The pay out % controls just how much the slot machine will pay out, for e.g. the payout % could be 90%, which means the one arm bandit will pay 90% of all the stakes played, and the casino will then get to keep 10 percent.
This doesn't mean that for every time you bet ten credits you will receive nine in return – where's the fun and fascination in that? Instead, the casino slot machine game just will not payout for a bit, and then suddenly go on a hot streak and you might draw the big jackpot prize.
The pay out %s shall vary between the different games and several of the most popular casinos, for instance Golden Online Casino, which offers a pay out of up to 95 per cent!
This means that, in essence, the slot machine game takes all the currency played into it and pays it out to some chosen winners. The casino only gets to keep a generally minute per cent of all the plays allocated.
The casino one armed bandit software controls every single part of the machine, from the flickering lights to the circulating of the reels.
When you hit spin on the slot machine, a combination is put together by the RNG which associates with the pictures on the reel.


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"Last year's NCAA Tournament Selection Special on TBS took a hit in the ratings."
Selecttion Sunday will return to its traditional format in 2019. Last year, when TBS revealed the field of 68 teams to make the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, it took the extra step of first revealing all the teams that made the tournament in alphabetical order before revealing the matchups within the brackets.
Richard Deitsch of The Athletic reports that the alphabetical reveal won't return this season.
Some (very good) sports media news:
CBS will be changing the NCAA Selection Show from last year's broadcast on TBS. No rolling out all the teams in alphabetical order this year. They will return to unveiling the teams in brackets when you first see them on the screen.
— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) March 10, 2019
Last year's NCAA Tournament Selection Special on TBS took a hit in the ratings. It is worth noting that previous Selection Specials had aired on network television, so that might account for some of the drop in viewership. The special also received heavy criticism online. The show will return to CBS for 2019.
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"Sometimes I think it's just a three mile radius of LA thing. The 'Hey, step down and you have to be punished for it'."
Nick Kahn is now the sole CEO of the WWE after Stephanie McMahon announced her exit from the company, which came in the wake of news that Vince McMahon would return to oversee the exploration of either a sale or merger. On the latest episode of The Bill Simmons Podcast, Kahn said that even while McMahon was away from the company, he never considered himself the boss.
"My thought has always been there's only one boss at WWE and it ain't me," he told Simmons. "Vince is the creator and founder of the company. He's also the controlling shareholder, which as you know, that's not a work term. That's a legal term of art. So I think it was always my point of view or Stephanie's point of view that at some point he would come back. I think the way that he played it was smart, Bill, in that he went away for five or six months — which the audience seems to like that — and then he came back and took control back of his company."
Vince McMahon exited the WWE power structure five months ago amid multiple allegations of sexual misconduct and the revelation that he used company money to cover up those allegations.
When asked if he is worried that McMahon's return could turn off business partners or fans, Kahn pointed out that so far, that hasn't happened. He wonders if there is really a strong feeling amongst the public about McMahon being back involved with the company at all.
Nick Kahn says he made it a point to visit Vince monthly during his hiatus. Those were not business visits. He said that he, Stephanie McMahon, and Triple H had total control during that time.
Bill Simmons pressed Kahn, wondering if it bothered McMahon that wrestling fans seemed very happy with the WWE product without his involvement. Simmons reasoned that when anyone builds a creative product for as long as Vince McMahon built the WWE, there is a part of that person that wants to know the product cannot survive without him.
"To me, I never got a sense from him of any sort of bitterness or anything like that," Kahn said. "He seemed, through the first month of his hiatus, thrilled."
Since Vince McMahon's return, Nick Kahn says he has not expressed any concerns about decisions made in his absence and he has largely still been hands off with the creative side of the business. His sole focus is finding the right business relationship to secure WWE's future. He added that it is not a responsibility that McMahon is taking on alone.
"I'm involved in it. Triple H is involved in it. The board is obviously involved in it, Triple H being on the board, as I have the good fortune of being as well. We'll see how it plays out. It should not be a lengthy process."
Kahn did address two rumors floating around Vince McMahon's return and the power structure of WWE. He said that any rumor that a deal had been done with Saudi Arabia to sell the company was "100 percent fake. 100 percent made up."
Simmons also asked him about the relationship between Vince and his daughter Stephanie McMahon after she announced her resignation as co-CEO. Kahn said that both he and Stephanie always assumed it was likely Vince would return to lead the company. Anything beyond that, he isn't interested in commenting on.
"It's important to anyone listening to this, if you're going to join a family business and you're not part of the family, stay out of the family business part. That's rule number one."
"Kobe was a savant. You did not know more basketball than Kobe Bryant."
We are approaching the three-year anniversary of the untimely and tragic death of former NBA legend Kobe Bryant, and ESPN's Stephen A. Smith reminisced about the former Laker during an appearance on The Howard Stern Show Wednesday.
While promoting his book, Straight Shooter, Smith shined a light on his relationship with the five-time champion, saying he knew if he received a phone call from Bryant, the resulting conversation was likely to be contentious.
"Kobe scared the living shit out of me," Smith said. "Kobe was a savant. You did not know more basketball than Kobe Bryant. So when Kobe called you — I can quote him for you right now. Voicemail: 'You know who this is, motherf—er. Get your ass up, pick up the f—ing phone and call me back. That bullshit you just said. And don't keep me waiting for so long, either. Your ass better not go on the air and say some more shit before you talk to me.' That was Kobe. I would say something along the lines of 'I don't like the way he's playing. It's selfish basketball…I don't like this decision.'"
Smith continued by commenting on Bryant rebutting that he would only play "selfish basketball" when the players around him weren't playing up to their potential, before then saying Bryant was open to criticizing coaches if Smith was critical of the 18-time All-Star.
"'He don't know what the f— he's doing, Steve. He don't know what the f— he's doing, so you don't know what the f— you're talking about, Stephen A. So you're gonna bring up all that shit you're talking about me, but you didn't bring up that.'"
Smith then concluded by saying Bryant would tell him "I don't know why I love your ass. I really, really, don't. But I love you."
Last year, the six games averaged 30.5 million viewers over linear television and streaming platforms.
Ratings for nearly every Super Wild Card game of the NFL Playoffs opening weekend have been released, and while the numbers are encouraging on a per-game basis, overall, they show a slight dip from last season.
ESPN was first to unveil their ratings, showing Monday's contest between the Dallas Cowboys and Tampa Bay Buccaneers — which aired on both ESPN and ABC — was watched by an average of 30.6 million viewers. That number is the largest NFL audience from the Disney-owned channels since Super Bowl XL in February of 2006. The 30.6 million viewers number is a 32% increase from last season's game that saw the Los Angeles Rams beat the Arizona Cardinals.
"This exceptional number proves once again that live sports are unequaled in amassing large audiences," said ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro. "The success is also a clear reflection of how ESPN, working alongside the NFL and our colleagues at Disney, can help attract fans, build anticipation, and expand our reach. Even without a dramatic ending, it was an extraordinarily memorable evening."
When final viewership totals are announced, it is expected that the game will be the largest NFL Playoff broadcast in the history of The Walt Disney Company's ownership of ABC/ESPN, which began in 1996.
FOX Sports touted the highest viewership total of the weekend, with 33.2 million viewers watching the New York Giants defeat the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. The broadcast peaked at over 40 million viewers in the final minutes of the game.
Meanwhile, Saturday's San Francisco 49ers win over the Seattle Seahawks saw an average audience of 27.4 million.
An average of 28.6 million watched the Cincinnati Bengals thrilling triumph over the Baltimore Ravens on NBC's Sunday Night Football. According to the network, the broadcast was the most-watched Sunday primetime program since Super Bowl LVI in February of 2022. Ratings for the Jaguars and Chargers broadcast on Saturday were not made available, but NBC Sports did claim that for the first time since 2021 both of its broadcasts eclipsed an average of 20 million viewers.
Finally, CBS Sports scored it's most-watched Sunday AFC Wild Card game in nearly a decade as 30.8 million watched the Buffalo Bills defeat the Miami Dolphins. Similar to other broadcasts, the game peaked with nearly 40 million viewers. Coincidentally, the game was the most-streamed Wild Card game in the history of the network's streaming platform, Paramount+.
Even with several networks experiencing noticeable highs, the numbers are a slight decrease from 2022. Last year, the six games averaged 30.5 million viewers on linear television and streaming platforms.

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David Boe dead at 84
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David Stephen Boe died April 28, 2020, in Chicago, Illinois. Since 2012, he and his wife, Sigrid North Boe, had lived at a Chicago retirement community, where they moved to be near family.
David Boe was born in Duluth, Minnesota, and spent most of his early years in Eau Claire and Menomonie, Wisconsin. His father was a Lutheran pastor, and his mother was a singer and choral conductor. Boe received his Bachelor of Arts degree magna cum laude from St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, in 1958, and his Master of Music degree in organ performance from Syracuse University in 1960, studying under Arthur Poister. He received a J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship for additional study with Helmut Walcha at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik, Frankfurt, Germany. It was while Boe was studying with Walcha at the Dreikönigskirche that he met one of the pastor's daughters, Sigrid North, who became his wife. They were married by Sigrid's father, Pastor Paulus North, on July 23, 1961; Walcha, a friend of the North family, served as organist. When the Boes returned to the United States, he taught organ for one year at the University of Georgia (1961–1962).
In 1962, David Boe joined the organ and harpsichord faculty of Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, Ohio. He also became director of music at First Lutheran Church, Lorain, Ohio. He returned to Europe in 1968 while on sabbatical to study with Gustav Leonhardt and to conduct research on historical instruments in the Netherlands and northern Germany. Under Boe's leadership, in 1970, First Lutheran Church, Lorain, awarded a contract to John Brombaugh for a new organ to be built according to historical principles. This landmark instrument and the church were destroyed by fire in 2014. Boe served the church until his retirement on Pentecost Sunday, 2002.
David Boe was appointed the ninth dean of Oberlin Conservatory in 1976 after having served as acting dean from 1974 to 1975. He later served as interim dean on several occasions. In the 1980s, he served as vice president of the American Organ Academy; completed a four-year term as national president of the American honor society in music, Pi Kappa Lambda; and was secretary of the National Association of Schools of Music, chairing music accreditation teams or serving as a consultant to music programs at over thirty-five institutions. He later served as trustee for the Westfield Center for many years.
As a performer, Boe was represented by WindWerk Artists and concertized in the United States and Europe. He recorded on the Gasparo and Veritas labels, and he appeared on the nationally televised program The Wind at One's Fingertips. During his 1991 sabbatical, he served as visiting professor of organ for the spring semester at Florida State University, Tallahassee, and as visiting professor of organ at the University of Notre Dame during the fall semester.
David Boe played an important part in establishing the organ collection at Oberlin, including the installation of John Brombaugh Opus 25 (1981), a meantone organ in Fairchild Chapel, and C. B. Fisk, Inc., Opus 116 (2001) in Finney Chapel, built in the style of Cavaillé-Coll. Upon his retirement, he donated his residence organ, a one-manual, six-stop Brombaugh organ, to Oberlin, where it was installed in the front of Fairchild Chapel. He served as consultant for the 2004 organ built by Halbert Gober for First Church (UCC) in Oberlin and performed on the dedicatory recital.
As a 70th birthday gift in 2006, four of Boe's former students commissioned a new two-manual and pedal clavichord built in Göteborg, Sweden, by Joel Speerstra, a former Boe student at Oberlin. For Boe's 75th birthday in 2011, two alumni honored both David and Sigrid Boe with the purchase of the two-manual and pedal organ originally built for SUNY, Purchase, New York, by the Bozeman-Gibson Organ Company in the style of Gottfried Silbermann. In 2011, Boe's undergraduate alma mater, St. Olaf College, awarded him its Alumni Achievement Award. At that time, St. Olaf recorded a video at the Boe residence in Oberlin that is available online: https://www.stolaf.edu/multimedia/play/?p=28 (the interview begins at 29:20).
David S. Boe is survived by his wife Sigrid; their son Stephen and his wife Joo; their son Eric and his wife Lisa; their four granddaughters Sydney, Haley, Alexis, and Olivia; and his two sisters, Judith Boe and Carol Brann.
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My 33rd birthday came and went without much fanfare. I climbed a bunch of fun face routes up on the Zappa Wall in Cochise Stronghold. I decided that I wanted to keep my birthday on the DL. Last year was a little different.
January 2010: I was sitting in la cocina at la Posada in Potrero Chico with Matt Hartman and Scott Palmer when I hatched the harebrained scheme of a birthday party at Indian Creek. Obviously I would have to climb 32 pitches. It seemed like such a daunting task. But we (Matt was my social event organizer) sent out emails anyway. I think one of my biggest fears is throwing a party and nobody shows up. It would not have surprised me.
So I started telling people about it. If I told people about it, I would have to do it. Soon thereafter I found myself in a snowy Indian Creek February. I was getting some climbing in but the weather was still hit and miss. I had my fingers crossed as I approached the big day. I had a mandated three day rest prior (replete with a hotel room!) due to a wilderness first responder recertification in Moab. We noticed that the weather looked gloomy on the 7th, so we bumped up the day to the sixth. So it wouldn't be my birthday, but who cares, it was still going to be climbing. Sydney and I cruised to the creek on the morning of the fifth and did some warm up climbing at the Blue Gramma Wall, me once again, taking a whipper on the namesake…years of frustration.
The scene was set as was the venue. A handful of folks showed up. There was Sydney, Emily, Matt, Jake, Doug, and Dustin; Alf and Hienriech joined our crowd later in the day. Matt bought duplexes, Coors Originals and two other rope guns with him. I spent the night of the fifth hydrating. For some reason I was doubting myself.
The next morning Jake and I drove to Blue Gramma in the predawn dark, easily dispatching three routes that we had hung ropes on the previous day. We then made quick work of the Split Pillar and headed up to the Donnelly parking lot to meet up with the others. I led a handful of routes over the day, but mostly my team of rope guns hung the lines and I blissfully followed. The Donnelly classics fell easily and eventually we migrated to the Supercrack Buttress. Incredible Hand Crack, The Wave, Keyhole Flakes, and then for number 30 Doug went and hung Coyne Crack. It was still early and I knew it was in the bag, but I needed to finish in good style. So I sent it in good style on TR and then moved to the far right to climb a unnamed hand crack that Sydney had led. By the time I made it back from that there was a large group on the Supercrack.
It was decided that I should finish that by leading it. Luckily we still had time and beer. We waited. I think we unintentionally scared them off. The Coors that I shotgunned at the top before down climbing the route was good. A top roping fiesta was had before retiring to Creek Pasture in the desert sunset.
It rained the next morning, as predicted. We ate breakfast in Jake's van, washed down with Miller and Coors then climbed the Cave Route. 'Twas a good day as well.


There is a fundamental tension in product development between going wide or narrow. Ultimately, reaching a large market is necessary for creating substantial business success. But if you immediately strive to create a product for too many people, you risk creating something for nobody.
In his 2012 post How to Get Startup Ideas, Paul Graham argues that you should focus first on users who will want your product to the extent that "… they'll use it even when it's a crappy version one made by a two-person startup they've never heard of…" More commonly, Graham says, successful startups start narrow, like a deep well.
The most extreme incarnation of a narrow focus is building a product first for yourself. For example, Slack spent months building a messaging app for their own team before inviting other companies to use it. "Eating your own dog food" tells you what's actually important in your product.
Building a product for a narrow audience, with the ambition to scale later, is a leap of faith. It may have been predictable that if Facebook went viral at Harvard, it would work for other colleges. But not all products have a clear path to scale.
The "Release early, release often" philosophy is taken almost as a given amongst agile product teams. While releasing early may lead to shipping products with known flaws and limitations, the approach can be the shortest path to achieving the best product. Usage helps you find issues and teaches you how to prioritize enhancements. Testing your product with real users can tell you that your product was based on a false assumption, giving you the opportunity to change course before investing more in the wrong direction.
The dictums "start narrow" and "usage is like oxygen for ideas" are often compatible. The correct approach for your product may to be to release early, but only within the narrow target audience.
But, the two sentiments can conflict. If you are starting by making a product for yourself or your own company, it may not be trivial to get others, even in your narrow audience, to use it. Making a product that users love is different than making a product that people will use. Just because somebody would love a product if they used it doesn't imply they will be willing to try it or get over the hump of unlocking the value. When you're making a product for yourself, presumably you don't have to convince yourself to start or keep using it. If you're making a product for others, in contrast, you have to spend energy creating a clear upfront value proposition and stickiness mechanisms to drive continued usage.
If you're building a product first for yourself, how far do you push it before spending the effort to get other people in your niche to use it?
For a startup with limited resources, the question is significant because you may invest heavily going down one of the two paths only to hit a dead end at the next phase. That is, you could burn your energy creating a product you love that no one else is willing to try. Or, you could crack the formula for driving demand before knowing whether you can deliver on the promise.
I'm facing this dilemma with my side project, Double-Loop.
Double-Loop records a history of your past product launches for the purpose of organizational memory and learning. My hypotheses is that you will make better products if you (1) record a clear objective and expected impact of each launch, (2) loop back to previous launches to record the results compared to expected outcomes, and (3) allow all team members to read and author the history of your product.
Double-Loop has been developed to the point where the primary behaviors are now possible in the app. My company, a digital healthcare startup, has used Double-Loop to create a timeline of product events going back to September of last year. This has proven valuable: Double-Loop has helped us be more methodical in our product approach, connect changes in our metrics to deployments, and communicate our impact to the broader company.
While there is clear utility in the current version of the app, there's a lot more to be done to perfect the tool for my company's use. For example, Double-Loop could integrate with web analytics services to contextualize the launch timeline. And Double-Loop could be enhanced with a streamlined tool for taking and annotating screenshots of each launch.
This is option A. I could continue iterating on Double-Loop purely to solve the needs of my company.
But my goal with Double-Loop is not only to create a great tool for my company. I want to transform how all software companies think about their product development process. For this reason, in the spirt of "Usage is like oxygen for ideas," I've recently opened Double-Loop for other companies to use. I published a post, Double-Loop 1.0, that explains the vision and invites early users. About 5% of readers signed up so far.
It's too early to tell if the first group of companies trying Double-Loop will use it long enough to unlock the value of creating a product history. I speculate that many of them won't. The pay-off is small for creating one or two events in the system. The true benefit emerges only after you've recorded a timeline that extends beyond your active memory. Even for me, when Double-Loop was first ready to use, I had to push myself to add events until the benefits started to accumulate.
It's difficult to grow a product that requires a new behavior, like consistently recording your product history. It's doubly difficult when the new behavior comes with a delayed reward. The habit loop breaks down.
With Double-Loop, I have ideas for solving this stickiness problem.
Double-Loop could integrate with teams' deployment processes such that events are automatically created with each deploy. These auto events could be pre-populated with project management tasks and code commits. My hypothesis is that companies will be more likely to unlock Double-Loop's value if the effort creating a product history is dramatically reduced.
Double-Loop could integrate with Slack such that each new event in Double-Loop triggers a notification. A Double-Loop bot could remind you to loop back to capture the results of launches that happened previously. These features would help Double-Loop spread within a company and nudge continued usage.
Pursuing this direction is option B. I could focus on enhancing Double-Loop in a manner that increases the likelihood that other companies will unlock it's value.
So which path should I take, option A or B? Should I keep making Double-Loop great for my company or should I try to get others using the product, even before it is great?
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Migration watch; 06.00 – 10.35hrs.
On the move (south unless stated) were 1 Pale-bellied Brent Goose, 57 Teal + 45 north, 45 Common Scoter + 23 north, 9 Red-throated Diver + 8 north, 1 Great Northern Diver, 67 Fulmar +11 north, 1 Manx Shearwater, 2436 Gannet + 27 north, 1 Shag, 1 Cormorant north, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Knot, 20 Dunlin, 133 Kittiwake + 3 north, 8 Black-headed Gull + 15 north, 2 Little Gull, 3 Common Gull, 21 Great Black-backed Gull + 7 north, 37 Sandwich Tern, 12 Common Tern, 3 Arctic Tern, 3 Arctic Skua + 1 north, 17 Auk sp + 1 north, 2 Puffin, 6 Swallow north, 140 meadow Pipit and 1 Rock Pipit.
A Little Egret was present in Burniston Bay.
Elsewhere and Osprey was seen over the Mere before leaving to the east at 11.40hrs, a Kingfisher was in Peasholm Glen, a Great Crested Grebe was on the sea off Marine Drive, a Shoveler, 2 Wigeon and 4 Teal were on Johnson's Marsh and 2 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Gadwall, 6 Wigeon and 164 Greylag Geese were at Wykeham South Lake.


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Charles Cristofini (16 juillet 1913 à Garlin, Basses-Pyrénées, France - 27 décembre 2005) est un cadre et haut fonctionnaire français.

Biographie

En 1959, Cristofini est nommé président de la SEREB, société chargée de concevoir la balistique des engins nucléaires français.

Charles Cristofini dirige de 1970 à 1973 (en tant qu'administrateur-gérant) le Consortium franco-allemand pour le satellite Symphonie (Cifas).

Notes et références

Naissance en juillet 1913
Décès en décembre 2005
Haut fonctionnaire français
Décès à 92 ans

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However plainly Google isn't finished acquainting new highlights with Allo in light of the fact that as indicated by the people at Agen Domino Police, more highlights could be going the application's way. The report from Android Police depends on a video and screenshots shared to them by a source who is somebody supposedly testing review includes in Allo, and from what they have seen, one of those new highlights comes as an "Exercises" tab.
This Activities tab will raise a rundown of different exercises that will be offered by the application. This incorporates things like having the capacity to make a shareable rundown that others can include and alter, a thing called "Hi World" that gives clients a chance to show a message, and furthermore a pack of scaled down amusements. The Attach Location and File highlight has additionally been moved from the toolbar to the Activities tab.
It's not precisely the most weighty of highlights, but rather in case you're somebody who uses Allo a lot, these progressions could be to some degree welcome. There's no telling when these highlights will be propelled, or regardless of the possibility that they will be propelled like what has been depicted, yet we'll look out for more subtle elements.


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College-goers happy at AACC
In a Campus Current informal poll, all 20 students say they are happier at AACC since beginning their educational journey.
Khalid Merene, Reporter
AACC students in April said they are happier since starting school here.
In an informal poll of 20 students on campus, all of them said they have become happier because of the resources AACC offers and the teachers who go above and beyond.
"I have felt happier being here," said freshman history major Francis Proctor. He said going to community college gives him a sense of accomplishment.
According to the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley, emotions play a crucial role in a student's ability to learn. A student experiencing depression will notice a decline in problem-solving skills. However, students who are happy feel a sense of purpose that allows them to push themselves further in school.
"Just getting back engaged with learning has really kind of sparked a little extra happiness," said sophomore business administration major Melissa Donaldson. "I served in the military for six years so this is my first education since high school."
"I just like the diversity," said sophomore transfer studies student Monica Wiles.
"All of my professors are awesome and I got a 4.0 last semester," agreed sophomore transfer studies student Liam Sheehy. "I'm doing a lot better here."
Sophomore Patrick Ryan said he's happy tuition is lower at AACC than at a four-year school.


Robert Arrington Cornett, Jr., of Huntington Beach, passed away February 9, 2019.
Bob was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Aug. 1, 1947, to Robert and Virginia (Sassman) Cornett. He graduated from Westbury High School in 1964, then went on to the University of North Texas where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree, having double majored in English and Spanish. In 1969 he enlisted in the United States Navy, went to Officer Candidate School and commissioned as an Ensign before attending Chinese language school in Monterey, California. After receiving orders to the Philippines, he deployed into Vietnam and then moved to Taiwan, where he met his wife Georgia in 1972. Bob was discharged from the Navy in 1973, married Georgia in 1974 in Taiwan, then they moved to Seattle so he could attend the University of Washington's East Asian Studies graduate program. Afterwards, he was employed by Fritz Company from 1978 until he retired with UPS in 2016; during that time, he and his family moved to San Francisco, then settled in Huntington Beach from 1983 until his death.
Bob enjoyed music, travel, and watching his beloved Washington Huskies and Seattle sports teams. After retiring, he became a member of the American Legion Post 291 in Newport Beach, and had plans to take up boating with good friends. He especially loved playing board and card games with friends and family, and took much joy in being surrounded by his grandchildren. His love for his family was always on display.
Bob is survived by his wife of 45 years, Georgia Cornett; sons David (Amber) Cornett in Denver, Colorado, and Steven (Kelsey) Cornett in Glendale, California, and daughter Katie (Blake Buck) Cornett from New York City, New York; brother John (Hanan) Cornett of Louisville, Kentucky; and grandchildren Forrest, Torin, Greyson, and Violet Cornett.
Funeral service will be held at Heritage Dilday Chapel in Huntington Beach on Saturday, Feb. 16th at 1100, with Pastor Egypt McKee officiating. Immediately following the service, all are invited to visit the family during a gathering in the Heritage Dilday reception hall.
In lieu of customary remembrances, memorial donations may be made to www.autism-society.org.
The family wishes to extend thanks to the Heritage Dilday Memorial Services staff.


Many universities and colleges realise that it is significantly more costly for rural and regional students to access post high school education. Because of this an increasing number of tertiary institutions are partnering with Country Education Foundation (CEF) offering matched funding to our students.
In 2018 alone our education partners provided over $300,000 in additional support to CEF full-time undergraduate students from rural and regional Australia.
We work collaboratively with our education partners to provide assistance to rural and regional students who live in a town serviced by a CEF committee.
This support can be via co-funded scholarships, primarily available to students in their first year of studies; however can extend to subsequent years of study if the funds are available. Where possible, students will receive a dollar for dollar match of their locally received grant. Support from our education partners also exists in the form of programs and resources which assist school students transitioning to further education.
Assistance is available to students who have received a grant from their local CEF and are studying with one of our partner universities/colleges. The additional funding from each partner is not guaranteed and the amount offered is usually determined towards the end of semester one.
What do you need to do for matched funding from our partners? Nothing! If you have received a CEF grant and are studying at one of our current partner universities/colleges, your local foundation will let you know if extra funds have become available in addition to your local grant. If you have any queries about our university / college partnerships, please speak with a representative from your local CEF.
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Q: How to serialize JSON key containing dots (like e.g. IP address) with SuperObject? I'm trying to save JSON where IP is a key. Expected JSON result is:
{"SnmpManagers":[{"10.112.25.235":162}]}

The Delphi SuperObject code:
const
  IpAddr = '10.112.25.235';
  Port = 162;
var
  tmp: TSuperObject;
begin
  tmp := TSuperObject.Create;
  tmp.I[IpAddr] := Port;
  Json.A['SnmpManagers'].Add(tmp);
end;

SuperObject parses dots as path delimiters of a JSON object:
{"SnmpManagers":[{"10":{"112":{"25":{"235":162}}}}]}

How to save IP as a JSON key correctly with SuperObject ?

A: The solution is to create JSON object from string
Json.A['SnmpManagers'].Add(SO(Format('{"%s":%d}', [IpAddr, Port])));

Another way to add (do not use with .O[] because AsObject gives nil for non existing keys):
// for a simple key-value object
Json.AsObject.S['1.2.3'] := 'a'; // gives us {{"1.2.3":"a"}}
Json.AsObject.S['4.5'] := 'b'; // gives us {{"1.2.3":"a"}, {"4.5":"b"}}

A: This also works:
var
  tmp: ISuperObject;
begin
  tmp := SO([IpAddr, port]);
  Json.A['SnmpManagers'].Add(tmp);

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Charter Hall snares Telstra tower for $830m
By Simon Johanson and Carolyn Cummins
July 12, 2019 — 1.25pm
Property powerhouse Charter Hall has struck an $830 million deal to buy Telstra's Melbourne headquarters with the backing of a large Canadian pension fund, as it rides a wave of investor enthusiasm for commercial property.
Charter Hall Group and its $5.4 billion Charter Hall Prime Office Fund will share ownership of the premium 47-storey office tower at 242 Exhibition Street with Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board.
Telstra's headquarters at 242 Exhibition Street in Melbourne Credit:Gerrit Fokkema
The tower was offloaded by joint owners Investa Commercial Property Fund (ICPF) and Oxford Investa Property Partners (OIPP), who each had a half stake in the building.
The deal was struck on a yield about 4.6 per cent, mirroring another big recent office transaction in Melbourne's eastern end - Dexus' $1.3 billion purchase of 80 Collins Street, which was struck on a blended yield around 5 per cent.
Not to be left out, Scentre Group last month sold the towers above Westfield Sydney for $1.52 billion last month to Blackstone.
Over the past seven months Dexus has also taken out the remaining 50 per cent of the MLC Centre in Sydney and there are suggestions Blackstone could be looking to sell its 25 per cent stake in the $1.5 billion-plus Liberty Place precinct that serves as the ANZ headquarters in Sydney.
Winston Sammut, head of the Charter Hall Maxim Property Securities Fund, said the recent falls in bond rates and strong share price performance in the sector had improved the cost of capital for many Australian real estate investment trusts, "thereby enhancing opportunities for accretive acquisitions".
"We maintain our view that current market fundamentals point to a strong environment for office and logistics. In contrast, the growth in online retail is proving challenging for discretionary retail store owners," Mr Sammut said.
Charter Hall and the Canadian pension fund were tight lipped on details about the shared ownership structure of the deal. The sale was completed by Cushman and Wakefield's head of capital markets Australia and New Zealand, Josh Cullen.
A series of landmark office deals has pushed commercial real estate transactions to a record level of $42.6 billion.
Telstra has fully occupied the building since 1992 and has a weighted average lease expiry of 11.9 years left on its lease, which is also subject to annual fixed rental reviews of 3.5 per cent.
The telco giant also has an option to extend its tenure over the 63,398 square metres of office space it occupies in the building.
The building recently underwent a $17 million upgrade to the lifts and base areas.
Charter Hall's move on Telstra's tower has bookended the start of the new financial year in a sector being propelled by a flood of investor money looking for returns in a low-yield environment.
Over the past 12 months a series of landmark office deals pushed commercial real estate transactions to a record level of $42.6 billion, up by 22 per cent on the previous year, according to agency Cushman & Wakefield.
Record low vacancy rates in Sydney and Melbourne, combined with rental growth, also drove deal flow in office property up by 22.6 per cent, to $23.1 billion for the financial year.
Investa and Oxford walked away with a 17 per cent premium to the tower's book value after originally acquiring it in 2006.
Investa has re-signed Telstra's lease in the property four times as well as undertaking significant capital spend on repositioning the property.
"Capital markets continue to be buoyant, with cap rates near record lows on an historical basis," ICPF fund manager Jason Leong said.
The sale proceeds will be reinvested into ICPF's active development pipeline including 60 Martin Place in Sydney as well as future acquisition opportunities, he said.
Mr Leong said he was "cautiously optimistic" about the performance of the office market but said ICPF would focus more on Sydney, given the pending new supply that will come into Melbourne in the next 12 months.
"There is close to 10 per cent of new supply coming into Melbourne and while up to 70 per cent is already pre-committed, there will be some backfill space weighing on the vacancy rate," he said.
"We see more opportunities in Sydney where we can recycle the capital."
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UK - Research released today by Seafish, the Sea Fish Industry Authority, shows that people in the UK are increasingly switching to less well-known species of seafish, suggesting that consumers may be making positive choices informed by their concern for the environment and locally sourced seafood.
The UK seafood market, now worth £2.67 billion, is up 5% year on year in value terms. This growth can be attributed to consumers choosing niche species such as pollock and seabass over more traditional varieties. The increasing diversity of consumer taste means that the catching sector can continue to fish sustainably for a wide variety of species.
Pollock, which has seen its sales increase by 171%, received rave reviews last year from both Gordon Ramsay and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on their TV programmes. Seabass, a favourite of Mitch Tonks from Saturday Kitchen, has also seen sales rise by 31% in the last year.
"We can all eat fish with confidence knowing that efforts to promote sustainable choices and fisheries are really working."
From, pilchards and sprats, popular in the South West, to langoustine in Scotland, and mussels and spider crab in Wales, all kinds of species are striking a chord with consumers, who appear to be looking for seafood that's both local and sustainable. Squid, which is now appearing in UK waters, is also proving popular, with sales up 48% compared with 2007.
With retailers committed to providing a variety of species from sustainable sources, the UK seafood market has grown by 2% in volume terms compared to last year as consumers trawl the supermarket aisles for unfamiliar varieties.
Chef, fishmonger and restaurant owner Mitch Tonks says: "There is so much more willingness to try new species as the interest in seafood grows and people really discover how good it is and how easy it is to cook. This is great because we can all eat fish with confidence knowing that efforts to promote sustainable choices and fisheries are really working."


The ArtWalk runs along Ravenswood Ave from Leland south to Irving Park, with open studios, artists in buildings, musical performances and live demonstrations. All businesses are open from 11-6PM. At the center of the festival is the outdoor RAW Street Fest, which features two stages of live music, artists in tents, Begyle Brewing's craft beer garden, a food truck roundup and children's activities. Get familiar with the venues below, plan you're route, and we'll see you in September!


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Kawaii 101 – Discover Why Japan Is Obsessed with the Culture of Cuteness
You may wonder, who doesn't love cute stuff? But no one does it to the extent of the Japanese. Kawaii or the love of cuteness is a prominent part of the Japanese culture today. It dates back to centuries and is now imbibed in their lifestyle, dressing, food, how they talk and behave – basically, everything.
1 What Is Kawaii?
2 History of Kawaii – When Did It All Begin?
2.1 The Golden Era of Japan
3 Marui-Ji
4 Hello Kitty!
6 The Science Behind Kawaii – Why Is It So Famous in Japan?
6.1 Kawaii as a Source of Calmness
6.2 Kawaii as an Escape from Reality
6.3 Kawaii as an Economic Booster
7 Kawaii in Today's Japan
7.1 Kawaii Idols
7.2 Lolita Fashion
7.3 Kawaii Technology
7.4 Kawaii Mascots
8 Kawaii Is Here to Stay
What Is Kawaii?
The term Kawaii has a prolonged history that goes back to the Japanese Golden Era. Many believe that kawaii has its origins in the word 'kaohayushi' (かほはゆし in Japanese). During that period, this word was used in situations when a person's face flushed or turned red due to shyness, guilt, or embarrassment. Later, kaohayushi transformed into 'kawayushi' (かわゆし), which eventually became kawaii for ease of use.
No matter how many times the term has been morphed over the years, its real essence is still the same. Kawaii points to anything that arouses the feelings of joy, love, and warmth in your heart. When written in the Japanese language, it gives the literal meaning of something which can be loved. It won't be wrong to say kawaii is the true symbol of innocence and adorableness in Japanese culture today.
History of Kawaii – When Did It All Begin?
The Golden Era of Japan
Although Kawaii culture rose to prominence in the 1970s, the emergence of the culture dates back to the Japanese Golden Era. If you take a look at the Japanese art of the Heian period (794-1185), you will find that animals and lifeless objects were painted with human-like features. The science behind it is that giving faces to inanimate objects is like bringing them to life. Huge eyes and a cute smile can easily arouse the feelings of care and affection, even in the coldest of hearts.
Marui-Ji
Many people believe that the boom of Kawaii culture began in the 1970s when school-going teenage girls introduced a mass movement that revolved around a cute handwriting style. Unlike the traditional Japanese which is written vertically, these girls started writing in a rounded, horizontal manner. They incorporated cute little pictures of stars, hearts, smiley faces, and even Latin alphabets to further decorate their text. This writing style was quickly popularized and termed as 'marui-ji' (rounded writing).
It was popular among the Japanese youth who used mechanical pencils, as this style ensured finer handwriting compared to the traditional Japanese writing. However, marui-ji stirred quite a lot of controversy.
Teachers and adults reasoned it was difficult to read. Soon enough, its use was forbidden in many schools across the nation. However, historians strongly agree that the true cause for the ban was Japanese authorities seeing this trend as a threat or rebellion against their cultural values and norms.
Hello Kitty!
Another main influence during this time was the irresistibly cute, fictional character of Hello Kitty. Created by Yuko Shimizu in 1974, Hello Kitty is an anthropomorphized form of a Japanese bobtail cat with a red bow on its head. Ever since its inception, it has successfully promoted kawaii and is treated as a Japanese mascot across the globe.
Japanese locals also express their love by calling it Kitty-chan. To date, it appears on T-shirts, stationery and household objects like crockery across many Japanese stores and its demand is rapidly increasing in international markets.
It is impossible to discuss kawaii culture without mentioning Pokémon. Considered as the childhood of the millennials, the Pokémon franchise was created in 1996. It was first introduced as a video game on gaming consoles issued by Nintendo. As its popularity soared among children and teenagers, anime versions of Pokémon were also aired on famous channels.
With each Pokémon based on real animals and overloaded with elements of cuteness, this franchise further promoted the love of kawaii not only in Japan but worldwide too.
Today, it is one of the highest-earning multimedia franchises in the world. With Pokémon Go and Detective Pikachu as latest additions to the family, the love for the Pokémon franchise (and, therefore, kawaii) doesn't appear to be abating anytime soon.
The Science Behind Kawaii – Why Is It So Famous in Japan?
Although the Japanese love for adorableness may seem childish to many, there are reasons proven through scientific research as to why kawaii is useful and why most Japanese have embraced it as a part of their culture.
Kawaii as a Source of Calmness
In 2012, Hiroshima University conducted a series of experiments in which the performance of students on different tasks was evaluated while they viewed pictures of cute puppies and kittens at the same time. The researchers concluded that the cute images developed positive feelings in the students and, therefore, improved their focus and productivity.
This is why many Japanese employees adorn their workplace with kawaii stuffed toys. The use of cute stationery is also common among students. Parents decorate bedrooms of their children with kawaii-themed items. All this is done to bring some sort of calmness in their usual busy and tiring lives.
Kawaii as an Escape from Reality
Japanese culture is full of contradictions. On one hand, it advocates strict norms and traditions and on the other, it promotes the love for cuteness. Japanese have harsh working schedules and face extreme pressure in schools. They are expected to be strictly professional to the extent that some have to wear uniforms in offices as well. This is why the Japanese prefer to include kawaii in their lifestyle.
Outside of their school and working hours, they like to dress up in cute pieces as it brings a sense of solace and allows them to forget their realities for a while.
Kawaii as an Economic Booster
There is no doubt that a huge part of the Japanese economy has flourished since the boom in kawaii culture. Each year, Japanese businessmen export kawaii-themed products all around the world as a result of rise in consumer demand. Pokémon, Hello Kitty, and Pusheen are the perfect examples of such businesses. This shows that the Japanese are aware of the usefulness of their cuteness culture and are taking full advantage of it every single day.
Kawaii in Today's Japan
Kawaii culture has many forms in today's Japan. And it's not only limited to teenage girls now. Men also follow this culture by wearing Kawaii-inspired clothing in purple and pink tones. They shave their legs to create a youthful look and sometimes also wear fake eyelashes and wigs.
Women, on the other hand, achieve the perfect cute look by dyeing their hair in light tones and wearing huge contact lenses as they symbolize innocence. Some may even opt for eye and eyelash surgeries to mimic their desired look.
Kawaii Idols
Although they first emerged in 1980s, the rise of kawaii idols is hugely credited with promoting kawaii culture, especially among the teens of Japan. Kawaii idols are young media figures like singers, models, and actors who frequently appear on TV shows and magazines. They are considered to be adorable and attractive by the public. Famous idol groups include AKB48, Speed, and Momoiro Clover Z.
Lolita fashion is a famous and easily recognizable fashion trend followed in Japan. A combination of Victorian and Rococo styles, young Japanese girls who dress up in Lolita fashion try to achieve a cute and doll-like look by wearing aprons, laces, bows, and ruffles. They also include umbrellas made of the same fabric in their outfit to complete their Lolita look.
Kawaii Technology
Since the Japanese express Kawaii in just about all aspects of life, their technology is also incorporated with kawaii themes. Today, cute and innocent-looking robots and personal computers based on kawaii characters are manufactured and sold widely across Japan. They are made child-like on purpose because they look easy to approach.
Kawaii Mascots
Almost every company in Japan today has a kawaii mascot. Also known as yuru-chara, these mascots promote businesses, as their cuteness garners both affection and attention from consumers. Even the police force of Tokyo has a kawaii character named Pipo-kun as its mascot.
Kawaii Is Here to Stay
Although kawaii has changed its forms over the past years and is still evolving, it is evident that the culture of cuteness and the love for it in Japanese hearts are here to stay. As time passes, major changes are being made to the culture of kawaii. For instance, dark and gothic content is now also being considered kawaii. This gives an image of cute and punky at the same time.
Kawaii has now become an integral and, one may even say, an identifying element of the Japanese culture that leaving it behind seems almost impossible now.
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The following are seven reasons why you should consider a legal separation if for whatever reason you are ready to move on from your relationship but are not prepared to institute formal divorce proceedings.
Without a legal separation agreement, you have no control over how your spouse is handling marital assets. Particularly if the spouses are living apart – one of you is out of the financial loop entirely and the other spouse may be accumulating new debt that may or may not be classified as marital debt.
Long term separations, without a formal separation agreement, are a great way to hide assets. Through time assets get diverted without the knowledge of the other spouse and one spouse may come out of an eventual marital dissolution with even less money or assets than he or she started with.
Things happen. At any time, your spouse's circumstances may change. He or she can lose a job or have an accident and become disabled, diminishing marital assets or creating an additional financial burden.
People change. Your spouse can move out of the state or country and may not even tell you. If your spouse is hiding to avoid responsibility, you will have to undergo the additional expense of locating him or her to get resolution of any meaningful financial settlement.
Maintenance laws or alimony laws are constantly changing. The spouse seeking financial assistance receives the benefit of the law in place at time of filing. As state laws change, less maintenance may be awarded to the non-money spouse. Filing a matrimonial action or separation agreement preserves your financial rights.
Lower standard of living. In the short term, until you can get on your feet financially, you may consider lowering your standard of living and taking the financial hit as soon as possible. The more prepared and informed you are the more likely you are to overcome any financial challenge and build from where you are today.
Insurance. Until legal proceedings are initiated, nothing prevents a spouse from cancelling your health, auto, or life insurance. Protections fall into place once a divorce or legal separation is filed that prevent any significant changes to your insurance policies, and orders can require a spouse to maintain long-term coverage.
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Cira Pascual Marquina is Political Science Professor at the Universidad de Bolivariana de Venezuela in Caracas and is staff writer for Venezuelanalysis.com.
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He and his partner, Steve Spurrier, colleagues since 1990, started Synergy Financial Group in 2004 to provide clients with a wide array of financial services using greater technical resources for their firm and their clients' benefit.
Leitch and his staff provide comprehensive financial services to a wide range of clients, including businesses and individuals seeking all levels of financial planning. The Synergy Financial Group team uses many high-tech research tools to tailor offerings to address specific needs for a wide range of clients.
Synergy Financial Group clients enjoy online access to their accounts. The greater reliance on highly secure, web-based resources enables them to provide greater speed and flexibility to address their clients' needs. Clients also have access to free company e-newsletters, important financial updates, and links to useful services and resources.
A lifelong Baltimore resident, Larry started as a stockbroker since 1987. One year later, he took a position with Prudential Life Insurance Co. From December 1988 to April 2005, he worked as a financial planner at First Financial Group in Towson, Maryland, where he led the Group Benefits Department (2001) and led the Pension Department (2002) in sales. He serviced more than 250 clients while working at First Financial.
Leitch earned his Certified Life Underwriter (CLU®) designation in 1993, his Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC®) designation in 1996, and his Registered Employee Benefits Consultant (REBC®) designation in 2010. Most recently he has qualified for and added the Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF®) designation in 2012.
Leitch graduated from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1986 with a B.S. in Finance, and Accounting and Economics minors. A rugby player for his college, Leitch paid his own way through college. He is a 1982 graduate of Calvert Hall College High School in Towson, Maryland.
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Toronto Raptors: Canada's best workplaces revealed
It's another win for the Raps!
BY HRD 13 Aug 2019
NBA champions Toronto Raptors have another reason to celebrate: they've been voted the best workplace in Canada this year, according to career site Indeed.
Despite being absent from last year's rankings, the Raps' parent company, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE), topped the 2019 list of the 25 best employers in the country based on employee satisfaction.
Spirits are high at the sports organization, especially after Toronto bagged the 2019 NBA championship in June, and that energy appears to have carried over in the workplace to keep staff motivated.
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"Workplace culture centres around Toronto-centric experiences and it's nice to feel like you're a part of the team and adding to that atmosphere," one employee wrote in a review.
In terms of employee satisfaction, MLSE bested Indeed's top winner last year: Fairmont Hotels.
Amid today's tight labour market, "companies are increasingly emphasizing certain aspects that, when combined, offer a top-notch employee experience, including compensation and benefits, work-life balance, culture, management, and job security and advancement," Indeed said.
"Now more than ever, job seekers are taking these factors into account when looking for their next job."
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Cary, NC – In honor and recognition of October being National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it's important to revisit the importance of being active and eating healthy in order to reduce the risk of diseases such as cancer, increase fitness levels, and promote healthy living and longevity.
Experts throughout the fitness community have long encouraged everyone to exercise more in order to live a healthy and fit lifestyle. Recently, the medical community has further supported the importance of encouraging adults to be more physically active, especially for individuals who have or are at high risk for life-threatening diseases such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes.
Establishing and maintaining a healthy weight.
Incorporating regular, consistent physical activity into your lifestyle.
Making healthy food choices with a focus on plant-based foods.
The latest recommendations from the ACS in regard to healthy physical activity levels for adults include 150 minutes of moderate intensity or 75 minutes of vigorous intensity activities each week. Moderate activity would be equivalent to prolonged brisk walking, biking and hiking, while vigorous activities include sweat drenching, muscle pumping workouts.
That's five days a week for a half hour a day. Or 3 days at 50 minutes. It's not that much.
In addition to adding regular workout sessions into your daily schedule that motivate, encourage and support living a healthy lifestyle, you also can begin incorporating more active habits into your normal daily routine. Starting today, try incorporating as many of the following approaches (suggested by ACS) as possible to support an active and healthy lifestyle.
Walk or bike to your destination.
Be active at lunch with your co-workers, family, or friends.
Take a 20-minute activity break at work to stretch, or take a quick walk.
Walk to visit co-workers instead of sending an e-mail message.
Plan active vacations, rather than driving trips.
Wear a pedometer every day to increase your number of daily steps.
Join a sports or recreation team.
Don't try to do everything all at once. It took years to develop your inactive lifestyle, it can't be changed over night. Plan your activity routine to slowly increase the days per week and minutes per session. In a few months time, you will be surprised how little steps can add up to big changes.
Breast cancer is a deadly disease that continues to take the lives of too many mothers, sisters, wives, grandmothers, aunts and best friends in our community every year. Our studio is dedicated to helping you incorporate healthy habits into your daily routine to support an active and fit lifestyle that can help to reduce the risk of this life-threatening disease. During Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October, make it your goals to look better, feel better and perform better!


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Arbitration Award Does Not Establish Collateral Estoppel for a Non-Party
by Kent Holland | Jun 7, 2013 | Newsletter Article | 0 comments
An arbitration decision in a case between an Owner/developer and its construction contractor did not create collateral estoppel that would bar the developer from seeking to recover damages from its architectural firm in a separate, later action in court. Arbitration was mandated in the contract between the owner and contractor, but did not include claims by or against the Architect, whose contract specified litigation for resolving disputes between them. As explained by the court, the doctrine of collateral estoppel precludes a party from relitigating in a subsequent action or proceeding an issue clearly raised in a prior action or proceeding that was decided against that party regardless of whether the tribunals or causes of action are the same.
Only if the issue is actually litigated and squarely addressed, however, will the doctrine apply. Where the contract between the owner and architects was separate from the contract with the construction contractor, and different duties and obligations existed, the court found the owner failed to establish that the issues of breach of contract and professional malpractice had actually been litigated and squarely addressed in the prior arbitration proceeding. Crystal Clear Development v. Devon Architects, 949 NYS 2d 398 (2012).
Comment: This case is a good reminder of the importance of having consistency in how disputes on a project will be resolved. Either all by arbitration or all by litigation may be preferred in order that related issues between related parties can all be resolved at one time in a single forum and have a binding effect on all concerned. The contracts can be further refined to state that there will be "joinder" and "consolidation" of parties and issues into a single resolution process.
About the author: Article written by J. Kent Holland, Jr., a construction lawyer located in Tysons Corner, Virginia, with a national practice (formerly with Wickwire Gavin, P.C. and now with Construction Risk Counsel, PLLC) representing design professionals, contractors and project owners. He is founder and president of a consulting firm, ConstructionRisk, LLC, providing consulting services to owners, design professionals, contractors and attorneys on construction projects. He is publisher of ConstructionRisk.com Report and may be reached at Kent@ConstructionRisk.com or by calling 703-623-1932. This article is published in ConstructionRisk.com Report, Vol. 15, No. 6 (June 2013).


A long established line for Morethanpolish, well proven and tested in the field by professional detailers for many years.
The range started in Germany in 1984 and was quickly approved by certain German car manufacturers. It is now variously branded P21S or R222. It's the same product inside the bottle !
P21S/R222 products which enjoy a particularly strong reputation are the gel wheel cleaners and the shampoo, which we have focussed on, and the Concours Carnauba wax which is also something of a dark horse product - used by many but not eulogised about on forums as the latest fad wax. Yet, it enjoys a strong following as its a great 'show' wax, with a brilliant shine, albeit lacking on ultimate longevity. It therefore does what it says on the jar.
P21S Total Auto Wash has a misleading name – its actually a citrus based, biodegradable pre-cleaner for tree sap, insect spatters, bird droppings, engines, wheel wells, rocker panels, floor mats and other grimy areas.
To remove insect remains, tree sap or bird presents from your paint, or wax residue from exterior rubber/vinyl trim, spray on a soft cloth, dab the spot, let it work for a moments, dab on more, let it work and then hose off.
To clean engines, mats, wheel wells, etc., spray on, allow to clean for a few minutes, gently brush heavily soiled areas and then rinse off with water. P21S Total AutoWash leaves the finish sparkling clean with a fresh orange scent. Will not damage paint, chrome, aluminium, rubber or plastic. Do not use any degreaser on a hot surface.
Mix one (1) cup of Total Auto Wash with one (1) gallon water and wash your car to strip old wax and may also be diluted with more or less water for specific cleaning projects. When used undiluted, it will help remove ink from leather.
The P21S Total Auto Wash Refill, 1 litre Bottle, is designed to be used with the P21S Total Auto Wash Pump Spray Kit.
P21S Gloss Enhancing Paintwork Cleanser removes rain spots, minor stains and surface contaminants. It adds essential emollient oils back into the paint and prepares the paint for P21S Concours Look Carnauba Wax. It is a thick, rich, white creamy pre-wax cleaner (polish) that works equally well with any other quality Carnauba wax. The gentle chemical cleaners make this one of the finest and most gentle polish available. It should be used about twice a year for most cars.
Application method: apply a small amount to a soft, cotton flannel or terry cloth or microfiber applicator pad, work into the paint surface until it hazes and then buff off with a soft, cotton flannel or Microfibre buffing/polishing cloth. Polish one panel at a time and then immediately protect the same panel with a coat of P21S Concours Look Carnauba Wax.
P21S Concours Look Carnauba Wax 6.2 oz is a proven Carnauba paste wax that offers the deepest, "wet look" shine available on the market according to several independent tests. Concours Look does not contain any unnecessary dyes, perfumes or colorants. Does not chalk or dust or leave white residue stains on rubber, plastics or matt finish paints.
Apply a thin coat of the wax over a small area (12" x 12") and immediately buff off with a soft, 100% cotton flannel or Microfibre buffing/polishing cloth. Do not allow the wax to haze over. The depth of shine on clear and non-clear coat finishes is unmatched. Do not apply in hot sun or to hot surfaces. Jar includes a closed cell foam applicator pad.
The original P21S High Performance formula is a pH controlled, acid free, water based detergent solution that will not damage expensive painted, clear coated, polished or anodised wheels. Highly effective against all types of dirt and brake dust.
Spray on a dry, cool wheel, gently sponge to remove any drips or runs, allow to work for a few minutes and then rinse all traces off with water. Extra dirty wheels may need gentle scrubbing with a soft wheel brush prior to rinsing.
Do not use any wheel cleaner in the direct sun or on a hot wheel. The only wheel cleaner recommended by Germany's top sports and luxury car manufacturers. The standard P21S spray head will fit the 500ml bottle. Recommended for normal accumulations of brake dust.
Kit comprises sprayer and tyre cleaning sponge in presentation box.
Extra thick consistency alternative to the standard R222 Wheel Cleaner for heavily soiled or neglected wheels of all types.
So it's perfect for highly polished or delicate alloys and wire wheels, including split rims, and as its thick gel clings to the wheel face and works for longer than milder and thinner wheel cleaners, it is very effective.
Refill bottle supplied without sprayer, available separately.


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Home » News Centre » Campaign promotes "Housing as a human right"
Campaign promotes "Housing as a human right"
accommodation (housing)
age, ancestry, citizenship, colour, creed, disability, ethnic origin, family status, marital status, place of origin, race, receipt of public assistance, record of offences, sex, sexual orientation
public education and outreach
For immediate publication
From left to right: Vince Brescia (CEO, FRPO), Brad Butt (CEO, GTAA), Councillor
Giorgio Mammoliti, Councillor Pam McConnell, Kathy Laird (ED, HRLSC) and Chief
Commissioner Barbara Hall
Toronto The Ontario Human Rights Commission, the City of Toronto, the Federation of Rental-Housing Providers of Ontario, the Greater Toronto Apartment Association and the Human Rights Legal Support Centre have joined forces to promote housing as a human right. The partners are encouraging Toronto tenants and landlords to learn more about these rights by today launching a poster that will appear in 120 transit shelters across Toronto during the month of March.
The "Housing is a human right" campaign tells people about their rights and how to use them. The poster directs people to the websites of the partnering organizations for more information.
The campaign reflects the principles contained in the City's recently adopted Toronto Housing Charter – Opportunity for All. In addition to supporting the human right to housing, the Charter is also intended to discourage the not-in-my-backyard reaction to the creation of new affordable housing.
This is the first phase of a province-wide OHRC initiative to educate tenants and landlords about their rights and responsibilities relating to human rights and housing.
"When we did public consultations for our new Policy on Human Rights and Rental Housing, we often heard that tenants and landlords did not know that human rights applied to housing," said Barbara Hall, Chief Commissioner of the OHRC. "I am pleased that such a diverse group is helping send such a strong collective message."
"Access to safe, secure and affordable housing is the foundation on which successful lives and healthy communities are built," said Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti, chair of the City of Toronto's Affordable Housing Committee. "This campaign reminds people that housing is a human right and highlights the City's support for people to live in the neighbourhood of their choice without discrimination."
"Everyone looking for housing deserves respect and fair treatment," said Vince Brescia, President and CEO of FRPO. "All housing providers have an obligation to be educated about their human rights responsibilities and FRPO is proud to work with our partners today to promote awareness. There is no place for discrimination in the housing marketplace.
"We are proud to be part of this important campaign in Toronto," said Brad Butt, President and CEO of GTAA. "Discrimination in any form is unacceptable. Housing providers have a responsibility to respect the Human Rights Code and promoting that adherence is essential."
"We are pleased to work with landlords to send a clear message that there's no room for discrimination," added Kathy Laird, Executive Director of the HRLSC.
Smaller versions of the poster, in both English and French will be available for downloading on the OHRC website. As well, campaign materials can be updated to include the logos and details of other organizations or municipalities that are interested in helping the OHRC send the message that housing is a human right for all Ontarians.
"Housing is a human right" poster
Disponible en français
Gil Hardy,
Affordable Housing Office
City of Toronto, 416-397-4701
ghardy@toronto.ca
Rosemary Bennett
Communications and Issues Management
rosemary.bennett@ohrc.on.ca


3/20 Operation Odyssey Dawn explained (Day 1) Posted by David Cenciotti in Aviation, Italian Air Force, Libyan Uprising, Military Aviation, Operation Odyssey Dawn.
3/21 After Bombing Libya, What Now?
Libya, according to U.S. and European officials and a businessman close to the Libyan leadership.
humanitarian aid, in what is the first sign of a fracture in the Natocoalition.
humanitarian crisis created by Gaddafi killing civilians.
France has a unique material parachute technique at 200m altitude, very precise.
Assault rifles, rocket launcher, Milan anti tank missiles and ammo was delivered.
7.01 Hope Relief wants to send new toys and clothes for the children in the refugee camps in time for Eid.
17feb/France. Libyan couscous, discussions, good atmosphere on.
7/21 Qaddafi could step down and stay? That's notgoing to happen.
EU do to improve humanitarian conditions in Libya?
countrymen, the British foreign secretary has said.
after the Lockerbie Bomber was filmed at a rally in support of Libyan dictator Colonel Gadaffi.
power, says Defence Secretary Liam Fox.
Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Graydon about RAF activity.
8/29 EU to cash in on Libya European oil companies seek major role in reconstruction.
against his forces, officials said on Wednesday.
full power in that country in the coming days.
9/1 Paris meeting 'a chance to recognise achievement of Libyan rebels' - As world leaders gather in Paris to discuss Libya's political and economic reconstruction, the Labour leader says Britain must let Libyans choose their own future.
9/6 De verdreven Libische leider Muammar Kaddafi hoeft niet te rekenen op politiek asiel in Burkina Faso.
9/16 Who sent the Ukrainian Snipers to Libya?
9/20 French FM says post-Gathafi Libya will symbolically be fully integrated into UN.
opportunity" presented by the Arab Spring, as he flies the flag for interventionism.
place to have them running normally again.
Italian companies, an Italian treasury source said on Friday.
of Tripoli, has reportedly been arrested in the Netherlands.
Armenia on a plane that had come from Libya.
Libya since March had been delivered to the port of Trieste.
as the debate continues locally over Malta's role in the conflict.
10/4 UK says Libya-IRA compensation "important"
for the vital part they have played in helping them recover from the injuries of war.


Authors: Law, B. E.; Goldstein, A. H.; Anthoni, P. M.; Unsworth, M. H.; Panek, J. A.; Bauer, M. R.; Fracheboud, J. M.; Hultman, N.
We investigated key factors controlling mass and energy exchange by a young (6-year-old) ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Laws.) plantation on the west side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and an old-growth ponderosa pine forest (mix of 45- and 250-year-old trees) on the east side of the Cascade Mountains, from June through September 1997. At both sites, we operated eddy covariance systems above the canopy to measure net ecosystem exchange of carbon dioxide and water vapor, and made concurrent meteorological and ecophysiological measurements. Our objective was to understand and compare the controls on ecosystem processes in these two forests.
Precipitation is much higher in the young plantation than in the old-growth forest (1660 versus 550 mm year−1), although both forests experienced decreasing soil water availability and increasing vapor pressure deficits (D) as the summer of 1997 progressed. As a result, drought stress increased at both sites during this period, and changes in D strongly influenced ecosystem conductance and net carbon uptake. Ecosystem conductance for a given D was higher in the young pine plantation than in the old-growth forest, but decreased dramatically following several days of high D in late summer, possibly because of xylem cavitation. Net CO2 exchange generally decreased with conductance at both sites, although values were roughly twice as high at the young site. Simulations with the 3-PG model, which included the effect of tree age on fluxes, suggest that, during the fall through spring period, milder temperatures and ample water availability at the young site provide better conditions for photosynthesis than at the old pine site. Thus, over the long-term, the young site can carry more leaf area, and the climatic conditions between fall and spring offset the more severe limitations imposed by summer drought.


DESCRIPTION: The Glossy Ibis is a wading bird with a reddish-brown body, and dark green-blue wings. The feathers are shiny (hence the name). The sickle-shaped bill is long and dark grey-brown. The legs are grey. Sexes are similar. Non-breeding adults have duller colors. This bird measures around 60 cm (24 inches) long, which makes him a medium sized ibis.
NAME: The English name 'Glossy' refers to the shiny plumage of this bird. The name 'Ibis' would have an Egyptian origin (Choate). The Latin genus name 'plegadis' is from Greek and means 'sickle', in reference to the bill shape. As for the Latin species name 'falcinellus', it means 'little sickle'.
HABITAT: Shallow wetlands, either brackish or freshwater.
DIET: Insects and crayfish. The bird digs into the mud and shallow water with its specialized bill. May also feed on small reptiles (snakes) and fish.
NESTING: Breeds in colonies that may also include other wading species. The nest is built on a platform on emergent vegetation in a well-concealed area. Around three light blue eggs are laid, incubated by both parents. Chicks are also fed by both parents.
DISTRIBUTION: The glossy ibis is an Old World species that is believed to have settled along the east coast of the United States from Africa in the 1800s, navigating on trade winds. From there it gradually expanded its new territory, and now some individuals have been observed as far north as the coasts of Maine and Nova Scotia (Cape Sable Island). There is also a small population in northern South America.
Old World : Breeding range includes parts of Middle East and south west Asia. Spreading to Spain and the UK. Year-round range covers Africa, Australia and Indonesia. Non-breeding populations are found in southeast Asia.
ON PEI: There was a rare sighting on Prince Edward Island in 2014 (see photo/video below). The species doesn't breed on the island. This bird may have been blown off course by a storm.
CONSERVATION: Glossy ibises have a widespread range and is not currently considered at risk.


Last year they passed their own version of Arizona's immigration law – which included mandatory E-Verify for all businesses, with pnalties, verification of immigration status when passing out state welfare benefits, and a ban on the acceptance of Mexico's fraud-friendly "Matricula Consular" card. Part of the law was blocked by a Federal judge, but the bulk remains in effect.
Local and state taxpayers should not have to bear the whole burden of supporting all these illegals -- and all because the administration refuses to enforce the immigration laws.
It really is a great feeling living in one of the few states that actually enforces the laws against illegal immigration.
LOL That's awesome. I'd love to see what California's bill is.
And you can take that to the bank! chicagonut we know one stupid a-- State that won''t be on board don't we know, because our STATE IS STLUPID AS ALL HELL about illegals.
All States should follow suit.
That is what happens when you live in a bleeding heart liberal state that has been flooded with illegal aliens.
Too bad MN isn't following your lead.
The story below is about a couple's daughter who was killed by an illegal immigrant who had been deported once for dwi and returned to his sanctuary city of St. Paul. Had been stopped again, and they knew he had returned but did nothing to remove him from our country. A couple of days ago, he plowed his SUV into a 17-yr. old girl who was waiting for her shcool bus. Her parents were LEGAL immigrants who had gone through LEGAL process to become citizens. She was their only child.
Now that is dang funny. I'd like to see the bill that California sends Congress, for what illegals cost this state.
All States should follow suit, good for Indiana.
I hear some posters on this forum, claim that illegals, do not cost us a cent. Really now, so it is a figment of our imgaination ha?


Nordrhein-Westfalen has a very well-developed network of motorways, which will quickly take you to Düsseldorf and the ISS DOME. Once in Düsseldorf, head towards D-Rath and then follow the signs to the ISS DOME.
Take the A44 until the Düsseldorf-Nord junction, then take the A52 towards Düsseldorf until the Düsseldorf-Rath exit (21), take the exit left onto Theodorstraße, approx. 1 km until the ISS DOME on the right.
A52 towards Düsseldorf until the Neersen junction, then take the A44 towards Düsseldorf until the Düsseldorf-Nord junction, take the A52 towards Düsseldorf until the Düsseldorf-Rath exit (21), take the exit left onto Theodorstraße, approx. 1 km until the ISS DOME on the right.
Take the A46 towards Düsseldorf/Neuss until the Hilden junction, then take the A3 towards Essen/Oberhausen until the Ratingen-Ost junction, take the A 44 towards Mönchengladbach until the Düsseldorf-Nord junction, take the A52 towards Düsseldorf until the Düsseldorf-Rath exit (21), take the exit left onto Theodorstraße, approx. 1 km until the ISS DOME on the right.
Take the A46 towards Düsseldorf/Wuppertal until the Neuss-West junction, then take the A57 towards Krefeld/Moers until the Meerbusch junction, take the A44 towards Düsseldorf until the Düsseldorf-Nord junction, take the A52 towards Düsseldorf until the Düsseldorf-Rath exit (21), take the exit left onto Theodorstraße, approx. 1 km until the ISS DOME on the right.
Take the A52 towards Düsseldorf until the Düsseldorf-Rath exit (21), take the exit left onto Theodorstraße, approx. 2 km until the ISS DOME on the right.
Take the A57 until the Meerbusch junction, take the A44 towards Düsseldorf until the Düsseldorf-Nord junction, take the A52 towards Düsseldorf until the Düsseldorf-Rath exit (21), take the exit left onto Theodorstraße, approx. 1 km until the ISS DOME on the right.
Take the A59 until the Düsseldorf-Süd junction, take the A46 towards Wuppertal until the Hilden junction, take the A 3 towards Essen/Oberhausen until the Ratingen-Ost junction, take the A44 towards Mönchengladbach until the Düsseldorf-Nord junction, take the A52 towards Düsseldorf until the Düsseldorf-Rath exit (21), take the exit left onto Theodorstraße, approx. 1 km until the ISS DOME on the right.
Take the A3 until the Ratingen Ost junction, take the A 4 towards Mönchengladbach until the Düsseldorf-Nord junction, take the A52 towards Düsseldorf until the Düsseldorf-Rath exit (21), take the exit left onto Theodorstraße, approx. 1 km until the ISS DOME on the right.
Take the A3 until the Breitscheid junction, take the A52 towards Düsseldorf until the Düsseldorf-Rath exit (21), take the exit left onto Theodorstraße, approx. 1 km until the ISS DOME on the right.