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The brow tinting service is often looked over in many professionals, but it can be one of the most profitable services that can be added to a client visit. The client, who is already there every 4-6 weeks for a waxing, or a facial can have a 10-20 min brow tinting service at the same time.
Once a client is in the room, teach them the time saving and consist benefit to just have the service of semi-permanent dying of their eyebrows. Clients already know the importance of eyebrows to the overall look of the face, since they get them waxed.
Eyebrow tinting is the method of applying semi-permanent tint to enhance, shape, and define brows. This service is a great time-saver for your client. It accentuated the frame of the face and does not require constant filling in the brows every day to develop their look. Tinting is simply coloring of brows to intensify or change the hair color. Many professionals have been doing microblading service, these are great if a client wants something more permanent, but there are many clients that are weary of a look that can last almost as long as tattooed make-up ~ brow tinting is a service for them.
There are many different brow tint companies on the market, but not all are created equal. Over the next couple of weeks two brow tint companies will be highlighted that have had consistent, amazing results that will not only boast you client retention rate, but also the bottom-line. There are some that have kept the name but have sold their formula and it has changed.So, if you have used it in the past, the new product does not have the same results and will disappoint, therefore.
Both formulas have been on the market for years and have an incredible professional base.Both formulas are adaptable, customizable, and most importantly effective.Afterall if your client can see the instant benefits, it builds trust and most significantly a loyal client.
Join me for then next couple of weeks exploring these two great formulas of brow tinting and learning how they can increase the repertoire of the facility's menu of services.


Learn how to solder a pipe and fix water lines from Master Plumber John Wood in this plumbing repair video from Howcast.
Okay. Let's talk about fixing water lines. Depending on what region of the country you're in, you may see PEX tubing, which is a type of plastic or something, but in the five boroughs of New York City it is exclusively copper. If it's not, you're not legal. So this is what we call half-inch, indicating the size of the pipe, half-inch type L. L is the indicator of whether you can use it for potable water, potable being clean, domestic drinking water, showering water. Okay. This is what you see throughout the city, under your sinks, everything else. This is a fairly thick-walled copper pipe, and it's easy to repair unless you have something bad happen.
But generally speaking it's easy to repair. Now for the purpose of this video I'm going to show you how to solder a 90, okay, also known as an L, which is a very small fitting. This would be, for example, let's say we installed a new vanity or a kitchen cabinet. You'd have a raw copper pipe coming out like so. All right. And then you'd need to put a joint in there of some sort. It might be an L going up like so and then a valve that would shut off the supply to your sink. Okay. So for this purpose I'm just going to solder this 90. I'm going to show you how to properly do it. Ask any plumber how to solder, and you'll get any number of different stories on how to do so. This is is how I solder, not necessarily saying it's the Bible way to solder, but this is how I do it, and it's worked for me for 20 years as a Master Plumber. You need a few things. An emery cloth, this is basically sandpaper, but it's a strip. You need a fitting brush. This is a half-inch fitting brush. You need silver solder. Be careful not to get lead. It says very clearly 95 percent/5 percent. And your trusty torch.
So we start by cleaning the joints to be soldered. Okay. In this case we're going to use these two pieces of pipe. You just kind of wrap it around, and you're going to clean it. Be judicious with the cleaning. Okay. I don't want to see any black marks on that recently sanded pipe. That's carbon. That will cause a leak. That's another reason I'm wearing gloves. People might call me a primadonna for doing so, but it actually keeps the oils in your hands off of the joint. This is not conducive to soldering. The oils in your hands are not conducive to soldering. So now we're going to take our fitting and our fitting brush, okay, just a wire brush. This one's kind of beat up, but it will still get the job done. Again same idea, you twist it around in there until you can see your reflection. So we've got a nice, clean 90-degree elbow. The next thing you want to do, again the gloves come in, they're very imperative here.
No oils from your fingers going onto these joints. The only thing you want on these joints is acid paste, otherwise known as flux. Okay. The purpose of this, and you don't have to be too liberal. This is called an acid brush. The purpose of flux in general is when you heat the pipe to pull the silver solder into the joint. Okay. Don't ask the physics on how that works. That's just how it works. So I generally start with the fitting first. And you just need a film of it, just a little film. You don't need to paint a Picasso doing this here. So we've got the joint fluxed. We just kind of pass around the edge. Okay. We're doing a half-inch joint, so really all you need is a half-inch of flux. Okay. We don't need a ton, a big, messy, ugly pasty joint. And this stuff is all that great to get on your hands, too. We've fluxed everything now. I've got my joint together. This could be an offset in a wall. It could be anything. For any reason I could be doing this.


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The Centennial of Island View Beach Park
100 years a park 1916 - 2016
Thanks to the foresight and vision of Saanich Council, the first Island View Beach Park was created over 100 years ago in 1916, and was the IVB park for 50 years until 1966, when the CRD was formed and acquired the larger lands to the north. Today the original park is still there, but is overgrown and forgotten, seen only as lines on a map, with the remnants of fencing showing its boundary if one knows where to look.
This is its story, and our vision of what it can become again.
Telegraph Bay & Saanich
What is now known as Island View Beach, was called Telegraph Bay in the 1800's and early 1900's. The area was part of the District of Saanich until 1951 when Ward 6 voted along urban/rural lines, to secede as the District of Central Saanich.
The original Telegraph Bay Road went in a straight line east to the beach from what is now the Pat Bay Highway, and it was not until later years that the current loop was put in to take it around instead of straght over the last hill.
1895 map: - see the hand writing marking Telegraph Bay
In 1916 Saanich acquired 1/2 an acre at the end of Telegraph Bay Road (Island View Road) in exchange for building the cross road to the beach. And in 1917 Saanich acquired the 1/2 acre on the opposite side, in exchange for putting in flood gates at the end of the road. These two half acre parcels were the Island View Beach Park for 50 years until 1966.
The November 1917 plan below shows the dog leg put into Telegraph Road to get it around the hill, and the new Island View Beach park at the end of the road by the shoreline. The new road shown parallel to, and north of Telepgraph Road, is Lamont Road. This 1917 plan shows at the west end of Telegraph Road, the still existing hall, and the site of the current Keating School.
How to reach Island View Beach in 1916 as travelled by the Daily Colonist reporter in an Overland touring "four", 'one of the most popular cars on the market inVictoria'.
From the July 30, 1916 Daily Colonist article below. (distances in miles)
0.0 Leave Plimley's Garage, Johnson Street, near Douglas Street. East on Johnson Street to Quadra Street. North on Quadra Street.
1.6 City limits on Quadra Street.
5.1 Royal Oak. Take the left fork; the West Saanich Road.
5.5 Railway crossing, Victoria & Sidney Railway
6.1 End of pavement on West Saanich Road
6.6 Keep to the left.
6.8 Straight ahead, Goward Station on electric interurban on left.
7.5 Straight ahead, road to top of Little Saanich Mountain on right.
8.0 Straight ahead, Prospect Lake Road and Prospect station on left.
11.2 Right turn on Cross Road.
12.5 Railway crossing, Victoria & Sidney Railway.
12.8 Left turn.
13.1 Take the right fork.
13.4 Join Telegraph Road, keep to the right.
13.6 Railway crossing, New Canadian Northern Pacific Railway.
13.9 Straight ahead.
14.2 Straight ahead. From this point to the beach is the stretch of new road recently completed by the municipality. It is a spendid roadway although the surface has not yet packed firm.
15.3 Telepgraph Beach
The vision of Saanich Council was shown in a December 12, 1917 article in the Daily Colonist, that reported that the "Victoria-Saanich Beaches and Parks Committee" was being extended to bring under the committee's control all the beaches in Saanich municipality "that may be attractive to bathers, picnic and holiday parties." The intent being that the beaches be placed under regulation and improved with pavilions. "The sooner this committee gets control of all the beaches the better", said Mayor Todd.
100 years later, we owe a debt of gratitude to Mayor Todd and the other visionaries of 1916.
Saanich made good on its promise. A 1919 article said that the road there was paved most of the way to the beach, and that "there have been constructed beach conveniences and a tea house." The description of the approach to the beach is still recognizable today:
"There is one curving section of Telepgraph Road, where it slopes steeply down from the brow of the hi;; overlooking the water, which is well worth the trouble of stopping the car to examine at leisure the surrounding greenery, with the sweep of the the road below, the silver beach, blue waters of the Straits, dotted with island, and the far-off peaks on the horizon, all combining to make a setting long remembered."
A major change at Island View shown by the articles, is the loss of sand. The 1916-1919 articles extol the sandiness of the beach which is not present today, and with the decline in the sand has been the parallel decine in what used to be sheet sand in the north east of the current CRD park, and the former sand dunes on the Tsawout lands. Those areas are becoming organic because there is no longer makeup sand being deposited on shore. It is not known why this change has come about about - the sand is believed to have come from the collapse of the cliffs along Cowichan Head, and despite their continued collapse, the sand is no longer appearing on the beach or on shore as it was described in 1916-1919:
Daily Colonist, May 11, 1919 "The expanse of sand uncovered at low tide stretches for five hundred feet below high watermark, which again is, on average, a hundred feet below the line at which the dry sand comences." A beach with one hundred feet (30m) of sand at high tide, and another five hundred feet (150m) of sand at low tide, is something we can only dream of today.
These are articles from the Daily Colonist: - click on the blue link to see them
1916 July 30th
1917 August 4th
1917 November 27th
1917 December 12th
1918 November 20th
1919 May 11th
1919 August 17th
1919 September 3rd
Showing the park in 1946
Island View Beach park in 1953
Circa 1955 - showing the end of Island View Road. The indent on the right is the southerly 1/2 acre of the park.
Circa 1955 - at the beach end of Island View Road looking west - the two 1/2 acre sections of the park can be seen from the fence lines on the left and right.
Circa 1955 - looking down on Island View Road. The park can be seen at the end of the road by the fence lines. Also shown is the pavilion built by Saanich around 1919.
Aerial photo in 2013 showing the outline of the original park by the ditches and fence lines. Now overgrown and forgotten.
There is already a critical shortage of parking at the beach that will only become worse as the usage of the park continues to grow, and when the boat ramp is repaired, and when equestrians return to the park.
We believe both areas should be gravelled, and the south one be dedicated to parking of boat trailers, and the north one to horse trailers.
The Friends of Island View Beach vision to repurpose the orginal park for use as boat trailer parking for the boat ramp on the south side, and horse trailer parking on the north side.

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Study: World Carbon Pollution Falls 17 Percent During Pandemic Peak
In this April 26, 2020, file photo, empty lanes of the 110 Arroyo Seco Parkway that leads to downtown Los Angeles is seen during the coronavirus outbreak in Los Angeles, Calif. The world cut its daily carbon dioxide emissions by 17% at the peak of the pandemic shutdown last month, a new study found. But with life and heat-trapping gas levels inching back toward normal, the brief pollution break will likely be "a drop in the ocean" when it comes to climate change, scientists said.(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
The world cut its daily carbon dioxide emissions by 17% at the peak of the pandemic shutdown last month, a new study found.
But with life and heat-trapping gas levels inching back toward normal, the brief pollution break will likely be "a drop in the ocean" when it comes to climate change, scientists said.
In their study of carbon dioxide emissions during the coronavirus pandemic, an international team of scientists calculated that pollution levels are heading back up — and for the year will end up between 4% and 7% lower than 2019 levels. That's still the biggest annual drop in carbon emissions since World War II.
It'll be 7% if the strictest lockdown rules remain all year long across much of the globe, 4% if they are lifted soon.
For a week in April, the United States cut its carbon dioxide levels by about one-third. China, the world's biggest emitter of heat-trapping gases, sliced its carbon pollution by nearly a quarter in February, according to a study Tuesday in the journal Nature Climate Change. India and Europe cut emissions by 26% and 27% respectively.
The biggest global drop was from April 4 through 9 when the world was spewing 18.7 million tons (17 million metric tons) of carbon pollution a day less than it was doing on New Year's Day.
Such low global emission levels haven't been recorded since 2006. But if the world returns to its slowly increasing pollution levels next year, the temporary reduction amounts to ''a drop in the ocean," said study lead author Corinne LeQuere, a climate scientist at the University of East Anglia.
"It's like you have a bath filled with water and you're turning off the tap for 10 seconds," she said.
By April 30, the world carbon pollution levels had grown by 3.3 million tons (3 million metric tons) a day from its low point earlier in the month. Carbon dioxide stays in the air for about a century.
Outside experts praised the study as the most comprehensive yet, saying it shows how much effort is needed to prevent dangerous levels of further global warming.
"That underscores a simple truth: Individual behavior alone ... won't get us there," Pennsylvania State University climate scientist Michael Mann, who wasn't part of the study, said in an email. "We need fundamental structural change."
If the world could keep up annual emission cuts like this without a pandemic for a couple of decades, there's a decent chance Earth can avoid warming another 1.8 degrees (1 degree Celsius) of warming from now, study authors said. But getting the type of yearly cuts to reach that international goal is unlikely, they said.
If next year returns to 2019 pollution levels, it means the world has only bought about a year's delay in hitting the extra 1.8 degrees (1 degree Celsius) of warming that leaders are trying to avoid, LeQuere said. That level could still occur anywhere from 2050 to 2070, the authors said.
The study was carried out by Global Carbon Project, a consortium of international scientists that produces the authoritative annual estimate of carbon dioxide emissions. They looked at 450 databases showing daily energy use and introduced a measurement scale for pandemic-related societal "confinement" in its estimates.
Nearly half the emission reductions came from less transportation pollution, mostly involving cars and trucks, the authors said. By contrast, the study found that drastic reductions in air travel only accounted for 10% of the overall pollution drop.
In the U.S., the biggest pollution declines were seen in California and Washington with plunges of more than 40%.
Biden's Early Climate Promises Include Rejoining Paris Agreement, Canceling Keystone Pipeline
Heather Zichal, former climate advisor to Sec. John Kerry and President Barack Obama and now-CEO of American Clean Power, discusses the early actions President-elect Joe Biden is set to take once he is officially takes office.
Biden Assembles Task Force to Fight Climate Change
Justin Worland, senior correspondent at TIME, breaks down the Biden administration's climate task force and its agenda once the president-elect officially takes office.
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De grote dennensnuitkever (Hylobius abietis) is een kever uit de familie snuitkevers (Curculionidae).

Algemeen
De grote dennensnuitkever wordt 8 tot 15 millimeter lang en leeft van het hout van naaldbomen, bij voorkeur de fijnspar of gewone spar (Picea abies) en de grove den (Pinus sylvestris). Soms worden ook wel andere naaldbomen aangevreten en zelfs loofbomen zijn niet veilig, maar dat komt zelden voor. De snuitkever kan schade aanbrengen in de bosbouw, met name aangeplante jonge bomen zijn kwetsbaar. De kever vreet het hout van de bomen kapot waardoor de boom soms gedeeltelijk ontschorst wordt en sterft. Bij veel keversoorten is het juist de larve die schadelijk is, hoewel de larve van de grote dennensnuitkever ook schors eet richt hij minder schade aan.

Beschrijving
De grote dennensnuitkever heeft een donkerbruine tot zwarte kleur en heeft vele kleine, geelbruine vlekjes op de bovenzijde, welke bestaan uit kleine haartjes. Deze soort is van gelijkende soorten te onderscheiden doordat de tasters helemaal vooraan de snuit zitten en niet meer in het midden. De dijen zijn sterk verbreed en de dekschilden zijn gegroefd. De larve is wit, heeft een bruinoranje kop en een sterk gekromd, 'C'-vormig lichaam.

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Why Rian Johnson's The Last Jedi Is a Masterpiece
https://www.cbr.com/rian-johnson-the-last-jedi-star-wars-masterpiece/
The Last Jedi has a few annoying flaws:
1. The movie opens with some silly humor where pilot Poe Dameron taunts The First Order Fleet. This didn't bother me much and it is the least of the film's problems. However, it set a nagging tone that maybe this was going to be a slightly different Star Wars movie.
2. After Genera (Princes) Leia Organa is blown into space, she is able to use the Force to draw her back to the ship where she enters through an airlock that can be barely seen. Many people missed the airlock so the scene didn't make sense to them, but more importantly, they didn't like the image of Leia flying through space, calling the scene "Carrie Poppins." However, I really liked the scene because Leia was able to use the Force to save herself.
3. After Leia is in a coma, the Rebels are commanded by Admiral Holdo, who looks nothing like a Star Wars Rebel, but more like a Professor of Gender Studies. Later it is mildly implied that she might be in a relationship with Leia. She gives Poe a dressing down for his heroics, making her a very annoying jerk, but later she becomes a hero.
4. It is revealed that in a moment of weakness, Luke Skywalker saw the evil darkness in his student Kylo Ren, and for a brief moment wanted to kill Kylo in his sleep. This scene is told from 2 or 3 different perspectives. From Kylo's perspective, Luke is a mad killer. From Luke's perspective, he momentarily gave in to temptation. However, this image of Luke Skywalker as the mad killer caused some people to reject the movie entirely.
5. Luke Skywalker is portrayed as a broken man who has withdrawn from the fight. He is no longer a hero, although the ending gives him redemption.
6. Rose Tiko could have been a great character, but she has a few brief moments of really annoying dialogue, mostly political lecturing. People hated her more than they should have.
7. The middle of the film has a detour to a gambling planet called Canto Bight. Some people claim that this scene drags on forever, like 30 minutes, but the total screen time is only around 12 minutes. I actually don't think that the scene is bad, but the tone of it is all over the place alternating between comedy, social commentary, and an extended chase scene on space horses.
8. There is a slow-speed chase through space that makes very little sense in a Star Wars context.
For some people, one or more of these flaws is a deal killer. They rejected the movie completely. However, for me, these are all minor problems because the rest of the movie is terrific. It has great themes, terrific imagery, plenty of action, and much character drama. The rest of it is what a Star Wars movie should be. I was annoyed like everyone else with parts of it, but I was thoroughly entertained nevertheless.
I think that The Last Jedi is the best of the sequel trilogy. The first film was too much of a repeat of the original Star Wars movie. The third film, episode 9, although somewhat entertaining, is not very logical and for me the most disappointing of all 9 films.
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The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen is facing the battle of his political carreer. He was one of the judges indicted for corruption and recommended for dismissal by the the Justice Kayode Eso Panel set up by the Sani Abacha military regime to probe incessant allegations of judicial corruption in 1994. Justice Onnoghen was then a judge in the Cross River State high court where he was accused of selling justice to the highest bidder. Luckily for Justice Onnoghen he had been promoted to the Court of Appeal when the implementation of the recommendation of the Eso Panel was carried out against only judges of high courts across the country.
As the leopard never changes its colour Justice Onnoghen has continued with corrupt practices. The judge has not been able to account for the millions of Naira, Pounds Sterling, Dollars and Euros in his bank accounts. The money is so much for a serving judge that Justice Onnoghen did not declare some of his bank accounts as required by law. Hence, the Chief Justice was charged with failure to false declaration and failure to declare his assets containing hundreds of over $3 million of dollars before the Code of Conduct Tribunal last week. It has also been alleged that for 18 months the Chief Justice did not withdraw from his salary account, suggesting that he was spending bribe money.
Although the petition was received by the Code of Conduct from an ex aide of President Buhari on January 9, 2019. A team of officials from the Code of Conduct Bureau visited the Chief Justice on January 10. When confronted with the fact that he did not declare his assets as stipulated as stipulated by the Constitution the Chief Justice said that he "forgot" to have done so. He therefore pleaded for the "understanding and cooperation" of the Code of Conduct Bureau officials. The official promised to coopetate but asked the Chief Justice to write a statement under caution. He did so in his own handwriting where he admitted that he "forgot" to declare his assets.
At the end of the meeting which held in Abuja last Sunday the embattled Chief Justice asked Justice Adejumo to get an order to prevent his arrest by the police, efcc or icpc. A case was filed the following day at the National Industrial Court . It was hurriedly assigned to Justice Sanusi Kano by Justice Adejumo. The case was heard by Justice who granted an order restraining the Police from arresting the Chief Justice pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice. The judge also stopped the trial of the Chief Justice by the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Lawyers and judges are asking if the Chief Justice has become an employee to have his case decided at the National Industrial Court established to hear only trade union and labour matters.
In a desperate move to save Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen from prosecution and compulsory retirement the Body of SenIor Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN) had called an emergency meeting of Senior Advocates of Nigeria to hold at the Lagos campus of the Nigerian Law School at 11 am on Saturday, 19th day of January 2019. But the communique of the meeting was prepared in advance and surreptitiously passed to the secretariat of the body for adoption at the meeting. The meeting was poorly attended by senior advocates.
But the few members of the body who attended the meeting kicked against the move to use the BOSAN to condemn the trial of the Chief Justice whose conduct was criticised at the meeting by many senior advocates. It was the view of the majority of those who attended the meeting that while the procedure adopted by the Executive in charging the Chief Justice before the Code of Conduct Tribunal is procedurally wrong they wondered when forgetfulness became a defence to a criminal offence in Nigeria. The suggestion that the N1.4 billion money laundering charge filed against the NBA president, Mr. Paul Usoro SAN by the efcc be tabled for discussion was unanimously rejected by members of BOSAN.
It was a very somber meeting as members expressed concern over the damage being done to the reputation of the legal profession by senior judges and lawyers. In order not to be accused of covering the Chief Justice who cannot explain the sources of the local and foreign currencies in his declared and undeclared bank accounts the BOSAN dropped the prepared communique and issued another one which tactically called for caution by all the parties concerned. The communique was signed by Professor Ben Nwabueze SAN and Seyi Sowemimo SAN, the Chairman and Secretary respectively of BOSAN.
Even though the federal government has denied the reported plan to arrest the Chief Justice, the National Financial Intelligence Unit has frozen his accounts under the Presidential Executive Order No 6 of 2018. An application has slredy been filed in court to have the Chief Justice removed from office since he has ignored the call of the federal government to call it quits.


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Concerto classes are open to Guitar, Piano, Strings, Woodwind and Brass players. They will be held on Sunday 29 March 2020 in the Main Hall of Brighton Girls GDST, Montpelier Road, Brighton, BN1 3AT, which is a 15-minute walk from Brighton railway station.
Entries for 2020 will open in October.
The first or last movement of a concerto or a piece with orchestra of similar stature should be played, or two contrasting movements from a baroque concerto.
The orchestral part should be played by a pianist, who will not be adjudicated.
Full details of the classes are given below.
Jonathan Ma, winner of the 2019 Senior Concerto.
The class for 25 years and under is open to both amateur and professional players. In 2019, the winner was Jonathan Ma, who gave a sparkling performance of the first movement of Reinecke's Flute Concerto in D. The runner up was Hannah Hever with Weber's Concerto Clarinet no 2, second movement.
Berniya Hamie, winner of the under 19 years Concerto Class with the first movement of Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto.
There are two classes for amateur players: 14 years and under, 19 years and under. In 2019 they were won by Riya Hamie and Berniya Hamie.
As well as cash prizes for the winners and runners up, there are discretionary awards giving selected players an opportunity to perform with an orchestra (see below), and an opportunity for two players to give a lunchtime recital in Brighton in the following May and early June.
The Gavin Henderson prize of £75 is awarded to the brass instrumentalist with the highest mark in classes 900, 901 or 902.
Please be sure to read the Music Rules below regarding the provision of a copy of the work to be performed for the adjudicator, and the code of practice regarding photocopying of works in copyright.
The Brighton Youth Orchestra Trust Discretionary Awards
Concerto players may be given the opportunity to perform with the Brighton Youth Orchestra or the String Ensemble in the seasons following the Festival.
Lily Petrova performing at St George's Kemptown with the Brighton Youth Orchestra in February 2019.
These awards will be considered separately from the Springboard competition by the Director of the Brighton Youth Orchestra or String Ensemble or the Brighton and Hove Philharmonia in the seasons following the Festival. The winners chosen by the Springboard Adjudicators will not necessarily be the ones chosen for the award, as other factors such as the suitability of the concerto for the orchestras will need to be taken into account.
Please note: Players awarded this opportunity are required to attend rehearsals running up to their performance date.
"This collaboration with Springboard Concerto Competition is very successful. Some of the best young musicians in the country apply because the main prizes are performances with BYO or the string ensemble. We are confident that the growing reputation of this competition will ensure that BYO continues to have great young soloists to work with, which provides much needed experience for the soloists themselves and, in turn, inspires the orchestra."
Andrew Sherwood, Conductor, BYO
Solo Recital
A booking has been made for a solo recital, to be offered to suitable performers in Class 902:
Unitarian Church, Brighton, Friday 22nd May 2020
900 14 years and under £15.00
Test: First or last movement of a Concerto (see above for all details)
Awards: Prize of £20
Brighton Youth Orchestra Discretionary Award
THIS CLASS IS NOT RESTRICTED TO AMATEUR PERFORMERS
First or last movement of a Concerto (see above for all details)
Awards: First Prize: £150. Runner up prize: £100
All works are own choice and should be the first or last movement of a concerto or a piece with orchestra of similar stature. Two contrasting movements from a baroque concerto are also acceptable. In classes 901 and 902 WOODWIND AND BRASS competitors may play one or two movements of a concerto. Springboard can accommodate concertos for solo Piano only, but welcomes both solo and double works for other instruments.
There are no time limits for these classes but please state on the entry form which work will be performed, with approximate timing.
Only the performances of the soloist(s) will be adjudicated. Orchestral parts must be played as a Piano arrangement; this may be played by a professional.
An Own Choice piece may be used only once in the Festival (except when used in the Final of the Junior or Senior Piano Championship).
Copies of music or scores are required for the Adjudicator for all classes.
Entrants must organise an accompanist where needed.
Please contact Heather Cowl (details above) if you want to discuss your choice of concerto.
The Music Publishers Association has recently issued a revised Code of Practice on copying copyright works and the following concession is made for copying Own Choice pieces from volumes only for the adjudicator. Other items must not be photocopied without permission of the copyright holder in each case."When an Own Choice work is selected from a publication containing several different works and which is not published separately, one copy may be made for the use of an adjudicator at a competition or festival provided that the competitor has already purchased his/her own copy and that the copy made is retained and destroyed by the administrator of the Competition or Festival immediately after the event. This permission specifically does not apply to set works."
Concerto syllabus
Download the Concerto syllabus. If you have any queries please contact the Section Secretary, Heather Cowl on 01273 770310.


INFPs have a lifelong quest for meaning and harmony and are committed to their personal values.
While INFPs are quiet and sensitive people, they will be loud and outspoken when their values are challenged.
INFPs value their autonomy and rebel against any system that tries to "define" or "explain" them.
INFPs are skilled at anything having to do with people—listening to them, facilitating them, deploying them, training them, motivating them, recruiting them, and counseling them.
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INFPs always want to be invited to the party—even though the chances are they won't show up.
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Note: INFPs experience high stress in connection with work but low stress in connection with health. This puts them in the middle range as far as total stress is concerned.
INFPs function best when they are managing significant projects from start to finish. They enjoy receiving encouragement and respect for their unique contributions.
Unfortunately, INFPs have the second-lowest marital satisfaction of all types.
Why could this be? INFPs have some of the most trouble in finding a mate. Do INFPs have a hard time finding the right person, or do they settle for less than they actually want?
It might also be noted here that like all NFs, INFPs tend to idealize their relationships. Imperfections in their beloved may be ignored or else may cause disillusionment when discovered.
For now, the question of why INFPs are unhappy with their marriage/intimate relationships remains open for speculation.
The ideal work environment for an INFP is one that is highly people-oriented and encourages harmony, mutual support, and cooperation.
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Who doesn't love Christmas carols? Whether you're jamming out to Jingle Bells, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, or even harmonizing with Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Christmas carols and hymns are a big part of the holiday season. Maybe you even have a favorite Christmas song, or a list of favorites? Here's some of our favorites (in no particular order).
I believe I first heard Brenda's Lee 1958 classic Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree in the 1990 movie Home Alone. I didn't pay much attention to it until years later when its upbeat tempo and catchy lyrics made it one of my favorites each year. Interestingly, according to the Wikipedia article on the song, Ms. Lee recorded Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree when she was only 13 years old. I would've never guessed that just listening to it. There are many cover versions of the retro Christmas tree song available these days. Some of the most recent include covers from Jann Arden, Kaitlyn Baker, & Chasing Deer.
Another upbeat classic, Deck the Halls is perhaps one of the oldest carols on this list with its origins tracing to the sixteenth century in Wales. English lyrics were written in 1862 by Thomas Oliphant. It's a great song to listen to while you're decorating your tree with lots of fun and festive ornaments, garlands, and lights. As Deck the Halls is around 400-500 years old (perhaps older), many cover versions have been performed over the years. Two of the better known ones are by the Red Hot Chili Peppers and SHeDAISY.
How can you not love White Christmas? While it's not an upbeat tune like Deck the Halls or Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, it still holds a special place among my holiday traditions. Living in Southeastern Virginia, we don't get very many white Christmases here, so when we do, they are even more special, just like Irving Berlin's 1942 classic carol. Of course the best known version is the one sung by the late Bing Crosby, who's soothing voice can make any Christmas song seem magical. In fact, according to Wikipedia, Mr. Crosby's version is the best-selling single of all time worldwide to a staggering total of over 100 million copies. To put that in perspective, that's roughly equivalent to 1 in every 3 Americans having purchased this one song.
Going back to another upbeat song (I'm sensing a trend here), Jingle Bell Rock is another one of my favorite Christmas carols. The classic tune was originally recorded by Bobby Helms in 1957. The cheerful song is perfect for listening to as you frolic through the snow during the Christmas season. It's also fun to listen to while decorating your home for the holidays. There's been numerous covers like most Christmas carols, and some of the most recent include Michael Bublé, Robin Lynn, Hot Chelle Rae, Jeremy Camp, McClain Sisters, and Laura Pausini.
We'll wrap up this list of my top 5 Christmas carols with A Holly Jolly Christmas, which holds the distinction of being the newest song on this list. It was written by Johnny Marks and the best known version was sung by Burl Ives and released in 1964. I think I probably first heard A Holly Jolly Christmas in the Christmas classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by Rankin-Bass, which I would watch every year growing up during the holidays. Ives would go on to re-record the song in 1965 for a holiday album called Have a Holly Jolly Christmas. Alan Jackson, Lady Antebellum, and Jerrod Niemann have all done cover versions of A Holly Jolly Christmas.
So that's a look at some of my favorite Christmas carols. What are your favorites? Do you agree/disagree with this list?


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Definition of Illustration
An illustration is a computer-generated spreadsheet that takes into account a number of assumptions in order to show how a specific policy might perform for a specific individual.
Accomodating Policy
A monetary policy of matching wage and price increases with money supply increases so that the real money supply does not fall and push the economy into recession.
An explanation or report in financial terms about the transactions of an organization.
Account Value
The sum of all the interest options in your policy, including interest.
The process of satisfying stakeholders in the organization that managers have acted in the best interests of the stakeholders, a result of the stewardship function of managers, which takes place through accounting.
A collection of systems and processes used to record, report and interpret business transactions.
A broad, all-inclusive term that refers to the methods and procedures
of financial record keeping by a business (or any entity); it also
refers to the main functions and purposes of record keeping, which are
to assist in the operations of the entity, to provide necessary information
to managers for making decisions and exercising control, to measure
profit, to comply with income and other tax laws, and to prepare financial
reports.
Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Release (AAER)
Administrative proceedings or litigation releases that entail an accounting or auditing-related violation of the securities laws.
Accounting change
An alteration in the accounting methodology or estimates used in
the reporting of financial statements, usually requiring discussion in a footnote
attached to the financial statements.
Accounting earnings
Earnings of a firm as reported on its income statement.
Accounting entity
A business for which a separate set of accounting records is being
maintained.
The representation of the double-entry system of accounting such that assets are equal to liabilities plus capital.
The formula Assets = Liabilities + Equity.
An equation that reflects the two-sided nature of a
business entity, assets on the one side and the sources of assets on the
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sources of capital—liabilities and owners' equity. The accounting equation
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Unintentional mistakes in financial statements. accounted for by restating
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Accounting exposure
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Total liabilities exceed total assets. A firm with a negative net worth is insolvent on
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Accounting Irregularities
Intentional misstatements or omissions of amounts or disclosures in
financial statements done to deceive financial statement users. The term is used interchangeably with fraudulent financial reporting.
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The ease and quickness with which assets can be converted to cash.
The period of time for which financial statements are produced – see also financial year.
The principles, bases, conventions, rules and procedures adopted by management in preparing and presenting financial statements.
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investment – see return on investment.
the rate of earnings obtained on the average capital investment over the life of a capital project; computed as average annual profits divided by average investment; not based on cash flow
A set of accounts that summarize the transactions of a business that have been recorded on source documents.
'Buckets' within the ledger, part of the accounting system. Each account contains similar transactions (line items) that are used for the production of financial statements. Or commonly used as an abbreviation for financial statements.
Money owed to suppliers.
Amounts a company owes to creditors.
Amounts owed by the company for goods and services that have been received, but have not yet been paid for. Usually accounts payable involves the receipt of an invoice from the company providing the services or goods.
Short-term, non-interest-bearing liabilities of a business
that arise in the course of its activities and operations from purchases on
credit. A business buys many things on credit, whereby the purchase
cost of goods and services are not paid for immediately. This liability
account records the amounts owed for credit purchases that will be paid
in the short run, which generally means about one month.
Acurrent liability on the balance sheet, representing short-term obligations
to pay suppliers.
Amounts due to vendors for purchases on open account, that is, not evidenced
by a signed note.
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The number of days it would take to pay the ending balance
in accounts payable at the average rate of cost of goods sold per day. Calculated by dividing
accounts payable by cost of goods sold per day, which is cost of goods sold divided by 365.
Money owed by customers.
Amounts owed to a company by customers that it sold to on credit. Total accounts receivable are usually reduced by an allowance for doubtful accounts.
Amounts owed to the company, generally for sales that it has made.
Short-term, non-interest-bearing debts owed to a
business by its customers who bought goods and services from the business
on credit. Generally, these debts should be collected within a month
or so. In a balance sheet, this asset is listed immediately after cash.
(Actually the amount of short-term marketable investments, if the business
has any, is listed after cash and before accounts receivable.)
accounts receivable are viewed as a near-cash type of asset that will be
turned into cash in the short run. A business may not collect all of its
accounts receivable. See also bad debts.
A current asset on the balance sheet, representing short-term
amounts due from customers who have purchased on account.
Amounts due from customers for sales on open account, not evidenced
Money owed to a business for merchandise or services sold on open account.
Accounts Receivable Days (A/R Days)
The number of days it would take to collect the ending
balance in accounts receivable at the year's average rate of revenue per day. Calculated as
accounts receivable divided by revenue per day (revenue divided by 365).
Accounts receivable turnover
The ratio of net credit sales to average accounts receivable, a measure of how
quickly customers pay their bills.
accounts receivable turnover ratio
A ratio computed by dividing annual
sales revenue by the year-end balance of accounts receivable. Technically
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be divided by the average accounts receivable balance, but this information
is not readily available from external financial statements. For
reporting internally to managers, this ratio should be refined and finetuned
to be as accurate as possible.
Accrual accounting
The recording of revenue when earned and expenses when
incurred, irrespective of the dates on which the associated cash flows occur.
accrual-basis accounting
Well, frankly, accrual is not a good descriptive
term. Perhaps the best way to begin is to mention that accrual-basis
accounting is much more than cash-basis accounting. Recording only the
cash receipts and cash disbursement of a business would be grossly
inadequate. A business has many assets other than cash, as well as
many liabilities, that must be recorded. Measuring profit for a period as
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expenses would be wrong, and in fact is not allowed for most businesses
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before or after the sales) and records expenses when costs are incurred
(though cash is paid before or after expenses are recorded). Established
financial reporting standards require that profit for a period
must be recorded using accrual-basis accounting methods. Also, these
authoritative standards require that in reporting its financial condition a
business must use accrual-basis accounting.
Accruals accounting
A method of accounting in which profit is calculated as the difference between income when it is earned and expenses when they are incurred.
Aggressive Accounting
A forceful and intentional choice and application of accounting principles
done in an effort to achieve desired results, typically higher current earnings, whether the practices followed are in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or not. Aggressive
accounting practices are not alleged to be fraudulent until an administrative, civil, or criminal proceeding takes that step and alleges, in particular, that an intentional, material misstatement
has taken place in an effort to deceive financial statement readers.
Allowance for doubtful accounts
A contra account related to accounts receivable that represents the amounts that the company expects will not be collected.
An estimate of the uncollectible portion of accounts receivable
that is subtracted from the gross amount of accounts receivable to arrive at the estimated collectible
Asset-specific Risk
The amount of total risk that can be eliminated by diversification by
creating a portfolio. Also known as company-specific risk or
unsystematic risk.
Average accounting return
The average project earnings after taxes and depreciation divided by the average
book value of the investment during its life.
Average age of accounts receivable
The weighted-average age of all of the firm's outstanding invoices.
Balance of Payments Accounts
A statement of a country's transactions with other countries.
BARRA's performance analysis (PERFAN)
A method developed by BARRA, a consulting firm in
Berkeley, Calif. It is commonly used by institutional investors applying performance attribution analysis to
evaluate their money managers' performances.
Beggar-My-Neighbor Policy
A policy designed to increase an economy's prosperity at the expense of another country's prosperity.
Buy limit order
A conditional trading order that indicates a security may be purchased only at the designated
price or lower.
Related: Sell limit order.
Capital account
Net result of public and private international investment and lending activities.
That part of the balance of payments accounts that records demands for and supplies of a currency arising from purchases or sales of assets.
Cash accounting
A method of accounting in which profit is calculated as the difference between income
when it is received and expenses when they are paid.
a professional designation in the area of management accounting that
recognizes the successful completion of an examination,
acceptable work experience, and continuing education requirements
Change in Accounting Estimate
A change in accounting that occurs as the result of new information
or as additional experience is acquired—for example, a change in the residual values
or useful lives of fixed assets. A change in accounting estimate is accounted for prospectively,
over the current and future accounting periods affected by the change.
A change in the implementation of an existing accounting
policy. A common example would be extending the useful life or changing the expected residual
value of a fixed asset. Another would be making any necessary adjustments to allowances for
uncollectible accounts, warranty obligations, and reserves for inventory obsolescense.
Change in Accounting Principle
A change from one generally accepted accounting principle to another generally accepted accounting principle—for example, a change from capitalizing expenditures
to expensing them. A change in accounting principle is accounted for in most instances
as a cumulative-effect–type adjustment.
Chart of accounts
A listing of all accounts used in the general ledger, usually sorted in
order of account number.
Cold-Turkey Policy
Decreasing inflation by immediately decreasing the money growth rate to a new, low rate. Contrast with gradualism.
Procedures followed by a firm in attempting to collect accounts receivables.
Procedures to collect and monitor receivables.
Committee, AIMR Performance Presentation Standards Implementation Committee
The Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR)'s performance Presentation Standards Implementation
Committee is charged with the responsibility to interpret, revise and update the AIMR performance
Presentation Standards (AIMR-PPS(TM)) for portfolio performance presentations.
Company-specific risk
Related: Unsystematic risk
Companyspecific Risk
See asset-specific risk
computer-aided design (CAD)
a system using computer graphics for product designs
the use of computers to control production processes through numerically
controlled (NC) machines, robots, and automated assembly systems
computer integrated manufacturing (CIM)
the integration of two or more flexible manufacturing systems through the use of a host computer and an information networking system
Concentration account
A single centralized account into which funds collected at regional locations
(lockboxes) are transferred.
Constant dollar accounting
A method for restating financial statements by reducing or
increasing reported revenues and expenses by changes in the consumer price index,
thereby achieving greater comparability between accounting periods.
Contra-asset account
An offset to an asset account that reduces the balance of the asset account.
Contra-equity account
An account that reduces an equity account. An example is Treasury stock.
Method of accounting for sales or service agreements where completion
requires an extended period.
An account maintained in the general ledger that holds the balance without the detail. The detail is maintained in a subsidiary ledger.
a discipline that focuses on techniques or
methods for determining the cost of a project, process, or
thing through direct measurement, arbitrary assignment, or
systematic and rational allocation
Cost Accounting Standards Board (CASB)
a body established by Congress in 1970 to promulgate cost accounting
standards for defense contractors and federal agencies; disbanded
in 1980 and reestablished in 1988; it previously issued
pronouncements still carry the weight of law for those
organizations within its jurisdiction
Creative Accounting Practices
Any and all steps used to play the financial numbers game, including
the aggressive choice and application of accounting principles, both within and beyond
the boundaries of generally accepted accounting principles, and fraudulent financial reporting.
Also included are steps taken toward earnings management and income smoothing. See Financial
numbers Game.
Creative Acquisition Accounting
The allocation to expense of a greater portion of the price
paid for another company in an acquisition in an effort to reduce acquisition-year earnings and
boost future-year earnings. Acquisition-year expense charges include purchased in-process research
and development and an overly aggressive accrual of costs required to effect the acquisition.
Standards set to determine the amount and nature of credit to extend to customers.
Cross-border risk
Refers to the volatility of returns on international investments caused by events associated
with a particular country as opposed to events associated solely with a particular economic or financial agent.
Cumulative Effect of a Change in Accounting Principle
The change in earnings of previous years
based on the assumption that a newly adopted accounting principle had previously been in use.
Cumulative Effect of Accounting Change
The change in earnings of previous years assuming
that the newly adopted accounting principle had previously been in use.
Cumulative Translation Adjustment (CTA) account
An entry in a translated balance sheet in which gains
and/or losses from translation have been accumulated over a period of years. The CTA account is required
under the FASB No. 52 rule.
Net flow of goods, services, and unilateral transactions (gifts) between countries.
That part of the balance of payments accounts that records demands for and supplies of a currency arising from activities that affect current income, namely imports, exports, investment income payments such as interest and dividends, and transfers such as gifts, pensions, and foreign aid.
Day order
An order to buy or sell stock that automatically expires if it can't be executed on the day it is entered.
A company's stated goal for how soon a customer order will be
shipped following receipt of that order.
Demand Management Policy
Fiscal or monetary policy designed to influence aggregate demand for goods and services.
Discounting of Accounts Receivable
Short-term financing in which accounts receivable are used as collateral to secure a loan. The lender does not buy the accounts receivable but simply uses them as collateral for the loan. Also called pledging of accounts receivable.
Discrete order picking
A picking method requiring the sequential completion of
each order before one begins picking the next order.
Discretionary account
accounts over which an individual or organization, other than the person in whose
name the account is carried, exercises trading authority or control.
Discretionary Policy
A policy that is a conscious, considered response to each situation as it arises. Contrast with policy rule.
An established guide for the firm to determine the amount of money it will pay as dividends.
This policy governs Canada Life's actions regarding distribution of dividends to policyholders. It's goal is to achieve a dividend distribution that is equitable and timely, and which gives full recognition of the need to ensure the ongoing solidity of the company. It also specifies that distribution to individual policyholders must be equitable between dividend classes and policyholder generations, and among policyholders within any class.
double-entry accounting
See accrual-basis accounting.
Economic assumptions
Economic environment in which the firm expects to reside over the life of the
financial plan.
economic order quantity
order size that minimizes total inventory costs.
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WASHINGTON – New research appearing online today in Clinical Chemistry, the journal of AACC, shows that a handheld mobile device can check patients' HIV status with just a finger prick, and synchronize the results in real time with electronic health records. This technology takes a step toward providing remote areas of the world with diagnostic services traditionally available only in centralized healthcare settings.
Of the 34 million people infected with HIV worldwide, 68% of them live in sub-Saharan Africa, with South and Southeast Asia bearing the second greatest burden of disease. Many HIV-infected people in these regions are unable to get tested or treated because they can't easily travel to centralized healthcare centers. This creates an extreme economic burden on already-poor nations, with the epidemic estimated to cause a 1.5% annual loss in gross domestic product each year for the worst-affected countries. It has also created 16.6 million AIDS orphans—children who have lost one or both parents to the disease.
A low-cost mobile device that performs HIV testing could help combat these trends, and the overall global epidemic, by enabling the diagnosis and treatment of HIV-infected people in resource-limited settings. In this study, a team including Curtis D. Chin, PhD, and Yuk Kee Cheung, PhD, designed a device that captures all the essential functions of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, the most commonly used laboratory diagnostic for HIV. The authors show that the device performs laboratory-quality HIV testing in 15 minutes using finger-pricked whole blood.
The device also detects weakly positive samples, and uses cellphone and satellite networks to automatically synchronize test results with patient health records from anywhere in the world. Because of this real-time data upload, this mobile device will allow policymakers and epidemiologists to monitor disease prevalence across geographical regions quickly and effectively. This could improve effectiveness in allocating medications to different communities, and patient care in general.
Dr. Nader Rifai, editor in chief of Clinical Chemistry, states, "This is a perfect example of how ingenuity and good science can effectively address a real and serious medical problem."


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Q: How can I share Hibernate TypeDefs and GenericGenerator definitions between projects? I have two projects, upstream and downstream. upstream is a compile-time dependency of downstream.
I have a class, BaseEntity, in upstream:
@MappedSuperclass
public abstract class BaseEntity<T extends Serializable> {
    public abstract T getId()

    ...

I also have a CustomUUIDGenerator class in upstream:
public class CustomUUIDGenerator extends UUIDGenerator {
    @Override
    public Serializable Generate(SharedSessionContractImplementor session, Object obj) throws HibernateException {
        ...

I have a derived class of UserType, JsonbType, in upstream as well.
I have added these annotations to the package-info.java file in the root package of upstream:
@GenericGenerator(name = "UUIDGenerator", strategy="<path>.CustomUUIDGenerator")
@TypeDef(name = "jsonb", typeClass = JsonbType.class)

In downstream, I have a class TestEntity:
@Entity
@Table(name = "test")
public class TestEntity extends BaseEntity<UUID> {
    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(generator = "UUIDGenerator")
    private UUID id;

    @Type(type = "jsonb")
    private TestPojo data;

    public static class TestPojo {
        String prop1;
        String prop2;

        <constructors for TestPojo omitted, but they are in my code>
    }

    <getters and setters omitted>
}

I have a test in downstream that tries to persist a TestEntity, but when I run it, I see org.hibernate.AnnotationException: Unknown Id.generator: UUIDGenerator. If I remove the generator parameter from @GeneratedValue in TestEntity and run it, I see org.hibernate.boot.registry.classloading.spi.ClassLoadingException: Unable to load class [jsonb].
What are the conditions for these 'definition'-type annotations being available to a class? If I want @Type(type = "jsonb") to work for all entities in projects that have upstream as a dependency, how would I accomplish that?


Have you ever imagined what it would be like to attend a Monday Night Football game live in Las Vegas? What would the NBA or NHL playoff experience bring to 'Sin City'? Or how about an Opening Day MLB start in the desert?
I can tell you exactly what it would be like. The back of your game ticket would be a scratch-off lottery game for lap dances and convertibles. There would be brilliantly lit slot machines in the bathroom stalls. At halftime, an opposing fan would be lowered into a cage and fed to a pair of white Bengal tigers. The vendors would be seven-foot mutants from Eastern Europe and the cheerleaders would be South American vixens. There would be midgets and clowns and a giant money tree that one lucky fan would get to shake at each home game.
Las Vegas and a professional sports team are a natural fit. There are few things as American as the cultish pride, monetary excess and choreographed violence involved in pro athletics in this country. It's in our blood. It's our birthright. And America's Playground is the only city in the country that could possibly match that sort of frenzy and bacchanalia stride-for-stride.
The population of Las Vegas has tripled over the course of the last 20 years to 1.8 million, and it remains one of the fastest-growing cities in the country. Its economy pumps out a staggering $72 billion annually, with nearly 38 million tourists blowing through town each year and contributing their mortgage/retirement/child's college fund to that honey pot. If we assume three-fifths of all Las Vegas visitors are sports fans - a measurement the Founding Fathers would approve - that would yield a pool of roughly 24 million fans to draw from.
"I've said before that just like Dallas is America's Team, I truly think that a team in Las Vegas would be the World's Team," Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman said. "We really have the type of cosmopolitan people out here that would embrace the hometown team."
Goodman is an outspoken, martini-swilling, showgirl-loving Philadelphia native and the ace in the hole for the city's bid for pro sports. He is disarmingly honest, and has the guile and zeal one would expect from an attorney who used to defend such ruthless mobsters as Meyer Lansky and Anthony Spilotro. Goodman is on record in support of canings and thumb amputations as punishment, and has shown up in public surrounded by Elvis impersonators. Would you bet against him?
Goodman has lobbied and prodded owners and commissioners in all major sports to relocate or expand to his orgiastic oasis. Vegas currently hosts major events in boxing, NASCAR, Arena Football, Triple-A baseball and tennis. Also, the city locked up a bid to host the 2007 NBA All-Star Game. They will be the first non-NBA city to do so.
With the recent financial difficulties of pro sports franchises in Florida, Portland, Seattle, San Diego and New Orleans, the number of potential suitors for Las Vegas seems to be at its pinnacle. Goodman said that discussions have been "real hot" with the NHL.
However, not everyone shares his optimism.
"I believe Las Vegas will not be seriously considered until someone steps up and builds a new arena to host a team," said Jay Kornegay, executive director of the sportsbook at the Las Vegas Hilton. "Right now it seems like Las Vegas is just being used as a pawn for some owners to strike deals around the country."
Sin City's greatest strength is also its greatest weakness when it comes to seducing a team into its hypnotic trance. The reason there isn't a team in Las Vegas already has little to do with being the 47th ranked television market, its lack of a state-of-the-art arena or its graveyard of defunct pro franchises since 1976. No, Las Vegas doesn't have a team today because it permits legalized gambling and is seen by some as a modern Sodom and Gomorrah.
It's true that gambling and hedonism are at the soul of Las Vegas. But that's what gives it such a unique relationship with Sports. Vegas is Switzerland with slot machines. The hometown loyalty is to the point spread and every precious edge that she provides. People there are fans of everyone and no one, with allegiance based on whoever provides the best opportunity for a payday. Sports fans in Las Vegas are mercenaries, bounty hunters and war profiteers. And it's unlikely that their attitude will ever change.
Needless to say, this stance by owners and executives is the height of hypocrisy. Goodman stated that the NFL's public actions and outward opposition to gambling is "the most disingenuous reasoning" that he'd ever heard. He also believes there's already illegal gambling at live sporting events in most other sports.
"There's more bets taken during an NBA basketball game at Madison Square Garden then there is on that game here," Goodman said. "Think about it, you going to sit around watching 10 guys run up and down the court for two hours without some money going around? I didn't think so."
For my money, the owners and execs are the real criminals. They are vicious and vile, feasting on the flesh of children and old people. Just look at Al Davis. They loot the public treasury for a new stadium. They charge $8.50 for a beer. They claim their low-rent, second-rate organizations are perpetually "rebuilding". They draft emotionally unstable and intellectually shallow children, get them hopped up on Potential and mescaline and turn them loose on society. Then the players are cut loose after they become multiple felons.
It's inconceivable that owners and league executives can pass judgment on Las Vegas or legalized professional gambling on the basis of some moral authority. They have more blood on their hands than most, and since they wouldn't resist the urges of greed and temptation they don't expect anyone else to either.
"They don't realize the Nevada sports books and the league are on the same side," Kornegay said. "We both want 'true' games. If anyone gets hurt on a crooked game it's the sports books. This is why we have so many policies, regulations and procedures to make sure the games stay true."
"Someday they will realize that they need us a lot more than we need them," Goodman said of sports leagues.
The NHL and MLB have stated that if Las Vegas was awarded a franchise the casinos and books would have to agree not to take bets on the home team. This arrangement was a condition of hosting the NBA All-Star Game, and had been in place for UNLV and Nevada athletics until recently. The NBA has said that the books would have to agree not to take any action on any NBA games - period - before Las Vegas would be given its own team.
Over $2.5 billion was gambled through legal channels in Las Vegas in 2005. Nearly $400 million of that was on the NBA. Those are high stakes for casino owners and operators, especially since they form the backbone of the local economy but stand to gain little from the presence of a pro team. Also, what if Las Vegas were awarded an MLB team and it made the World Series, or if they got an NFL team and it played in the Super Bowl? There would be riots in the street and potentially billions of dollars lost.
Should Las Vegas have a pro sports team? Could it even handle one? We will see. But when asked what the odds of Las Vegas having a pro franchise by 2010 were, Goodman didn't hesitate: "It's a guarantee."
Hmm. A guarantee in Vegas? If you're willing to buy that, I'm willing to bet that you'll be welcome in Sin City anytime.


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Brad: What're you guys doing tonight?
Me: Getting some Patrón and putting it on ice
Brad: Tequila party at Jessica's is on!
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Equifax Inc., one of the world's largest consumer credit reporting agencies, discovered in July 2017 they had a major security breach and did not report it until several months later on September 8th 2017. Equifax collects and aggregates information on over 800 million individual consumers and more than 88 million businesses worldwide. Reported compromised were 143 million consumer records containing personal information containing names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and driver's license numbers, and 209,000 consumer credit card numbers.
The hackers responsible for the breach used an exploited and patched security vulnerability known to exist in industry standard common website hosting software. The vulnerability the hackers used, along with the patch release, were announced months before Equifax's July 2017 web server hack. Any decent organization with just an inkling of security practices could have had the vulnerability patch applied using simple patch automation tools widely available through open source. To further compound Equifax's culpable behavior, as soon as the hackers exploited the vulnerability, they guessed the admin password, Argentina, within minutes.
In April 2017 IBM released their annual Threat Intelligence Index emphasizing hackers have changed their methods to using known vulnerabilities. 10,197 of them in 2016 alone. Any competent IT person charged with security could have foreseen and prevented the July 2017 Equifax hack. Oddly Equifax's Chief Security Officer, Susan Mauldin, has a bachelor's degree and a master of fine arts degree in music composition from the University of Georgia. Her LinkedIn professional profile, no longer active, listed no education related to technology or security.
So what should you do to remediate Equifax's culpable incompetency?
Visit Equifax's site to check if Equifax gave away your personal information using their lackadaisical IT practices.
Given there were 143 million Equifax records compromised and a large number of Americans are credit invisible the odds are if you participate in America's Capitalism game Equifax handed the hackers your information.
Include your name, address, Equifax User ID, and a clear statement that you, "want to opt out of resolving disputes with Equifax through arbitration.".
Businesses need an IT business partner that can handle their IT needs and provide the necessary network security. Today's IT Managed Service Providers must be proactive in their ability to assess and prevent new threats. If the Equifax hack has shown us anything it is very few IT companies and IT staff are able to meet those requirements on their own.