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Katie: I'm in the form of my life
Katie Taylor. Photo: Sportsfile
Independence.ie Sportsdesk
July 27 2018 2:30 AM
Katie Taylor says she feels like she's in the best form of her career ahead of her WBA and IBF world title defence tomorrow.
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Bray native Taylor takes on American Kimberly Connor on the Dillian Whyte-Joseph Parker bill in London's O2 Arena and the former Olympic gold medallist is relishing the challenge.
"I can't wait," Taylor said yesterday.
"This again is a great opportunity for me and I feel like I'm in the best shape of my life, the best form of my life.
"I know that Kimberley comes in as a hungry challenger. She's going to bring her best and that's going to bring the best out of me as well. I can't wait for it."
Connor was complimentary of her Irish opponent but is hoping to capitalise on her status as the underdog.
"She's accomplished a lot in women's boxing," said 37-year-old Connor of Taylor.
"I have a lot of respect for her. I look forward to fighting her. I feel like this is the boxer's dream - I'm the absolute underdog in this situation."
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On 23 May 2017, the World Health Organisation will choose the person who will replace Dr Margaret Chan as Director-General . Three candidates - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (Ethiopia), David Nabarro (UK) and Sania Nishtar (Pakistan) – remain in the race.
Securing the prestigious job will not be easy, but for the winner, the hard work actually lies ahead. The next director general will indeed have to tackle the immense challenge of reinvigorating an organisation plagued by internal dysfunctions and a lack of political and financial support.
It will also have to find innovative solutions to a growing number of sanitary issues - from antimicrobial resistance, to non-communicable diseases and mental health.
The recent Ebola epidemic has hit three of the world's poorest countries particularly hard. More than 10,000 lives were lost.
Despite the urgency, WHO struggled to respond quickly to the crisis and to mobilise funding. This greatly undermined confidence in the organisation's ability to do its job and highlighted the need for profound reform.
"Ebola uncovered all of WHO's previous weaknesses – an inability to get the necessary resources, poor coordination and communication with WHO regional offices, the lack of an open society approach embracing NGOs and addressing the cultural impact of disease. Despite the loss of life, no single person at WHO accepted responsibility. That would not happen in well-functioning organisation" Lawrence Gostin, Global Health Law specialist at Georgetown University, tells IBTimes UK.
The election of the Director-General may thus be the perfect time to initiate powerful reforms in key areas of the organisation which are particularly in need of a shake-up.
Perhaps WHO's most debilitating weakness is that it does not have the money to respond to the great global health challenges of our times.
For 2016-2017, the proposed overall budget was US$ 4,400m overall, a sum experts say is far too low. "WHO only has a budget the size of a large American hospital, with a mandate for the entire world", Gostin points out.
Out of this budget, roughly 70% comes from voluntary donors (such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), while the rest is made up by member states mandatory dues. Since voluntary contributions are earmarked for the donor's preferred projects, the WHO is denied an important opportunity to set its own agenda and determine which projects should be made a priority.
The organisation's lack of transparency means that there is little hope to reverse this trend. WHO seems to be stuck in an 'unvirtuous' circle, as Gostin points out. Many countries don't want to increase their mandatory dues because they see the organisation as bureaucratic, weak and ineffective but by underfunding it, they make it only more likely to fail.
The new Director-General will have to engage in complex discussions to obtain more political and financial support from member states and to try and channel voluntary donations towards the programs that need it the most.
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Since the Ebola crisis, WHO has made important efforts to improve the way it deals with global health epidemics. In 2015, Margaret Chan announced the creation of a Contingency Fund for emergencies designed to provide the resources necessary to rapidly scale up WHO's initial response to outbreaks.
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The next Director-General will need a real vision for the organisation to make sure it remains a central player of global health systems and to increase cooperation at a time when many countries are withdrawing from the international community.
One of them will be elected Director General of the World Health Organisation on 23 May.
Lawrence Gostin is O'Neill Chair in Global Health Law and Director, WHO Collaborating Center on National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University.


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Oldest evidence of split between Old World monkeys and apes discovered
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Two fossil discoveries from the East African Rift reveal new information about the evolution of primates, according to a study published online in Nature led by Ohio University scientists. Artist Mauricio Antón depicts the newly discovered fossil primates, Rukwapithecus (front, center) and Nsungwepithecus (right). Credit: Mauricio Antón
Two fossil discoveries from the East African Rift reveal new information about the evolution of primates, according to a study published online in Nature this week led by Ohio University scientists.
The team's findings document the oldest fossils of two major groups of primates: the group that today includes apes and humans (hominoids), and the group that includes Old World monkeys such as baboons and macaques (cercopithecoids).
Geological analyses of the study site indicate that the finds are 25 million years old, significantly older than fossils previously documented for either of the two groups.
Both primates are new to science, and were collected from a single fossil site in the Rukwa Rift Basin of Tanzania. Rukwapithecus fleaglei is an early hominoid represented by a mandible preserving several teeth. Nsungwepithecus gunnelli is an early cercopithecoid represented by a tooth and jaw fragment.
The primates lived during the Oligocene epoch, which lasted from 34 to 23 million years ago. For the first time, the study documents that the two lineages were already evolving separately during this geological period.
"The late Oligocene is among the least sampled intervals in primate evolutionary history, and the Rukwa field area provides a first glimpse of the animals that were alive at that time from Africa south of the equator," said Nancy Stevens, an associate professor of paleontology in Ohio University's Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine who leads the paleontological team.
Documenting the early evolutionary history of these groups has been elusive, as there are few fossil-bearing deposits of the appropriate age, Stevens explained. Using an approach that dated multiple minerals contained within the rocks, team geologists could determine a precise age for the specimens.
Two fossil discoveries from the East African Rift reveal new information about the evolution of primates, according to a study published online in Nature this week led by Ohio University scientists. This image shows a holotype specimen of Rukwapithecus fleaglei (RRBP 12444A), a partial right mandible bearing the lower fourth premolar, first and second molars, and partially erupted third molar, in lateral view. Credit: Patrick O'Connor, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
"The rift setting provides an advantage in that it preserves datable materials together with these important primate fossils," said lead geologist Eric Roberts of James Cook University in Australia.
Prior to these finds, the oldest fossil representatives of the hominoid and cercopithecoid lineages were recorded from the early Miocene, at sites dating millions of years younger.
The new discoveries are particularly important for helping to reconcile a long-standing disagreement between divergence time estimates derived from analyses of DNA sequences from living primates and those suggested by the primate fossil record, Stevens said. Studies of clock-like mutations in primate DNA have indicated that the split between apes and Old
World monkeys occurred between 30 million and 25 million years ago.
"Fossils from the Rukwa Rift Basin in southwestern Tanzania provide the first real test of the hypothesis that these groups diverged so early, by revealing a novel glimpse into this late Oligocene terrestrial ecosystem," Stevens said.
The new fossils are the first primate discoveries from this precise location within the Rukwa deposits, and two of only a handful of known primate species from the entire late Oligocene, globally.
The scientists scanned the specimens in the Ohio University's MicroCT scanner, allowing them to create detailed 3-dimensional reconstructions of the ancient specimens that were used for comparisons with other fossils.
"This is another great example that underscores how modern imaging and computational approaches allow us to address more refined questions about vertebrate evolutionary history," said Patrick O'Connor, co-author and professor of anatomy in Ohio University's Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine.
In addition to the new primates, Rukwa field sites have produced several other fossil vertebrate and invertebrate species new to science. The late Oligocene interval is interesting because it provides a final snapshot of the unique species inhabiting Africa prior to large-scale faunal exchange with Eurasia that occurred later in the Cenozoic Era, Stevens said.
A key aspect of the Rukwa Rift Basin project is the interdisciplinary nature of the research team, with paleontologists and geologists working together to reconstruct vertebrate evolutionary history in the context of the developing East African Rift System.
"Since its inception this project has employed a multifaceted approach for addressing a series of large-scale biological and geological questions centered on the East African Rift System in Tanzania," O'Connor said.
The team's research, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation, the Leakey Foundation and the National Geographic Society, underscores the integration of paleontological and geological approaches that are essential for addressing complex issues in vertebrate evolutionary history, the scientists noted.
Explore further: New aplodontid rodent found from the late Oligocene of Northern Junggar Basin, China
More information: DOI: 10.1038/nature12161

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Bell Tower Ringers
Much as we in Bagshot are endowed with belles, we are talking here about those great lumps of copper and zinc that hang in the highest point of our ancient village.
Bells have a mystical quality and have been associated with humans from very early times. They almost certainly have developed from an even earlier form of expression and communication i.e. drums and made a bit more interesting. The carrying quality of the sound of a bell is almost certainly the reason why we have come to know and love them. Think of it- dinner bells, gongs, clock bells, doorbells, ship's bells, wind chimes, crystal tableware, echo of bells. And they all arise from the action of something hard striking against something else which makes a sound which is appealing (no pun intended) to the human ear.
The earliest bells were simple plates of metal which made a ringing sound when struck with a 'hammer' of some description. With such a power of communication, they were adopted and developed by holy men of myriad beliefs. Over the ages, nowhere has the use of Bells surpassed that of the Church of England. Of the 5,500 worldwide installations of bells which can be rung by fully turning the bells rather than just swinging them, 5,000 are in England, 150 in Wales, 12 in Scotland, a few in Ireland and the rest are distributed through the English-speaking world (and America and Australia).
Bell Towers are classified by the number of bells they have and the weight of the heaviest (tenor) bell in the ring i.e. the 'peal' to you or me. They range from one bell of greatly varying weights up to 18 bells with a tenor of 72 hundredweight i.e. 3-1/2 tons. In Bagshot we are blessed with 8 bells with a tenor weight of 17 hundredweight i.e the weight of a family car. The total weight of 8 bells swinging above our heads is 63 Cwt or 3 tons. This was the typical weight of bells in 1884 when St Anne's bells were dedicated. This is a very heavy set of bells for the size of the tower.
Church Bells are usually dedicated to local dignitaries or in memory of a much-loved family member or benefactor. In our case, they are dedicated to members of the Waterer family who more or less provided Bagshot with employment and income for many, many years.
The Bells at Bagshot are a 17cwt ring of 8 hung in a cast iron frame on two levels installed in 1884 when the church was built. Originally there were 6 bells cast by Warner's with a 21 cwt tenor. The bells were dedicated to and paid for by the wife of Michael Waterer whose rhododendron nursery employed a large proportion of Bagshot's working population at the time.
In 1912 the ring was augmented to 8 by addition of two new lighter bells.. The work was carried out by Gillett and Johnson who cast the new bells and built the new frame and fittings. The canons and cast-in staples were removed from the Warner bells and they were re-tuned employing the then relatively new principles of harmonic tuning. This process reduced the weight of the bells with more than 3 cwt of bell metal removed from the tenor alone. A compact bell frame was required to squeeze the 8 bells into the narrow tower. This is evident by the use of undersize wheels, novel G&J space-saving slider/trollies and the deep groove cut into the brickwork to provide clearance for the number 4 bell wheel. This close spacing has made slider lubrication, cleaning and frame painting etc accessible only to contortionists.
Ball bearings were fitted to the bells in 1947. According to a Whitechapel inspection these bearings are relatively small which contributes to the bells being relatively heavy to ring. The stays are straight, which makes replacement easy and the sliders are steel runners which require annual cleaning and lubrication to keep the running freely
The small ringing room, accessed by a clockwise spiral staircase, has 7 of the 8 ropes very close to the walls in a 'square circle' which leaves very little room for sitting out and for some of the interesting artefacts displayed in other towers. The short drop of the ropes is very forgiving and has allowed some ringers to develop a style called the 'Bagshot Wave' which needs to be seen to be understood.
Contrary to the practice in Europe and much of the rest of the world, bells in England are rung by people pulling on ropes to various patterns rather than rung by mechanisms. In St Anne's we have a group of about 12 people who ring for regular Sunday services, weddings and the occasional funeral. The 'band' is mostly made up as it always has been of local Bagshot people i.e tradesmen, local business people and the Bagshot Scouts who featured heavily (and noisily). Ages range from 11 to 65 with one ringer approaching his 50th year of dedicated service. For all of us there is a lift in the first rippling peal on a Sunday morning at 9.30 or maybe just the devilment of waking people up. Up till 50 years ago, the first ring was at 7.30 AM and 6.30 AM on Christmas Day!
Ringing for weddings is always therapeutic with the hope that we are sending the happy couple off with the sound of joy ringing in their ears into a happy life together.
Practice nights on a Thursday are also uplifting and good fun, providing exercise, mental stimulation, socialising and it is absolutely free. The following visit to 'The Foresters' is not compulsory. All are welcome and it is never too late to learn as your writer can readily testify!
Please contact any member of the Bellringers for further information. There is lots to find out, not to mention the clock and its bell! If you want to have a try at bell ringing, come on Thursday practice night 7:30-9:00 pm


Deborah Lipstadt, MA'72, PhD'76, says fame hasn't changed her one bit: She's still cantankerous, combative, loud and tough. Her friends tend to agree.
Lipstadt will return to Brandeis on Sept. 22 for a special 6 p.m. screening of "Denial," and a talk-back after the movie with filmmaker Errol Morris. President Ron Liebowitz will present Lipstadt with the Brandeis Alumni Achievement Award, the highest honor the University bestows exclusively on alumni. The award recognizes alumni for distinguished contributions to their professions or chosen fields of endeavor. List of past winners.
While Lipstadt maintains she's still the same person, she recognizes that the volume on her microphone has been turned way up. She is no longer simply a Holocaust scholar with a high profile in the world of academia. Once the movie has its full release on Sept. 30, she will be known by millions and millions of people around the world.
While the type of Holocaust denial that Irving peddled has largely been discredited except in the Arab world, Lipstadt maintains that "softcore Holocaust denial" still exists.
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The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) complied with rulemaking procedures while scrapping a rule that would have established animal welfare standards for organic livestock, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has ruled.
GAO reviewed AMS's process leading to the rule withdrawal earlier this month after various groups including the Humane Society of the United States filed lawsuits claiming that AMS, by repeatedly delaying the rule, effectively repealed it — and did so without proper notice and public comment.
The Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices final rule was first published in the Federal Register on Jan. 19, 2017. The rule would have increased federal regulation around animal housing, healthcare, transportation and slaughter practices of livestock and poultry for certified organic producers and handlers.
Existing organic livestock and poultry regulations remain effective. USDA withdrew the final rule after the agency said it identified policy and legal issues."After careful review and two rounds of public comment, USDA has determined that the rule exceeds the Department's statutory authority, and that the changes to the existing organic regulations could have a negative effect on voluntary participation in the National Organic Program, including real costs for producers and consumers," an agency news release stated. AMS estimated that eliminating the rule will save $10.2 million to $32.6 million per year, discounted at 7 percent over 15 years. AMS further states when factored over perpetuity and extended to account for future years, the estimated cost savings become, on an annualized basis, $8.5 million to $34.9 million. AMS said it estimated costs and benefits based on three potential scenarios of how organic egg producers would respond to the rule if it went into effect. For all scenarios, AMS states the midpoint of the cost estimates, including the estimated paperwork burden, exceeds the midpoint of the estimated benefits. AMS published a notice of the proposed rule on Dec. 18, 2017. AMS received approximately 72,000 comments on the proposed rule, and more than 63,000, opposed the withdrawal.
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January General Fund Revenues Positive; Transportation Fund Revenues again fall below projections
FY05 YTD General Fund January-05 January-06 Monthly Personal Income Taxreceipts, which are reported Net-of-Personal Income Tax refunds, exceededtarget by $3.61 million (or 4.6 %) in January. Personal Income Tax Receipts, by far thelargest single state revenue source, were up 22.0% from January 2005. Secretary Smith also noted that the CorporateIncome Tax performed well during January. The Corporate Income Tax exceeded target for the month (+$0.32 million, +12.6%). PRESS RELEASE RHofmann State of Vermont 2 1 2005-02-08T20:28:00Z 2006-02-10T18:54:00Z 2006-02-10T18:54:00Z 1 777 4432 State of Vermont 36 10 5199 10.2625 Print MicrosoftInternetExplorer4st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";}February 10, 2006 General Fund By Major Element (In Millions) Tax Component Among the other General Fundrevenue categories, Estate Tax receipts performed above the latest targets,finishing $1.68 million ahead of projections in January. FY06 YTD % Change Montpelier, VT – Secretary ofAdministration Michael K. Smith Announces January 2006 Revenue Results For TheState Of Vermont: January General Fund Revenues Positive; Transportation Fund Revenuesagain fall below projections. Secretary of Administration MichaelK. Smith today released General Fund revenue results for the month of January,the seventh month of fiscal year 2006. General Fund revenues totaled $135.20 million for January 2006, $5.66million or 4.4% more than the $129.49 million consensus revenue target for themonth. January results were also $16.26million (or +13.7%) higher than the solid General Fund revenues in January 2005. Year to date, General Fund revenues totaled $656.64million. Secretary Smith noted, We wererelieved to once again exceed our newly revised General Fund target for themonth. It is important to note that the higherthan anticipated revenues in January were largely due to above target receiptsin both Personal and Corporate Income Tax revenues. The monthly targets reflect the most recentfiscal year 2006 Consensus Revenue Forecast that was agreed to by the EmergencyBoard on January 11, 2006. The States Consensus Revenue Forecast isupdated two times per year in January and July. The Sales and Use Tax surpassedprojections for January (+$0.70 million or +2.6%). Receipts in the Rooms and Meals Tax wereslightly above expectations as well (+$0.40 million or +0.4%). Both figures reflect actual purchases inDecember, indicating a good holiday retailing season for the state, commentedSmith. % Change read more
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Albert C. DeCiccio Named Provost at Southern Vermont College
Albert C. DeCiccio, former Academic Dean of Rivier College in Nashua, N.H.,Named Provost at Southern Vermont College(Bennington, Vt.) — Southern Vermont College has selected Albert C. DeCiccio, the former Academic Dean of Rivier College, a Catholic liberal arts college in Nashua, N.H., to fill the newly created post of Provost. He assumed the position as the college's Chief Academic Officer on July 7.DeCiccio earned his undergraduate degree at Merrimack College in 1974, his master's degree in English from SUNY Albany, and his doctorate in English, Rhetoric and Composition from Arizona State University."In Al DeCiccio, we have found a person with a remarkably wide range of talents," SVC President Karen Gross said. "In addition to being a true scholar, he is deeply engaged in thinking about pedagogy and creative and thoughtful programmatic development. He is adept at helping others grow and learn, and he believes in small colleges and their capacity to change lives. SVC welcomes him to our community and looks forward to his wisdom, his good humor and his remarkable thoughtfulness. Students, faculty and staff will be enriched by the opportunity to work with him. The search committee, chaired by Professor Tom Redden, are to be commended for their efforts."President Gross explained that the college replaced the position of Academic Dean with that of Provost in order to emphasize that "academic life is an institution's primary asset an asset that must be nurtured and fostered each and every day. The chief academic officer must be an institution's compelling and inspirational voice about the power and capacity of education, and must effectively engage students, faculty and the wider community in the enterprise of education expressed through a vision for the essential value of liberal arts colleges in the 21st century."As Academic Dean for the past eight years, DeCiccio has been responsible for the development of all graduate and undergraduate liberal arts, sciences and professional studies programs at the 2,070-student college.Of the role of Provost, DeCiccio commented that "the Provost should establish the academic vision of the College for all constituencies, and broadcast that vision in the local civic community and, more nationally, in the higher education community. A Provost is very different from an Academic Dean, who is chiefly concerned with academic affairs and matters involving the faculty."DeCiccio also explained that he is looking forward to coming to a small, liberal arts college, an environment where, as the first in his family to earn a college degree, he discovered the value of education."I am a product of the small college, and I have thrived in that environment," DeCiccio said. "Small, liberal arts colleges are staffed by faculty who love the classroom and the students in it from the first year through the last year. I am so pleased to have the chance to work with faculty who will take their roles seriously in the formation of their students."Once he's established in his new role, DeCiccio expects to teach classes himself."I love to teach writing, fiction, writing center theory, rhetoric," he said.And what advice does he give to students entering college? "The difference between high school and college is freedom, and the extent that students can negotiate that freedom, they will succeed in college," he noted. "In high school, one learns how to find answers; in college, one learns how to ask questions."In his spare time, he enjoys reading, live music, traveling and delving into the history of a place, but he's also a sports fan."I was thrilled with the Celtics winning the championship, but one of the great gifts of my life is to have seen the Red Sox win Two World Series," he said.Founded in 1926, Southern Vermont College offers a career-enhancing liberal arts education with 19 academic degree programs for approximately 450 students. Southern Vermont College recognizes the importance of educating students for the workplace of the twenty-first century and for lives as successful leaders in their communities. The college is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. read more
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Vermont and New York TV Stations Stick With Feb. 17 End of Analog Broadcasting
Although Congress has passed legislation to allow TV stations to extend their analog broadcasts until June, local stations in Vermont and northeastern New York plan to shut off analog broadcasts on the original deadline of midnight February 17. Stations WCAX (Channel 3), WFFF (Channel 44), WNNE (Channel 31), WPTZ (Channel 5), WVNY(Channel 22), Mountain Lake PBS (Channel 57) and Vermont Public Television (Channels 33, 20, 28 and 41) looked at the high level of readiness of the local market and the confusion a delay could bring and decided to stay with the February date.Jim Condon, executive director of the Vermont Association of Broadcasters, said, The extension of the analog shutoff will be a great help to viewers in parts of the country that are not ready. Here in Vermont, after more than a year of helping local viewers prepare for the end of analog broadcasting, we know that most of our local viewers are ready. Cable and satellite companies have done their part; stores have maintained a good supply of digital converter boxes, and station staff have helped thousands of viewers individually.The stations will continue working one on one with viewers who need assistance, up to and after the end of analog broadcasting. Stations will also staff a special DTV Help Line at Vermont Public Television where people can get help after the shutoff of analog signals. The toll-free number for that line will be announced at the time of the shutoff.Viewers are welcome to contact the stations at:WCAX (802) 652-6300, www.wcax.com(link is external)WFFF (802) 660-9333, www.FOX44.net(link is external)WPTZ/WNNE (518) 561-5555 (NY) or (802) 655-5455 (VT), www.wptz.com(link is external)WVNY (802) 660-9333, www.abc22.com(link is external)Mountain Lake PBS (518) 563-9770, www.mountainlake.org(link is external)Vermont Public Television 1-800-639-7811, www.vpt.org(link is external) read more
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Governor Douglas awards $750,000 grant for major renovation project in Springfield
Governor Douglas today announced that the State of Vermont will be contributing $750,000 in grant funds to a major redevelopment project in Springfield. The grant, made available through the Vermont Community Development Program, will help repair sections of the former Fellows Gear Shaper/PVDC facility in downtown Springfield. The property, largely vacant for several years, is being redeveloped by One Hundred River Street, LLC."This award will not only help mitigate blighted areas of the former Fellows property, but also pave the way for new job creation, as well as restore an important part of Springfield's historic downtown," the Governor said. "This revitalization project is a perfect example of Vermont's commitment to redeveloping its downtowns and villages as centers of social and commercial activity."Officials from One Hundred River Street, LLC, anticipate having a significant portion of the site demolition work completed before winter. Once renovations are completed, officials anticipate that the building will be used for office, light industrial and retail space."The Town of Springfield and the State of Vermont have been vital in assisting us throughout this project and these funds will help us address restoration issues on the site immediately," said Rick Genderson, who along with John Meekin, is a principal of One Hundred River Street, LLC. Source: Governor's office. 9.18.2009### read more
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New report ranks Vermont third in nation in overall child health and well-being
Vermont ranks third nationally in overall child health and well-being in the 2010 KIDS COUNT Data Book, a state-by-state study on the well-being of America's children. Vermont ranks in the top ten on eight of the ten individual indicators affecting child well-being that are reported in the Data Book. Vermont improved on five of the ten measures since 2000. New Hampshire ranked first and Minnesota was second. Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi ranked the lowest.Vermont's success in these national rankings is not luck or magic – it is the result of forward-thinking policies and years of investment in programs and services that have helped kids and families thrive (REPORT). "Our strong showing relative to other states in the nation demonstrates how our public policies and effective support systems are making a difference in improving the lives of Vermont's children and families," said Carlen Finn, Executive Director of Voices for Vermont's Children.The Data Book also demonstrates the importance of using timely and reliable data to guide us in our decisions about how to use public resources effectively to meet the needs of Vermont's children and families. Data on child well-being help us measure the impact of public services and systems, and help us hold each other collectively accountable for the healthy development of children.In conjunction with today's release of the 2010 KIDS COUNT Data Book, Voices for Vermont's Children is releasing its statewide and county-level data pages, an electronic resource for tracking indicators of child health and well-being in the state of Vermont.To access this data, visit Vermont's KIDS COUNT on the Voices for Vermont's Children website. Visitors will encounter a map of Vermont; each county on the map links to a two-page report on select economic and health statistics. These statistics include child poverty rates, free and reduced lunch participation, prenatal care for pregnant women, and results from the 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. The reports track changes to rates over time and compare the particular county's rates to the overall state rates."These county data give us a richer picture of how children and families are faring in different parts of Vermont. They show that while a majority of our kids are doing well, an increasing number are growing up in conditions that make it difficult for them to prosper and thrive. Now more than ever, Vermonters and their children need support from state and local systems and services designed to mitigate the worst effects of this recession and get people back on their feet," said Nicole Mace, Research Coordinator at Voices for Vermont's Children.Source: Annie E. Casey Foundation. 7.27.2010 read more
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JDK to design global brand development platform for Woolrich
Woolrich, the Original Outdoor Clothing Company®, will partner with Jager di Paola Kemp Design (JDK) of Burlington, Vermont, to create and implement a global brand development strategy. JDK's collaboration with Woolrich will key on the development of an international brand platform for the iconic American apparel maker.Founded in 1988, JDK's design driven branding approach and proprietary Living Brand® strategy has garnered them international recognition as a leader in the discipline. The Living Brand process reveals the core ideas behind a brand, while the emotional, rational, and cultural aspects of the brand are also taken under consideration. JDK's work includes development of creative and distinctive branding strategies for a wide range of brands including Burton Snowboards, Levi Strauss, Champion Paper, and Microsoft Xbox 360."Any brand with real substance recognizes that you become what you believe, as a brand and as a culture. Woolrich has believed in the substance and meaning of the beauty and power of wool for nearly two centuries," said Michael Jager, President/CEO at Jager Di Paola Kemp Design. "Woolrich, just hearing the name ignites memories and meaning that resonates from the past, to the present and into the future and we are honored to collaborate with the global Woolrich team."Woolrich, founded in 1830, is surging right now with its classic designs and the popularity of the Americana and heritage trends. Additionally, the buffalo check design, synonymous with the brand, has been a key element to the brand's recent successes thanks to the plaid trend of the past few seasons. Building on these themes and successes, Woolrich recently introduced its Fall 2011 collections for which it received resounding approval from its retail partners and the media.Globally, the Woolrich brand is marketed by Woolrich and its licensing partners. The company's core apparel business is marketed under five distinct collections consisting of the Woolrich Outdoor Collection, Woolrich John Rich and Bros., Woolrich Woolen Mills, Woolrich Penn Rich, and Woolrich Elite Tactical Series."With increasing demand for Woolrich in a broad variety of demographics and markets, it's essential that our brand platform be clear, focused, and ready to support both current and future demand," said Brian Mangione, Woolrich Executive Vice President.About Woolrich®Woolrich Inc., the Original Outdoor Clothing Company, is an authentic American brand that embraces an outdoor lifestyle. Trusted since 1830 by generations of loyal consumers, Woolrich continues its tradition of providing quality products for today's outdoor enthusiast. A brand recognized worldwide, Woolrich product offerings include functional, comfortable and durable men's and women's sportswear and outerwear using innovative fabrications for the ultimate in performance capabilities, well-designed home and outdoor living products, and licensed accessory products. In 2010, Woolrich celebrated its 180th Anniversary. It is the original and longest continuously-operating outdoor apparel manufacturer and woolen mill in the United States. Find out more at www.woolrich.com(link is external).About Jager Di Paola Kemp DesignJDK is a design-driven multi-disciplinary studio based in Burlington, Vermont, with satellite spaces in New York City and Portland, Oregon. JDK's practice includes brand strategy, product design, identity, packaging, visual merchandising, advertising, Web sites, marketing collateral, and branded environments. JDK is the originator of Living Brand® strategy, a proprietary approach that guides brand design. Active clients include Burton Snowboards, Giant Bicycles, Intrawest's Stratton Mountain Resort, Microsoft's Xbox game console and Zune media player, Seventh Generation household products, SRAM Corporation, Virgin Mobile, and Wolverine World Wide's Merrell and licensed Patagonia brands. More information on JDK can be found at its Web site, jdk.com.SOURCE Woolrich Inc. WOOLRICH, Pa., March 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — read more
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Second annual Dan Bonfigli Woody Classic serves-off on August 11
Dealer.com,Next Thursday (August 11th) Burlington's Dealer.com will be hosting the second annual Woody Classic ' a local tennis match and celebration open to the public. As a neat throw-back to the 70's and 80's, competitors are required to use wooden racquets and dress in retro-style athletic gear. In addition, the event will culminate with a 'Sunday Bash' where families are encouraged to attend and enjoy the food and free activities while cheering on the finalists (who are competing for prizes valued at more than $4,500). WHAT: Tennis athletes and fans are invited to dust-off their headbands and travel back to the era of John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg's classic rivalry by participating in the second annual Dan Bonfigli Woody Classic ' a local tennis competition requiring athletes to use wooden racquets and show off their retro-style sportswear in honor of the heyday of 1970's and 1980's tennis. The four-day competitive tennis match will culminate with a 'Sunday Bash,' where food, beverages and family activities will be available for athletes and spectators throughout the day as finalists compete. During the bash, more than $4,500 in prizes will be awarded to top competitors ' and additional awards will be given to best male and female athlete who replicate the "Classic White" tennis outfits from the 70's and 80's. Athletes can register for singles and doubles categories for both men and women. Spectators are encouraged to cheer-on athletes throughout the competition – cow bells and noise makers will be provided! For more information, and to register by midnight on August 8th, visit www.woodyclassic.com(link is external). WHO: The 2nd Annual Dan Bonfigli Woody Classic is sponsored by the Burlington Tennis Club and Dealer.com, the Burlington-based global leader in online marketing solutions for the automotive industry WHEN: Registration: Now until August 8thCompetition: August 11 ' 14, 2011 (visit www.woodyclassic.com(link is external) for info)Sunday Bash, semi and final matches: August 14 (all day)Awards Ceremony: August 14 (all day) WHERE: Burlington Tennis Club12 East TerraceSouth Burlington, VT 05403(802) 863-3439 Click for Map WHY: The event is hosted by Dealer.com in memory of Dan Bonfigli, a local tennis athlete whose unrealized dream was to create a competition like the Woody Classic ' where retro-era tennis was celebrated in a fun and friendly competition. 'Last year was so much fun, we just had to do it again,' said Mark Bonfigli, CEO and founder of Dealer.com, and brother of Dan Bonfigli. 'We're all looking forward to another year of friendly competition, family fun and outrageous throwbacks to the 70's and 80's era of tennis.' read more
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VHCB's Farm Viability Program helps farmers increase profits, expand, diversify
Farmers around the state are benefiting from in-depth, one-on-one business planning services provided by the Vermont Farm Viability Program. Since 2003, the program, which is administered by the Vermont Housing & Conservation Board, has enrolled more than 375 farmers and ag-related businesses, providing on-farm business and financial planning as well as technical assistance ranging from veterinary services to marketing consultants. The program can help farmers to solidify their business skills, examine their farm's profitability, plan for an expansion or diversification, transfer the farm to a new generation, and more.Agency of Agriculture Secretary Chuck Ross said, 'The Farm Viability Program is making a real difference for farmers across the spectrum'from dairy to beef to vegetable farms and for value-added producers like cheese makers'this program is giving farmers the benefit of an inside look at business planning decisions that can increase profits. As a result, farms are expanding, diversifying, and hiring help'all good indicators for the industry and for Vermont's economy.' Among the farms that have enrolled in the program are Millborne Farm in Shoreham, a dairy farm also producing yogurt drinks, Stony Pond Farm in Fairfield, where Tyler and Melanie Webb specialize in dairy and beef, and Bread and Roses Farm, a vegetable farm run by Westford native Chris Siegriest.Millborne Farm: Gert and Arda Schut operate Millborne Farm in Shoreham. They moved to Shoreham in 1999 by way of their homeland, the Netherlands, where they felt hindered from starting their own farm by a quota system. They farmed in Connecticut for 10 years before moving to Vermont and building up their herd to 160 cows. The Schuts began thinking about diversification in the early 2000s and enlisted the help of UVM's Food and Nutrition Department to develop a drinkable yogurt, which they began to produce on the farm in 2005, using milk from their own herd.The yogurt business grew, but slowly, and in 2009 the Schuts enrolled in the Farm Viability Program to work with Al Curler, a consultant with UVM Extension, to develop a marketing plan for the yogurt. Following development of the plan, the Schuts were successful in expanding their drinkable yogurt operation tenfold'they are now utilizing 30,000 pounds of their own milk each week to make their own product and two other yogurt drink products packaged for private labels. A $6,000 implementation grant from the Farm Viability Program in 2010 matched with their own funds enabled the Schuts to purchase an additional processing tank and a large walk-in cooler to help them expand their value-added enterprise. Producing their own yogurt has allowed the Schuts to operate at a profit and provide employment for seven people while also helping them weather downturns in milk prices. Stony Pond Farm: Stony Pond Farm in Fairfield is a small dairy and beef operation established in 2004 by Tyler and Melanie Webb. Tyler enrolled with the Farm Viability Program in 2005 to produce a business plan for the young farm, giving the couple a solid understanding of how to get their operation off to a sound start. Since then, the Webbs have established a very successful farm business specializing in dairy and beef cows. Using their business plan, the Webbs are refining and improving their operation as they continue to consider diversification strategies for the future.Since completion of their business plan, Stony Pond Farm has been awarded two implementation grants. A grant of $6,000 was awarded in 2009 and allowed for construction of a hoop house for their growing herd of cows. With the latest implementation grant of $3,500, Webb is finishing construction of a new, multi-purpose farm building. While sales at the farmers market and beef sales to wholesale accounts are booming, soon local customers will be able to purchase beef right on the farm. Now, with a central location for on-farm sales, Webb can increase his business potential and also be in a position to accommodate future value-added farm products. On Saturdays, the Tyler and Melanie can be found grilling their wildly popular grilled hamburgers at the Burlington Farmers Market!Bread and Roses Farm: At Bread and Roses Farm, Westford native Chris Siegriest and Laura Williams lease acreage between the Westford Green and the Lamoille River where they grow vegetables under the community supported agriculture (CSA) model. They have grown the business to offer 70 full-sized shares and they remain the only CSA in Westford. Additionally, the farmers have a strong social mission: they produce vegetables to fill 50 smaller shares for residents at a local senior housing development and offer subsidized shares through donations from other shareholders and a cost-share agreement with NOFA-VT. Chris and Laura completed a business plan with the Farm Viability Program in 2010, working with staff at the Intervale Center. According to Chris, 'The Program was incredibly helpful for our business, especially in financial planning and analysis. Mark [Canella] helped walk us through our first loan, so we could establish a line of credit for the business which we used to purchase a bed shaper.'In 2010, Chris and Laura applied for an implementation grant from the Farm Viability Program. An award of $3,000, matched with their own funds, helped them purchase a cultivation tractor. Chris erected a greenhouse in 2010-2011 that is now pumping out vegetables that were spared exposure to the heavy rains this spring when many direct-seeded crops were lost.The Vermont Farm Viability Program works with private consultants and service providers such as the University of Vermont, The Intervale Center and NOFA-VT to deliver services. To produce a written business plan, farmers enrolled in the Farm Viability Program meet and work together with a consultant for approximately one year. In the second year, the program provides additional technical assistance and help updating the business plan. The business planning process involves the farmer in an assessment of the farm operation's strengths and weaknesses and in an exploration of possible management changes to increase profits and meet production goals. Examples include consultations on keeping better production or financial records, financial benchmark analysis, meetings with crop or animal health specialists, new product enterprise analysis, estate and farm transfer planning, labor management, and value-added processing. Farmers who have completed business plans with the program are eligible for grants towards capital expenses or additional technical support to implement the business plan, when funding is available.The Farm Viability Program accepts applications quarterly, with the next upcoming deadline on September 30. To request an application, call 828-3370 or visit the website, www.vhcb.org/viability.html(link is external). Funded by the Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, the Farm Viability Program is a collaboration with the Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets with funding assistance provided by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA Rural Development and private foundations, including the John Merck Fund. read more
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Weekly unemployment claims increase for second week
There were 882 new regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance last week. This is an increase of 130 from the week before, as new claims increased again following a decline in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene. In looking at the table below, you will see that the summer's historically low claims came to an abrupt end with the storm. While the numbers are considerably lower than the Irene spike numbers, they have been, for the last couple of weeks, nearly double the initial claims observed in July and August. Altogether 5,946 new and continuing claims were filed, an increase of 50 from a week ago, but 2,112 fewer than a year ago. The Department also processed 1,494 First Tier claims for benefits under Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008 (EUC08), 66 more than a week ago. In addition, there were 701 Second Tier claims for benefits processed under the EUC08 program, which is 12 more than the week before. The Unemployment Weekly Report can be found at: http://www.vtlmi.info/(link is external). Previously released Unemployment Weekly Reports and other UI reports can be found at: http://www.vtlmi.info/lmipub.htm#uc(link is external) Vermont's unemployment rate fell one-tenth in September to 5.8 percent. See story HERE. See Table and graphs below weekly data.Vermont Labor Force StatisticsSeasonally Adjusted Change to September 2011 from September 2011 August 2011 September 2010 August 2011 September 2010 Total Labor Force362,100359,800360,1002,3002,000 Employment340,900338,800338,8002,1002,100 Unemployment21,10021,10021,3000-200 Rate5.8%5.9%5.9%-0.1-0.1 read more
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Drop in Imports from China Depresses Coal Prices; Indonesian Miners Seeking Other Markets
FacebookTwitterLinkedInEmailPrint分享Deepak Kannan in Platts Coal Trader International: Several large Indonesian thermal coal miners continue to forecast stable to higher production targets for 2016 despite weakening demand in both India and China, putting downward pressure on prices.Indonesian coal suppliers have been hit by a significant drop in Chinese imports of thermal coal and increasing domestic output in India."China import demand for the thermal coal is expected to continue to decline over the medium term," said Tim Buckley, director of Energy Finance Studies at the US-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. Coal production in China fell about 6.8% in the first four months of 2016 from the same period last year, while thermal power generation was down 3.2% over the same period."All are very negative trends in terms of falling demand from China, and a likely increase in China looking at export opportunities," Buckley said.China, which produces about 4 billion mt/year of coal, lowered its export tax to 3% from 10% early last year, fueling speculation the country might look to become a net exporter in the near to medium term.Global seaborne thermal coal demand is seen declining 25% by 2020 from 2014 peak volumes, Buckley noted.Goldman Sachs analysts expect seaborne trade to contract by 10% over 2015-2020.Indian imports fell about 19% year on year in the first four months of 2016. For fiscal year 2015-2016, Indian imports, including metallurgical and thermal coal, were down 15% to 182 million mt."IEEFA expects Indian import demand for thermal coal to continue to decline at 10-20% year on year rates over the coming year, considering the comments from NTPC Ltd, the biggest user of coal in India, saying they will not import any thermal coal in next 12 months," Buckley noted.Full article: http://www.platts.com/latest-news/coal/singapore/analysis-large-indonesian-coal-miners-to-maintain-27582801 Drop in Imports from China Depresses Coal Prices; Indonesian Miners Seeking Other Markets read more
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The dynasty rolls on: Penn State wins 3 NCAA titles, 8th team title under Cael Sanderson
By Mark Wogenrich
Penn State's Bo Nickal won his third consecutive NCAA wrestling title Saturday. (Gene J. Puskar / AP)
PITTSBURGH — Bo Nickal and Jason Nolf conceded to redshirting four years ago, when Penn State wrestling's string of NCAA championships ended at four. Following that reset switch, the two helped carry the Lions to four more titles, certifying the program among the sport's historical best.
"Two of the best to ever step on a college mat," Penn State coach Cael Sanderson said. "I believe that 100 percent."
Nickal and Nolf became three-time NCAA wrestling champs Saturday, punctuating careers that began with some early struggles. Nickal said his neck still is sore occasionally from the torque former training partner Matt Brown, a 2015 NCAA champ, used to apply.
Nickal and Nolf combined for career records of 237-6 and ranked first and second in team history in pins (Nolf has 60, Nickal 59). They went 38-2 together at the NCAA tournament.
Penn State was just as dominant, winning three individual titles (including Anthony Cassar at heavyweight) and tournament-high seven medals. The Lions topped Ohio State by 41 points for the team title, their eighth in nine years. They clinched it during Saturday's consolation round, long before their five finalists took the mat.
With nine NCAA titles, Penn State continued climbing into the rare air of college wrestling, ranking third behind Oklahoma State (34) and Iowa (23). Penn State had been tied with Iowa State, the team Sanderson coached for three years before moving to State College in 2010.
During that 2014-15 season, Nickal and Nolf were redshirts along with Zain Retherford and Nico Megaludis, two former national champions. The Lions finished sixth at the 2015 NCAA tournament.
A similar recalibration could be coming next season, as Penn State pushes for a third run under Sanderson. The coach didn't address future redshirting plans directly but said he's ready to build again.
"We're comfortable and happy with the way things have turned out," Sanderson said. "And I was able to create a wave to roll through. And now the exciting part is creating another wave. That's what it's all about."
Penn State's Anthony Cassar won the heavyweight title Saturday at the NCAA wrestling championships. (Jerry Holt / TNS)
Anthony Cassar, 285
Cassar was Penn State's unlikeliest champion to everyone but himself. He sat out the 2016-17 season following shoulder surgery and what he termed financial difficulties.
That prompted Cassar to make "drastic changes" to his training regimen, making productive gains at 197 pounds last year. But Penn State ultimately awarded the postseason spot to Shakur Rasheed, prompting Cassar to make more changes.
He gained 30 pounds to wrestle at heavyweight, overtook two-time all-American Nick Nevills for the starting spot and produced an exceptional season and tournament. Cassar (34-1) outlasted Minnesota's Gable Steveson 4-3 in the semifinals, buoyed by 61 seconds of riding time despite a 30-pound weight disadvantage.
Cassar then dismantled top-seed Derek White of Oklahoma State 10-1 in the final, becoming Penn State's first heavyweight champ since Kerry McCoy in 1997. White was responsible for Cassar's only loss of the regular season.
"I believed I could be national champ at any weight that I set my mind to," Cassar said. "I didn't make it last year, but … a heavyweight was what I was meant to be because it fits my personality perfectly. I love to lift and eat."
Cassar also takes pride in his finishing drive. At Montgomery (N.J.) High, Cassar became the fourth wrestler in New Jersey history to win a state championship in his first time qualifying. On Saturday, Cassar won a national championship in his first trip to NCAAs.
"I wake up as the national champion, as an Olympic champion, and I expect these things," Cassar said. "Maybe it surprised a lot of people, but not me."
Penn State's Jason Nolf won his third consecutive NCAA wrestling title Saturday. (Abby Drey / Centre Daily Times via TNS)
Jason Nolf, 157
Nolf capped a remarkable career by becoming Penn State's third three-time champion, one defined by aggressive wrestling. He won a school-record 60 bouts by fall, more than half his career total of 117 wins.
The last was a 10-2 major decision over Nebraska's Tyler Berger, in which Nolf scored eight points in an overwhelming first period. Perhaps Nolf was motivated by a social-media prediction Berger made in January, when he wrote, "I plan on taking five heads home with me after the NCAA tournament and yes, that includes Jason Nolf's."
"I don't know if it's adrenaline, but when I get on the big stage, I think I do a lot better and I just compete at a higher level," he said.
This week, Nolf discussed the impact his time at Penn State has had on his life. He won six NCAA titles (team and individual) there and also met his wife, former women's soccer player Maddie Elliston. She, in turn, helped change his life.
"When I came in [to Penn State], I was kind of naïve a little bit," he said. "And then I met my future wife at that time and grew with her in faith. I kind of found my relationship with Jesus, and I think that's definitely changed me as a person. I feel like I'm wiser."
Penn State's Bo Nickal ended his career with a 125-3 record. (Keith Srakocic / AP)
Bo Nickal, 197
Nickal lately has been watching old camcorder videos of himself wrestling as a 6-year-old, noticing that even then he studied opponents' weaknesses. It's a tendency that has served him well in a Penn State career that produced three NCAA championships.
"There are certain situations where I feel like if a guy makes one little wrong move he's done and I take advantage of it," Nickal said.
Though not the most physically imposing 197-pounder in the field, Nickal proved time and again he's the most advanced of the group. Nickal capped his case for winning the Hodge Award as the nation's top college wrestler with a 5-1 decision over Ohio State's Kollin Moore.
Nickal scored points from a variety of positions at the three-day tournament. That included pins in the first and second rounds, a late takedown for a major decision in the quarterfinals and a dominant fall in the semifinals. He was named the tournament's most dominant wrestler.
Nickal went 125-3 in his career and 19-1 at nationals, losing only in the 2016 finals as a redshirt freshman. Last year, he won an NCAA title, and clinched Penn State's team title, with a dramatic fall in the finals.
"It's really been blessing after blessing," Nickal said. "Since the first time I stepped foot on campus, it's been incredible. And there's so many people that have just put so much time and effort and energy into me: my coaches my trainers and countless others. And I'm incredibly grateful for it.
"And being able to go through it with a guy like Jason Nolf is something that's amazing and a true blessing."


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It's been a little quiet on the blogging front the last month or so. Lots of reasons – a big move to the big smoke, living in the cloud while waiting for broadband and wifi internet to be installed at home, and most of all a job where instead of writing about all the awesome things we should be doing online, I'm getting to actually make them happen.
It's an exceptionally good feeling, and at the end of most days I'm all idea-ed out – I've been throwing myself into getting to know what we've got at Citywire, and finding ways to start improving some of the most obvious things. New share buttons have started appearing on part of our site; our journalists are starting to tweet under their own names while I take over our group account, and we have the very lean and early beginnings of a Facebook page. On top of that there's been a lot of work behind the scenes, nitty gritty nuts and bolts to bring us better data on how well what we're doing works.
Getting to know London, especially in the absence of a broadband connection, has changed my media and browsing habits enormously. For more than three weeks we didn't have a TV aerial at home, so there was no TV news for me – and I didn't miss it, thanks to Twitter. I didn't go to any one site in particular for my news – the things I was interested in have found me. Perfect.
Newspapers are free here, as long as you commute. I read more papers voluntarily than I ever have – the morning Metro and the Evening Standard, cover to cover, on the train and the Tube. That fills ms in on anything Twitter hasn't told me – they're not my main source of news, but they fill in the gaps, and if they're not there I don't miss them. I see hundreds of people reading these papers every day – far more than I ever did in Norwich. The free model works, so long as you have your distribution sorted.
I use apps more than browsers, especially Twitter and Reeder. I still use mobile more than static, because much of the time I don't know where I am or what's near me. And that's been a big surprise for me. Location based services have been a godsend.
I know, I know. Foursquare has a problem with checkin fatigue and meaningless badges that reward grind and a game mechanic that isn't really a game. Gowalla is a loot quest at best, and even with trips and items its fundamental mechanic isn't entirely satisfying. Facebook Places is stuffed with privacy issues. There's a study out that shows the number of Americans using location services is small – 4%, and dropping. And until I moved cities, I was one of those who tried for a while and then stopped bothering.
But then I moved, and suddenly instead of knowing my home city inside out and backward, I didn't know where anything was, or who anyone was, or where to go for a pint of decent ale or a good cup of coffee. It's an incredible, dislocating feeling, moving to a new city and especially London, and I'm lucky to have my husband with me through the upheaval. But now there's a layer of information on top of the city streets that just wasn't there six years ago, the last time I made a move like this. And that, for me, has value.
So being able to find a decent restaurant or a pub from my phone is not only good, but helps me feel a little more welcome, a little more embedded in my new community. What's better is the added layers of information that some social networks are building on top of location data. Untappd tells me where I can get a well-kept pint of London Pride. The Foodspotting community is perhaps a little richer than me – I've looked at some pictures of incredible food but not yet used it to eat – but a service like Rate My Takeaway (complete with hygiene scores and a price list) would be useful regularly.
For that matter, location based classifieds would be pretty handy too. A system of virtual newsagents' windows where I might be able to pick up a second-hand sofa locally, for instance. So would a deal-finder that would let the local supermarkets – and corner shops, and grocers, and butchers, and so on – compete for my weekly shop by telling me what was on offer today. Not online deals, but real ones. And I could use a "what's happening" app that tells me, right now, what's happening at the places I've scoped out that might get me mixing and mingling – not reviews afterwards, but upcoming and current events. (I've just downloaded the Time Out app – we'll see if that does the trick.) Not games, but services – not fun, but useful.
Digital people talk about how newspapers missed the boat on digitising classified ads. I don't know whether location is another space where traditional media is missing the boat – given the low take-up numbers it's possible there isn't a boat to miss. But I wonder if the numbers are down to the fact that location services, Foursquare in particular, are still creating an ecosystem, laying the foundations for a whole world of mobile information layers that could, in the end, be a profitable and useful space.
Good post Mary and I agree about becoming more reliant on a mobile. I moved to Cardiff in January and I was without internet at home for a few weeks and I found myself reliant on my Blackberry to access a lot of information and services.
Funny though, as soon as I got broadband installed, I switched back to laptop!
Weird that! I'm actually finding that I'm staying on my phone, even now we've got broadband at home, thanks to some of the apps I'm finding useful. Gowalla, Untappd and Foodspotting in particular are just easier to use on mobile, and Twitter is probably 50-50 either way, so most days I'm not even turning on the laptop.
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Why Fraudsters Are Leaving ATM For POS – Banker Explains
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Fraudsters have resorted to the use of Point Of Service (POS) machines, rather than Automated Teller Machines (ATM) to carry out their fraudulent acts.
Obinna Ugwu, a banker working with the Eco Bank branch at Gwagwalada, FCT, in a revealing chat with THE WHISTLER explains why fraudsters prefer to use POS machines.
He said most times, POS transactions are not traceable, unlike transactions done via ATM.
According to him, fraudsters do not like to use the ATM because it captures all details of transactions carried out, including a facial appearance with the help of installed cameras.
"For instance, I might obtain a POS machine with my merchant name from Lagos, and travel to Abuja to be operating there. Now, one of the problems with it is that it cannot trace my locations and movements. When you go to your statement of account, some of these locations where the transactions are carried out cannot be traced.
"In the narrations in your account, it can only tell you that a certain POS was used like Opay and the rest, but the name or merchant name of that operator is not mostly displayed," he said.
The banker also said that if it was an Opay that was used for instance, it is only Opay that can pinpoint the exact merchant that the particular POS belongs to.
He said what is largely displayed on most transaction slips are the names of the operators like Opay or whatever company they registered with.
He however pointed out that, "Even if you are able to trace the POS and get to the POS agent, the agent may end up claiming that the transaction you're complaining about was carried out by a customer who came to his or her shop to transact.
"So, you see? You're left clueless because you cannot trace the customer. It is not like the banking system when you withdraw from your ATM and it will give locations with ATM 1, ATM 2, 3, 4, or 5.
"However, I don't know if Opay too have numbered their operators. I do not know much on how they operate, but all I know is that tracing their transactions are difficult sometimes, except when the bank wants to go deep into investigation before they can uncover some things. "
Ugwu revealed that it is because of this that fraudsters want to carry POS machines around to defraud victims since it is a wallet account.
He said the criminal elements usually carry POS machines that do not have any name attached to it so that they cannot be easily traced.
"I cannot quantify the number of people coming to us at the bank on a daily basis to complain about POS transactions. The cases are enormous.
"I know of a person that was robbed at gunpoint. They collected his card and card number, while still holding him at gunpoint asking for these details before using a POS machine they came with to withdraw all his money. They finally went to the ATM to withdraw the remaining money.
"They were so smart not to have transferred the money into their accounts because it will be traced. They preferred cash. They also like POS because they can withdraw any amount they want using POS, be it a million or more, once the money is on ground," he stated further.
ATM withdrawals have limits, a reason he said fraudsters are turning away from it to commit financial crimes.
While the highest amount that can be withdrawn from an ATM in a day is N150,000, the POS has no such limitation.
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CBN Sets New Financial Protocols
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America is an outlier in the world of democracies when it comes to the structure and conduct of elections. Presidents are elected not by direct popular vote but by 538 members of the Electoral College. Votes in federal elections are cast and counted in a highly decentralized and variable fashion, with no uniform ballots and few national standards. Responsibility for overseeing the implementation of election law typically resides with partisan officials, many with public stakes in the election outcome. And authority for redrawing legislative district boundaries after each decennial census—in the U.S. House of Representatives and in state legislatures—is lodged with political bodies in most of the fifty states.
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Operation DEMETER VI thwarts transboundary shipments of illegal waste and ozone depleting substances
In their capacity as the principal regulatory border agency, Customs administrations around the world are mandated to monitor and control cross-border movements of environmentally sensitive commodities (ESCs), and ensure compliance with trade-related provisions stipulated by Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs). These include the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Basel Convention), and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal Protocol).
The various DEMETER operations, with the first one dating back to 2009, have become synonymous with global Customs enforcement efforts aiming at enforcing unique ESC and MEA requirements. During Operation DEMETER VI, focus fell on illegal shipments of hazardous waste, with an emphasis on plastic waste, as well as on substances controlled by the Montreal Protocol, including hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, which contribute to global warming and climate change.
The Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO), Dr. Kunio Mikuriya, said "Operation DEMETER VI confirmed the WCO's commitment to work closely with its partners to fight against illegal waste and ozone depleting substance trade." He added that this Operation demonstrated the importance of collective enforcement actions and the global Customs community's support for the WCO's theme for the year 2020: Customs fostering Sustainability for People, Prosperity and the Planet.
Various partners rallied in support of Operation DEMETER VI, with 73 Customs administrations joining forces. The WCO Secretariat, the Regional Intelligence Liaison Offices (RILOs) for Asia/Pacific and Western Europe, as well as China Customs all played leading roles in the Operation, establishing the Operational Coordination Unit in the Asia/Pacific RILO based in Seoul, Korea. The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) also supported the Operation by assisting WCO Members with enhanced risk information.
In addition, the other nine WCO RILOs, the WCO-United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Container Control Programme, INTERPOL, Europol, the EU Network for Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law (IMPEL), the Secretariat of the Basel Convention as well as the staff of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) OzonAction ensured a collective approach in support of Operation DEMETER VI.
Using risk indicators and focusing on pre-identified routings and hotspots, Customs officers managed to control suspicious shipments, stop unlicensed trade and seize illegal waste and substances controlled by the Montreal Protocol. Despite the measures in place to counter the Covid-19 pandemic imposing some restrictions on Customs operational capacity, this concerted enforcement effort resulted in a total of 131 seizures, including:
Almost 99,000 tonnes of waste and an additional 78,000 pieces of waste materials (not weighed), as well as
Approximately 42 tonnes of substances controlled by the Montreal Protocol.
Five countries reported most of the seizures of waste products: Belgium, Canada, China, Poland, and Denmark, while most of the seizures of substances controlled by the Montreal Protocol were performed in Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, and Poland.
About 92% of the seized waste commodities consisted of metal waste (90,872 tonnes), and about 7% consisted of various types of plastic waste (6,859 tonnes). Other commodities seized included machines and electric/electronic waste, waste from production and manufacturing, other industrial waste, contaminated used clothing, municipal waste, used tyres, waste solar panels, paper waste, textile waste, and mixed wood waste.
Concerning the seized substances controlled by the Montreal Protocol, nearly 75% were HFCs (over 31 tonnes), which are mostly used in refrigeration and air conditioning systems, in the manufacture of foams and insulating materials, as well as fire extinguishing agents. Although HFCs are non-ozone depleting gases, they are very potent greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming and climate change.
Under the Kigali Amendment, Montreal Protocol Parties are required to gradually phase down HFC production and use. The first reductions commenced in 2019 for most developed countries, which will be followed by a halt of HFC production and consumption levels between 2024 and 2028.
The efforts by the WCO and its partners to address environmental risks will continue to intensify, with more enforcement initiatives planned for the future.


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