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Northern Leaders Reject Nigeria Presidents N20M Bribe 'Gift' – PremiumTimes
PremiumTimes- President Goodluck Jonathan's patchy relationship with key northern political groups took a plunge at last week's hyped visit of the region's elders to the president, with the team's last minute rejection of a N20 million presidential gift, those familiar with the matter have told PREMIUM TIMES.
The visit by the Northern Elders' Forum, a touchy political gambit that has since generated discontent from some northern regional organizations, was made to confer with the administration on the way out of the current security challenge the country is facing.
The government has faced scorching attacks from the region's leading class over its handling of the matter.
The meeting discussed the operations of the Joint Task Force military outfit, which the delegation told the commander-in-chief, were involved in extrajudicial killings and other excesses.
But those familiar with the proceedings say after the talks, the government, through an intermediary, offered the visitors about N20 million – branded as "kola from oga" (meaning honorarium from the president).
Presidential sources say the offering of huge cash to visitors is an infamous but routine gesture in Aso Rock..
The money was however rejected based on a "consensus" of the members of the group, after they were handed the cash in several bulky envelopes as they emerged from the meeting venue and made their way back to their bus.
"The president may not have been aware. But then, it is unlikely he knew nothing about it. But someone stationed near the bus offered the delegation the package," one of oursources said.
PREMIUM TIMES could not independently verify the sequence of events during and after the meeting. Phone calls and text messages to presidential spokesperson, Reuben Abati, for comments were not answered or returned.
We however learnt that after the talks, said to have ended on a cordial note, members of the group were met as they were boarding a bus to exit the villa, by an administration representative who informed them of the monetary package.
Those who spoke to PREMIUM TIMES, many on anonymity, said the group considered the motive of the donation and reached an "automatic consensus" that the offer be rejected.
"The members were emphatic," one source said. "When you review what has been going on at the National Assembly, you realize you need to be careful with such gifts."
When contacted, a member of the delegation, Lawan Kaita, declined to comment on the monetary gift from the president's office, directing all enquiries at Maitama Sule, who he said was leader of the delegation.
Mr. Maitama could not be reached for comments but another member of the delegation, Ango Abdullahi, confirmed that his team was offered huge cash after their meeting.
Prof Abdullahi, a former Vice Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, told PREMIUM TIMES the gesture from the administration may have been a reflection of "African hospitality" regarding visits.
"It is common practice in Africa that when you pay someone a visit, your host should extend hospitality," he said. "But in our case, what was offered was turned down.It was an automatic consensus that it should be rejected because we have to be very careful.
He however could not confirm the amount offered his group although another source said the money should have been in the region of N20 million.
"No one had time the to count money," Mr. Abdullahi said. "Once you don't want it you don't want it. There is no need to count."
The offer of cash to the northern elders again underlines a longstanding culture in government houses where discretionary cash tills are kept, and arbitrarily deployed by aides and officials to "appreciate" guests to the chief executive – governors or the president.
This year, the state house budgets N436.4 million as honorarium and sitting allowance. The amount is expected to cater for regular state meetings such as council of state meetings, security and economic council meetings.
But its provisions, backed by separate wide monetary votes, also become handy for servicing presidential guests.
More than 15 members of the Northern Elders' Forum attended the closed-door meeting with the president where they roundly condemned the tactics of the JTF in hunting down militants and keeping peace in the region that has seen several armed attacks.
Those in attendance included Prof. Ango Abdullahi, Yusuf Maitama Sule, Paul Unongo, Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi(rtd), Lawal Kaita, Shehu Malami, Sanni Zango-Daura, Bello Kirshi, Mrs. Pauline Tallen, and Gen. Paul Tarfa(rtd).
Others were Bishop John Praise, Gen. IBM Haruna (rtd), Sen. Wash Pam, Rev. Yakubu Pam and Dr. Safiyat Mohammed.
The government's delegation to the meeting included Vice President Namadi Sambo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Sani Sali, Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, and all ministers from the north.
The group reportedly told the president that although regional leaders were "appalled" by the activities of the Boko Haram sect, they were equally concerned about the behaviour of the security personnel deployed to protect lives and properties.
"The most charitable interpretation of their mode of operation is unprofessionalism," the group's leader, Yusuf Maitama Sule reportedly told the president.
They accused the Joint Task Force whose of summary executions and arson, carried out "in the name of fighting Boko Haram."
"In Maiduguri alone, available records indicate the figures of those that were killed by the JTF to be in the thousands, most of whom were first apprehended/arrested before they were extra judicially executed," they told the president.
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The California Supreme Court has held that information relevant to public business contained in emails or text messages stored on private electronic devices of government officials is subject to disclosure under the Public Records Act. City of San Jose v. Superior Court (Smith), No. S218066 (Calif. Supreme Court, March 3, 2017).
The Act was adopted in 1968, long before the Legislature could have envisioned that public agencies would communicate via cell phones and e-mail. Over the last two decades, agencies have almost uniformly maintained that communications sent or received by a public official on a personal account (e.g., a cell phone or e-mail account) are private, not public, records and hence are not subject to disclosure under the Act. The City of San Jose offered this same response to a Public Records Act request by a member of the public (Smith) who requested emails and text messages "sent or received on private electronic devices used by" the mayor, members of the City Council, and their staffs.
In addition to these factors, the court advised that communications that include "no more than incidental mentions of agency business generally will not constitute public records." The court was wary of the effect of its decision on the privacy of public officials and staff, and emphasized that the Act's exemptions from disclosure would apply to any writings from personal accounts, and that purely private information not otherwise subject to disclosure can be redacted.
Finally, the Court provided guidance to agencies on how to conduct record searches involving personal accounts. Observing that agencies were free to develop their own internal policies for records searches, the court recommended that such policies incorporate two features: (1) requests for records should be communicated to employees, and agencies should then "reasonably rely" on employees to search their own accounts and devices for responsive material; and (2) agencies should adopt policies designed to reduce the likelihood of public records being contained in private accounts.


Honestly, I would not have picked these up had there not been for that second sign that read '75% off'. Apparently, people are not feeling very nostalgic at the moment, or at least not when it comes to candy.
These candies are pretty much what you would expect; regular run-of-the-mill opaque gummies with computer lingo abbreviations on them. Some of the colors taste a bit chemical, especially the blue ones, while some others are pretty tasty. Overall, I did not expect much, and these were definitely not as bad as I had expected. But they were not wonderfully tasty either. As with most boxed candy, the size of the box is not a true representation of the amount of candy you get.
Unless you get these at 75% off like I did, I can't really recommend them. The handful of candy you get is just enough to last you through the composition of one text message; especially if I were the one typing it.
Yum: Nothing stands out. They're ok, that's all.
Yuck: Few candies in the box. Some colors taste chemical.


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Shoppers Spent Less on Apparel and Footwear in August
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Consumer spending on clothing and footwear slowed in August, rising 0.75 percent to $408.65 million, from $405.65 million in July, which saw an increase of 1.5 percent over June spending, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Thursday.
This follows a similar pattern found in the U.S. Census Bureau's monthly retail sales report where sales at clothing and clothing accessories stores were down 1.7 percent in August, from July, even as they increased 6.2 percent year over year. Overall August retail sales — excluding automobiles, gasoline stations and restaurants — increased 0.1 percent over July (seasonally adjusted) and 5 percent year over year, according to the National Retail Federation.
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"Clothing and footwear were among the categories with the largest increases in real spending, but this was entirely price-driven," said James Bohnaker, associate director at IHS Markit. "A large drop in the price index for clothing resulted in a nominal spending decline in August."
BEA's monthly Personal Income and Outlays report showed personal income increased 0.3 percent, or $60.3 billion, while disposable personal income (DPI), a key barometer for retail spending, also rose 0.3 percent, or $51.4 billion. Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $46.4 billion, also posting a 0.3 percent gain.
Real DPI, adjusted for inflation, increased 0.2 percent in August, and real PCE rose 0.2 percent. The PCE price index increased 0.1 percent, while the core index, which excluded the volatile food and energy sectors, was up less than 0.1 percent.
According to BEA, the increase in personal income primarily reflected increases in wages and salaries, government social benefits to persons, and non-farm proprietors' income. The agency noted the $28.7 billion increase in real PCE in August reflected an increase of $15.3 billion in spending for goods and a $14.3 billion increase in spending for services.
Personal outlays increased $47.1 billion in August. Personal saving was $1.03 trillion in August, and the personal saving rate — as a percentage of disposable personal income — was 6.6 percent.
"Improving household finances, fueled by solid wage gains and lower personal tax rates, will help bolster consumer spending for the next several quarters," Bohnaker said. "Tariff-induced inflation may become a bigger concern for consumers down the road."
Editor's Note: This story was reported by FN's sister magazine Sourcing Journal. For more, visit SourcingJournal.com.
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REVIEW: JUSTICE LEAGUE – SEASON 1
Kevin Conroy (Justice League Doom)
George Newbern (Law & Order: SVU)
Susan Eisenberg (Lego aquaman)
Phil LaMarr (Futurama)
Michael Rosenbaum (Smallville)
Carl Lumbly (Alias)
Maria Canals (Batman: The Dark Knight Returns)
Gary Cole (Fam)
Jason Marsden (Young Justice)
Susan Sullivan (Castle)
Corey Burton (Transformers)
Clyde Kusatsu (Midway)
Kevin Michael Richardson (The Cleveland Show)
James Remar (Black Lightning)
Kurtwood Smith (Robocop)
Rene Auberjonois (Star Trek: DS9)
Garrett Morris (2 Broke Girls)
Brian George (The Big Bang Theory)
Dennis Haysbert (24)
Scott Rummell (Six)
Kristin Bauer van Straten (50 First Dates)
Xander Berkeley (Terminator 2)
Robert Englund (A Nightmare On Elm Street)
John Rhys-Davies (Lord of The Rings)
Eric Roberts (The Finder)
William Smith (Laredo)
David Ogden Stiers (Two Guys and a Girls)
Cathy Cavadini (THe Powerpuff Girls)
Bill Duke (Black Lightning)
Virginia Madsen (Better Watch Out)
Keone Young (Crank)
Powers Boothe (Sin City)
Phil Morris (Smallville)
Olivia d'Abo (Conan The Destroyer)
Mark Hamill (Star Wars)
Stephen McHattie (300)
David Naughton (The Gathering)
Stephen Root (Barry)
Ted McGinley (No Good Nick)
Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother)
Udo Kier (Iron Sky)
Michael McKean (This Is Spinal Tap)
Jeffrey Jones (Howard The Duck)
William Katt (Carrie)
Clancy Brown (Highlander)
Ian Buchanan (Panic Room)
Sheryl Lee Ralph (Moesha)
Grant Heslov (THe Scorpion King)
Michael T. Weiss (The Pretender)
Pam Grier (Jackie Brown)
William Morgan Sheppard (Transformers)
Dave Thomas (Coneheads)
Cam Clarke (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Danica McKellar (The Wonder Years)
Earl Boen (The Terminator)
Richard Moll (Scary Movie 2)
Michael Bell (Transformers: The Movie)
Dee Bradley Baker (American Dad)
Tom Sizemore (Red Planet)
Patrick Duffy (Dallas)
Ted Levine (The Silence of The Lambs)
Robert Picardo (Star Trek: Voyager)
They're the rockstars of the DC universe and they're a heck of a lot of fun to be around. Giant robot rampaging through the city and Superman alone can't stop it? Insidious villain plotting to invade the world with an army of zombies and the task is too much for Wonder Woman? Puzzling crime-spree that Batman can't – er, wait. Strike that last one. Given enough time, Batman can do just about anything. Even so, when the world is in dire need of saving, it's a job for the Justice League. This series is the culmination of nearly ten years of animation continuity headed up by animation producer Bruce Timm and friends. It's very rare for a consistent creative team to play around in what is essentially the same sandbox for so long. From the writers to the directors to the voice actors – Kevin Conroy has been voicing Batman for over ten years now – Justice League is the spiritual conclusion to the DC animated universe that Batman: The Animated Series helped kick off way back in 1992. The creative team has taken everything they've learned in their previous shows (Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series and Batman Beyond) and brought it to the next level. Justice League features seven main heroes and a host of villains. If that wasn't enough, in its later seasons the series would expand its roster to include virtually the entire DC comic book universe. Obviously, since the show features the world's greatest superheroes, you've got to come up with some pretty challenging foes for them to face. At the same time you've got to ensure that the characters maintain unique personas and don't step over each other's ground. This is not an easy task, especially when confined to the constraints of a kids' show. The greatest weakness of the first season is the show's inability to keep its characters distinct and interesting at the same time. Sure, it's easy making Batman cool – and it never gets old – but its somewhat more difficult peeling the other characters apart. For example, Superman and Hawkgirl seem to be identical characters in terms of functionality. They both fly, are very strong, and can tear things apart. The only difference is that Hawkgirl uses a mace. The best way to keep characters with overlapping powers interesting is to develop them as individuals. Sadly, the show's first season seems more interested in flashy action than character development. Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and J'onn J'onzz get some great moments, but The Flash, Superman, and Hawkgirl are left out in the cold. My personal pet peeve this season is that Superman gets dumbed down to the point of uselessness. Bruce Timm admits in the extras that they thought having Superman get beaten up so often would make their villains look even scarier. After all, if something can take down Superman it's got to be tough. However, after a while Superman gets beat up so often that the "Super" is sapped out of him. If you see anything electrical it's a guarantee that it will shock ol' Supes and put him out of action. If you're willing to forgive a few missteps (I certainly was) then you've got a real treat in store for yourself. In a wise move by the show's producers, the first season (along with the second) is divided into a series of two-part episodes. This gives the show forty-four minute episodes in which to tell more complicated stories than would be possible in the standard twenty-two minutes. The result is a four disc set packed with high-flying superhero fun. From Injustice For All, where our heroes battle an evil society headed-up by a terminally diagnosed Lex Luthor, to The Enemy Below, where the League team up with Aquaman, this entire boxed set is full of great action and enjoyable comic book storytelling. If you're willing to forgive some unbalanced character development then you'll have a great time with this first season. Justice League is a very entertaining show that any fan of superhero animation should not be without. These guys were the world's first superhero team and they set the template for everyone that came after. They were the best then, and thanks to this show, they're the still the best today.
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The "Repair Regulations" – Impact on General Accounting Policies
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By Ryan Bianco, CPA
The 2014 tax year is the first year the final tangible property regulations, also known as the "Repair Regulations," are required to be implemented. These expansive regulations affect taxpayers that acquire, produce, and improve tangible property in the course of their business.
The Repair Regulations address whether expenditures on tangible property are currently deductible or must be capitalized and depreciated over time. Generally, taxpayers must capitalize amounts paid to acquire or produce tangible property. However, the de minimis safe harbor election, one of the major provisions of the regulations, allows taxpayers to currently deduct the cost of acquired or produced tangible personal property that does not exceed a specified amount. The amount is dependent on whether or not the taxpayer has an applicable financial statement (AFS), which generally means an audited financial statement. Taxpayers with an AFS may deduct an amount paid that does not exceed $5,000 per item and taxpayers without an AFS may deduct up to $500 per item. The threshold is determined based on a single item of property listed on an invoice. When multiple items of property are purchased on one invoice and additional costs are stated as a single sum, the taxpayer must use a reasonable method to allocate the additional costs among each item of property in computing the per-item cost.
Additionally, the Repair Regulations expand the definition of materials and supplies to include property with a useful life of 12 months or less that has an acquisition or production cost of $200 or less. However, materials and supplies are also covered under the de minimis safe harbor election. Tangible assets not covered under the election include property included in inventory, land, and capitalized rotable parts.
To benefit from the de minimis safe harbor election, a written accounting procedure must be in place at the beginning of the tax year in the form of a written capitalization policy. The policy must specify the dollar amount of the capitalization threshold. The policy in place as of January 1, 2014, will be used as support for the safe harbor election on the 2014 tax return.
If a taxpayer does not currently have a capitalization policy or a taxpayer desires to adjust their current policy to take advantage of a higher deduction amount, the taxpayer must implement a signed and dated policy by January 1, 2015, for the 2015 calendar tax year. The safe harbor election does not prevent taxpayers from maintaining a policy in excess of the threshold amount. However the Internal Revenue Service will only allow a deduction not to exceed the $5,000 or $500 threshold.
Your McClintock & Associates advisor will be able to assist you in determining the impact these provisions will have on your upcoming tax returns and whether you should consider revising your general accounting policies. We also will be able to assist in determining whether an accounting policy change will be beneficial or detrimental from a Department of Education regulatory and composite score standpoint.
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Just in time for the holidays, Congress passed a new $900 billion stimulus bill in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Of particular note is the $284 billion set aside for a second round of funding for the popular Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which provided forgivable Small Business Administration (SBA)...
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This year's Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was a life preserver for many companies and for-profit organizations, as well as their employees, as the COVID-19 pandemic ramped up and businesses were forced to close. But there are some potential tax considerations for business owners and pass-through entities regarding the loan program...
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No tricks, a major deadline looms for postsecondary educational institutions just before Halloween. The first round of quarterly reporting for the institutional portion of the Higher Education Emergency Relief (HEERF) Grant is due October 30, meaning institutions cannot delay in preparing and posting their reports. Check out this rundown concerning...


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Swanston Square Apartment Tower
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Swanston Square apartment tower stands at the intersection of Swanston and Victoria Streets. Its southern and eastern façades feature an 85-metre image of Wurundjeri Elder William Barak (c. 1824–1903), visible along Swanston Street.
ARM Architecture used 3D software innovatively to convert a photograph into a façade. The image is realised with white resin-based composite panels connected to the balcony floor slabs. They contrast with the black building.
In a cross-disciplinary design approach, ARM, Aurecon engineers and mouldCAM engineers adapted the low-maintenance, long-life monocoque technology used in racing yachts and wings of Boeing Dreamliners and A380s for the façade.
We think a building of this scale and civic significance owes the public a visual and cultural contribution as well as providing thoughtfully for its residents. Since its unveiling, the image has triggered a level of media discourse unprecedented in residential buildings. Public discussion has explored Indigenous architecture and representations of Indigenous people, and raised awareness of Barak and Wurundjeri history and culture.
The tower gazes along Swanston Street towards the Shrine of Remembrance. Its civic relationship with the Shrine represents the juxtaposition of deep but ongoing Indigenous culture with modern Australian history.
The other façades
The northern and western façades are generated from pixelated, colour-coded terrain maps expressed in hues of green, orange, yellow and red. They are an interpretation of topography—a representation of place—rather than a specific place.
The podium carpark façade has a grid of fibreglass portholes on the southern wall as if circles were subtracted from the façade. Selected holes on the carpark wall are filled with spun aluminium discs to spell "Wurundjeri I am who I am" in braille. It is in braille as a message for those willing to explore beyond the obvious.
ARM adapted existing software to convert a photo into a façade. First, we reduced the photo to a binary black-and-white image, not greyscale. Then, Photoshop converted the image into alternating horizontal bands of black and white varying in thickness to create the face.
Next, we converted the bands into vector-based line work to import into 2D and 3D CAD files for determining the measurements for fabrication.
The result is an image that wraps around two façades, creating a clear picture. The panels have a streaming dynamic quality where they wrap around the south-east corner.
We anticipate many shared households in the building so we have made every bedroom a master bedroom. The built-in entertainment and living cabinetry makes moving in easy.
Rather than exclusive penthouses, the top floor has the Skydeck, a communal space for residents to entertain guests and meet neighbours. It includes expansive kitchen, barbeque and dining facilities, two spas and an entertainment space with a 20-seat theatre. Its environment encourages sole residents and new Melburnians to connect with others.


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by Austin Bay
Newt Gingrich's thoughtful and often-provocative testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence deserves careful consideration. The former speaker of the House, testifying on Oct. 19, focused on American intelligence performance and organizational flaws. These are abundant, abysmal and, as we know from both Pearl Harbor and 9-11, potentially fatal.
Gingrich says, bluntly, "The nation's intelligence system is broken, and we cannot rest until we fix it." He suggests measures that reward intelligence success and penalize failure. Given Washington's bureaucratic and political impediments -- turf wars, ego-crats, electioneering, etc. -- merely reorganizing intelligence agencies and creating a new intel czar doesn't solve fundamental problems.
The latest czar is the new director of national intelligence (DNI), Ambassador John Negroponte. Gingrich thinks the DNI is a good start, but "at its core, intelligence reform has to be centered on performance, and only then can we deal with organizational structures."
Gingrich is reinforcing former CIA Director James Schlesinger's October 2003 observation that "major organizational change (in the intel community) is not the salvation. I would submit the real challenge lies in recruiting, fostering, training and motivating people with insight."
Gingrich identifies five "themes" for intelligence reform:
America's current "global responsibilities" are more complex than during the Cold War.
America's current national security challenges are more difficult than those confronted during the Cold War.
Intelligence is "grotesquely under-sourced" based on what "leaders claim they want" it to achieve.
Intelligence needs a measurable system of accountability.
Congress must also evolve institutionally to deal with new strategic and intelligence complexities.
Theme 5 fingers one of the chief but slipperiest of culprits: Washington leadership. Gingrich mentions the usual nostrums of effective oversight and better leadership, and congressional finagling that has hindered intelligence operations: "Many of today's intelligence problems are a direct function of past congressional assaults on the process of intelligence, starvation of the community, micromanagement of operations and establishing of legalistic standards which cannot be employed in a genuine clandestine service."
This isn't news -- it is a hard, uncomfortable truth.
Gingrich then makes what I believe is his most important recommendation, though it's one I suspect will attract little attention: Political leaders must become "more sophisticated consumers of intelligence." How do we do this? Gingrich says leaders must "participate in war-gaming, metrics assessment and academic training to an unprecedented extent."
Intelligence-gathering is tough enough, but producing useful, useable intelligence is an art. It seems very few leaders understand that. Intelligence is a grand exercise in data interpretation, pattern recognition and intuition, requiring expertise in linguistics, geography, mathematics, history, theology, psychology, physics, metaphysics, and every other human means of analysis and explanation. Moreover, the intelligence "jigsaw puzzle" is a dynamic, shifting, changing puzzle. It takes vision to "put the puzzle together," which is what former Schlesinger meant when he said the American intelligence community needs people with "insight."
Unfortunately, government bureaucracies are tough on artists and visionaries. Political infighters and insiders tend to dominate the process. Gingrich bets that war-gaming and education will give political leaders a way to identify the artists and visionaries.
In January 2001 -- nine months before 9-11 -- I wrote a column discussing America's intelligence vulnerabilities. Here's a quote from that column:
"Intelligence isn't simply data, it's a dynamic process that includes: (1) creating and maintaining collection capabilities (with assets from human spies to spy satellites); (2) retrieving the info in a way that's timely and secure; (3) assessing source reliability; (4) assimilating often contradictory information into a meaningful "pattern," which means interpretation that is more art than science; and (5) convincing decision-makers (whose minds may be less than open) to act on the assessments. With the interplay of people, machines, opinion and politics, it doesn't take a whole of lot of snap to see how the system can stutter, stall and occasionally break."
On 9-11, it broke. It's high time we hired the artists and fired the bureaucrats.
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It might sound counterintuitive, but one of the best ways for small e-commerce businesses to protect themselves against the likes of Amazon, Argos and John Lewis, is to play them at their own game. You may not have the same huge marketing budgets, but by strengthening your brand and using Conversion Rate Optimisation techniques, you too can continually improve your website performanceboost your online sales.
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The Mission plans to export green hydrogen and simultaneously reduce fossil fuel imports of over ₹1 lakh crore.
Government sources told Reuters by May 2023 India will invite bids for subsidies for setting up green-hydrogen manufacturing and utilisation hubs, fertiliser and steel plants based on the fuel, and factories for making electrolysers. Last week, the Centre approved the National Green Hydrogen Mission with a green hydrogen production capacity target of at least five million metric tonnes (mmt) and an associated renewable energy capacity addition of about 125 gigawatts (GW) by 2030.
The Mission plans to export green hydrogen and simultaneously reduce fossil fuel imports of over ₹1 lakh crore. Over ₹8 lakh crore in investments is expected for infrastructure development. The first disbursement for the Mission will be ₹19,744 crore, including an outlay of ₹17,490 crore under the Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition (SIGHT) programme.
The programme's incentive is to target the domestic manufacturing of electrolysers along with the production of green hydrogen. Electrolysis powered by renewable electricity is used to produce green hydrogen. Towards this, 60-100 GW of electrolyser capacity is planned. Reuters reported that India plans to reduce cost to reduce the production cost of green hydrogen by a fifth over the next five years, in part by increasing the scale of the industry.
India launches first-ever sovereign green bonds auction, big coal to benefit indirectly?
The Reserve Bank of India said it will auction 160 billion rupees ($1.93 billion) worth of green bonds in two tranches, to raise funds for clean projects. On Jan 25 and Feb 9, the central bank will auction 5-year and 10-year green bonds worth 40 billion rupees each. The proceeds will be used to fund solar power projects, followed by wind and small hydro projects and other "public sector projects which help inreducing the carbon intensity of the economy," the RBI said.
Power minister said the government has worked out the PLI (production linked incentive) scheme for the domestic manufacturing of electrolysers that will cover manufacture of 15 gigawatts (GW) capacity, which is expected to reach "almost in the region of 60 GW by 2030", to become the world's largest electrolyser manufacturing capacity.
The government-appointed evaluation agency CICERO, which provides opinion on green financing frameworks, highlighted the pitfalls, stating that India's green bonds could indirectly back big coal firms. It said that subsidies to support the expansion of renewable energy such as wind and solar power may be given to large companies that are heavily involved in coal-based power generation.
122 GW vs 175 GW by 2022: India misses renewable energy target by 30%
India missed its renewable energy goal by more than 30% in 2022. Bridge To India estimated that the country installed a cumulative renewable capacity (excluding large hydro) of 122 GW by December: 53 GW short of its 175 GW target. Reuters cited government officials blaming COVID constraints for the shortfall of renewable energy to its power grid by 2022, short of its target of 175 GW.
The annual average solar and wind capacity addition over the last five years remained at 9 GW compared to the 19 GW target. Annual wind capacity addition was at the abysmal low of 2 GW per year.
India's next "extremely ambitious" target is to add 36 GW of combined solar and won capacity annually up to 2030. According to experts the constraints include: lack of domestically manufactured supply, 40% basic customs duty (BCD) on solar imports, and ALMM (Approved List of Models and Manufacturers) policy.
The current year is expected to signal a turnaround with early estimates suggesting record capacity addition of 18.8GW, 50% up, with a split of 90:10 between solar and wind.
83% of Indian states miss renewable purchase obligation target in 2022
According to the Bridge to India analysis, 25 of the 30 states had adopted Renewable Purchase Obligation targets lower than the central government target of 21.2% for FY 2022. Targets were not enforced by state regulators because of the poor financial condition of DISCOMs, intermittency concerns, lack of renewable resources, and/ or land at a reasonable cost, according to the report. Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and West Bengal are the main laggards. Only five states including Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, and Haryana have adopted the enhanced RPO target of 43.3% for FY 2030.
The Bridge to India analysts said timely implementation of the recent announcement of a 500 GW transmission plan by CEA is key.. Centre needs to activate demand by undertaking efforts to boost grid flexibility, investment in storage infrastructure, and demand management.
Solar rising: New study maps India's promising BIPV journey
By Dhwani Sunku / October 3, 2022


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When UPS joined Intel in removing funding support for the Boy Scouts of America, spokesperson Kristen Petrella stated that, "UPS is a company that does the right things for the right reasons." Discrimination of any kind, she stated, is incompatible with the values of the company. While corporations piled on the defunding wagon, President of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission Richard Land (yes, the same Christian spokesperson who provided then President George W. Bush the opinion letter stating that the invasion of Iraq was a "Just War") did everything he could possibly do to solidify his reputation as Bigot-in-Chief by perpetuating division and fear threatening a morality exodus should the Boy Scouts actually desegregate. For the record, Richard's "Just War" dispensation expressly stated that the U.S. cause was just because we'd protect civilians. He was wrong and we've got about 130,000 bodies to prove it - over twice the Kurdish civilian "genocide" that was used by the same Richard and his God to justify the war!
Before the flurry of attention over the past two weeks about the Board consideration of the policy banning homosexuals from the organization, the Boy Scouts had already lost their credibility. By suggesting that values and morals are for sale - either to the corporate philanthropists or to the religious zealots - the Boy Scouts sent an unambiguous message that indicts not only their organization but the state or our civilization: when choosing between our monetary addiction or our principles - money wins. Tell that to the Cub Scouts sitting around the fire and see how many stay to become Order of the Arrow men of honor!
Discrimination is the immoral byproduct of intolerance and fear. It is unacceptable at the individual or the institutional level. But extortion is also immoral and unacceptable. Multi-billion dollar corporations grandstanding on the cessation of a few thousand dollars of donations is equally offensive. When Merck made a point of pulling its funding of the Boy Scouts, do any of us really believe that their $35,000 largesse moved any needles?
Morality-for-sale is a pathology that harms organizations of all types. When my wife and I gave an unusually large financial gift to a local organization, we were invited in to speak with the organization's leadership.
"We wondered what you wanted us to do," the leader of the organization said before saying, "Thank you."
"This was just a gift to help you support your operations," we replied.
"Yes, but a gift of this size usually comes with some expectations," we were advised.
At this point, I was sorely tempted to actually ask for a return of the gift as I was infuriated by the assumption that generosity beyond a certain threshold must come with conditions. My empathetic side kicked in and we spent about 3 hours commiserating about how regrettable and painful previous gifts-with-strings had been.
The ultimate example of morality-for-sale happens at the sovereign extreme. Organizations like Transparency International (reportedly the "global coalition against corruption" which has counted in its ranks some of the most corrupt people I've known) release their Corruption Index annually ranking countries by their bribery, extortion, and illicit transaction propensity. In the top ten list of least corrupt - led by Denmark and Finland - one can see countries that are predominantly Scandinavian and Northern European with the exceptional appearances of Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, and Switzerland. Conspicuously, Qatar, Canada, the United Arab Emirates and Chile are the only natural resource rich countries that make it into the top-50 list. The bottom-50 are filled with countries rich in metals, energy and timber. However, what Transparency International willfully neglects is the domicile of the extractive industries that are exploiting the local resources and people in these "corrupt" countries. Tragically, if you look at the businesses benefiting from engaging in the corruption, they're almost all top-30 countries. So, let's get this straight. On the one hand we say that corruption is bad. Yet the Australian and Toronto stock exchanges, for example, list more corrupt companies (measured by businesses extracting resources from bottom-50 'most corrupt' countries) and have NO qualms about passing the spoils of that corruption along to their share traders. In fact, when I've provided prima facie evidence of corruption and illegal activity to the Toronto exchange, I was advised that it was 'difficult' to investigate claims half a world away. Nothing was done!
I have written on numerous occasions about the importance of aligning capital to productivity that you know and endorse. While we can point to Nestle and United Fruit boycotts and anti-Apartheid investment protests as artifacts of salutary social change, the idea of morality inducement through post facto moral epiphanies is hollow. The Boy Scouts, the drug money-laundering HSBC, the Toronto Stock Exchange - they all were and are engaged in unsavory practices. Protesting them is not the solution. To the contrary, what is helpful and ultimately aligns with morality is to endorse and support those who do well and see them prosper. While the press fails to promote these stories, We The People can celebrate them and, in time, forge Interesting Principled Principals!
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The searches were executed at the direction of the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office, which has opened an investigation that is being coordinated with the office of special counsel Robert Mueller, this person said.
We don't know what yet what it all means, although it becomes clearer every day that President Trump is in a political death struggle with the authorities operating under his nominal control.
UPDATE: President Trump is not amused. We are approaching a critical point in this festering drama.


Assyrians hail from the geographic region of Iraq, although the Assyrian empire had far reaches throughout the Middle East. As such, patients of Assyrian background have features classically seen in the broader category of Middle Eastern patients. Chicago has one of the larger Assyrian populations in the United States. Over 80,000 people in Chicago identify themselves as Assyrian, making it the largest in the United States. In fact, there are more Assyrians living in Europe or the United States now than in the Middle East. Often, Assyrian citizens seek help with their noses and desire a shape and form that are natural and and in tune with their culture. Dr. Anil Shah specializes in Assyrian Rhinoplasty and other ethnic rhinoplasty procedures.
Assyrian noses vary greatly from patient to patient. In some cases, the nose can look petite with thin skin. In other cases, the nose can look over emphasized, drawing attention to its prominence. The challenge for Dr. Shah is to work within this variety and create a nose which fits a patient's identity while enhancing their appearance.
The bridge of the nose should work in tandem with the other facial features and vary from patient to patient. A petite female will often look better with a lower bridge of her nose, depending on her forehead shape and facial shape and length. A taller male will require a higher, stronger dorsum.
Many patients of Assyrian heritage seek Dr. Shah's services for rhinoplasty. Rhinoplasty is the art of changing the shape of the nose to a more attractive form. Dr. Shah works with each patient to craft a nose which will fit with a person's identity and increase their overall attractiveness.
Why Dr. Shah for an Assyrian Rhinoplasty?
Dr. Shah has experience working with the Assyrian community both in Chicago and in other areas of the United States.
Are Assyrian noses different than Middle Eastern noses?
Assyrian noses are a more specific area of Middle Eastern noses and tend to have slightly different aesthetics and anatomy of the nose.
Can I use insurance if I have a rhinoplasty?
If you have functional issues such as inability to breathe from the nose than insurance can be of assistance.
If I have an Assyrian nose do I need to change it dramatically?
Here is where Dr. Shah can tailor the extend of the procedure to your desires. Some patients will desire to maintain some height or curvature of the nose while others will not. Changes can be discussed with Dr. Shah to help determine the best shape for your nose.
Do Assyrian patients like rhinoplasty?
It is quite common for Assyrian patients to seek rhinoplasty. Patients of Iran (Persian) heritage are known for embracing the rhinoplasty phenomenon. Many other patients from the Middle East have followed suit.


California's first-in-the-nation effort to limit cars' emissions of gases that contribute to global warming took a big step forward Wednesday when a federal judge upheld the state's right to control air pollution and dismissed a challenge by the auto industry.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Anthony Ishii of Fresno also was a victory for 16 other states whose laws or regulations on tailpipe emissions were modeled after California's 2002 statute. The 17 states represent nearly half the U.S. population, and their laws would effectively require automakers to cut greenhouse gas emissions nationwide, despite President Bush's rejection of mandatory national standards.
The California law, however, cannot be enforced without the approval of the Bush administration's Environmental Protection Agency. The state asked the EPA two years ago for a waiver that would allow it to exceed federal clean-air requirements and regulate cars' greenhouse gas emissions starting with 2009 models.
The EPA has never denied California such a waiver, but the agency has been lobbied by auto companies and by Bush's transportation secretary to deny the request. The state has sued the agency to force a decision, and EPA Administrator Steven Johnson has promised to decide by the end of the year.
Ishii's ruling "leaves the Bush administration as the last remaining roadblock to California's regulation of tailpipe greenhouse gas emissions," said state Attorney General Jerry Brown, whose office defended the law.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed another groundbreaking law last year seeking a 25 percent reduction in all greenhouse gases emitted in California by 2020. He said Wednesday that with motor vehicles contributing nearly 30 percent of those emissions, "it is imperative that we be granted the fuel waiver from the federal government."
Environmental groups that joined the defense of the state law praised the ruling. The law's author, former Assemblywoman Fran Pavley, a Los Angeles-area Democrat now with the Natural Resources Defense Council, said the decision "affirms California's legal right to clean its air and protect the health of its citizens."
The ruling was the result of a 2004 lawsuit filed by auto industry trade organizations that wanted to overturn the California law. On Wednesday, the auto industry groups were noncommittal on whether they would appeal, apparently awaiting the EPA decision on the state's waiver request. Dave McCurdy, chief executive of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, repeated his group's position that the issue should be off-limits for individual states.
"We need a consistent national policy for fuel economy, and this nationwide policy cannot be written by a single state or group of states - only the federal government," he said.
Ishii, however, disagreed with the auto industry's claim that the state's curb on greenhouse gas emissions amounted to a forbidden intrusion on federal regulation of gas mileage. There is no conflict between the federal government's efforts to improve fuel economy and a state's attempts to protect its residents' health and resources by reducing air pollution, the judge said.
The ruling is the latest in a series of court decisions in favor of states and environmental groups that have argued that laws originally enacted to fight smog can be used against greenhouse gases - carbon dioxide and other fumes from tailpipes and smokestacks that scientists believe cause global warming.
Bush opposes mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions and says the nation should address the problem through voluntary industry action and modest increases in fuel economy standards. But in April, over Bush administration objections, the Supreme Court ruled that the emissions are pollutants covered by the Clean Air Act, and that the EPA must regulate them unless it can back a refusal to do so with scientific evidence.
In September, a federal judge in Vermont upheld a state law identical to California's auto emissions statute, a ruling that automakers have appealed. Last month, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled that the federal government's new miles-per-gallon standards for SUVs and light trucks were too lax because they failed to account for the effect of fuel consumption on global warming.
The California law requires car manufacturers to lower emissions gradually, to 23 percent below current new-car levels by 2012 and 30 percent by 2016. It does not specify how the reductions are to be accomplished, but the state Air Resources Board says automakers can reach the goals by a combination of improving gas mileage, implementing new technology, using alternative fuels and reducing leaks of greenhouse gases from air conditioners.
The lawsuit by auto trade groups, manufacturers and dealers argued that the California statute conflicts with federal law. The suit contended that the only practical way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is to increase gas mileage, a subject regulated exclusively by the federal government.
In Wednesday's 57-page ruling, Ishii said California is not directly regulating fuel economy even if its law has the effect of forcing increases in gas mileage.
"The required increase in fuel economy is incidental to the state law's purpose of assuring protection of public health and welfare under the Clean Air Act," Ishii said.
Compliance with the law, he said, "can be at least partially achieved through changes that are not directly reflected in fuel economy improvements," such as using other fuels and improving air conditioners.
Ishii said the Supreme Court addressed a similar issue in its April ruling when it rejected the EPA's argument that regulating greenhouse gases would require the agency to increase fuel economy, a task that the agency said was the job of federal transportation officials.
In light of scientists' increasingly dire warnings about global warming, Ishii said, preventing an environmental agency from setting air pollution limits that might require improving cars' gas mileage would be "the very height of folly."
Wednesday's ruling: U.S. District Judge Anthony Ishii said that California has the authority to limit cars' emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases and that the state would not be intruding into the federal government's exclusive authority to regulate fuel economy.
Previous rulings: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in April that greenhouse gases are air pollutants subject to regulation under the Clean Air Act. A federal judge in Vermont upheld a state law in September that is identical to California's law. In November, the Ninth U.S Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco found new federal mileage standards for light trucks and SUVs too lax, because they ignored the effect of fuel economy on greenhouse gas emissions.
What's next: The Environmental Protection Agency must decide whether to issue a waiver that would allow California to enforce a standard more stringent than the federal clean-air law, a decision that will affect similar laws or regulations in 16 other states. Wednesday's ruling could also be appealed.


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A grand tour of 4 countries of former Yugoslavia; Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Montenegro.
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Joseph Fiorillo was born in Miami, Florida in 1942 and eventually went to school in New York, where he primarily dated girls. Finding gay life by way of 1960's counterculture, he saw all sides of New York's swirling 70s nightlife. Moving to Los Angeles in 1979, Joseph worked as a real estate agent and established a private network of gay friends in and around Silver Lake while observing its thriving nightlife. Joseph's life story weaves through crucial subcultures of the late twentieth century, charting sexual liberation, the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and the development of Silver Lake as an important gayborhood in Los Angeles.
MW Cartozian Wilson is a trans guy who was raised as a girl in Silicon Valley. As a child, MW did not want to wear dresses. From an early age, MW knew that "there was something different about me," what exactly was less clear. A gifted student athlete at a private girls' high school, who also haunted the San Francisco underworld, MW ended up going to The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he met his first girlfriend. MW eventually got an MFA in film at UCLA and moved to Silver Lake, where in 2004 he took over the legendary dyke/trans/genderqueer club Shotgun, hosted weekly at the Eagle leather bar.
Alvaro Vega grew up in a large Mexican American family in Arizona, knew he was gay when he was five, and first came out when he was in high school. He eventually moved to Silver Lake and immersed himself its gay culture. Alvaro first encountered HIV/AIDS in the local Kaiser hospital where he worked as a pulmonary technician. His oral history provides a view on over three decades of Silver Lake life.
Bill Tutton was born in 1963 and grew up in Buffalo, New York. He has played in bands since high school and came out to his family when he was twenty. In the 1980s, he moved to Los Angeles and gained national recognition in the 1990s as the bassist for The Geraldine Fibbers, a center piece of the Silver Lake music scene. He is married to Alvaro Vega.


BEAVERKILL VALLEY ESTATE ON 94 ACRES: Through the gate and up the winding 1/4 mile driveway to the house, first you'll notice the stately, pristine setting, past the large, wildlife pond, the apple orchard, and the ancient stone walls accenting the naturalized lilacs and rhododendrons. Arriving at the house, you might pause, turn around and take in the panoramic view of undisturbed wilderness. And enjoy for a moment the quiet privacy and peace. Entering the house from around the rear, there is a large vestibule with shelving and hooks for your outdoors clothing, a 1/2 bath, and a convenient place to take off your shoes before entering the rest of the space. Walking into a dramatic living room, lined with two walls of windows, and a massive fieldstone fireplace on the other wall, you will know that you have come home. The view will draw your gaze. Off to the left, down a bluestone hallway, you enter the vaulted cedar ceilinged kitchen appointed with stainless steel appliances--a 5 Star (6 burner) gas stove, Asko dishwasher, Subzero Refrigerator and a 5 Star Warming Drawer. A wall of glass lines the front side of the kitchen, to enjoy the view, and if you wish you can exit out through one of the French doors along that side to sit on the stone patio and perhaps enjoy your meal al fresco. There are also extensive custom wood cabinets, and granite counters. The laundry room with Maytag Washer and Dryer is conveniently located next to the kitchen, along with an additional KitchenAid Freezer and Refrigerator, as well as extensive pantry space. Heading in the other direction down the bluestone hall, you will end up in the guest quarters of the house. This section consists of two very generous bedrooms, with oversized windows, high ceilings, Berber carpeting and large closets, as well as a common family room and a tiled bathroom with tub/shower servicing this end of the house. The upstairs stairway will take you to the private Master Bedroom suite with a large bedroom featuring custom picture windows which, once again, mesmerize you with the view, tastefully floored with Berber carpeting, and connecting through a large dressing room with extensive closets and built in storage to the oversized ceramic tiled Master Bath with large soaking tub and separate shower. Enjoy the picture window overlooking the woods. As they say, the devil is in the details--radiant floor heat, central air conditioning, cherry floors, 9 ft ceilings and a full basement which houses these utilities as well as another unfinished space which would make a great playroom or den. Included with this property is membership in the Beaverkill Mountain Club which includes all facilities at the Beaverkill Valley Inn (www.beaverkillvalleyinn.com)--a 60' indoor pool, full exercise and weight room, billiards and ping pong, a full service restaurant, free 24 hour ice cream bar, tennis courts, 40 miles of private trails, and, of course fly fishing on a private mile of the Beaverkill stream.
Listing # 20190851 provided courtesy of Pamela Jean Orr of Keller Williams Upstate Ny Properties.


Cathy Coulter is looking forward to a bright future with new husband Riley and her son Billy. Settled in their new home, Cathy becomes disheartened with Riley's frequent work trips and her intuition tells her something is amiss. When Riley leaves for his next job, Cathy follows him…all the way to another family's home! When Cathy storms in to confront him, she finds a dead body and receives a call from Riley saying she must confess to the crime or her son will be killed. With the police hot on her tail, Cathy goes on the run to unearth the truth before it is too late to save her son.


When Lincoln appear it was animating its Continental nameplate, there were no guarantees the car that wore it would alive up to the model's acclaimed reputation.
Continentals — already a cast of their own — were the best of cine stars, presidents and kings, including one by the name of Elvis. They were lavish, world-class rides aback then, but by the time the aftermost one was awash as a added in 2003, the Continental had adapted into little added than a tarted-up Ford Taurus.
Now Lincoln is aggravating to appropriate the address with a avant-garde booty on the American acreage yacht, and it's a august one … admitting actuality addition tarted-up Taurus.
OK, it's abundant added than that this time. Ford's is added artistic at belvedere administration these days. The one the Continental is congenital on additionally sees assignment beneath the Lincoln MKZ and MKX, as able-bodied as a new Taurus that's awash alone in China, and their familial relationships are able-bodied hidden.
Lording over all of them, the Continental has the flush attending and feel it needs to attempt in the full-size exceptional segment. It's not a blatant or actual aboriginal architecture — it's like what ability aftereffect if a Bentley Arnage and a Jaguar XJ larboard an appointment affair calm — and it doesn't accomplish any apparent callbacks to archetypal Continentals, but the aspect of its ancestors is there.
You can get in one for $45,645, which buys a front-wheel-drive Continental with a 305 hp V6. Turbocharged six-cylinders in 335 hp and 400 hp varieties, and all-wheel-drive are additionally available. Low-end models get all of the admeasurement and appearance the Continental offers, but the options area is continued abundant to jack the bulk up to the $78,670 sticker on the Continental Black Label I tested.
I agree, that's a spit-take-worthy number, but Lincoln throws in chargeless car washes and auto for account visits amid added Black Label perks, and it's still tens of bags beneath than best of the ample sedans the Continental aims to bout up with. Based on the appearance from its 30-way advanced seats — with alone adjustable cushions for anniversary leg and a congenital masseuse — it matches up well.
Every apparent is beautifully advised and covered with top-flight materials. The bulk of brownish adornment is dazzling, and the champagne-colored cartoon accompany an old-school breeding to its agenda apparatus cluster. Rear-seat cartage are comfortable with capital legroom and accessible collapsed beating seats. Mad Men acolytes may absence the suicide doors of the 1960s Continentals, but they'll acknowledge the ashtrays congenital into the rear armrests — a nod, no doubt, to the Chinese bazaar area Lincoln has been exporting as abounding of these as it sells in the U.S., area it's made. They additionally accomplish accomplished bonbon dishes for the kids.
The new 400 hp 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged V6 delivers smooth, amazing thrust, but is best acclimated for powering accomplished added cars on the highway, not attempting ability slides. The Continental is an American-luxury-first affectionate of car. With its adjustable abeyance set in Comfort mode, it floats bottomward the alley like the aftermost Continental you were in, and Action approach is of the action covering variety, at best.
Fuel abridgement is an accustomed 24 mpg highway, acceptable because it has a six-speed automated manual in a apple area F-150s accept 10 gears. But the added ratios aren't contrarily missed, and the car is so quiet on the artery that gazing out the windows is like watching TV on mute.
The Continental would accomplish for a abundant driverless car, and no agnosticism abounding of them will be apprenticed by chauffeurs, not their owners. It does appear with basal semi-autonomous tech — emergency braking, lane-keeping assist, parking assist, alarm cruise ascendancy — but it doesn't advance the aggravate in any direction.
What it does accept is a spirit that's been absent in contempo years. The Continental fills a costly gap in the bazaar that's opened up as anybody tries to body European-style cars, while Lincoln has provided a 21st aeon auto chair, and appeal for it has been able out of the gate.
If you're one of those attractive for a big auto that eases on bottomward the alley like in the old days, the Continental is the time apparatus you've been absent of.