Barry Schiff recounts "the most fascinating airplanes I've ever flown"; includes pilot reports and beautiful photography for 33 rare & popular aircraft.
Join Barry Schiff on an amazing journey across time and space as he flies and brings home reports on some of aviation's most rare and popular aircraft. Dream Aircraft documents his lifelong voyage flying aircraft that pilots and aviation enthusiasts dream of flying. Some of these aircraft are so rare that most pilots have never even seen one, let alone had a chance to fly them.
Each chapter is dedicated to a different aircraft as the author describes the unique aspects and performance characteristics: exactly how it feels to be behind the control wheel (or stick, as it may be). The book is dripping with detail and gorgeous images that will immerse the reader in an experience like no other. From the nostalgia of the Spirit of St. Louis, to the popular WWII fighter P-51 Mustang, to the exciting Lockheed U-2, this book is the who's who and how-to on some of the most remarkable aircraft ever developed.
Barry Schiff's expertise in and passion for aircraft have made him one of the most sought-after aviation journalists in the world. He has amassed more than 26,000 hours in over 300 types of aircraft and received worldwide recognition for his wide-ranging accomplishments. During his 34-year career with Trans World Airlines (TWA) he flew everything from the Lockheed Constellation to the Boeing 747. He remains active in the aviation community as a vigorous advocate for general aviation and one of the most respected authorities on pilot proficiency, human factors education, and aviation safety.
Barry's profound gift for storytelling and universal appeal are apparent more than ever in this beautifully woven tale of discovery. Dream Aircraft is an extraordinary work that aviation enthusiasts will treasure for years to come.
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As you might expect, few aviation books or articles provide much useful information to highly knowledgeable pilots who already have a great deal of flying experience. One exception is Barry Schiff's series of articles which have appeared in the Australian AOPA magazine for several years. These articles provided so much information and entertainment I bought the series that spawned his column.
Barry's very broad spectrum aviation piloting background and years of writing have made him exceptionally readable on a broad spectrum of aviation topics and I am sure there is no one out there who will not learn from his artful prose. In Volume 2 of his The Proficient Pilot Series he mentions the oft proffered saw that an aviation license is simply a license to learn. It's so true. In fact, many pilots pass their tests and obtain their PPL only to have their knowledge and flying skills slowly erode through the years. To be honest, my "book-based" aviation knowledge may have peaked in my early twenties as an RCAF multi-engine flying instructor after two years of intensive training. Mind you, one learns a great deal from operational flying afterwards and since my entire life rotates around aviation there is a great deal of immersion and constant review. And yet there were significant new facts well presented in every chapter of the series. This makes me wonder about the busy businessman or private/pleasure aviator who is deeply involved in so many of life's other aspects? Is he/she still safe, and will their current aviation knowledge be adequate to handle any emergency situations? There have been four fatal aircraft accidents in B.C. in the last week and I wonder how many of these might have been avoided with more knowledge and honed skills.
As an example of the books' content, I'll wager that many pilots no longer know their aircraft's Vy or Vx speeds nor the difference between them and how to maximize performance with each – and these are basic knowledge. I'll venture few aviators are aware of the effects of C of G movement on Vso or altitude on Vne! Mr. Schiff not only explains their meanings and relevance, but also expands readers' knowledge with in-depth explanations to greatly expand one's understanding of the important significance of these airspeeds – and many more. This not only increases a pilot's knowledge but also the likelihood that the important information is retained. The series is also useful for aviators going beyond private flying as the author provides useful and fascinating information on military and airline jets, propjets and other diverse aircraft categories. Pilots who digest all this good stuff will truly be more knowledgeable than their peers. If the chapters in Barry's books don't increase your knowledge and improve your pilotage skills, you are beyond learning. Although the series is produced by an American author, there are very few references made that are not entirely applicable to Canadian aviation and the few minor differences are obvious.
His offerings include The Proficient Pilot, Volumes 1-3 and Test Pilot: 1,001 Things You Thought You Knew About Aviation. The three-volume set should be read first as the author covers a very broad spectrum of aviation topics (in-depth), and corrects many of our misconceptions while at the same time expanding our general knowledge on those topics. Test Pilot is a tome with 1,001 questions and answers that will challenge virtually all of us to obtain a correct score of 60%! Sections include: History, Piloting, Navigation, Weather, Airline and Military, Aircraft, Facts of Flight, as well as Procedures and Regulations. The fascinating facts within make this book a great Christmas or birthday gift that will provide hours of entertainment and education. Truth to tell, I had trouble putting it down once I got going as every wrong answer made me want to answer a few more to up my average. Mind you, once I went back and read The Proficient Pilot Series it became apparent that many of the answers were provided within those volumes and that Test Pilot is a natural follow up text.
My personal opinion is that these four books are the most beneficial that I have added to my very large aviation library in years. Individually, or in a series these books are an excellent gift!
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The Tascam 414 is the all time favourite four track cassette tape recorder of DIY bands the world over. Many albums have been recorded on such machines and they all have a distinctive low-fi quality imparted by the electronics in this machine.
For those who desire a slightly less low-fi sound with more detail and dynamics, lower noise and tons of character, Jesus Agnew has extensively modified this machine by entirely removing the built-in mixer electronics and adding direct inputs and outputs to the tape recording and reproduction electronics.
This machine can now be used with our high quality vacuum tube electronics to greatly improve the results that can be obtained from this medium.
For those of you nostalgic about the four track cassette tape, we are now able to offer high quality analog stem mastering directly from your four track recordings.
This is not just limited to recordings made on the Tascam 414. Four track cassette tapes recorded on any such machine running at 3.75 ips will work just fine.
Below you can hear a before/after comparison of an old recording that was worked entirely on the stock Tascam 414 before any modifications were made back in 2011, and the same recording analogly remastered using the modified Tascam and our analog vacuum mastering setup, in 2015.


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Buy or Sell GNK.L (Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd) stocks (forecast)?
Today GNK.L ranks #529 as BUY CANDIDATE.
Will GNK.L stock price go up or down on Thu, 25 Apr 2019?
Technical GNK.L stock analysis for April 24, 2019.
Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd gained 0.59% in the last trading day, rising from £673.60 to £677.60 , and has now gained 5 days in a row. It will be exciting to see whether it manages to continue gaining or take a minor break for the next few days. The price has risen in 6 of the last 10 days and is up by 2.95% over the past 2 weeks. Volume has increased in the last day along with the price, which is a positive technical sign, and, in total, 53 412 more shares were traded than the day before. In total, 861 364 shares bought and sold for approximately £583.66 million.
Close price at the end of the last trading day (Wednesday, 24th Apr 2019) of the GNK.L stock was £677.60. This is 0.59% more than the trading day before Tuesday, 23rd Apr 2019.
During day the stock fluctuated 1.52% from a day low at £669.00 to a day high of £679.20.
30 day high of the GNK.L stock price was £679.20 and low was £649.60.
90 day high was £680.00 and low was £583.00.
52 week high for the Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd - £680.00 and low - £466.90.
Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd lies in the middle of a strong rising trend in the short term and a further rise within the trend is signaled. Given the current short-term trend, the stock is expected to rise 11.86% during the next 3 months and, with 90% probability hold a price between £736.61 and £809.15 at the end of this period.
Only positive signals in the chart today. Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd holds buy signals from both short- and long-term moving averages. In addition, there is a general buy signal from the relation between the two signals where the short-term average is above the long-term average. On corrections down there will be some support from the lines at £665.60 and £661.02. A break down below any of these levels will issue sell signals. A buy signal was issued from a pivot bottom point on Monday April 08, 2019, which indicates further gains until a new top pivot has been found. Volume is rising along with the price. This is considered to be a good technical signal.
Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd finds support from accumulated volume at £660.00.
This stock is usually traded at good volume, and with minor daily changes the risk is considered to be low. During the last day, the stock moved £10.20 (1.52%) between high and low. For the last week, the stock has had a daily average volatility of 1.78%.
Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd holds several positive signals and is within a strong rising trend. As the old saying says, "Let the trend be your friend.'". We therefore consider it to be a good choice at these current levels and we are expecting further gains during the next 3 months.
You are requesting a prediction for the closing price for Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd (GNK.L) for 2019-04-25.


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How to add a new DVB service or update a DVB stream? Here is the CIMP!
CIMP stands for Central Insertion and Monitoring Point and was a multi-segmented system comprised of several important units. The system was meant to be an integral part of Broadband Interactive (BBI). BBI was SES-Astra's proof of concept - two-way broadband satellite service based on TCP/IP over DVB-S and DVB-RCS. In fact, this was proof of concept for DVB-RCS.
Each segment of the CIMP system operates in a High-Availability cluster and satellite operators use it for completely transparent integration of new services, changing stream parameters, sending new tuning information to network HUBs, etc.
This state-of-the-art application is an example of customer-tailored applications Amphinicy Technologies develops in order to perform specific customer requested tasks.


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To help address these and other concerns involving automatic renewing contracts or subscriptions, the Attorney General's Office worked with the Colorado General Assembly to enact House Bill 21-1239, which was signed into law in July 2021 and takes effect January 1, 2022. Learn more about the bill and your rights here.
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There are literally thousands of different devices that are used to take credit card payments. With the advent of the smartphone and mobile technology new ways of taking credit cards are emerging every day. From a very general standpoint, listed below are the three major device categories.
The oldest and most common solution in a retail environment is the dedicated standalone terminal. These hardware devices are durable and relatively inexpensive and thus they are still the most popular device for business that take face-to-face, card present transactions. This is also a common device used by mobile and telephone order merchants, but is quickly being replaced in those environments for better options.
However because a dedicated standalone terminal can only process credit cards and for security reasons typically do not integrate easily with additional software, they are limited. The merchant lacks the ability to store important data such as inventory levels and customer info, which must be stored with a separate tool if kept track of at all.
The online or internet gateway has risen immensely in popularity over the last few years. This is in part due to the need for online gateways to work with a shopping cart for ecommerce transactions. The larger reason for the rise in use however is due to the emergence of virtual terminals and (app based) mobile processing. Both virtual terminals and mobile apps typically use online gateways such as Auth.net to transmit credit card information securely. 3rd party applications and developers have used previously complex integration and encrypted code to create easy and friendly user interfaces.
Previously this technology was only utilized in the ecommerce setting for integration into shopping carts. However the increased use of mobile smartphones opened up for processing mobile. The benefits of an online or internet gateway are that software updates are seamless and hardware costs are low. The addition of a USB or phone compatible swiper also gives the user access to card present rates. The limitation is that access to the internet is required.
Even if a merchant has a traditional terminal and has no need for processing mobile, having a virtual terminal back-up is a good idea in case the hardware ever fails.
Integrated software and hardware solutions have been around as long as dedicated standalone terminals and make use of hardware (typically a PC) and peripherals such as receipt printers, USB magswipers and barcode scanners. This hardware works in concert with a software program designed not only to process credit cards but also to track additional data such us customer information, inventory and more. These are critical elements for large retailers and business that require seamless tracking of data at the point of purchase. This solution also frequently comes with a touch screen interface which is a necessity for fast paced restaurants, bars and night clubs.
As technology has improved, traditional siloed solutions have become obsolete as more integrated solutions offering more flexibility, efficiency and effectiveness. A good example is with Intuit, who offers processing along with desktop, mobile and ecommerce solutions. Intuit allows the merchant to integrate all of these solutions into one account for fast and easy tracking and integration. Coupled with Intuit's accounting software Quickbooks, it makes for a powerful cohesive solution.


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Ms. Tharalika Livera, Deputy Director for Compliance (Surveillance & Quality of Service) of the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) has been appointed as the new Vice Chair for the South Asian Sub Region of the APT Policy & Regulatory Forum during its 15th meeting held from 3rd to 5th August in Singapore.
The meeting was attended by the delegates from APT member countries, affiliate member countries and international organisations with the vision to build a Smart Digital Economy through ICT. Another main objective of the Forum is to bring telecommunications and ICT policy makers and regulators from the region together to a common platform for a dialogue on issues faced by them as a result of the unprecedented changes taking place in the ICT sectors.
Ms. Tharalika Livera said 'it was clearly understood from the presentations that the member countries are well aware of the significance of the ICT for social-economical development of respective countries. The importance of promoting innovative development, strengthening comprehensive connectivity and infrastructure development of a country to achieve the vision of building a Smart Digital Economy through ICT was emphasised at the conference'. She further added that the regulator, TRCSL has a major role to play in building a Smart Digital Economy by considering the ICT as the key enabler for social, economic and environmentally sustainable economic growth and development of Sri Lanka and we should join hands to work towards achieving the set vision.


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Facebook Has A Working iPad App Hidden In The iPhone Version
By Graham Spencer
As revealed by TechCrunch, it appears the official Facebook app for iPad may become available in the App Store relatively soon, as the iPad app is actually hidden away, inside the iPhone app and actually executable! It is unclear when and how Facebook will announce the availability of Facebook for iPad, however as MG Siegler explains, it is a completely re-imagined Facebook experience for the tablet that takes advantage of the iPad's screen to lay out a different view for your photo albums, friends, profile, and more. The app does seem to use an iPad optimized web view in the main Facebook interface (just like on the iPhone), but several other UI elements are native to iOS and built specifically for the iPad.
Facebook for iPad uses a concept not too dissimilar from Twitter's iPad app – rather than displaying all content vertically, the app heavily relies on horizontal navigation to access various Facebook sections, the news feed, chats, liked posts, and so forth. For instance, a sidebar on the left contains tabs below your main profile to open your News Feed, Messages, Events, Places, Friends, and Photos. In the same sidebar, there are links to jump to the groups you're subscribed to – it almost appears as Facebook wants to put the focus on Groups as much as Google gave Circles, its friend-organization tool, a huge role in Google+. There are two top bars in the middle panel: one has buttons to upload photos from your iPad's camera and library, the other two are associated with a regular status update and check-ins. In the blue toolbar, the app has a series of additional icons to open the friend requests panel, messages, and notifications – this looks very similar to Facebook on the desktop, and the design is very distant from Facebook's implementation on the iPhone. There is also a search function in the app, though it's been placed at the top of the sidebar, rather than the toolbar. As for the stream, judging from the screenshots it seems to be a web view optimized for the iPad's new app UI.
Facebook for iPad includes a Chat sidebar on the right and a full interface for Messages, which look very similar to Apple's own iMessage model – at least as far as the design goes – with recipients listed on the left and the actual message inside a larger panel on the right.
UPDATE: TechCrunch has posted an album-full of screenshots of the app here. We've embedded a sample of these below the break, but here's one:
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Twitter: @greyham | Email: graham@macstories.net


If you're not taking advantage of this often overlooked digital dental marketing tactic, you're missing out on more than you know. In this week's Wednesday Wisdom, Jake breaks down the digital dental marketing dilemma of responding to patients or consumers who take the time to reach out to you via dental website contact forms or social media submissions.
1) It's crucial to have a timely response that's consistent with your marketing funnel to reign in potential patients.
3) There are good and bad ways to respond to someone on social media, particularly Facebook.
Jake: 00:00 Hi, and welcome to this week's edition of Wednesday Wisdom. My name is Jake Weber, website project manager here at Golden Proportions Marketing.
Jake: 00:07 Today I want to talk to you about a very important, but sometimes overlooked aspect of your digital marketing, and that's responding to patients or consumers that engage with you via contact forms or social media. When a patient or potential patient takes the step of actually contacting you on your website with a contact form, or messaging you on Facebook or Instagram, the hardest part is already accomplished. They've reached out to you. Now the ball's in your court to make sure that you respond in a timely manner, and in a manner that's consistent with your marketing funnel and bringing in those new patients.
Jake: 00:42 When it comes to contact forms on the site, GPM has already done the legwork of making sure that it's properly optimized so that way, a patient feels welcoming and invited to fill it out. So, now it all comes down to timeliness. Are you responding within a reasonable amount of time, or are you waiting till the end of the day to respond to all of your contact forms? Studies find that a consumer is willing to wait up to four hours once engaging with a brand that they are curious about, but they do expect an answer within those four hours, mainly within one hour. Our records do show that 10 hours, however, is actually the industry standard for when brands reach out to those consumer, so there's a six hour gap that we need to cover.
Jake: 01:26 When it comes to social media, particularly on Facebook, you have a lot more of a public eye on your conversation with a potential patient, so keep a couple things in mind. Make sure you stay HIPAA compliant. Don't answer any questions that need to be protected conversations. But you still have that engagement. The ball is still in your court to close that deal, to bring that patient in, have him or her sitting down in your chair for a consultation. Again, with Facebook, just like contact forms, timeliness is key as well as maintaining your brand, so make sure that you're friendly, warm and responsive. But at the same time, explaining to the consumer that you want to bring them in for a conversation.
Jake: 02:08 That sums up how we recommend converting those contact form submissions and social media questions into potential patients. Thank you for joining us for this week's edition of Wednesday Wisdom. Again, my name's Jake, and look forward to seeing you next week.


The DryerFlex difference is in the rings. Just like counting rings on trees, the number of rings on your dryer's exhaust hose indicates stability. Too few and the hose may collapse. DryerFlex retains its 4" round diameter all the way through.
Just like rings on trees, DryerFlex rings indicate stability.


Here's what you need to know to navigate your choices for credit cards for new businesses with no credit history. We present you with four options.
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You have a great business ideas that you know can be a reality. Your next step it to figure out how to get funding for a business idea. Here's how.
Have you wondered how to get funding for a bar? There's a lot to consider, from how you'll finance all your equipment to how you can secure funding.
Some entrepreneurs trying to bootstrap their startup turn to an easy alternative—business credit cards. But is that a good or bad idea?
Here, the 9 business credit card requirements you need to know—plus, the 2 most important ones that aren't on the application.
Keep these factors in mind so that you can confidently go about applying for a business credit card that best suit your business's individual needs.
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Shreyas Shah
Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Member of Technical Staff, Physiological Communications
PhD, Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (2015)
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (2010)
Shreyas Shah completed his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering and Ph.D. in Chemistry & Chemical Biology at Rutgers University. His doctoral research focused on developing nanomaterial-based approaches to manipulate cellular behaviors for applications in neural regeneration, drug delivery and optogenetics. His work has been published in various high impact peer-reviewed journals, and has received numerous awards and honors in recognition of his achievements. Shreyas was extended an offer to join Bell Labs to launch a pioneering new research program in Physiological Communications. He is currently exploring new methodologies to extend beyond vital sign monitoring towards real-time monitoring of human biochemistry.
Biological Communications
2015 Bell Labs Nobel Prize Celebration – 1st Place Graduate Oral Presentation
2014 Thomas Reid Fellow Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Doctoral Research
2014 Gordon Research Conference Poster Award
2014 Theodore E. Madey Award for Best Student Poster Presentation
2014 Van Dyke Award for Excellence in Research
2013 NSF-IGERT on Stem Cells – Graduate Fellowship
2012 Material Research Society (MRS) Best Poster Award
2010 Rutgers University Outstanding Engineering Scholar
1) Shah, S.; Solanki, A.; Lee, K.B. "Nanotechnology-based Approaches for Guiding Neural Regeneration." Accounts of Chemical Research. (2016). 49:17-26.
2) Shah, S.; Liu, J.; Pasquale, N.; Lai, J.; McGowan, H.; Pang, Z.P.; Lee, K.B. "Hybrid Upconversion Nanomaterials for Optogenetic Neuronal Control." Nanoscale. (2015). 7:16571-77.
3) Kim, T.H.*; Shah, S.*; Yang, L.; Yin, P.Y.; Hossain, M.; Conley, B.; Choi, J.W.; Lee, K.B. "Controlling Differentiation of Adipose-derived Stem Cells using Combinatorial Graphene Hybrid-Pattern Arrays." ACS Nano. (2015). 9:3780-90.
4) Shah, S.; Yin, P.Y.; Uehara, T.M.; Chueng, S.T.; Yang, L.; Lee, K.B. "Guiding Stem Cell Differentiation into Oligodendrocytes using Graphene-Nanofiber Hybrid Scaffolds." Advanced Materials. (2014). 26:3673-80.
5) Shah, S.; Sasmal, P.K.; Lee, K.B. "Photo-triggerable Hydrogel-Nanoparticle Hybrid Scaffolds for Remotely Controlled Drug Delivery." Journal of Materials Chemistry B. (2014). 2:7685-93.
6) Shah, S.; Solanki, A.; Sasmal, P.K.; Lee, K.B. "Single Vehicular Delivery of siRNA and Small Molecules to Control Stem Cell Differentiation." Journal of American Chemical Society. (2013). 135:15682-85.
Email shreyas.shah@nokia-bell-labs.com Phone 908-251-7850 Social LinkedIn


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Is Your Commercial Tenant Not Paying Rent? Here Is What You Can Do
By Steve Wood on May 24, 2021 in Rent Arrears
As a landlord, the position of a commercial tenant not paying rent is a big issue. In the current pandemic, this problem has become more complex and potentially more drawn out. What can you do if you have a commercial tenant not paying rent while keeping within the laws and current COVID-19 regulations?
Covid-19 effect on commercial rent payments
While the government has put a number of measures in place to help business owners during the pandemic, their moves have severely hampered the ability of the commercial landlords to collect rent in all but most cases. Whilst the government has put these measures in place the tenant still has an obligation to pay the rent, regardless of any assistance they are receiving.
The problem comes when the tenant cannot or in some cases will not make the rent payment. This is where the COVID legislation has impacted what the commercial landlord can and can't do.
The position of the landlord
Under the current regulations, a tenant can approach a landlord for a direct concession such as a reduction in rent or a deferring of the payment. It is up to the landlord whether they make that decision. However, every case should be assessed carefully. Deferring a payment now could keep the tenant in business and lead to repayment later, it is always better to be working with the tenant than having an empty premise.
If you agree to this, then paperwork should be drawn up to show what has been agreed and signed by both parties. If this is not acceptable or the rent is then not paid when it was agreed, recovery of commercial rents is the next step.
Current restrictions on recovering commercial rents
Two main restrictions are imposed on commercial landlords when it comes to recovering sums due to from tenants:
Forfeiture of commercial leases – this presents any forfeiture between March 26th 2020 and June 30th 2021, whether by proceedings or peaceable re-entry for the vast majority of cases of non-payment. Of course, this does not prevent forfeiture for beach of lease, but the landlord will need to issue a Sec 146.
Stay of all possession proceedings – this stayed all possession proceedings for 90 days from March 27th until September 2020. This was later extended until May 31st, 2021 in England for June 30th, 2021 in Wales
What can you do if your commercial tenant is not paying the rent
While the regulations may seem that if a commercial tenant is not paying the rent, there is little a landlord can do, this isn't the full story. There are options available that landlords can legally take with the current restrictions.
Commercial Rent Arrears Recovery (CRAR)
Under The Taking Control of Goods and Certification of Enforcement Agents (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020, landlords cannot use CRAR until at least 366 days' worth of rent is due (this was seven days before the pandemic). However, this period has increased during the pandemic and will continue to be in place until at least June 30th 2021.
Forfeit the lease (ending the tenancy)
Under the Coronovirus Act 2020, forfeiture was suspended for most business tenancies on the grounds of non-payment of rent up to June 30th 2021. However, it is worth noting that the landlord will be regarded as waiving their right to forfeit for non-payment of rent unless they expressly confirm such a waiver in writing.
This means once the suspension period ends, the landlord could forfeit the lease for the non-payment during the period if the money remains unpaid.
Using the rent deposit
Another option is to use the rent deposit paid towards the current rent. There is nothing in the regulations that forbid this although the government's code of conduct for landlords says that the step should be 'realistic and reasonable' to carry out.
Recovery from former tenants and their guarantors
The landlord can recover rent arrears and other sums due from former tenants and their guarantors but there are strict time frames for doing this.
An 'old lease' that was granted before January 1st 1996 allows for the landlord to recover rent in this way. However, for the 'new lease' after that date, the landlord can only recover the money if the former tenant has given an Authorised Guarantee Agreement (AGA).
To carry out this measure, a Section 17 notice will need to be issued within six months of a 'fixed charge' falling due. This includes rent, service charges and other sums due.
Recovery from existing guarantors
If there is a third-party guarantor involved with the tenancy, it may be possible to recover money from them. The landlord does need to check the wording of the tenancy agreement carefully to see if the liability has been triggered.
For example, the landlord may only be able to use this clause if a certain period has passed. Or there may be conditions about giving the guarantor a new lease.
Paying arrears in instalments
If the tenant wants to remain in the property and the landlord also prefers this, then it may be worth arranging to pay the arrears in instalments so that the lease can remain in place. If not, the landlord faces an empty property and no guarantee that the money can be recovered under the current regulations.
Debt proceedings
There are currently no regulations in place that stop a landlord from issuing claims under either Part 7 or Part 8 of the Civil Procedures Rules for either the county or High Court. This allows for the recovery of arrears from tenants.
Issuing a Statutory Demand
The final option used is a statutory demand. Under the regulations, these can be served but no winding up petition can now be present for failure to make payment for sums demanded before June 30th 2021.
However, where it can be shown that a company cannot pay its debts, a winding-up petition can be presented once the current regulations end, whether or not a statutory demand has been served.
Which option is the best?
Deciding on which option is best in the situation of a commercial tenant not paying rent is a complex one. It is always a good idea to seek out legal advice to check things like the lease wording and the new regulations.
It can always be a good idea to try to come to some agreement with the tenant as this can help secure the property's occupancy for years to come. But in cases where this isn't possible, getting the right advice will help you decide which route is best to follow.
Qualified assistance with enforcement services
If the best route to handle the situation is to go to court, you will need qualified help with enforcement services. Here at Able Enforcements, we offer certificated enforcement services to help with everything from process serving to evictions. We have worked with commercial landlords across the country and can help you during this challenging time.
Call us today to arrange an appointment and discuss your needs and situation further.
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Luka Modric named Best player, Liverpool's Mohamed Salah wins Puskas award, plus all the winners from FIFA Football ceremony
Chelsea duo Eden Hazard and N'Golo Kante were named alongside Manchester United's David De Gea in the FIFA World XI on an eventful night in London
By talkSPORT
25th September 2018, 2:24 pm
Updated: 25th September 2018, 2:27 pm
Luka Modric has won the FIFA men's best player award, beating Mohamed Salah and Cristiano Ronaldo.
For the 33-year-old playmaker, the prize caps a remarkable 12 months which saw him play an integral role in Real Madrid's third straight Champions League victory and then lead Croatia to their first ever World Cup final.
Modric was named The Best
In his speech, the former Spurs maestro thanked his teammates and family in English, Spanish and Croatian, and said he was proud to receive this prize in front of FIFA's deputy general secretary Zvonimir Boban, a star of Croatia's 1998 World Cup side.
Modric's win breaks the Lionel Messi-Ronaldo duopoly of the last 10 years and it follows his player of the tournament prize at Russia 2018 and UEFA player of the year accolade last month.
Modric was the World Cup Golden Ball winner
"It's a great honour and a beautiful feeling to stand here with this amazing trophy," he said.
"First of all, I would like to give congratulations to Mohamed [Salah] and Cristiano [Ronaldo] for the great season that they've had and I'm sure in the future they will have another opportunity to fight for this trophy.
"This award shows that we all can become the best with hard work, dedication and belief. All dreams can come true."
Salah at the ceremony in London
There was some consolation for Salah, who had earlier picked up the Puskas Award for the season's best goal, his stunning strike in the Merseyside derby at Anfield.
Ten goals were shortlisted for the award, including Gareth Bale's overhead kick against the Reds in the Champions League final and Cristiano Ronaldo's acrobatic effort against Juventus, but Salah received 38% of the vote to claim the prize.
FIFA World XI
The FIFA World XI
Premier League trio David De Gea, N'Golo Kante and Eden Hazard were named in the FIFA/FIFPro World 11 but Salah missed out.
The dream team was put together by votes from 25,000 professional footballers from more than 65 countries.
Hazard, Kante and De Gea made the XI
Dani Alves grabbed one full-back spot, with Real Madrid trio Rafael Varane, Sergio Ramos and Marcelo completing the defence.
Modric and Kante were picked in a two-man midfield, with Messi, Kylian Mbappe and Hazard in front of them and Ronaldo up front.
Wenger presents Deschamps with the award
France's World Cup-winning boss Didier Deschamps claimed the coach of the year title ahead of Croatia's Zlatko Dalic and Zinedine Zidane, formerly of Real.
Women's Player of the Year
Marta was crowned the best female footballer
Brazil's Marta collected her sixth women's player of the year award, but her first since 2010 after finishing as runner-up on three occasions during the intervening years.
Goalkeeper of the Year
Former Chelsea keeper Thibaut Courtois was named goalkeeper of the year.
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Technology Quarterly | See-through electronics
Seeing clearly
A transparent transistor that could be used in electronic displays
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Howard Katz at work
FAMILIAR friends can nevertheless sometimes surprise people. Such has been the case with a compound used to make the first solid-state batteries some 40 years ago. Researchers have now found that it can also be used to build transistors that are transparent and hence suitable for use in electronic books and head-up displays.
Sodium beta-alumina was discovered in the 19th century when the process of extracting aluminium from its ore, bauxite, was being developed. It is formed of alternating layers of aluminium oxide and sodium ions. In 1967 researchers at the Ford Motor Company discovered that it conducts these ions as though it were a liquid. That spawned the first solid-state batteries.
For two decades or so, the stuff was the darling of battery engineering. Then better ionic conductors and more promising designs emerged, and its popularity waned. Now a team of researchers led by Howard Katz of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, has discovered that sodium beta-alumina has other interesting electrical properties which make it suitable for building transistors.
Transistors are the workhorses of electronics. They are switches that enable one electric current to control the passage of another. Linked together on the surfaces of silicon chips, they form the logic gates that do the calculations in computers, mobile phones, television sets and other electronic gadgets.
Dr Katz and his colleagues found that, although sodium ions flow readily in between adjacent aluminium-oxide layers of sodium beta-alumina, they cannot pass between them. By applying a small voltage at right-angles to the layers they found they could pull the ions towards the aluminium oxide, clamping them in place and thus controlling when the current flowed—the essence of a transistor. They report the result in the current issue of Nature Materials.
As a bonus that could help commercialise the technology, the technique that the team used to deposit the compound is relatively straightforward and cheap. The researchers worked with sodium beta-alumina in its liquid form, which enabled them to spread it easily onto a surface in precisely the pattern required for a printed circuit. When they heated it to 400°C, it turned into a solid, transparent film.
Dr Katz has now used sodium beta-alumina to build transistors on both glass substrates and flexible, plastic ones. His team thinks its new approach will be particularly suitable for use in portable devices, because it operates at low voltages. If so, an old flame may be rekindled.


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The nedi pot started off as ancient yoga tradition from India. The word "nedi" stands for nasal cleansing and comes from the ancient Indian language, Sanskrit. It was believed that clear breathing lead to clearer thinking so by clearing the nasal passage this would be achieved. Clearer thinking would lead to clearer meditation they also believed that clearing the nose can help overcome addictions and mood swings. The practice of using a nedi pot did not gain popularity in the United States until 2007 when Dr. Oz talked about it on the Oprah Winfrey show.
Step 5: Place the spot on your upper nostril and pour slowly. It will start to come out of your other nostril.
It is recommended that you do this no more than once a day. I do it as needed it. So, this means that I do it when I am sick or feel pressure in my sense passage. Pretty much any time I have build up in my nasal passage. Most importantly, you want to make sure that you are cleaning out our pot after every use. You can do this by running hot water through it and letting it air dry. Some of the pots can be boiled, some can not. Your pot should come with care instructions, be sure to read those thoroughly and follow them. After all the worse thing than having pressure and build up in your nasal cavity is a bacterial infection in your passage.
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Member for North Fly, Boka Kondra, filed a stay application today at the Waigani Supreme Court on a National Court decision made in May.
As first respondent, a leadership tribunal found Kondra guilty of six allegations of misconduct in office, and recommended for the Governor General to dismiss him from office.
Kondra then filed for a Judicial Review, but was unsuccessful.
Today he filed an application to stay the National Court's decision that rejected his application for a Judicial Review.
Ian Molloy, the council representing Kondra, told a three-man Supreme Court bench this morning that the stay application should be granted, as it is of public interest.
He also said that the stay application should be granted for the overall interest of justice.
However, the lawyer on the opposing side argued that even if it is of public interest, the National Court had found Kondra guilty of misconduct in office.
He also raised the concern that the Governor General, Sir Michael Ogio, has been sitting on the leadership tribunal's recommendation to have Kondra dismissed from office.
The MP has thus far only been suspended from duties.
The Court will make its ruling on June 21.


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Neal Ardley admitted his frustration after Wimbledon squandered a chance to earn their first League 2 home victory since 23 October.
After starting 2013 with two impressive away wins, the Dons missed out on making it a treble when they let a 2-1 half-time lead slip against Wycombe Wanderers and the Wimbledon manager said it was a bitter pill to swallow.
Speaking to Dons Player, he said: "It is mixed emotions really. I am angry and frustrated that we dropped two points in a match when we should not have done so. On the other hand the performance was really good. We started poorly during the first 15 minutes, but then we got to grips with what we should have been doing in the first place.
Paul McCallum's double made it four goals in five games for him since joining on loan from West Ham and Neal Ardley said it was the striker's best display in a Wimbledon shirt.
The Wimbledon manager also confirmed that Rashid Yussuff missed the match due to a knee injury and Curtis Osano was taken off at half-time with a calf injury. Neal Ardley admitted in his post-match press conference that he is optimistic of extended McCallum's loan deal, which runs until 19 January.
The full video interview with Neal Ardley can be viewed on Dons Player.


Our duty as the creators of Sleepman is to bring you the best product possible, and based on your comments and the survey results we must make some improvements. As we see it now it needs to be more compact, water and sweat resistant, compatible with certain existing aps, equipped with an optical heart rate monitor for extra functionality, and it needs to look sleeker. As a matter of fact our R&D team has already started to implement some of the changes. But it is not feasible for us to deliver the renewed Sleepman within the timeframes we've indicated. Our reputation and commitment to you, our backers, are most important to us, and that is why we had to make the most painful and hard decision to postpone the project. Instead of failing to fulfill our obligations to you in a timely matter, we need to cancel this campaign and restart it in several months, once all of the above is addressed. We are hoping that we are doing the right thing and you will recognize our integrity and still support us when we relaunch.
Just launched on Kickstarter, Sleepman is a novel, next-generation wearable focussed entirely on your sleep health. In addition to looking like one of best sleep tracker solutions we've seen for a while, Sleepman can help you combat insomnia, fatigue and drowsy driving – an increasingly common factor in road traffic accidents.
Sleepman is the first wearable device to combine sleep tracking and optimization with active enhancement features to combat fatigue and day-time drowsiness.
Developed over the last two years by Avantechs Inc, a multi-disciplinary R&D company, Sleepman uses Electro-Dermal Activity (EDA) sensors to read your bio-signals from the wrist, constantly monitoring your sleep and activity data.
The standout feature is the Doze-Off Alert. Sleepman's algorithms claim to detect the earliest signs of fatigue or concentration loss, and warn you in advance that you're in danger of nodding off.
The Doze-Off alert is designed to improve road safety by warning sleep drivers with a combination of vibrating, flashing lights and sound alerts, prompting the driver to stop and rest in order to avoid the likelihood of an accidents.
With over 100,000 road accidents every year attributed to drowsy driving, Sleepman is the first consumer device to offer such an advanced sleep-detection system for drivers.
It doesn't stop there. Sleepman offer a range of hardware upgrades too. The Sleep Enhancer is a small palm-based gel pad that contains a small electrode – don't worry, it's safe to wear to sleep at night!
The other upgrades are the Heart Rhythms monitor – a device which connect to the Sleepman with a short cable.
Finally there's Insomnizap, a smartphone based self-training tool that teaches you to relax and ultimately fall asleep naturally.
Sleepman are looking to raise $50,000 for their Kickstarter campaign. Check the campaign info below for more details.


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Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has joined the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) that aims to improve the public availability and accessibility of information on aid. The announcement in this regard was done by the Minister of International Cooperation, the Honourable Beverley J. Oda during the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF4).
"Accountability and transparency are the hallmarks of Canada's international assistance and Aid Effectiveness Agenda," said Minister Oda during the event. "Increasing aid transparency is key to fostering the accountability needed for ensuring development effectiveness and results," added Oda.
This is one more step of CIDA that would allow donors, partner countries, civil society organizations and citizens to access and use Canadian information and compare it with data from 22 other participating organizations and countries.
CIDA has found the objectives of IATI program consistent with the Government of Canada's Open Government initiative. CIDA is taking important steps under Open Government Initiative to give Canadians better access to open data and open information. Through CIDA's Open Data, the Agency already publishes statistical and project-level information on international aid activities in searchable machine-readable formats, and project-level information for CIDA's Countries of Focus through web-based geo-mapping.
The Government of Canada's Open Government initiative has been started to foster open government by offering Canadians greater opportunities to learn about and participate in government, in the economy and in democratic process.
The expansion of open government is being pursued through Open Data (offering government data in a more useful and machine-readable format), Open Information (proactively releasing information, including government activities, to Canadians on an ongoing basis) and Open Dialogue (giving Canadians a stronger say in government policies and priorities).
This commitment to open government is part of the Government of Canada's efforts to foster greater openness and accountability, strengthen the democratic reform agenda and drive innovation and economic opportunities for all Canadians.
The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is a new multilateral initiative intended to secure concrete commitments from governments to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and harness new technologies to strengthen governance. To become a member of OGP, participating countries must embrace a high-level Open Government Declaration, deliver a country action plan developed with public consultation and commit to independent reporting on their progress going forward.
The Open Government Partnership was formally launched on September 20, 2011, when the 8 founding governments (Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Norway, Philippines, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States) endorsed an Open Government Declaration, and announced their country action plans, and welcomed the commitment of 38 governments (including Canada) to join the partnership.
As you are well aware that Sahara Public Rights Welfare Organization is serving the poor, innocent and deserving localities of Pakistan for a long time. Our introduction in brief, we are enclosing here with profiles of our organization. Our present activities are as under.
1.	SAHARA VILLAGE a center for Mentally Retarded Childs & Old Aged peoples.
4.	SAHARA SPECIAL CHILDREN EDUCATION CENTER.
6.	Also providing Ration, Medicines, and Clothes etc. to poor peoples.
We therefore humble request you to please help donate as much as possible by way of Zakat, Elms, Goods, Medicines, Medical Equipments, Ambulance, Ration etc.
Thanking you and hope to receive your kind assistance on humanitarian ground.
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all men, for all have sinned."
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Sermon Text The Intensivenes of Sin. Jas. 1:16.- I. The Intensiveness of sin is seen from the fact that is is constitional in human nature. Job 16:4 What is man that he should be clean and he that is born of woman that he should be righteous"? "How can a man be justified with God? Or how can he be clean that is born of woman"? "Behold, I was shapen in iniquity and in sin did my mother conceive me." "Wherefore as by one man sin entered into the world and death by sin, and so death passed upon all men, for all have sinned."


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French polishing, the very name intrigues me with a great deal of curiosity. Curiosity for this long lost art that has been forgotten by many. Curiosity for what the French had to do with it. Curiosity for the patience involved. It was the same the same curiosity that lead me to take a temporary job as a French polisher at one of London's finest hotels. I quickly became fond of the artistic aspects of the trade; touching out missing pieces of wood with natural pigments on the end of a squirrel haired paint brush. Experimenting with colours and tints and stains to match a wide spectrum of colours. Temporary soon became permanent and the skills I gained are a major influence on the work I have completed to date.
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Vladimir Putin won his first presidential election in 2000, after being chosen by an ailing Boris Yeltsin to replace him. Is a difference of five years in power all that meaningful? Russophobes will retort that it isn't only a question of time but of system. And yet, while accusing Putin of being an authoritarian — if not an outright dictator (dictators as defined by the US having been known to win elections…), even America's brightest pundits would be hard pressed to define Merkel's power. This would require knowing not only how the German system works officially, but the ins and outs of its backstage. The Politico article, like a New Yorker piece several years ago, does not hide its admiration for a woman who rose from being an East German chemistry Ph.d to head Europe's most powerful country, finishing off a trail of unhappy male counterparts along the way.
To round off this comparison, it is indispensable to mention that Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin may be the only two world leaders to be fluent in each other's language. As was usual in the past, the two leaders could take advantage of their ease in communicating to conspire against their neighbors; but times have changed: together, Merkel and Putin are slowly but surely pulling Europe away from the Atlantic, toward being a full member of Eurasia.
For Politico to be without bias, it would have to confess that 'it's hard to imagine the world without these two leaders.
Today, France 24's technical editor presented an automobile whose energy is symbiotic with that of the owner's home, while RT's documentary today focuses on the ways people get into debt.


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Walmart to Pay $282 Million to Settle Claims of Corrupt Payments Abroad, SEC Says
Walmart Inc. agreed to pay about $282 million to settle both criminal and civil claims related to payments made by outside consultants in Brazil, China, India and Mexico, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday.
The SEC accused Walmart of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or FCPA, which effectively forbids U.S.-listed companies from paying bribes to win business abroad. The deal requires Walmart to pay $144 million to the SEC and $138 million to the Justice Department, the regulator said.
The resolution comes after settlement talks between Walmart and the U.S. government have dragged on for years.
Karen Hewitt, an attorney for Walmart at Jones Day, declined to comment.
The Justice Department launched its investigation as a series of New York Times articles described alleged bribes Walmart paid in Mexico to obtain permits to build stores there. That spurred a wide-reaching investigation of Walmart's business across the globe, including in Brazil, China and India.
The Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. authorities sought a fine of $300 million to settle the probe, far less than the $1 billion sought by government enforcers toward the end of the Obama administration.
Walmart has spent about $900 million since 2012 on its own internal investigation of the bribery allegations and upgraded compliance operations, according to financial filings. In 2017, Walmart said it would set aside $283 million in anticipation of settling the U.S. government investigations.
"Walmart valued international growth and cost-cutting over compliance," said Charles Cain, chief of the SEC unit that investigates FCPA claims. "The company could have avoided many of these problems, but instead Walmart repeatedly failed to take red flags seriously."
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But as I'm here 'round the Frisco Bay, I'm getting ready for an annual Birthday Party of a friend that will need all of the next day and beyond from which to recover.
There was the question of the birthday card. Looking through our stack, we settled on a lovely card with an image that seemed perfect for the lady being feted this day. Trouble was: it was blank. Some form of literary creativity would be required. Having none on hand, we settled for using someone else's literary creativity: a quotation.
This led to the discussion of what to quote.
The husband said "What did Ben Franklin have to say about Birthdays?"
"What about Mark Twain?" I asked.
The husband rallied with "What about Oscar Wilde?"
The husband said "It's good, but not quite birthday."
The husband said "We don't know if she's 46. We may be under the mark, which would be disasterous."
The husband: "I LIKE it!"
And so there was our quote, which we followed with "Happy Birthday Rachel, May your future be bright!"
Went to Sam's Anchor Cafe yesterday for an early dinner. With views of the Tiburon yacht club and harbor, Angel Island, the Golden Gate Bridge, the City and Alcatraz, Sam's outdoor deck is the place to be on a summer evening. And I always love making the entrance through the bar upfront: a stucco-walled and checkerboard square linoleum-floored spot that hasn't been remodelled since 1962. Whatever song is playing on the jukebox, it is always a great song. Even if it is a song I normally hate.
Yesterday, while angling to catch the hostess's eye and get our names down for what seemed like a long wait, we ran into John Trimble and wife. John organizes the traditional music session that meets each week at Saint Isabella's in Terra Linda. He's also managed to get us into a San Rafael pub. A flash of guilt reminded me that John had been looking for volunteer musicians for Angel Island's history days. And there he was in his Docent jacket, obviously wrapping up a day at the Park Musuem. "I really wanted to go John! But today was our regular monthly massages and tomorrow is the Aloha Festival! Next year! And I'll be there Tuesday night!"
Then John and his wife introduced a woman in the group as their daughter Virginia. Polite greetings all around.
Then Virginia said "Your face looks familiar..."
"I'm sure we've met at one of your dad's things," I said.
"Maybe. Did you go to TL?"
Ah, crap. High school. Does it never end?
"Yeah, I went to TL. And you?"
Affirmative nod. "What year did you graduate?"
Pleased she's made the connection, "Yeah! that's when I was there."
"Oh, so you were Virginia...(mental grab for her dad's last name) Trimble!"
Now the thing was: did we know each other back then? I tried placing her in a Gunne Sax skirt or Gloria Vanderbilt jeans and Candies or a cotton India-print smock. Nothing was coming through. And one can't very well ask "Okay, then. Were you a geek? Or one of the jocks and cheerleaders who made the lives of geeks like me miserable?" But there are ways to discern.
"I was with the English and Drama crowd" I said. "What about you?"
"Yes! I hung out with some of them in the ampitheatre."
"Last three rows? Center Section?"
Bingo. Last three rows, center section: Geeks' Ghetto.
"Remember it was painted like a rainbow?"
I was now ready to settle happily into the investigation of which English teacher she had and delve into other memories, but at that moment, our table was ready.


Change and innovation in church life and ministry is prized by many and resisted by others.
Following advice by Rick Warren to ensure in reading that the whole of church wisdom was dipped into from the ancient to the modern, I keep being surprised how much of modern innovation is actually quite old.
Reading about Samuel Medley a preacher and hymn writer who lived from 1738-99 I found that he was looked on as a bit of a rebel who did things a little different.
He was renowned for preaching on just one word. But, Not or His..
Frustrated that his congregation couldn't sing the hymn's because of a shortage of hymnbooks, he ditched the hymnbook and printed the songs on broadsheets. On attending the service he handed everyone a copy and all could join in. I'm wondering if he was the first to remove the hymnbook? Long before the argument I remember in the late 70's in my home church about the use of an OHP?
He would also often, pen a hymn, that went with the text he was preaching that day. Was he the first to plan a service so that one spiritual point or lesson could be empahasised in the minds of his congregation.
This was also done by none other than the famous John Newton and his friend and hymn writer William Cowper. Each week they would meet up in the orchard that connected their two Olney homes. John would share his text and topic and William would compose a song that would reinforce the message. These were often at the same rhythm as the looms in the local lace mills would beat at so people could sing as they worked.


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Former LSU Tight End Commits to West Virginia
Morgantown, West Virginia – Kole Taylor has committed to play for the West Virginia Mountaineers on Christmas Day!
Taylor, a recent LSU transfer, made the announcement on his social media account moments ago. Taylor is a 6'7 250 pound tight end from Grand Junction, Colorado, who recently decided to leave the LSU football program and enter the transfer portal. Taylor then visited Morgantown and has been in contact with Oklahoma State, Oregon State, among several other programs around the country, but West Virginia has made finding a pass-catching tight end a real priority this offseason and Kole Taylor is certainly that!.
Taylor caught 5 passes for 55 yards this season for the Tigers and had 6 receptions for 68 yards and 1 touchdown last season, and he will have two years of eligibility remaining with the team.
Let's Go! Terrific Christmas gift for Mountaineer Nation!
Let's work🔵🟡 #HailWV pic.twitter.com/Tir51bPhtI
— Kole Taylor (@KoleTaylor3) December 25, 2022
Randy Mazey's Son Commits to WVU
West Virginia Officially Welcomes Blaine Stewart


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Planned Parenthood's War On Baby Women: Planned Parenthood Kills Girls Just Because They're Girls While They Claim Their Opponents Are 'Anti-Woman'
There must be an awful lot of pressure on liberals; after all, they've descended far lower than whale turds sink and the hydrostatic pressure at the bottom of the ocean gets to 16,000 lbs per square inch.
I guess all that pressure on them is why they're such rabid jerks.
Planned Parenthood takes plenty of government funding so it can turn around and give that money to the Democrats who give them the money so they can give it back to them in the form of campaign contributions and ideological ads.
Liberals tell me that my church can't have a political voice because it is tax exempt. That means my church doesn't pay taxes, NOT THAT THEY GET HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TAXPAYER MONEY.
As we just found out, liberal pro-Obama black churches get to be as activist as they damn well please given that Obama's Attorney General is going out teaching them how to play with the law. But those federal laws that keep tax-exempt organizations from politicking were really just intended for evangelical white Christians, anyway. They certainly don't apply to the New Black Panthers anymore in Obama's "Never bring a lawsuit against a black" administration.
Anyway, Planned Parenthood – which murders girls just because they're girls while screaming about conservatives' "war on women" – is paying Obama back for giving them our money with a huge ad campaign.
LifeNews has the story on racist baby-black-kid-killing Planned Parenthood also being a little girl-killing organization.
Here's the story:
Video: Planned Parenthood Encourages Woman to Get Sex-Selection Abortion
by Steven Ertelt | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com | 5/29/12 8:32 AM
The investigative pro-life group Live Action, which has released videos exposing the abuses at the Planned Parenthood abortion business across the country, has released a new video today showing a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Austin, Texas encouraging a woman to get a sex-selection abortion.
The video shows a Planned Parenthood staffer encouraging the woman to obtain a late-term abortion because she was purportedly carrying a girl and wanted to have a boy. The video is the first in a new series titled "Gendercide: Sex-Selection in America," that Live Action tells LifeNews will be exposing the practice of sex-selective abortion in the United States and how Planned Parenthood and the rest of the abortion industry facilitate the selective elimination of baby girls in the womb.
"I see that you're saying that you want to terminate if it's a girl, so are you just wanting to continue the pregnancy in the meantime?" a Planned Parenthood counselor named "Rebecca" offers the woman, who is purportedly still in her first trimester and cannot be certain about the gender.
"The abortion covers you up until 23 weeks," explains Rebecca, "and usually at 5 months is usually (sic) when they detect, you know, whether or not it's a boy or a girl."
The woman asks, "Do you think I should go and just ask for an ultrasound and just not tell [the doctor] that I'm gonna terminate if it's a girl, or…I just feel like there's been some judgment for my…"
"To be honest with you, um, I would probably think so," the Planned Parenthood staffer responds.
"But do you think I still just shouldn't worry about telling them that I would be terminating if it's a girl?" the pregnant patient repeats later.
"Right," Planned Parenthood says. "I would."
Live Action says the late-term abortion is offered for gender selection even though doctors agree that the later in term a doctor performs an abortion, the greater the risk of complications.
In the video (seen below), the Planned Parenthood staffer suggests that the woman get on Medicaid in order to pay for an ultrasound to determine the gender of her baby, even though she plans to use the knowledge for an elective abortion. The abortion facility staffer also tells the woman to "just continue and try again" for the desired gender after aborting a girl, and adds, "Good luck, and I hope that you do get your boy."
Lila Rose, the president of Live Action, condemned Planned Parenthood for its willingness to facilitate sex-selection abortions.
"The search-and-destroy targeting of baby girls through prenatal testing and abortion is a pandemic that is spreading across the globe," she said. "Research proves that sex-selective abortion has now come to America. The abortion industry, led by Planned Parenthood, is a willing participant."
UPDATE: Planned Parenthood has responded to the video by essentially saying it will do abortions for any reason and adding that the staffer in the video violated unnamed policies and has since been fired from her position.
A few years ago, a national study showed the possibility that the practice of sex-selection abortions has made its way from Asia to the United States. Researchers Douglas Almond and Lena Edlund of the National Academy of Sciences say their analysis of the 2000 Census shows the odds prematurely increasing for Asian-American families from China, Korea and India to have a boy if they already have a girl child.
On Wednesday, Congress will debate the Prenatal Non-Discrimination Act (PRENDA), which would ban sex-selective abortions nationally.
"Planned Parenthood and their ruthless abortion-first mentality is the real 'war on women'," says Rose. "Sex-selective abortion is gender discrimination with lethal consequences for little girls."
The complete, unedited video and transcript can be viewed at www.ProtectOurGirls.com, a hub of research and information on sex-selective abortions that Live Action has started.
Planned Parenthood has already attempted to run damage control regarding the video expose'. The abortion business worked its contacts in the media in recent weeks to try to head the potential probe and its results off at the pass. Weeks ago, Planned Parenthood went to the liberal Huffington Post to try to do damage control before the results of any possible Live Action investigation are made public. Planned Parenthood told the Huffington Post it may be facing another campaign from Live Action to expose its practices on how it would handle someone seeking a sex-selection abortion.
According to Planned Parenthood spokesperson Chloe Cooney, clinics in at least 11 states have reported two dozen or more "hoax visits" over the past several weeks, in which a woman walks into a clinic, claims to be pregnant and asks a particular pattern of provocative questions about sex-selective abortions, such as how soon she can find out the gender of the fetus, by what means and whether she can schedule an abortion if she's having a girl.
While patient privacy laws prohibit Planned Parenthood from offering specific details about the visits and where they occurred, Cooney told The Huffington Post that the incidents are so unusual and so similar to each other that they have raised concerns among the organization's executives that the visits are being recorded as part of a concerted anti-Planned Parenthood campaign.
"For years opponents of reproductive health and Planned Parenthood have engaged in secret videotaping tactics with fictitious patient scenarios and selective editing in an attempt to promote misinformation about Planned Parenthood and our services," Cooney said. "As with the prior instances, we anticipate that once again this group, likely in coordination with a broad range of anti-abortion leaders, will soon launch a propaganda campaign with the goal of discrediting Planned Parenthood, and, ultimately, restricting women's health."
While Planned Parenthood has no proof that Live Action is behind the current series of encounters, Cooney said the group is the most coordinated in their operations and that the recent string of incidents "follows their pattern exactly."
Planned Parenthood's attempt here to head off the results before the Live Action releases them was not the first occasion on which it attempted to do so. Planned Parenthood representatives spoke with the Washington Post just a short time before Live Action released the sex trafficking videos showing Planned Parenthood staffers arranging abortions for victims. The abortion business also spoke with the Washington Post to put its spin on the breaking of the story of Komen for the Cure cutting its funding — causing a massive backlash and an eventual reversal in its decision.
A handful of states specifically prohibit sex-selection abortions — Arizona, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Illinois — but Planned Parenthood's representative made it appear the abortion business would have no problem with doing abortions for those reasons. In fact, comments from Planned Parenthood's representative make some wonder whether the abortion business would ever ask if a woman or couple wanted an abortion for that reason.
"Decisions about whether to choose adoption, end the pregnancy or to raise a child have to be left up to a woman, her family and her faith, with the counsel of her doctor," Cooney said.
The Post also quoted one Asian-American activist who appeared to oppose legislation to ban sex-selection abortions.
"Abortion restrictions are a non-solution, and Planned Parenthood and others who have been providing necessary women's health care for gazillions of years are not the perpetuators of the war on women."
Later, Americans United for Life attorney Anna Franzonello, in a new column at the Washington Times, provided more evidence showing Planned Parenthood may be willing to tolerate such gender-based abortions.
So people who oppose killing baby girls are waging a "war on women" and the people who are actually KILLING the little girls are the champions of women.
As for Barack Obama, he just wants to kill babies, be they black, female, or ALREADY BORN AND SURVIVING OUTSIDE MOMMY-DEAREST'S WOMB.
Democrats are demon-possessed Nazi cockroaches who have murdered NINE American babies for every one Jew Hitler murdered during the Holocaust.
Update, June 3, 2012: For those who want to claim that this was an "isolated incident," the experiment that found revealed Planned Parenthood's hosility to women was repeated only to find the results confirmed:
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Why wages will stagnate for another 14 years
Discussion in 'General Trading Discussion' started by 21stcba, Aug 15, 2014.
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21stcba New Member
There's no doubt that the U.S. economy has recovered from the Great Recession, reclaiming the 8.7 million jobs that were lost. But apparently they aren't the same jobs because the average annual wage for new jobs is 23% less than the average annual wage of jobs lost during the recession, according to a new report from the U.S. Conference of Mayors. And there was no wage growth in the latest monthly jobs report, which also showed the economy gaining 209,000 jobs.
"We're stuck in a kind of trap where we see a slowly accelerating economic recovery, but on the wage side it is basically still flat except for those top earners," says Tyler Cowen, economics professor at George Mason University, referring to the top 20% of earners whose wages are rising.Cowen says wages are fundamentally tied to the productivity of workers, which is affected by foreign competition and technology innovations.
But U.S. productivity since the mid-1960s has more than doubled while wages overall are essentially flat, according to Gerald Friedman, economics professor at University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
Cowen tells Yahoo Finance in the video above that slow wage growth will likely continue. "If you look at the typical American wage, it was as high in the year 2000 as it is today. That's about 14 years of stagnation," he notes. "In my view it is quite possible we will be seeing another 14 years of exactly that same pattern."
So what can people do to buck this trend and get jobs where wages are rising rather than stagnating or falling?
"You either have to work really well with computers or really well with other people -- skills that machines can't replace," says Cowen. "That's the future of our labor markets." He says those jobs are in management, personal services and technology.
21stcba, Aug 15, 2014
BudFox Well-Known Member
It's exactly the same situation in Europe; wages for 90% of manual labour jobs are flat-lining and will do for the forseeable future. Companies are mning about the lack of skilled - labour but seem very reluctant to invest in it so we get a catch-22 as far as wages.
BudFox, Aug 17, 2014
wulfman Guest
Also the fact that poorer countries will do a better job for a fraction of the pay someone in North America or Europe will do.
wulfman, Aug 21, 2014
wvboarder Well-Known Member
It doesn't surprise me at all that this is the projected future of job wages. I read something along these lines a few years ago and is largely why I left the corporate world and went solo. I make more than I did in that setting and am pretty grateful for it.
wvboarder, Aug 23, 2014
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Exactly. I don't even really have anything else to add because this just about sums up my views perfectly on why so many people are losing money working for almost nothing. Things need to change if we ever expect something like this to advance or get better.
Well ultimately, people will have no money to pay for the products they make due to low wages so companies will go bust. There comes a point where food and shelter become the absolute priority and if there is little of a currency going round then people wont use it. No currency being used = worthless currency so people who hoard will have wasted their time and be left with nothing of value. A bit of a simplistic view I know but it could happen...
Colebra Well-Known Member
I'll try to remember it the next time I feel to lazy to get on the computer
There's a blog that I love, which has really good information on this topic.
Let me try to find it.
Sorry if the image is too big... Is there a way I can resize it?
Colebra, Sep 5, 2014
springbreeze Well-Known Member
Yes, I've been seeing this too. And it's very disconcerting. I don't know why companies haven't figured out that this system they've developed will eventually go bust. Yes, they'll continue making money or will even see an increase for a few years. But as someone said above, eventually people will not have enough money to spend and so they'll stop buying unnecessary products. I'm actually already seeing that. This is why so many companies are having to do sales now. People aren't buying the way they use to, even if we are coming our of the recession.
springbreeze, Sep 5, 2014
The only good news we get out of that bleak outlook is the fact that at least for the next 14 years much as the wages might be low, there'll still be some work available. What's worrying though is the fact that gradually people who can't work well with computers won't be getting huge salaries [or jobs]. Too bad is it? I suppose it's time those who can started thinking of making the right investments in order to escape the rat race.
Rainman, Sep 5, 2014
It's unfortunate that it's so difficult to find decent paying jobs. The rich I'm sure will continue to get richer while everyone else sees their wages and opportunities decrease. I hope that things improve for everyone across the board at some point. I can't say I'm too optimistic that will actually happen.
Andrew, Sep 5, 2014