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THE TALENTS OF DARKNESS
2019 Adelaide Fringe Show
Current performers
Bebe Tricx
Murderclown the Sane
Au Review
Reviews from Talkfringe
The Talents of Darkness is billed as an "unforgettable experience of the unusual" and it lives up to that name. Hosted by drag queen Bebe Tricx.
Bebe Tricx begins by inviting an audience member on stage to break a light globe and then proceeds to eat a piece. This sets the tone of the show, part gore, part burlesque, and part shock value.
Murderclown the Sane offers some comic relief; be it playing a game of "vodka or acid" or having audience members tie him to a chair and watching him try to escape.
Bebe Tricx has a few more tricks up her sleeve between other acts that made the audience cringe, including putting a needle in the skin and a balloon up the nose.
In the intimate venue audience involvement helps make the show and drives the energy. The performers clearly enjoyed what they were doing. If you're looking for something a little left field with a taste of gore this could be the show for you.
Carol B.
Brilliant show! Very entertaining with lots of laughs and some really skilled performers. Loved every minute!
Jemma B.
Loved the show, great bunch of people, murderclown is fantastically unsettling!
Lael W.
Loved the show! Creepy clowns, drag, burlesque, magic and lots of fire, what more could you want!!
Hazel E.
I saw the opening night and felt welcome right from the start with the beautiful girl on the door and the wonderful setting with candles looked beautiful. Bebe Tricx compared so well. Her tricks were slick and quick. The fire performers were amazing. How Murderclown the Sane doesn't burn his beard one wonders. A unique show you really should not miss. Very professional.
Bowen B.
We loved the show with all the scary, crazy, funny performers and antics! We went to the Talents of Darkness on Feb 17 and we are going again on March 17.
How Murderclown the Sane maintains a straight-face for most of the show is anyone's guess. It is amazing that he has so much hair including facial hair when he does what he does with fire! You tying him up (or down) won't work; he can escape anything! The other fire performers bring their own brand of sizzle. Drag queen of ceremonies, Bebe Tricx is sweet and funny and calmly coordinates chaotic fiery craziness. We're going again; I think that says it all. Great Show, People!
Lewin D.
I don't go to most Fringe shows. It's not about the content, or the vibe – they're mostly pretty okay! But it wouldn't matter – it's not possible for a person to go to most Fringe shows. You can certainly go to some – you can! And that's great – but the problem is there's so many that for you to go to most, i.e. MORE than half, would likely require one to be in more than one place at a time. Not possible. Soz.
After realising physics itself prevented me from attending literally every Fringe show ever, I decided to go to this one. I just… I had this feeling that maybe, maybe it would be… special, somehow? Besides, it was an ensemble show so on balance it had to have at least something good on the bill.
I wasn't disappointed. There were some drag acts, and a few acts centered around fire. There was this clown, a Murderclown it turns out, and he's apparently sane. Good to, you know… good to get that out there. In case there were any… doubts.
Regardless, the show moved briskly and didn't want for stimulating action.
But by far, the crowning achievement was the physical humour and chemistry between one Murderclown & Bebe Tricx. There was a tarpaulin and it's seriously the tidiest bit of stageplay & banter I've seen in a long time.
Go. Go for the tarpaulin. Stay for the flames.
TK out.
Amazing show! Best night out I've had in a long time. Absolutely sizzling – even the stage hands were HOT!!!
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Dorothy Stevens McIlwraith (October 14, 1891 – August 23, 1976) was the third editor of Weird Tales, the pioneering pulp magazine that specialized in horror fiction and fantasy fiction.  She also edited Short Stories magazine.

Life and career

McIlwraith graduated from McGill University in 1914 and became a reader and editor for Doubleday, Page and Company.  She worked as an assistant to Harry E. Maule (1886-1971), the editor of Doubleday's Short Stories magazine.  In 1936, she became the editor of the magazine. In 1937, Short Stories Inc purchased the magazine and McIlwraith continued as the editor.

In 1938, Short Stories Inc purchased Weird Tales magazine. The magazine's editor, Farnsworth Wright was in poor health and resigned as editor in 1940.  McIlwraith took over as full editor at this point and would remain editor until the magazine ceased publication in 1954.  Under her editorship authors and artists such as Ray Bradbury and Hannes Bok first appeared in the magazine.

Weird Tales Magazine, 1940-1954
As the first female editor of WT, McIlwraith's work "paved the way" for women in the field of weird and horror fiction, with the perhaps predictable result that there have been wildly divergent assessments of the level of her success in this role.

Robert Weinberg, the author of an influential 1985 history of the magazine, characterized McIlwraith as lacking: "much of the uniqueness of the magazine was gone" Others would praise her for her perseverance as the market for pulp magazines faded (and the magazine's new publisher William J. Delaney--from 1938--cut wages and budgets and restricted the publication of works he considered "nasty" in tone). "Dorothy McIlwraith took over a magazine that had always struggled and carried it through for over fourteen years as markets, magazines, and the tastes of the reading public changed. The deaths of Lovecraft and Howard were a disaster. Weird Tales may never have recovered from that disaster. But it survived until September 1954, mostly under the editorship of Dorothy McIlwraith."  Indeed, "as a number of authors from that period would recall," it was McIlwraith's unique qualities, personal and editorial, "including her willingness to strike out in new directions," that kept WT alive into the 1954s, despite its uncompetitive wages for authors and artists.

Retrospectively, it is clear that WT was among the most influential pulps of the 20th century, and that McIlwraith served as its editor for a substantial part of its heyday years.

References

Weird Tales editors
Canadian magazine editors
McGill University alumni
Women magazine editors
People from Hamilton, Ontario
1891 births
1976 deaths

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From wheelchairs to interracial relationships to a period emoji, a lot of options are coming to the 2019 keyboard. The Unicode Consortium, the group that handles standards for emojis, approved 230 new emojis coming out this year. The new emojis will represent people with disabilities, including a person in a wheelchair, a deaf person in different skin tones, prosthetic limbs, a service dog, and more. The National Association of the Deaf partnered with Apple to make this happen. Another set of emojis will include four combinations of gender and people of various skin tones holding hands, to represent a diversity of couples.
A bunch of buzz has surrounded the single drop of blood emoji. The emoji came after a campaign by Plan International UK to create a #PeriodEmoji to end the stigma around periods for girls. What other emojis are coming? Foodies can get excited about a waffle, garlic, and falafel. New animal additions will include a sloth, an otter, and a flamingo. Unicode says the software update should come out for iOS and Android in September or October.
Facebook is banned in China. So how did they make $5B in revenue from Chinese-based advertisers in 2018? The company has created an experience center in the southern Chinese city, Shenzen, where Chinese businesses can learn how to advertise on Facebook. The center is the only one of its kind and exists in a humble 5K square-foot space on the ninth floor of a concrete tower. Even though Chinese companies don't have experience using Facebook, they recognize the value of advertising on the platform. "Most of the time, it's them who come to us," said Charles Shen, chief executive of Meet Social, the Chinese advertising agency partners with Facebook to run the experience center. Meet Social shows clients examples of Facebook ads on giant phone-shaped screens, provides examples of paid posts from Chinese brands, and trains clients on Facebook marketing strategies. What is the Chinese government's response? Chinese authorities have made no efforts or comments in regard to shutting down the experience center. Looks like the "Great Firewall" hasn't stopped Facebook from working with China.


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Poor Strategery: Elizabeth Warren Tilts the Misinformation Windmill
As a media strategy, Elizabeth Warren's "Fighting Digital Misinformation" plan makes sense. As far as persuading voters, it's highly questionable strategery.
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The Iowa caucuses are, mercifully, only four days away now. It's closing arguments time for candidates who have spent an outsized portion of the last year gladhanding the fine folks of the Hawkeye state. With this year's festivities sandwiched between the Super Bowl, the State of the Union — and with the background noise of the Senate impeachment trial half the field of contenders are focused on for their day jobs — this year's event should prove unique. Iowa's place of prominence in national politics will peak and then focus will shift to New Hampshire and beyond as the primary season is all down hill from here.
For someone like Senator Elizabeth Warren — who is faltering in the polls of late to the point her advocates haven't bothered with a "Warren is Surging!!!" 5.0 update — you might be interested in what initiative, issue, or cause would be highlighted by the candidate and her team in these final desperate days before the votes start counting. The entire strategy of campaigns are often aimed at this very moment in time. So yesterday the Warren Machine of Plans for Nearly Everything labored to produce and announce a plan of " Fighting Digital Misinformation. "
To truly stem the spread of damaging false information, tech companies and the federal government need to take a more serious, comprehensive approach. But I'm committed to doing everything I can do to combat disinformation, and that means tackling it on the campaign trail.
It's not enough to make vague statements condemning fraudulent attacks on opponents or efforts to suppress the vote — while also reaping the benefits of those attacks on democracy. Campaigns need to make clear that disinformation has no place in our campaigns, and that we will disavow supporters who embrace it and act quickly to stop its spread. That's why I'm pledging to fight disinformation aimed at my campaign, my opponents, and voters:
My campaign will not knowingly use or spread false or manipulated information, including false or manipulated news reports or doctored images, audio, and videos on social media.
My campaign will not knowingly promote content from fraudulent online accounts.
My campaign will not knowingly allow campaign staff or surrogates to spread false or manipulated information on social media.
I'm sending a clear message to anyone associated with the Warren campaign: I will not tolerate the use of false information or false accounts to attack my opponents, promote my campaign, or undermine our elections. And I urge my fellow candidates to do the same.
As media strategy, it hits all the Search Engine Optimization points, uses the right buzzwords, and allows the online community, media outlets, politicians who really want their grubby hands all over the freedom that is the internet, and punditry Greek chorus to do what they all do best and talk about themselves.
To voters bundling up to go out and spend a few hours on Monday night debating presidential candidates, it is highly questionable strategery.
Folks on the right, not to mention supporters of her competitors, will have a field day with some of that plan, considering controversies that have surrounding Senator Warren in the past with her ancestry/DNA test moments and more recently the she said/he said with Bernie Sanders. But there is a much simpler reason why bringing this up now, and burning the dwindling opportunities for attention to your candidacy on this issue, is foolish.
Primary voters don't care about it.
The latest Morningside polling in Iowa found the top issues for Iowans in these last few days before caucusing to be the government and political discord, economy, agricultural issues and policy, and healthcare. Nothing surprising there. Nationwide, Gallup's polling of most important issues to voting age adults both by rank and partisan divide went sixteen deep with no sign of "digital disinformation" to be found. While one could argue that "political discord" is driven by misinformation, the idea that you are going to lecture folks about not hearing and believing what they want to hear and believe in an effective manner that endears you to them as a candidate is very wishful thinking. More probably, it will devolve into variations on the theme of "you must be protected and I'm here to do that for you," which has the opposite effect.
The point of a primary is to win. Period. To win, you have to get the participants in that primary to buy in to what you are selling. Elizabeth Warren is pitching an issue that, while it is important in many respects, is not even on the radar for the cause-goers that look to be poised to place the Senator from Massachusetts in a third, fourth, or worse place finish in a state she once hoped to win and build momentum in. Burning bandwidth on issues folks don't care about is not a winning strategy. Couple it with the disastrous rollout of her Medicare for All plan and just ok debate performances, the favorite candidate of many pundits, wonks, and media outlets must be deemed to have under-performed given where she started this campaign.
The postmortem on the Elizabeth Warren 2020 campaign later this spring will be full of reasons, excuses, if only-isms, and coulda, woulda, shouldas. Those reviews should also be long on the running thread that has plagued this campaign since its inception, a flaw that is the fault of the candidate running and filters down through the organization promoting her: lots of plans for everything except winning over Democratic Primary Voters that do the actual voting.
In short, bad strategery.
Originally published at https://ordinary-times.com on January 30, 2020.
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FCA consultation on a Global Financial Innovation Network
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On 7 August 2018, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a consultation on the creation of a Global Financial Innovation Network (GFIN). With innovation in the global financial services market rapidly increasing, it is important for firms to consider the options for building, implementing and sharing experiences of digital solutions.
Read our summary below of the key points from the FCA's consultation.
There has been significant growth in the use of fintech in financial services which has led regulators from various countries considering the new business models, services and products available. In February 2018, the FCA proposed the idea of a "global sandbox". This received positive feedback and the following key themes emerged:
Regulatory co-operation – support for regulators collaborating on common challenges or policy questions raised across jurisdiction
Regulatory engagement – space where the industry can engage with a broader group of regulatory stakeholders
Speed to international markets (cross border potential of emerging technologies) – reducing the time taken to bring new ideas to markets
Governance – importance of transparency and fairness for firms wishing to get involved
Emerging technologies / business models – artificial intelligence, distributed ledger technology, data protection, AML and 'know your customer'
Following the proposal, the FCA held an event in March 2018 to discuss the opportunities a GFIN could offer. It led to a consultation inviting views.
The FCA's proposed mission statement summarises the GFIN's aim:
The GFIN is a collaborative policy and knowledge sharing initiative aimed at advancing areas including financial integrity, consumer wellbeing and protection, financial inclusion, competition and financial stability through innovation in financial services, by sharing experiences, working jointly on emerging policy issues and facilitating responsible cross-border experimentation of new ideas.
The FCA says that the GFIN could serve three main functions:
To act as a network of regulators to collaborate and share experience of innovation in respective markets, including emerging technologies and business models
The network would operate as a forum that enables organisations to collaborate to advance financial innovation. It would be made up of an overarching group containing all GFIN members, which would share intelligence, highlight key pieces of work and discuss emerging trends.
The network would seek to improve collaboration and information/knowledge sharing to benefit the broader regulatory experience.
The feedback to the idea of regulators collaborating on an innovation network was that it can be difficult to initiate a conversation with the regulator in a new market. The GFIN will help solve this by helping firms with international expansion or policy discussions with several regulators.
To provide a forum for joint policy work and discussions
Different implemented regulatory approaches can act as a barrier to scaling new ideas across markets.
The GFIN would act as a tool to identify areas of activity, focusing on (1) emerging technology and its interconnectivity with business models; and (2) evaluating the potential of RegTech and SupTech.
Feedback received by the FCA indicates there is a need to create a function to allow discussion of emerging technologies and business models with the relevant regulators. The GFIN would need to establish common areas of interest across the regulated bodies to make this as effective as possible.
To provide firms with an environment which can trial cross-border solutions
Trialing new technologies in multiple jurisdictions is key to determining the potential benefit for end users. Currently, innovation initiatives operated by financial services regulators tend to be domestically focused.
Cross-border trials would allow organisations to test their idea in multiple jurisdictions and gain real-time insight into how their product or service would operate in the market.
Innovative ideas or modelling that does not currently fit within the existing regulatory framework could benefit from the cross-border solution. It could also provide regulators with an opportunity to observe emerging business models and technology to help inform policy and supervisory work.
The deadline for responses to the consultation is 14 October 2018 and the FCA has asked for feedback from innovative financial services firms, financial services regulators, technology companies and providers.
With the emergence of technologies and new business models in financial services it is important to consider how these firms can meet the necessary regulatory requirements to ensure consumer protection and regulatory compliance. The introduction of the GFIN would be positive for innovative firms and enable a more efficient way for these firms to interact with the regulators. However, it will be important for careful consideration to be given to the questions asked to make sure the network is fit for purpose.
Christopher Woolard, FCA Executive Director of Strategy and Competition and Board member commented: "The creation of the Global Financial Innovation Network (GFIN) is an important next step for organisations like ours who are actively engaged in understanding and harnessing the benefits of innovation in financial services for consumers, while managing the potential harm."
For further information please contact Russell Kelsall (Partner), Alanna Tregear (Associate) or Matt Edmonds (Legal Analyst).
This publication is intended for general guidance and represents our understanding of the relevant law and practice as at August 2018. Specific advice should be sought for specific cases. For more information see our terms & conditions.
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O nome da cidade data de 20 de Setembro de 1649, quando foi mencionada num documento como "Piatra Pucioasă" (significando pedra sulfúrea, referindo-se aos recursos de enxofre próximos do local).

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[HuffPost] RIO DE JANEIRO AP – celebrity faith healer accused of sexually abusing more than 300 women turned himself in Sunday to authorities in Brazil's central state of Goias, after spending almost a day as a fugitive, police said.
Joao Teixeira de Faria, who is known as Joao de Deus or "John of God," had been given until 3 p.m. Saturday to comply with an arrest warrant, but he did not surrender by the deadline and was deemed a fugitive from justice, officials had said.
He has been a faith healer for four decades in a small town in central Brazil and became famous for conducting "psychic surgeries" that he said could cure diseases, including cancer.
The allegations against de Faria first surfaced last week, with several individuals going on a Globo Television show to recount charges that he had been sexually violent with them or relatives. After that, authorities were contacted by more than 300 other accusers, including de Faria's adult daughter, Dalva Teixeira.


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Bynum said officers went to serve a warrant on Jeffery Delane Watts, 45, but were assaulted as they tried to take him into custody.
Watts was arrested for the outstanding warrants, and since has been charged with resisting arrest, second-degree possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Two other people at the scene were arrested that night. James Michael Lewis, 26, and Richard Edward McDaniel, 24, both of Fort Payne, were charged with second-degree assault, disorderly conduct, and public intoxication.
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Sir John Michael Pritchard, CBE (5 February 1921 – 5 December 1989) was an English conductor. He was known for his interpretations of Mozart operas and for his support of contemporary music.
Pritchard was born in London, to a musical family. His father, Albert Edward Pritchard, was a violinist with the London Symphony Orchestra. The young Pritchard studied violin, piano, and conducting in Italy.
Pritchard, as a conscientious objector, refused to serve in the Second World War, but was in any case unfit on medical grounds. In 1943 he took over the semi-professional Derby String Orchestra and was its principal conductor until 1951. He joined the music staff of Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 1947 and was appointed chorus master in 1949. He remained associated with Glyndebourne for most of his career, as conductor, music counsellor (from 1963), principal conductor (1968) and musical director (1969–78).
Beyond Glyndebourne, Pritchard appeared with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, at Edinburgh in 1952 (deputising for Ernest Ansermet, who was ill). He made his début at the Royal Opera House in 1951 and at the Vienna State Opera in 1952. He appeared regularly with the Vienna Symphony (1953–55).
For Glyndebourne in this period he conducted Mozart's Idomeneo and Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos at the Edinburgh festivals of 1953 and 1954 and Rossini's La Cenerentola at the Berlin Festival, a performance described by the Dictionary of National Biography as 'a triumph'.
In 1957, Pritchard was appointed principal conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic where he launched the Musica Viva series showcasing contemporary music. His success in Liverpool led to his appointment as musical director of the London Philharmonic Orchestra (1962–66). Freelancing after leaving the LPO, he conducted concerts in Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden, Philadelphia and the Far East, and opera in Buenos Aires, Chicago, San Francisco, New York, Salzburg, Florence, and Munich. In 1973 he conducted the London Philharmonic in China—the first visit by a Western orchestra.
His later permanent posts were chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, (1982–89) and musical director of the Cologne Opera (1978), La Monnaie, Brussels (1981), and the San Francisco Opera (1986). At the time of his death he was preparing Wagner's Ring cycle for San Francisco.
Pritchard was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1962 and knighted in 1983. The prestigious Shakespeare Prize (Hamburg) was awarded him in 1975.
He died in 1989 in Daly City, California, US. His homosexuality was described as "unabashed"; he left a large part of his estate to his partner, Terry MacInnes.
John Pritchard was a champion of a wide range of new music, conducting the premieres of Britten's Gloriana and Tippett's The Midsummer Marriage and King Priam, all at Covent Garden, and the British première of Henze's Elegy for Young Lovers at Glyndebourne. Of the classics of the repertoire he was noted for his Mozart and Richard Strauss. His recordings include Idomeneo, L'incoronazione di Poppea, Falstaff, Macbeth, Hansel and Gretel, L'elisir d'amore (with Plácido Domingo), Il segreto di Susanna (with Renata Scotto and Renato Bruson), Lucia di Lammermoor and La traviata (the last two with Joan Sutherland).


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I am 6 months old!
Can you believe I will be 6 months old this week. I am getting so big and learning so many new things. I can sit all by myself now with confidence! Some new things that I love doing is sitting and playing with my toys, grabbing things out of mommy and daddy's hands, screeching as loud as I can and grabbing the cat's fur and the dog's beard!Mom and Dad took me swimming this past week for the very first time. I absolutely loved the water.
The second time we went swimming, as soon as I saw the pool, I started wiggling right out of mom's arms. I knew exactly what we were about to do.
If dad would have let me, I would have swam all the way around the pool. My legs just kick the whole time I am in the water. Mom and dad are still a little hesitant, for good reason, to let me too far out of reach because I like to put my mouth in the water!
Mom got a little crazy with the camera. She thinks I look too cute and loves all my different expressions. Everyone I meet tells my mom and dad how animated I am and these pics show that.


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As the 60th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest heads into the history books, there's still to look back at the show from Vienna to see what we all remember. And frankly, the 3 hours 59 minutes of running time is what we are all likely to remember.
So, to counter the length of the Contest, let's take our editing scissors to the show and see what we can come up with. Three hours? Two hours? One hour?
Let's try for a thirty second edit of Eurovision 2015!
Here's the ESC Insight highlights reel from our time in Austria. Your favourite moment will be here, as long as you don't blink.
Don't forget to follow ESC Insight on Facebook and Twitter through the off-season, and if you're looking for some links and headlines, our Tumblr page will keep you up to date with the rest of the Eurovision world.


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By the bestselling author of Dark Matter and Thin Air, an outstanding new piece of story-telling, a tale of mystery and imagination laced with terror. It is a masterwork in the modern gothic tradition that ranges from Mary Shelley and Bram Stoker to Neil Gaiman and Sarah Perry.
Michelle Paver was born in Central Africa but came to England as a child. After gaining a degree in Biochemistry from Oxford University she became a partner in a city law firm, but eventually gave that up to write full time. She is the bestselling author of the adult gothic novels Dark Matter and Thin Air and the prizewinning children's series Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, which has sold over three million copies worldwide.
'Paver is back on top form' The Bookseller, Editor's Choice.
'Original and engrossing ... Paver masterfully blends together two narratives ... Spanning fen devils, mystics and the lot of women in Edwardian England' Observer.
'This book has been haunting me ... Very gripping' BBC Radio 2 Book Club.
'[Michelle Paver's] storytelling is irresistible' The Times, Historical Fiction Book of the Month.
'A brilliantly atmospheric read (be warned: it's also terrifying!) with a brave, forward-thinking heroine I loved' Good Housekeeping.
'It's a ghost story to put beside the classics of an earlier era ... Compelling' Evening Standard.
'[A] superb, supernatural novel ... Paver deliciously ratchets up the tension as Maud struggles for autonomy in the face of her father's deranged obsessions' Daily Mail.
'A spine-chilling masterpiece' Woman and Home.
'This dark, gothic tale will hook you in with its atmospheric setting of a house on the edge of the Suffolk fens, and its themes of superstition, witchcraft and religion' Sun.
'Wakenhyrst is many things all at once - a chilling Gothic horror, a coming of age tale, a story of madness and loneliness, and most of all an account of how one girl manages to look out for herself when no-one else will. Paver successfully balances these themes as only a confident writer can. With fully realised characters and motivations, she draws you deeper and deeper into the story, even as the sense of dread grows stronger with every turn of the page' Scotland on Sunday.
'Dark, atmospheric and beautifully written' Candis.
'This perfectly constructed "modern Gothic" is laced with a real sense of menace - and a healthy dose of feminism' Heat.
'A demonic presence lurks in the fens in this tale about murder, loneliness and an abusive relationship' The Times, The Best Books of 2019.
'This is true goose-bump material' 8/10, Sunday Post.
'This dark, gothic tale will hook you in with its atmospheric setting' Fabulous Magazine.
'Gothic thriller spanning five centuries. A woman living with her repressive father faces a battle against witchcraft and sorcery when a strange icon is discovered in a churchyard' Love It Magazine.
'There is a thick air of mystery to the story. The household is shrouded in secrets. I really liked the sinister, gothic feel I got from Wakenhyrst and I'll be looking out for more!' A Knight's Reads.
'Paver herself said it was the best book she's written, and you can see why: it's compulsively readable and savagely intelligent' The Roaring Bookworm.
'This book is steeped in atmosphere as well as the stench and slime of the fen itself, a place barely touched by the outside world, and it is beautifully written and deliciously, gorgeously creepy' For Winter Nights.
'A clever, creepy Gothic tale' Saga.
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City eyes removal of Yacht Club tennis courts
Public input to be sought on park plan proposals
A proposed tennis and pickleball center in the center of the city, coupled with proposed changes to one of the city's oldest amenities, could mean no more the tennis courts at the Cape Coral Yacht Club.
Numerous residents spoke their mind Monday during the regular Cape Coral City Council meeting, asking the elected board to find a way to keep the courts at the club, as hundreds use them on a daily basis.
However, a preliminary rendering of the new, proposed Yacht Club reconfiguration has no tennis courts, leaving residents concerned they will, as one quoted from the old Joni Mitchell song, "tear down paradise and put up a parking lot."
Council stressed the plans are not final, pointing out the new engineers who were hired Monday will hold several public meetings to get input from the neighborhood.
Kerry Runyon, director of Cape Coral Parks and Recreation, said it's only the first inning of a nine-inning game, with residents to get their turn at bat.
"The community park meetings will be held and conducted through Kimley Horn, our design engineer, in October," Runyon said. "They will receive input, and then a second meeting to discuss the design plan after input."
Once that is done, City Council will decide whether to approve the plan and/or request changes.
There are five lighted courts at the Yacht Club, which are open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. during the week and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends. Tennis pro staff is available on site for both private and group lessons as well as league play.
Single residents pay $300 annually and $475 for couples. The price drops for seniors 65-plus, where the rates are $275 and $400, respectively. Runyon did not immediately know how many members there are.
Currently, the Lee County Tennis Association plays at the Yacht Club every weekday. However, that is set to change in 2022 once the new tennis and pickleball center is built near Lake Kennedy, part of the $60 million Parks Master Plan. Runyon said the players in the league were OK with it.
Other residents are not.
Steve Averbach plays tennis at the Yacht Club several times a week and was stunned when he learned of the plan this spring which, to him, came out of left field.
"Why would they close the courts that everyone plays on without talking to us first?" Averbach said. "I saw the plan to take the courts out for a parking garage and a restaurant on top. It makes no sense to me."
Averbach and others were at Monday's meeting and they spoke up during public input on the consent agenda. In the meantime, he started a group on Next Door to get reaction and said more than 100 attended the first meeting near the courts, with the vast majority wanting to keep them there.
"Kerry told me at the meeting that this was a done deal. The residents had a meeting and were on board with this," Averbach said in regards to the court removals.
He said that was more about the approval of the $60 million GO Bonds that any details.
Averbach said that the removal of the courts would mean there would be no more courts in the southeast section of the city.
Runyon said the city could leave a court or two if they want a neighborhood court.
Averbach said he was happy that City Council seemed to soften on the idea of keeping them, especially Mayor Joe Coviello, who said he believes recreation and parks are crucial to the city.
"There are people in that area who love those courts, so we need to take that into consideration moving forward," Coviello said. "We want to hear what people want in their neighborhood as part of the park. These are amenities people enjoy."


Since the extremely generous offer by President Hollande to confer the Légion d'Honneur on surviving veterans of the campaigns to liberate France in 1944, we have had a number of discussions with representatives of the French Government about the criteria and process for making the award. As a result, the French Government have presented more than 3,500 medals to British veterans. Officials in London and Paris remain proactively engaged to make the process as smooth as possible.
Three 94-year-old south Devon Normandy veterans—Ferneley Nankivell, Alan Carncross and Robert Barbour DFC—are still waiting for the award of their Légion d'Honneur, and other veterans have passed away during the past year without receiving it. Will the Minister join me in calling on the French authorities to resolve this issue as a matter of urgency, and to look at whether the honour can still be awarded to those who have passed away since July 2014?
The Légion D'Honneur is established by law in France, with set requirements for scrutiny and approval. Within those limits, the French authorities have done their utmost to expedite the issue of the awards. As in the UK, such honours and awards are generally not made posthumously. I can confirm that the cases of Mr Barbour and Mr Nankivell have been submitted to the French authorities. Unfortunately, there is no record of an application for Mr Carncross, but if one is submitted, I will ensure that it is expedited.
I do appreciate the efforts of the Minister and the Department to ensure that individuals get their Légion d'Honneur medals, but like the hon. Member for Torbay (Kevin Foster), I still know of a large number of people who are qualified for the medal and have applied for it but have not received it. Is it possible for the Minister to carry out an audit of how many applications are outstanding in the United Kingdom, so that he can chase them up?
The French have awarded approximately 3,500 medals, and we have sent the French about 4,300 applications. At the moment, the process is taking between six and eight weeks. I appreciate that that is still a significant period given the age of the cohort in question, but I can assure the right hon. Gentleman, who has pursued the issue persistently over the past year, that we have done everything we can to make the process as quick as possible given the circumstances and the age of the veterans involved.
Through you, Mr Speaker, may I say as chair of the all-party France group that the French embassy is doing its best in difficult circumstances, and that if anybody has a constituent who has a problem, they should write to me and we will get the Légion d'Honneur to them straight away? These people deserve better, and we will do our best for them.
Of course, the hon. Gentleman is too modest to reveal to the House that although he is not himself a Normandy veteran, as is demonstrably apparent, he does hold the honour.
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for the support that he offers. I can only repeat that we are keen to get applications expedited as quickly as possible. Although all of the cohort are of a certain age, if any hon. Member has a constituent about whom they are particularly concerned, I ask them to contact us and we will endeavour to get the Légion d'Honneur to them as quickly as possible.
The cost and production schedule for the Type 26 global combat ship will be decided at the "main investment decision" point of the programme. Negotiations are ongoing with BAE systems to deliver a contract that will give value for money to both the Navy and the taxpayer. The general purpose frigate programme is in its very early stages. Decisions on build location and timetable will take advantage of the recommendations of the national shipbuilding strategy.
The Secretary of State is well aware that his Department promised 13 frigates on the Clyde in 2014, and a huge part of the Scottish independence referendum case for the Union rested on that promise. Given that the number has already dropped to eight, why can the Secretary of State not answer a simple question: when will the Type 26 design be approved?
There will still be a large number of new frigates, but there will specifically be eight new anti-submarine warfare ships, designed to protect the deterrent that the Scottish National party voted against just a few months ago. I hope that the timetable will be set out shortly, when the design continues to mature and the negotiations with BAE Systems have been completed.
Is it not a fact that BAE Systems is ready to start cutting steel right now, and all that is holding things up is a lack of funds in the MOD's budget? If we do not start building these ships on time, we will doubtless end up with the same old story: we will drop below the already inadequate total of 19 frigates and destroyers, or else we will have to pay a lot more money to keep old ships in service for longer than they should be kept in service.
Let me reassure my right hon. Friend. We have already invested more than £1.8 billion in the Type 26 ship, and I announced a further £183 million in July for the guns to go on the ship. Much of the design work has been completed, but I am not prepared to sign a contract with BAE Systems until I am absolutely persuaded that it is in the best interests of the taxpayer and, indeed, the Navy, giving value for money to both.
The Secretary of State will be aware that the shipyards are in my constituency. The clear message from the workforce might best be conveyed by my paraphrasing Darth Vader: we want these ships, not excuses. Will the Secretary of State explain why, although the original timetable for the cutting of steel was May this year, it has not yet happened? May I ask him to speed up the process, so that ships can be built on the Clyde?
We would not be ordering any ships from the Clyde if Scotland had become independent last spring, because complex warships are only built in the United Kingdom. Let me be clear: this contract must be in the best interests of the taxpayer. I am aware of the need to sustain employment on the Clyde, which is why, last December, the strategic defence review announced the construction of two further offshore patrol vessels, in addition to the three that are currently being built on the Clyde.
Is it possible for the MOD to consider positioning Gibraltar as a home port for at least one of the Type 26 offshore patrol vessels, where the facilities are superb for them and they are in a very good position to operate?
That is a suggestion I will certainly consider. Gibraltar is a key base for the Royal Navy. I think last week we had two, possibly three, ships from the Royal Navy calling in on Gibraltar, and Gibraltar of course retains its affiliation to the Crown despite the recent referendum.
My immediate priorities remain success in our operations against Daesh and implementing our strategic defence and security review. Last week I hosted the first ever United Nations peacekeeping ministerial, the largest meeting of Defence Ministers in Britain since the Wales summit, where I underlined that the UK is stepping up its global commitments, backed by a rising defence budget and including additional troops to peacekeeping in South Sudan.
I am tempted just to ask the Secretary of State if he can name the French Foreign Minister and the South Korean Prime Minister, but can he confirm that, contrary to what he told the "Today" programme last week, it does in fact matter which budget conflict and security spending comes from, and if he is so strapped for cash perhaps he should be scrapping Trident rather than raiding the Department for International Development's aid budget?
The French Defence Minister is Monsieur Jean-Yves Le Drian, whom I met last Thursday—I think it was the 21st time I have met him in two years—and the South Korean Prime Minister is Madam Park, whom I met during her most recent visit. The difficulty facing the shadow Defence Secretary is that none of my Defence Ministers know who he is.
However, on the budget, this is an increasing defence budget; we are committed to meeting the 2% target and the defence budget will also rise in real terms for every year of this Parliament.
The Ministry of Defence takes the health and wellbeing of its personnel seriously and acknowledges its duty of care to provide the best possible support to them. I am delighted to be able to confirm today that, as part of that care, we have introduced a single point of contact providing information on mefloquine and signposting a range of services to help those who have concerns having taken Lariam. Further details are available on the gov.uk website.
I am sure that Ministers are fast learners and will get to know my name soon enough. Last week the MOD was accused of a terrifying error after accidentally publishing the details of 20,000 people online. Following a number of recent high-profile security breaches including the attempted abduction of an RAF airman based at Marham, many service members will understandably be concerned about their personal safety. What reassurances can the Secretary of State provide to those men and women in regard to the security, particularly online, of any personal information about them?
We have been doing everything we possibly can to protect people's personal details online. I went to Marham myself two days after that incident took place—the police investigation there is ongoing—to give reassurance not only to the serving personnel but to their families that we will do everything we possibly can to protect them.
British military personnel in Saudi Arabia include a number of liaison officers stationed within the military headquarters of Saudi-led operations in Yemen. According to the Government, those officers are deployed to gain insight into those operations and to advise the Saudis on how to comply with international humanitarian law. Will the Secretary of State tell the House whether any communications from those British officers—as opposed to reports from the Saudi authorities themselves—have revealed any concerns about the conduct of operations in Yemen, including the possibility that humanitarian law has been violated?
Let me make it clear that the United Kingdom is not a member of the Saudi-led coalition, and UK personnel are not involved in directing or conducting operations in Yemen or in the target selection process. We have not assessed that the Saudi-led coalition is targeting civilians or is in breach of international humanitarian law.
My hon. Friend will know that the defence budget is increasing in any event, and it will go on increasing in each year of this Parliament because of our commitment to meeting the 2% target in NATO. I know that he will join me in reminding our allies that although we are exiting the European Union, we are not abandoning our commitment to European security, which is why we are leading a battalion in Estonia next year, why we have committed extra troops to Poland, why our Typhoons were policing the Baltic airspace this year and why we will be leading the very high readiness taskforce next year.
The Government have committed £50 million of LIBOR funding to increase the number of cadet units in schools to 500 by 2020. That manifesto commitment will establish some 150 new units in state schools across the UK and we have made it a priority to focus on cities and areas of high deprivation. I welcome my hon. Friend's championing of the cause. Any school that wants to open a cadet unit through the cadet expansion programme should submit an expression of interest through the gov.uk website.
The MOD continues to review its estate to ensure that it is smaller and more sustainable, allowing us to focus on delivering future defence capability and enabling considerable investment in sites such as Lossiemouth and Faslane. While no decision has been made on Fort George's future, Scotland will continue to be a vital home for our armed forces. However, Scotland, like the rest of the UK, must expect some sites to close and some investment in other locations.
I certainly can. Scotland is getting additional investment at Faslane, and Lossiemouth will be the home of the new Typhoon squadron. Faslane will continue to be the base for all the Royal Navy's submarines. Scotland is playing a key part in the construction of our new Navy with the new aircraft carriers, the Type 26 global combat ship, and the offshore patrol vessels, all of which will contribute to more jobs in Scotland.
My hon. Friend is right that the situation is complicated, in particular in north Syria. We continue to urge the opposition groups in Syria to combat Daesh—although they are of course also under pressure from the regime. As a result of the ceasefire coming into force tonight, I hope that all the moderate armed groups in Syria can now concentrate their fire against the murderous ideology that is Daesh and allow humanitarian aid into the towns and cities that have been so long denied it.
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for highlighting the success of recent LIBOR funding bids from Northern Ireland. The issue he raises is of course important and I would be delighted to meet to discuss it.
The Royal Air Force has a long and illustrious history in Wales and the connection has been fostered and maintained by volunteer gliding schools. The MOD's decision to denude Wales of such schools and make air cadets travel many hours to England has had nothing less than a devastating effect on young people and adult volunteers. What steps are being taken to return such schools to Wales?
I commend my hon. Friend's tenacity in pursuing this issue. He knows that significant challenges surround the viability of aerodromes and former aerodromes in south Wales for future cadet gliding, but following his persistence and that of the hon. Member for Bridgend (Mrs Moon) I am looking to see whether other sites are financially viable. I hope to be able to update them shortly.
Does the Minister welcome the establishment of veterans' breakfast clubs up and down the country as a way of providing support from veterans to veterans? Will the Minister ask his officials why these clubs have been denied the right to use the veterans' logo on their official literature, as the only person who ever turns up to the Chester veterans' breakfast club who is not a veteran is me?
I am a great fan of veterans' clubs and I have visited several. They are a fantastic thing, which I am keen to encourage, and I am happy to look into the matter the hon. Gentleman raises.
As my hon. Friend knows, last week it was announced that the MOD was going to dispose of Stonehouse barracks in my constituency. Can he clarify the criteria to keep 3 Commando Brigade and the Royal Marines in my constituency?
The decision to close up to 30% of the defence estate is based on military capability; it very much is a military decision, but I am happy to meet my hon. Friend to discuss it, if he would like to do so.
May I thank the veterans Minister for meeting Hull resident Dereck Johnson, who set up the Hull veterans' breakfast club, and may I ask what progress has been made in rolling out these breakfast clubs across the country, as they meet such a real need in that community?
I thoroughly enjoyed meeting the hon. Lady's constituent and I thought it was an excellent breakfast club. I have also met the national chairman and we are in discussions about how the Department can support this excellent initiative.
I call the good doctor, Dr Julian Lewis.
Thank you, good Speaker. Will the Secretary of State confirm that the service provided by BBC Monitoring to open-source intelligence is of vital interest to the MOD? Does he agree that it would be totally unacceptable if the BBC inflicted swingeing cuts in the Monitoring service, as is proposed, including the closure of Caversham Park?
It is always good to be able to find common ground with my right hon. Friend on a defence matter. I certainly confirm the first part of his question, and I will do what I can to convey the gist of the second part to the BBC, too.
Very prudent and wise of the Secretary of State, I am sure.
"The US and Russia have agreed to work together to target Islamic State and the FSF".
Will the Secretary of State provide more detail on how that would work in practice, how the UK will be involved and how we can ensure that such co-operation results in no civilian casualties?
I hope the hon. Gentleman will welcome the ceasefire, belated though it is, that we hope will come into force tonight. The situation in Syria is complex and we have continued to urge Russia to use all its influence on the Syrian regime to get humanitarian aid in and to stop the regime targeting particular opposition groups. As he knows, we do not have combat troops deployed in Syria, but the strikes we carry out on behalf of the coalition will, obviously, also now have to reflect the new reality on the ground.
The British Royal Navy is now smaller than the flotilla that we sent to take back the Falkland Islands. When will we have a date for Type 45 destroyer engine repairs and replacements, which are desperately needed, so that we can at least maintain the 19 ships of the line that we currently have?
I hope that the hon. Lady, who knows a lot about this, is not confusing number with quality or power. The ships we are now deploying—the aircraft carriers, the Type 45 destroyers and the forthcoming Type 26 frigates—are of course much more powerful than the ships that sailed to liberate the Falkland Islands. I know she will join me in welcoming the new missions of the two Type 45s, HMS Diamond and HMS Daring, which sailed in the past few weeks.
A serious issue for recruitment policy is service family accommodation, and I am sure the Secretary of State and the Department agree with the recommendations of the Public Accounts Committee report on service family accommodation. Will he update the House on how they are dealing with CarillionAmey and its dubious failings for service personnel, and on how we make sure that this does not happen again?
I am delighted to say that as a result of the recent "get well" plan, CarillionAmey is now meeting all but two of its key performance indicators. However, let me assure the House that I do not take this recent improvement for granted. I am utterly determined that the poor standard that our service personnel received in recent years will not be repeated.
I do not want the hon. Member for Chesterfield (Toby Perkins) to be sad or to feel isolated or excluded. Let him have a go.
Thank you; very kind. A few moments ago the Under-Secretary of State for Defence, the hon. Member for West Worcestershire (Harriett Baldwin), said that we were procuring more warships and aircraft than ever before. That is far removed from reality. In setting the record straight, can she confirm whether such information is part of the induction into the Ministry of Defence team, or did she come up with it all by herself?
I recommend that the hon. Gentleman read the strategic defence and security review. He can see that we are increasing defence spending every year and we are investing in more ships, more planes, more troops who are ready to act, better equipment for our special forces and more for cyber, in contrast to the Labour party, which wants to scrap our nuclear deterrent, withdraw from NATO and abolish our Army. Labour cannot be trusted with our security.


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In-Service Robotic Radiography for Wind Turbine Inspection
Mon, 14 December, 2020
TWI is one of six organisations participating in the INNOVATE UK-funded RADBLAD (In-service X-ray Radiography of Offshore Wind Blades) project, which aims to develop a robotic system to provide in-service X-ray radiography of offshore wind turbine blades.
The second phase of the RADBLAD programme aims to further develop the inspection system, which integrates magnetically adhering climbing robots with an X-ray source and detector, allowing for remotely controlled inspection of wind turbine blades.
There has been significant growth in installed wind power capacity in the last decade, especially in offshore wind power in the UK, with the UK market supplying 9.9% of the UK's electricity consumption in the last 12 months (Electric Insights, 2020). Prime Minister Boris Johnson has also recently announced UK Government plans for offshore wind to power every home by 2030. This growth in industrial presence will increase the need for preventative maintenance solutions that offer high–quality and efficient inspection of wind turbine blades.
The RADBLAD system will provide this preventative maintenance solution through the early detection of internal defects with its X-ray technology. It will achieve this by using a portable, in-situ robotic solution; reducing costs, and asset downtime. The use of a robotic, through-blade inspection system will significantly improve the understanding of latent defects in each blade. The data can then be used to develop a blade-by-blade defect risk management strategy.
The consortium, consisting of Innvotek, Forth Engineering, London South Bank University, Renewable Advice and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, have been able to continue development of the technology through the current restrictions resulting from the Coronavirus pandemic. With the project nearing its conclusion, the RADBLAD system is scheduled for trials within a representative environment in February 2021 at ORE Catapult's National Renewable Energy Centre in Blyth.
TWI North East to Hold Free Arc Welding Demo Day
New MT/PT Blended Learning Courses Launched by TWI Training
Tue, 21 Apr 2020
Arkwright Scholars Programme 2019


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Q: Google `drive.files.list` doesn't list files I'm having issues with the Google drive API. I am passing in the folder ID and it's not showing any files. How do I traverse within the sub folders to check for folders and files there?
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A: [Update 01/04/22]: I shared my service account email under https://console.cloud.google.com/iam-admin/serviceaccounts with the folder in Google drive and was able access the Drive data.

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Despite power cuts and political mobsters, Nigeria will still grow
August 7, 2018 Nigeria , Opinion , OPINION/NEWS , POLITICS
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Prince Charles Dickson
Only a few years ago Tube travelers were stuck underground overnight after a power cut hit London. The power failure had a "serious" impact on the whole of the network. Rail services from major stations including Victoria, London Bridge and Waterloo were also affected.
A Tube spokesman said: "There has been a National Grid failure which has affected the underground. At the moment we are assessing the impact of that but it is having a serious impact on the whole system at the moment."
The 2003 London blackout was a serious power outage that occurred in parts of southern London and north-west Kent on 28 August 2003. It was the largest blackout in South East England since the Great Storm of 1987, affecting an estimated 500,000 people.
Power went off at about 18:26 British Summer Time. Power came back on after 34 minutes at 19:00 BST, but is reported to have taken about two hours to be restored fully in some areas
Even before the blackout, the UK press were anticipating a UK equivalent of the Northeast blackout of 2003 in North America, which occurred two weeks earlier (August 14) and affected about 100 times more people. For example, on August 15, The Daily Express had reported that the National Grid might not be able to cope with predicted power surges in the winter of 2004.
On the day of the blackout London Mayor Ken Livingstone declared the situation a "catastrophic failure" and "the normal British disease of underinvestment and not keeping your plant up to date." The press followed this lead. The power transmission company National Grid plc responded that, as they had invested £3 billion in the last 10 years, the system certainly could not be described as old and decrepit.
Headlines such as "Power cut cripples London" (CNN) concealed the fact that over 90% of London's population was unaffected.
But we have the UK Power Networks…that basically goes as far as asking you to enter your postcode to search, track and report power cuts.
In Nigeria don't ask me how it works, with charges for electricity not given, or electricity that comes with surges that destroy home appliances, electricity companies that distribute power that do not have. Power outages without explanation or apology…
Meanwhile let's go to the USA, away from the UK…In popular culture the Chicago Outfit has a long history of portrayal in Hollywood as the subject of film and television. In fact, to an extent, elections could not hold in many parts of dreaded Chicago if the mob or street gangs though otherwise.
In its nearly 100 years of existence, the Chicago Mob, fabled in a multitude of books, movies and TV shows, has had a storied and violent existence that has gained it enormous wealth and power.
Trading in corruption, vice, dope and murder, the Mob continues to suck the very decency out of the American society, seemingly untouched and above the law — and at quick glance showing no signs of weakening. But today the mighty and seemingly all-powerful Mobs of Chicago, New York, New England and other places in the United States are threatened by the massive and powerful street gangs that increasingly haunt those cities.
The Chicago Outfit (also known as the Outfit, the Chicago Mafia, the Chicago Mob, the South Side Gang, or The Organization) is an Italian-American organized crime syndicate based in Chicago, Illinois, which dates back to the 1910s. It is part of the American Mafia originating in Chicago's South Side.
The Outfit rose to power in the 1920s, under the control of Johnny Torrio and Al Capone and the period was marked by bloody gang wars for control of the distribution of illegal alcohol during Prohibition. Since then, the Outfit has been involved in a wide range of criminal activities, including loansharking, gambling, prostitution, extortion, political corruption, and murder. Following Capone's conviction for income tax evasion (in 1931), the Outfit was run by Paul Ricca. From 1943 until his death in 1972, he shared power with Tony Accardo, who became the sole power in the Outfit upon Ricca's death. Accardo was one of the longest sitting bosses of all time right up until his death in the early 1990s.
The Outfit did not have a monopoly on organized crime in Chicago, but they were by far the most powerful, violent and largest criminal organization in the Midwest. The Outfit's influence, at its peak, stretched as far away as California and Florida. Higher law enforcement attention and general attrition has led to the Outfit's gradual decline since the late 20th century. As of 1997, the Chicago Outfit was believed to be led by John DiFronzo.
These ethnic gangs eventually became a reliable commodity for political organizations and even plied their fighting skills for warring newspapers at the turn of the twentieth century. Some of the more established gangs, such as the Circus Gang and the 42 Gang, provided talent for growing traditional organized crime groups during Prohibition.
So, coming back to Nigeria, the usual suspects are the politicians, they run government like The Outfit, they are the mob, whether they are in the APC or PDP, part of a reformed or new arm, they are the same. Whether old or young, they run the establishment and determine who gets what and how and when. They do not care who suffers as long as they are not the one.
Whether Akpabio, or Tambuwal, Buhari, or Tinubu, Obasanjo or IBB, they are always on the move, and who dares begrudge them other than themselves or their foot soldiers; sadly the hungry masses. They are no signs that they are about to abate their crass desire for power, wealth or position. Like one of them…El-Rufai once said, and I paraphrase…you think they would just hand over power to you…
The not-too-young-to-rule gimmick notwithstanding like power outages, and violence, there are millions of Nigerians, the detribalized and untribalized, they believe in Nigeria, knowing no creed and not biased by faith, these group are convinced that Nigeria will still grow.
Whether Boss or Street boss (the street boss was a high-ranking member appointed to run the daily activities for the boss, the position created to protect the boss from federal investigations), the Underboss or Consigliere, Capos or Soldiers, the fact is that like the United Kingdom, the United States has survived and keeps surviving because they have put a system in place.
We can still grow, all the defections, decampment, realignment and cross carpeting may yet be high yield for Nigeria's growth, do we want that to happen, and are we working unconsciously towards that—Only time will tell.
Currently Prince Charles, is based out of Jos, Plateau State, and conducts field research and investigations in the Middle Belt Region of Nigeria with an extensive reach out to the entire North and other parts. Prince Charles worked on projects for UN Women, Search for Common Ground, and International Crisis Group, among others. He is an alumnus of the University of Jos and the prestigious Humanitarian Academy at Harvard and Knight Center For Journalism, University of Texas at Austin. A doctoral candidate of Georgetown University
Born in Lagos State (South West Nigeria), Prince Charles is proud of his Nigerian roots. He is a Henry Luce Fellow, Ford Foundation grantee and is proficient in English, French, Yoruba Ibo and Hausa. Married with two boys, and a few dogs and birds.
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Eastern Ukraine is ablaze and the conflict could destabilize Central Europe, if not the whole Europe; NATO recently warned the Czechs that with their current defense spending, they might have some trouble to assume their commitments towards the Alliance; even Chuck Hagel, the US Secretary for Defense, expressed the same concern to his Czech counterpart Martin Stropnický during a meeting last week in Washington.
And what is the answer of the Czechs to address this problem? Raising the defense budget? No way!!! They cut further in the defense expenditures!!!
Effectively, the Finance Minister Babiš unveiled the project of budget for 2015 and the allocation for the Defense Ministry should be cut by 530 million Czech crowns (about 19.6 million €) passing from 41.85 billion CZK in 2014 to 41.32 billion CZK (about 1.53 billion €) in 2015.
This fact is confirming that political promises are only wishful thinking. All the Czech political leaders, including Premier Sobotka and even Mr. Babiš, agreed, during a conference organized in March to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Czech adhesion to NATO, that the Defense budget is too low and that it should be raised to a level of 50 billion CZK.
The Czech Armed Forces are on the verge of pauperization, they are facing problems to modernize a huge part of their armament, the lack of personnel is so dramatic that they are obliged to reinforce units that have to be NATO certified with people from other battalions (this kind of process, when talking about vehicles, is known as cannibalization). The Czech Chief of Defense Staff, general Pavel, is crying in the wilderness when he repeatedly warns the local political elites that he will not be able to maintain all the capabilities with the current budget.


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Baxter, bioMérieux obtain CE Mark for acute kidney injury prediction test
The test can help clinicians determine personalised treatment for individual patients.
The NEPHROCLEAR CCL14 Test is designed to predict persistent severe acute kidney injury. Credit: Ken Schwarz / Flickr.
Baxter and in vitro diagnostics company bioMérieux have received CE Mark for the NEPHROCLEAR CCL14 Test designed for persistent severe acute kidney injury (PS-AKI) prediction.
An automated immunofluorescence assay, the NEPHROCLEAR CCL14 Test is developed for use on the ASTUTE140 Meter for measuring C-C motif chemokine ligand 14 (CCL14) in human urine.
It is designed to be used together with clinical evaluation in adults with moderate or severe (Stage Two or Three) acute kidney injury (AKI) and who are hospitalised for an acute illness or condition.
The new test helps clinicians by providing a precise measurement of CCL14, allowing assessment of the patient's risk for developing PS-AKI.
bioMérieux clinical operations chief operating officer Pierre Boulud said: "This new step in our collaboration with Baxter further strengthens our innovative diagnostics solutions portfolio for the management of AKI.
"True to our public health mission, we bring to the medical community this high-medical-value immunoassay that has the potential to change the current strategy of care for patients suffering from AKI."
The NEPHROCLEAR CCL14 Test helps in identifying high-risk patients, managing AKI, improving care pathways and guiding proper treatment.
The device helps healthcare providers to determine personalised treatment for each patient, including the need for appropriate interventions and level of care, according to the kidney disease improving global outcomes (KDIGO) clinical practice guidelines.
The patient may be triaged to a higher level of care when found to be at increased risk for PS-AKI.
Furthermore, Baxter and bioMérieux plan to commercially launch the test next year in western Europe.
Last September, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted De Novo authorisation for Baxter International's new dialysis membrane, Theranova.
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It isn't easy for a beginner to find a great pro for anything, especially when buying financial advice. When you're "small potatoes," relying on well-meaning peers is not the answer. Neither is throwing a dart.
acts as a "fiduciary" as opposed to following the "suitability" standard.
Investment products change, new ones keep coming.
Too many differences in advisors and firms confound comparison…like comparing apples to oranges.
Fees that take a big bite out of your nest egg can go unnoticed in fine print.
Just how can you find a trusted professional who wants to work with you, if you don't have much financial savvy or much money to invest…yet?
What is your goal for investing?
Will you do some financial tasks on your own?
What investment products are suitable for you?
"Then, before handing over any money to a financial advisor, ask what the advisor will do for you and how he/she gets paid for providing those services," says Goettsch, whose office helps protect consumers purchasing securities or investment advice. One tool he recommends is Cutting through the Confusion, free from the North American Securities Administrators Association.
"Reputable advisors should have no qualms discussing how they get paid for giving financial advice," Goettsch noted. There is no such thing as a free lunch – if your friends say they're financial advisor is "free," they don't understand the fees charged.
Likewise, most advisors will also disclose whether they operate under the "fiduciary" or "suitability" ethics designated for their profession.
Basically, fiduciaries pledge to first and foremost recommend investments in the best interest of the client, rather than the best interest of the advisor. Other professionals follow the suitability standard, which means the investment product(s) recommended must be suitable for someone having circumstances similar to the client.
Whether advisors are fiduciaries or not can depend upon their certifications (check here).
Financial advisors can offer varying expertise and earn certifications for more than 110 professional designations. There are Certified Public Accountants (CPA), Certified Financial Planners (CFP®), Personal Financial Specialists (PFS), Accredited Asset Management Specialists (AAMS), Certified Retirement Financial Advisors (CRFA) and more. They all make money. And you have a right to know what it will cost you to use their services.
What experience do you have? Ask about number of clients served and work experience in investments, taxes, estates, insurance, and retirement planning.
What are your qualifications? Ask about areas of specialty, education, years in business, and certifications or licenses held.
What services do you offer? Financial planners usually are registered with state or federal agencies to be able to sell certain products. Some advisors do not sell products, only advice.
What is your approach to financial planning? You should make sure your view of risk meshes with the advisor's philosophy, and that your wishes will be executed satisfactorily.
Will you be the only person working with me? Another, perhaps younger, associate may actually have your account.
How will I pay for your services? It might be by fee-only, by commission on products, by fee and commission combined, by salary.
How much do you charge? It can be an hourly rate, flat fee, percentage of assets under management, or by commission on products sold. For commissions, ask the typical percentages charged for stocks, bonds, mutual funds, annuities, and insurance products.
Could anyone besides me benefit from your recommendation? In other words, is there an affiliation with a company whose products you offer me.
Have you even been disciplined for any unlawful or unethical actions?


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Somalia to announce plans for first oil licensing round in December
*Offshore oil platform.
Cape Town — Somalia will announce plans in December for its first ever oil and gas licensing round, its oil minister said on Tuesday, as the frontier market looks to attract new investment after decades of civil strife.
At least three mortar bombs were fired last month at Mogadishu's international airport, the latest attack in a wave of violence that has afflicted the Horn of Africa nation since clan warlords overthrew a dictator in 1991.
Today much of the fighting is between rival clans and an Islamist insurgency, with Al Qaeda-aligned Al Shabaab, which is seeking to topple the U.N.-backed government, launching attacks in Mogadishu and across the country.
The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources said the minister will announce in December when it plans to launch the bid process in 2020.
"We are presenting up to 15 blocks," Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed told Reuters on the sidelines of an African oil and gas conference in Cape Town.
He said seismic data commissioned for the government was encouraging and indicated that the 15 blocks could contain around 30 billion barrels of oil.
Ahmed emphasised the new blocks were far from the maritime boundary with Kenya that is currently the subject of a dispute at the International Court of Justice.
He added that international naval blockades had almost totally eradicated offshore piracy at the former hotspot for maritime hijackings.
"Somalia was known before for piracy, terrorists, unrest and all that, but the federal government of Somalia is doing its best to stabilise the country," Ahmed said.
"For the past decade or so there has not been one casualty of piracy, so offshore is safe to invest."
He said new oil and gas investments should create more jobs, help prevent young people turning to crime and spread peace in the country.
"Somalia has a roadmap we can follow after we produce oil, so there will be no (resource) curse here in Somalia," he said, referring to a tendency among some resource-rich countries to suffer from economic stagnation.
Ahmed said the president was expected to sign into law new petroleum legislation, currently before parliament's upper house, before year-end.
This would help pave the way for ExxonMobil and Shell to return to the country where they held legacy blocks from the 1990s.
Last month the two companies paid $1.7 million owed to Somalia for leasing these offshore blocks, although operations there remain suspended.
"Once all the legislation is done we hope they will come back soon," Ahmed said.


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CRA's views on gifts of life insurance policies to qualified donees
September 01, 2017 | By: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Topics: What's New from the Charities Directorate of CRA, Canadian Charity Law, Planned Giving and Canadian Charities
The Canada Revenue Agency recently released its views on when the adjusted cost base of a life insurance policy may be used to determine the cost of a life insurance policy when a life insurance policy is gifted to a qualified donee.
CRA had the following comments to a question posed at the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (CLHIA) CRA Roundtable in May 2017.
PRINCIPAL ISSUES: Where subsection 248(35) applies to a gift of a life insurance policy, could subsection 248(36) apply to determine the "cost" of the policy for the purpose of applying the deemed fair market value rule in subsection 248(35)? -- 170518
LANGIND E
DOCNUM 2017-0692361C6
AUTHOR Johnstone, Alexander
DESCKEY 20
RATEKEY 2
REFDATE 170518
SUBJECT CLHIA 2017 Q4 - Gift of a life insurance policy
SECTION ITA 248(35), (36)
Please note that the following document, although believed to be correct at the time of issue, may not represent the current position of the CRA. Prenez note que ce document, bien qu'exact au moment émis, peut ne pas représenter la position actuelle de l'ARC.
PRINCIPAL ISSUES: Where subsection 248(35) applies to a gift of a life insurance policy, could subsection 248(36) apply to determine the "cost" of the policy for the purpose of applying the deemed fair market value rule in subsection 248(35)?
POSITION: Yes.
REASONS: Even though subsection 248(36) does not specifically refer to the adjusted cost basis (ACB) of an interest in a life insurance policy, it is our view that the ACB of an interest in a life insurance policy is generally a reasonable proxy for the "cost" of an interest in a life insurance policy for this purpose.
CLHIA CRA Roundtable – May 2017
Question 4 – Gift of a life insurance policy
Mr. A is the sole shareholder of ACo. In April 2016, Mr. A acquired a life insurance policy on his life with a $1 million death benefit. In May 2016, Mr. A transferred the life insurance policy to ACo for no proceeds. The policy at that time had an adjusted cost basis (ACB) and cash surrender value (CSV) of nil.
In January 2019, ACo continues to own the policy, which has a fair market value (FMV) of $100,000, with an ACB of $50,000 and CSV of nil. ACo now wishes to donate this policy to a registered charity.
Discussion of Tax Consequences
On the original transfer from Mr. A to ACo, subsection 148(7) deems Mr. A to have disposed of the policy for proceeds equal to the greatest of the FMV of the consideration given, the ACB of the policy and the CSV of the policy at the time of transfer. Since all these values are nil, Mr. A will be deemed to have nil proceeds (no taxable gain) and ACo will be deemed to have acquired the policy at a cost of nil at the time of transfer.
The subsequent gift of the policy from ACo to the registered charity is also a disposition to which subsection 148(7) applies. Under that subsection, the greatest of the three amounts referred to above is the ACB of the policy ($50,000) which will result in no taxable gain.
Since ACo acquired the policy within three years of making the gift, subparagraph 248(35)(b)(i) provides that the FMV of the policy for gift receipting purposes is deemed to be the lesser of the FMV of the policy otherwise determined ($100,000) and the ACB of the policy immediately before the gift ($50,000). However, subsection 248(36) also applies where there is a gift of property to which subparagraph 248(35)(b)(i) applies, and that property was acquired by a person or partnership who is not at arm's length with the taxpayer, during the relevant three-year period that ends when the gift was made. In this case, for purposes of subsection 248(35), the cost or in the case of capital property, the adjusted cost base, of the property to the taxpayer immediately before the gift is made is deemed to be equal to the lowest amount that is the cost, or in the case of capital property, the adjusted cost base to the taxpayer or any of those persons or partnerships immediately before the property was disposed of by that person or partnership.
Can the CRA please comment on whether subsection 248(36) would apply to the gift of the life insurance policy contemplated above (which would reduce the amount that could be receipted to nil), taking note that subsection 248(35) makes specific reference to the ACB of a life insurance policy under which the taxpayer is a policyholder, whereas subsection 248(36) contains no similar reference?
CRA Response
Subsection 248(35) provides a special rule for determining the FMV of a property that is the subject of a gift to a qualified donee. If certain conditions are met, subsection 248(35) provides that the FMV of the gifted property is deemed to be the lesser of its FMV otherwise determined and the cost or, in the case of capital property, the adjusted cost base, or in the case of a life insurance policy in respect of which the taxpayer is a policyholder, the ACB, of the property to the taxpayer immediately before the gift is made.
The Department of Finance Explanatory Notes for subsection 248(36) describe the subsection as applying in conjunction with subsection 248(35), to "look-back" to discern whether a gifted property to which subsection 248(35) applies was previously acquired by a person (or partnership) not dealing at arm's length with the taxpayer within a three-year (or a ten-year) period of the gift. Where applicable, subsection 248(36) generally provides that in applying subsection 248(35), the cost, or in the case of capital property, the adjusted cost base, of the property to the taxpayer is deemed to be equal to the lowest amount of the cost or the adjusted cost base, as the case may be, to the taxpayer or any such person or partnership.
Unlike subsection 248(35), subsection 248(36) does not specifically refer to the ACB of a life insurance policy. In fact, as originally proposed, neither subsections 248(35) nor (36) included a specific reference to the ACB of a life insurance policy. However, proposed subsection 248(35) was later amended to include such a reference before it was enacted.
Notwithstanding that proposed subsection 248(36) was not similarly amended, it remains our view that the ACB of an interest in a life insurance policy, as defined in subsection 148(9), is generally a reasonable proxy for the "cost" of an interest in a life insurance policy for purposes of subsection 248(36). (This position was stated by the CRA at the 2010 STEP CRA Roundtable in document 2010-036309 in relation to proposed subsections 248(35) and (36)).
In the above scenario, since ACo acquired the life insurance policy less than three years before it intends to donate the policy, the proposed gift would meet the condition in subparagraph 248(35)(b)(i) and be subject to the deemed FMV rule in subsection 248(35). In applying subsection 248(35), subsection 248(36) would need to be taken into account as ACo acquired the life insurance policy from a non-arm's length person within a three-year period of the gift. In our view, the cost of the gifted property to ACo under subsection 248(36) would be nil (the lowest amount that is the ACB of the policy to ACo or Mr. A). Then, in applying subsection 248(35), the deemed FMV of the policy would also be nil (the lesser of the FMV of the policy at the time of the gift and the deemed ACB as determined under subsection 248(36)).
Alex Johnstone
CRA Views 2017-0692361C6: CLHIA 2017 Q4 - Gift of a life insurance policy -- Section ITA 248(35), (36)
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How can the people around the outside of the compass tell that you have their best interests at heart? What actions and behaviors let them know you are there to serve?
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What progress did you make in living out your core values – personally and professionally? Would someone observing you from the outside be able to identify what's most important to you?
How did your leadership produce fruit? Whose life was blessed because you took the time to invest in him or her?


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El municipio de Des Moines (en inglés: Des Moines Township) es un municipio ubicado en el condado de Jasper en el estado estadounidense de Iowa. En el año 2010 tenía una población de 2212 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 16,91 personas por km².

Geografía
El municipio de Des Moines se encuentra ubicado en las coordenadas . Según la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, el municipio tiene una superficie total de 130.82 km², de la cual 130.75 km² corresponden a tierra firme y (0.05%) 0.06 km² es agua.

Demografía
Según el censo de 2010, había 2212 personas residiendo en el municipio de Des Moines. La densidad de población era de 16,91 hab./km². De los 2212 habitantes, el municipio de Des Moines estaba compuesto por el 96.84% blancos, el 0.41% eran afroamericanos, el 0.09% eran amerindios, el 0.9% eran asiáticos, el 0.05% eran isleños del Pacífico, el 0.68% eran de otras razas y el 1.04% pertenecían a dos o más razas. Del total de la población el 1.49% eran hispanos o latinos de cualquier raza.

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Municipios de Iowa
Localidades del condado de Jasper (Iowa)