Kelly Engaldo has become a certified personal trainer using the EZ Swimmer to teach warm-water exercise classes but noticed that many of her clients needed something more. Her answer was a program she calls kitchen calisthenics.
Kelly Engaldo knows about being creative with exercise.
Open-heart surgery at age 14 inspired her to begin working out, but knee surgery in 2003 forced her to give up the walking routine she had built up over 27 years in favor of swimming.
Then, her need for a more complete workout led her to invent the EZ Swimmer — a buoyant, resistance-training tool — in 2007.
Since then, she has become a certified personal trainer using the EZ Swimmer to teach warm-water exercise classes but noticed that many of her clients needed something more. Her answer was a program she calls kitchen calisthenics.
"A number of my clients wanted and needed something they could do out of the water," Engaldo said. "When you do the seated balance in EZ Swimmer class, you have to have a really strong core and not everyone does.
Engaldo has refined kitchen calisthenics into eight basic exercises that she said address common problem areas for new exercisers and can be modified and expanded into more exercises according to the exerciser's ability and progress.
"There are actually 101 exercises, but I don't like to hand out too many at one time," she said.
The exercises are designed to translate to EZ Swimmer workouts but also to help with strength, flexibility and balance on land. She advises her clients to perform each exercise only to their comfort level.
The basics of kitchen calisthenics include exercises to stretch and strengthen calves, hamstrings and quadriceps muscles in the legs, the upper abdominals and the chest and back.
Engaldo said kitchen calisthenics also can be an encouraging introduction to exercise for beginners, and once people advance past the beginner stage, they should consider a personal trainer.
"That's one of the best investments they could make," she said. "A trainer will get to know your body and they know how to take you to that next level.
Step 1: Always warm up before engaging the muscles by jogging in place, marching or walking briskly for one minute.
Step 2: Breathe deeply throughout all the exercises. Breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth. Practice with 10 deep breaths before you begin.
Ankle twists — Stand next to a kitchen counter and place one hand on the counter for added stability. Extend one leg forward with a foot off the floor and rotate the ankle to the left and right three to five times each. Then point the toes downward and hold for 30 seconds and extend the toes upward toward the nose and hold for 30 seconds. Repeat with the other ankle. For a greater challenge, hold your hand just above the counter and close your eyes.
Standing crunches — Cross your arms, placing each hand on the opposite shoulder. Hunch your shoulders downward and slowly crunch forward in a short, concentrated movement without moving at the waist.
Wall push-ups — Stand facing an open doorway about 12 to 16 inches away. With your feet about shoulder-width apart, lean forward with arms straight and place hands on the sides of the door frame near chest height. Bend your elbows to lean further forward and slowly push back until your arms are straight. Keep your back neutral and tailbone tucked to best engage your abdominals during the exercise.
Soft squats — Face the kitchen counter, with both hands flat on the counter and feet shoulder-width apart. Slowly squat, bending your knees only to your comfort level. Slowly return to standing.
Standing calf raises — Face the kitchen counter, with both hands flat on the counter and feet shoulder-width apart. Slowly your raise heels off the floor, placing all your weight on the balls or your feet. Slowly return to the starting position.
Seated abdominals — Sit comfortably with your glutes near the edge of the chair. Sit up with your chin level, shoulders down and the back in a neutral position. Grasp the edges of the chair for extra comfort, if necessary, as you slowly lift one leg off the floor two to three inches and hold it there. For a greater challenge, lift both your legs off the floor at the same time. Repeat three to five times, working up to 12 to 15 repetitions.
Hamstring stretch — Place one hand on the kitchen counter for stability and step one foot forward so feet are in a staggered stance, one in front of the other. Stand with your front knee slightly bent and back knee straight, and slowly press into heels. Hold 20 to 30 seconds, then switch feet and repeat. Modify exercise by slightly bending both knees. Also stretches the calf muscles.
Side stretch — Stand straight with your feet slightly more than shoulder-width apart. Turn left foot outward, stretch your arms to the side with hands at shoulder height, and tighten your glutes. Shift your torso to the left from the hips and slowly stretch sideways at the hips, bringing the right shoulder back and right arm up as your left hand reaches downward. Hold the position and take four to six deep, slow breaths. Return to starting position, turn right foot out and perform stretch in opposite direction. Repeat twice on each side.


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Century Casinos Reopened All Five of its Casinos in Alberta, Canada
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Century Casinos, Inc. announced that operations at Century Casino & Hotel Edmonton, Century Casino St. Albert, Century Mile Racetrack and Casino, Century Downs Racetrack and Casino, as well as Century Casino Calgary, resumed on June 13, 2020.
Live racing at the Company's two-horse racetracks Century Mile and Century Downs will resume shortly.
Prior to reopening, Century Casinos implemented comprehensive sanitizing and social distancing protocols based on Alberta Health Services guidelines and newly established industry standards at the properties. Details about these measures are available in the Covid-19 section of the properties' websites.
Century Casinos, Inc. is a casino entertainment company. The Company owns and operates Century Casino & Hotels in Cripple Creek and Central City, Colorado, and in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; the Century Casino in Cape Girardeau and Caruthersville, Missouri, in Calgary and St. Albert, Alberta, Canada; Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort in New Cumberland, West Virginia; the Century Mile Racetrack and Casino ("CMR") in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and Century Bets! Inc. ("CBS"). CBS and CMR operate the pari-mutuel off-track horse betting networks in southern and northern Alberta, respectively. Through its Austrian subsidiary, CRM, the Company holds a 66.6% ownership interest in Casinos Poland Ltd., the owner and operator of eight casinos throughout Poland; and a 75% ownership interest in Century Downs Racetrack and Casino in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The Company operates one ship-based casino. The Company, through CRM, also owns a 7.5% interest in, and provides consulting services to, Mendoza Central Entretenimientos S.A., a company that provides gaming-related services to Casino de Mendoza in Mendoza, Argentina. The Company continues to pursue other projects in various stages of development.
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North Carolina: Nature, Vibrant Cities and a Travel Agent Dog
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Visit North Carolina event in Toronto.
Beautiful flowers. Cherry Bounce drinks. And great information about a wildly diverse and surprising part of the United States that's popular with Canadians.
Officials from Visit North Carolina rolled into Toronto this week and staged a series of events, including one for the state's new, official canine (yes, really) travel agent and a Thursday night reception that featured lessons in flower arranging for a group of travel writers. They also served a drink called a Cherry Bounce with vodka, cherries, soda water, lime and cranberry juice that's pretty much the official state cocktail (or at least the beverage of choice in the capital, Raleigh).
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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the women's suffragette movement in the U.S. and North Carolina is celebrating by focussing on prominent women in the state, including top chefs such as Ashley Christensen of Raleigh, named top chef in the entire U.S. at last year's James Beard Awards.
"We're also focussing on women farmers and producers, makers and artists," said Eleanor Talley, Public Relations Manager for Visit North Carolina.
Mo, the official Dog Travel Agent for Visit North Carolina.
On a totally unrelated note, Visit North Carolina also has appointed an official canine travel agent to (well, sort of) advise other pooches on possible places to visit in the state. It's a tongue in cheek campaign that serves to put a spotlight on the state's pet-friendly status and highlights a lovely dog named Mo, a bouncy mutt with long red-orange fur.
Talley told TravelPulse Canada that North Carolina attracts a lot of "snowbirds and road warriors, so if they can bring their pet it's a bonus."
Talley said Canadian visits to North Carolina reached nearly 500,000 in 2018, up 3.7% from the previous year.
"Canada is our number one international market, and the 2019 numbers look good, too," she said in a chat with TravelPulse Canada.
North Carolina is an amazingly diverse state, with towering mountains, beautiful beaches, cosmopolitan cities and a thriving, local music scene.
Looking Glass Falls in Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina.
"Sometimes it's hard to define," Talley said. "I sometimes call us the California of the East Coast."
In addition to Talley, a half-dozen local tourism reps made the trek to the Great White North to talk up various parts of North Carolina. Here are some of the highlights we gleaned from conversations with all of them.
- Raleigh, the capital, now has three flights a day to Toronto via Air Canada and is a vital part of the socalled Research Triangle, with tons of dot.com businesses and tech firms. It's a compact city where you don't need a car, which is great for Canadian urbanites. They also have the most award-winning chefs of any city in the state, I was told.
- Brevard County is a beautiful-looking, mountainous region a couple hours west of Charlotte and a little south of Asheville. There are 250 waterfalls in the area, which is classified as a rainforest, as well as tiny "blue ghost" fireflies, amazing rock-climbing, fly-fishing and road and mountain biking.
- Charlotte, the biggest city in the state, is undergoing a number of major changes, including a renovation of its airport and convention centre. They're also adding new hotels, including a JW Marriott, an Intercontinental Hotel, a Moxy hotel and a Grand Bohemian hotel. Uptown Charlotte is a walkable area with great restaurants and bars.
- The Outer Banks continues to draw nature lovers who want to walk lonely, quiet beaches and explore small towns. Fishing, biking and kayaking/canoeing also are hugely popular. The Outer Banks are a chain of islands that are roughly 160 kilometers long and two km's wide. You'll also find shipwrecks you can explore, great surfing, local seafood and hanggliding spots. There's even a 1902 museum-quality Wright Brothers glider you can ride in.
- Durham has a thriving arts scene and is a progressive city with tons of great restaurants, including places specializing in seafood and Korean cuisine.
- Just a few minutes outside Raleigh, Johnston County is right off Interstate 95 and is the home of renowned actress Ava Gardner. There's an Ava Gardner museum in town, and it's also where the legendary star is buried. It's also home to the town of Bentonville, which was the site of the last major battle in the U.S. Civil War.
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To become a mother is to learn, among many other things, that mothers are treated as both central and peripheral to American culture. "The most important job in the world" is such a sentimental truism that even women who don't want to have children report having to explain themselves to incredulous busybodies. Yet actual mothering is accorded little social or economic value beyond hazy reverence and pious declarations. Mothers are allowed some authority when it comes to their homes, their children and their bodies; their domain is one of domestic necessity, which is supposed to stand in mute contrast to the wider world of work, of ideas, of rationality, of free will.
At 143 pages, "The Argonauts" contains much more than its unassuming size would suggest, a discrepancy befitting an exploration of what may and may not be contained by our physical selves. The title comes from Roland Barthes, who wrote about how the Argonauts gradually replaced each piece of their ship, the Argo, during their voyage "so that they ended with an entirely new ship, without having to alter either its name or its form." As Dodge's body is changing, Nelson's is undergoing its own transition too, and she begins to ask how an experience like pregnancy, "so profoundly strange and wild and transformative," has also come to "symbolize or enact the ultimate conformity." She wonders whether there is "something inherently queer about pregnancy itself," and if the notion of the pregnant woman as the embodiment of convention "is just another disqualification of anything tied too closely to the female animal from the privileged term (in this case nonconformity, or radicality)." Or has she been too fixated on those distinctions? Does the problem lie with the impulse to quarantine and to separate, to mark out categories and impose some semblance of order, to harness what might otherwise be free?
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I'd call this a rare opportunity to own a long ubu Kamakura tachi.
The sword is ubu, and with a nagasa of 81.5 cm (32 inch) it has an imposing size. A Hoju school sword that has been awarded a Tokubetsu Hozon by the NBTHK.
This is not an art sword, but a formidable weapon and a rare specimen of an ubu Kamakura tachi.
The hada is somewhat coarse, as is typical for this school, and there will be small tate ware here and there, but nothing that detracts.
The sword comes in a Japanese shirasaya and an old one piece copper habaki.
Bank transfer welcome, payment schedule possible (don't be shy, ask).
Offer expires on Sunday and then I will ask the ever patient admins to delete this post.
Thanks for watching - I think such a long and ubu Kamakura tachi will not show up anytime soon.
Nice sword, nice price. Mariusz is right, find another contemporary piece for that price.
If you kept it amd offered it again next year I'd most likely take it. No money until then I'm afraid but someone should really jump on this.
Someone asked me for pics of the hada and boshi. So here we go.
How long would you be extending this listing? Please advise.
Once a potential buyer contacts me, the sword will be available until a deal is made or until both sides decide not to pursue it. I cannot expect anybody to make a decision about an item like this under time pressure. If you are interested, we shall talk. I'll send you a PM.
Thank you for your kind words, Marius. I think it was actually the other way around.
Congrats to the new owner. 81.5cm nagasa..wow.


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Supercomputer company Cray will build a computer that will likely be able to perform around 1 million billion (!) calculations a second (a petaflop) and that will be solely dedicated to climate change research. Cray won a $47 million contract with the Department of Energy (DOE) in the United States to provide next-generation supercomputing power to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). According to Cray the machine will be the most powerful supercomputer completely dedicated to climate research.
Cray will supply research labs with their XT6 supercomputers in the second half of 2010 and in 2011 the company will launch the 'Baker'. The computers will be used to calculate, model and forecast weather patterns, ice melt, sea level rise and other climate-changing elements. The more powerful the computers the better the forecasts is the assumption.


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Welcome to the Cluster Republic
Clusters are groups of firms and research institutions with a common focus that use their proximity to provide mutual support and work towards shared aims. These high-tech hubs are ideal entry points for foreign companies that want to innovate.
It all began with beer and pretzels. Jim Walls, CEO of OrthoMedex, a young U.S.-based orthopedic implant company, had traveled to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to attend a gala evening for a delegation of German scientists and entrepreneurs who were visiting the area's Life Science Cluster in an effort to encourage high-tech U.S./German collaboration.
"The evening proved well worth my travel," says Walls, who was looking for partners and a suitable location for his company to develop a new bioactive glass for orthopedic applications. Over beer and pretzels, he met Heike Walles from the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology, a renowned German research hub, who was traveling with a delegation of the Medical Valley medtech cluster from southern Germany. "I left the discussion thinking Ms. Walles seemed very interested in what OrthoMedex was attempting to accomplish; or was that simply my entrepreneurial exuberance?"
Bavaria's innovative medtech hub
Eighteen months later, Jim Walls is himself a member of the Medical Valley cluster. OrthoMedex's German subsidiary will begin work on a research project with the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research in spring 2018 with other medtech companies from the cluster and researchers from Yale University Medical School.
»The Medical Valley cluster is not only professionally equipped, it also has an entrepreneurial vibe to it that I enjoy when on site.«
Jim Walls, CEO of U.S.-based medtech startup Orthomedex LLC
"At the same time, we use the facility and location within the Medical Valley cluster for launching new implants in Germany and the EU," explains Walls. "The cluster is not only professionally equipped, it also has an entrepreneurial vibe to it that I enjoy when on-site." The cluster, which is situated in northern Bavaria, has world-class academic and research institutions nearby, lots of early-stage medtech startups as well as established medium-sized companies.
The global headquarters of Siemens' healthcare business is just down the street. "To me, the cluster possesses a small-town Boston-like ambiance", says Walls. "A small, manageable academic community with lots of young people doing exciting things."
Investment opportunities in clusters
Throughout Germany there are numerous regional networks that bring together large companies, SMEs and startups, which then pool resources with local research institutes and universities toward a common goal: to develop innovative products and services for the global market. "The diverse research and development infrastructure these innovation ecosystems offer in Germany is unique," says Gabriel Flemming, Senior Manager in the Chemicals and Healthcare team at Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI).
Fabrication of a pavilion made from carbon fiber-reinforced composites is underway, using fiber-winding robotic arms and an autonomous drone "weaver." For this commission for the University of Stuttgart's Institute for Computer-Based Design, SGL Group was tasked with delivering 104 kms of SIGRAFIL® 50k carbon fiber. The design technology was modeled on the larvae of the apple leaf moth, which spins its cocoon on apple tree leaves using long threads.
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Since the aim of the clusters is to develop products and services for the world market, the companies in these networks are particularly interested in foreign members joining and participating in the cluster activities, he says. "That's why German clusters are an ideal starting point for foreign investors to gain a foothold in the German market and find partners for innovation projects and product development."
Foreign companies will find cooperative, pragmatic development partners here. "Science is not being conducted here for the sake of science; it is about bringing products and innovations to market maturity efficiently and at the highest level," says Flemming.
of companies in German clusters say that their economic situation is better than the sector average.
€ 600 m
in government funding has been invested in Germany's leading-edge clusters over the last decade.
Sources: Clustermonitor Germany, BMBF
"Companies from abroad will find in the clusters an infrastructure of suppliers, potential customers and world-class partners for research and development. There is a lot of potential for new synergies." "The German clusters are strongly supported by the German government. Specific programs even fund international research and development partnerships. The clusters are open to foreign members and actively seek partners from abroad to help them innovate on future issues."
Making waves in Industrie 4.0
As one example, Günter Korder, Managing Director of the high-tech cluster "It's OWL," is looking for foreign investors interested in getting involved in the network of innovative companies. The cluster pools the resources of global market leaders in mechanical engineering and the electrical, electronics and automotive supply industries, as well as internationally-renowned, cutting-edge research institutes. "We are one of the leading clusters in Europe on the topic of Industrie 4.0," explains Korder. "This is because medium-sized industrial companies have traditionally engaged in very close cooperation.
Sources: Clustermonitor Germany, European Secretariat for Cluster Analysis (ESCA)
The cluster management meetings are attended by the heads of the participating companies and university presidents, as opposed to just the project managers. The cooperation has a very high strategic significance for all the companies involved. Many of the companies in northwestern Germany are so-called "hidden champions," meaning they are hardly known to the general public but are world market leaders in their sector or market niche.
The cluster's members are currently looking for partners for artificial intelligence (AI) projects. "We have already identified the first companies, scientists and investors we would like to work with in the United Kingdom, China, Finland and Canada," says Korder. "Our model of close research cooperation on future topics such as Industrie 4.0 and artificial intelligence has generated a lot of interest there."
Saxony's "Silicon Valley"
Silicon Saxony is another highly successful and internationally active cluster. The network has more than 320 partners in the semiconductor, electronic, microsystems and software industries, several of which are international companies. The PEER Group is a Canadian systems integrator that serves the global semiconductor, photovoltaic and other high-tech industries. The company currently generates more than 40 percent of its annual turnover at its branch office in Dresden.
companies work together in Germany's top 100 innovation clusters
in internationalization funding will be spent by 30 German clusters starting in 2018.
high-tech clusters form a network that works on current topics such as artificial intelligence, new mobility and smart infrastructure.
has been invested by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to support 15 leading-edge clusters since 2008
Sources: go-cluster/clusterplattform.de, BMBF, www.de-hub.de, BMBF publication "Deutschlands Spitzencluster"
The capital of Saxony has attracted a number of high-profile international investors, including UAE-owned semiconductor manufacturer Globalfoundries, which is investing €1.5bn in the expansion of its Dresden site over the next three years to increase its local production capacity by 40 per cent. The U.S.-based semiconductor company Integrated Device Technology (IDT) became a member when it invested more than $300m (€243m) in the acquisition of the Dresden-based company ZMD in 2015.
IDT's U.S. headquarters is situated in the Silicon Valley cluster in the San Francisco Bay Area. ZMD's location within the German cluster was a major factor in the investment decision, says IDT's CEO Gregory Waters: "With our locations in Silicon Valley and Silicon Saxony, we are part of the two most powerful industry clusters of the world."
»With our locations in Silicon Valley and Silicon Saxony, we are part of the two most powerful industry clusters worldwide for our sector.«
Gregory Waters, President and CEO of semiconductor company Integrated Device Technologies (IDT)
Dresden has been a location for technology since the days of East Germany. "Since reunification we have followed this tradition," explains Frank Bösenberg, Managing Director of Silicon Saxony Management. Many billions of euros in public funding have flowed into the high-tech region, the research and educational institutions, and the infrastructure of the semiconductor cluster since the 1990s.
The investment has paid off. The Technical University of Dresden has earned a worldwide reputation for excellence in engineering and natural sciences and its graduates provide the cluster with a qualified labor pool. The researchers from local Fraunhofer research institutes carry out practical research on strategically important topics in the industry.
"Foreign investors often buy into established companies or startups in order to benefit from the high-tech skills of the cluster employees, especially the well-trained German engineers," says Bösenberg. Silicon Saxony has an industry-wide reputation for its outstanding specialist staff training resources and availability, excellent scientific infrastructure, and broad base of suppliers and service providers. While Silicon Saxony might be exceptional in terms of its singular achievements, it is not unusual: it is a typical example of a successful German cluster.
Percentage of competence networks and clusters in Germany, Source: Clustermonitor Germany.
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President's Report for the Annual General Meeting – 22nd February 2018
It is my pleasure to present this Annual Report on the Friends for this, our 35th year.
2017 has been marked by two new events and one non-event.
The first big event was of course the relocation of the former Gatekeeper's Cottage back to the Botanical Gardens. We are grateful to the former owners for gifting the cottage to the Friends, and for ensuring that it was not demolished prior to relocation. One of our members generously funded the cost of relocation and we thank her most sincerely. The Council has been most supportive of this project, undertaking the management of the shift and installation on its new site, as well as funding partial renovations including a new roof and rebuilt chimneys and we are we thank them for their whole-hearted support.
The other event was the setting up of a new interest group in the Friends, called "Ambassadors". This involves volunteer members being stationed in the Conservatory on weekends to interact with visitors, providing information on the Gardens, and generally making them feel welcome. Since commencement in late April to the end of 2017, Ambassadors have put in 528 hours in total and estimate that they have interacted with over 4,000 visitors who have appreciated the opportunity to have someone to talk to. The project has been managed by Beth Dixon. Donna's botanical support has also been helpful and appreciated. More volunteers however are needed in order to maintain a presence in the Conservatory on every weekend.
The non-event for the year is the Fernery redevelopment. Quite simply, nothing seems to have happened. Council advise that they applied unsuccessfully for State and Federal funding and have indicated a preference for using the available funding simply to refurbish the existing structure. We hope that Council will stand by their commitment, as published in "my Ballarat" Summer 2016, to use their $1.4 million for staged development of the planned $4 million project. As I have stated many times, the full realization of the Laidlaw design would give Ballarat a magnificent complex which would be much more than a simple fernery - more a Discovery Centre - of world class significance.
Such projects, with their botanical and educational emphasis, are needed to establish our Gardens as more than just a place of beauty but a place where visitors can learn and appreciate more fully our natural world.
New ventures such as the Fernery Development have been overseen by Elizabeth Gilfillan in the role of Project Development Convenor. After ten strenuous years in this role, Elizabeth decided, during this past year, that it was time to step back, so it is appropriate to record in this report our appreciation for her dedication and hard work on our various projects.
Another innovation introduced this year was a revised process for induction of volunteers as required by Council in order to conform with OH&S requirements. Previously this was achieved by occasional group sessions which meant inevitable delays and difficulties in getting everyone together at the same time. I initiated discussions with Council and we now have a more streamlined process whereby our Convenors are authorised to take new volunteers through the induction procedures without delays.
Now to report on our other interest groups.
The Growing Friends continue to be the principal source of funds through their nursery sales. Ably led by Yvonne, the work of this dedicated team resulted in sales of $37,600 for the year including excellent sales at the Begonia Festival and Springfest. This is an improvement on the $33,000 in sales the previous year.The Plant Trolley continues to prove a great success, having contributed $14.350 to the total sales this year. We are grateful to Gardens' staff for continuing to move the trolley in and out of the Conservatory, and to those Friends, especially Rudolf Huebner, who attend to it on weekends and keep it stocked up.
Guiding Group.
The number of tours remained steady – 40 tours in 2017, comprising 18 arranged group tours and 22 Sunday morning tours, with a special Anzac day tour arranged by Lorraine Powell which was well attended. There was no U3A course held in 2017 but one is planned for 2018. The Guides monthly meetings are now organised by various Guides on a rostered basis to share the workload, and are informative and enjoyable. Excursions held during the year have also been very successful in furthering the knowledge of the Guides. Jane Munro is responsible for tour organization and roster management with Terry O'Brien continuing as overall Convenor. Currently we have 15 guides but more are needed for ease of rostering.
Wellingtonia.
Michael Bird continues to do an excellent job editing and producing our quarterly newsletter which must rank with the best Friends' Newsletters. Susan Pilbeam is now learning and assisting Michael. Ballarat Printworks are to be commended for their efficiency and professionalism in printing and mailing out the Newsletters.
Our first major trip, organised by Elizabeth, was to the Colac area visiting three gardens and the Camperdown Botanical Gardens where we were well looked after by the Camperdown Friends.
Carole Haines, our Events Convenor continued to organise guest speakers for our meetings and also arranged our other excursion to the Cloudehill Gardens in the Dandenongs – always a delight to visit.
Doff Kemp took over catering responsibilities from Carole and, with her excellent team, has looked after us very well throughout the year, culminating in a well-attended "drinks and nibbles" in November.
Botanical Art Group
Valerie Richards runs the enthusiastic group of botanical artists with 19 on the books and 8 regular attendees who enjoyed some guided art sessions to assist them develop their skills. They have commenced a project featuring the growth cycle of Begonias.
Western Bedders
Bill O'Driscoll advised that the highlights for 2017 were, firstly, the makeover and replanting of the Sensory Garden. With assistance from Vision Australia, new signage makes provision for the visually impaired to identify all the plants in this Garden.
Secondly, the native garden was fully removed and a new plant-out undertaken of the native beds, based on native species growing in a 50 km radius of Ballarat. This assists visitors to the gardens to identify plants common to this region which is most important and also enables Ballarat residents to identify species which might grow well in their own gardens.
The group continued to work on a regular basis in the monocot beds and the grasses there are simply outstanding and frequently commented on by visitors. We also did regular maintenance in the Sensory Gardens.
Lorraine Powell's band of enthusiasts continues to plough through the records at the Public Record Office of Victoria.
As well as this the team has created an exhibition related to the Gardens and Gardeners in WW1, and also an exhibition highlighting the history of the Ballarat Zoological Gardens. These exhibitions were displayed in the Robert Clark Conservatory. The team also celebrated the Gardens 160thanniversary, joining with the City in creating a series of panels showing the Gardens down the decades. This was displayed both at the Conservatory and at the Ballarat Library. The major project for the year was the development of a booklet on Ballarat's Begonias, due to be launched at the AGM.
The BotaniKids and Education Group, under the tireless and enthusiastic guidance of Julie Bradby, again achieved much during the year. Highlights were:
Celebrating the Gardens 160th anniversary with a children's party, attended by Mayor Samantha McIntosh;
Again active at the Begonia Festival with 3,500 children creating a decorated terracotta pot and planting a marigold in it;
Commissioning two professionals to produce a series of curriculum guidelines for learning programs when studying the Gardens and Lake Wendouree precinct. This was funded by Rotary and Council grants as well as funds raised from BotaniKids events;
Regular events with children to encourage appreciation of nature and the Gardens.
Julie is keen to acknowledge the support by Gardens staff, especially Peter and Christian for these events.
The annual Spring Gardens Luncheon and Open Gardens Weekend was again a great success with inspiring speakers and some most interesting gardens on display. The combined events generated a profit of $11,615 of which $9,606 was allocated to our Ballarat Friends with the balance allocated to the Buninyong Friends. Helen Todd and her committee have consistently organised these events most professionally. However, after ten years, members of this committee are retiring to a well-earned rest. At the time of writing, we have no volunteers to take their place, so the future of this event remains in doubt.
Joy O'Brien continues to print plant labels as required, and we are grateful for her reliable attention to this important activity.
Our Treasurer, Bruce Holland, continues to meticulously and accurately record all financial transactions, whilst Sue Rattray as well as assisting Bruce is our very efficient Minutes Secretary
Membership was 353 at the end of 2017 an increase of 18 over 2016.
Susan Pilbeam continues to be of invaluable help in her role as Administrative Assistant and we thank her for her reliability and willingness to help whenever needed.
Thanks are due to the members of the various groups who work so hard during the year, also to those members who assist when called on to help at such events as Springfest and the Begonia Festival, as well as those who quietly assist behind the scenes such as in watering the nursery plants.
The total hours put in throughout the year by members with all our various activities has been estimated for the year as 7,850 hours. Using a conservative figure of $20 per hour, it could be said that we have contributed in the vicinity of $160,000 to the people of Ballarat in promoting and supporting our magnificent Botanical Gardens.
The Friends are again pleased to acknowledge the great work done by Peter and his dedicated team to maintain our Gardens in such great condition and are to be congratulated. The Conservatory displays also attract much favourable comment from visitors.
Finally, I again extend my thanks to Elizabeth, for her guidance and support when called on, and to my wife, Beth for her continued help in the performance of my duties as President.
So to conclude this report, I again thank one and all for helping us to support the Gardens.
Raoul Dixon


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http://www.krsconnect.no/community/api.html?method=fullEvents&appid=620
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That'll be because in your data feed, it's hoursFrom, not HoursFrom. The case is significant.

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Q: breezejs: sorting by client-side property I retrieve a list of Customer entities that are displayed in a list.
But for each customer I also get the list of Order entities so that I can add a client-side property mostExpensivePurchase to each customer basically the amount of the most expensive order for each customer). I do that in the Initializer of the registerEntityTypeCtor method.
Ok, now I have my grid showing Customer information, including my mostExpensivePurchase values.
But my user should be able to sort and even to filter on this column. When I tried, I got the error :
[error] unable to locate property: mostExpensivePurchase on entityType: Customer:#Business.Entities.
Note that the filtering and sorting are done using a breeze query that is executed locally only. It would not make sense to execute it on the server since the property only exists on the client-side
I guess that error occurs because the metadata don't contain any info about that property.
How should I make this work ?
Side note: getting the list of Orders for each Client is obviously not good practice, but this was to illustrate my issue. And my list will always be limited to 50 entities max.

A: You could sort each customer's list of orders using the sort function:
customers.forEach(function(customer) {
    customer.orders.sort(function(orderA, orderB) {
        return orderA.mostExpensivePurchase() - orderB.mostExpensivePurchase();
    });
});

The documentation for sort is here (assuming the customer entity's list of orders is a knockout observable array).  The documentation for sorting a regular javascript array is here.


A framed collection of early 20th century local interest football medals, consisting of two 'Smethwick and District Football League' medals, two 'Youth and Old Boys Birmingham Football Association' medals, two 'Cradley Heath' related medals, a 'North Birmingham and District Football Medal' and one other medal.
A 1934 World Cup bronze medal, designed by G. Manetti, obverse with three footballers in raised relief, reverse inscribed CAMPIONATO MONDIALE DI CALCIO, FIFA, FIGC, ITALIA, MAGGIO-GIUGNO 1934 XII, named to K.J.J. LOTSY.
Karel Lotsy (1893-1959) was a Dutch football administrator who took Dutch teams to compete at Olympic Games as well as the World Cup. He later rose to the position of Chairman of the Dutch Football Association (KNVB) between 1942 and 1953.
A very early Arsenal medal: a silver & enamel Woolwich Arsenal Football & Athletic Company Ltd., 1894, medal awarded to R. Gage, hallmarked 1892, named to the reverse.
The named individual on the medal is believed to be Theodore Richard Gage (1874-1940), although generally recorded in census returns as Richard Gage. The Gage family lived in Herbert Road, Plumstead, quite close to the Manor Ground. Arsenal did have a Director called Tom Gage who was elected to the board on 12th June 1897 but died six months later at the age of 28. These two gentlemen could well have been related. There is no record of a Gage ever being on the playing staff.
A silver-gilt medal presented to the referee of the F.A. Youth Cup Final 2nd Leg in 1956-57 between Manchester United and West Ham United. Manchester United won the 2nd Leg 5-0 having already taken a lead in the tie in east London.
A rare silver & enamel 1934 World Cup commemorative medal, by Veronesi of Bologna, the obverse with an enamel map of the continents, two footballers in raised relief and inscribed COPPA DEL MONDO, FOOTBALL, ITALY, 1934 XII, named to K.J.J. LOTSY, the reverse enamelled with the flags of the participating nations and engraved with details of all the tournament's matches culminating with the Italy v Czechoslovakia final in Rome, diameter 6.5cm., 2 1/2in.
A 9ct. gold Football Association England v Wales 1919 Victory International medal, inscribed THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION, ENGLAND v WALES, 1919, VICTORY INTERNATIONAL.
There were two England Victory Internationals v Wales. The first was at Ninian Park on 11th October 1919 with Wales winning 2-1. However, Arsenal's Ernest Williamson was in goal for England that day. This medal was awarded for the second match on 19th October at the Victoria Ground, Stoke. Villa's Sam Hardy kept goal during England's 2-0 win.
A 9ct. gold Football League Midland Section 1918-19 wartime Championship medal awarded to Sam Hardy of Nottingham Forest, inscribed THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE, MIDLAND SECTION, WINNERS, 1918-19, NOTTINGHAM FOREST F.C.
During the 1st World War competition football was suspended and in its place regional league competitions were set up. This medal was awarded to Hardy at Nottingham Forest who were crowned Champions of the Midland Section.
A rare 1930 World Cup button badge issued for players & officials, as a form of participant's identification/official's accreditation, issued by the A.U. de F., this example individually numbered 147.
A silver & enamel 1991 Football League Cup runners-up medal awarded to Mal Donaghy, inscribed THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE CUP, FINALISTS, 1990-91, in original case inscribed THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE, FOUNDED 1888.
In the 1991 Football League Cup Final Sheffield Wednesday beat Manchester United 1-0 through a goal by John Sheridan in the 37th minute.


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If you are looking for a web site you are entering the world of web development, a broad term for the work involved in developing a web site for the Internet (World Wide Web) or an intranet (a private network).
Among web professionals, "web development" usually refers to the main non-design aspects of building web sites: writing markup and coding. .
For larger organizations and businesses, web development teams can consist of hundreds of people (web developers) and follow standard methods like Agile methodologies while developing websites.
Smaller organizations may only require a single permanent or contracting developer, or secondary assignment to related job positions such as a graphic designer and/or information systems technician.
Other people might be looking to develop their website themselves, and if that's you, these pages have been compiled and written with you in mind.
Don't worry. We will guide you through the jungle.


Monday 8th January, Savoy was placed on red alert for avalanches. Five other departments are on orange alert for the risk of flooding, storms and avalanches.
The Hautes-Alpes and Alpes-Maritimes are also avalanche alert level orange. The Bouches-du-Rhône, Var and the Alpes-Maritimes are orange alert for risk of storms and Gard orange alert for floods.
These disturbances are scheduled until the morning of Tuesday 9th January.
In the south, especially in the Bouches-du-Rhône, Var and Alpes-Maritimes "stormy lines up in the Mediterranean, will fall into place during the day," announced earlier today the weather forecast site.
For departments in vigilance Orange floods, "traffic conditions can be made difficult on the entire network and disruptions can affect rail transport," said Meteo France, which also referred to possible " power cuts ".
These storms will be accompanied by strong gusts of wind, and sometimes intense hailstorms.
Snowfall will continue the Alpine side, with a peak intensity scheduled on the night of Monday to Tuesday. Avalanches will increase throughout the day on Monday, and will reach the main roads, and even dwellings exposed to this risk.


Adding an Extension to your house is dependent on whether or not you have the available land adjacent to your property. If it is available an extension may be a more viable option compared to moving house, especially in areas where the difference in price of a house compared to the next size up is considerable.
Although house extensions can create problems, such as you may not be able to use your drive or garden for a few months, but you have the advantage that you don't need to move.
Therefore you are not dependent on selling your property and finding a new one that suits your needs, both within a time limit.


Having windows replaced in our basement meant I needed to clean out my sewing room for access to the window.
That was a job. The truth of the matter is I'm digging into layers back to 2014 in both my workroom and my sewing room. I had to sort paperwork from some painful times. There's a book by Julie Morganstern called Organizing from the Inside Out which is helpful. She says to look at what is working and try to build on that. But she also says that disorganization can be rooted in painful times you don't want to revisit.
Yeah. It would be great if I could say, "Well, that time is over." It's not. But it IS better than it was. There are systemic problems which continue for people who are autistic and need 24-7 support. Finding good caregivers is still a challenge. Two of our caregivers are not available as they were - one moved to go to school and another got a needed full time job. There are challenges with local agencies providing the level of support needed. The ratio of workers to clients in agencies directly affects success for involvement for my son. He attended a program for 5 years which became unavailable last year. So we had to start from scratch again in many ways. And it feels like that is the future story, starting from scratch over and over again. This is hard for someone who loves and needs a schedule, as my son does.
I share this because it is the reason I have been not blogging or creating as much. I look back at my early blog posts which are so hopeful. I used to be more perky. I'm still trying to be hopeful. I keep reading the quote from John Wooden that I use as a life quote, trying to refocus and see each new day as the gift it is. It's a work in progress for sure.
Anyway, in order to keep blogging, and not feel like I am putting up fake ladida posts, I have to acknowledge where we've been, and where we are hoping to go. This requires sorting papers, which are largely reminders of hard times. I'm using the Flylady timer method, and that is helping. Rome wasn't build in a day, but it was built!


Note: The Sexual Harassment Complaint Procedures on this page apply to conduct between faculty, staff, students and guests at the University. Information regarding conduct between students can be found at http://supportandsafety.colostate.edu/sexual-harassment. More information about the policy on student-to-student sexual harassment and sexual violence can be found at OEO's Title IX webpage: //oeo.colostate.edu/title-ix-sexual-assault-sexual-violence-sexual-harassment/.
Colorado State University strives to create and maintain a work and study environment that is fair, humane, and responsible so that each member of the University community is treated with dignity and rewarded for such relevant considerations as ability and performance. Abusive treatment of individuals on a personal or stereotyped basis is contrary to the concepts of academic freedom and equal opportunity. Sexual harassment is one form of such abuse and cannot be tolerated.
Sexual harassment is also illegal. It is prohibited in the employment context by Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and in the education context by Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972.
Therefore, these procedures shall apply to all persons affiliated with the University, including its students and employees.
These procedures supplant and supersede all other procedures related to issues of sexual harassment.
The University can respond to harassment only if it is aware of the harassment. Any member of the University community who believes that he or she has experienced sexual harassment or reprisal shall come forward promptly with inquiries, reports, or complaints and to seek assistance from the Director or Coordinator of the Office of Equal Opportunity (hereinafer referred to as OEO).
Any member of the University community who believes that he or she has been subjected to sexual harassment ("Complainant") shall contact the OEO, to request advice and information about possible ways to proceed and to put the University on notice. Such discussion will be kept confidential to the full extent permitted by law. Complainants are advised that there are some instances in which the University has a responsibility to act even if the Complainant requests that no action be taken as, for example, where other members of the University community may be at risk. In those cases, the University may investigate and take action on the basis of facts it discovers.
To avoid liability to the University and the employee and to correct problems of sexual harassment, it is critical that any employee who believes that he or she has observed an incident of sexual harassment in the University's learning and working environments involving a member of the University community or who receives a report of alleged sexual harassment from an employee or student immediately report this information to the Director or Coordinator of the OEO or to any vice president.
The Responsible Officer must promptly inform the Respondent of the allegation and the identity of the Complainant and provide a copy of the written Statement of the Complaint and any related material.
Reprisals against an individual who in good faith files a charge of sexual harassment are expressly prohibited and shall be treated as a separate violation of University policy. Intentionally false or malicious charges, however, are grounds for disciplinary action against the Complainant.
The University shall take immediate and appropriate steps reasonably calculated to end any harassment that has occurred, remedy its effects, and prevent harassment from occurring again.
Informal resolution of a sexual harassment complaint is encouraged whenever possible. The procedure might involve giving advice to the Complainant, the arrangement of a discussion between the Complainant and the Respondent in the presence of the Responsible Officer, or attempted mediation by the Responsible Officer.
Possible outcomes of an informal resolution may include explicit agreements about future conduct, changes in workplace assignments, substitution of one class for another, or other appropriate relief.
The applicable procedure for formal resolution of a sexual harassment complaint following submission of a Statement depends upon the Respondent's status as a student, a member of the State Classified staff, a tenured faculty member, an untenured faculty member, an administrative professional, or an other non-student employee.
Complaints against students will be handled in accordance with the administrative hearing procedures established in the Office of Conflict Resolution and Student Conduct Services.
Appeals of a decision by the Hearing Officer may be made to the University Discipline Committee, and the decision of that committee is final.
For purposes of this policy, complaints against graduate students arising out of their employment status will follow the procedures specified for untenured faculty, administrative professionals, and other non-student employees (excepting State Classified staff).
Complaints against State Classified staff, following an objective and impartial preliminary investigation by the Coordinator of OEO, will be handled in accordance with the procedures in the State Personnel Board Rules. Appeal rights, together with timing limitations, are described in those rules.
Complaints against academic faculty members, administrative professionals, and other non-student employees (excepting State Classified staff) shall be referred to the Coordinator of OEO. That officer shall conduct an objective and impartial preliminary investigation with such assistance from an appropriate administrator as needed. The administrator shall be from a higher administrative unit than that of the Respondent. Pending the results of the preliminary investigation, the Respondent will be suspended or assigned to other duties in lieu of suspension, by his or her immediate supervisor, only if immediate harm to the Complainant or others is threatened by continuance. Salary will continue during the period of the suspension. Following the preliminary investigation, the Coordinator of OEO shall notify the Complainant and the Respondent of the finding and shall attempt to effect an informal resolution of the complaint. The Complainant and the Respondent also shall be provided with a full copy of the report. If the Coordinator of OEO cannot arrange a mutually acceptable resolution and/or if that Officer has concluded that there is reasonable cause for further action, the Respondent will be given five business days after receipt of the report to either request a hearing or to prepare a response to the report before it is forwarded to the Respondent's immediate administrative supervisor and to the senior administrative officer of the Respondent's administrative unit (the vice president or, if the Respondent is a vice president, to the President). If the Respondent requests a hearing, the report will be referred to the Hearing Committee described below or, for cases in which the Respondent is tenured faculty member, handled in accordance with Section E.10.7 Disciplinary Action for Tenured Faculty of the Manual.
The members of the Sexual Harassment Panel are elected to three (3) year terms by their respective councils, the Administrative Professional Council and the Faculty Council. Nominations shall be solicited in February with elections conducted in April. Terms of office will begin July 1 following election. Terms shall be staggered so that approximately one-third (1/3) will be elected each year. The panel will consist of ten (10) administrative professionals from at least four (4) administrative units and (10) ten faculty members from at least four (4) colleges, including the libraries. Each member will receive annual training on sexual harassment by the Coordinator of OEO. The Sexual Harassment Panel shall constitute a pool of individuals from which the Hearing Committee will be drawn.
A committee of five members of the Sexual Harassment Panel will be chosen by lot by the Chair of Faculty Council if the Respondent is an untenured faculty member and by the Chair of the Administrative Professional Council for administrative professionals and other non-student employees (excepting State Classified staff). The Hearing Committee for an untenured faculty member will be composed of faculty members and for administrative professionals of administrative professionals. Hearing Committees for other non-student employees (excepting State Classified staff) will be selected by lot from the entire Panel.
Any person from the same administrative unit or department as either the Complainant or the Respondent will be replaced by another drawn by lot. Members deeming themselves disqualified for bias or interest will remove themselves from the case. The Complainant and the Respondent will have a maximum of one (1) challenge each without stated cause.
Hearings will commence no later than ten (10) working days after the Hearing Committee chair notifies the Complainant and the Respondent. The Hearing Committee shall elect its own chair from among its members and shall be advised by legal counsel for the University or from the Colorado Department of Law.
The Hearing Committee may hold organizational meetings in private, which may include meetings with the Respondent and Complainant as needed to (1) clarify the issues, (2) effect stipulations of facts, (3) provide for the exchange of documentary or other information, (4) formulate a list of potential witnesses, and (5) achieve such other appropriate pre-hearing objectives as will make the hearing fair, effective, and expeditious.
The Coordinator OEO will be called first to present the results of the preliminary investigation. The committee also may conduct its own informal inquiry, call witnesses, and gather whatever information it deems necessary to assist it in reaching a determination on the merits of the allegations. The hearing shall be closed, and the proceedings shall remain confidential to the extent permitted by law.
Excepting pre-hearing organizational meetings and those for final deliberation, finding of fact and preparation of recommendations, the Respondent is permitted to be present during all meetings of the committee, to call witnesses, to confront and cross-examine any adverse witnesses, and to be accompanied by an advisor and/or legal counsel. Such advisor or counsel is free to advise the Respondent fully throughout the proceedings, to assist in formulating any required written documentation, and to help prepare for any oral presentation, but they may not actively participate in the proceedings such as making objections and attempting to argue the case. A full verbatim record of the hearing will be kept and made available to the Respondent upon request.
At the conclusion of the hearing, the Hearing Committee shall meet privately for final deliberation, finding of fact, and preparation of recommendations. These deliberations shall remain confidential to the extent permitted by law. The committee shall decide, by majority vote and by the preponderance of the evidence (more likely than not) whether (1) the complaint is substantiated, (2) the complaint is unsubstantiated, or (3) the complaint is intentionally false or malicious. The finding, together with the basis for this finding, and recommendations shall be communicated in writing to both parties, the Coordinator of OEO, the Respondent's immediate administrative supervisor, and the senior administrative officer of the Respondent's administrative unit (the vice president or, if the Respondent is a vice president, to the President). A finding by the majority of the Hearing Committee that the Respondent has, more likely than not, violated the Sexual Harassment policy must be accompanied by recommendations for remedial action reasonably calculated to stop the harassment or disciplinary sanctions up to and including termination of employment. If the committee finds that the complaint was deliberately false and malicious, this finding, together with a recommendation for appropriate disciplinary action against the Complainant, shall be forwarded to the senior administrative officer of the Complainant's administrative unit.
The senior administrative officer may accept the recommendations of the Hearing Committee or may recommend disciplinary actions more or less severe than those recommended by the Hearing Committee for persuasive reasons that shall be stated in writing to the Respondent and the Hearing Committee. If the Respondent accepts the recommendation of the senior administrative officer, the remedial action or disciplinary sanction shall be implemented without further review by the President. If the Respondent rejects such officer's recommendation, the President shall review the case and recommendation and shall make the final decision on the disposition of the case. Since the procedures herein are designed to provide appropriate relief and due process, appeals through other grievance procedures such as Section K of the Manual cannot be made by either party.
1 Any individual involved in a sexual harassment incident has the right to pursue the matter in Courts or before governmental agencies. The procedures herein are designed to preclude the need to utilize external agencies and to provide appropriate and effective remedies.
2 Cases involving sexual harassment are particularly sensitive and demand special attention to issues of confidentiality. Dissemination of information relating to the case should be limited in order that the privacy of all individuals involved is safeguarded as fully as possible.
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Taari is a chartered accountant by training and a fund manager and investment banker by background. He is an accredited member of the NZ Institute of directors and a director of a number of private companies, iwi-owned companies and charities. He is also a member of the Direct Capital IV Investment Advisory Committee.
His past roles include: Commissioner of the NZ Earthquake Commission and a director of: Moana Pacific Fisheries Ltd, Taupo Moana Group Ltd, Hautaki Ltd, Kordia Ltd, Bay of Plenty District Health Board, Seeka Ltd, Miraka Ltd, and Aegis Private Capital Pte Ltd. He has also held the positions of Director and Investment Strategist for BZW Equities (NZ) Ltd (a unit of Barclays Bank Plc), and Portfolio Manager at NZI Corporation and ANZ Banking Corporation.
Taari's focus is on developing investment funds, enterprises and businesses for investor and community benefit.


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HOLZMAN v. MANHATTAN AND BRONX SURFACE TRANSIT OPERATING AUTHORITY
Michael HOLZMAN, Petitioner-Respondent, v. MANHATTAN AND BRONX SURFACE TRANSIT OPERATING AUTHORITY, et al., Respondents-Appellants.
ROSENBERGER, J.P., WILLIAMS, TOM, RUBIN and BUCKLEY, JJ. Lawrence A. Silver, for respondents-appellants.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Diane Lebedeff, J.), entered August 4, 1999, which, insofar as appealed from, granted petitioner-respondent's petition for pre-action discovery pursuant to CPLR 3102(c), unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the petition denied.
Petitioner filed a timely notice of claim on June 15, 1999, alleging "negligence in the operation of a bus." He asserted that on May 20, 1999, between 8:30 and 8:35 A.M., as he was exiting from the rear doors of a southbound M15 bus, he "was caused to slip and violently fall resulting in personal injury." Notably, he did not give any more information as to the cause of his fall.
By order to show cause dated June 19, 1999, supported by counsel's affidavit and a copy of the notice of claim, petitioner moved pursuant to CPLR 3102(c) for pre-action discovery. Counsel's affidavit provided no further information as to the purported cause of the fall, merely reiterating that plaintiff "was caused to slip and violently fall, breaking his left ankle." The petition requested that petitioner be given an opportunity to inspect and photograph the bus before commencing the action, "in order to preserve any evidence of a defect which may have caused plaintiff's injuries." Respondents-appellants objected that petitioner had not even set forth a theory of liability, let alone a prima facie case, and was instead seeking pre-action discovery so as to tailor his complaint to fit whatever the inspection revealed. Nonetheless, the IAS court granted the motion to the extent of directing respondents to identify the bus and produce it for inspection within 20 days after petitioner testified at the General Municipal Law § 50-h hearing. We now reverse.
Under CPLR 3102(c), a plaintiff may petition the court to obtain discovery before service of a complaint. Pre-action discovery may be appropriate to preserve evidence or to identify potential defendants; however, it cannot be used by a prospective plaintiff to ascertain whether he has a cause of action at all (Stump v. 209 East 56th St. Corp., 212 A.D.2d 410, 622 N.Y.S.2d 517). A petition for pre-action discovery should only be granted when the petitioner demonstrates that he has a meritorious cause of action and that the information sought is material and necessary to the actionable wrong (Bliss v. Jaffin, 176 A.D.2d 106, 108, 573 N.Y.S.2d 687).
Petitioner has not met this burden, as he has failed to allege any facts supporting his bare claim that respondents were negligent and that this negligence caused his injury. A plaintiff cannot establish a prima facie case of negligence if he cannot explain what caused him to fall (see, Lynn v. Lynn, 216 A.D.2d 194, 628 N.Y.S.2d 667). It also appears that petitioner has sufficient information to frame his complaint. He can identify the defendants, the bus route, and the time and place of the accident. Information concerning the extent of his injuries is presumably within his control. The notice of claim charged respondents with negligent operation of the bus. Inspection would reveal no facts relevant to this allegation. Under these circumstances, the only purpose of inspection would be to allow petitioner to determine whether the facts support alternate theories of liability, such as a defect in the bus. This is not an appropriate use of CPLR 3102(c) (Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. v. Bonner, 84 A.D.2d 678, 679, 446 N.Y.S.2d 631).
MEMORANDUM DECISION.


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Romoland ist ein Census-designated place im Riverside County im US-Bundesstaat Kalifornien, Vereinigte Staaten. Das U.S. Census Bureau hat bei der Volkszählung 2020 eine Einwohnerzahl von 2.005 ermittelt. Das Stadtgebiet hat eine Größe von 6,849 km².

Geografie
Romoland liegt im Westen des Riverside Countys in Kalifornien in den USA. Der Ort grenzt im Westen an Perris, im Süden an Menifee und im Norden und Osten an gemeindefreies Gebiet.

Romoland hat 1684 Einwohner (Stand: 2010) und erstreckt sich auf eine Fläche von 6,849 km², die komplett aus Land besteht. Das Zentrum von Romoland liegt auf einer Höhe von 440 m.

Der Ort trug laut Geographic Names Information System in der Vergangenheit die Namen Ethanac und Ethanac Siding, was sich vom Namen eines lokalen Grundbesitzers, Ethan A. Chase, ableitet. Andere mögliche, ehemalige Bezeichnungen des Ortes lauten Romonaland, Romola, Romola Farms, Little Rome, Little Mexico oder Ethnica. Anders als oft gehauptet geht der heutige Name Romoland weder auf den Quarterback Tony Romo von den Dallas Cowboys, noch auf einen Vergnügungspark von Jerry Jones zurück, sondern auf den griechischen Einwanderer Romonio Homonicholai.

Zur Region Romoland wird das gesamte Gebiet zwischen Perris, Hemet, Lake Elsinore und Murrieta gezählt. Sie umfasst 78 km² und wird von ungefähr 100.000 Menschen bewohnt.

Geschichte
Ab 1905 begann der Anbau von Orangen und anderen landwirtschaftlichen Produkten im Gebiet des heutigen Romolands. Mit Hemet kam es zu einer Auseinandersetzung, da beide Orte einen lukrativen Teil des Streckennetzes der Southern Pacific Railroad auf ihrem Gebiet haben wollten. Der Streit wurde mit einem Boxkampf beglichen; diesen gewann der Bürgermeister von Hemet, Dan Beecham, am 14. Mai 1906 gegen Ronald Arcia, den Bürgermeister Romolands. Also wurde in Hemet die Strecke verlegt.

Die Gemeinde Romoland wurde in den 1890er Jahren von der Santa Fe Railroad geplant. Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts erfolgte der Bau der Eisenbahnstrecke. Hierfür wurden viele Arbeiter aus Mexiko angeworben, weshalb sie zu der dominierenden ethnischen Gruppe wurden: Die Volkszählungen von 1930 und 1940 ergaben, dass Romoland einen der höchsten Anteile mexikanischer Bewohner in ganz Südkalifornien hatte. Die Mexikaner begannen mit der Entwicklung einer eigenen spanischsprachigen Gemeinschaft; sie errichteten Geschäfte, Schulen, Erholungsgebiete und Kirchen.

Legenden zufolge sollen alle heutigen Bewohner Romolands mexikanischer Abstammung sein, in Wahrheit sind jedoch nur 40 % von ihnen Mexikaner und/oder Latinos. Einige hiervon stammen wiederum aus Zentralamerika oder anderen lateinamerikanischen Gebieten als Mexiko.

Ab den 1920er Jahren wurden in Romoland die ersten Blutorangen der USA angepflanzt. Die Firma Romoland Fruit Co. begann 1936 damit, die Blutorangen als Zitrustomaten zu vermarkten, da das Wort Blut in ihren Augen die Käufer abgeschreckt hätte. Trotzdem war die Resonanz in der Bevölkerung gering, und ab 1937 wurden die Früchte doch als Blutorangen verkauft. Die Landwirtschaft nahm einen großen Stellenwert im Leben der Gemeinde ein, sodass Romoland sich zu einer ländlichen Stadt im Inland Empire entwickelte.

Im Zweiten Weltkrieg wurden in Romoland Sandsäcke produziert, die der Befestigung dienten. 1945 nannte der Politiker Adolf Augustus Berle Romoland die "Sandsack-Hauptstadt der USA".

Am 1. Oktober 2008 wurden große Teile der Gemeinde in die neu gegründete Stadt Menifee eingegliedert.

In Romoland gibt es mehrere Pferderanches. 2008 schloss die Brauereigruppe Anheuser-Busch InBev ihre Ranch vor Ort. Hier waren die meisten der Budweiser Clydesdales untergebracht, einer Pferderasse, die in Werbung der Brauerei oft zu sehen ist. Seitdem leben die Pferde auf der Warm Springs Ranch bei Boonville, Missouri.

Politik
Romoland ist Teil des 37. Distrikts im Senat von Kalifornien, der momentan von der Republikanerin Mimi Walters vertreten wird, und dem 65. Distrikt der California State Assembly, vertreten von der Demokratin Sharon Quirk-Silva. Des Weiteren gehört Romoland Kaliforniens 49. Kongresswahlbezirk an, der einen Cook Partisan Voting Index von R+5 hat und vom Republikaner Darrell Issa vertreten wird.

Weblinks
 Weiterführende Informationen bei City-Data.com (englisch)
 Romoland News - Topix (englisch)

Einzelnachweise

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Iron Chic & others opening Face to Face's three-night NYC run this weekend
Mimi Hong
photo: Iron Chic at Skate & Surf 2015 (more by Mimi Hong)
Long Island punks Iron Chic just played NJ's Skate & Surf last weekend (as pictured above), and they already had a bunch of other announced NYC-area appearances coming up after that. Now they've added one more, opening one of Face to Face's three NYC shows this weekend. Those shows have Face to Face playing their first three albums in full, one a night. Iron Chic are on night 1, the Don't Turn Away (1992) night.
Night 2 (1994's Big Choice) has Royal Psalms, a new band with members of Crime In Stereo, Daytrader and Aficionado. And night 3 (1996's self-titled LP) has post-With Honor melodic hardcore band Ambitions, whose sole album was 2007's Stranger on Bridge 9. Tickets for all three shows are still available, but three-day passes are sold out.
Iron Chic also play the Long Island stop of Treasure Fleet's tour at Mr. Beery's on Saturday (5/23) with Broadcaster and more ($8 at door). Then they play a free NYC show at Riis Park Beach Bazaar on May 30 with Soda Bomb and Somerset Thrower. After that, they open for Gin Blossoms at Long Island's Paramount on July 10 with Timeshares (tickets), and then play LI's Today's Mixtape Festival in August with The Movielife, Andrew WK, Incendiary and more (tickets).
Speaking of Timeshares and The Movielife, they also have a NJ show together.
Updated Iron Chic dates are listed, with a video and a stream of Don't Turn Away, below...
Iron Chic -- 2015 Tour Dates
5/22: New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom*
5/23: Bethpage, NY @ Mr. Beery's #
5/30: Rockaway Park, NY @ Riis Park Beach Bazaar $
7/10: Huntington, NY @ The Paramount^
8/15-16: Patchogue, NY @ Today's Mixtape Festival %
9/5: Richmond, VIC, Australia @ Weekender Fest
* = w/ Face to Face
# = w/ Treasure Fleet, The Fad, Broadcaster, Vape
$ = w/ Soda Bomb, Somerset Thrower
^ = w/ Gin Blossoms, Timeshares
% = w/ The Movielife, Andrew WK, Incendiary, more
Filed Under: Ambitions, face to face, Iron Chic, Royal Psalms, With Honor


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in the film private violence, deanna's husband was convicted of:
It states that 'engaging in or supporting any trafficking in persons […] is prohibited. Then, if she can prove she isn't, she must've done something to deserve it. The knee-jerk response is to ask: 'why doesn't she just leave?'. As adults, my children are repeating in their own lives the patterns of much of what they experienced as children. "I think the film ends with a lot of hope, that justice can be sought," she said. She laughs, amazed. On average, three women are murdered every day by a significant other. If it is proven without a shadow of a doubt that you beat someone like he did AND he admitted it, or if you rape a child or do something heinous to another human being. In Bosnia, where there were so many dead the Olympic football stadium had been turned into a cemetery, she threw herself into her work. It's NEVER the man's fault. Susana Malcorra, who heads it up, tells me the UN can waive immunity if needs be: 'It does not cover personal misconduct.'. This is an excellent documentary focusing on the complicated issues of domestic violence and the inadequate response by the legal system in dealing with this subject. We had to tone it down.', The problem was so widespread, says Rees (now secretary general of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom), 'Kathy ended up having time to deal with nothing but trafficking.'. He's facing a sentence of up to 80 years. I didn't know where to turn for help. Also last year, a Romanian father and son operating a huge forced prostitution ring in Britain were given 21 years. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. After years of brutal beatings from her husband at the time — moments when she thought she might die or even lose her daughter — it's a question she has a hard time answering to herself, much less to others. I never see my abuser. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. . Burgess-Johnson said Helpmate has seen a 91 percent increase in calls to the organization's crisis line over the last fiscal year, from 1,258 calls to 2,397, a spike the center attributes in part to a high-profile awareness campaign, but also to an increase in actual incidents. Why don't we just kill the SOB's, why place them in prisons and jails? Outstanding, but difficult to watch for all the pain. She discovered terrible wrongdoing - and refused to stay silent about it. And, as Ariel Siegel at the Somaly Mam Foundation says, 'Men have to realise that the women they have encounters with might not be willing, despite appearances.' In Britain it is illegal to pay for sex with someone who is being coerced. The UN mission in Bosnia finished in January 2003 but the abuses did not end there. Kiranjit Ahluwalia (born 1955) is an Indian woman who came to international attention after burning her husband to death in 1992 in the UK. He was retired from the UN after allegedly having an affair with a woman who was taking his UN secrets to the Liberian dictator, Charles Taylor. A difficult topic treated with the good old fashioned "just tell it like it is" method. "And I encourage people to ride it.". Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2017. But UN personnel have hitherto been protected by diplomatic immunity – meaning they can't be prosecuted in their mission country – and political expediency. 'It was very disappointing,' says Bolkovac with a sigh. In one early scene, Gruelle shows a local prosecutor medical photos of Walters horrifically beaten — more of her skin black and blue than flesh-colored — asking how much time Howell could face if convicted. I was free. Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2020, I just have one question, being the fact I used to work in corrections. Powerful documentaries and people such as the change agent in this film, along with time and occasional clear unbiased insight into those extreme and difficult years has helped me to gain peace in my heart. 'I found it intolerable,' she says. They don't know my life is good. Most disappointing of all was what happened next: several men were sent home, but none was punished further. More usually, the UN kicks people off its missions and hands the investigation and punishment over to the member state. The right question, which is only now beginning to be asked in public conversation, is "Why did he beat her?". For my children, I can only trust that life will teach them and Good People will touch them in the places they need touched to open their eyes to their own goodness and the gate to their own happiness as they shed those foundation years, and break free. I asked DynCorp if its guidelines had become more stringent since 2001 and was sent its code of ethics. 'But it's barely scratching the surface. This is worth watching no matter where you fall in the spectrum, whether you have been abused or not. She discovered terrible wrongdoing - and refused to stay silent about it. 'We have to focus on prosecution of the perpetrators.'. Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2018. Husbands who kill nagging wives will no longer be able to claim they were provoked, under a radical shake-up of the murder laws. They don't know. She later defended him in a statement, and lambasted the media for the intrusion into their personal affairs. I finally said enough was enough and by the Grace of God, I never went back. That was 20 years ago. The film takes a close and disturbing look at Walters' case, the common challenges to prosecuting it, and a glimpse into the lives of other women for whom Gruelle has fought. You know the problem with this country? Bolkovac was baffled, believing she'd misheard. Soon Madeleine Rees, the head of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, had recruited her to run a pilot project on violence against women. People just don't know. Private Violence explores a simple, but deeply disturbing fact of life: the most dangerous place for a woman is her own home. In 2008, Deanna Walters and her 2-year-old daughter, Martina, were kidnapped by her estranged husband, Robbie Howell, and taken across state lines. The New York-based Somaly Mam Foundation, set up by a Cambodian woman who was trafficked as a child, estimates there are 2.7 million people enslaved globally, 85 per cent of whom are women and girls in forced prostitution. I left, went back, left, went back, left, went back and finally left. 'And you could see she was getting increasingly isolated in the cafeteria; people weren't sitting with her.'. I live in a beautiful fully paid off-by-me-home. In fact, Jacques Paul Klein, the head of the UN mission in Bosnia, went on to lead the UN mission in Liberia, where he presided over similar scandals. We live by mending. An estimated 75 percent of domestic violence homicides take place after a woman has left an abusive relationship. 'That's what I'm having.'. 'No response whatsoever.'. Period. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. That's the trick – knowing how to interview people.'. I pulled myself up by my bootstraps, so to speak. My children don't talk to me to this day because they see him as the 'good guy' and me as the 'bad guy'--and I have, in the past, felt such guilt over that because I kept, for the longest time, seeing myself as the 'bad guy', too. It was a psychological horror, I do not know how to explain, bit was every bit as demoralizing as any domestic violence you can imagine. They won't help me.'". A Long Island drug dealer has pleaded guilty to providing the heroin that killed two people — including his girlfriend, Queens prosecutors said Wednesday. I am retired and happy. I just knew it.". Within hours of the ruling DynCorp settled a second whistleblowing case against it, offering an undisclosed sum to an aircraft mechanic from Texas called Ben Johnston, who had evidence of UN personnel buying and selling girls elsewhere in Bosnia. Recent years have seen allegations of sexual exploitation by UN peacekeepers in the Ivory Coast, the Congo, Columbia… The list goes on. "But as long as we have a thing called 'misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon' on the books, we're not there yet. We are to damn sue happy and it makes people fearful of doing their job. While there, working in a police station with a hole in the floor for a lavatory, Bolkovac secured Bosnia's first conviction for domestic violence. 'People ask me what's true,' says the film's director, Larysa Kondracki. She has lived in Holland, with her Dutch husband, ever since her life was transformed by events so extraordinary they have been made into a film, The Whistleblower, starring Rachel Weisz. The film will debut on HBO Oct. 20. Dozens of girls began turning up at Bolkovac's station with 'eerily similar' stories: They'd taken a job abroad as a waitress or cleaner or nanny - often at the insistence of their own families - but during the journey everything had gone wrong. We still live in a culture that wants to let men do whatever they choose to women - it's endemic in culture, in the law ... these women even believe it. "Deanna did everything she could do," she said. Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2017. The film release comes amid unprecedented public awareness on the subject, Gruelle said, following the national conversation surrounding the video of NFL player Ray Rice knocking out his wife Janay in an elevator. 'Sheer terror,' says Bolkovac of the looks on the girls' faces. But that wasn't the only reason they wouldn't testify. "We have come such a long way in the time that I've been working on this issue," Gruelle said. In 1999, Kathryn Bolkovac went to Bosnia as part of a UN mission. He's going to end up getting better medical coverage then anyone reading this, more rights then his victims and he'll also be able to hem up the judicial system with something as stupid as his cookie being broken on his lunch tray and being taken more seriously on that issue, then with what that woman went through. The most recent figure for England and Wales is 12,000, which Abigail Stepnitz of the British anti-trafficking organisation Poppy Project, calls 'a tip-of-the-iceberg number'.
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I have never seen this lightning effect or energy effet at the end of game before… I am wondering why not.
Huh. Do you have HL2:EP1? I don't think you'd need it, but still.
Perhaps a vort shot at the player and this is a sinilar result to the hornets?