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Pentair 2nd Quarter Revenues, Operating Income Rise 50%, EPS Up 14% to $.75; Turnaround Strategies for Tools and Equipment Businesses Proceed on Track
MINNEAPOLIS, July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Pentair, Inc. (NYSE: PNR) reported today that earnings per share (EPS) for the second quarter of 2000 totaled $.75, a 14 percent increase from 1999 second quarter of $.66 and in-line with new guidance the company gave to securities analysts and investors on July 11.
Both revenues and operating income showed more than 50 percent improvements in the second quarter as market fundamentals remain strong across all of the company's businesses. For the three months ended July 1, 2000, net sales totaled $781.9 million, versus $507.2 million in the year-earlier quarter, while operating income totaled $77.6 million, versus $51.6 million. Free cash flow in the second quarter was $132 million.
For the six months ended July 1, 2000, revenues reached $1,494.2 million, up 53 percent from the first half of 1999, and pre-charge operating income totaled $152.4 million, a 55 percent gain from prior-year levels. Pre-charge EPS for the first half of 2000 was $1.45, a 14 percent improvement from the first six months a year earlier.
"Excellent results by our Water and Enclosures groups partially offset the lower-than-expected performance of the Tools and Equipment groups. We still have work to do as we revitalize the tools and equipment businesses, but we have identified the problems that caused the operating shortfall," said Randall Hogan, president and chief operating officer. "We are taking immediate remedial actions. Market demand for our tools and equipment products remains good, and we see a continuation of core growth even as we proceed in the implementation of aggressive actions to return the businesses to their traditional high levels of performance."
Hogan said the company had put into effect a number of measures designed to return Pentair's tools and equipment businesses to their previous standard of operating performance. These include strengthening leadership, tightening controls, and reducing costs, particularly in distribution, selling, and materials.
During the second quarter, Pentair reorganized the tools businesses into a Tools Group (Porter-Cable/Delta, DeVilbiss Air Power) and an Equipment Group (Century, Lincoln Automotive, and the Lincoln Industrial operation that was transferred from the Water Technologies Group). Hogan said the new alignment allows management to better focus on opportunities and issues unique to each of the segments.
The company's Water Technologies Group revenues increased 110 percent and operating income gained 136 percent in the second quarter of 2000, with strong performances recorded in the pump, water storage, and pool and spa sectors of the business, both in North America and abroad. In the Enclosures Group, revenues grew 22 percent and operating income improved by 71 percent (all organic growth), with steady gains reported by Hoffman, improved results from Schroff and the European businesses, and significant achievement by the electronic enclosures units, including significant new contracts from Lucent, Motorola, and other leading technology companies. Second quarter margins improved in both the Water Technologies and Enclosures groups.
Second-quarter revenues grew 80 percent in the new Tools Group while operating income gained 3 percent, in spite of the start-up difficulties at the company's new distribution center in Tennessee and a longer than expected recovery in generator orders following the substantial sales demand generated by the Y2K situation. Other adverse factors identified in the analysis of the Tool Group's second quarter results included special pricing and promotional programs, and raw material costs. Equipment segment revenues and operating income declined, with the group's performance affected by delays in closing a manufacturing plant, difficulties related to sourcing of product from Asia, and inefficiencies associated with the consolidation of Century and Lincoln Automotive.
"The actions taken to turn around our underperforming tools and equipment businesses are proceeding with intensity. Steady improvement will be reflected in the company's operating results in the ensuing quarters," Winslow H. Buxton, chairman and chief executive officer, said. "The situation will be resolved in 2001 as Pentair returns to its traditionally strong growth pattern in revenues, operating income, and EPS. In addition to our improved tools and equipment performance, we are focused on continuing to improve our cash flow which will contribute to our results in 2001."
In commenting on results for the second quarter of 2000, Pentair's Chief Financial Officer Dave Harrison, noted that the company's efforts to better manage working capital showed a substantial reduction of $86 million from the first quarter of 2000. Harrison said: "The progress in working capital in the second quarter gives greater assurance in meeting our free cash flow target of $150 million for the year."
Pentair (www.pentair.com) is a diversified manufacturer operating in tools, equipment, water technologies, and enclosures markets. The company employs 14,000 people in more than 50 locations around the world.
Any statements made about the company's anticipated financial results are forward-looking statements subject to risks and uncertainties such as those described in the company's Annual Report on Form 10K for the year ended December 31, 1999. Actual results could differ materially from anticipated results.
PENTAIR, INC.
Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)
Three Months Ended          Six Months Ended
July 1       June 26       July 1       June 26
In thousands, except
per-share data         2000          1999         2000          1999
Net sales             $781,886      $507,225   $1,494,164      $977,718
Cost of goods sold     554,500       347,215    1,048,572       667,874
Gross profit           227,386       160,010      445,592       309,844
Selling, general
and administrative    140,912       102,323      274,280       199,679
development             8,869         6,062       18,865        12,102
Restructuring charge       --            --           200        38,000
Operating income        77,605        51,625      152,247        60,063
Net interest expense    20,005         7,082       40,410        11,992
Income before
income taxes           57,600        44,543      111,837        48,071
Income taxes            21,041        16,258       41,379        17,546
Net income             $36,559       $28,285      $70,458       $30,525
Earnings per
common share
Basic                  $0.75         $0.67        $1.45         $0.72
Diluted                $0.75         $0.66        $1.45         $0.71
Weighted average common
Basic                 48,516        42,642       48,485        42,433
Diluted               48,741        43,038       48,658        43,056
Financial Information By Reportable Business Segment (Unaudited)
Six        Second        First
Months       Quarter      Quarter          Year
In thousands              2000          2000         2000          1999
Tools                 $505,748      $269,053     $236,695      $852,869
Equipment              139,623        67,406       72,217       308,954
Water                  481,607       255,627      225,980       572,259
Enclosures             367,186       189,800      177,386       633,671
Other                       --            --           --            --
Consolidated        $1,494,164      $781,886     $712,278    $2,367,753
Operating Income (Loss) Before Restructuring Charge
Tools                  $39,904       $16,032      $23,872      $106,987
Equipment                1,857         (776)        2,633        27,555
Water                   72,196        41,448       30,748        73,362
Enclosures              47,901        24,692       23,209        63,089
Other                  (9,411)       (3,791)      (5,620)      (18,662)
Consolidated          $152,447       $77,605      $74,842      $252,331
as a Percent of Net Sales
Tools                     7.9%          6.0%        10.1%         12.5%
Equipment                 1.3%        (1.2%)         3.6%          8.9%
Water                    15.0%         16.2%        13.6%         12.8%
Enclosures               13.0%         13.0%        13.1%         10.0%
Consolidated             10.2%          9.9%        10.5%         10.7%
Restructuring Charge (Income) Expense
Tools                 $(1,171)           $--     $(1,171)        $6,305
Equipment                2,668            --        2,668        14,952
Water                       --            --           --            --
Enclosures             (1,297)            --      (1,297)        16,743
Consolidated              $200           $--         $200       $38,000
Operating Income (Loss) After Restructuring Charge
Equipment                (811)         (776)         (35)        12,603
Fourth        Third          Six       Second       First
Quarter      Quarter      Quarter      Quarter     Quarter
In thousands     1999         1999         1999         1999        1999
Tools       $344,125     $209,255     $299,489     $149,423    $150,066
Equipment     82,804       73,115      153,035       79,594      73,441
Water        185,824      160,865      225,570      121,937     103,633
Enclosures   172,364      161,683      299,624      156,271     143,353
Other             --           --           --           --          --
Consoli-
dated      $785,117     $604,918     $977,718     $507,225    $470,493
Tools        $47,859      $24,702      $34,426      $15,611     $18,815
Equipment      6,896        6,482       14,177        8,338       5,839
Water         21,602       20,113       31,647       17,595      14,052
Enclosures    19,885       16,406       26,798       14,405      12,393
Other        (4,626)        (5,051)     (8,985)      (4,324)     (4,661)
Consolidated $91,616      $62,652      $98,063      $51,625     $46,438
Tools         13.9%        11.8%        11.5%        10.4%       12.5%
Equipment      8.3%         8.9%         9.3%        10.5%        8.0%
Water         11.6%        12.5%        14.0%        14.4%       13.6%
Enclosures    11.5%        10.1%         8.9%         9.2%        8.6%
Consolidated  11.7%        10.4%        10.0%        10.2%        9.9%
Tools            $--          $--       $6,305          $--      $6,305
Equipment         --           --       14,952           --      14,952
Water             --           --           --           --          --
Enclosures        --           --       16,743           --      16,743
Consolidated     $--          $--      $38,000          $--     $38,000
Equipment      6,896        6,482         (775)       8,338      (9,113)
Enclosures    19,885       16,406       10,055       14,405      (4,350)
Consolidated $91,616      $62,652      $60,063      $51,625      $8,438
In the second quarter of 2000, we reorganized our management reporting structure into four segments, from the three segments reported in the first quarter of 2000. Prior period amounts have been restated for this change. In 1999, we recorded an initial restructuring charge of $38.0 million ($24.1 million after-tax) and in the first quarter of 2000 recorded an additional net restructuring charge of $0.2 million ($0.1 million after-tax). The status and progress of the projects implemented in 1999 were re-evaluated in the first quarter and a reduction for a change in the original estimate of $6.3 million was recorded. Three new related projects were determined as restructuring items and an additional $6.5 million charge was recorded.
Mark Cain, 612-486-2761, for Pentair, Inc.
SOURCE Pentair, Inc.
CONTACT: Mark Cain, 612-486-2761, for Pentair, Inc./


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Musicians In Tulsa Creating Music History - TLS Episode 70
Local, Live Music In Tulsa - T.L.S. Episode 70
Doug #14 - Start Time - 0:38:14
FrayTus #74 - Start Time - 1:9:43
Electric Dirt #83 - Start Time - 0:4:55
Bob #84 - Start Time - 1:44:8
Alright, hello everyone and welcome back to the Tulsa, Live Stream. My name is Gabe and I get be the host of the show. Thank you guys for joining us this evening we had a wonderful lineup for you ready we have two new musicians are never performed on the Tulsa life before to new acts, not just to musicians, and then we have two returning musicians. We have first step for you electric dirt who is not performed here yet, followed by Doug who is performed here many times and he is up to like 16 performances or something. Then after that we have Freda's, who is also returning musician and then to close out the show. We have another new musician by the name of Bob LB Bob and his head around here to close the show out for us. Yeah, go all right. So again everybody if you're not on the Tulsalivestream website go there now, that's where you can interact. You can hit heart symptoms during the performances and all show up on the screen and the musicians that are out here performing will be able to see those and a interact with you, I would like to give a quick shout out to all of the people who have donated all of our sponsors. We would be able to do this without your guises assistance and we wouldn't be able to provide Tulsa and the musician community here in Tulsa. This opportunity without your help. So thank you very much for that. Also, if you haven't checked out the musicians list page. You can hire musician. You can find out more information about all the musicians are performed on the show and we would really appreciate it if you guys would go there now. I think were up to about 80-85, 86 musicians now in the Tulsa live stream very happy to brought all of those musicians for you to you over the past year and couple months that we've been here and argues continue to increase. With all the musicians and all the sharing that you guys have done with the page to continue to do that. That is the whole reason were doing this is to provide the tolls area with toll's music history. Music is history. People who write music write about the things that are happening around them. So therefore, music is history. We really do appreciate everybody for their assistance. So at this time I like to call the electric dirt can open up the show for you guys this evening. Welcome to the show that's good you can just unplug it away override then you guys again so much for tuning in this evening. We've been noticing all the hearts and the fountains we really appreciate everybody for calling those out and given those to the performance will performers. While there live out here so that you guys again, thank you to all the musicians who came out here this evening and performed we would have a show without their support without their help. So thank you to all the musicians this evening show. We started out with was the first person, new person, right yeah electric dirt there ago found it electric dirt set started out the evening forest, followed by Doug Doug's been a performer again on the Tulsa live tree in many times we counted him tonight was his 18th performance. So congratulations Doug. Also we had Freda's day preview recorded something for us this evening and we performed that third and then just to close out the show. We had Bob, Bob and his head around here plaintiff some good old tunes very very excited to continue to bring you guys some Tulsa music and heart and soul here on the Tulsa lives in Morgan continue doing this for as long as we can. One way that you guys can help support us is through donations, advertising and sponsorships. If you're interested in any of those things. You can contact me or if you just feel like giving us a donation. There is a button on the Tulsa live tree and website that you can click on and we have various forms of acceptance for those donations so one big thing that those donations go to is making improvements to the studio as I'm sure you've noticed there are spacing limitations is what I would like to call them that we have here and we would like to remove those and I one way that we can do that is by expanding the studio here. We would like to have a bigger area so we can hold bigger bands and if you're interested in getting some more bands in here. Feel free to send them my way. You cannot share this post. Share the website out and I'll let all your musician friends know that are here or even around the Tulsa area. I think we've reached out all the way to Fayetteville, Arkansas, Kansas and some other areas where people are very closely related to Tulsa and that you know they they moved out from Tulsa or Reno. Tulsa's their hometown or something like that. We've had them join us here in the Tulsa live show me love to extend that invite to anybody that you guys would like to have on the show we have a small interview process that we take most musicians through really is just hi how are you who are you and what kind of music you play really not much more than that, but we do like to get them in the studio for a brief just get to know you session with the crew here. The Tulsa live tree and so that we can get them scheduled on the next show and we'd love to have anybody that you guys know of that might be interested in being on the show we take the good the bad the ugly. So feel free to send them my way. Would love to have mom show so anyway back includes tonight's episode of the Tulsalivestream. This is our 70th episode. We've been doing this for 70 weeks straight yeah fantastic I love it and I were going continue doing as long as we possibly can and were very happy to bring you guys Tulsa music every week starts at 8:30 PM. We go until well until we close down for the evening. We try and have about four acts for you available each week and organ continue on doing that will see you guys next week for another Tulsa live stream episode. Thank you guys for watching.

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Don't know what is happening here…have you seen it?
Don't think this is appropriate. Are you being hacked?
Thanks Memphis Vette…how is Memphis these days?
Some of my family are still there. Saw you were having bad weather again.
Stay safe…always enjoy seeing you on here.
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Kanye West Joins Katy Perry on Her New Single "E.T."
Katy Perry teased us with the artwork to her brand new single "E.T." last month and promised some surprise remixes. It looks like one of the surprises will is Kanye West. The fourth official single from Katy Perry's Teenage Dream will see Kanye West adding a verse to the song as well as making an appearance for the song's music video. We're guessing they must have mended whatever problem she had after the VMAs thing. The single is expected to impact radio as early as tomorrow.


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The biggest advantage, I think, of the VodaHost affiliate program, is that your web hosting is working round the clock for you. Also, you can have a look at the site visitor results and your earnings in real time from your affiliate home page. That way you can make out which banners are working best. The products that you will be promoting through this affiliate program from VodaHost are their own web hosting services as well as their free, in-house website builder BlueVoda.
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Inspiring Story of TagMango Startup: Nano Influencer's Marketplace
Nano Influencers are the future of marketing industry and this startup, TagMango, is ready to help all of them. Read the full startup story of this innovative company.
By Srishti Mudgal May 10 2021 10:08PM 2004 Read
Best Marketplace for Nano Influencers: TagMango Startup Story
Every day, a new wave of tech startups emerge in India and this Calcutta-based firm is making a name for itself in the Indian startup scene. The startup we're talking about is "TagMango," India's first nano-influencer marketplace that addresses some of the industry's most pressing issues by allowing brands to market their products through "Nano-influencers."
What is TagMango?
TagMango is a marketing and advertising technology that aids online promotions for influencers and brands. It specializes in marketing, digital marketing, advertisement, and influencer marketing, and it assists brands partner with individuals to run cost-effective online campaigns.
Nano-influencers are the newest entrants in the influencer marketing room, with fewer followers (500–1500) but a higher interaction rate and credibility with brand target customers.
Headquarters Mumbai
Founders Divyanshu Damani and Mohammad Hasan
Sector Adtech
Parent organization TagMango Pvt Ltd
Website Tagmango.com
Founders of TagMango
Mohammad Hasan and Divyanshu Damani founded TagMango to bring a whole new dimension to the digital marketing space for brands. Hasan was already a well-established entrepreneur with offices in India, the United Kingdom, and Kosovo when TagMango launched in January 2019. Divyanshu was a well-known keynote speaker at India's leading platforms and a social media influencer himself.
Mohammad Hasan and Divyanshu Damani founder TagMango
TagMango Initial Idea
Divyanshu began producing content at the end of 2017. He speaks on intimate, informative experiences with exceptional and fascinating people as a motivational speaker. He once decided to do a live show in Kolkata to establish his brand, for which he had to sell about 700 tickets.
He found about 100 people in Kolkata who each had about 5,000 followers on social media and offered them free tickets if they posted about his show on their accounts.
He and Hasan, who has a tech background and previously scaled a startup to three countries, then created the nano and micro-influencer network to link influencers with brands. The pair put up about Rs 30 lakh as startup capital.
Why TagMango?
Given the craze in India for celebrities/influencers, the TagMango team believes that there is a larger untapped market in India for the same. On the TagMango website, each influencer or celebrity is identified with their prices. The user will make a payment by clicking on their favourite influencer. Over the next seven days, he will receive a shoutout.
Note: TagMango charges a 25% fee.
Funding and investment
TagMango, a Mumbai-based creator monetization company, revealed not very long ago that it had raised Rs 5.5 crore ($750,000) in a seed funding round led by the following companies:
Kevin lin ( co-founder of Twitch)
Pioneer fund
XRM media
Angel investors from the USA and UAE.
TagMango - Revenue and Growth
TagMango partnered with over 100 brands, including Hershey's, Bounce, and Raw Pressery, as a nano-influencer marketplace. Before switching to the video shoutout format, it had partnered with over 80,000 influencers.
TagMango produced over $150,000 in gross merchandise value (GMV) and $37,000 in revenue in February 2020. To date, the startup has facilitated over 310 shoutouts since its pivot.
In the soft launch, TagMango on boarded over 3,000 organic developers. Around 50 developers have a million or more followers on social media, and 200 have over 100,000 followers on different platforms.
Lessons by the TagMango Founders
Look for a co-founder who is just as crazy as you. It is vital and also beneficial for any startup company to have a founding partner that matches the same level of enthusiasm and thought process.
Adapt and Grow You may have come across products that were initially ground-breaking but later proved to be failures due to their inability to adapt and develop. This is precisely why, in this opportunistic and ever-evolving industry, an entrepreneur must always be on his toes and constantly assess the need and viability of a product.
Failures are lessons Any entrepreneur faces a variety of obstacles throughout their startup journey. The challenges are never-ending, from finding the right team to raising funds. With challenges come failures; the best possible advice for someone who wants to start a business is to use those failures as lessons and come back stronger than ever.
Build a diverse and vast network The value of establishing a large and diverse network cannot be overstated. Regardless of our career choices, it is a habit that we can all cultivate. It gives us access to resources that we would not otherwise be able to find. Our network can provide us with insights into various fields, as well as information and suggestions about how to advance professionally.
Challenges faced by TagMango
The most difficult challenge we faced was attracting the right minds who share our passion, i.e., finding a committed and trustworthy team with a lot of enthusiasm.
TagMango Startup: Current Scene
They started in Kolkata and have since extended their user base to Mumbai, Delhi, and Bangalore.
They have also gained organic users in India's Tier 2 cities. They currently have over 20,000 nano-influencers and over 20 brands as clients for whom campaigns have been run.
Their clients include India's first unicorn, Inmobi, and India's first Facebook-funded startup, Meesho.
They have worked on ads for eccentric youth brands such as The Souled Store, Alma Mater, Aminia, Tea Junction, and other offbeat brands.
TagMango is a one-of-a-kind startup company, and their idea has a lot of potential. They are growing rapidly but also learning from their mistakes. It is not very difficult to assume that the company has a very bright future.
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LANSING, Mich– A computer system designed to shorten the wait at dozens of Secretary of State branches has been out of commission for nearly a month after officials purposely took it offline.
The MI-Time system that allowed people to remotely check into line at 43 branches across the state was disabled back on February 28th. According to the Secretary of State's office, the system was not accurately reflecting the wait time at those branches.
Now the company responsible for the software is working to recalibrate how wait times are calculated. They are using four undisclosed branches to allow the computer system to work out those changes. The Secretary of State's Office says if the issue is fixed, then the ability to check-in ahead of time will be restored to all 43 branches that previously offered the service.
The part of the system that allows people to set an appointment time is still functioning for the branches that participate in the program.
The effort to resolve the problem is part of Secretary Jocelyn Benson's campaign pledge to guarantee service within 30 minutes. She's visiting all 131 branches in Michigan to speak with staff about issues specific each location.
Is the computer system designed by the same company that messed up unemployment claims?
For goodness sake, fix the Ionia office!!!!!!!!!!! That one is the worst I have ever seen regarding wait times. Last Sept, all I needed to do was change my address. I went online to do it, but was told they couldn't mail my change of address label that affixes to the rear of the license, and to visit an office in person. I sat in the Ionia office for 45 minutes while exactly one person moved up in line. Frustrated, I got into my vehicle, drove from Ionia to Plainfield, (which was packed – lined up outside the building). Thankfully, Plainfield has the Express line, sort of a preliminary line. When I got to the front of the line, they changed my address, gave me the label, and registered me to vote in my new precinct. I drove back to Ionia, and just out of curiosity, stopped back in to Sec. of State to see how far the line had moved. I still would have had 12 people in front of me. This branch should just be shuttered, closed, locked up, and the workers sent home for not doing their jobs. I learned a rough lesson that day about my new community.


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New World opens Long Bay location and first BYO initiative
The latest New World has settled within Long Bay. Along with a full offering of original New World amenities, it will also be the first store in the North Island to offer a bring-your-own container option to help New Zealanders reduce their environmental footprint.
Foodstuffs announced its move to BYO containers early this month. New World Pak'n Save and Four-Square stores in the North Island will offer it from June 1. New World Long Bay launches the new policy slightly earlier on May 28.
Long Bay was chosen to start early to tie in with the opening, BYO containers have been trialled at select Foodstuffs locations, after a successful trial period the scheme will begin at the start of June.
The offering allows customers to bring and use their own clean, leak-proof containers in the serve-over sections of the butchery, seafood, delicatessen and bakery departments.
The BYO offering is only available at these departments at this point for two reasons: one, it means department employees can give the containers a onceover and make sure they are fit for purpose and most importantly clean, and two, employees can ensure the weight of the container is subtracted from the weight of the product being purchased.
The store is owned and operated by Marcus Te Brake, a second-generation Foodstuffs North Island owner and operator, who up until recently owned Four Square Coopers Beach and whose father owned the first PAK'nSAVE in Kaitaia for several years.
The new move comes alongside the plastic bag ban, which comes in to force July 1 and has already been adopted by a range of our supermarkets.
The new store is located in the Long Bay Village and will employee approximately 95 staff.


Students from years 6 to 10 can apply to go on a 12 day tour of the North Island of New Zealand.
This camp is based in Rotorua and takes in the spectacular geothermal plains of the central North Island of New Zealand. Students and accompanying parents will see geysers and boiling mud pools in a range of locations. We also take time to visit and share in the culture of the Maori people from the region.
Another popular aspect of the trip is the chance to take personal risks within the safety of the structured adventure tourism attractions. Students can challenge themselves to push their personal boundaries while luging down the side of a mountain, riding a mountain bike through the redwood forest, falling from 45 metres on the Swoop or being launched from a giant air cushion into the Wairoa River!
The camp aims to challenge students to develop their independence and extend their personal boundaries while taking part in a range of uniquely 'kiwi' experiences.
The next New Zealand Camp will depart in April 2016. It is planned that this camp runs every 2 years.


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Duke of Edinburgh is offered at Trinity Catholic College to students over the age of 14 (Year 9). The Award is a self-development program available to all young people. The Award is non-competitive and encourages young people to set and achieve goals at a level appropriate to their needs and aspirations.
This international award program has a focus on the development of personal skills, knowledge, and character, as well as challenging students to set and meet goals while forging qualities of strength, resolve and commitment. The program is run in over 140 countries and is available at Bronze, Silver and Gold levels. Each level has four sections for students to complete, including; Skill, Service, Physical Recreation and Adventurous journeys. Additionally, the Gold has a fifth section of a residential project.
The Duke of Edinburgh Award is entirely voluntary and is structured so that the participants can design their own unique program centred on their interests and passions.
It is an exciting self-development program available to young people, equipping them with life skills to make a difference to themselves, their community and the world.


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Law & Order in an Enterprise CMS's Content Structure: A 3-way Approach
A website's content structure (often referred to as a content tree) can be a tricky thing. For websites built on enterprise CMS platforms, the content manager now has double the work; they must ensure their customer base can easily navigate to the priority content while also considering what would be the most user-friendly way to manage all the data items in the back-end.
Think of the content tree as the spine of the content - the hub of all things, but often overlooked. A CMS content tree can, depending on the client and website's purpose, contain a large amount of data. Organizing how the content manager wants to work with the various aspects of their website at the very beginning of a project can save both time and money.
It's a given that the front-end organization is top of mind for the client. But it's not uncommon for the back-end organization of the content tree to be ignored at the front of the project. As a result, a CMS's content tree is often defined by the developer, possibly reviewed by a business analyst, tested by QA and then presented to the client as-is. But the configuration implemented without client input might not work well for the client. And when the client's content manager is brought in to provide feedback, it is usually at the last minute, when content needs to be added to the website before go-live. By that point it's too late to make substantial changes, so instead the content is bent and molded to fit an inefficient organizational structure. The result is that the compromised structure can cause the client's operation to slow down, creating frustration, followed by overall dissatisfaction with the CMS product the client has invested in.
At Sagepath, we avoid this scenario by including User Experience and Technical Architects in client stakeholder sessions. This is a great opportunity for the delivery team to learn the client's personality, style of operation and daily needs first-hand, all of which are already crucial in determining functional requirements. Having UX and technical experts lead a discovery session about the proposed content tree structure brings in valuable client input and helps to avoid the issues that come with inefficient structures. We ask these five key questions prior to development:
What is the organizational style for the website's current content management?
Are you happy with that style?
How often do you update content?
From what devices do you currently access it?
How many people will be managing the content?
If the client is happy with their current operations style, then it must be "carried over" into their CMS. If not, when the delivery team considers the structure of the new content tree, they need to reference the answers to the five questions above and weigh the following three aspects:
Is it possible to develop their ideal state?
Does it match the client's overall operation style and requirements, if any?
Is it user friendly?
Once those answers are determined and applied, the project will often move forward without any significant speed bumps toward the end. Certainly, including client input via stakeholder sessions is no longer an option—it's a must, delivering excellent returns in time, cost and frustration saved.
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The contest winners have been announced! Click here for the results.
In the 2015 art contest, students will draw how healthy school breakfast makes them feel – and what a difference it makes!
Three national winners will receive special prize packs, and their drawings will be published on the SNA website.
Entries are due March 31, 2015! Download the submission form here.
SNA is encouraging schools across the nation to hold local "Before & After School Breakfast" art contests. School Nutrition Professionals or other participating school officials can enter 3 overall winners per participating school to the national contest.
All entries by students must be made to a local competition (to be organized by and held in schools). Please note that the only way to enter this contest is through a participating school, students cannot enter the contest directly or through a parent.
On the official entry form, students should draw a picture how they feel before and after school breakfast on the official entry form – and should incorporate one healthy food item in their drawing.
To judge the national contest, a panel of judges will select one three national winners, based on pre-established criteria which will be published as part of the official contest rules.
The winners will receive a prize packs from SNA and their drawings will be published on the website.
Entries must be original, not plagiarized and not evocative of any existing commercial characters so as not to infringe any copyrights or trademarks.
Entries are due Monday, March 31st 2015.


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Julia earned her Doctorate of Physical Therapy (DPT) with honors from Columbia University, where she received the department awards for Excellence in Orthopedics, the Promising Future Alumni Award, and the Mary E. Callahan Award for leadership and skill in the profession. At Columbia, Julia received specialized training in orthopedics through their advanced track program. She also participated in research exploring exercise interventions of pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain leading her into an interest in pelvic floor specialization. Julia's career choice in physical therapy draws from a longstanding interest in holistic patient-centered health care from her personally designed undergraduate major from New York University (NYU), Culture and Philosophy of Healing, and techniques acquired through vocal training including Feldenkrais Method and Alexander Technique.
After completing her DPT at Columbia, Julia returned to NYU where she completed her Clinical Orthopedic Residency. During her residency, Julia worked at the Harkness Center for Dance Injuries and specialized in the rehabilitation of dancers of all styles, including work with professional groups such as Paul Taylor Dance Company, Wicked on Broadway, Ballet Hispanico, Alvin Ailey and more. Julia is preparing to receive the American Physical Therapy Association's (APTA) distinction of Orthopedic Clinical Specialist in 2019.
Julia has clinical experience in dance medicine, sports rehabilitation, and pelvic floor rehabilitation. At Harkness, she specifically worked in the area of pelvic floor dysfunction in dancers, which has since become one of her areas of particular interest. She has been trained in pelvic floor intervention through Herman & Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute, and pursued advanced manual therapy training through the Institute of Physical Art and her residency curriculum.
Julia is a member of the APTA and the Section on Women's Health (SOWH). She served on the Board of the SOWH Student Special Interest Group for the last 2 years, intends to continue her volunteer work with the section. Julia is also a member of the International Pelvic Pain Society (IPPS).
Read more here: http://www.beyondbasicsphysicaltherapy.com/about-us/our-expert-staff/Julia-Rosenthal


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#66 Can Authenticity Transform your Business? with Lydia Lee (@screwthecubicle)
Entrepreneurship, Inspiration, Podcasts
Contrarian - Why the Majority is Wrong (and what to do about it)
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#15 How to Outsource Effectively with Hassan Osman, Author of Influencing Virtual Teams
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#32 Learn How to Self-Publish and Market your Books with "Bruce the Book Guy" Jones
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One of the big things right now is Amazon and specifically, making money through self-publishing using Amazon's platform. Amazon has changed the game for millions of would-be authors, enabling them to realize their dream of publishing a book, and earn a nice living too. However, a lot of people are rushing to this "gold mine" but not doing as well as they'd hoped, or not earning any real money.
So I connected with a man who is doing quite well, publishing books on Amazon and turning it into a lucrative source of passive income.
Bruce has been developing products since 1990 and selling them online for nearly 20 years. He's self-published 32 books on Amazon, and just last year did more than $11,000 in sales through his Amazon publishing efforts. The books he's created range from clip-art maps to children's books to music books to non-fiction how-to books.
Since the 90's, Bruce has earned over a million dollars from a series of clip-art maps he created.
He is also a business graphic designer, software developer, musician and independent video producer. He's definitely a through-and-through creative type, and figured out a way to learn how to support himself from the art.
In this short-but-sweet podcast full of content, Bruce shares a bunch of juicy tips for self-publishing from:
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The entire process to self-publishing success, broken into 4 easy steps.
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) today announced plans to hold its third Grand Challenge competition on November 3, 2007. The DARPA Urban Challenge will feature autonomous ground vehicles executing simulated military supply missions safely and effectively in a mock urban area. Safe operation in traffic is essential to U.S. military plans to use autonomous ground vehicles to conduct important missions.
DARPA will award prizes for the top three autonomous ground vehicles that compete in a final event where they must safely complete a 60-mile urban area course in fewer than six hours. First prize is $2 million, second prize is $500,000 and third prize is $250,000. To succeed, vehicles must autonomously obey traffic laws while merging into moving traffic, navigating traffic circles, negotiating busy intersections and avoiding obstacles.
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2002 Annual Report for LS00-112
State: U.S. Virgin Islands
Donald Bailey
Univ of the Virgin Islands
Greenwater Tank Culture of Tilapia with the Effluent Used as a Source of Water and Nutrients for Terrestrial Crops
Construction of a circular 200 m3 tank was completed with the installation of a HDPE liner (30 mil) and central fiberglass cone for the collection of solids. The tank was stocked with 4,000 tilapia fingerlings in June 2003. The fish were fed daily with a floating pelleted feed. Water quality was maintained with acceptable levels of dissolved oxygen through aeration and acceptable levels of ammonia and nitrite by reducing feed input when water samples measured showed upwards trends. The fish were harvested in February 2003 and had a production rate of 14.4 kg/m3, 29 times higher than typical pond production rates.
Discover if greenwater tank culture production characteristics revealed in experimental units will be duplicated on a commercial scale.
Determine quality, quantity and value of terrestrial crops produced with greenwater sludge as a water and nutrient source.
Ascertain the economic viability and environmental sustainability of this integrated production technology.
Construction of the first fish culture tank was completed at the UVI site. This has taken several years as different material and methods of construction were evaluated and revised. The best materials and method of construction is now known. The tank was filled with both well water and acclimated greenwater from existing culture tanks. It was stocked with 4,000 62 gram male tilapia. They have been fed ad libitum twice daily and sludge taken once daily. (The fish were harvested on February 28, 2003. Final biomass was 2,879 kgs or 14.4 kgs/m3. This is 29 times higher than typical production from pond systems. Survival, 79%, was lower than expected due to bird predation. Better survival would have yielded even higher production values.)
The pH of the water was monitored daily and adjusted to 7.5 with the addition of calcium hydroxide as needed. Other water quality parameters (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate) were monitored weekly. Surface aerators (1 to 3) were installed to aerate the water. Initially one aerator was installed. As the fish grew and the biomass increased a second and then a third were added. The use of multiple aerators was used to reduce the amount of electricity required. One horizontally oriented aerator was used to circulate the water around the tank. The circulation concentrates solid waste into the center cone, from which it can then be removed. The circulation also enhances mixing of all the water in the tank, ensuring that there are no zones with low dissolved oxygen or concentrations of waste. The mixing and circulation of the water by the aerators created an environment where nitrifying bacteria, involved in the suspended growth processes of water quality management, was optimized.
Work continued on obtaining VI Department of Planning and Natural Resource Earth Change and construction permits on the property of two farmers. Azyaza Shabazz of St. Croix and Hugo Roller of St. John both remain committed to the installation of tanks at their farm sites. The HDPE tank liner material and the fiberglass cones are purchased and on hand for installation once the permits are issued.
The tank was stocked and operational during the annual "Aquaponics and Tilapia Aquaculture Short Course. Twenty-five students from the US, Europe, Middle East and Africa attended the class and learned about the "Greenwater Tank Culture" technology. The development of minimal discharge aquaculture systems is an important advance and is now being used with other species including shrimp.
The EPA will soon release the final version of "Effluent Limitations Guidelines and New Source Performance Standards for the Concentrated Aquatic Animal Production Point Source Category." Greenwater tank culture will fall within the limits because of the minimal discharge and the land application of the effluent to field vegetable crops.


This article gives necessary information to prepare the Jaipur special Fish curry recipe.
Fresh Fish fillet 200 gms.
Mixed Garlic and Ginger Paste: 2 tsp.
1. Cut the fish Fillet into small pieces.
2. Take a non stick pan and pour some oil and add the bay leaves and cloves then add the fish fillet pieces with that.
3. Fry fish Fillet pieces in to golden brown color.
4. Then remove the fish from the pan and add onion, red chili powder, Dhaniya powder, turmeric powder and add water as required then add salt, leave it to boil for 5 minutes.
5. After 5 minutes add the curd with the boiling spices then add the garlic and ginger paste.
6. Then add the fried fish pieces and leave it for 2 minutes.
7. Now the delicious Jaipur special fish curry is ready to taste.


Photography fans are taking to Instagram to share their 'best nine' pictures from the past year.
So how do you take part in this trend sweeping the site?
Here's a quick explainer on how to make a collage of your most liked posts.
And it's surprisingly easy to grab yours for sharing on Instagram or other sites too.
To make your own go to 2017bestnine.com on your phone and enter your Instagram user name.
It must be public profile and not locked to work - here's ours!
In a few minutes, the site will create a collage of the top nine photos you've posted throughout the year - although due to the site's popularity some people are being told to wait at least 10 minutes.
But once it's started processing, you can pop back later to grab your picture.
The site also tells you how many pictures you've posted on Instagram and the total amount of likes you've received this year too.
And don't forget to give us a follow while you're at it!


Litter Landing is a county owned and operated Material Recovery Facility (MRF) that operates on the donations of recyclable materials offered by those that participate in the recycling program. Collecting recyclable materials is essential for saving space in our sanitary landfill as well as protecting our natural resources. However, not everything can be recycled and there are limits on what can be processed. For other recycling collection facilities in Hancock County please see the Recycling Directory for more information.
Saturday from 8am to 6pm and Sunday 9am to 5pm.
The materials that are collected are processed on site and sold to vendors for further processing and manufacturing into new consumer products. Any materials that are not able to be processed must be disposed of at the Hancock County Sanitary Landfill.
Please Recycle Responsibly - keeping contaminates such as Plastic #4 (grocery bags) and Styrofoam out of our recovery facility which enables us to keep processing and disposal cost lower and provide more services.
Electronics are accepted at Litter Landing year round.
For court-assigned community service hours, please report directly to Litter Landing at 1720 E. Sandusky Street in Findlay to register and serve your hours. Your service hours will not count toward your court requirements without all the proper paperwork filled out by a staff-member at Litter Landing. You must be assigned from a Hancock County appropriate agency (ex: Municipal Courts, Probation, Diversion, W.E.P.) and be 18 years old to do community service at Litter Landing.


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Russian or Ukrainian Homestays in Ogultsy, Ukraine
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Type of Programme
One-to-one, personalised Russian language tuition living full-board with the tutor's own family and in the tutor's own home, including local visits and excursions, meeting friends, neighbours and professional colleagues.
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Gardening, flowers, reading, theatre, concerts, visiting friends and relatives.
Excursions and Local Attractions
"One is attracted by mountains, one dreams about the sea" and you are waited for in this hospitable land of Kharkivskiy region, which appeared on the cross of roads in savage steppe in XVII-XVIII centuries.
Accommodation, Facilities and Local Area
The territory of Kharkiv region could fit-in such countries as Belgium, Luxembourg, Monaco, Vatican, Malta, and Liechtenstein taken together and with all their population. Ogultsy is situated in Valky district in 18 km from the town, and in 40 km from Kharkiv, the capital of the region. Valky is located 55 km from Kharkiv. The town was founded on the site of the Mozhaysk burg in 1644-1645. It was later renamed as fortress Valky, which became a district town of the Kharkiv province in 1780. The town occupies 1122 hectares, population 11,100. The town is situated along both banks of the Mzha river at the confluence with the Trushky river. Key industries: light industry, food-processing, construction materials, woodworking.
Ogultsy is a picturesque village on hills with good transportation connection both to its district and regional centers, and, by that, with the capital of Ukraine as well. There is a forest, a lot of ponds and meadows.
Our house is rather new, built in 1994, with gas heating, cold and hot water all year round, bathroom facilities. There is a beautiful garden around, and a bed of flowers in the yard. Two cats and a dog live here.


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Rovers pair in action this evening
Corry Evans and Louie Annesley will both be playing for their countries tonight
It may be an international break for most in the Rovers squad, but there's no downtime for Corry Evans and Louie Annesley, who are both likely to play this evening.
Evans has linked up with Northern Ireland, who face Luxembourg in a friendly at Windsor Park on Thursday (September 5th), before hosting Germany in a Euro 2020 qualifier next Monday (September 9th).
Northern Ireland currently have a 100% record in Group C, having beaten both Belarus and Estonia at home and away, and Evans will hope to add to his 53 caps in the Belfast double-header.
It's been confirmed pre-match that the Rovers man will skipper the side this evening, and Evans is proud to take the armband again.
"I captained the team out in Bosnia for my 50th cap but it will be nice to do it at Windsor this time," the 29-year-old beamed.
"It's a great honour to represent your country but to be captain is right up there.
"Having momentum has helped us massively and we'll be looking for another good result against Luxembourg before the Germany game," he added.
"I think for the likes of myself and a few of the boys who haven't played much club football, it gives us an opportunity to get up to match speed and prepare right for Monday."
Elsewhere, Annesley, who was part of the Rovers Under-23s side that defeated Brighton 5-3 on Friday night, has once again joined up with Gibraltar.
The 19-year-old is in the squad for two Euro 2020 qualifiers – at home to Denmark on Thursday (September 5th) and away to Switzerland on Sunday (September 8th).
Gibraltar find themselves bottom of Group D, having lost their opening three group games.
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Mixed night for Rovers duo
It was a mixed night for Rovers pair Corry Evans and Louie Annesley on Tuesday evening.
Corry content with early season form
He's had a fine start to the 2018-19 campaign and Corry Evans admits he's pleased with how the season is panning out.
Good Evans...
It was to be a bittersweet weekend for Rovers midfielder Corry Evans, who represented Northern Ireland in their game against Austria.
We've nothing to fear, insists Evans
Corry Evans is expecting a difficult clash against Sheffield United this evening, but believes Rovers have nothing to fear ahead of the game at Ewood Park.


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Taryn Nadine Woods, född 12 augusti 1975 i Sydney, är en australisk vattenpolospelare. Hon ingick i Australiens damlandslag i vattenpolo vid olympiska sommarspelen 2000.

Woods spelade sju matcher och gjorde tre mål i den olympiska vattenpoloturneringen i Sydney som Australien vann. Även kusinen Bronwyn Mayer ingick i det vinnande laget.

Woods är dotter till vattenpolospelaren och -tränaren David Woods och syster till Gavin Woods som ingick i herrlandslaget vid OS 2000 och 2004.

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ORLANDO | The GLBT Center of Central Florida reopened their doors after a nearly three year renovation with a ribbon cutting ceremony and open house Aug. 31.
The event was well attended by local and state officials, members of the community and media as Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, City Commissioner Patty Sheehan and Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy spoke to the crowd and then cut the ribbon officially opening The Center.
The Center's renovation began in October 2014 with a Community Development Block Grant of $147,000.
The Center has been a staple in Orlando's LGBTQ community for 35 years, making it the oldest LGBTQ community center in the state of Florida.
The Center was one of the earliest facilities in Central Florida to offer HIV testing, a critically needed service in a state with some of the highest HIV infection rates in the country.
Along with offering free HIV testing seven days a week, The Center was also the place that became the focal point of the community, and the world, after the devastating June 12 attack on Pulse.
Dyer remembers coming to The Center in those days and weeks following the worse mass shooting in modern U.S. history and seeing just how important the community center was, not just to the LGBTQ community, but to the city of Orlando.
The newly renovated facility is open now. All services, support groups and testing information can be found at TheCenterOrlando.org.


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With Senator Bob Hall being the most high profile target of the pro-toll cabal, he won the primary with 53% of the vote. Anti-toll State Representative Pat Fallon beat pro-toll incumbent Senator Craig Estes in Senate District 30, garnering 62% of the vote. In Senate District 8, anti-toll Angela Paxton won the open seat replacing anti-toll Sen. Van Taylor (who also overwhelmingly won the primary for congress in District 3). In a highly contested race for congress to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith in District 21, two anti-toll candidates head to a run-off. Texans for Toll-free Highways endorsed Chip Roy, who led the crowded field of 18 candidates with 27% of the vote.
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Posted by Gary Burger on February 15, 2016 in Uncategorized
Auto Accidents and injuries are some of the cases most often encountered in the personal injury practice. Many statutes and regulations have been promulgated, and a large body of statutes and case law has developed in the area of auto accident law. The following information details the areas involved in vehicle accident law.
Standard of Care and Burden of Proof
Automobile negligence cases are governed by common law and comparative fault principles, but numerous Missouri statutes set standards of care applicable to may circumstances. To recover against Defendant for negligence in operation of an automobile, a plaintiff must show: a motorized vehicle was being operated at the time damages occurred; the vehicle was operated by the defendant or her agent or employee; the vehicle was operated negligently, with or without a statutory violation; and that the negligent operation proximately caused damages to Plaintiff. Rooney v. Llyod Product Co., 458 S.W. 2d 561 (Mo. 1970). Proximate cause exists if the defendant's conduct causes plaintiff's injury, which would not have occurred but for the conduct, and the injury was reasonably forseeable. Donham v. Samo, 838 S.W. 2d 170 (Mo. App. W.D. 1992). If multiple tortfeasors cause plaintiff's damages, liablity is apportioned at trial under comparative fault principles.
Whether or not a vehicle is operated negligently often turns on the applicable standard of care. A vehicle operated off the public road and on private property, where the statutory guidelines for operating motor vehicles do not apply, must be operated with ordinary care and guidelines for operating motor vehicles do not apply, must be operated with ordinary care and according to the "rules of the road." Doolin v. Swain, 524 S.W. 2d 877 (Mo.banc. 1975). Vehicle passengers and pedestrians must exercise ordinary care as well. Venavle v. S.O.R., Inc., 713 S.W. 2d 37 (Mo. App. 1986); Miller v. Eaton, 733 S.W. 2d 31 (Mo. App. 1987). However, operation of a vehicle on a public road or highway must be done to the highest degree of care. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 304.010. The scope of § 304.010 includes the state, county, and municipal roads, streets, avenues, parkways, and alleys. Doolin. Common carriers, such as bus and truck companies, must also exercise the highest degree of care. Ferkel v. Bi-State Transit Dev. Agency, 682 S.W. 2d 91 (Mo. App. 1984).
Negligence encountered in auto accidents include: failure to keep a proper/careful lookout; failure to operate a vehicle in a safe and prudent manner; failure to yield the right-of-way to plaintiff; failure to sound a warning; failure to swerve, slacken speed or otherwise take evasive action after a danger was or should have been ascertained; operating a vehicle too fast under the circumstances; or failure to yield a right of way to another car or pedestrian. See MAI 4th 17.04, 17.05. for more examples of automobile accident cases asserting a negligence per se cause of action. If the defendant violated a statutory rule of the road, local traffic, or a specific safety regulation, it constitutes a per se violation of defendant's duty of care, and negligence is not required. Rooney v. Lloyd Metal Products, 458 S.W. 2d 561 (Mo. 1970). At trial, plaintiff need only prove a violation of the appliocable rule and that damages were proximately caused to the plaintiff to recover against the defendant.
Fainting or momentary or permanent loss of consciousness while driving is a complete defense if a loss of consciousness was unforeseeable. Ferkel v. Bi-State Transit Dev. Agency, 682 S.W. 2d 91 (Mo. App. E.D. 1984). The failure to wear a seat belt is not admissible as evidence of comparative negligence in Missouri. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 307.178.178.3. However, if the defendant is able to assert through expert testimony that a failure to wear a seat belt contributed to plaintiff's injuries, the jury may reduce damages to plaintiff in proportion to such failure, not to exceed one percent (1%). § 307.178.3 (1) (2). Evidence of intoxication is relevant to the issue of negligence. Stojkovic v. Weller, 802 S.W. 2d 152 (Mo. Banc. 1991). In addition, Missouri law permits the liability of facilities serving alcohol to intoxicated persons who are subsequently involved in accidents. See Mo. Rev. Stat. §§ 311.310, 537.1053; Simpson v. Kilcher, 749 S.W. 2d 386 (Mo. Banc 1986).
Defendants
A lawyer has a duty to identify all potential defendants in a case. Often, the more defendants in a case means the more potential money available for settlement. Thus, be creative in identifying defendants and establishing viable claims against them. A defendant in a vehicle negligence case may be the operator of the vehicle, the operator's employer or joint venture, a common carrier, the owner of the vehicle engaged in some negligence in permitting another to drive the vehicle, plaintiff's own insurance company of the main defendant was uninsured or under insured, or any other defendant whose negligence proximately caused the auto accident.
If the defendant vehicle is working in the course and scope of her employment at the time of the accident, her employer or principle can be vicariously liable for the employee/agent's negligence. See McClure v. McIntosh, 770 S.W. 2d 406 (Mo.App. 1989). Note that Plaintiff may use a rebuttable presumption of agency if the employer owned or controlled the vehicle at the time of the accident and the driver was an employee at the time of the accident. Johnson v. Bi-State Dev. Agency, 793 S.W. 2d 864 (Mo. Banc. 1990). A common carrier may be a defendant under a vicarious liability theory if it furnishes the vehicle operator with signs or insignia on the vehicle in connection with a lease to fdrive the vehicle if; the signs were on the truck at the time of the accident and the carrier failed to take reasonable steps to remove the signs. Johnson v. Pacific Intermountain Express Co., 662 S.W. 2d 237 (Mo. 1983). Note that for automobile collision cases that arise in Missouri, even a non-resident defendant is subject to suit in Missouri. Mo. App. Stat. § 506.210, 506.500.
If the defendants are governmental entity or its employees, special rules apply. Generally, government or the municipal corporations have sovereign immunity for claims against them. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 537.600. But § 537.600(1) contains an exception for claims for compensatory damages for injuries caused by the negligence of public employees operating vehicles within the course and scope of their employment. Peoples v. Conway, 897 S.W. 2d 206 (Mo. App. E.D. 1995). Note that although the governmental entity may be sued, often their agents and employees cannot be sued individually due to official immunity. Public employees are immune from liability for the performance of discretionary, rather ministerial, duties. Thus, a police officer operating a motor vehicle responding to an emergency is performing discretionary duty, but parking a car or routine vehicle operation is a ministerial function with no immunity for negligence. Brown v. Tate, 888 S.W. 2d 413 (Mo. App W.D. 1994); Bachmann v. Welby, 860 S.W. 2d 31 (Mo. App. E.D. 1993).
Uninsured & Underinsured Coverage
The plaintiff may need to take advantage of uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage provisions in her own automobile insurance company. All auto insurance policies in Missouri must contain uninsured motorist coverage for $25,000 per person and $50,000 per occurrence. Mo. Rev. Stat. § 303.030, 379.203. An uninsured motorist provision protects the plaintiff to the same extent as if the defendant had the minimum insurance requirements in Missouri. Raster v. State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co., 668 S.W. 2d 132 (Mo. App. 1984). An uninsured motor vehicle is a vehicle that is not insured. Brake v. MFA Mutual Ins., 525 S.W. 2d (Mo App. 1975). If the plaintiff is driving another vehicle, she will have uninsured coverage through the vehicle owner's insurance company. A plaintiff is entitled to uninsured motorist coverage if they are entitled to recover damages from the defendant. The details of the applicable uninsured motorist coverage will not be exhaustively addressed here. If an attorney is faced with the denial of an uninsured motorist benefits, an attorney should identify the reason for denial and the denial of an uninsured motorist benefits, an attorney should identify the reason for denial and assess the legal position of the client. An attorney should evaluate an uninsured motorist coverage case as if the defendant had insurance. In the event the uninsured motorist insurance company refuses to settle, an action against the insurance company may be maintained under a breach of the insurance policy contract and vexatious refusal/bad faith theories. Note that some of the insurance policies require timely reporting of phantom vehicle accidents or other circumstances where it is likely that no insurance on the part of the Defendant would be identified. Underinsured coverage should be provided if the Defendants liability insurance coverage is inadequate to fully compensate the Plaintiff.
Stacking of uninsured motorists coverages for auto accidents is possible only in one circumstance. If the plaintiff has an insurance policy with more than one care, she is entitled to stack the uninsured motorist coverage from each motor vehicle covered under the policy in which she is a named insured, even it is a single insurance policy. Cameron Mut. Ins. Co. v. Madden, 533 S.W. 2d 7339 (Mo. App. 1975).
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Nollywood actress, Seyi Hunter, has landed an endorsement deal with Debaytask Global Services Limited. The pageant organizer and adult entertainment consultant was recently unveiled as the brand ambassador of the Abuja based real estate firm.
The deal is said to be worth millions of Naira and land in Abuja. Speaking at the unveiling, the CEO of Debaytask Global Services Limited, Hon Bankole Arekemase, expressed confidence that the company's alliance with Hunter will be of mutual benefit.
He also took the actress and other members of the team on excursion around their sites and projects in Maitama, Jabi, Airport road, Gwarimpa and other locations in the FCT.
Seyi Hunter, who expressed her appreciation to the real estate brand for considering her as a worthy ambassador for the real estate company, assured the management that she would use her brand to push company's image to the public.
"I am excited about this deal, not only because it is my first Endorsement, but also because it is a massive one at that," she said.
"The duration of the contract is for two years. I am going to use my brand to promote the company, give it my best and treat it like it's mine," Seyi Hunter said.
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Yes - chat was down and yes - the game dev was contacted. As soon as he was able to do so he brought chat back up. Sorry for the downtime!
Is it really to much to ask to have a working chat? It's not rocket science and I assume it's flash based. I would like to tell my alliance members when I see some sweet corn growing.
Hello not only is chat down but the game is super slow -- I have had this issue here for past 2 days. Are they really working in this ?


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Police probe Bird Island book claims
TAFELBERG publishers says a "top‐level police investigation into allegations of a paedophile ring involving senior members of the National Party government", is underway.
The allegations were made in the book The Lost Boys of Bird Island by former policeman Mark Minnie and journalist Chris Steyn.
In a press statement the publishers said several people with knowledge of the alleged paedophile ring had given "valuable information to the police".
"A number of victims have come forward and have given written statements of alleged sexual abuse related to the allegations in the book." Continue reading →
This entry was posted in Book News on 30th Oct 2018 by Vivien Horler.
Shane Warne: gifted cricketer, but a thug
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No Spin – My Biography, by Shane Warne with Mark Nicholas (Penguin Random House)
There is much to admire about Shane Warne, but not much to like.
Shane Warne was a wonderful bowler, a rebel, a bit of a rogue and a gifted cricketer. He is also a petulant bully, a sycophant and a dissembler of note.
Let's examine his better qualities. He took 708 in Test cricket (ODIs and T20s don't count for much), he could change the course of a match in a single spell of bowling and he was a star attraction. People came to watch him bowl and watching him bowl was one of the joys of cricket.
He was also a thug. The way he followed up his dismissal of South African opening batsman Andrew Hudson during a Test match at the Wanderers in 1994 crossed the boundary of sportsmanship. In this biography he apologises for the "rage in my eyes and the anger in my body language". A bit late for that now, mate. Continue reading →
This entry was posted in Reviews of new books on 30th Oct 2018 by Vivien Horler.
Sad and beautiful story of a woman seeking the truth in a life of secrets
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, by Holly Ringland (Pan Books/ Macmillan)
Victorian Britons believed in the language of flowers, that messages could be conveyed in a bouquet by the careful selection of blossoms.
As far back as the 16rth century William Shakespeare was having a go, with the immortal line from Hamlet|: "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance; pray, love, remember."
And judging by the number of hits you get if you google "language of flowers", the idea finds resonance today, although you'd need to be a skilled reader of flowers to interpret a message.
Alice Hart's early years are isolated, spent with her parents near the Australian coast, where her beloved mother cultivates a garden and often sports unexplained bruises. Continue reading →
What Pieter Dirk Uys has to say about Pik, his father and fear
The Echo of a Noise – A memoir of then and now, by Pieter-Dirk Uys (Tafelberg)
Divergent voices have greeted the death of apartheid era foreign minister Pik Botha.
Some have described him as the best of a bad bunch, other have expressed their views considerably more forcefully. And just hours after Botha's death Adriaan Vlok, former apartheid era law and order minister, described him on Cape Talk as "a visionary". (Well he would, wouldn't he?)
Pik Botha gives Evita Bezuidenhout a smacker.
Pieter Dirk Uys, the satirist and alter ego of Evita Bezuidenhout, has just published a new book of memoirs, and he could have had Botha in mind when he wrote about the end of the apartheid.
As World War II wound up, he writes, Adolf Hitler committed suicide along with several of his general staff.
"When apartheid officially ended in 1994, not a single member of the apartheid government killed themselves. They rushed off to the local Oriental Plaza to get their latest Nelson Mandela ethnic shirts… Continue reading →
This entry was posted in Reviews of new books on 21st Oct 2018 by Vivien Horler.
Northern Irish writer wins 2018 Man Booker prize
Writer Anna Burns has become the first person from Northern Ireland to win the Man Booker Prize.
She won for her third novel, Milkman, which is set in an unnamed Northern Irish city during the troubles. It is a coming-of-age tale of a girl's affair with a powerful married man.
The announcement was made at a function at London's Guildlhall last night.
The chair of the 2018 judging panel, Kwame Anthony Appiah, said of Milkman: "None of us has ever read anything like this before.
"Anna Burns's utterly distinctive voice challenges conventional thinking and form in surprising and immersive prose.
"It is a story of brutality, sexual encroachment and resistance threaded with mordant humour.
"Set in a society divided against itself, Milkman explores the insidious forms oppression can take in everyday life."
Burns, 56, was born in Belfast but lives in East Sussex in England. Her first novel, No Bones, was also set during the Troubles.
Burns beat two other British writers, two American writers and a Canadian writer to win the award which recognises quality literary fiction written in English. Four of those shortlisted were women. Burns wins £50 000 (about R930 000).
British writer Daisy Johnston, at 27 the youngest author ever shortlisted for the prize, was widely tipped to win for her novel Everything Under.
The others on the shortlist were Canadian Esi Edugyan for Washington Black, American Rachel Kushner for The Mars Room, American Richard Powers for The Overstory, and Briton Robin Robertson The Long Take.
Appiah said the shortlisted books were a "miracle of stylistic invention" and that "language takes centre stage". – VIVIEN HORLER
Teen's desperate flight through the bush is gritty, brilliant reading
The Shepherd's Hut, by Tim Winton (Hamish Hamilton/ Penguin)
Jaxie Clackton is 15 and a survivor of his father's inexorable fists.
He lives in a small town in Western Australia where his father is the butcher. His mother is recently dead, but didn't do much to protect Jaxie when she was alive.
Jaxie is a difficult teen who has had trouble at school and more at home. The day his old life ended sees Jaxie hiding out under the grandstand at the footy oval, waiting for his father to be drunk enough for him to go home safely. He'd come to in the bone crate after yet another beating.
"Bitches all afternoon about what a lazy bludger I am and then makes sure he can't get any work out of me when there's most to be doing. No wonder he's such a success in business," thinks Jaxie. Continue reading →
The story of the trial of Angy Peter for murder is bleak but important
The Last Words of Rowan du Preez – Murder and conspiracy on the Cape Flats, by Simone Haysom (Jonathan Ball Publishers)
Rowan du Preez, a petty criminal aged 22, was necklaced on October 13, 2012 in bush on the outskirts of Mfuleni. A passerby heard him screaming, saw the fire, and called the police.
The police found Du Preez badly burnt and still screaming, the remains of a tyre smouldering nearby. They asked him who he was, and he told them, adding he had been attacked by Angy Peter and her husband Isaac Mbadu.
Du Preez died shortly afterwards in hospital.
The matter received extensive media coverage for several reasons, probably Continue reading →
This entry was posted in Reviews of new books on 7th Oct 2018 by Vivien Horler.


Ariana Grande, "God Is A Woman"
All you need to know is Ariana! Grande! Fingers! Earth! in this insane new video for bop-of-the-summer contender, "God Is A Woman."
With its simple steel pan baseline and dreamy lyrics, Childish Gambino's latest is like a free round trip to your oasis-of-choice at sunset.
Press play to hear what I think are some crazy video game screams in the background, plus what is, according to Coworker Ben, a transcendent second verse from Chief Keef.
There may be no song more romantic than Wet's "11 Hours," a smokey, slow-burning flame that grows warmer and more dazzling by the minute.
A heady mix of surreal sounds and an out-of-nowhere interpolation of Backstreet Boys's "I Want It That Way" make up JPEGMAFIA's latest avant-pop offering, "Millennium Freestyle."
"Destroyer" from Chicago's Lala Lala finds its fighting legs at the chorus, which is just project mastermind Lillie West screaming "You are the reason my heart broke behind my back" with gratifying force.
Taylor Bennett ft. Young Thug, "Better than you ever been"
Taylor Bennett taps Young Thug for the compliment-laden and breezy-sounding "Better than you ever been." Hit play for a relaxing mood boost.
The Internet, "La Di Da"
The Internet's latest is so funky I can smell it from two doors over, and it makes me wanna dance!
Phoebe Bridgers' cover of Manchester Orchestra's "The Gold" puts her wispy vocal on a lush bed of finger-plucked guitar and shuffling percussion that sounds soft enough to lay your head on.
British afrobeat collective NSG recently released "PUTB," a high-energy, head-spinning banger with a relentless beat that could keep you going for hours.


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"The Grudge 2" is tuh-h-h-h-h-hribble
By Cole Brown Robert Feasley | Oct. 20, 2006, midnight | In Movies »
"The Grudge 2," the sequel to "The Grudge," fails to advance the already-exhausted plot-line. Aside from killing off Karen Davis (Sarah Michelle Gellar), it does little more than provide cheap scares via slow-pan-shots. And, worst of all, it makes the seemingly straightforward story of Kayako, the not-so-friendly-ghost, even more complicated.
Seeing through the storm
By Cole Brown | Sept. 17, 2005, midnight | In Features »
Until Aug. 27, things seemed to be going great for Zachary Brown. He had just moved into Loyola University in New Orleans where he planned to study music performance and industry in Loyola's highly praised music program. At the time, no one at Loyola knew that Hurricane Katrina was poised to strike the Gulf Coast. Brown is one of thousands of students forced to evacuate New Orleans because of the hurricane.
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