The brand has also experienced continuous growth dating back to December 2009 while maintaining a 96% customer referral rating. New locations are also growing faster than ever, with recently launched locations hitting one million dollars of revenue in their first year. This growth contributed to the company's ranking on the Inc. 5000 list with companies such as Microsoft and Zappos. When partnering with our proven system and utilizing our tools and data, all you need to drive is success!
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Mall Talk: Lenox Square and Phipps Plaza thrive despite changes in buying habits
Sponsored by Capital One Shopping	 January 8, 2018
A rendering of the new development at Phipps Plaza.
The planned Phipps Plaza expansion is ushering in the "next generation" of malls by bringing a hotel, Robin Suggs, who manages its sister mall Lenox Square, said at a recent Buckhead Business Association breakfast.
Simon Property Group, which owns both malls, announced in November its plans to expand Phipps Plaza, located at 3500 Peachtree Road, with a Nobu hotel and restaurant, expansive fitness center and office tower. The expansion will be built where the current Belk store is located.
"When opportunity arises such as this where you can redevelop an anchor store, hotels have proven a very good investment," Suggs said.
Hotels work well with malls because they bring visitors into the mall ecosystem and they are more likely to spend more time at the mall, she said.
"You're bringing in the visitor and affording them the opportunity to spend as much time as the want in the shopping environment," Suggs said.
Belk will be demolished mid-2018 and the expansion will be opened in phases throughout 2020, she said. One of the city's fire stations is located near the Belk and will be relocated closer to the center of the mall, Suggs said.
The overall trend of increased residential properties and hotels in the Buckhead area also has helped draw traffic to the malls, Suggs said. Rates to rent space in both malls are among the top 10 percent in the country, she said.
Malls across the country are bringing in more entertainment venues, including restaurant and video arcade Dave & Buster's, concert venues and movie theaters to compliment the retail section, Suggs said. Phipps plans to join this trend by adding a raised stage in a planned outdoor common area that will be built during the expansion, Suggs said.
"The trend in the shopping center business is to develop and experiential opportunity — a reason for you to come to the mall and spend time with us," she said. "It's the wave of what's to come."
The stage is planned to be used to host concerts during the lunch hour or after business hours and for business events, she said.
Despite the decrease in malls' popularity and the fact that several have closed across the country in recent years, Suggs said both Lenox Square and Phipps Plaza are performing well. She said she still believes people prefer to buy things at physical locations.
"The majority of people want to see it, want to feel it, want to try it on and be around other people," she said.
Even retailers that first existed only online are beginning to move into malls, including Amazon, which has opened a kiosk in Lenox Square, Suggs said.
In response to a question about how this expansion may cause an increase in traffic, especially in Wieuca Road and Phipps Boulevard intersection, Suggs said several initiatives are in the works.
Suggs works closely on these projects through her positions with the Buckhead Community Improvement District and Livable Buckhead.
In addition to other traffic calming measures, a roundabout has been proposed for the Wieuca/Phipps intersection. It has been with some pushback from the community and may not ultimately be the chosen project.
"I'm not sure we'll finally land on the roundabout, but there are initiatives in place because everybody recognizes there is tremendous gridlock in that particular area," Suggs said.
The malls have just as much to lose as residents would if traffic worsens because increased gridlock could decrease visitors to the malls, Suggs said.
"If we are in gridlocked, we're all feeling the pain," she said.
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EU mobile roaming charges to be scrapped by June 2017
Wednesday, July 1st 2015 by Ellen Branagh
Mobile roaming charges in Europe will be scrapped by June 2017, it has been announced.
A deal reached yesterday means mobile users will pay the same prices for calls, texts and mobile data when travelling in the EU as they do at home.
Announcing the changes, the commission said a series of technical conditions will have to be met, but yesterday's agreement with the European Council and European Parliament will see roaming charges cease to exist in the EU as of 15 June 2017.
Before then, roaming charges will also become cheaper from April 2016, with operators restricted to surcharges up to €0.05 per minute for calls, €0.02 per text message, and €0.05 per MB of data.
The restrictions make roaming 75% cheaper than current roaming caps for calls and data, the commission said.
Earlier this year, Cable.co.uk reported that a survey by Worldsim found that more than half of Britons don't use their phone or tablet outside the UK because of fears of roaming charges.
Yesterday's deal also includes an agreement on 'net neutrality' – the principle that all internet data and traffic should be treated equally.
Enshrining the principle of net neutrality into EU law for the first time, it requires internet traffic to be treated equally and means that users cannot be blocked or slowed down.
'Essential for consumers'
Exceptions include when it is in the public interest, such as security reasons or to fight child pornography.
The agreement also allows providers to offer 'specialised services of higher quality', such as internet TV and 'new innovative applications', as long as they are not supplied at the 'expense of the quality of the open internet'.
The changes will be completed by an "ambitious overhaul" of EU telecoms rules which is part of the European Commission's plans for a Digital Single Market.
Welcoming the agreement, Andrus Ansip, commission vice-president for the Digital Single Market, said: "Europeans have been calling and waiting for the end of roaming charges as well as for net neutrality rules. They have been heard.
"We still have a lot of work ahead of us to create a Digital Single Market.
"Our plans to make it happen were fully endorsed by heads of state and government last week, and we should move faster than ever on this."
Günther Oettinger, commissioner for the digital economy and society, also welcomed the agreement, saying the end of roaming charges and the establishment of "pragmatic" net neutrality rules are "essential for consumers and businesses in today's European digital economy and society".
In October, former European digital commissioner Neelie Kroes told Cable.co.uk that European telecoms reforms, including those around net neutrality and roaming charges, were a "balanced proposal" and hoped they would soon become law.
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All Aboard Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway at Disney's Hollywood Studios
You hear that train whistle? Engineer Goofy is inviting you aboard Runnamuck Railroad for a magical experience in Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway!
This fun, family-friendly adventure opened earlier this year inside Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World Resort – marking the first ride-through attraction in Disney history featuring Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. In this new "Ride & Learn" video, step inside the park's Chinese Theatre and into Mickey and Minnie's cartoon world. With Goofy at the controls, what could possibly go wrong?
During your journey, you'll learn some fun facts and special details about this groundbreaking attraction. After the first time I rode Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway, I immediately wanted to get right back on again – there's just so much to see. Now we can all take a virtual ride as many times as we want! What will you discover on your next trip through Runnamuck Park? (Hint: Keep an eye out for Pluto …)
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Q: Create a stream that combines items from parallel arrays I am looking to create a stream that holds objects that I instantiate within that stream. I'm very new to streams so I'm not sure how to take an object with multiple array parameters and instantiate objects in a stream based on these arrays.
Here is a nested class I'm trying to instantiate:
    public static class Stats{
        public final double time;
        public final double pace;
        public final double rating;
        public final double height;

        //this is a nested class that contains
        //latitude and longitude double fields
        public final LatLon position;

        public Stats(double time, double pace, double rating, double height, LatLon position) {
            super();
            this.time= time;
            this.pace= pace;
            this.rating= rating;
            this.height= height;
            this.position= position;
        }

        //getters and setters

Here is the main class where I'd like to instantiate and stream the objects within the "tripStats" method:
public class Trip{
//These arrays will be created via a JSON file
    public final double[] time;
    public final double[] pace;
    public final double[] rating;
    public final double[] height;
    public final LatLng[] position;

public Stream<Stats> tripStats(){
//I'm not sure if I should create a stream of streams or use the
//array instance variables to begin constructing this stream.

//I'm trying to create Stats objects here using this stream
return Stream.of(time, pace, rating, height, position)
    .map(value -> {
     Stats stats = new Stats(???);
     return stats;});

}

A: You can use an IntStream of indexes and map them to their respective arguments:
public Stream<Stats> tripStats() {
    return IntStream.range(0, time.length)    // assumes they're all the same length
            .mapToObj(i -> new Stats(time[i], pace[i], rating[i], height[i], position[i]));
}

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Kirk Cameron's 'Monumental' Issues
Actor defends his comments to CNN about gays while talking up his new documentary.
Andrew Thompson| March 26, 2012
Kirk Cameron, 41, is far from his days as TV teenage heartthrob Mike Seaver in Growing Pains. But he has not left the media world behind, nor has he been idle. Cameron starred in several of the Left Behind movies, and more recently in the Christian film Fireproof. He is also co-host (with Ray Comfort) of the TV-and-radio ministry The Way of the Master, and is the father—with his wife of 21 years, Chelsey Noble—of six kids.
Busy guy. But not too busy to make a new documentary—or to make the news, as he did recently with his comments about homosexuality on CNN.
Cameron's new documentary, Monumental, traces America's founding back to the Pilgrims. It releases Tuesday (March 27) as a "live event" in more than 550 U.S. theaters, and due to demand, more screenings being lined up for the weekend.
Cameron came under fire for comments in an interview with Piers Morgan on CNN, where he defended traditional marriage and said homosexuality was "unnatural" and "destructive" to society. Cameron has since clarified his views on the Today Show, saying he's not a bully and that he loves "all people."
CT spoke with Cameron about the release of Monumental, the history (and current state) of America, and the firestorm surrounding his comments on CNN.
What got you started on the Monumental project?
I approached this film not as an actor or a politician, but just as a dad with six children. The world they're growing up in is rapidly changing, and it's heading in a direction that is not good. Financially, we're $16 trillion in debt. Morally, spiritually we're spiraling downward. We're in the vortex and we're about to get flushed down the drain. I turn on the news and say, "What can we do about this?"
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Photos of alleged white fifth-gen iPod touch part emerge
Saturday, August 27, 2011, 06:58 pm PT (09:58 pm ET)
A parts supplier has acquired white-colored parts purportedly for a fifth-generation iPod touch, providing further evidence that Apple is moving forward with a white version of the media player.
iFixDirect (via Technobuffalo) claims to have obtained a white front cover for a next-generation iPod touch. Other than the color difference, the alleged part does not show any major changes to the device.
In July, AppleInsider was first to report that Apple was planning a white version of its popular digital media player. Concord Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claimed the iPod touch would sport few, if any, distinguishable changes from the fourth-generation black models.
Kuo suggested that the iPod touch would not receive a "spec update" this year because Apple is prioritizing supplies of the A5 processor and other components for the iPhone and iPad. Supply and manufacturing constraints have left the Cupertino, Calif., company struggling to keep up with demand for the iPhone 4 and iPad 2.
Also complicating the matter is the fact that the company has pushed the release of the next-generation iPhone past the usual summer timeframe. As such, the arrival of the iPhone 5 this fall will likely overshadow any iPod touch release. Additionally, Apple is reportedly stockpiling supplies for its next handset in anticipation of pent up demand.
Apple last updated the iPod touch in September 2010, adding a Retina Display, front- and rear-facing cameras and the A4 processor.
Evidence in Apple's own iOS betas also appears to suggest that an iPod touch update is not viewed internally as completely new generation. Recent beta releases of the software contain references to an "iPod 4,2," implying that the new device will be based on the fourth-generation iPod touch architecture.
A white iPod touch would fall in-line with Apple's recent strategy of adding a white version of its iOS devices to generate renewed interest. Last year, Apple announced a white version of the iPhone 4, but was forced to delay the product after encountering manufacturing issues. 10 months after the black iPhone 4 was released, Apple finally began selling the white model.
The white iPhone 4 has been extremely popular in China. In May, a fight at an Apple Store in Beijing over the white iPhone 4 and the iPad 2 caused a broken glass door and several injuries.
Apple also introduced a white version of the iPad when it launched the second generation of its tablet in March. The company appeared to have resolved any manufacturing or paint issues with, as, unlike the iPhone 4, the white model shipped alongside the black iPad 2 from day one.
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Xiang Wang
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Orrick China IP team featured in a documentary film
Due to its success in patent disputes in both litigation and arbitration involving foreign companies in China, recently the Orrick China IP team was exclusively featured in a documentary film "Patent Wars" by the China Central Television (CCTV).
Dr. Xiang Wang is the Co-Chair of Orrick's Global Advisory Board, Partner in Charge for Asia and the head of China IP practice, splitting his time between three offices: Shanghai, New York and Beijing, where he is the Managing Partner.
Xiang has extensive experience in assisting local and foreign-based multinational companies with all aspects of their IP rights in the U.S., China and Asia, including IP litigation and arbitration, patent, copyright and trademark infringements, Section 337 U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) investigations, patent office proceedings including inter partes reviews (IPR), IP due diligence and portfolio counseling, industrial espionage, trade secrets misappropriation, mass torts and product liability, securities litigation, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), technology export control, the Alien Tort Statute (ATCA) and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) investigations and compliance. These matters have implicated a vast array of technologies, from software and electronics to renewable energy and medical devices as well as agricultural and building materials, to name just a few. Xiang also works extensively on cybersecurity & data privacy issues for both Chinese and international clients.
Xiang is a Guiding Expert of the China Overseas IP Dispute Response & Guidance Center. Xiang has been particularly active in Chinese state-owned enterprises related U.S. litigation. Clients turn to his strategic and innovative advice thanks to the in-depth understanding of their business needs and political risks, and appreciate that he "understood the environment in the China legal system and can give nuanced advice".
Xiang has developed the region's premier IP practice based on his reputation as one of the few IP lawyers who has a doctorate in electrical and computer engineering, a Chinese Certificate of Laws and admission to practice law in New York, Indiana and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Due to its success in patent disputes in the U.S. and China, involving both foreign and Chinese companies, Orrick IP team was exclusively featured in a documentary film "Patent Wars" by the China Central Television (CCTV).
Xiang is highly regarded for his practical legal advice that results from more than 10 years of experience at medical and electronic device businesses before becoming a lawyer. He also has received four U.S. medical-technology patents in his name.
Xiang has served as the managing director of Asian services for a U.S. medical technology consulting firm; a senior consultant and member of the Scientific Advisory Board of a U.S. medical device manufacturer; the executive director of R&D for a U.S. medical device manufacturer; the director of medical research for the department of surgery of a major U.S. hospital; a software engineer and system analyst for two major U.S. medical device manufacturers and a biomedical engineer for the Sino-Japanese Friendship Hospital in Beijing.
Xiang is well recognized for his commitment to help guide the development and advancement of IP laws, regulations and cross-border relationships that affect companies doing business in the U.S. and China. He served as vice chair of the Intellectual Property Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai and as counsel for the R&D-based Pharmaceutical Association in China. Xiang also served as an adjunct professor of electrical and biomedical engineering at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and he currently serves as Member of Executive Advisory Council at School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, Drexel University.
In addition to being admitted in New York, Xiang was also admitted in Indiana (currently non-practicing).
Successfully defended Advanced Technology & Materials and four co-respondents in a trade secrets misappropriation investigation before the US ITC, terminating the investigation at the close of fact discovery, without any concession or settlement agreement.
Successfully defended China National Building Materials Group in a US$1.5 billion class action lawsuit filed in the US for alleged defective drywall building materials.
Defended Sinopec to dismiss a US$5.17 billion plus treble and punitive damages false imprisonment, misappropriation of property and RICO lawsuit in the U.S., a very complex and significant case which received a lot of attention from the press.
Successfully assisted China Institute of Atomic Energy in defending a product liability lawsuit filed in the U.S.
Successfully defended Microsoft in a series of patent infringement lawsuits brought by a Chinese patent troll for alleged infringement of certain Chinese patents by certain Microsoft products.
Continue assisting multinational corporations such as Micron, Applied Materials, Schlumberger, Canon, Panasonic and more in IP related matters in China.
Successfully assisted TPK Touch Solutions in its worldwide patent portfolio creation, prosecution and management as well as defending in a series of "bet the company" patent invalidation petitions before the China Patent Reexamination Board.
Successfully helped defend and obtain good outcome for key executives of Beijing DaBeiNong Technology Group in an industrial espionage case in the United States District Court of Southern District of Iowa.
Successfully defended Sinopec Lubricant in a TCPA lawsuit in the United States District Court of Northern District of Illinois.
Successfully defended Johnson Electric in a wrongful death product liability lawsuit in the Los Angeles Superior Court.
Successfully defended Baidu against a patent troll in the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Successfully defended Haier and Hisense against patent trolls in the United States district courts.
Successfully represented Liugong Heavy Machinery in a trade dress dispute against a U.S. competitor.
Successfully defended BOE Technology Group in a patent troll infringement case in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Successfully helped defend multiple Chinese respondents before the U.S. ITC 337 Investigations, laying ground for their future U.S. operations.
Assisted numerous multinational corporations including but not limited to Microsoft, CLS Bank and Baidu to handle their data privacy and protection issues, as well as cybersecurity related hacking and data breach issues.
Prosecution, enforcement and technology transfer/licensing arrangements for substantial patent and trademark portfolios for companies doing business in China.
Office actions, oppositions, patent invalidation proceedings and reexaminations, anti-counterfeiting, anti-piracy efforts, and patent and trademark enforcement litigation, both in the U.S. and China.
Technology transfer and OEM contracts, joint ventures and strategic partnerships for R&D and manufacturing.
Employment contracts, policies and best practices, labor disputes and preventive measures thereof.
Representing board directors or companies in connection with investigation by Audit Committee of U.S.-listed Chinese companies and other matters of investigation, including securities class action litigation in the United States District Court, and investigations or proceedings that may be initiated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Department of Justice (DOJ).
Assisting social media companies on censorship issues, data privacy and protection as well as cloud computing in China.
Representing media and entertainment multinational corporations in their legal, regulatory and business issues including film, TV programs, electronic games, Internet activities, theme parks, publication and related products in China.
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"Global Leader" for China Foreign Firm, IAM, 2020
Ranked one of China's top 100 Foreign Firm Lawyers on The A-List of China Business Law Journal, 2019
"China Top 15 IP Lawyers", Asian Legal Business, 2018
"IP Lawyer of the Year", The Asian Lawyer's Asia Legal Awards, 2017
"Leading Individual" for Intellectual Property in China, Chambers Asia (2010-2020) and Chambers Global (2013-2019)
"China IP Star", Managing Intellectual Property, 2014-2019
"Leading Individual" for China IP, The Asia Pacific Legal 500 , 2014-2019
"Highly Recommended Practitioner" forChina Patent Litigation, IAM Patent 1000, 2019
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"Leading Individual" for Life Sciences in China, Chambers Asia, 2010-2011
New York State Bar Association
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ICC International Court of Arbitration
Xiang frequently speaks at international seminars and conferences about how to protect intellectual property, including disputes in patent, trademark, industrial espionage and trade secret as well as product liability litigation in the United States and China.
Xiang has been interviewed by numerous newspapers and news media on cross-border IP issues, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Bloomberg, International Herald Tribune, Financial Times, Law360, The American Lawyer, Globe Law & Business, TechNode, Asian Legal Business, ChinaDaily, China Central Television (CCTV programs "Dialogue", "China Insight" and "Crossover" on U.S. securities litigation, documentary film "Patent Wars" and "Digital Rights"), China Radio International, China Business Law Journal, Chinese Lawyer, people.com.cn, Caixin Media, Chicago Herald, Managing Intellectual Property, Asia IP, CFO Innovations and Swedish Broadcasting Corporation.
Xiang is the author or co-author of more than 60 books and journal articles, including recent articles on China's new regulatory requirements for medical devices and pharmaceuticals and how to protect intellectual property while doing business in China and the United States.
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Orrick's Xiang Wang Named Asia IP Lawyer of the Year
February.23.2017
Xiang Wang was selected as Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year at the Asian Lawyer Legal Awards, Asia's premier celebration of the legal elite.


And by dance move, I of course mean "tectonic shift in creative management affixed to a phrase that happens to sound like it could be a dance move in a universe where things like layoffs and sadness don't exist." Given recent events, however, I imagine that actually adding a dance animation titled "The Internal Shakeup" to The Secret World would elicit a chorus of "too soons" powerful enough to wake the dead just so they could add, "Yeah guys, that's sort of not-cool" before returning to their grim slumber. Anyway! Longest Journey mastermind Ragnar Tornquist is stepping down from his role as senior producer and slipping into some striking new creative director pants, while Joel Bylos is moving up from lead content designer to game director. Join me in reading way too far into it after the break.
First up, here are some words from Ragnar, who further explained how he'll be involved in his gargantuan baby's development going forward.
Meanwhile, Funcom noted that Secret World's Issue #3 update is in the process of being "wrapped up," and Issue #4 – which includes the Adam-approved New York raid – is already deep in development. Hopefully, that means no more Issue #2-style slips, but time will tell.
As for the changes themselves, I'm not entirely sure how to feel. I mean, world design and writing are easily the stars of Secret World's show, so I'm happy to hear that Ragnar will get to give them his full attention. But it also sounds like he's stepping back in terms of overall involvement, and – in conjunction with press release statements about a "bold, new future" – it's hard not to read this as a reaction to less-than-optimal responses to the game as it is now. Then again, some aspects of TSW – combat, for instance – could use a bit of freshening up, so it's certainly possible that this is a change for the better. And of course, F2P stands as an eventual possibility. That'd also probably require some design revamps.
At this point, it's tough to tell exactly what's on the horizon. If nothing else, though, The Secret World has one. That, in my opinion, is excellent news.
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Marc-Kevin Peter Goellner (born 22 September 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. He won two singles titles, achieved a Bronze medal in doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics and attained a career-high singles ranking of World No. 26 in April 1994. Goellner reached the quarterfinals of the 1997 Rome Masters, defeating top tenners Richard Krajicek and Albert Costa en route.

Personal life
The son of a German diplomat, Goellner lived in Rio de Janeiro, Tel Aviv & Sydney as a youngster before moving to Germany in 1986. The surname of his Family is Göllner, but since most languages don´t use Umlaut (linguistics), the brazil authorities wrote Goellner in his birth certificate.

Tennis career
In 1990, he suffered two torn ligaments in his left foot, which almost ended his tennis career before it had begun. He turned professional in 1991.

1993 provided some of the most significant highlights of Goellner's career. He captured his first top-level singles title at Nice, defeating Ivan Lendl in the final. He also won his first tour doubles title in Rotterdam, partnering David Prinosil. Goellner and Prinosil were also the men's doubles runners-up at the French Open that year. And Goellner was a member of the German team which won the 1993 Davis Cup, winning important singles rubbers in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.

In 1996, Goellner won a second top-level singles title at Marbella. He represented Germany at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the first round of the singles competition by Sweden's Thomas Enqvist, and won a Bronze Medal in the doubles competition at Stone Mountain Park, partnering Prinosil.

During his career, Goellner won a total of two top-level singles titles and four tour doubles titles. His career-high rankings were World No. 26 in singles (in 1994), and World No. 25 in doubles (in 1998). His best singles performance at a Grand Slam event came at the French Open in 1993, where he reached the fourth round before losing to Andrei Medvedev. His career prize money earnings totalled US$2,700,215. He was one of the first players to wear baseball caps reversed. Goellner retired from the professional tour in 2004.

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Doubles: 15 (4 titles, 11 runner-up)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Singles: 5 (3–2)

Doubles: 6 (3–3)

Performance timelines

Singles

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German male tennis players
German people of Brazilian descent
Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic tennis players of Germany
Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
1970 births
Living people
Olympic medalists in tennis
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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Today, Melissa joined her colleagues in announcing a new legislative action that will reduce the unjust deportations of immigrant families due to the federal Secure Communities program. Building on legislation sponsored by Melissa which became law last year, the two new pieces of legislation that will be introduced this month will limit the city's ability to hand over immigrants who pose no threat to public safety for deportation proceedings. Melissa is the lead sponsor of one of the two new bills, which should receive a hearing within the first quarter of 2013. The other bill is sponsored by Speaker Christine Quinn.
Because of the current Secure Communities program in NYC, once an immigrant encounters the criminal justice system, they are at automatic risk of deportation. Under the current system, regardless of immigration status, age, criminal record or the accused crime, immigrants can be detained and deported – constantly living in fear. With this proposed legislation, the city would only be able to honor a detainer request from the federal Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) if the person poses a threat to our city or has serious criminal charges pending. It would specifically ensure that immigrant youth and individuals that only have old or very minor convictions, or convictions directly related to their immigration status like driving without a license, are not funneled into the deportation system.
This legislation will surely serve as a model for other municipalities throughout the U.S. as we await for comprehensive immigration reform at the federal level. We will keep you all updated on this piece of legislation.
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Q: Put values in the same column I have a problem when I try to put values in a column,
this is my code:
        scelta.put(Codice.DATI_NOME_DIETA, "Scarsdale");
        scelta.put(Codice.DATI_NOME_DIETA, "Dieta Atkins");
        scelta.put(Codice.DATI_NOME_DIETA, "Dieta dissociata");
        scelta.put(Codice.DATI_NOME_DIETA, "Weight Watchers");
        scelta.put(Codice.DATI_NOME_DIETA, "Dieta Zona");
        scelta.put(Codice.DATI_NOME_DIETA, "La dieta Dukan");
        scelta.put(Codice.DATI_NOME_DIETA, "Cronodieta");

        db.insert(Codice.TABLE_SCELTA, null, scelta);

But when I print the table I see only the last value "Cronodieta" and not all the values.

A: @Slaiv206
See you are setting up different value on a same key name, so each time the value you written will be Overwritten. So use like below
String[] DATI_NOMES = {"Scarsdale","Dieta Atkins","Dieta dissociata",...,"Cronodieta"}

for(int i=0; i < DATI_NOMES.length;i++){

 scelta.put(Codice.DATI_NOME_DIETA, DATI_NOMES[i]);
 db.insert(Codice.TABLE_SCELTA, null, scelta);

}

A: You can make a loop in your activity and then calls the database insert function to add values :
String[] s = {"a", "b",....};
for(int i=0; i<s.length;i++){
db.insert(s[i]);
}

Try it.

A: How would I do it:
String[] values =
    "Scarsdale,Dieta Atkins,Dieta dissociata,Weight Watchers,Dieta Zona,La dieta Dukan,Cronodieta".split(",");

for(String value : values)
{
    scelta.put(Codice.DATI_NOME_DIETA, value);
    db.insert(Codice.TABLE_SCELTA, null, scelta);
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Luna Diva Fest's Randi Driscoll, Lisa Sanders, Eve Selis and Veronica May on elevating music and divas
Bright side of the moon: Singer-songwriters (clockwise from top left) Eve Selis, Lisa Sanders and Veronica May will perform solo sets and together with Randi Driscoll (not pictured) at Sunday's Luna Diva Fest at Heritage Ranch in Encinitas.
(Photo by Eduardo Contreras/San Diego Union-Tribune)
By George Varga
Award-winning San Diego singer-songwriters Eve Selis, Lisa Sanders, Veronica May and Randi Driscoll are banding together to give divas a good name.
Their all-ages Luna Diva Fest Sunday at Heritage Ranch in Encinitas is designed to celebrate unity and grown-up girl power in a way the Spice Girls never could.
"I think a diva is a strong, confident woman who lives in an open-hearted space and is comfortable in her own skin," Selis said.
May and Sanders, seated next to her, both nodded.
"There's the notion," May interjected, "that a diva is ...
"Bitchy and closed off," Selis said, "and everything is their way or the highway!"
"Yeah," Sanders agreed. "People think divas are fussy and that nothing anyone else does is good enough. Whereas with this concert ..."
"We'll show people," Selis said, "that we're stronger together, every day, when we come together in a positive light. And that is the best definition of being a diva."
Sunday's open-air Luna Diva Fest will feature individual and joint performances by the four featured artists. The house band will be led by San Diego music mainstay Jeff Berkley. The repertoire will alternate between original numbers and classic songs about the moon by other artists. The concert is timed to take place as a full moon rises.
May, Sanders and Selis sat down recently for a joint interview in the airy living room of May's North Park home, where their answers were frequently punctuated by their laughter. Driscoll spoke by phone from Nashville, where she moved less than two months ago. All four were asked to answer the same questions.
Longtime San Diego singer-songwriter Randi Driscoll will be flying in from her new home in Nashville to perform at Sunday's Luna Diva Fest.
(David Brooks/Union-Tribune)
What was the first song you ever wrote, and what was it about?
May: " 'Nothing Short of a Miracle.' It's about Jesus. I wanted to be a nun when I was younger and wanted to join the convent when I was a 17. My mom said: 'You need to get an education first.' So I went to to college and became a lesbian!"
Sanders: "I plagiarized some music, because I was 8, and changed the lyrics to 'Greensleeves' to something like: 'I love you, mom and dad'."
Selis: "It was 'Laugh and People Will Laugh With You.' I was probably 10 and wrote it with my sisters as a gift for our father for his birthday. We actually went into a studio and recorded it for a 45 (single). It went: Sing and people will sing with you / Live and people will live with you / Ahhhh... "
Driscoll: "I think the first was a love song to my then probably 8-year-old boyfriend. I still have the paper I wrote it on somewhere. It's called something like 'When Love Fills the Air' or 'Love's in the Air'."
What was the most recent song you ever wrote, and what was it about?
May: "That's hilarious. Because it's called 'Small Town' and it's about the fact I didn't know I was gay when I grew up in a small farm town, Byers, in Colorado, which is a wonderful town."
Sanders: "I'm still working on it. It's called 'Home' and I co-wrote it with Thom and Coley Shepherd, a married couple from Austin that I met in Idaho."
Selis: " 'End of the Story,' which was something someone said to me when I was in one of the darkest places in my life. She said: 'You don't know the end of the story,' and it gave me a lot of hope. I just finished it."
Driscoll: "It's about rising from the ashes, feeling reborn and getting back in touch with yourself again — being broken, but not out of the game yet, and coming back even stronger. I don't have a name for it yet."
Luna Divas perform "Fly Me To The Moon"
What are some of the songs you are doing at Luna Diva?
May: One of my own, 'There is Hope.' And we're all doing a 'moon song,' and mine is 'Fly Me to the Moon.'
Sanders: " 'Crazy Talk,' which is mine, and 'Harvest Moon' by Neil Young. He moves me. I used to lay in my room and put my Neil Young and Cat Stevens songs on."
Selis: "My song, 'Fearless," and 'Whole of the Moon' by The Waterboys."
Driscoll: I'm doing 'Man in the Moon' by R.E.M. And, with the girls, I'll sing 'What Matters,' which I wrote 20 years ago about unconditional love. I particularly like to sing it with Lisa, Veronica and Eve because they are all phenomenal singer-songwriters and were all like-minded artists. Doing it with four-part harmonies with them and singing about love feels really good."
Finish this sentence: A day without music would be ...
May: "Boring!"
Sanders: "Really boring!"
Selis: "Really, really boring!"
Driscoll: "Really, really, really boring!"
What was your worst-ever day job?
May: "Taco Bell, because (laughs) it was really tempting to be around fast food at the time! And, maybe, because of getting minimum wage and having to wear pants that were too tight for me!"
Sanders: "Selling portraits, door to door. You'd go in houses and try and talk people into getting photos of their families and try to get them to buy a package deal. … I did that for two weeks and that was two weeks too long. I met lovely people and they really liked me. They had me go through my whole spiel, and then they'd say: 'We don't want it!' I discovered I couldn't close — I wasn't a sales person."
Selis: "Teaching trampoline aerobics. I had the friggin' 6 a.m session and I'm not a morning person. I'd say to everyone: 'Thank you for showing up. I'm going to make this hurt!' Then I'd put on (Michael Jackson's) 'Beat It.' We each used a small, individual trampoline, and — when you bounced on it — it had an extra beat! I also had to sell gym memberships, and I sucked at it."
Driscoll: "My grandmother in New Jersey got me a summer job as an office assistant to an 'accountant.' What he really did was spend most of his days betting on horses. Since his office was a (betting) front, he made me copy names and phone numbers out of the Yellow Pages because he was going to mail them (things). I also got his lunch. I made maybe $5 an hour."
What is a diva to you, and what is the most diva like thing you have ever done?
May: "A diva to me is a woman who stands in her power. The way I do that is I'm on the board of Girls Rock Camp San Diego, a camp to empower girls through music. We also do a Women's Rock Camp. And I'm a mental health advocate."
Sanders: "I discovered that a diva for me is me knowing exactly who I am and really getting in touch with that. To be able to stand in my own skin, on stage, and not care what people might think. I'm working like that."
Selis: "It's very empowering when you decide to make the most loving choice for yourself. Even if it will hurt someone else, in the long run it will be the best choice for everyone."
Driscoll: "I think of a diva as an artist who is generally female, but not necessarily, and who really encompasses the idea of empowerment and strength through their artistry. A diva has power behind them, whether vocal power, musical power or standing true to what you do. And that's true of all the women doing the Luna Diva Festival."
John and Patty's House Concerts present Luna Diva Fest
With: Randi Driscoll, Veronica May, Lisa Sanders and Eve Selis, with Jeff Berkley
When: 5 p.m. Sunday
Where: Heritage Ranch, 450 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas
Tickets: $30 (general admission), $60 (reserved VIP seats)
Online: johnpattyshouseconcerts.simpletix.com/
george.varga@sduniontribune.com
Twitter @georgevarga
George Varga
Veteran San Diego Union-Tribune pop music critic George Varga began drumming in rock bands at 12 and writing professionally about music at 15. A Louisiana native who grew up mostly in Germany, Varga has earned three Pulitzer Prize nominations for his writing at the U-T and is a voting member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In addition to providing live coverage of the Grammy Awards and festivals from Coachella and KAABOO to the 1994 edition of Woodstock, he has interviewed everyone from Ray Charles, Miles Davis and Britney Spears to Willie Nelson, Kanye West and Bruno Mars. A double first-prize winner at the 2018 Society of Professional Journalists awards, Varga is also a contributing writer for Jazz Times magazine and has written for Billboard, Spin and other publications. After attending San Diego City College and San Diego State University, he created and taught the 2002 UC San Diego Extension course, "Jazz in a Post-Ken-Burns World." Varga lives with his wife in North Park.
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Their Creche Play & Learn for under 5's is Ofsted registered that allows you to use the facilities with the knowledge your children are well-cared for. You can leave your child for up to 2 hours.
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We wanted to share with you the beautiful video our friend Christopher Moore made for us. Isn't it just amazing?? Many of you had a chance to see it during our Kickstarter campaign. It now has a more permanent home on our About Us page.


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Few New and Amazing Updates about PlayStation 4
November 27, 2019 June 5, 2013 by Atul Kumar Pandey
Rejoice, all you video game lovers, as the most awaited PlayStation 4 is about to be launched. The users can now experience something bigger, faster and more innovative that was never before possible. The creators have unleashed their imaginations and inventive minds to develop this cutting-edge experience for all video gamers.
The release date is not yet mentioned, but Sony had posted a YouTube video hinting, that it would be revealed at E3, world's premier trade show at Los Angeles Convention Center, on 10th June.
Sony CEO Kaz Hirai told some of the reporters at a digital Conference that PS4 is a great video game console that would appeal to many video gamers. If compared with Xbox One, PlayStation 4 can be considered as more powerful. Though it is pretty early to judge whether it's better than Xbox One or not.
Well in that case, even Nintendo's Wii U can be considered as a competition. Nintendo has mostly relied on its original games unlike Sony and Microsoft. Microsoft has anyways not given much significant details about Xbox One, so we don't have much information to compare the two.
PlayStation 4 is powered by single chip custom processor and low power x86-64 AMD "Jaguar" 8 cores. It also features 1.84 TFLOPS and AMD Radeon graphics engine. This new gaming console will contain memory of 8GB GDDR5 RAM which will allow bandwidth speed of 176 GB/sec.
One of its best external feature is the Dual Shock 4 controller which includes touchpad and a light bar that would allow a separate camera to track the movement of a player in 3D for motion sensing games.
The PlayStation 4 eye is the newly developed camera system that is equipped with wide angle lenses and 85 degree diagonal angle views. By logging in through facial recognition and voice and body movements allows to play games more intuitively.
PlayStation 4 also lays a great emphasis on cloud computing so that the players can have access to games as well as other content like TV shows and online marketing etc. The share button on the controller allows one to share the gameplay videos and pictures.
One can easily stream the live game through Upstream, can record, edit and upload videos on Facebook. Now one can also enjoy the high-fidelity sound effects and also chat with online friends via built-in mono speaker and headset jack.
The new design gives comfort whereas the improved analog sticks and buttons offers better precision. The enhanced vibration provide intense vibration motors. PS4 uses a new designed operating system that is very different from the previous PlayStation console but looks similar to that of Xbox 360.
The main reasons why the video gamers must purchase PlayStation 4 is because of its greater hardware, specs and features, its new controllers, the added social feature, the ability to play their saved games with the help of PlayStation Vita.
There has already been many speculations regarding its price, some say that it could be anything from $400-$500. But unless it's launched we cannot be sure about it.
We would be able to share the experience once its launched, till then we can only hope that it's the best than the rest. Here's something for the PlayStation users, if you have problems in troubleshooting or have any queries about the product, for assistance you can always contact the PlayStation helpline. To know more about the PlayStation games and online games, you can join the PlayStation forum and be the part of any discussions.
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It has been a relatively quiet budgeting season for the Shelter Island School District, settling on a $11.3 million spending plan for the next school year and maintaining all programs while avoiding going above the state-mandated tax levy cap.
Given the reality that cost increases are inevitable, we are confident that administrators and Board of Education members demonstrated a responsible approach to this budget.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals are now set to play a third time this season as the two teams will meet in one of the two AFC Wild Card games next weekend in Cincinnati.
The Steelers made the playoffs Sunday as the No. 6 seed in the AFC thanks to their win over the Cleveland Browns and the Buffalo Bills beating the New York Jets. Even though the Bengals closed out their 2015 regular season Sunday with a win over the Baltimore Ravens, they will enter the postseason as the No. 3 seed thanks to the Denver Broncos beating the San Diego Chargers Sunday evening.
The Steelers lost to the Bengals 16-10 back in Week 8 but split the season series with them by beating them 33-20 in Cincinnati back in Week 14 in game that was filled with penalties and subsequent fines.
The Bengals will more than likely have to start A.J. McCarron at quarterback against the Steelers next weekend being as starter Andy Dalton is still trying to recover from a fractured thumb that he suffered early in the second game against the Steelers.
The Steelers, however, might be without starting running back DeAngelo Williams for the Bengals game as he was knocked out of Sundays game against the Browns with a right ankle injury.


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ROAD TEST: Mitsubishi Outlander, functional but not fancy
Mitsubishi Outlander.
by Paul and Ali Gover
12th Mar 2018 7:18 AM
There has never been a better time to buy a Mitsubishi Outlander. It's not the newest model on the SUV scene, or the most sophisticated, but a $27,990 drive-away starting price makes a lot of sense for anyone buying on a tight budget. Even the seven-seater model comes in below $30,000 with the current run-out deals.
THE PICK-UP
ALI: This seems to be built for families who just want a car to be a car. It's not fancy but it's functional. Is that fair?
PAUL: You're spot-on. It's hardly new, in fact quite old - but a basic front-wheel drive with constantly variable transmission, at well under $30,000 for a 2017 model, is more than good enough for some people.
ALI: The outside doesn't appeal to me, sorry to say. It's a little vanilla and I'm wondering if there anything new with this car?
Mitsubishi Outlander: Paul — "It's hardly new but more than good enough for some." Ali — "Built for families who want a car to be a car."
PAUL: If you want new then you have to move to the smaller Eclipse Cross but that's an extra $3000.
ALI: So what is the bottom line?
PAUL: Well, it's got a five-year warranty, four years of roadside assist and capped-price servicing for three years.
ALI: Now it's making sense.
THE BAGGAGE
ALI: I'm liking the leather steering wheel but the plastic trim is a bit cheap.
PAUL: It would take just a quick test drive in one of its rivals to put the Outlander into focus. You have to pay more for a Hyundai Tucson but you can see and feel the difference. That's without going to a Mazda CX-5 at the top end.
ALI: It has Bluetooth but I find the connectivity a little trying and I needed to yell for people to hear me. Oddly, the only speaker for the phone was in the left-front door, so I could barely hear anyone. Surely I am not that deaf yet.
Outlander cabin: Leather meets plastic.
PAUL: It's another sign that Mitsubishi is struggling to keep the Outlander competitive.
THE COMMUTE
ALI: It's a tad snoozy when you select eco mode but it gets going if you put your foot down. So I found the performance fine.
PAUL: Yes, it's not a new-generation turbo but the 2.4-litre petrol engine works fine. I think your frustration comes from the CVT, which takes a while to wind up.
ALI: So that's it.
PAUL: I was more annoyed by the steering, which frustrated me with the lane departure tech pushing against me at times. But it's part of an impressive safety package on the Outlander ES.
THE SHOPPING
ALI: This car has a bit of the "tractor factor", so it's a little harder to turn nose-in into some tighter parking bays. The rear camera is not huge but clear enough.
PAUL: It's got a huge boot but that's no surprise when the Outlander can also be ordered with seven seats.
ALI: I wondered about that. It is pretty roomy in the back.
Ali and Paul: Outlander's boot is huge and seating is comfortable for long trips.
ELI: It's easy to get my bike into.
SUNDAY RUN
ALI: The Outlander is comfortable enough for longer trips, though it lacks some power heading up steeper terrain.
PAUL: The performance is fine for me but nothing special in the class.
ALI: I was a bit surprised that satnav wasn't included in our model.
ALI: The boot is huge and there is plenty of space in the back seat.
ELI: It's really comfy for me.
ALI: But why are there still third-row cupholders without the third row of seats? I think that's a bit cheap.
TICK OR NO TICK
ALI: It might seem I don't like this car but it's a good buy. I give it the Tick for value.
PAUL: It's outdated and only selling on price. No Tick.
MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER ES AUTO
PRICE From $34,990 drive-away (Great deals currently)
2017 Mitsubishi Outlander. For Geelong Advertiser
SERVICE 5 years/100,00km, $840 for 3 years (Should run for the full 5 years)
ENGINE 2.4-litre 4-cyl, 124kW/220Nm (Can be snoozy)
SAFETY 5 stars, 7 airbags, radar cruise, auto high-beam, lane departure warning (Good package for the price)
ECONOMY 7.2L/100km (Thirsty on hills or loaded)
SPARE Full-size (Good)
LUGGAGE 477L/1608L (Huge with third row down)
Mitsubishi's SUV that is like a sharp city suit
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Fringe on top: class contributes to downtown placemaking project
Dec. 5, 2019 -- A class project brought color to the sky above Wichita — and helped one student land a job.
WSU student relives history through King Kung Fu documentary
Nov. 26, 2019 -- Nathan Light, a senior studying video production at WSU, spent his summer creating a documentary over the slapstick comedy film, King Kung Fu. The filming process taught Nathan the ins and outs of video production, editing and seeing his vision come to life.
WSU creates new School of Digital Arts
Nov. 20, 2019 -- Two years after the successful launch of Wichita State University's Bachelor of Applied Arts (BAA) in Media Arts program, the university has created the new School of Digital Arts.
WSU Opera Theater to present the North American premiere of Holocaust opera
Nov. 8, 2019 -- The Wichita State Opera Theater and the WSU Symphony Wind Ensemble will present the North American premiere of "The Path to Heaven" later this month. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17, in Miller Concert Hall, Duerksen Fine Arts Center.
Callista Owens receives aid from the WSU Foundation
Oct. 21, 2019 -Callista Owens, a junior majoring in violin performance and music education, received financial support from a generous donor which allowed her to continue her education at WSU.
Faculty award winner expresses creativity with guitar and jazz
Sept. 19, 2019 - William Flynn, assistant professor of guitar at Wichita State, recently won the Excellence in Creative Activity Award, which recognizes faculty members who have established an exemplary record of creative activity that has brought recognition to the university.
Students can win $35,000 in Army UAV competition
Sept. 12, 2019 -- The FirePoint Innovations Center at Wichita State University is hosting its first-ever FirePoint C3 Challenge, inviting university students from around the U.S. to submit their best designs for the Army's future unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) intended for next-generation combat and defense.
Mural is a wish fulfilled for Honors student
Aug. 28, 2019 -- Wichita State student Sarah Myose had the winning entry in a competition to paint a mural on the Clinton Hall stairs. Their inspiration came from their time teaching children to paint dandelions.


As central bankers meet at the annual IMF-World Bank summit in Bali on October 12, one issue high on the agenda will be addressing losses from natural disasters.
According to Indonesian finance minister Mulyani Indrawati the meeting will discuss Indonesia's recent experiences with natural disasters, including on the islands of Lombok and Sulawesi, which were recently hit by multiple earthquakes and a devastating tsunami.
Indrawati said on YouTube this week it will be one of the important events at the conference. The minister said the event could lead to disaster-prone countries trading ideas to find solutions to disaster management and financing.
Thousands have been killed and hundreds of homes have been destroyed in Indonesia so far this year as a result of natural disasters; the country sits on the notorious ring of fire.


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Carlos Rodríguez Mateo (born July 25, 1965) is a Puerto Rican politician, former mayor of Salinas and current senator. Rodríguez is affiliated with the New Progressive Party (PNP) and served as mayor from 2005 to 2013. Started his college career University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. In 1984, obtained a bachelor's degree in natural sciences with a concentration in biology. Four years later culminated his doctorate in medicine from Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) in the Dominican Republic. In 1993, he completed a master's degree in public health in the area of medical sciences at the University of Puerto Rico.

He was major of the municipality of Salinas from 2005 to 2013, and was elected as a Senator in 2016. During this term he served as the president of the Government Commission.

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July 4th weekend is here and I for one am very much excited about the celebration that our local community is planning. We will be having a field day for the kids during the day accompanied by BBQ and a neighboring town will be having a Blues concert throughout the weekend. Of course there will also be fireworks throughout the night, what would the fourth of July be without the fireworks. Unfortunately there is one essential element that is usually missing on this occasion, the Declaration of Independence. On the event of July 4th in 1776 not only was this declaration signed by our founders but it was read aloud in Philadelphia thus informing the people of the core principles and values which guided our American ancestors in making the difficult decision and sacrifice that they chose to make with respect to their relationship with Great Britain. For me the fourth of July ought to be a teachable and reflective moment on these values especially in light of our current social reality.
With that in mind I would like to offer this reflection on the values of this nation from the consistent values of the Christian/Catholic faith (since my American identity is colored by my own Catholic perspective). This year I would like to reflect on the issue that Pope Benedict XVI calls us to reflect upon during his 2011 World Day of Peace message, the belief and support of religious liberty and expression. It is good to consider this particular concern especially during this occasion since it is an expressed value of our nation.
The Declaration of Independence, which was authored by Thomas Jefferson, is very much a theological statement even though its sets the values for a secular society. It is a theological statement in so far as it recognizes its values and inalienable rights as self-evident truths that are "endowed by their Creator". Furthermore it recognizes a supreme equality that again is derived from the "Laws of Nature and of Nature's God". For us who are Catholics this statement is particularly meaningful since it attributes natural law as the force behind these divine principles. From these statements the founders extrapolated the concept of religious liberty and they eventually incorporated it within the legal framework of the U.S. Constitution.
Reflecting on his social concerns for 2011 Pope Benedict XVI raises this issue on a global scale. He shares his concern for the development of religious fundamentalism and secularism. Vatican II set out this defense of religious liberty in the document Dignitatis Humanae and in this recent message Benedict asserted his support for this principle which as you can see follows the language of our own American founders.
This being the July 4th weekend let us reflect on the historical episode where our founders wrestled with this very question with great consideration for the purpose of defending religious liberty. The Constitutional debates of 1788 considered this issue but not so much with regards to its protection under the first article of the Bill of Rights. Instead they were concerned with the language of Article VI of the Constitution which stated that "no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any office of public Trust under the United States". Two concerns were recorded with regards to this clause: that "Pagans, Deists and Mahometans might obtain offices among us", and that "the Pope of Rome might be elected President". These concerns were addressed by a Federalist delegate from North Carolina named James Iredell.
But it is objected, that the people of America may perhaps chuse Representatives who have no religion at all, and that Pagans and Mahometans may be admitted into offices. But how is it possible to exclude any set of men, without taking away that principle of religious freedom which we ourselves so warmely contend for? This is the foundation on which persecution has been raised on every part of the world. The people in power were always in the right, and every body else wrong. If you admit the least difference, the door to persecution is opened.
As we celebrate the birth of our nation let us reflect on the concerns that our founders had in making sure that religious liberty would be the law of the land. Let us also value the universal truth that transcends all religious institutions and allow ourselves to value the truth that we all speak from the goodness of our own religious tradition.
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Wonderful refurbished apartment with seaviews in the trendy district of El Cabanyal! It is located in one of the best streets of El Cabanyal, only a few meters away from the beach! The apartment is surrounded by all services and amenities, in addition to having a good communication with the rest of the city of Valencia, either by tram or with the many bus lines nearby. This wonderful 82 sqm apartment is located on the 5th floor of a building with an elevator. Each floor has only one flat. The apartment has 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, separate kitchen and a large living room with incredible sea views. It also has ducted air conditioning (hot/cold).


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Administrative services only plan (ASO) is an arrangement where the company funds its own employee benefit plan and hires an outside firm to provide administrative services. A company can hire an insurance company or third party administrator (TPA) to evaluate and process claims. In this arrangement the company is responsible to pay its own claims.
ASO plans offer more flexibility to the employer however one needs a knowledgeable insurance broker to act on the company's behalf. ASO plans are complex and require additional administration by the employer.
There are many TPAs offering third party administrative services. Your company need to tread carefully before signing a contract without professional guidance and advice. TPA's often have contracts that restrict the employer's flexibility and levy additional administrative fees without the employer's consent. Assuris provided protection on the company's deposits to TPAs in the event of insolvency.
In ASO plans after twenty a four month period if the deposits in the company's administrative only plan is not used it is forfeited. The forfeited contributions are not refunded back to the employer. The forfeit rule is legislated by CRA. There are a number of different options available to the employer not to forfeit their deposits. A Stone-Hedge Financial Group Inc. insurance broker can act on the employer's behalf providing guidance and advice to implement the most suitable solution.
Not all benefits are suitable to be self-insured by ASO plans, they include prescription drugs, short and long term disability, critical illness, life insurance and travel insurance. In addition even if the employer reinsures expenses such as drugs above a certain limit, once an employee requires medication for a chronic long term medical condition the employer is liable to pay for these expenses on a long term basis.
The biggest benefit is that the premiums belong to the employer and any unused portion can be used by the employer to pay for eligible expenses as they arise. The other benefit is the employer can offer a broader range of eligible benefits not covered by traditional health care plans.
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I quickened my pace, keeping Coco one-step behind. I was the alpha dog I knew where we were headed. The pier! I announced excited by the warm spring temperature. I took my best friend's advice and moved my office outside.
I wanted to. I needed to. The dark solace of the jazz club had become a burden with holes being poked into my solitude. It was a public space, after all. What could I expect? Making deals with my partner had turned into an adventure in fortitude. Was I winning?
I took my bearings with my faithful pup at my side. First, we stepped into the dog run. With no balls to play with and forgetting hers, we left and returned to walking, searching for a spot to park.
The winds picked up. My hair and earbuds tangled into a braid. I couldn't see. The sun was warm and delightful. I pressed on. We found a bench and sat down. Whew.
I opened my notebook. The pages flapped in the wind, signaling an emergency. But what?
For an unknown reason, I opened my wallet only to drop it and have business cards and money fly from my reach. I caught all the little papers about to take off into the river.
I sat at the picnic table and looked around. It was a beautiful day. I wanted to stay. But there was no way I could concentrate and write a short story, much less sketch.
So, Coco and I walked home, through the sun and blustery wind, grateful for our beautiful spring day.
You should have seen the papers flying everywhere!


The Groove King built for Kirk Fletcher's recent UK tour was inspired by the AC30 and a 60's Super Reverb, both favourites of Kirks' and interestingly the starting points for the Custom 36 and Custom 44. This time the four-voice reverb is mixed in with the dry signal just before the phase splitter and there is a cathode follower stage driving the tone stack. The NFB (negative feedback) switch on the rear panel allows the amp to be set so the power amp breakup is more immediate providing maximum cleanliness. Of course this can be turned off to give a more progressive breakup. Add to the mix the Variable Headroom and Master Volume controls a huge variety of both clean and dirty tones and different breakup responses can be dialled in.