(true);

			this.tapData.id = obj.id;
			this.tapData.event = evt;
			this.tapData.target = t;
			this.tapData.timer = setTimeout(utils.bind(this, "resetTapData", true), obj.doubleTapInterval);
			this.tapData.start = utils.perfNow();
		} else {							// this is the double tap
			var e2 = gestureUtil.makeEvent('doubletap', evt);
			e2.target = t;
			e2.tapInterval = utils.perfNow() - this.tapData.start;
			this.resetTapData(false);
			dispatcher.dispatch(e2);
		}
	},

	resetTapData: function(sendTap) {
		var data = this.tapData;

		if(sendTap && data.id) {
			this.sendTap(data.event, data.target);
		}

		clearTimeout(data.timer);
		data.id = data.start = data.event = data.target = data.timer = null;
	},

	/**
	* Given two [DOM nodes]{@glossary Node}, searches for a shared ancestor (looks up
	* the hierarchic [DOM]{@glossary DOM} tree of [nodes]{@glossary Node}). The shared
	* ancestor node is returned.
	*
	* @param {Node} controlA - Control one.
	* @param {Node} controlB - Control two.
	* @returns {(Node|undefined)} The shared ancestor.
	* @public
	*/
	findCommonAncestor: function(controlA, controlB) {
		var p = controlB;
		while (p) {
			if (this.isTargetDescendantOf(controlA, p)) {
				return p;
			}
			p = p.parentNode;
		}
	},

	/**
	* Given two controls, returns `true` if the `child` is inside the `parent`.
	*
	* @param {Node} child - The child to search for.
	* @param {Node} parent - The expected parent.
	* @returns {(Boolean|undefined)} `true` if the `child` is actually a child of `parent`.
	*/
	isTargetDescendantOf: function(child, parent) {
		var c = child;
		while(c) {
			if (c == parent) {
				return true;
			}
			c = c.parentNode;
		}
	},

	/**
	* @todo I'd rather refine the public API of gesture rather than simply forwarding the internal
	*   drag module but this will work in the interim. - ryanjduffy
	*
	* Known Consumers:
	*  - Spotlight.onAcceleratedKey - (prepare|begin|end)Hold()
	*  - Moonstone - configureHoldPulse()
	*/
	drag: drag
};

/**
* Contains various methods for gesture events.
*
* @type {object}
* @public
*/
module.exports.events = {
	/**
	* Shortcut to [gesture.down()]{@link module:enyo/gesture#down}.
	*
	* @memberof! module:enyo/gesture#
	* @method events.mousedown
	* @public
	*/
	mousedown: function(e) {
		gesture.down(e);
	},

	/**
	* Shortcut to [gesture.up()]{@link module:enyo/gesture#up}.
	*
	* @memberof! module:enyo/gesture#
	* @method events.mouseup
	* @public
	*/
	mouseup: function(e) {
		gesture.up(e);
	},

	/**
	* Shortcut to [gesture.move()]{@link module:enyo/gesture#move}.
	*
	* @memberof! module:enyo/gesture#
	* @method events.mousemove
	* @public
	*/
	mousemove:  function(e) {
		gesture.move(e);
	},

	/**
	* Shortcut to [gesture.over()]{@link module:enyo/gesture#over}.
	*
	* @memberof! module:enyo/gesture#
	* @method events.mouseover
	* @public
	*/
	mouseover:  function(e) {
		gesture.over(e);
	},

	/**
	* Shortcut to [gesture.out()]{@link module:enyo/gesture#out}.
	*
	* @memberof! module:enyo/gesture#
	* @method events.mouseout
	* @public
	*/
	mouseout:  function(e) {
		gesture.out(e);
	}
};

// Firefox mousewheel handling
dom.requiresWindow(function() {
	if (document.addEventListener) {
		document.addEventListener('DOMMouseScroll', function(inEvent) {
			var e = utils.clone(inEvent),
				isVertical = e.VERTICAL_AXIS == e.axis,
				wheelDelta;
			e.preventDefault = function() {
				inEvent.preventDefault();
			};
			e.type = 'mousewheel';

			wheelDelta = e.detail * -40;
			e.wheelDeltaY = isVertical ? wheelDelta : 0;
			e.wheelDeltaX = isVertical ? 0 : wheelDelta;

			dispatcher.dispatch(e);
		}, false);
	}
});

/**
* @private
*/
var handlers = {
	touchstart: true,
	touchmove: true,
	touchend: true
};

/**
* @private
*/
dispatcher.features.push(function (e) {
	var type = e.type;

	// NOTE: beware of properties in gesture.events and drag inadvertently mapped to event types
	if (gesture.events[type]) {
		gesture.events[type](e);
	}
	if (!platform.gesture && platform.touch && handlers[type]) {
		touchGestures[type](e);
	}
	if (drag[type]) {
		drag[type](e);
	}
});

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Getting the Word Out About Audiobooks: AAP Prepares Latest Public Awareness Campaign for BookExpo Launch
By Peter Beisser
After helping to promote literacy for the past nine years with its Get Caught Reading public awareness campaign, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) is at it once more—except this time its spotlight is focused on audiobooks.
Get Caught Listening is scheduled to launch at BookExpo America next week. A series of full-color posters and pre-recorded, audio public service announcements (PSAs) featuring several celebrities are set to showcase who has been "caught" listening to their favorite books.
"It turns up the volume, full pun intended, on audiobooks," says AAP Vice President Tina Jordan.
Jordan spoke with Book Business Extra about the development and implementation of the campaign, the importance of audiobooks to the industry, and what famous voices you likely will hear promoting the pleasures of audiobooks in the coming weeks.
Book Business Extra: How long has the new campaign been in development? How was the idea formed to promote audiobooks?
Tina Jordan: The campaign has been in development for a little over a year. With all that is happening in the digital arena [and with] the popularity of audiobooks steadily on the rise, creating a public awareness campaign of the love of books in alternative formats is timely. The excitement we've experienced with teachers, librarians and booksellers surrounding Get Caught Reading … provided a perfect launchpad for a new brand extension. … It's really a labor of love. Our committee members volunteer—it's based on a lot of volunteer time on a shoestring budget. We're really excited about [the campaign's] launch. …
Extra: Are you working with any specific publishers on the campaign?
Jordan: Yes, we are pleased to have overarching support [from] Random House, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Hachette, BBC Audio Books, Rodale, Macmillan and the Audio Publishers Association. … The publishers acted as an incredibly great broker [with their authors], and authors recognize the importance of sharing the joys of reading. It's been a wonderful experience to see [their] desire … to join us with the launch. I expect this to generate interest for years to come.
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The early samurai were largely defined by the wilderness and perhaps most interestingly by the first people's of Japan. For Japan's rugged nearly impassible mountains were covered in primal forests that made in nearly impossible for the Imperial Court to finally take control over the whole of Japan. Their poorly trained army of conscripted peasants continued to loose battle after battle to the Emishi, the armies of hunter gatherers and agricultural people's who wouldn't bend to the Emperor's control. As the peasants died the amount of rice the Emperor could collect from them in taxes decreased. Realizing that he couldn't afford to continue to fight the way he was he tried starving the Emishi out, passing laws against trading with them, but smugglers earned too much money from their fine horses and other goods to stop. Finally in desperation he turned to the hunters within his territory. From the ranks of these people the Imperial Court considered primitive came the Samurai.
These early Samurai understood the mountains and wild places of Japan, they knew how to use bows, how to fight a guerrilla war. They were able to use this knowledge to help the Imperial Court take over the whole of Japan.
In early Japan these Samurai lived in the country, on the farms from which they collected their taxes (A thousand years after their formation the Shogunate would force them to live in cities where he could control them). Here they waged small wars with each other to conquer ever more land or settle innumerable disputes. These early samurai were more likely to fight with bows than swords. Japan is a mountainous uneven land, so rushing an enemy with a sword can be very difficult if not impossible.
Even duels between samurai often took place with both of them firing and dodging arrows.
In this world honor came from victory, indeed many of the early heroes of Japan can be said to have been very similar to later ninjas (and many samurai were ninjas, in fact there were classes which taught samurai how to sneak into buildings and rob them). A samurai might hide in an outhouse or a tree and assassinate their unsuspecting enemy. One of early Japan's greatest heroes, Yamato, finds victory against his enemies first by dressing as a woman and then killing the unprepared man. He then travels to the land of another enemy named Idzumo so he makes friends with him.
So, having secretly made the wood of an oak-tree into a false sword and augustly girded it, he went with the bravo to bathe in the River Hi. Then, His Augustness Yamato-take getting out of the river first, and taking and girding on the sword that the Idzumo bravo bad taken off and laid down, said: " Let us exchange swords! " So afterward the Idzumo bravo, getting out of the river, girded on His Augustness Yamato-take's false sword. Hereupon His Augustness Yamato-take, suggested, saying: "Come on! let us cross swords." Then on drawing his sword, the Idzumo bravo could not draw the false sword. Forthwith His Augustness Yamato-take drew his sword and slew the lclzumo bravo. Then he sang augustly, saying: "Alas that the sword girded on the Idzumo bravo, and wound round with many a creeper, should have had no true blade!" So having thus extirpated the bravoes and made the land orderly.
In addition many samurai could be likened to bandits, vikings, people who raided villages for money. They were often brutal and thuggish. This is clear in fairy tales which treated them as monsters, very much like an oni. They would attack poor travelers. In one tale a samurai demands that two craftsmen hand over everything they've saved over the course of years of work. When they refuse he kills one of them and chases the other for a ways. To a large extent this began to be the way many ordinary people viewed vagrant samurai, as bandits or simple thieves. They broke into people's homes, slaughtered merchants and peasants, and generally caused trouble.
In one story a young man's father is killed and his land taken in war. Deciding that it was beneath him to work and being a fearless warrior "he decided that he would feed himself through highway robbery. So he began to work in the Etschigo Mountains and soon became one fo the most feared predators there was. The mountains were full of other bandits but they knew that Jiraiya was indisputably the most daring and boldest of them all so they came to ask him to be their leader. Jiraiya agreed and soon became a bandit king without peer. After some time however he was not happy with his fate but lived with the hope that he would in time gain enough money to raise an army against his powerful enemy; the daimyo who had murdered his father."


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The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Time Tickets
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Tickets Piccadilly Theatre, London Returning for a strictly limited season
About The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Returning for a strictly limited season, The National Theatre production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time makes its way to the Piccadilly Theatre. Adapted by Simon Stephens from the 2003 novel by Mark Haddon, grow your own curiosities as you enter the mind of Christopher Boone, a teenager whose love of facts and forensics sees him becoming his own detective. Featuring intricate staging and unforgettable lighting courtesy of director Marianne Elliott, the production has now been seen by more than three million people worldwide from Seoul to Seattle. It doesn't take a detective to work out this is a show worth seeing! Book your tickets now for what is set to be an unmissable return of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time to the West End.
Please note: This production contains strobe lighting, smoke effects, high intensity video & light effects, and loud sound effects. There is some strong language in this production, as there is in the novel. This occurs at the very beginning of the show and infrequently at other points during the show. Suitable for 11yrs+.
WHO'S IN IT?: THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME CAST
Casting for the return of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time includes Emma Beattie, Lynette Clarke, Eliza Collings, Kieran Garland, Emma-Jane Goodwin, Julie Hale, Lucas Hare, Joshua Jenkins, Gemma Knight Jones, Stuart Laing, Sean McKenzie, Sam Newton, Joe Rising, Rose Riley and Craig Stein.
15-year-old Christopher Boone discovers his neighbour's dog has died. Immediately arousing suspicion from the police that he is in fact the murderer, Christopher becomes fascinated with the case and decides to investigate the death. Recording his experiences and meeting new people, his detective work leads him to finding out information Christopher would have never thought possible.
Using facts, figures and his love of mathematics, Christopher's inquisitive mind grows larger. Overwhelmed by information and stepping out of his normal surroundings, will he step out of his structured days and solve the curious incident?
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16 Denman Street London W1D 7DY
Nearest Bus stop: (Shaftesbury Avenue) 14, 19, 38; (Regent Street) 3, 6, 12, 13, 15, 23, 88, 94, 139, 159, 453
Nearest Night Bus: (Shaftesbury Avenue) 14, N19, N38; (Regent Street) 6, 12, 23, 88, 94, 139, 159, 453, N3, N13, N15, N18, N109, N136
(2mins) Pass the famous illuminated signs on your right to take Glasshouse Street/Sherwood Street where the theatre can be seen.


The fax systems are one of the most modern technologies in the field of communications. At present, it is one of the leading devices of the electronic-imaging revolution that has had a major impact on business and the way it disseminates information. It is the most dynamic device to hit the office-products industry since the personal computer. Next to the telephone, facsimile has become the most popular communication device in American business. It moves information faster for companies, thus saving them substantially on overnight delivery costs.
As the number of installed units continue to increase, the use of facsimile as a practical and cost-effective application of office-to-office communications becomes more of a standard communication method. Facsimile is no longer a peripheral means of rounding out the total office technology field. It is gaining devoted users who need to relay information and documents from one point to another as quickly as possible. Facsimile can reproduce an image of pictures, graphs, letters, and forms that can be transmitted around the world in a matter of seconds. All it takes is a sending-and-receiving device and a common telephone line in between.
Some fax machines are as comfortable on the road as in the office. Their light weight (under 16 pounds) and small size (less than 13 inches square) make them ideal for traveling. Some models of fax machines have special features such as a built-in autodialer, send-later capability, recorded voice announcement, monitor speaker, 64-shade halftone control, full 8 1/2 inch scanning and recording width, transaction confirmation report (TCR), error report, page header (TTI) w/batch numbering and delayed sequential polling.
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Recipes abound all over the Internet, and cookbooks published by people that follow a plant-based diet, accompanied by plenty of contradictions as well.
Low carb-high protein or vice-versa?
Eat soy or avoid soy?
After several years investigating plenty of voices in the vegan community, the medical establishment, the media, and checking results on my own health, all things considered, the approach that works for me is the low-fat, whole food, plant-based diet.
A coherent voice with a medical approach and research studies to provide a road-map, and a scientific explanation why my health was improving so much with low-fat, whole food, plant-based diet; besides, it's an opposite approach of what's today mainstream dietary guidelines.
My favorite doctors who encourage the low-fat, whole food, plant-based diet, and follow it themselves: Dr. John McDougall, Dr. Neal Barnard, and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, Jr, MD.
As Dr. Esselstyn states "it's a profound lifestyle change," so consult your physician.
Read The Starch Solution if you are afraid to eat carbs.
A diet based on healthful starches, vegetables, and fruits.
Mary McDougall presents recipes to complete Dr. McDougall nutrition program.
Dr. McDougall keeps his motto "the fat you eat is the fat you wear." He shares his worries and actions about what's going on with the dietary guidelines 2015-2020 in the United States.
Dr. McDougall analyzes The Healthiest Diet on the Planet vs diets such as the Wheat Belly Diet, the Grain Brain Diet, and the Paleo Diet.
All the patients recovered their health with Dr. Esselstyn guidance.
I consider Dr. Esselstyn's diet the strictest in this post. Why?
Because nuts, avocado, and coconut are not allowed.
Dr. Barnard states "if the influx of fat stops, the fat inside the cells dissipates, and when that happens, the cells start to regain their normal function." He presents a complete program that includes, diet, exercise, stress management, and no smoking.
There's more to well-being than diet, but it's unquestionable its contribution to health.
Nowadays, with so many people publishing and becoming health gurus, it's important to research, check with your doctor, and to be aware of your body reactions to food.
In general, people confuse being thin with being healthy, and that's not always the case.
If you are interested in low-fat, whole food, plant-based diet check the information provided by Dr. John McDougall, Dr. Neal Barnard, and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, Jr, MD.


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Nathalie Lissenko née Anatalia Adrianovna Lissenko à Mykolaïv  ( Empire russe) le   et morte à Neuilly-sur-Seine le  , est une actrice française d'origine russe.

Elle a fait l'essentiel de sa carrière en France dans les studios Albatros de Montreuil.

Biographie
Nièce du compositeur russe Mykola Lyssenko, elle fait ses débuts au théâtre amateur de Znamianka en Ukraine dans la pièce Il n'était pas destiné de Mykhailo Starytsky.

En 1904, Anatalia Lissenko, diplômée de l'École-studio du Théâtre d'Art académique de Moscou, travaille au Théâtre Korch à Moscou.

En 1909-1912, elle joue au théâtre Solovtsov de Kiev. Depuis 1915, elle a commencé à jouer activement dans les films. Elle quitte la Russie après la révolution d'octobre et s'exile en France.

Elle était la femme et la partenaire à l'écran de l'acteur Ivan Mosjoukine. Son premier mari fut brièvement l'acteur Nikolaï Radine.

Décédée à Neuilly-sur-Seine à l'âge de 84 ans, Nathalie Lissenko est inhumée au cimetière russe de Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois.

Filmographie
 1915 : Leon Drey d'Evgueni Bauer
 1915 : Nicolas Stavroguine (Nikolay Stavrogin) de Yakov Protazanov
 1916 : Yastrebinoe gnezdo de Cheslav Sabinsky
 1916 : Nishchaya de Yakov Protazanov
 1916 : Na boikom meste de Cheslav Sabinsky
 1916 : Grekh de Georg Asagaroff et Yakov Protazanov
 1917 : Le Père Serge de Yakov Protazanov et Alexandre Volkoff : La veuve du marchand Makovkin
 1917 : Les Coulisses de l'écran (Kulisy ekrana) de Georg Asagaroff et Alexandre Volkoff
 1917 : Prokuror de Yakov Protazanov
 1917 : Satan triomphant (Satana likuyushchiy) de Yakov Protazanov
 1918 : La Petite Ellie (Malyutka Elli) de Yakov Protazanov
 1918 : Bogatyr dukha de Yakov Protazanov
 1919 : Tayna korolevy de Yakov Protazanov
 1920 : L'Angoissante Aventure de Yakov Protazanov : Yvonne
 1921 : Justice d'abord de Yakov Protazanov
 1921 : L'Enfant du carnaval ou Le Bonheur perdu d'Ivan Mosjoukine
 1922 : Tempêtes de Robert Boudrioz : Sonia
 1922 : La Fille sauvage de Henri Étiévant : Jacqueline Gervoise
 1922 : Nuit de carnaval de Victor Tourjanski
 1922 : La Riposte de Victor Tourjanski
 1923 : Morphine (Chlen parlamenta) de Yakov Protazanov
 1923 : Le Brasier ardent, d'Ivan Mosjoukine et Alexandre Volkoff : elle
 1923 : Calvaire d'amour de Victor Tourjanski : Hélène Brémond
 1924 : L'Affiche de Jean Epstein
 1924 : Kean ou Désordre et génie (Kean) d'Alexandre Volkoff : comtesse de Keofeld
 1924 : Les Ombres qui passent d'Alexandre Volkoff
 1924 : Le Lion des Mogols de Jean Epstein : Anna
 1925 : Le Double Amour de Jean Epstein
 1927 : Kinderseelen klagen euch an de Curtis Bernhardt
 1927 : Casanova d'Alexandre Volkoff
 1927 : L'Exil (Die selige Exzellenz) d'Adolf E. Licho et Wilhelm Thiele
 1927 : En rade d'Alberto Cavalcanti
 1928 : Rasputins Liebesabenteuer de Martin Berger : Frau Tatarinoff
 1928 : Hurrah! Ich lebe! de Wilhelm Thiele
 1928 : Heures d'angoisse (Fünf bange Tage) de Gennaro Righelli
 1930 : Nuits de princes de Marcel L'Herbier
 1932 : Ce cochon de Morin de Georges Lacombe
 1933 : La Mille et Deuxième Nuit d'Alexandre Volkoff : Fatima
 1939 : Le Veau gras de Serge de Poligny : la dame de compagnie

Notes et références

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Actrice de l'Empire russe au XXe siècle
Actrice russe du XXe siècle
Actrice française du XXe siècle
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Actrice française du muet
Actrice française de cinéma
Actrice française de théâtre
Naissance en août 1884
Naissance dans le gouvernement de Volhynie
Naissance à Mykolaïv
Décès en janvier 1969
Décès à Neuilly-sur-Seine
Décès à 84 ans
Personnalité inhumée au cimetière russe de Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois
Diaspora ukrainienne en France

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THE BASEBALL RELIQUARY ANNOUNCES
2006 CLASS OF ELECTEES TO
THE SHRINE OF THE ETERNALS
The Board of Directors of the Baseball Reliquary, a Southern California-based nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering an appreciation of American art and culture through the context of baseball history, is pleased to announce the 2006 class of electees to the Shrine of the Eternals. The Shrine of the Eternals is the national organization's equivalent to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Josh Gibson, Fernando Valenzuela, and Kenichi Zenimura received the highest number of votes in balloting conducted in the month of April by the membership of the Baseball Reliquary. The three electees will be formally inducted into the Shrine of the Eternals in a public ceremony on Sunday, July 23, 2006 at the Pasadena Central Library, Pasadena, California.
Of the fifty eligible candidates on the 2006 ballot, Josh Gibson received the highest voting percentage, being named on 38% of the ballots returned, followed by Fernando Valenzuela with 32% and Kenichi Zenimura with 32%. Runners-up in this year's election included Yogi Berra (31%), Casey Stengel (31%), Effa Manley (25%), Bill Buckner (23%), Dizzy Dean (23%), Pete Gray (23%), Rube Foster (21%), Ted Giannoulas (21%), Bill James (21%), and J.R. Richard (21%).
JOSH GIBSON (1911-1947) was often called "the black Babe Ruth," but Ruth might just as easily have been termed "the white Josh Gibson." During a 17-year career with the Negro League Homestead Grays and Pittsburgh Crawfords, the right-handed hitting catcher was credited with slugging over 900 home runs (although many came against semi-pro and non-league teams). Along with Satchel Paige, Gibson was the biggest drawing card in the history of the Negro Leagues and was the standard against whom other hitters were measured. He was also an excellent defensive catcher with a rifle arm. The fact that every team he played for, including the Homestead Grays, who won nine consecutive Negro National League pennants beginning in 1937, enjoyed tremendous success on the field was yet another testament to his extraordinary talent. Unfortunately, much of the American sports world was deprived of the opportunity to witness the heroics of Josh Gibson, as he was felled by a brain hemorrhage in 1947, just three months before Jackie Robinson's integration of major league baseball.
Phenoms come and phenoms go, but few evolve into legitimate superstars let alone national heroes. And fewer still burst onto the scene in a manner as dramatic and captivating as FERNANDO VALENZUELA. In 1981 the Los Angeles Dodgers introduced the world to the Mexican superstar they had always sought, a chubby young left-hander who, in the space of a few short weeks, launched an international craze – Fernandomania – and propelled the Dodgers to World Series victory. With his distinctive delivery (eyes rolled heavenward at the apex of his windup), superb control, and virtually untouchable screwball, Fernando (no last name needed, thank you) set the baseball world on its ear, reeling off eight wins in his first eight starts (five of them shutouts) on his way to winning the Cy Young and Rookie of the Year Awards – the first player in major league baseball history to accomplish the feat. Fernando was a box-office bonanza, drawing thousands of jubilant Mexican-American fans to every game he pitched, not only in Los Angeles but in all the other National League cities. In Southern California, Fernandomania was an early indicator of both the Latino community's demographic revolution and the cultural and political breakthroughs that would soon be too pronounced to ignore. Fernando became the foundation of the Dodgers' rotation through the 1990 season, after which he became a journeyman pitcher before retiring at the end of the 1997 season with a 173-153 lifetime mark. He currently works as color analyst for the Dodgers' Spanish-language radio broadcasts.
Often called the "father of Japanese-American baseball," KENICHI ZENIMURA (1900-1968) was a pioneering player, coach, manager, and organizer whose contributions and influence spanned the Pacific. Born in Hiroshima, Zenimura acquired a passion for the game in his youth and, after moving to Fresno, California in 1920, he founded the Fresno Athletic Club, a Japanese-American baseball team that lasted more than fifty years and attained national recognition. Despite being only five feet tall and weighing 100 pounds, Zenimura was an intense competitor as a shortstop and catcher, and he organized goodwill tours of Japanese-American teams to Japan in the 1920s and '30s. During World War II, the Zenimura family was sent to internment camps in Fresno and Gila River, Arizona, where under Kenichi's guidance, baseball fields were constructed and teams and leagues were formed behind barbed wire. Huge crowds flocked to the games and baseball was credited with bonding wartime internees, giving them a sense of normalcy and community pride. The late actor Pat Morita, a former Gila River internee, said Zenimura left an indelible mark on that fraternal community in the desert by showing "that with effort and persistence, you can overcome the harshness of adversity." Zenimura returned to Fresno after the war, where he continued playing (he caught his last game at age fifty-five) and coaching until his death in 1968.
Josh Gibson, Fernando Valenzuela, and Kenichi Zenimura join twenty-one other baseball luminaries who have been inducted into the Shrine of the Eternals since elections began in 1999, including, in alphabetical order, Jim Abbott, Dick Allen, Moe Berg, Ila Borders, Jim Bouton, Roberto Clemente, Rod Dedeaux, Dock Ellis, Mark Fidrych, Curt Flood, William "Dummy" Hoy, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Bill "Spaceman" Lee, Marvin Miller, Minnie Minoso, Satchel Paige, Jimmy Piersall, Pam Postema, Jackie Robinson, Lester Rodney, and Bill Veeck, Jr.
For additional information on the Shrine of the Eternals, visit the Baseball Reliquary Web site at www.baseballreliquary.org, or contact Terry Cannon, Executive Director, by phone at (626) 791-7647 or by e-mail at terymar@earthlink.net.


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Allow his holy word and spirit to daily lead.
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I entered the world of symbolism, decisive ink-work and subtle colors. My motivation is a lifelong interest in psychology. I aim to create decorative and intellectually stimulating work in the fields of editorial and publishing illustration, children's books, surface design and greeting cards. I want to create portals back into childhood, where "All children, as long as they still live in the mystery, are continuously occupied in their souls with the only thing that is important, which is themselves and their enigmatic relationship to the world around them". (Herman Hesse, "Iris") My aim is to point to the soul (dusza in Polish), where audience is free to become a part of my work through the act of interpretation.


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Utah Bill Would Deny Hunting/Fishing Over Late Child Support
The knee jerk reaction to this is a that it's a good thing. Having seen a few good men get royally screwed by the child support system though..
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) – If you're behind on your child support payments, this new Utah bill could prohibit you from hunting or fishing.
H.B. 197, sponsored by Rep. Karianne Lisonbee, would ban people who aren't up to date on their child support payments from getting a license, permit or tag related to fishing or hunting in the state of Utah.
The bill would prohibit anyone who owes $2,500 or more child support from obtaining the legal permits from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.
An individual would only be allowed to buy a permit after they are no longer behind on payments and the Office of Recovery Services has made note of the payment.
If it passes, the bill will go into effect on July 1, 2021.
https://kutv.com/news/local/utah-bill-prohibits-people-behind-on-child-support-payments-from-getting-hunting-license
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Kirk January 29, 2020 At 4:47 pm
No… Just… No.
You want to punish someone, punish them. This idea of doing crap that's entirely unrelated to their supposed "crime"? Screw that. Dude's late on his child support, go after his wages.
You're never gonna see someone say "Oh, cut off the bitch from her makeup and clothes…" if she's behind on letting her ex see the kids. That'd be inhumane, that would.
This crap is why the world is going to burn, and the bitches are going to go back under the fucking patriarchy with a vengeance. It's always the man's fault, but if the ex cuts him off from seeing the kids, or makes it impossible, he's got no fucking recourse.
Friend of mine had his wife develop dissatisfaction with monogamy a few years ago. She no-faulted his ass on divorce, took him to the cleaners, cut him off from his kids, and then kept taking him back to court. Few years later, he suck-started one of the guns she'd let him keep in the divorce. Hadn't seen his kids in three-four years, despite court orders that never got enforced. But, let him be a day late on the child support–They'd garnish his wages.
Fuck this shit, and fuck anyone who supports it. Family law is so fucking biased against men these days that it's not even funny.
yes its sadly a very common tale. especially for us evil white men. I'm sorry about your friend
Kirk January 29, 2020 At 10:43 pm
Shit, you think divorce is hard on white men, try it as a black guy married to a white woman, like the guy I'm thinking of. She painted him as your stereotypical "hood trash" (he was upper-middle class Theo Huxtable-black…), and made him out to be the bad guy. Whole thing was 'effing ugly, and the judge in the case that did the most damage was a black woman. Go figure.
It's men, period. Not white, not black… Just "men".
Shawn January 30, 2020 At 10:52 am
Hey man, Doc Huxtable is in prison for rape. not a good comparison lol
I know what you're saying though. I agree, there is no place in the modern world in the minds of most women these days
John M. January 31, 2020 At 9:06 am
Black women, especially successful middle-class black women, viscerally loathe successful middle-class black men who date/marry white women. They take it very personally.
I have a friend who is a successful middle-class black guy who married a white woman. He caught a load of static from his own mother!
From a purely demographic standpoint there was probably no worse judge he could have pulled than a black woman.
I'm sorry your friend killed himself. I hope other dads stick with us. Kids eventually turn 18, and then baby momma can't hide them from you. 18 seems like a long ways off, but it's not so far, really.
Username January 30, 2020 At 1:29 pm
Never saw the point in killing yourself when the people that put you in that state are walking around living the life. YMMV
OK, here's the deal:
Either women have agency, and the responsibilities that come with agency, or they don't and they shouldn't.
Either women suffer the results of their choices (ie, choosing someone who wasn't suited for marriage, or initiating divorce[*]) or they should be denied agency.
Increasingly, as we see feminism reach its end goals, I believe that we're rapidly approaching the point where we must admit that Islam has the correct notion of how to handle women. It appears that giving women everything they want(ed) has resulted in the rapid decline of western civilization and b) polling indicates that women are increasingly unhappy, even after getting everything they wanted in political policy for the last 50 years.
[*] Let's not ignore the stats: Women initiate the majority of divorces. Just under two-thirds of all divorces are initiated by the female. In cases where the female has a four-year degree or higher education, the divorce is initiated by the female in over 80% of cases. If a woman initiates a divorce, then she should have to suffer the consequences of that divorce – loss of income, and increases child support expenses. It was her choice to divorce, so she should own the consequences.
DISAVOW!!!! We at looserounds LOVE the wahmyn and know that they can never do any wrong about anything ever.
No fault divorce has been a disaster. Ending that would solve probably 50% of this nonsense.
We tried single motherhood. It's been a disaster. (It's *science*, folks!) Changing default custody to fathers, including with unmarried couples, would probably solve 80%.
Also, epic troll: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/islam-is-right-about-women
LSWCHP January 30, 2020 At 11:48 pm
My first wife…a valley girl from San Diego initiated a no fault divorce. Told me about it on the phone while I was working in SD. Took two thirds of everything I owned. Denied me access to my three kids etc etc. It wans't good.
My second wife did much the same. Wanted more money after the divorce, and said she'd claim I'd anally raped her unless I handed over the cash. She's dumb, so she put that in an email. LoL. She also called the cops and told them I was carrying… big no-no in Australia and could have put me in the slammer and had my guns confiscated, but I sorted it out.. Also not a good time.
Rule number 1. Don't put your dick in crazy.
my ex wife tried to take half of my stuff but in KY, what you had before you married is always yours even duitng/after divorce. and since she was a stay at home wife who didnt really have anything before we married, she didnt get jack shit. really twisted her panties lol
White women will be the death of western civilization


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We were honoured to be the chosen Essex wedding cake maker to provide a cute 2 tier buttercream wedding cake for The Old Parish Rooms Venue Open Day (www.theoldparishrooms.com) on Sunday 18th September.
We decided to display the wedding cake on one of our gorgeous American Milk Glass stands (which you can hire from us!) and we also decided to supply 2 matching mini buttercream cakes to display either side of the main cake. I decorated the cakes with some gorgeous flowers supplied by The Flower Arranger (www.theflowerarranger.co.uk) who also supplied the table centres for the tables.
I can't tell you how wonderful a venue The Old Parish rooms is! If you're looking for a small, intimate venue in the Essex area (although it can accomodate 80 people for a seated meal) then look no further. It truly is such a pretty, unique venue and what's even better is the Holy Trinity Church, Rayleigh is tucked just behind, so perfect if you're having a church wedding but The Old Parish Rooms is also now licensed to perform civil ceremonies too, so you have a great choice.
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The source code for a potent DDoS tool has now been made public
By Brad Jones	 October 3, 2016
In September, cybersecurity journalist Brian Krebs was targeted by a massive DDoS attack that took his website offline. Now, Krebs is reporting that the source code that powered the attack has been publicly distributed on the internet.
Mirai is a piece of malware that preys on Internet of Things devices, specifically those that are being protected by factory default settings, or hard-coded authentication credentials. It continually scans for targets, seeding those that are vulnerable and turning them into bots that can be used to facilitate a DDoS attack.
The Mirai source code was released via a malware message board known as Hackforums, according to a report from Krebs on Security. The user responsible for the post states a desire to move on from staging attacks on IoT hardware, but Krebs believes that the real motivation behind this release is less altruistic.
The high-profile nature of the attack on Krebs' site has likely prompted a new wave of investigations into Mirai and its authors. Krebs argues that the culprit is likely to be circulating the source code to make it more difficult for law enforcement to trace this particular strain of malware back to its origin.
The good news is that IoT devices infected by Mirai can be recovered via a simple reboot — the bad news is that scanning for new targets is thought to be so prevalent, that the hardware could be infected once again in a matter of minutes. As such, the advice is to change the default password, putting the device outside of Mirai's reach.
Referencing a Gartner forecast that predicts that 6.4 billion IoT devices will be in use worldwide this year, Krebs warns of a "dawning IoT nightmare" if security standards aren't tightened. Given the amount of hardware out in the wild, and the fact that Mirai is now freely available, it's easy to see where his concerns are coming from.
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Toll People are a unique business unit within the wider Toll Group. We were established due to the lack of specialised recruitment services available within the marketplace. We have a genuine passion to provide quality recruitment services. The Toll Group's standards for employment services are so specific that they found external service providers were unable to source the calibre of employees that the industry demands. As a result, Toll People was established.
While we were incredibly successful at supporting the Toll Group, we found ourselves with a 'best in class' recruitment process, sourcing the best candidates in the market. Given this success, we saw an opportunity to not only assist the Toll Group but our highly valued partners. Toll People entered the mainstream recruitment market in 2010 and 5 years on, we are Australia's most recognised provider of staffing solutions to the Transport, Logistics & Supply Chain industry.
We pride ourselves on being able to provide a comprehensive recruitment solution, designed to address all of our clients needs, no matter how unusual they may seem.
Located at 14 offices throughout Australia and contactable 24 hours a day, our trained and experienced consultants are on call to help you get the job done.
So whether you're an organisation looking for the best person for the job or you're an individual ready to make a career move, talk to us today.
If you're looking for full-time, part-time or temporary employment, you've come to the right place.
What were you doing before you joined Toll?
I previously managed diverse businesses for national employers across recruitment, materials handling and equipment fleet management industries both nationally and across South Australia and Northern Territory.
What attracted you to Toll?
When I finalised the restructure of a business with services across South Australia and Northern Territory I wanted to return to my preferred industry of recruitment services. Toll offered the opportunity, business diversity and national exposure that I was keen to be involved in. The business aligns with my previous experience in transport and logistics so it seemed like a natural fit.
What do you do at Toll?
I'm the State Manager SA & NT for Toll People. We provide recruitment services including industrial labour hire, temporary administration, executive and commercial permanent recruitment to Toll and an impressive portfolio of external clients within Australia. We also offer a range of training solutions including WHS, administration and logistics.
I'm responsible for the overall performance of the business across both South Australia and Northern Territory.
The fast-paced nature of the Toll People business, and working with my team, and our clients. We are constantly evolving which means coaching, mentoring and developing my team members and providing them with opportunities is vital as we grow.
What do you enjoy most about working at Toll?
The fact that Toll has such a great culture that is focused on safety and continuous improvement.
Any advice for someone considering joining Toll?
Develop your networks; Toll has a broad and experienced team of employees who are always willing to assist, work hard and be a team player.
Prior to joining Toll People I was the Business Director at Hays Specialist Recruitment. My portfolio included responsibility for the Oil and Gas, Energy, Supply Chain and Executive businesses.
The opportunity to be an embedded part of a complex business and recruit talent into Australia's largest and most successful transport and logistics organisation was the main driver for me to join Toll.
I am the State Manager for Toll People QLD. We successfully manage over 1,000 temporary workers weekly and place permanent and executive talent into the Toll businesses and our key supply chain business partners.
The challenge of identifying the best people to work for Toll and also the relationships built through supporting our business partners in their talent acquisition.
The diversity of the business, and the passion in the brand is incredible.
Toll is a business that embraces continuous improvement so if you enjoy the feeling of making a difference for your employer this is an environment where you definitely can.
I was previously working as a 360 recruiter in Mining, Oil and Gas supply industries servicing West Australian projects along with SME providers specifically supporting the iron ore sites nationally.
The brand and size of the business across Australasia and internationally. It was and is an amazing opportunity to work for an international company with a reputable brand.
I am the State Manager for WA for the Toll People business; we specialise in the provision of recruitment services for both the 33 Toll Group business units across Australia and external clients from our large customer base.
The people that I work with; my team, my colleagues and our clients.
The people that I work with daily and the interaction with other quality staff across the Toll Group network.
Any advice for someone considering joining Toll ?
If you are looking for an organisation with entrenched values, that they live by across the business, then Toll is the place for you.


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Like a Frog in the Kettle; We Are Losing Economic Leadership
by Kevin D. Freeman on April 17, 2015
Today, The New York Times reported that U.S. Economic Primacy seems to be Ebbing with China and others rising rapidly. This is their conclusion after surveying world leaders at the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Here are excerpts:
At Global Economic Gathering, U.S. Primacy Is Seen as Ebbing
By JONATHAN WEISMAN –APRIL 17, 2015
WASHINGTON — As world leaders converge here for their semiannual trek to the capital of what is still the world's most powerful economy, concern is rising in many quarters that the United States is retreating from global economic leadership just when it is needed most . . .
"It's almost handing over legitimacy to the rising powers," Arvind Subramanian, the chief economic adviser to the government of India, said of the United States in an interview on Friday. "People can't be too public about these things, but I would argue this is the single most important issue of these spring meetings." . . .
Experts say that is giving rise to a more chaotic global shift, especially toward China…
In Washington, that concern crosses party lines.
"This is really about a crossroads for America and its leadership for the world," said Representative Dave G. Reichert, Republican of Washington. "We set the tone, we set the path for the global economy by being leaders. And if we don't, other countries step in."
The costs could be real. Failure to bolster the I.M.F. and other institutions weakens the West's hand in confrontations like the one with Russia over Ukraine, which has begged for multilateral economic assistance. Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, pointed to conflicts like the one in Syria, suggesting that fears the I.M.F. and World Bank will be unable to help rebuild the shattered country only opens the door to confrontational actors like Iran….
For years, China had threatened to establish institutions to rival those dominated by the West, like the I.M.F., World Bank and Asian Development Bank — or even to establish its currency, the renminbi, as a reserve currency to rival the dollar.
[Read the entire article at The New York Times….]
While this article makes several important observations, it virtually ignores one of the true causes behind the rapid decline of American economic power. The article almost gives the impression that China and her allies have been reluctantly forced to fill a vacuum caused by our failure. The reality is far more sinister as we have documented. The strategy to replace America was birthed in both Soviet KGB and Chinese PLA doctrine dating back decades. We have documented at length how Russia as early as 1998 and China in 1999 plotted to replace America as global economic leader. We have also shared how this was part of the Soviet plan (to use external economic weapons to undermine America) well before that as reported by Jan Sejna in his 1985 book, We Will Bury You. This is economic warfare, pure and simple. And we seem to be losing.
The reality of this warfare has sadly been missed by American policymakers and leadership. The changes have seemed too subtle to be recognized. Only now has the heat been turned up high enough to cause serious damage. Unfortunately, like the frog in the kettle most have missed the gradual warming.
In the past few days, however, it has started to feel as if we are being cooked. We shared what Larry Summers wrote in an Op-Ed for The Washington Post. And Zero Hedge has been connecting the dots.
Here are some examples from yesterday:
China Takes Aim At Dollar Reserve Status: Promotes Yuan In Investment Bank
Zero Hedge — April 16, 2015
…Perhaps even more interesting — and more alarming for Washington — is that the move by China to expand the yuan's influence via a fund that is now backed by nearly every major country on the planet save the US and Japan, comes just as petrodollar mercantilism, which has been perhaps the driving force behind dollar dominance for decades, crumbles in the face of slumping oil prices. As we've reported on several occasions, 2014 marked the first year in nearly two decades that oil producers' petrodollar exports (i.e. the recycling of oil proceeds into USD assets) turned negative. In other words, falling oil prices mean producing nations are now removing liquidity from the system rather than adding it, a process Goldman estimates will sum to nearly $900 billion by 2018.
The combination of these two forces could serve to cause a dramatic shakeup in a world that heretofore functioned on a unilateral system, both politically and economically.
Zero Hedge also points out how even the fall in oil prices is a threat to the dollars. Since oil is priced and sold in American dollars, lower global prices reduces the demand for our currency and leaves oil exporters with fewer excess reserves to invest in Treasury bonds.
The Collapse Of The Petrodollar: Oil Exporters Are Dumping US Assets At A Record Pace
Back in November we chronicled the (quiet) death of the Petrodollar, the system that has buttressed USD hegemony for decades by ensuring that oil producers recycled their dollar proceeds into still more USD assets creating a very convenient (if your printing press mints dollars) self-fulfilling prophecy that has effectively underwritten the dollar's reserve status in the post WWII era. Here's what we said last year:
Two years ago, in hushed tones at first, then ever louder, the financial world began discussing that which shall never be discussed in polite company – the end of the system that according to many has framed and facilitated the US Dollar's reserve currency status: the Petrodollar, or the world in which oil export countries would recycle the dollars they received in exchange for their oil exports, by purchasing more USD-denominated assets, boosting the financial strength of the reserve currency, leading to even higher asset prices and even more USD-denominated purchases, and so forth, in a virtuous (especially if one held US-denominated assets and printed US currency) loop…
As we said back in February, "…few actually grasped the implications of what plunging oil really means in a world in which this most financialized of commodities plays a massive role in both the global economy and capital markets, not to mention in geopolitics, with implications far, far greater than the amateurish 'yes, but gas is now cheaper' retort." In the end, the real question may be this: what happens socially and politically in EM oil-producing states when, after years of depressed prices, the coffers finally run dry?
When you put it all in context, we are witnessing a dramatic shift in the economic world. It seems to have happened all of a sudden. The reality, however, is that the heat has been rising for quite some time. Will we notice before it is too late?
In Game Plan; How to Protect Yourself from The Coming Cyber-Economic Attack, we outlined an eight-step plan to restore American greatness. But we must act quickly.
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PERFECTLY POISED: Tom Holland prepares to strike into action in the latest release in the Spider-Man universe, "Spider-Man: No Way Home." Released on Friday Dec 17, the movie offers numerous moments of storyline contentment as Marvel nods to the franchise's longtime fans.
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Title: Spider-Man: No Way Home
Studio: Marvel Studios, Columbia Pictures & Sony Pictures
Genre: Superhero, action, adventure, comedy
Availability: Exclusively in theaters
Starring: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, & Jacob Batalon
Great if you like: Comedic superheroes and comic book nostalgia
The head-to-head battle between Spider-Man (Tom Holland) and Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) that took place at the end of Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) left us wondering what else is in store for our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. Well, Marvel fans all over the world were blessed on Friday with 2 ½ hours of Peter Parker. Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) is an incredible addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe that left many fans with theories, nostalgia, and pure joy over the weekend.
The film follows Peter Parker, MJ (Zendaya), Ned (Jacob Batalon), and Dr. Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) in their battle against some familiar faces. The highly anticipated return of villains such as Doc Ock, Green Goblin, Electro, The Lizard, and Sandman lead to what many would deem one of the greatest movies of all time.
From an artistic standpoint, the movie was beautiful. The CGI and production teams definitely put the $200 million dollar budget to fantastic use. Dr. Strange's magic was as beautiful as ever and following Peter as he swung through the streets of NYC felt like an out-of-body experience. Plus, the movie is available in IMAX and 3D, which only adds to the indescribable special FX and cinematography.
From this point on, there are going to be spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home so please proceed with caution.
Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield returned to the big screen to reprise their roles as Spider-Man in the most incredible way. The introduction of the multiverse has opened a massive gateway for Marvel to capitalize off of multiple versions of the same person, and they did just that. Maguire, Garfield, and Holland all swung side by side in the final battle against the previous villains from Spider-Man 1-3 (2002-07) and The Amazing Spider-Man 1 and 2 (2012-14). These reprisals left many viewers excited, shocked, and in tears throughout the entire movie. Not only did the movie end with a bittersweet interaction between Peter (Holland) and MJ, fans also got closure for the beloved Spideys before Tom Holland.
As one could expect, three Peter Parkers lead to many hilarious and adorable moments between the trio. In one scene, while standing on the Statue of Liberty, Holland and Maguire's characters express their admiration for Garfield's Spider-Man by telling him how "amazing" he is. This is a callback to the title of his duology, The Amazing Spider-Man.
SWINGING WITH STRANGE: Spider-Man and Dr. Strange are shown surrounded by a warped city under the looming threat of Green Goblin and Doc Ock in this official art. This poster also debuts a new suit for Spider-Man with golden detailing, unlike any he has had before.
(Official Movie Website)
There are no critiques for the film other than the absence of Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy and Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane "MJ."
Nonetheless, coming from a long-time lover of Spider-Man, this movie was perfect. It truly reflects the greatness of nostalgia that a film can hold if it is used properly. Overall, this masterpiece gets a 10/10 in every respect. The impeccable acting, spectacular soundtrack, and dazzling characters are mixed together to create a phenomenal film for every Marvel lover to enjoy. It was a truly magical experience.
This poll has ended.
Going to see 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' this week?
Of course, I'm excited to see it!
No, I'm not really into that Spider-Man stuff.
Unfortunately, I can't.
They made another Spider-Man movie?!
Jenna Coller, Perspectives Editor
Jenna is a 16-year-old sophomore at CHS and this is her first year on the Periscope staff. She loves being social and getting to see the perspectives of...
Chloe	• Jan 13, 2022 at 8:02 am
Really enjoyed this review! I saw this movie a couple of weekends ago and agree with everything said in the article.
https://www.chsperiscope.com/ae/2021/12/20/who-is-peter-parker-spider-man-no-way-home-review/#comment-238544
Ayla	• Jan 11, 2022 at 2:21 pm
I am a huge fan of Marvel movies and i was excited to read this article. It was very interesting and thoroughly explained the movie in an interesting way.
Logan Forbes	• Jan 11, 2022 at 2:20 pm
Love the review; I saw the movie as well and absolutely loved everything about it! I agree with everything that you said and can't wait for this movie to come out on disc.
Levi Smith	• Jan 11, 2022 at 1:54 pm
Great movie, Great article!!
Sophia Morrison	• Jan 11, 2022 at 11:22 am
I have always been a big Marvel fan so I was super excited to be able to see this movie in theatres. Being able to see characters from previous Spider-Man movies was amazing.
Camera Bailey	• Jan 9, 2022 at 6:05 pm
I have never been someone who was really into superhero movies so the new Spider-Man movie didn't really peak my interest. After reading this article, it has made me want to see it. While I may not see it in theatres, it is definitely on my to watch list when it goes on a streaming platform.
Trinell Jones	• Dec 20, 2021 at 12:45 pm
Saw this film Saturday and nearly showed up late for work because of it. Totally worth it though to see all the Spider-Men I grew up literally, come together I stand by saying this is the best Spider-Man film ever produced


Copper Mountain Resort recently announced new incentives to draw those completely new to skiing and snowboarding this winter.
The resort will offer Ski and Ride School University to newbies 16 years and older in hopes of getting them to fall in love with downhill snowsports.
For $199, the Ski and Ride School University package includes three ski or snowboard lessons with lift tickets, gear rentals, close-in parking and two lunches.
When participants "graduate" from the program and complete their third lesson by April 5, they'll also receive a Copper Mountain season pass for the rest of the 2014-15 winter season as well as a 50 percent discount on a 2015-16 season pass.
The Ski and Ride School U program will take advantage of Copper's newly-created terrain-based teaching area in Green Acres, a small learning area between Center and East Village. The non-intimidating area highlights entry-level man-made features, such as banked turns and a mild mini-pipe, teamed with progressive teaching principles allowing beginners to explore various snow sliding sensations while the mountain and gravity do all the work.
While this deal is for older teens and adults of all ages, the idea fits with industry-wide efforts to attract and retain young people. Officials around the industry have expressed concerns about replacing Baby Boomers who will be leaving snowsports in the coming years.
People already familiar with skiing or snowboarding and looking to score cheap season passes should know the deal isn't meant for those wanting to crossover to a less familiar snowsport. Instructors will assess ability at the beginning of the program and will refund anyone deemed too experienced.
The Ski and Ride U deal must be purchased in person at the Guest Services or Mountain Sport Sales Center in the Copper One Building in Copper Mountain's Center Village. For more information, visit CopperColorado.com/SRSU.


Congratulations to Admiral Taverns from everyone at Ivor Thomas on a terrific fundraising achievement for the British Heart Foundation.
Scafell Pike is the highest peak in England standing at 978m high. A small team of dedicated cyclists set off from their head office in Chester to ride 130 miles to the foot of Scafell where they were joined by the rest of Team Admiral for a mass climb to the summit.
Heart disease touches too many people across the UK and everyone's support and efforts are needed.