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Managing Distributors and Third-Party Intermediaries: Coping with the long arm of FCPA enforcement
Friday, May 1, 2015 - 12:48
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MCC interviews Brian McCann, managing director in the Forensic Practice at KPMG, resident in the firm's Philadelphia office. Mr. McCann specializes in anti-bribery and corruption ("ABC") matters.
MCC: Starting with the basics. How do you define a "third-party intermediary"?
McCann: Most companies struggle with the simple definition of a third-party intermediary ("TPI") as they evaluate their intermediary relationship populations and the associated risks. One of the best definitions I've come across is from the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development ("OECD"), which defines an intermediary in sweeping terms, such as "a conduit for goods or services offered by a supplier to a consumer," noting that a TPI can be a person or an entity. For those of us in the consulting and legal professions, the full definition can help contextualize a company's global business relationships, and a full study reveals that it encompasses the entire diversity of potential business relationships, including sales agents, distributors, customs agents and many others who operate on behalf of a U.S.-based company in a foreign jurisdiction.
MCC: Why are TPIs used so pervasively in international markets? Please discuss some of the risks and compliance challenges within these relationships.
McCann: The use of TPIs is critical in helping companies gain foreign market penetration, but it also inherently increases compliance risk. Most U.S. companies realize that globalization is one of the best opportunities for growth; however, entering into international markets requires an understanding of the local rules of the road in each respective territory or region that the company wishes to enter. While this is an excellent avenue for growth, it also involves assessing cultural nuances and different ways of doing business. This is often a challenge for companies.
Local intermediaries understand these cultural issues and can help companies navigate them. The challenge, however, lies in training these counterparts to operate with an awareness of their obligations under U.S. regulatory guidelines. If the intermediary does not embrace these requirements, the parent company could be exposed to financial and reputational risks associated with these relationships.
Now there are financial upsides and downsides here. On the upside, I mentioned that TPIs facilitate expansion of global business operations, but the downside is that such engagements can be a costly proposition. First are the inherent costs associated with expanding the company's compliance functions, often a daunting task that requires enhanced due diligence, employee training and then, of course, monitoring on a global scale. But the biggest potential downside comes out of enforcement actions from both the DoJ and the SEC, which have imposed stiff fines and penalties on companies that have failed to design and implement effective global ABC compliance programs.
Finally, you can't ignore the significant implications of reputational risk. A quick look at the largest enforcement actions in recent years reflects the imposition of significant fines and penalties on companies with household names. These events become global news, so it should suffice to say that these companies would much rather be covered in the Wall Street Journal for the quality of their products and services rather than any negative connection with bribery-related activity.
MCC: Obviously TPIs present significant risks and compliance challenges to companies doing business on a global scale. Please provide an overview of how companies can manage and monitor TPI risks. Where do third-party reviews fit into the process?
McCann: In my opinion, effective risk management starts with risk mitigation, and, in fact, many companies have started to embrace TPI risk mitigation by performing due diligence prior to establishing a relationship with a TPI. But due diligence alone is no longer sufficient. Ongoing TPI monitoring is clearly becoming a natural compliance requirement. This is especially relevant as it relates to ABC compliance. A critical component that is necessary to achieve this requirement is clear contractual terms that allow companies the right to audit their TPI's books and records. While we've seen a significant uptick in regulatory guidance in this area, one important takeaway is that there is no one-size-fits-all solution. Each company has to design a program that suits its industry and business needs. In fact, many companies are proactively monitoring third-party relationships not only to uncover potential compliance-related issues, but also to identify areas for operational improvement. As far as methodology is concerned, my preferred approach is risk based in nature. This involves understanding your population of TPIs and their associated risk characteristics, which typically include government interaction, type of service, geographic location and yearly spend. By evaluating these characteristics, you can identify populations of higher-risk TPIs to be considered for further investigation.
Third-party reviews are a natural extension of this methodology and amount to an on-the-ground evaluation of these high-risk relationships. We start by assessing the underlying contract, understanding any mandated reporting requirements and then meeting in person with the distributor or agent to determine if their compliance programs are aligned with the company's requirements. We'll also test transactions to identify potential red flags associated with bribery and corruption. This process typically culminates with a written report documenting our procedures and the associated observations. It is not uncommon to identify that contractual provisions or compliance reporting obligations are not being met by the third party. On the upside, however, these observations ultimately will help management consider ways to improve the compliance program on a go-forward basis. Depending on the nature of the observations, it may be prudent to involve the company's legal counsel in the planned remediation efforts.
MCC: Turning directly to the FCPA, what trends are you observing in relation to TPIs?
McCann: The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA" or "Act") has been on the books since 1977, yet U.S. regulators have only been aggressively enforcing it for approximately the past 10 years. Due to the success of these enforcement actions, I don't see enforcement trending down any time soon. While TPIs themselves are not driving the enforcement trend, we do see a consistent theme of TPI involvement in bribery-related activities with foreign officials. This is further supported by a recent study conducted by the OECD where we learn that over 75 percent of bribery-related incidents involve payments made through intermediaries. This is a great statistic that demonstrates the inherent risks associated with intermediary relationships.
In 2014, we saw significant FCPA enforcement actions involving third parties. The Alstom matter certainly jumps off the page for resulting in the second-highest fine ever imposed by the DoJ: approximately $773 million. The allegation was that Alstom paid approximately $75 million in consulting fees to third parties in an effort to secure billions of dollars of projects in the Bahamas, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and Taiwan. It's a good example of a company using TPIs to drive business in lands that are historically tough to enter. Additionally, it's a good example of how intermediary relationships can create regulatory exposure for your organization.
MCC: You have noted that 75 percent of corruption cases involve improper payments made through TPIs. Why do these relationships implicate FCPA risk to such an impressive degree, and what factors should companies consider in their efforts to manage exposure?
McCann: In serving as distributors, sales agents, joint ventures, subsidiaries, accountants, lawyers, contractors and freight forwarders, to name a few, TPIs become part of a company's fabric. The simple fact is that on a daily basis TPIs are operating on behalf of the company – autonomously and in countries far away from the eyes of U.S. compliance teams. That's where the risk arises, and it only increases in proportion to the number of interactions with government officials. Essentially, in expanding operations overseas, U.S. companies continue to face all the usual contractual and business risks while adding in the complexity of anti-bribery compliance.
To take one example in practical terms: when we help companies assess TPI risk, we look first to the contract and ask some key questions. Are the terms and conditions clear on both sides, and, importantly, do we have the audit rights necessary to allow us to evaluate what TPIs have been doing on behalf of our clients and assess potential risks the company may not be aware of? The contract sets the tone for the entire relationship and provides necessary leverage for the company to evaluate performance and compliance.
Another practical complexity involves what we call "risk-based due diligence," which I touched on earlier as being part of the TPI selection process. This may include everything from open-source background checks via Internet searches to assessing negative media or litigation around a particular company or individual to highly sophisticated financial evaluations during an M&A transaction. The diligence can take many directions, most frequently along the lines of gathering intelligence on the entity or individual to understand their activities and historical work experience. For instance, a common red flag within FCPA compliance might involve individual TPIs that came out of government agencies and became private consultants. By understanding that context, you can better mitigate the associated risks. Again, effective risk management starts with risk mitigation.
And going deeper, a fundamental challenge within FCPA compliance lies in defining the term "foreign official," which may be even more difficult to pin down than the definition of TPI. As defined in the Act, the term government official is all-encompassing and applies to any officer or employee of a foreign government and to those acting on the foreign government's behalf. As a helpful resource, your readers can access guidance from the DoJ and SEC at www.justice.gov/criminal/fraud/fcpa/guidance/guide.pdf (see page 19).
One challenge that arises from the definition of a government official is that it is broad in the first place, and exponentially broader and more nuanced depending on the country or industry in which you are dealing. In a communist country like China, for instance, the term "government official" becomes very expansive because it includes people who work for any state-owned entity, including hospitals and many others that could be considered non-government owned in other countries. You really have to understand the geopolitical issues at hand and ask yourself, who are we hiring to act on our behalf?
Common business activities that present challenges for companies include government tenders or typical business activities like entertainment, which in the U.S. are often seen as benign but take on a very different flavor when they involve a foreign government official. So, for example, if you're dealing through an intermediary with a Chinese official on a government tender with a hospital, the simple act of taking that official to dinner to discuss the tender may be perceived as a bribe under the FCPA or local bribery and corruption laws. Companies need to be sensitive to this in managing TPI activities.
MCC: To wrap up, I'd like to return to the discussion of third-party distributor reviews and get your final thoughts on what companies really face in monitoring TPIs.
McCann: In broad terms I'll add that for a number of reasons, performing a third-party distributor review is not an easy task. These reviews often involve a new level of interaction for companies with their intermediaries. These interactions can often be uncomfortable for the company, and there is typically an added business pressure focused on not disrupting TPI relationships with compliance-driven audits. TPIs drive business, and no one wants to stymie that.
Nevertheless, compliance is a necessity, and non-compliance is a huge liability. Enforcement is on the rise, and it remains a fact that a majority of enforcement actions involve the use of TPIs; therefore, it is critical for organizations with a U.S. nexus to manage regulatory requirements by taking steps to ensure that they understand and are monitoring the activities and associated risks within third-party relationships.
Third-party reviews are a powerful tool for companies that want to enjoy the business benefits of engaging with TPIs while keeping a close eye on their business activities and compliance efforts.
KPMG's proven methodologies associated with third-party reviews provide solutions while relieving the burden for companies having to "figure it out for themselves." We truly can help organizations cut through the complexity associated with third-party risk.
Please email the interviewee at bmccann@kpmg.com with questions about this interview.
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With a five-year beta of 0.52, Asian Pay Television Trust appears to be a less volatile company compared to the rest of the market. This means that the change in S7OU's value, whether it goes up or down, will be of a smaller degree than the change in value of the entire stock market index. S7OU's beta indicates it is a stock that investors may find valuable if they want to reduce the overall market risk exposure of their stock portfolio.
Could S7OU's size and industry cause it to be more volatile?
S7OU, with its market capitalisation of S$704.03M, is a small-cap stock, which generally have higher beta than similar companies of larger size. However, S7OU operates in the media industry, which has commonly demonstrated muted reactions to market-wide shocks. Therefore, investors can expect a high beta associated with the size of S7OU, but a lower beta given the nature of the industry it operates in. It seems as though there is an inconsistency in risks from S7OU's size and industry. A potential driver of this variance can be a fundamental factor, which we will take a look at next.
An asset-heavy company tends to have a higher beta because the risk associated with running fixed assets during a downturn is highly expensive. I test S7OU's ratio of fixed assets to total assets in order to determine how high the risk is associated with this type of constraint. Since S7OU's fixed assets are only 11.49% of its total assets, it doesn't depend heavily on a high level of these rigid and costly assets to operate its business. As a result, the company may be less volatile relative to broad market movements, compared to a company of similar size but higher proportion of fixed assets. This is consistent with is current beta value which also indicates low volatility.


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require 'rake/tasklib'
require 'sequel'
require 'sequel/extensions/migration'
require 'logger'

module Sequel

  class MigrationTask < Rake::TaskLib

    attr_accessor :directory, :db, :table, :column

    @@logger = nil

    def initialize(*args)
      debug { "Initializing with arguments #{args.inspect}" }

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      options = {}
      debug { "Checking for options from #{args.inspect}" }
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      debug { "Checking for parameters from #{args.inspect}" }
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    def logger
      MigrationTask.logger
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    end

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      task :environment

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          fail('No database has been defined.  Either create a DB constant' +
               ' in your :environment task or set the @db variable in the' +
               ' MigrationTask definition.')
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    def migration_options(version = nil)
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      options[:table] = self.table unless self.table.nil?
      options[:column] = self.column unless self.column.nil?
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      {}
    end
  end
end

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After updating these properties, run the schedulerarchivejobs.cmd|sh utility.
The archive scheduler is initialized during the Portal server startup. The 'init' method of a Servlet initializes the scheduler. During initialization, the scheduler reads archivescheduler.properties configuration file to check whether process and/or event scheduling is enabled. If any of them are enabled, then the scheduler picks up job and trigger information from Business Process Server database and schedules those jobs. When portal server is shut down, the Scheduler is also shut down.


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Janusz Wacław Dłużniakiewicz, ps. "Sęp" (ur. 1 października 1888 w Wacławowie, zm. 19 października 1932 pod Kuńkowcami) – polski żołnierz, pułkownik piechoty Wojska Polskiego.

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Janusz Wacław Dłużniakiewicz urodził się 1 października 1888 w majątku Wacławów w ówczesnej guberni kaliskiej, w rodzinie Zygmunta i Janiny z domu Golcz. Naukę rozpoczął w Męskim Gimnazjum Klasycznym w Kaliszu, ale został z niego usunięty za uczestnictwo w strajku szkolnym (1905). Naukę kontynuował w polskiej Szkole Handlowej w Kaliszu, w której w 1908 złożył egzamin dojrzałości. Następnie podjął studia na Uniwersytecie we Fryburgu w Szwajcarii.

Działał w organizacjach niepodległościowych, był jednym z przywódców stowarzyszenia "Filarecja", działał w PPS – Frakcji Rewolucyjnej, Związku Walki Czynnej. W ramach Związku Strzeleckiego ukończył szkołę podoficerską i oficerską.

Na I wojnę światową wyruszył 6 sierpnia 1914 z krakowskich Oleandrów w składzie 2 plutonu 1 Kompanii Kadrowej. Następnie walczył w szeregach 1 pułku piechoty Legionów, awansując 2 lipca 1915 do stopnia porucznika. W szeregach I Brygady Legionów Polskich był dowódcą plutonu, następnie dowódcą kompanii. W listopadzie 1916 zaangażował się w działalność Polskiej Organizacji Wojskowej, działał jako komendant placu w Warszawie, później w okręgu łomżyńskim. W lipcu 1917 został aresztowany i następnie był internowany w Beniaminowie i Werlu aż do schyłku wojny do końca października 1918.

Po odzyskaniu wolności w listopadzie 1918 wstąpił do Wojska Polskiego i był dowódcą batalionu w 23 pułku piechoty. Od stycznia 1919 w szeregach 32 pułku piechoty walczył na froncie wołyńskim. W sierpniu 1919 przeniesiony do 3 pułku piechoty Legionów i walczył na froncie litewsko-białoruskim w wojnie polsko-bolszewickiej. 15 lipca 1920 został awansowany do stopnia majora. Od sierpnia 1920 był dowódcą batalionu w 11 pułku piechoty. Po zakończeniu działań wojennych kontynuował służbę wojskową. 13 czerwca 1922 został (10 lipca zatwierdzony) na stanowisku dowódcy batalionu 28 pułku Strzelców Kaniowskich. W następnych latach pełnił służbę w 1 pułku piechoty Legionów w Wilnie. Od kwietnia 1923 do listopada 1926 pełnił obowiązki zastępcy dowódcy tego oddziału. W 1923 otrzymał zezwolenie na zawarcie związku małżeńskiego z Teresą Teofilą Sokołowską z domu Buryan (1889-1980), którą poślubił 23 września 1923. 3 listopada 1926 objął dowództwo 33 pułku piechoty w Łomży. Na tym stanowisku 24 grudnia 1929 awansował do stopnia pułkownika. 31 marca 1930 został wyznaczony na stanowisko dowódcy 2 pułku strzelców podhalańskich w Sanoku.

Był szanowany i ceniony zarówno wśród żołnierzy, jak również mieszkańców Sanoka. Uprawiał sport. Miał żonę i syna.

19 października 1932 około godz. 11 utonął w Sanie pod Kuńkowcami, gdy w czasie wycieczki kajakowej przez podmuch wiatru przewrócił się kajak z żaglem; początkowo podróżujący z nim ppor. Aleksander Florkowski wyciągnął go z toni wodnej i usadowił na kajaku, lecz następnie pułkownik wskutek wyczerpania osunął się i utonął. Ciało pułkownika zostało odnalezione 21 października 1932 w okolicach Jarosławia, po czym zostało przewiezione koleją do Sanoka. 24 października 1932 został pochowany na sanockim cmentarzu. W późniejszym czasie jego szczątki zostały przeniesione na warszawski Cmentarz Wojskowy na Powązkach (kwatera 5A-7-9).

Jego syn Zdzisław Dłużniakiewicz (ur. 1928) podczas II wojny światowej był żołnierzem Armii Krajowej ps. "Jasiek", zginął pod koniec powstania warszawskiego 27 września 1944.

Awanse
 podporucznik – 9 października 1914 (pierwsze nadanie stopni oficerskich przez Józefa Piłsudskiego w Jakubowicach)
 porucznik – 2 lipca 1915
 major – zatwierdzony 15 lipca 1920 ze starszeństwem z dniem 1 kwietnia 1920, zweryfikowany 3 maja 1922 ze starszeństwem z dniem 1 czerwca 1919 i 204. lokatą w korpusie oficerów piechoty
 podpułkownik – 1 grudnia 1924 ze starszeństwem z dniem 15 sierpnia 1924 i 50. lokatą w korpusie oficerów piechoty
 pułkownik – 24 grudnia 1929 ze starszeństwem z dniem 1 stycznia 1930 i 11. lokatą w korpusie oficerów piechoty

Ordery i odznaczenia
 Krzyż Srebrny Orderu Wojennego Virtuti Militari nr 7071 (za poświęcenie i męstwo w walkach 1 pułku piechoty Legionów)
 Krzyż Niepodległości (13 kwietnia 1931)
 Krzyż Walecznych (dwukrotnie)
 Złoty Krzyż Zasługi (10 listopada 1928)
 Medal Pamiątkowy za Wojnę 1918–1921
 Medal Dziesięciolecia Odzyskanej Niepodległości
 Odznaka "Za wierną służbę"
 Odznaka Pamiątkowa "Pierwszej Kadrowej"
 Państwowa Odznaka Sportowa

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Dzienniki Personalne Ministra Spraw Wojskowych.

Członkowie Związku Walki Czynnej
Członkowie Związku Strzeleckiego (1910–1914)
Dowódcy 2 Pułku Strzelców Podhalańskich
Dowódcy 33 Pułku Piechoty (II RP)
Dowódcy batalionów 28 Pułku Strzelców Kaniowskich
Internowani w Beniaminowie
Internowani w Werl
Ludzie związani z Kaliszem
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Srebrnym Orderu Virtuti Militari (II Rzeczpospolita)
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Niepodległości
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Walecznych (dwukrotnie)
Odznaczeni Złotym Krzyżem Zasługi (II Rzeczpospolita)
Odznaczeni Medalem Pamiątkowym za Wojnę 1918–1921
Odznaczeni Medalem Dziesięciolecia Odzyskanej Niepodległości
Odznaczeni Odznaką "Za wierną służbę"
Odznaczeni Państwową Odznaką Sportową
Ofiary wypadków w ruchu wodnym
Oficerowie piechoty Legionów Polskich 1914–1918
Pochowani na Cmentarzu Centralnym w Sanoku
Pochowani na Powązkach-Cmentarzu Wojskowym w Warszawie
Pułkownicy piechoty II Rzeczypospolitej
Uczestnicy strajków szkolnych w Królestwie Kongresowym (1905–1908)
Uczestnicy wojny polsko-bolszewickiej (strona polska)
Uczestnicy wojny polsko-ukraińskiej (strona polska)
Urodzeni w 1888
Wojskowi związani z Sanokiem
Zastępcy dowódcy 1 Pułku Piechoty Legionów
Zmarli w 1932
Żołnierze 1 Kompanii Kadrowej Legionów Polskich
Żołnierze I Brygady Legionów Polskich

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Mann-erisms: The Films Of Michael Mann Reassessed
Tony McKiver , February 20th, 2015 10:45
To mark Arrow Films' re-release of Thief on blu-ray, Tony McKiver looks back at the work of Michael Mann and highlights some of his lesser noted stylistic tendencies
Director Michael Mann tends to revisit his films long after their release, restoring footage for the TV broadcast versions or DVD releases of Thief, Manhunter, Last of the Mohicans, Heat, Ali and Miami Vice, or merely commenting freely about how, with hindsight, he feels he could have improved his work. In an interview at the Directors Guild of America in 2012, over 30 years after the release of his powerful debut feature, Thief – now available on Blu-Ray in an appropriately stylish and meticulously assembled package from Arrow Films – he was still debating his decision to use the music of Tangerine Dream to score that film:
"By string theory, in some alternate reality, there's a version of Thief with wall-to-wall blues."
It's a remark that reaffirms the control freak image that has long been attributed to Mann, as much by awe-struck collaborators as by disgruntled former associates – and is just as happily in line with a more general expectation that directors are a Kubrickian caste of impossible-to-please nitpickers, whose measure of a good take is the extent to which they have sapped their collaborators of their enthusiasm for the project. However, apart from all the usual things that are said about Mann's work – his striking visual style, his focus on professional men, his repetition of key themes – this unfinished or incomplete quality and the surprising extent to which his films remain for him alive and unfixed are key features that are rarely discussed. Even Heat, which on first encounter certainly feels like a resolved masterpiece, was tinkered with for its Blu-ray release. In fact, Heat was itself a second bite at the cherry, being a more expensive and ambitious remake of Mann's unsuccessful TV pilot LA Takedown. He would subsequently roll the dice on a very similar plot yet again in the period trappings of Public Enemies.
Thief may have been Mann's first film, but it too uses material from his earlier work. The wealth of research into prison life that elevated both his 1979 made-for-TV classic Jericho Mile and his uncredited – but easy to spot – work on the script for Straight Time feeds greatly into the backstory of the characters in Thief. The protagonist is Frank (James Caan), a car dealer – now free after spending almost half of his life in prison – who moonlights as a jewel thief who meticulously plans and executes his break-ins and safe-cracking. Frank's bristling demeanour and single-minded approach to life reflect an outlook he cultivated in prison. It's an attitude that has served him well both on the inside and the outside, distinguishing him from the crooks and cops who pose a direct threat, but, because of their sloppiness, venality, and self-indulgence, are easily overcome or defeat themselves. His desire to settle down with Jessie (Tuesday Weld) causes him to stray from his code of operating independently to take on jobs for Leo (Robert Prosky), a seemingly avuncular mob boss, who also aids Frank and Jessie in their desire to adopt a child. When Frank refuses to continue his partnership beyond the agreed term, Leo reveals his brutality, killing Frank's right-hand man and threatening Jessie and their new baby. Reverting to the nihilistic perspective that had kept him alive in prison, Frank cuts all ties to the new life he has created, sends Jessie and the baby away, and directs all his fury at Leo and his thugs in what seems a suicidal gesture. In its bare bones, this plot sounds arch and rote, but Mann, his crew and a wonderful cast imbue it with style and conviction and elevate a B-movie premise into what Matt Zoller Seitz has referred to as "Zen Pulp." This term neatly encapsulates the way in which Mann's films deliver the expected visceral pleasures of the crime film, while finding space to get at feelings that aren't usually the concern of this genre.
Around 35 minutes in, the film turns unexpectedly on a conversation. Frank, whose survival as a successful thief up to this point seems to be premised on his laser-like focus on his craft, makes a play for Jessie. In a late-night coffee shop, he pours out his life story and his hopes, arguing that he has "run out of time… so I'm just asking you to be with me." Frank's tough exterior masks the most innocent and romantic of desires. Folded up in his wallet is a card he created in prison – a naïve art mosaic made from cuttings from magazines and newspapers. Visually incomprehensible to anyone but Frank, it contains advertising images of a child, happy parents, a mound of skulls, a snapshot of his prison mentor, all bearing witness to his experiences, fears and hopes. Jessie is understandably taken aback as Frank lets it all hang out. So are we. In effect, Mann is putting it up to us to accept the same level of candour and naïve romantic expression. We have every reason to baulk. It's an astonishing scene, fearlessly played and indelible. Like Jessie, we are won over.
There are other memorable conversations in Mann's films, including the celebrated meeting of Pacino and DeNiro onscreen in Heat, and the wonderful encounter between psychological profiler Will Graham (William Peterson) and psychopathic serial killer Hannibal Lecktor (Brian Cox) in Manhunter, but even these are not as striking as the coffee-shop scene in Thief. Nevertheless, the pitch of feeling in that scene is something we can see Mann reach for, and often achieve, throughout his career. Each time, it demands the same tamping down of our resistance. In this way, Matt Zoller Seitz's observation that a love of Terrence Malick's films requires "a certain amount of credulity" also holds for Mann's work. In the best moments of his films, Mann is just like Frank in Thief, handing us a postcard with what seem like the most naïve, romantic yearnings for love, home, comfort and family, which not only distract from the action we expect from the genre, but also overspill the established limits of feeling for this genre, offending our real-world, stress-tested conceptions of just how wary, guarded and unromantic we need to be. We can respond, just as Jessie does to Frank. We can be as unnerved by the gush of sincere feeling. Despite ourselves, we can also be moved. We can fall in love.
These moments of what Mann himself has described as "elevated experience" are sometimes staged so as to be experienced simultaneously by the characters and the viewer, as when Francis Dolarhyde (Tom Noonan) – the almost pitiable serial killer in Manhunter – nearly swoons as he watches his blind colleague (Joan Allen) touch the fur and fangs of an anaesthetised tiger. Sometimes they are strictly for the viewer, as in Miami Vice when, in an impossibly smooth aerial shot, we swoop down onto Crockett (Colin Farrell) and Isabella (Gong Li) as they speed towards Cuba on his powerboat, literally bouncing on the waves. Then there is the wordless moment in Heat when Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino) is released from a vigil over his suicidal step-daughter at a hospital to pursue bank robber Neil McCauley (Robert de Niro), and skips down the hospital steps in a move that, no less than a Fred Astaire number, physically conveys absolute joy at his release back into the wild. If any aspect of his characters' interior lives feels like it can be captured in any other way than simply having it described or discussed, Mann will always take that option, no matter how jarring it might be to a composition, or whether it even takes our focus away from his characters completely.
Again and again, Mann replays the same beats as if intent on refining the material to the point of greatest purity, or complete abstraction. His willingness to keep searching in his films for something that has eluded him, even decades after a cinematic release, makes the films themselves provisional texts. Judged merely by the recurrence of themes, characters, visuals and even dialogue, this quest has narrowed into a painstaking, fingertip search of a delimited space. His search for the perfected version of each film has resulted in a matrix of similar-but-not-the-same features that gives his output a symphonic quality and tests the degree to which we are attuned to these patterns. Over the years, some things have been jettisoned – the composed and scintillatingly crisp cinematography of his films up to The Insider has given way to the noise and restlessness of digital cameras unfussed about focus and willing to stray from the ostensible point of interest at the least provocation. Clear dialogue has been replaced with muddied, mumbled phrasing. Even the notably plain speech of characters such as Frank in Thief or Will Graham in Manhunter has been replaced by unexplained jargon in a lurch towards what Peter Bradshaw once praised as a "radical reticence." Referencing the shift in his cinematic vocabulary, Mann said in an interview with Geoff Boucher, "It's liberating to jump into the stream of a story and jump into the stream of a character and convey by attitude, ambience and the tone of that person — and their surroundings and how they're reacting to those surroundings — the magic of what's happening. When you can bring the audience into understanding and they have leapt over that little gap, and they're getting it on their own, it's a much more intense involvement."
Over time and through reuse, those elements that were initially derived from research, and reflected some real-world experience, have become floating signifiers of Mann's own tendency to build a world from the same recurring units. As his filmography has grown, this tendency to replay and rework has become much more marked, so that, in his own way, Mann's work has become as mannered and unreal (or hyperreal) as that of Wes Anderson. What has not diminished, however – and is also certainly true of Anderson's most recent film, The Grand Budapest Hotel – is Mann's ability to create powerful effects from the almost tonalist limitations he has set for himself.
In his best work, such as Thief and Heat, the film – in Melville's terms – spins against the way that it drives, the thrill of the action dissipates, the sound of gunfire fades away and we feel the existential (if not existentialist) ache of the individual in the world. In his devoted trudge along the well-worn paths of crime genre, Mann discovers some surmounting point that feels way beyond what is required from our acquaintance with cops-and-robbers films. We intrude on the sublime. It's the search for this numinous quality, and the dissatisfaction felt when it isn't found, that means that this director can never truly put his films away.
Oddly, this feeling of transcendent discovery is experienced most strongly in one of his worst misfires. On paper and in anticipation, Public Enemies read like a textbook Michael Mann film. Like Manhunter, LA Takedown and Heat, it would draw on the energy of two men facing each other across the line of cop and criminal, with John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) and Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale) as historical prototypes of, respectively, every autodidactic, detail-obsessed thief in Mann's oeuvre and every single-minded cop who spares no effort to get his man. In reality, however, the film was DOA with Johnny Depp's self-regarding Dillinger never truly fitting into Mann's template of coldly disciplined criminal and Christian Bale's Purvis fading pallidly into the background. This criticism wasn't just something thrown at the film; it seems to be something acknowledged within the film itself, as if Mann himself realised that these tepid top-line characters did not properly serve his abiding interests. The birth of modern policing methods may have provided Mann's catalysing interest in Melvin Purvis and this story, but, as the film drags on, Purvis's modernism seems an anaemic subject. It is edged aside as the cowboylike federal agent Charles Winstead (Stephen Lang) and his fellow manhunters arrive, looking literally like they been deputised from a Western to get the bad guy and introduce a more reassuringly masculine force to the lawman side of the film's ledger. Winstead is the consummate professional, unpretentious and without a thought in his head, except how he can apprehend or kill Dillinger. These values make him the proper protagonist for a Michael Mann film. His counterpart, however, isn't Dillinger, who, in Depp's portrayal, is just the sort of spontaneous, good-time Charlie that Mann's films despise and usually punish: Winstead's opposite number is Dillinger's moll, Billie Frechette (Marion Cotillard), an outsider with little stake or security in the world in which she finds herself. Like Jessie in Thief, her choice of lover has put her at risk of losing what little she has. The shift in the film's magnetic poles from its ostensible subjects to these secondary characters gives birth to a last-minute epiphany, a scene spared the presence of either Dillinger or Purvis. Mann chooses not to end the film with Dillinger being shot dead by Winstead outside the Biograph movie theatre in Chicago. Instead, it ends with Winstead's visit to Frechette in prison. Billie shapes to accuse Dillinger's murderer, but he catches her off guard by telling her he is fulfilling Dillinger's request to tell her his last words. Billie cries, but her tears don't feel like a stirring romantic retrieval of Dillinger's devotion to her, offering the unimpressive gangster some kind of post-mortem apotheosis – after all, we'd just seen he'd taken up with another woman and witnessed that his last words were inaudible. The sublime quality of this ending lies in the fact that Winstead and Frechette see each other more clearly than any two other characters in the rest of the film. Winstead, the stoic professional, recognises that Frechette is alone in the world. As pragmatic and unsentimental as he appears, he reaches out to her, recognising that all she had has gone with the death of Dillinger. With nothing else to offer, he chooses to tell her something pretty. What catches Frechette's heart off guard is not the supposed message from Dillinger, but rather the fact that it is Winstead who recognises her position and makes this unnecessary gesture. An otherwise poor film achieves a magical ending almost out of nowhere as two unlikely characters meet on a plane of unexpected empathy.
In the absence of its marquee stars and its supposed central characters, the film concludes with the only man and woman who would properly fit into any other Mann film. It's a scene that testifies that the film's true focus lies not on the charisma of bankable stars playing shoot-em-up in period costume, but rather in mustering genuine feeling, and, to paraphrase one of the characters in Last of the Mohicans, finding something that is more deeply stirring to our blood. We can find that feeling readily in films such as Heat, Manhunter and Thief, and we can be sure that Mann will continue to look for it for years to come.
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Hall Of Fame Announcer Bob Miller to Receive Los Angeles Area Governors Award from Television Academy
(NoHo Arts District, Calif. – June 1, 2017) — Broadcast and Hockey Hall of Famer and longtime Los Angeles Kings play-by-play announcer Bob Miller has been selected by the Los Angeles Area Governors Award committee and the Television Academy as the 2017 Los Angeles Area Governors Award recipient. He will be presented with the prestigious honor during the Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards on Saturday, July 22, in the Television Academy's Wolf Theatre at the Saban Media Center.
Watch the live announcement from Fox Sports.
The esteemed Los Angeles Area Governors Award is presented to an individual, company or organization that has made an outstanding, innovative and visionary achievement in the arts, sciences or management of television as well as a substantial contribution to the Southland community.
"Bob is one of the most beloved, respected and generous individuals in Los Angeles sports and broadcasting," said Hayma Washington, chairman and CEO of the Television Academy. "His lively broadcasts have become synonymous with the Los Angeles Kings franchise, and it is an honor to present him with the Governors Award to commemorate his impactful career."
Known as the "Voice of the Kings," Miller's play-by-play broadcasts captured – and captivated – millions of listeners for more than four decades. For 44 seasons Miller narrated some of the most important calls in the team's history, including the Kings' first Stanley Cup win in franchise history in 2012 and their second in 2014. He is one of the few sports broadcasters to have earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Miller became a media honoree in the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2000, receiving the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award, which is given to members of the radio and television industry who make valuable contributions to the profession.
Miller's career began after graduating college in 1960 and landing a job in television sports journalism. In 1973 he began his run with the Kings, and in 1998 he received a "lifetime contract" with the team. Miller announced his retirement in March 2017, declaring the Kings' last two regular-season games on April 8 and 9 as his very last as a broadcaster.
Past Los Angeles Area Governors Award recipients include Stephanie Edwards, Pat Harvey, Christine Devine, Bill Stout, Hal Fishman, Johnny Grant, KCET, Ted Meyers, Bill Welch, Vin Scully, Jerry Dunphy, Larry McCormick, George Putnam, Gene Autry, KTLA, KMEX, Jess Marlow, Kelly Lange, Joel Tator, Chick Hearn, Pete Noyes, Dr. George Fischbeck, KMEX Univision, Bob Eubanks, Stan Freberg, Telemundo's KVEA, Steve Edwards and Susan Stratton.
For more information about the Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards, please visit Emmys.com/LA.
About the Television Academy
The Television Academy seeks to expand the horizons of television excellence. It strives to empower storytellers who shape the evolving television space through the programs, publications and events of the academy and its foundation. And it celebrates those who have led excellence by recording their stories and recognizing their achievements through accolades and awards, including television's most coveted prize, the Primetime Emmy Award. For more information and updates on the 69th Emmy Awards, visit Emmys.com and follow @TelevisionAcad on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr and YouTube.
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Randy Buys a Bookshelf off Gumtree
Randy Feltface is a comedy puppet created by Heath McIvor, an Australian comedian whose puppet skills have been put to use in Me and My Monsters, The Hobbit movie and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe film. The masterful puppeteer McIvor started his career in puppetry at the tender age of 13 years old, but has honed […]
December 14, 2019 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse
OMG!! Giant Mutant Spider Dog!!
Comedian SA Wardega brings us this hilarious practical joke video in which he's dressed his dog up in a giant spider suit. He sets up scenes in real life, in which unsuspecting members of the public find themselves face to face with a giant mutant spider dog. Their reactions are priceless – they're the kind […]
September 5, 2014 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse
Comedian Dave Allen has an Army of Sperm
Dave Allen was an Irish comedian who lived from 1936-2005. Allen delighted television audiences in the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada with his controversial humor, poking fun at religious and political institutions. One of his most notable lines that stirred up religious ire was the short phrase, "I'm an atheist, thank God." Part of Dave […]
March 26, 2013 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse
Human Ventriloquist turns People into Puppets
Nina Conti is a ventriloquist and comedienne born in 1974 in London, England. Conti uses audience members as her ventriloquist dummies, transforming them from people to puppets with the aid of a face mask. The mask is built so that the comedian can control the mouth movements by squeezing a small balloon. While Nina Conti […]
Funny Video of Jeff Dunham and Peanut from 1992
Jeff Dunham is an American ventriloquist and stand-up comedian who has gained popularity around the world for his puppet characters and funny stories. Born in 1962 in Dallas, Texas, he began ventriloquism at the age of eight when his adopted parents gave him a Mortimer Snerd dummy for Christmas. By the time Jeff Dunham was […]
October 1, 2012 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse
George Carlin talks about "Stuff"
George Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008) was an American stand-up comedian, actor and writer who won five Grammy awards in his lifetime. Carlin was famed for his hyper critical view on life which he expressed through hilarious stand-up comedy acts, films and books. In this video, George Carlin talks about "stuff"; all of the […]
September 26, 2012 Catherine Nessworthy Mayhem & Muse
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It has been on my mind for two years now.
And today, I felt up to it and in the right mood. With winter approaching, the time felt right.
You can tell a lot about a person through their blog, even if they do not disclose personal news.
To be friends, it is best (well I think so anyway) to first get to know someone intellectually.
And the fastest way to do that is read their blog.
More on this later. Just wanted to record here the date I started the project.
Friendship is a world-wide feeling that everyone shares. Friendship means having a person you share your feelings with, a person you look up to, or someone you can look to for comfort.


Hillsboro Hops jumped out of the first inning with two scores and held on for a nail-biter in a 2-0 win over the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes. After that, the game turned into a pitcher's duel filled with strikeouts and, for the most part, fine defensive play.
Before the first out of the game, the Hops were already on the scoreboard. Camden Duzenack led off the inning with a walk and moved to second on Ryan Grotjohn's single through the right gap. Luis Lara stepped up to the plate and smacked a single into right scoring Duzenack.
After that was a bit of foreshadowing of how the game would continue the rest of the way. Instead of a second easy score, Grotjohn came home on the game's first out – a groundout by Dan Swain.
That would be the end of the scoring for the night though no one expected it as there were still 53 outs left to be played.
The pitching was the real story of the night. Starting with (literally) Hops starter Brian Shaffer, the Hops started their breeze through the Volcanoes Stadium. Going three innings, Shaffer allowed just one hit, a Bryce Johnson single with one out in the first, and the beginning of a shut-out.
Coming on in the fourth and lasting the rest of the way, going six innings, was Keven McCanna (W, 3-1) who allowed the other Volcano's hit — a two out single by Logan Baldwin in the bottom of the ninth. If McCanna had added Baldwin to his strike out list of seven other S-K plate appearances, Kevin would have had a six-inning no-hitter. But, Kevin did walk away with the win.
In opposition was a rare pitching performance by Volcano pitcher Julio Benitez (L, 1-5). Not only did Julio start the game for the home team, but he also finished it in a complete game performance that could have easily been a winner on most other nights. In an economic 92-pitch performance, Benitez faced 34 batters, seven above the minimum.
Hops batters scrounged up six hits on the night. Grotjohn had the game's only multi-hit performance smacking a third of his team's safe passages to base. Ryan Dobson clobbered a double with two outs in the second for the game's only extra base hit. Dan Swain and Daulton Varsho had the other two Hops hits.
The Hillsboro Hops' (12-13) win kept pace with the Boise Hawks, tied on top of the Southern Division. The loss dropped the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (11-14) to second place, one game behind the co-leaders. The Hops evened up the four-game series 1-1.
Both teams return to Volcano Stadium Monday morning for a rare 9:30 am start. The reason is the total eclipse talked about world-wide finally arriving. The host Volcanoes have been preparing for it since earlier this year. Festivities will start at six in the morning with a breakfast for fans. At 6:30, talks every half hour will be given by a representative from NASA until the game's start.
It is expected for the game to last one full inning before the world's first eclipse delay of a baseball game. The game will take a momentary break for the darkness. The game will resume once the sun returns to its normal brightness.


10 YEARS OF FAIR TRADE TEA" - CELEBRATING THE ASSAM TEA PROJECT !
change the face of India's tea industry!
This fun event will mark the 10th anniversary of the Assam Tea Project, a local initiative providing encouragement and training in organic farming practices to small-scale tea growers, farmers and families from northeast India.
The initiative got its start in 1999 when, encouraged by increasing sales and support for their fair trade coffee project, members of the World Community Development Education Society first began looking for a supply of organic tea.
They asked friends Kel Kelly and Peggy Carswell, who'd just returned from several months travelling in northeast India, for help – and the rest, as they say, is history.
Over the next year, Carswell learned all she could about India's tea industry and organic tea cultivation, and returned to Assam to track down a good quality black, loose-leaf tea. Several months later, she'd located a small handful of growers scattered throughout the state who were enthusiastic about the idea of producing organic tea. But there was a problem. They had no concept of what growing organically actually entailed, and no one was producing small-scale dryers or processing equipment.
While Carswell eventually found a larger, established company that could provide World Community with certified organic and fairly traded tea, she didn't lose hope that with training and support, the small-scale growers could eventually begin producing their own teas.
For the past decade, proceeds from the sale of World Community's tea, topped up with an annual donation from Edible Island Whole Foods, have helped Peggy and an enthusiastic group of volunteers from the west coast – and the growers - accomplish that goal.
Join us to learn more about the remarkable group of tea growers, sample their teas, and join World Community, Edible Island and Fertile Ground to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Assam Tea Project.
Visit www.smallteacoop.com to view more photos and stories about small-scale tea growers from Assam!


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Раёк, Роёк — река в России, протекает в Кильмезском и Малмыжском районах Кировской области. Устье реки находится в 11 км по правому берегу реки Рожка. Длина реки составляет 25 км, площадь водосборного бассейна 94,8 км².

Исток реки в лесах в 22 км к юго-западу от посёлка Кильмезь. В верхнем течении река течёт на юго-запад по ненаселённому лесу, в нижнем выходит на обширную заболоченную пойму Вятки, где поворачивает на юг и петляет среди болот вплоть до впадения в Рожку чуть выше деревни Захватаево (Мелетское сельское поселение) и того места, где Рожка переходит в длинный и вытянутый затон Вятки, известный как затон Курья.

Данные водного реестра
По данным государственного водного реестра России относится к Камскому бассейновому округу, водохозяйственный участок реки — Вятка от водомерного поста посёлка городского типа Аркуль до города Вятские Поляны, речной подбассейн реки — Вятка. Речной бассейн реки — Кама.

По данным геоинформационной системы водохозяйственного районирования территории РФ, подготовленной Федеральным агентством водных ресурсов:
 Код водного объекта в государственном водном реестре — 10010300512111100040029
 Код по гидрологической изученности (ГИ) — 111104002
 Код бассейна — 10.01.03.005
 Номер тома по ГИ — 11
 Выпуск по ГИ — 1

Примечания

Реки Кильмезского района
Реки Малмыжского района
Бассейн Вятки


ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: Reinvigorating the economy of the Northland neighborhood is essential for stimulating the level of investment and wealth necessary to reduce poverty and unemployment in the neighborhood while creating the level of prosperity needed to enhance the standard of living of all people. This plan takes a three-pronged approach to accomplish this using recently established policies and programs.
The first approach involves the redevelopment of the Northland Corridor to attract employers to locate jobs within the neighborhood while reducing blight from vacant industrial buildings and brownfields.
The second approach is the creation of the Western New York Workforce Training Center to train neighborhood residents in the skills needed to access the jobs that are being created along the Northland Corridor and elsewhere in the region.
The third approach invests in small, locally-owned businesses within the neighborhood as guided by the Better Buffalo Fund (BBF).
Rehabilitation of existing houses whenever possible.
Demolition of select houses beyond repair.
Infill construction of new houses on vacant lots.
Vacant lot management needs to be coordinated and integrated within each of these actions, so that these lots become neighborhood assets and not concerns.
INFRASTRUCTURE: A neighborhood's public realm is the common space belonging to everyone, affecting both living standards and commerce, while its aesthetic enhances quality of life. Investment in public infrastructure must be comprehensive, targeting each street at a time, to include street, sidewalks, and curbs. Supplementary improvements should include: utility lines, street lighting, trees, and community facilities such as playgrounds.


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Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
American college football stadium of the University of Florida
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"The Swamp"
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Location in Florida
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Location in the United States
Former names
Florida Field (1930–1989)
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field (1989–2016)
157 Gale Lemerand Drive, Gainesville, Florida 32611
29°39′0″N 82°20′55″W / 29.65000°N 82.34861°W / 29.65000; -82.34861Coordinates: 29°39′0″N 82°20′55″W / 29.65000°N 82.34861°W / 29.65000; -82.34861
88,548 (2003–present)[1]
83,000 (1991–2002)
90,916[2]
Natural grass (1930–1970)
Astroturf (1971–1989)
Bermuda grass (1990–present)[3]
Broke ground
Construction cost
$118,000 (1930)($1,710,366.79 in 2017 dollars)
Rudolph Weaver[4]
Florida Gators (NCAA) (1930–present)
Gator Bowl (NCAA) (1994)
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (in full Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium),[5] popularly known as "The Swamp", is the football stadium for the University of Florida's football team which is located on its Gainesville, Florida campus. The stadium was built in 1930 with a capacity of about 22,000, and has been expanded, renovated, and improved many times over the ensuing decades. Most of the football coach and administrative offices and the football team's training facilities have been under the south and west stands of Florida Field since the 1960s. In 2016, the University of Florida Athletic Association announced plans to build a $60 million stand-alone football facility which is scheduled to open in 2021.[6]
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium is the largest football stadium in Florida, the 12th largest stadium in American college football, and the 18th largest stadium in the world, as measured by its official seating capacity of 88,548 – though, it has often held over 90,000 for Florida's home football games.
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^ Brew, Tom (November 28, 2015). "Florida Gators set Ben Hill Griffin attendance record in showdown with Seminoles". saturdaydownsouth.com. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
^ "IFAS Second Annual Turfgrass Field Day" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 26, 2011. Retrieved April 2, 2009.
^ Antonya English, "100 things about 100 years of Gator football Archived 2016-09-04 at the Wayback Machine", St. Petersburg Times (August 27, 2006). Retrieved September 29, 2011.
^ Spurrier's Name to be Added to Florida Field Retrieved June 9, 2016
^ "UF picks firm to design stand-alone football facility". gatorsports.com. February 22, 2017. Archived from the original on April 19, 2017. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
Public research university in Gainesville, Florida, United States
O'Connell Center
Alfred A. McKethan Stadium
Baseball park at University of Florida
University of Florida Campus Historic District
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Over at NIB Norwegian interior bloggers have been invited to choose something from their home that shows who they are. And I thought, why not join in here. My favourite little corner is one side of the bedroom. Ok I technically share it with my man but you can see that, umm, he didn't really have much of a say. (Poor guy!). I have so many treasured items, pictures of my family, presents from friends and nostalgic trinkets that tell a story that it's definitely a little corner of my world that I really love.
A little guide to where things are from: the black wallpaper and bedding is Designers Guild. The mirror is Graham & Green. The reading lamp is the IKEA +365 BRASA. The two little vintage apothecary bottles were a present from P's dad who's a doctor. And I found the Swedish Gustavian chest-of-drawers in their attic. The jewellery holder was a birthday present from my P (good man!). And no guesses where the Chanel No5 perfume was from! People are buying second hand perfume for lots at the moment for the lovely bottles so if you have one that you don't like the scent of and thinking of slinging it out, e-bay it instead!
Do you have an area of your home you feel is truly yours and represents you?
Oh and also I've been looking for a pretty 'washed out' pink or lilac coloured throw for my bed - any tips? Or perhaps another colour - what do you think?
Just lovely, and that wallcovering?! Is it flocked? I think a soft coloured throw would be great and something you could easily change out when you are in the mood for a quick change.
You bedroom looks absolutely lovely!!
so so cool! loving it!
Love your home, just gorgeous! Glad I found you...newest follower!
Love your room. Can you give me details on the wallpaper?


Holland Public Schools has an uncompromising commitment to student achievement. Title One supports this commitment with federal funding that provides additional instructional services for our students who need extra time and instruction to succeed in school. Title One funding helps us reach our goal of providing opportunities and high quality education to ALL students, allowing students to reach their full potential and preparing them for the future.
Parents who visit our buildings have most likely met some of our Instructional Assistants during the course of the year. These positions have been funded by Title One for the purpose of providing extra support in the core content areas. To learn more about your child's building, please take a look at the building annual report and/or the school improvement plan. You are also welcome to stop by your student's building to ask for a printed copy of the plan.
Parent involvement is key to your student's success.
We want HPS parents to be involved in decisions regarding their student(s) and school. If you would like to share your ideas about what your child learns, please contact your building principal. We'd love to have you be a part of the planning processes.
If you are not sure who to talk to, please call the Teaching for Learning office at 616-494-2040-they will point you in the right direction.


If you work in an office, then getting to wear jeans to work can be a BIG DEAL. In many offices that are business casual, you may get to wear jeans on a Friday. And in other offices, you may never get to wear jeans. But instead of wishing and waiting for Friday jean day, I'm sharing my trick to wear jeans to the office any day of the week.
Now, if you try this trick, be sure to pair your colored jeans with a dressy top for the office. Here, I've paired them with a collarless button-up top with ruffle detail. You could totally throw a blazer to polish off the look.
I kept my shoes and earrings a little dressy and used them to pull together my look. This also is a great look to take from the office to drinks after work.
Can you wear jeans to your office?


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Kenny Chesney — Alot Of Things Different
I'd spend a lot more time in the pouring rain without an umbrella
Covering my head
And I'd stood up to that bully when he pushed and called me names
But I was too afraid
And I'd a gone on and saw Elvis that night he came to town
But mama said I couldn't
And I'd a went skinny dipping with Jenny Carson that time she dared me to
But I didn't
Oh I, I'd done a lot of things different
I wished I'd a spent more time with my dad, when he was alive
Now I don't have the chance
I wish I had told my brother how much I loved him before he went off to war
But I just shook his hand
And I wish I had gone to church on Sunday morning when my grandma begged me to
But I was afraid of God
And I wish I would've listened when they said Boy, you're gonna wish you hadn't
But I wouldn't
People say they wouldn't change a thing, even if they could
Oh, but I would
There was this red dress she wanted one time, so bad she could taste it
And I should've bought it, but I didn't
She wanted to paint our bedroom yellow and trim it blues and greens
But I wouldn't let her, wouldn't a hurt nuthin
She loved to be held and kissed and touched but I didn't do it
Not nearly enough
And if I'd a known that dance was going to be our last dance
I'd a asked that band to play on and on, on and on
Oh, whoa, Oh I, I'd done a lot of things different
Oh I, I'd done a lot of things
I think we've all do a lot of things different


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Hugues Bedi Mbenza (Milange, 11 september 1984) is een Congolese voetballer die als middenvelder speelt.

Carrière
Bedi Mbenza begon zijn spelerscarrière bij AC Dynamique. In 2006 belandde hij in de Congolese hoofdstad bij Bel'Or FC, waar hij na twee seizoenen al werd opgemerkt door de topclub TP Mazembe. De aanvallende middenvelder veroverde met Mazembe twee keer de landstitel en twee keer de CAF Champions League. In 2010 bereikten de Congolese international en zijn ploegmaats ook de finale van het WK voor clubs.

In het seizoen 2011/12 trok TP Mazembe op stage in Anderlecht. Mbenza en zijn ploegmaat Patou Kabangu maakten indruk en tekende niet veel later een contract bij RSC Anderlecht. De twee werden bij paars-wit verenigd met hun landgenoot Dieumerci Mbokani, eveneens een ex-speler van Bel'Or en Mazembe.

In 2013 ging hij in Tunesië voor Club Africain spelen. Hij keerde terug bij TP Mazembe en speelde in 2015 in Angola voor Kabuscorp SC. In 2016 ging hij voor FC Renaissance spelen.

Spelerscarrière

Palmares

Zie ook
 Lijst van spelers van RSC Anderlecht

Externe link
Profiel op national-football-teams.com

Voetballer uit Congo-Kinshasa


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package com.salesforce.phoenix.compile;

import java.sql.SQLException;

import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.io.ImmutableBytesWritable;

import com.salesforce.phoenix.expression.Expression;
import com.salesforce.phoenix.schema.PDataType;
import com.salesforce.phoenix.schema.tuple.Tuple;

/**
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 * Projector for getting value from a select statement for an expression
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 * @author jtaylor
 * @since 0.1
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public class ExpressionProjector implements ColumnProjector {
    private final String name;
    private final Expression expression;
    private final String tableName;
    private final boolean isCaseSensitive;

    public ExpressionProjector(String name, String tableName, Expression expression, boolean isCaseSensitive) {
        this.name = name;
        this.expression = expression;
        this.tableName = tableName;
        this.isCaseSensitive = isCaseSensitive;
    }

    @Override
    public String getTableName() {
        return tableName;
    }

    @Override
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        return expression;
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        return name;
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            if (!expression.evaluate(tuple, ptr)) {
                return null;
            }
            if (ptr.getLength() == 0) {
                return null;
            }
            return type.toObject(ptr, expression.getDataType(), expression.getColumnModifier());
        } catch (RuntimeException e) {
            // FIXME: Expression.evaluate does not throw SQLException
            // so this will unwrap throws from that.
            if (e.getCause() instanceof SQLException) {
                throw (SQLException) e.getCause();
            }
            throw e;
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When was the last time that you got your locks replaced? Many of us don't even remember because we never tend to pay attention to the locks that holds our security together in the best form. If you have realized that it is about time to get the locks replaced for better ones, then kudos to you for giving a second thought about your security! Looking for a professional locksmith who could replace locks with better ones? Then you have come to the right place! East Greenwich RI Locksmith Store is just the right firm for you to rely upon for locks replace service, no matter where in the East Greenwich, RI area or when you are looking out for our services.
Replacement of locks isn't the only option; rather it is one of the options to ramp-up the existing security system. Most of the times, locks do not need replacement unless they are too outdated or damaged beyond repair. East Greenwich RI Locksmith Store provides a broad range of services, and our end goal behind providing all the services is to ensure that you have a better security system in place at the end of the day. When you give us a call to get your locks replaced, we would arrive fully equipped with all the necessary equipment and examine your locks firstly. Upon examination, if we find minor loopholes, we would simply repair them. If they are beyond repair, or replacement is incumbent, only then we would offer to provide our locks replace services.
Why choose East Greenwich RI Locksmith Store as your locksmith?
Being aided by years of experience, educational qualification and training, our locksmiths are adept at providing impeccable locksmith services to all in the East Greenwich, RI area. Whether it is to cut keys, devise master system plan or for lock replace, we are capable of providing it all with refined dexterity.
Want our services in the East Greenwich, RI area? All you need to do is give East Greenwich RI Locksmith Store a call at 401-369-8688! We extend our services for 24/7 throughout the entire year, hence time and distance is not a barrier in the least to us!


Say "Hello" to Marian! Goldilocks would love this new clutch design. Not too small, not too large, it's a great size to fit your daily essentials or for a night out. Crafted from luxe black faux leather with detailed stitching embellishment, this bag versatile and classic. Inside, a patterned cotton print adds a bit of fun.
Check out the video below for a peek at the interior!