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La Legio XII Fulminata ("portatrice del fulmine") fu una legione romana costituita da Gaio Giulio Cesare nel 58 a.C. e attiva fino all'inizio del V secolo a guardia dell'attraversamento dell'Eufrate a Melitene. L'emblema della legione era il fulmine.

Storia

Campagne galliche e guerre civili

La XII fu costituita assieme alla XI nel 58 a.C. da Gaio Giulio Cesare per la sua campagna contro gli Elvezi e la successiva conquista della Gallia. Terminata la guerra civile tra Cesare e Pompeo, dove combatté a fianco di Cesare, la legione venne sciolta nel 45 a.C.. L'anno successivo venne ricostituita (nel 44 a.C.) da Marco Emilio Lepido e da questi consegnata a Marco Antonio. Dopo Azio, fece parte dell'esercito di Augusto ed inviata a Raphana, in Siria, mentre alcuni veterani ricevettero delle terre a Patrasso, in Grecia. Potrebbe però aver soggiornato per un breve periodo di tempo in Africa proconsolare (a Thugga) proprio all'inizio del principato.

Campagna partica di Corbulone e rivolta giudaica

Nel 58 il re parto Vologese I invase il Regno di Armenia, uno stato cliente dell'Impero romano. L'imperatore Nerone ordinò a Gneo Domizio Corbulone, il legato per la Cappadocia, di gestire l'emergenza e Corbulone sconfisse i Parti restaurando sul trono armeno Tigrane II.

In seguito Vologese mise il proprio fratello Tiridate I sul trono d'Armenia; i Romani tornarono all'offensiva nel 62, e il nuovo legato di Cappadocia, Lucio Cesennio Peto, venne sconfitto al comando delle sue legioni, la XII e la IIII Scythica, nella battaglia di Randeia (inverno 62/63), e dovette arrendersi. La resa pesò gravemente sull'onore delle due legioni, che infatti vennero allontanate da quel teatro di guerra e non parteciparono alla campagna vittoriosa di Corbulone.

L'occasione di riconquistare l'onore perduto venne nel 66, dopo che la rivolta zelota durante la prima guerra giudaica aveva causato la distruzione della guarnigione romana a Gerusalemme: la XII, rinforzata con vessillazioni della IIII Scythica e della VI Ferrata, fu inviata sul luogo per sedare la rivolta, ma, considerata troppo debole dal legato di Siria Gaio Cestio Gallo, fu rimandata indietro. Sulla strada del ritorno cadde nell'imboscata di Eleazar ben Simon a Bethoron: sconfitta, subì il grande disonore di perdere le proprie aquile. Malgrado ciò, la legione si risollevò, combattendo bene nell'ultima parte della guerra e sostenendo con successo la candidatura del proprio comandante Tito Flavio Vespasiano al soglio imperiale. Terminata la guerra, la XII Fulminata e la XVI Flavia Firma furono destinate a partire dalla fine del 70, la prima a Melitene, la seconda a Satala, dove dovevano proteggere il confine dell'Eufrate.

A difesa della frontiera orientale

La presenza della XII nel Caucaso è testimoniata per l'anno 85: l'imperatore Domiziano aveva infatti inviato lì la Fulminata allo scopo di sostenere i regni clienti di Iberia e Albània. In quell'occasione la legione raggiunse il Mar Caspio.

La legione fu in Armenia per la campagna del 114 di Traiano, dove partecipò alla creazione della Provincia romana di Armenia.

Dopo essere stata impiegata per respingere gli Alani — nel 134, sotto il comando del governatore di Cappadocia Arriano e insieme alla XV Apollinaris —, la Fulminata partecipò, con molta probabilità, alla campagna parta di Lucio Vero (162-166): un'unità mista della XII e della XV, infatti, controllò per qualche tempo la capitale armena di Artaxata.

Guerre marcomanniche (II secolo)

L'imperatore Marco Aurelio incluse la XII tra le legioni mobilitate in occasione della sua campagna contro i Quadi, nell'ambito delle guerre marcomanniche. Durante questa campagna avvenne l'episodio della "pioggia miracolosa", riportato da diverse fonti, che salvò una vessillazione della Fulminata dalla sconfitta. Secondo la versione di Cassio Dione, un mago egiziano di nome Harnuphis evocò Mercurio e ottenne la caduta della pioggia; secondo lo scrittore cristiano Tertulliano, invece, il fenomeno miracoloso fu dovuto alle preghiere dei soldati, che erano cristiani. L'episodio è rappresentato anche sulla colonna di Marco Aurelio alla scena numero 16.

Nel 175, mentre la legione era tornata a Melitene, Avidio Cassio si ribellò a Marco Aurelio, perché era giunta voce che l'imperatore fosse morto: la XII rimase leale a Marco Aurelio e venne premiata ricevendo il titolo onorifico Certa Constans, "sempre affidabile".

Alla morte dell'imperatore Pertinace si scatenò una lotta a tre per il trono imperiale: la XII scelse di sostenere Pescennio Nigro contro Settimio Severo, ma Nigro fu sconfitto e, dopo che Severo ebbe completato la propria vittoriosa campagna contro i Parti spostando sul Tigri il confine, la XII fu lasciata in riserva, forse una specie di punizione per aver sostenuto Nigro.

Dal III al V secolo

Melitene fu uno dei centri in cui il Cristianesimo attecchì prima: un soldato cristiano della XII, Polieucte fu ucciso sotto Valeriano (253-260). Valeriano fu sconfitto e fatto prigioniero dal re dei Sasanidi Sapore I: questo evento causò il collasso dell'impero, che perse l'Impero delle Gallie in occidente e il Regno di Palmira in oriente. Si sa che la XII fu sotto il comando di Settimio Odenato, signore di Palmira, ma ricevette anche gli onori dall'imperatore Gallieno, che concesse alla legione il titolo Galliena.

Si hanno poche testimonianze riguardo alla storia successiva della legione: rimase indubbiamente coinvolta negli eventi che accaddero lungo la frontiera orientale dell'impero, perché all'inizio del V secolo si trovava ancora a Melitene, sotto il comando del dux Armeniae.

Note

Bibliografia
Fonti primarie
Cassio Dione, Storia romana, lxxii.8.2-4
Historia Augusta, Vita Marci, xxiv.4.
Claudiano, In VI consulatum Honorii, xxviii.340-350.
Temistione, Orazioni, xv.
Paolo Orosio, Historiarum adversus paganos libri septem, vii.15.10.
Eusebio di Cesarea, Storia ecclesiastica, v.1-6.
Tertulliano, Apologeticum, v.6; Ad Scapulam, iv.7.

Fonti secondarie
AA.VV., Cambridge Ancient History, vol. VIII, cap. XX, Gli Antonini – IV La guerra in Germania, trad.it., Milano, 1975, p. 774-775.
Bennet, Julian, The cappadocian frontier: from the Julio-Claudians to Hadrian, in 18th International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies, a cura di P.Freeman, J.Bennett, Z.T.Fiema e B.Hoffmann, Oxford 2002.
Birley, Antony, Marco Aurelio, trad.it., Milano, 1990, p. 215.
Caprino, in C.Caprino – A.M.Colini – G.Gatti – M.Pallottino – P.Romanelli, La colonna di Marco Aurelio (illustrata a cura di Comune di Roma), Roma 1955.
Gonzáles, J.Rodriguez, Historia de las legiones romanas, Madrid, 2003, p. 328.
Grant, M., The Antonines – The roman empire in transition, Londra, 1994, p. 47.
Grimal, Pierre, Marco Aurelio, trad.it., Milano, 2004, p. 166.
J. Guey, "Le date de la pluie miraculeuse et la colonne Aurelienne", Mélanges de l'Ecole Francaise de Rome, LX, Parigi 1948, p. 105-127; id., LXI, 1949, 93-118; id. RPH, XXII, 1948, p. 16 ss..

Sordi, Marta, "Le monete di Marco Aurelio con Mercurio" e la «pioggia miracolosa»", Scritti di Storia romana, Milano 2002, pp. 55–70.
András Mócsy, Pannonia and Upper Moesia, Londra e Boston, 1974, p. 188.
Perea Yébenes, Sabino, La legion XII y el prodigio de la lluvia en época del emperador Marco Aurelio, Madrid, 2002.
Ramelli, Ilaria, in Prefazione a: Sabino Perea Yébenes, La legion XII y el prodigio de la lluvia en época del emperador Marco Aurelio, Madrid, 2002, p. 11-12.
Rubin, H.Z., Wheather Miracles under Marcus Aurelius, Atheaneum, 57, 1979, p. 365-366.
Riordan Rick Eroi dell'olimpo in cui la 12* fulminata è ancora in attività

Voci correlate
 Elenco di legioni romane
 Quaranta martiri di Sebaste

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
 LEGIO XII FVLMINATA, gruppo di ricostruzione storica italiano (periodo repubblicano)
 LEGIO XII FVLMINATA, gruppo di ricostruzione storica italiano (periodo imperiale)

12 Fulminata
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Skull King - Rules
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Skull King is a pirate trick-taking game, in which you have to predict the number of tricks you are going to take. Sounds easy, were it not for mean opponents...
Score pad (opens / closes by clicking this symbol)
your cards
Player's name
Total number of points so far (ahead of the current round)
Current point total in the current round
Number of tricks taken/number announced
Example: Nessi has collected 90 points so far. She announces 3 tricks, has only taken two so far (2/3). Because of the missing trick, she would currently have -10 points from this round, making (80) points in total.
The game consists of 66 cards:
Normal colour cards with the numbers 1 - 13, in the colours red, yellow and blue.
Skull and crossbones cards (black) 1 - 13
Special cards:
Five escape cards
Two mermaids
One Skull King
One Scary Mary
The game goes for twn rounds. Each player has to announce the number of tricks they want to make this round. Then every player always plays one card and the highest wins the trick.
Every players gets one card in the first round, two in the second, etc.
Predicting Tricks
At the beginning of the round, all players secretly predict the number of tricks they want to make.
Once all the players have chosen, the starting player begins by playing one of their cards. He is the one seated furthest left, the other players follow to his right in the order of play. They each play a card, when it's their turn.
The colour played first must always be followed.
If, for example, the first player plays a red card, all the other players must also play red cards, if they have any. The only exceptions to this rule are the special cards: These cards can be played at any time, regardless of the colour played first.
Winning the Trick
Once all the players have played a card, it is determined who will win the trick:
Normal Colour Cards:
The first of these colours played is trump. It must be followed (unless you play a special card). The highest card of the first-played colour wins. Other colour cards (apart from black) don't count anything and never trump.
Skull and Crossbones Cards (Black):
Skull and crossbones cards are not special cards, i.e. the may only be played if you can't follow the colour played first! They trump any other coloured card. If several skull and crossbones cards are played, the highest one trumps the others.
Escape has a value of 0 and is always the lowest card.
The mermaid is higher than all the colour cards (black ones included!). She also trumps the Skull King but not the pirates - unless the Skull King is also in the trick: if all of mermaid, pirate and Skull King are played, the mermaid wins. If she trumps the Skull King, she gets bonus points. If both mermaids are played in the same trick, the first one wins.
Pirates trump all coloured cards (incl. black ones) and the mermaids. They can only be trumped by a pirate card played earlier in the trick and by the Skull King.
Scary Mary
Scary Mary can be played as an Escape card or pirate. When you play her, you have to choose.
Skull King
The Skull King is the highest card and can only be trumped by a mermaid.
If the card that way played first is a special card, the first normal colour card determines the colour that has to be followed.
If the card played first is a skull and crossbones card, it doesn't have to be trumped by a special card in the case that you have no more skull and crossbones cards in your hand. Normal coloured cards can also be played - but will never win the trick.
If only escapes were played, the first escape wins the trick.
At the end of each round, the tricks of each player are counted. Players who managed to get the number of tricks predicted get 20 points per trick won. Those who didn't lose 10 points for every additional trick they took or every trick they failed to take.
If a player announces 0 tricks and makes it, they get the round number × 10 points. If, for example, they predict 0 tricks in the fifth round and go on not to make any, they will win 50 points. If, on the other hand, they make one or more tricks, they get this number subtracted. So you can earn lots of points by predicting 0 tricks but also lose lots.
EAch pirate caught by the Skull King earns the King an extra 30 bonus points. Scary Mary always counts as a pirate, whether played as such or not.
If a mermaid catches the Skull King, she gets 50 bonus points.
Attention : You only receive bonuses if you manage to stick to your prediction. If you don't make it, you also don't get the bonus.
Once a trick has been awarded to a player, that player starts the next trick.
At the end of the round, the scoring pad automatically opens:
Here you can see the points and predictions from all the rounds. Once everybody has accepted by clicking OK, the next round starts. The new starting player is the one who sat second in the last round.
The pad can be opened and closed at any point by clicking the pad symbol to the upper right. The points and predictions for the current round are always shown as well.
The game ends after 10 rounds. The player with the most points wins.
Not much of an option, more like an extra for the interface, the entry SkullKingHook=On in the prop file allows you to mark a card before it's your turn. This card then gets a pirate hook. Once it's your turn, the card is automatically played. Of course you can always change your choice, as long as the card has not been played yet.


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Aimee Stephens Takes Her Trans Rights Case To The Supreme Court
by Robert RothOct 7, 2019Politics, Queer Life, Trans Life
This week the US Supreme Court will hear three cases dealing with queer and trans rights, cases that ask the court to decide whether it is legal to fire someone who is queer and/or trans under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act's prohibition on discrimination based on sex. The subject of one of these cases, R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, is Aimee Stephens.
Stephens had worked at R.G. and G.R. Harris Funeral Homes as a funeral director for nearly six years until, when she informed the owner and her coworkers that she is trans, she was fired. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued on her behalf, and the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that her employer engaged in unlawful sex discrimination when it fired her for being trans.
Stephens says that she knew she was a girl as early as five years old. She began to work with a therapist in 2008 and, by 2012, had made the decision to inform her employer and coworkers that she is a woman. Two weeks after she came out to her boss in a letter she'd written, she was fired, which left her and her wife without health insurance when her kidneys failed.
"He read the letter, folded it up and put in his pocket, and we were basically done for that day," Stephens said in an interview with the Associated Press. Stephens and her boss met again, briefly, 2 weeks later. "He handed me a letter and said this is not going to work," she said.
Sexual orientation or gender identity have never been expressly included by Congress in Title VII's prohibition on discrimination because of sex. Bills have been several times over recent years that would do so, but none of them have seen much hope of passing.
While the Obama administration had taken a supportive stance of protections against discrimination for queer and trans people, the current administration has taken the opposite view, claiming that employers should be allowed to fired people for being queer and/or trans. This stance also means that Solicitor General Noel Francisco, who will be officially representing the EEOC at the Supreme Court, will also be arguing against the EEOC's position.
Stephens has some strong defenders in her corner, though, including Chase Strangio, deputy director for transgender justice with the American Civil Liberties Union's LGBT & HIV Project.
"Tuesday may feature the first time the word 'transgender' is spoken during oral arguments in the highest court in the United States," said Strangio in the Washington Post. "And when the justices look out from the bench and see my co-counsel and me at counsel table, it may be the first time they have looked at transgender attorneys defending our own existence before their powerful bench."
The case is important because more than half the states in the US still allow discrimination in employment because of gender identity or sexual orientation. In Stephens' home state of Michigan, the civil rights commission ended up interpreted existing state law to protect LGBT people from workplace bias last year. That decision doesn't affect Stephens, though, having been fired in 2013.
This case is one of the first involving rights for queer and trans people since one of the Supreme Court's biggest proponents of gay rights, Justice Anthony Kennedy, retired in July 2018. It's unlikely that a decision in this case, whatever it may be, would be heard before spring of 2020.
Stephens plans to attend the arguments in the Supreme Court despite her need for dialysis treatments three times per week because of her kidney failure.
"I felt what they did to me wasn't right. In fact, it was downright wrong," Stephens said. "But I also realized it wasn't just me, that there were others in the world facing the same tune."
Stephens has continued her struggle, despite mounting health issues, because of the current administration and their changes to Obama administration policies allowing trans people to use school bathrooms corresponding to their identity, and to serve openly in the military.
"With all the things that have come out, with the way that transgender people are being treated, basically trying to be forcibly erased from society, I have no regrets at all about it," she said. "I'm happy being me. It's taken a long time."
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Robert is a working class queer nerd overthrowing the capitalist patriarchy one wry comment at a time. Besides volunteering as editor and publisher of Queerspace Magazine, he's a writer, designer, illustrator, photographer, and filmmaker. He's a lifelong gaymer, and is old enough to remember when RPGs only came with paper and dice.
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by Robert Roth, Queerspace Magazine
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azimuthal distribution The spread of directional data measured from features such as cross-beds (see CROSS-STRATIFICATION), ripples, and oriented fossils, used to determine the direction of current flow. Azimuthal distributions may be displayed on a rose diagram, or treated statistically to give vector mean and variance data.
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by	Alina Gafu	January 12, 2020	192	Views
I made a promise to myself that I will write a review about this record, although is not new material anymore. I did this because this record finds its place in my top ten releases for 2019. Too much music is released and there is not enough time or space to cover it all. Some publicists fraud the system, generating artificial hype for their artists. A sort of uniformity in year-end lists affects those charts, making them subjective.
Primitive Black Metal rhythms immersed in what some might say an excess of riffs and atmospheric devices, crude tones and archaic ambience-are few of the keynotes of this full-length.
Hailing from the vast lands of Germany, originally established in California, USA, Black Metal band Crimson Moon has accomplished a lot since it's starting in 1994. Comprised of mastermind Scorpios Androctonus (Possession Ritual, Sabnack, Akrabu, Behind Your Fear) guitarists Agreas (Carn Dûm) and Sabnoc, drums: Blastum (Aosoth, Antaeus), the group looking to worship to the old metal gods and seeks to revive old tones, adding inspiration and personality. Their first two LPs—1996's "To Embrace the Vampyric Blood" and 2005's "Under the Serpentine Spell"—were highly immersive, tasteful, and brutal sequences that earned comparisons to Nightbringer and Demonic Christ.
Despite being around since 1994 and having released four excellent full-lengths and a number of solid EPs and splits, they have managed to evade the deaf ears of metal judges. Which is a shame, considering their intriguing music is as stylistically diverse as it is coherent in its composition. Luckily, "Mors Vincit Omnia" (Death conquers all) offers a new portal to explore Crimson Moon's occult world.
Following up their 2016 well-received album "Oneironaut", "Mors Vincit Omnia" is an exercise in extreme Black Metal, featuring tremolo melodies, furious drumming, bass grooves, varying vocals, and symphonic overtones. It embodies a unique style, feeling remarkably warm in its production and occult in its execution, but bringing a distinctly darker mood than its predecessor. It also adds a few tricks of its own, such as obscure lyrics and outstanding melodies.
The seven-minute opening track is a perfect representation of what to expect. After filling your ears with raw and unrelenting pace, the full force of "Mors Vincit Omnia" is unleashed. The guitars kick up a pace that the bass and drums succeed to maintain.
The album is beautifully atmospheric, with layered synths and keys both delicately evocative, and the tortured and howls of its creator again act almost like an additional instrument. Complex riffing and keyboard breaks, complicate drum patterns and will for musical experimentation are all present here. Feeling darker and more direct than its predecessor, mixed with dark, religious echoes throughout its eight-track length, Mors Vincit Omnia is a haunting concept.
Crimson Moon tackles philosophical principles (Vanitas, Tempus Fugit, Mors Vincit Omnia) as well as ancient archetypes with this set of songs, including the female personifications of destiny who directed the lives (and deaths) of humans and gods- "Parcae", and the Angel of Death in Islam-"Azrael".
Each piece of Mors Vincit Omnia feels distinct but ultimately connected.
Each movement is held together by its fast melodies and overwhelmingly viscous riffs, suggesting majestic proportions, while lyrics detail a journey into the occult and ancient universe and phenomenological transcendence.
For me, the songs "Altars of Azrael" and "Upon A Pale Horse" marks the album's centrepiece and a genuine raison d'être.
The remaining seven songs adopt a similar formula, varying the amount of each style in the mixture.
"Funeral Begotten" compact the band's sound as chants turn into growls and things get straight forward. The third song, "Godspeed Angel of Death" feature as guests Proscriptor (Absu) and Lord Angelslayer (Archgoat).
Melodies are crowned with uncompromising riffs and spread in multiple directions like the merciless quicksilver movements. There are moments of beauty in these compositions: tempo changes, galloping rhythms, and alternating growled and clean vocals, all of them leading into harmonically crescendos.
Guest vocalists on the album include Proscriptor (ABSU), Lord Angelslayer (ARCHGOAT), Ixithra (DEMONCY) and Phaesphoros (KAWIR).
Regardless of criticism and opinions, Mors Vincit Omnia is another great achievement in the band's catalogue. This has achieved well-deserved cult status but not as much as needed to place it next to "Filosofem" for example. It is an underground gem for those willing to spend time and attention tracking it.
HERE is an interview with Scorpios Androctonus, the voice of Crimson Moon.
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– 2019 was a good year for metal it seems. As well as a strong set of releases from some well-known acts, we assisted to some great live...
Last Friday, on December 20, I answered Frig's invite to join them (and their guests, Irfan and Mindcage Escape) to their gig in Quantic Club, where they presented their...
Swiss black metal avant-garde band Schammasch return with their brand new album 'Hearts Of No Light', which lays its foundation in the heights of their past work while presenting...
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New gun dealer regulations are set to take effect Friday in Illinois. Here are the proposed changes.
PETER HANCOCK
SPRINGFIELD – New rules governing how retail gun dealers do business go into effect Friday and include the types of records they must keep, how weapons and ammunition are to be stored and the kinds of video surveillance and security systems they must maintain.
The rules, established by the Illinois State Police and scheduled to be published in the Illinois Register on Friday, will go into effect almost one year to the day after Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the Firearm Dealer License Certification Act into law. The Act requires firearm dealers who have a federal firearm license to also obtain a state certificate and comply with state regulations.
Pritzker signed the bill, the first of his administration, after it passed during the 2018 legislative session. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner was in office when it passed, but Democratic Senate President John Cullerton used a procedural maneuver to hold onto the bill because Rauner had vetoed similar legislation that spring.
The bill was viewed at the time as a response to rising gun violence in parts of Illinois, especially Chicago. It was aimed at preventing theft or other diversion of guns from firearms dealers and to crack down on so-called "straw purchases" in which someone buys a gun on behalf of someone else who is legally prohibited from owning a gun.
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ISP initially proposed administrative rules in August and held a public hearing on Oct. 24 in Springfield. But those proposed rules sparked fierce pushback from gun dealers around the state who said compliance would be excessively expensive.
Of particular concern was a proposed rule that would have required dealers to maintain video surveillance at several points in their stores. Dealers would have also had to maintain those recordings for 90 days and back them up to an offsite storage system such as a cloud or server.
"I know stores that have over 125 cameras in there," said Todd Vandermyde, executive director of the Federal Firearm Licensees of Illinois, a gun dealer trade association. "You're not requiring a backup system, you're requiring a backup generator."
He went on to describe the rule as requiring such a dealer to be able "to upload 125 high-definition Netflix movies simultaneously."
Gun dealers also complained about other proposed rules that would have required them to have written plans for storing all inventory, both during business hours and after closing, and to keep ammunition in a restricted area of the store not accessible to customers. Some gun shop owners said compliance would be impossible.
"Hundreds of dealers have paid $1,500 license fees, confident that they could meet the letter of the law, and now they find that they can't because of the rules that have been proposed," Valinda Rowe, spokeswoman for gun rights advocacy group IllinoisCarry.com, said during the hearing.
Following that hearing, ISP revised many of the proposed rules, eliminating the requirement for backup storage of video surveillance, according to a copy of the rules provided by ISP. But that pushed the rulemaking process beyond Jan. 2 when gun dealers were to come into compliance with many portions of the new law.
As a result, ISP is using its emergency rulemaking powers, which allow regulatory agencies to put rules into effect immediately, for a maximum of 150 days, while final rules are being drafted. Those proposed final rules could be subject to another public hearing, further revision, and review by the General Assembly's Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR).
The law is also the target of a lawsuit filed by the Illinois State Rifle Association, as well as several gun shops. Plaintiffs argue the law places "onerous restrictions" on firearms dealers that would force many stores to close and others to pass the higher costs on "to those who would be seeking to exercise their constitutional right to keep and bear arms."
That lawsuit is pending in Sangamon County Circuit Court.
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WBEZ reported that a close confidant of Illinois Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan "sought leniency" for a state worker facing disciplinary action, calling the employee "a good compliance person."
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Tens of thousands of Illinoisans who have had their driver's license suspended or revoked for having too many unpaid parking tickets or fines for other non-moving violations will soon get their driving privileges reinstated.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker says lobbyist and Michael Madigan confidant should cooperate in federal probe, compares language used in 'rape in Champaign' email to that of a 'crime syndicate'
Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Tuesday that a powerful lobbyist and close confidant of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan should cooperate with federal investigators, and compared the language the man used in an email lauding an official for keeping quiet about a "rape in Champaign" to that of a "crime syndicate."
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The state's agriculture director resigned last weekend at the request of Gov. J.B. Pritzker for failing to disclose contents of a 2012 email that pointed to the possible cover-up of a "rape in Champaign" and government "ghost workers," the governor's office said Monday.
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker's agriculture chief resigns over 'rape in Champaign' email, governor's office says
Gov. J.B. Pritzker's top agriculture official resigned this weekend after the administration learned he had knowledge of a July 2012 email in which a powerful lobbyist and close confidant of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan sought leniency for a state worker who he said had "kept his mouth shut" about "the rape in Champaign."


And if the NFL team's mark was removed, it wouldn't mean Snyder had to change the name of the team, it would just mean that anyone else, were they so inclined, would be able to use the term in football commerce at that point (although, not the logo, or other trademarked identifiers for the team).
All it would mean is that Snyder would lose his registration, which would cost him some presumptions in litigation, and some international priority rights. But, he would still have a common law trademark.


Today I am three weeks post surgery. And here is where I currently am.
Oh, my seven minute trip from bedroom to bathroom has been cut in half,yeah!
We are getting closer to where we need to be. I just need to stay the course.
And the banana bread was delicious!!!


Everton boss Sam Allardyce has revealed Eliaquim Mangala could be forced to spend the remainder of the season on the sidelines after suffering a "long-term" injury.
The 27-year-old joined the Toffees from Manchester City during the January transfer window in a loan deal until the end of the campaign.
However, during just his second showing for the club - the Blues' 3-1 win over Crystal Palace - the France international was able to record only 45 minutes after being forced off with that is believed to be a knee ligament issue.
Eliaquim Mangala is facing the rest of the season out with a knee injury.
Speaking to evertontv from the Merseysiders' warm weather camp in Dubai, as quoted by Sky Sports, Allardyce confirmed that Mangala's injury is as bad as initially feared and that his spell with the club would well already be over.
"The injuries this week were a blow, with Mangala in particular - that looks like it could be long-term, which is a great shame for him and for us because I think he was a very good addition to us", the 63-year-old said.
Despite the former England manager suspecting a long-term absence, the full extent of the damage is expected to be learned in the coming days.
However, despite the loss of Mangala, Allardyce is still confident his side can become a stronger unit and benefit greatly from their break in Dubai.
"We've been able to relax together and work hard together and I think it has helped bring relationships closer", he added.
"Some are already friends, and some will have made bigger friends with others and, of course, the big thing about it for us all is to get to know each other better - not just the players but the players and the staff as well."


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As one of the '80s kids, George Hill jumps into leadership role
Thunder guard George Hill said he had a bit of a shock early in the Oklahoma City training camp.
"When we started to go around room yesterday, it started to be eye- opening for myself, having guys that were born in 2001 and 2000," he said with a laugh Tuesday.
Hill was born in 1986. Entering his 13th year in the league, Hill is one of the oldest players on the Thunder. Surrounded by younger players, he has been looked to as a leader early in training camp.
Several teammates have already spoken highly about him with media.
"He's a great guy. A competitor, and you can tell he has your best interest from the moment you talk to him," said guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
"Guys like that are always easy to play with and listen to, and that's why he's a natural leader."
Head coach Mark Daigneault said that Hill took on the leadership role willingly, something that not all older players do.
"One mistake … is to expect that every player that's got a lot of experience wants to take on a verbal and active leadership role. I think that's something that those guys have to choose," Daigneault said.
"But George enjoys that. He made that clear to us."
Hill's reasoning why he took on that role was simple and, to him, obvious.
"Well that's my job," he said. "To be a leader here in this locker room on and off the court as person, as player."
Hill has only missed the playoffs once in his career. He has made the conference finals four times and appeared in the NBA Finals in 2018 with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
This year, though, the Thunder are rebuilding. They traded away most of their best players who drove the team to the playoffs last season, and, in the tough Western Conference, Oklahoma City is likely to miss the postseason.
Despite the odds of Hill missing the playoffs — if he doesn't get traded during the season — he has jumped into his role and been a positive example early in training camp.
"He loves being in the guys' ears, he loves putting his arm around a guy, he's got a great way about him," Daigneault said. "He earns a lot of respect because of the type of person he is and how professional he is. I've been very impressed with how he works for a guy that's as proven as he is."
Hill has one guaranteed year worth $9.5 million on his contract remaining, and then a non-guaranteed $10 million for next season.
He is a likely starter at guard next to Gilgeous-Alexander and can serve a role as an experienced playmaker to ease the burden on the third-year player and the rest of the group.
"To be that leader out here is much-needed with that young locker room that we have," Hill said. "I'm looking forward to it, just talking to these guys about what I experienced, good and bad, on and off the floor."
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A "Dream" Student's Homeland Security Nightmare /
A "Dream" Student's Homeland Security Nightmare
I'll refer to her as Leticia X.
She is undocumented, but has been in this country since the age of three and is a top student at her high school. Yet, unless the law changes soon, she will be unable to continue with her studies. She tells my students at the University of Arizona that it is wrong that she will not be able to attend college next year: "I consider myself a U.S. citizen. It's the only country I've ever known."
Her symbolic mother is Leticia A -- a student who set the legal precedent in 1982 in Plyler v. Doe in Texas, permitting undocumented students to be able to attend public K-12 schools, without having to pay exorbitant out-of-state tuition.
Today, Leticia X struggles to change this policy to include K-16 students. If out-of-state fees are exorbitant for out of state K-12 students, the rates are stratospheric for out-of-state college students, generally costing tens of thousands of dollars yearly.
Leticia X is part of a nationwide movement – nearly a decade old – to pass legislation that would permit students such as her, to be able to attend college at in-state rates. It's called the DREAM Act. A majority of members of Congress support it, but since 2001, they've never been able to garner the 60 votes necessary in the Senate to bring it to a full vote (cloture). It even has a controversial provision that was injected into it that would permit students to also qualify for U.S. residency by first going into the military for two years. A terrible compromise, but even that has not worked.
It pains me that I cannot publicly identify Leticia X. The irony is that she, like many other DREAM students do identify themselves in public. Apparently, they are more trusting of government than I am.
You have to understand, she was making her plea before my students in Arizona – the New South. It's also the Old South.
Last week, I took my students to witness Operation Streamline, a Homeland Security program that targets undocumented migrants in specific zones with immediate prosecution and deportation. Nothing I told them could prepare them for what they saw. Several left early, crying, unable to continue to witness what passes for a judicial proceeding.
Here, at Tucson's Federal Court, there are daily tax-payer-funded show trials in which 70 to 80 defendants, undocumented migrants all, are convicted in one hour. It's the racial element and the shackles around the ankles, waist and hands that shock the conscience.
In one hour, they are tried, convicted and deported or sent to a private prison (Corrections Corporation of America). It is the breakneck speed that profoundly damages the human spirit and the integrity of the courtroom. As one of my students commented: "They're like cattle being led to the slaughter."
But back to Leticia X. Her story is gut wrenching. She is bright and articulate, and hard-working to a fault. She studies even when she's sick because she believes she has earned the right to go to college. She is, figuratively, a dream student.
If the law does not change by December, she will not be attending a U.S. college next year.
It is difficult to imagine why anyone would be opposed to seeing her go off to college. She knows no other home and barely speaks Spanish.
The larger tragedy is that her story is repeated 65,000 times every year nationwide. There would be many more, but many drop out, not seeing the point of continuing to attend high school. What I really want to do is call the National Hispanic Scholarship Foundation and ask them why they are opposed to creating a special fund to help the Leticia Xes of this nation. Nothing in the law prevents them from doing so.
However, Leticia X is undaunted and courageous. She tells me she has no problem with me using her true name. I dare not expose her to the Joe Arpaios and Lou Dobbs of the world.
President Barack Obama promised a humane solution to the immigration crisis. Humane? Yes. Leticia X is a full human being.


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1. Are there busy hours, when visiting the Park?
On sunny Sundays, between 11.00 am - 14.00 pm the turnout is quite high, so the wait can be up to 30 minutes.
In order to avoid being put out, you can arrange your arrival to the Park a little earlier or later.
2. During the day, when are the animals more active?
Animals at Attica Zoological Park follow their biological clock so they tend to be more active early in the morning or late in the afternoon.
You can arrange your visit earlier or prolong your stay until sunset so that you can enjoy the animals!
3. Until what time can I see the animals?
Just like humans, animals need to rest in the evening, thus are moved into indoor areas away from public sight and outside noise. Plan your visit accordingly by coming to the Park at least 1 hour before its closing time.
4. How old should my child be to enjoy a visit?
All children may visit us as long as they are supervised by an adult.
5. Is there shade available?
There are 3 shaded picnic areas, as well as benches around the zoo.
6. Can I bring my pet with me?
Pets are not permitted because they agitate our animals and this may put everyone in risk.
7. Is there free parking available?
Yes, the parking is FREE.
8. What are the payment methods?
You can pay in cash or by credit card (VISA, Mastercard).
9. Are there any dangerous animals in the AZP?
As long as you strictly follow the zoo's rules, you risk no danger from these wild animals.
10. Do I need any special equipment?
No, you don't need any special equipment, but we recomend that you wear a pair of trainers since you are up for a lot of walking in this 20ha beautiful Park. During spring and summer you may also need a hat and sunscreen.
11. Is there access for disabled visitors?
All areas in the zoo are fully accessible to people with disabilities.


Preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit. Grease and flour two loaf pans. Combine sugar, oil, eggs, vanilla, and lemon extracts in a large bowl; mix well. Stir in poppy seeds.
Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Add flour mixture and milk to sugar mixture alternately, mixing well after each addition. Divide batter evenly between prepared pans.
Bake loaves for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Loosen edges from sides of pans. Cool loaves in pans for 10 minutes. Turn and cut on wire cooling racks.


The new released Nikon Z7 (B&H Photo/Adorama/Amazon) full frame mirrorless camera now added to dpreview's Studio Scene comparison tool and sensor measurements published at PhotonsToPhotos.
Sigma USA just issued a press release that their Nikon F-mount lenses has no issue with general operation when they are used on the Nikon Z7 and FTZ adapter. Sigma didn't say anything whether they will release native Z-mount lenses in near future.
Here is another interview with Nikon executive for the Nikon Z6 & Z7 full frame mirrorless cameras. Nikon Z7 is now already shipping. According to the interview, Nikon is also working on low end models of Nikon Z series mirrorless cameras, may be APS-C(DX) size, below Nikon Z6.
Nikon Z7 Now Shipping, and Z7, FTZ User's Manuals now Available !
The new Nikon Z7(B&H/Adorama/Amazon/Focus Camera/WEX/Park Camera) full frame mirrorless camera now already shipping in US, the official release date is tomorrow.
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According to latest rumors, Panasonic will soon announce two new full frame mirrorless cameras on September 25th. One is entry-level full frame mirrorless camera, the other is a high-end full frame mirrorless camera. Both has IBIS and 4K@60p. This means recently announced Nikon Z6 and Nikon Z7 will have serious competitors.
dpreview has just updated their sample gallery of new announced Nikon Z7 (B&H/Adorama/Amazon/Focus Camera/WEX/Park Camera). According to dpreview, these images are taking with a full-production Nikon Z7 camera. Take a look at Z7 sample images below.
Nikon Japan has confirmed they will start shipping Nikon Z7 (B&H/Adorama/Amazon/Focus Camera/WEX/Park Camera) and Z-NIKKOR lenses and accessories. As Nikon already said before, Nikon Z7 mirrorless cameras are already sold out online. So you need order ASAP to get shipped first.


This event is part of the World Water Week 2017.
The water crisis has been described as largely a governance crisis, however the role of wastewater has been overlooked in this discussion. With growing interest in harnessing the potential of wastewater, there is a growing need to address conflicting interests associated with managing and using this resource. From the perspective of environmental sustainability and public health, treatment is a priority to protect human communities and ecosystems. For farmers, wastewater treatment means loss of valuable nutrients. At the same time, wastewater is a valuable source of energy and entrepreneurs are finding innovative ways to treat and sell wastewater by-products. How do we navigate these conflicting interests from a policy and practical perspective?
This event will explore these questions, through a wide representation of wastewater stakeholders, including farmers, municipal representatives, public health and environmental practitoners, researchers, and entrepreneurs. We will take stock recent experiences and policies shared by stakeholders from different settings using a marketplace format where participants will listen to some of these perspectives in five minutes shifts. Next, a dynamic debate will be facilitated to identify key messages stemming from stakeholder experiences of utilizing wastewater in varied contexts and discuss how policy can address them more efficiently.


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Home | Vern Dosch, Author of Wired Differently and President and CEO of NISC, to Keynote IMPACT 2017
Vern Dosch, Author of Wired Differently and President and CEO of NISC, to Keynote IMPACT 2017
By: NCBA CLUSA Published: Tuesday, June 13, 2017 Share: Print: Subscribe
NCBA CLUSA is pleased to announce that Vern Dosch, president and CEO of the nearly fifty-year-old technology business National Information Solutions Cooperative (NISC), will present the keynote address at the first ever Co-op IMPACT Conference on Wednesday, October 4, 2017.
An industry leader in providing advanced, integrated IT solutions, NISC develops and supports technology solutions that enable its member-owners to excel in customer service, maximize diversification opportunities and compete effectively in the changing utility and telecommunications industries.
The compelling story of NISC's three-pronged approach to success—the cooperative business model, servant leadership and shared values—is the subject of Dosch's 2015 book, Wired Differently. The book asks readers to consider what kind of business results they could achieve if their leaders served first, their values were lived and collaboration fueled their culture.
"Dosch's perspective speaks directly to the core message of this conference," said Doug O'Brien, Executive Vice President of NCBA CLUSA. "IMPACT 2017 will amplify—in practice and philosophy—the role co-ops play nationwide and around the world, and Dosch's commitment to the power and potential of the cooperative business model fits well with this goal."
Before assuming the role of CEO and president at NISC, Dosch served as its General Manager. From 1986 to 1993, he served as Business Manager of NISC. Prior to that, he served as General Manager of North Central Data Cooperative (NCDC) for seven years. From 1979 to 1985, he was employed with Basin Electric Cooperative in Bismarck, North Dakota, where he served as a Financial Analyst and a Leverage Lease Management Analyst. His utility business career began in1975 with a distribution cooperative in Bismarck.
Dosch holds a bachelor's degree in Science and a master's degree in Management from the University of Mary in Bismark.
More than 11 million consumers in 49 states, American Samoa, Palau and Canada receive utility or telecommunications services from companies that utilize NISC's innovative information technology systems.


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Worcester Warriors put faith in Irish hooker despite 14-month injury nightmare
Niall Annett, who has played just once since November 2016, has signed a new contract at Sixways.
NIALL ANNETT HAS received a boost by penning a new contract that will keep him at Worcester Warriors for the 2018-19 season.
The Belfast-born hooker, who has made 52 appearances since joining Worcester from Ulster in the summer of 2014, has endured a difficult 14 months due to a series of injuries.
Annett tore his anterior cruciate knee ligament in a training session back in September, but it's hoped that he'll return for the Aviva Premiership club in April.
The former Ireland U20 captain — who also represented Emerging Ireland — has only played once for Worcester since November 2016 due to earlier ankle and hamstring problems.
"It's been a frustrating year or so for me with regards to injuries, especially after a great couple of seasons prior to that. But I'd like to go on record and thank the club for looking after me during the past year or so during a difficult time," Annett said.
"We've got a cracking bunch of lads here and hopefully if we can keep everyone together then we can push on up that table. For me now I just cannot wait to get back on the field and I'm doing everything off it to ensure I come back in the best place I possibly can."
Glad to be staying at @WorcsWarriors Cant wait to get fit and get back out there!! #COYW https://t.co/kJ6yu2r8m2
— Niall Annett (@NiallAnnett2) January 10, 2018
Worcester Warriors director of rugby Alan Solomons added: "Niall has had an unfortunate 12 months but we can't wait to see him fit and back on the field. He has shown tremendous work-rate in the past few seasons at the club and has been a very important member of the side."
Worcester, who face Connacht on Saturday in their penultimate Pool 5 game in the European Challenge Cup, are currently second from bottom in the Aviva Premiership.
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We visited the Amana Colonies in Iowa and I got this pin-stripe Pendleton wool for $7 a yard. Seriously! Massive sale! I should've bought more. Anyhow, I'll be hoarding this until I feel more comfortable making pants.
Also on sale - yippee!
It's from Oldhaus Fibers and it's a mix of angora, mohair and wool. They had the angora bunnies with them at the fair and were spinning with the hair. I believe the company is run by a couple and I talked to the guy for quite a bit (while he was spinning) and he was explaining how they collect the flowers, etc. to dye the yarns and how often they have to cut the bunnies hair. (About every three months!) They trade with local people for other fibers, like wool and alpaca. But they also have angora goats and that's where the mohair comes from. Anyhow, the yarn is expensive, but not really when you factor in all the work that goes into it!! And it's gorgeous.
And finally, NOT from the Amanas, but from the Navajo sheep again via the Cameron Trading Post, I got some more wool. This time I went for color. It's brighter than in the picture, but you'll just have to believe me. The seafoam color is for me (I got 3 skeins and would love to eek a vest out of it) and the amethyst is for a knitterly friend.
After all this I really need to stick to a 'one-in-one-out' policy because my stash space is overflowing!
I did finish one project while on vacation, but you'll have to wait a bit for me to photograph it. And I don't want to jinx myself, but I'm almost done knitting a sweater. Hopefully it'll turn out okay, my luck has been a bit rocky with that lately!
You have some wonderful new goodies! Very nice :) This post has reminded me that I really should get brave and use some of my European purchases... but I feel like they are almost too precious to actually use!
I'm a sucker for local yarns and such - now I just need to find a project for it!


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Richard Grossman Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
"You want sanity, democracy, community, an intact Earth? We can't get there, obeying Constitutional theory and law crafted by slave masters, imperialists, corporate masters, and Nature destroyers. We can't get there, kneeling before robed lawyers stockpiling class plunder precedent up their venerable sleeves. So isn't disobedience the challenge of our age? Principled, inventive, escalating disobedience to liberate our souls, to transfigure our work as humans on this Earth."
-- Richard Grossman
#Law #Class #Community
"I think of myself as a jazz player, and my music as a natural extension of the jazz tradition. What I'm doing is completely free improvisation ('composing in real time') with nothing predetermined. I've had a lot of experience playing many different kinds of music and several different instruments, and since I tend not to waste anything, it all shows up somewhere in the music I'm playing now."
#Real #Player #Thinking
"I think that life is incredibly violent and that individual people are incredibly violent on one level or another. I don't try to change life to suit my writing; in a certain way I'm a naturalist of the nineteenth century school."
#Life Changing #Writing #School
"Salvation is an individual relationship with God. I've always considered myself to be a devotional poet, and I consider myself to be a devotional novelist."
#Novelists #Poet #Individual
"The problem with American democracy is the American corporation, which is a slave holder construct, pure and simple. It's totally invasive, and people are as tightly controlled within the walls of a corporation as they are in a totalitarian society."
#Wall #Simple #People
"I'm a staunch civil libertarian; I really believe that the individual is more important than any societal value."
#Believe #Important #Libertarian
"I'm a centrist. There is a lot going on socially that I don't like, but I feel that in a democracy you work from the center, not because I like the center - I'm a marginalized person politically - but because the center is where things get done."
#Democracy #Done #Feels
"I don't think that brutality and idealism are mutually exclusive. It's a common denominator in my work - rabid idealism."
#Thinking #Brutality #Common
"I'm truly an outsider in the poetry world. When I started writing, I was trying to move my poems away from modernist lines."
#Moving #Writing #Trying
"My books are not about different components that fit together like pieces in a jigsaw puzzle, it's about creating the space around the components, which is almost as important as the components themselves. And that space changes and blends depending upon what the components are."
#Book #Jigsaw Puzzles #Creating
"When you're reading my book, you're not in a four dimensional continuum, you're in my continuum, the Grossman continuum."
#Book #Reading #Four
"I think not in two or three dimensional terms but in five dimensional terms when I consider a novel. There's height, width, and depth, there's the time factor, and then there's the factor which I call the cerebral factor of the reader, the way the reader adjusts to all the other dimensions, which is the fifth dimension."
#Thinking #Two #Depth
"I love grand scale. One of the things that everybody mentions is that my novels are beautiful objects in the sense that the elements of the actual book are being extruded and re-contextualized."
#Beautiful #Book #Elements
"I've been in the art world for many years. But the sad fact is that most writers are visually prepubescent. Generally speaking, the literary world is provincial when it comes to matters of art. And it always has been."
#Art #Years #World
"If there is anything unique about my writing it is the way that I combine poetry and prose, not just on the level of having a poem here, prose there, but that it really is a true amalgam."
#Writing #Unique #Levels
"I write about life as it exists within houses and on the streets. And there's nothing, hopefully, in any of my characterizations or in any of my plottings or in any of my valuations that doesn't ring true to life. I'm a novelist. I'm not a theoretician."
#Writing #House #True Life
"I have a strong spiritual commitment, and I try to express that in my work. Salvation cannot be worked out in human terms. The point of my writing is to touch upon the systematics of prayer and on how we arrive at a method of achieving spiritual coherence in our lives."
#Spiritual #Strong #Prayer
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FILE PHOTO: The port of Long Beach is shown as a record number of cargo container ships wait to unload in Long Beach, California, U.S., September 22, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Port of Long Beach Sees No Letting Up of Imports… Yet
By Laura Curtis (Bloomberg) —
The head of the U.S.'s second-busiest container seaport said he has seen no letup in import volumes, though there may be some slowing in coming months as high inflation and growing services spending threaten to temper consumer demand for goods.
In an interview on Wednesday, Port of Long Beach Executive Director Mario Cordero said the March total for containers moving through the port is looking "pretty good" and will be announced in the next couple of days.
Long Beach and its slightly busier neighbor, the Port of Los Angeles, handle more than 40% of all container traffic into the the U.S. The San Pedro Bay docks have faced congestion and equipment shortages as a crush of consumer goods caused queues to form off the coast. While the number of waiting ships has dropped by two-thirds from a record in January, Russia's invasion of Ukraine and soaring inflation are adding uncertainty to still-stretched global supply chains.
Meanwhile, lockdowns in Shanghai, Shenzhen and other cities in China have led to growing bottlenecks off its coast, threatening more delays in merchandise shipping and higher freight rates in coming months. A potential whiplash of goods heading into the U.S. risks another snarl as factories and logistics operations emerge from those shutdowns.
Cordero said he's watching the Covid-19 situation in China closely as the Asian country struggles with an outbreak that's locked down two major cities. Cordero said he's keeping an especially close eye on Shenzhen's Yantian port, as many of its containers transit through Southern California gateways.
"We're going to monitor this for next couple of weeks to see how extensive that shutdown is" and whether China can control the outbreak, Cordero said. "We'll go from there, but I myself, yes, I am concerned."
Cordero said the surge in inflation could cool U.S. consumer demand, though he hasn't seen evidence of that at the port yet. In addition, he's watching for Americans to boost spending on services and entertainment, potentially hitting spending on goods, while Russia's war in Ukraine is also a "disruptor to the global supply chain."
Contract Optimism
Cordero said he's "optimistic" that upcoming talks between dockworkers and their employers will be resolved without any major disruption to operations, because both sides will realize it's in everyone's interest to reach a deal.
While he's isn't directly involved in the talks, Cordero said his impression from speaking with the parties is that he doesn't expect a repeat of the situation in 2014-15, when talks dragged on for months, causing shipping bottlenecks.
"The times today will require both both parties to sit down at the table and iron out their differences in a reasonable period of time," Cordero said. "There's too much at stake for either side to kind of leverage this."
Talks to hammer out a new labor contract are set to begin in May for about 22,000 West Coast dockworkers — represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union — and the ocean carriers and port operators, represented by the Pacific Maritime Association, ahead of the current contract expiration on July 1.
Two years of record household spending have seen cargo loads hammer ports with delays and congestion — creating a windfall of record profits for the container lines while giving dockworkers extra bargaining power given their influence over global trade. While wages and benefits are frequent sticking points, the employers' right to automate some operations could emerge as a particularly thorny issue.
U.S.-bound mega vessels have increasingly turned to the East Coast since the second half of 2021, when supply-chain disruptions peaked on major transpacific routes and contributed to historic delays at L.A.-Long Beach.
It isn't a trend he's concerned about. Cordero said the increase in goods heading to East Coast and Gulf of Mexico ports has been an "ongoing dynamic" that preceded the pandemic. He said the volume of cargo coming through Los Angeles and Long Beach is still projected to rise this year.
While eastern U.S. ports like Charleston, South Carolina, may be experiencing record volumes, they are also seeing congestion. Big importers may be spreading out shipments to hedge in case of a disruption due to the labor negotiations.
"Shippers, they're placing their bets. And for those who think that there's going to be prolonged union negotiation, you know, they have to make their business decisions," Cordero said. But "it's not such an easy calculation now. Just because you go through the Panama Canal and you go to Charleston or Savannah doesn't necessarily mean that now you're not going to wait there."
"This gateway will always be a competitive gateway," Cordero said.
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Navantia delivers first batch of LCM-1E crafts to RAN
11 March 2014	(Last Updated March 11th, 2014 18:30)
Navantia has delivered the first four new medium-sized fast landing craft (LCM-1E) to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
The delivery is a part of a contract signed by Navantia in September 2011 to develop 12 new LCM-1E high-speed landing craft for RAN in support of two new Canberra-class landing helicopter dock (LHD) amphibious assault ships.
Being acquired under the joint project 2048 phase three from Navantia, the high-speed landing craft allow RAN to transport troops and equipment over shore where there are no fixed port facilities.
"Powered by two engines MAN of 806kW and two waterjet propellers, the LCM-1E craft feature radar navigation, global positioning system, gyro needle / magnetic and HF communications equipment, VHF and UHF."
The first four fast landing crafts have departed from Navantia facilities in Puerto Real, and are expected to arrive at their intended destinations around mid-April, while the remaining eight units are currently under construction and will be delivered to the Navy in groups of four during the next months.
Powered by two engines MAN of 806kW and two waterjet propellers, the LCM-1E craft feature radar navigation, global positioning system, gyro needle / magnetic and HF communications equipment, VHF and UHF.
Being built by Navantia in collaboration with BAE Systems, the 27,000t LHD have a range of 190nm, a length of 23.3m and can cruise at a speed of 22k.
The ships will be used to embark, transport and deploy forces, along with their equipment and aviation units as well as to perform out / support humanitarian missions.
The LHDs are armed with 6mm x 12.7mm machine guns, Nulka active missile decoy system, anti-torpedo towed defence system (Nixie) and four 20mm automated guns.
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Shaun Tuck, the owner of Professor Egghead, a company that promotes STEM education for kids, suggests reaching out to former college professors. By using these contacts, you might be able to connect with a business professor to get some advice, or find a student that's looking for an internship opportunity.
Tuck spoke to his former professors and was put in touch with the law department at USC. The team helped Tuck's company form an LLC, which was overseen by the head of the department and didn't cost the company a dime.
If you're headed to big box stores to print any materials, you're probably dealing with steep markups. Rather than pay high prices, James Robert Webb, who owns his own indie record label, uses the website GotPrint for all of his printing needs.
Rather than bringing on a full time employee to answer phones or handle emails, you can outsource these administrative tasks to virtual businesses. For example, you can hire a virtual assistant on a part-time basis to handle your emails. You can create an ad for a virtual assistant on a site like Elance, which is a freelance site where experienced workers can apply for your job.
You can also outsource your receptionist position. Businesses like Ruby Receptionists can handle your incoming calls, set a voicemail for you, and send you email alerts as specified. There are several pricing options to chose from, but compared to hiring someone full time, you'll save money.
If you're just starting out, you could check out the possibility of renting shared workspace, suggests business coach, Jennifer Martin. A lot of cities are now renting out space within a building for this purpose, since nowadays so many businesses are run primarily by a laptop and smartphone. You typically have access to conference rooms so you can meet with clients and have a workspace where you can get online, make calls, and be productive.
Cell phone bills can be expensive, especially if you're paying for several lines. While many businesses can't survive without cell phones, there are ways to keep costs down. For instance, use long distance apps like Viber, which takes away from your data rather than your minutes. If texting costs are adding up, try WhatsApp, an app that enables you to text for free for the first year, after which it costs $1 a year.
You can also use Skype, which offers video conferencing, or GoToMeeting for conference calls. Both offer free options.
Do you have an out-of-the-box way to save your business money? Share it with other like-minded entrepreneurs in the comment section below.
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WINTER is coming. There was a distinct Game of Thrones (chill in the) air at this evening's <a href="http://www.vogue.co.uk/brand/alexander-mcqueen">Alexander McQueen show. The trees had fallen and the ground was steaming before the collection even took to the forest land of the catwalk - of which we'd already been given a clue as to from the tree strewn metallic invitation.
This was a McQueen moment of drama as we know and love, but done so in a soft and lighter way. Done so in the Burton way. For ever since her appointment at the house in May 2010, she has been able to so cleverly keep that authentic McQueen DNA, yet also cultivate it with her own stamp.
And this evening that meant buoyant and light, while still maintaining a strong sense of structure, ethereal and ghostly - for a collection that tapped into many a John Snow sartorial style note (swoon on every level).
So Burton gave us heavy trapezed layers of fur that swung as they trampled over growing grassy mounds as hooded parkas and laden jackets or fell out into cape cuts; white broderie anglaise folksy peasant dresses whose sleeves were swollen out into place and then tamed back in by ribbon bows; high Tudor and Stewart collars for regal effect on monochrome flowing gowns; and then indigo-to-green mossy print and moss textured variations of all of the above; then followed by mosaic-shine incarnations too which were surely the social media money shot of the evening.
It was sinister and fairytale all at once with a nod to a Midsummer Night's Dream in there too, the corn rows so tightly wrapped up in the models' hair the perfect segue between past and present that Burton so well has a handle on.
It was surely one of Burton's strongest offerings yet - a world not so far away that anyone would want to be a part, yet still wildly imaginative in creation.


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