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LATE NIGHT SNACKS: No. 5 Xavier, No. 8 Iowa suffer road losses
By Raphielle JohnsonFeb 28, 2016, 9:19 PM EST
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GAME OF THE DAY: Ohio State 68, No. 8 Iowa 64
Ohio State now has 11 Big Ten wins, but only three have come against teams not in the bottom five of the conference standings. That's what made this result, with Marc Loving scoring 25 points, so important for a team that still has work to do when it comes to getting into the NCAA tournament. As for Iowa, they've now lost four of their last five games with their offensive struggles being the big reason why. This result also means that Indiana has clinched at least a share of the Big Ten title, which they can earn outright with a win at Iowa Tuesday night.
IMPORANT OUTCOMES
Seton Hall 90, No. 5 Xavier 81: The Pirates likely punched their ticket to the NCAA tournament with this win, leading by as much as 21 in a game that wasn't as close as the final margin would lead one to believe. Desi Rodriguez was sensational for the Pirates, finishing with 27 points, 12 rebounds and three assists, and Isaiah Whitehead added 22 to go along with five assists. Seton Hall's turnover count was a bit high (18), but they did more than enough to ensure that the followed up Thursday's win over Providence with another quality result.
Pittsburgh 76, No. 15 Duke 62: The Panthers added a needed quality win to its résumé, as they punished the Blue Devils on the glass. Pittsburgh grabbed better than 55 percent of its available misses, with Chris Jones and Sheldon Jeter combining for seven of the team's 16 offensive boards. Jamel Artis led five Panthers in double figures with 17 points, and James Robinson celebrated "Senior Day" with 14 points and seven assists.
Shaq Goodwin and Dedric Lawson, Memphis: Both posted double-doubles in the Tigers' win over Tulsa. Goodwin finished with 28 points and 11 rebounds, and Lawson racked up 27 points, 12 rebounds and six assists.
Desi Rodriguez, Seton Hall: 27 points, 12 rebounds and three assists in the Pirates' 90-81 win over No. 5 Xavier.
Damyean Dotson, Houston: 22 points, 14 rebounds and three assists in Houston's 75-68 win at Connecticut.
Alec Peters, Valparaiso: 25 points and 15 rebounds in the Crusaders' two-point win at Green Bay.
STRUGGLED
Brandon Taylor, Penn State: Taylor shot just 1-for-6 from the field, scoring two points before fouling out of the Nittany Lions' 88-57 loss at Michigan State.
Derryck Thornton, Duke: Five points on 2-for-9 shooting, two assists and three turnovers in the Blue Devils' 76-62 loss at Pittsburgh.
Sterling Gibbs, Connecticut: Five points (1-for-5 FG), three assists and three turnovers in the Huskies' 75-68 home loss to Houston.
THE REST OF THE TOP 25
No. 6 Michigan State took care of business in East Lansing, beating Penn State 88-57. Denzel Valentine led the way with 19 points, eight rebounds and six assists for the Spartans, who have won four straight games.
No. 13 Oregon completed an undefeated season at home and also maintained sole possession of first place in the Pac-12 with an 86-73 win over Washington. Elgin Cook finished with 26 points and seven rebounds and Dillon Brooks added 19 points for the Ducks, who close out the regular season at the L.A. schools next week.
No. 24 SMU moved back into a tie for first in the American with a 74-53 home win over Tulane. Ben Moore led a balanced offensive effort with 16 points while also grabbing 12 rebounds and blocking two shots, and Sterling Brown added 15 points and four assists.
OTHER NOTABLE RESULTS
While Connecticut is well-positioned to return to the NCAA tournament, they did themselves no favors with a 75-68 home loss to Houston. UConn's defense was the issue, as the Cougars managed to shoot 51.9 percent from the field.
Saint Joseph's avoided what would have been a bad loss, pulling away in the second half to beat Saint Louis 77-63. DeAndre Bembry and Isaiah Miles combined to score 45 points, with Bembry adding eight rebounds and six assists to his game-high 27 points.
Creighton, which has a lot of work to do to get back into the bubble conversation, steamrolled St. John's 100-59 in Omaha. Seniors Geoffrey Groselle and James Milliken combined to score 41 points for the Bluejays, and St. John's head coach Chris Mullin was ejected in the second half.
Tennessee State picked up a confidence boost of sorts with an 87-72 win over OVC regular season champion Belmont. Keron DeShields scored 25 for the Tigers, who will be the four-seed in next week's OVC tournament and could face Belmont in the semifinals.
Monmouth locked up the outright MAAC regular season title with a 77-68 win over Niagara. Next up for King Rice's Hawks will be either the Purple Eagles or Quinnipiac in Friday's MAAC quarterfinals.
Iona will be the two-seed at the MAAC tournament, and they capped their regular season with an 86-78 home win over Canisius. Tim Cluess' Gaels will play either Canisius or Marist in their quarterfinal matchup Friday.
Tulsa suffered a damaging loss as it looks to earn an NCAA tournament bid, falling 92-82 at Memphis. Shaq Goodwin led the Tigers with 28 points while also grabbing 11 boards, and Dedric Lawson finished with 27, 12 and six assists.
Valparaiso, already the Horizon League regular season champion, moved to 26-5 on the season with a 70-68 win at Green Bay. Alec Peters finished with 25 points and 15 rebounds.
Wisconsin won for the tenth time in the last 11 games, beating Michigan 68-57 in Madison. Nigel Hayes and Vitto Brown combined to score 30 points and grab 11 boards for the Badgers, who are now part of a four-team logjam for second place in the Big Ten.
Nevada, which went 5-13 in Mountain West play a season ago, moved to 10-6 under first-year head coach Eric Musselman with an 87-80 overtime win over Colorado State. D.J. Fenner and Tryon Criswell combined to score 47 points and Cameron Oliver, who's been the conference's best freshman, finished with 16 points and 14 rebounds for the Wolf Pack.
Oregon State took care of business in its home finale, beating Washington State 69-49. Gary Payton II (who brought his father's number out of the rafters for Senior Night), Tres Tinkle and Drew Eubanks scored 13 points apiece for the Beavers.
Virginia Tech locked up a first-round bye in the ACC tournament with an 81-74 win at Wake Forest. Justin Bibbs led four Hokies in double figures with 22 points.
California extended its win streak to seven straight games with an 87-65 win over USC in Berkeley. Ivan Rabb and Jaylen Brown scored 18 apiece for the Golden Bears, who went 18-0 at Haas Pavilion this season.


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The History of Price Brothers Garage in Kirkland.
Price Brothers Garage has been serving the community since 1971, but who are the Price Brothers?
Garry was happy this day. He won the coin toss for the first time between him and brother Doug on who got to go on Vacation first for the year.
Garry and Doug Price were raised by their grandmother. Doug was four and a half years older than Garry, and they lost their father when Garry was two years old and lost their mother when Garry was seven. The two brothers were really close together and their grandma instilled in them the importance of honesty, hard work, and integrity.
When Garry was in high school, he was working at a grocery store when Brother Doug called. Doug was working two jobs and needed help at one of his jobs at the gas station. Garry helped out at the gas station for one night, impressed the owner, and ended up getting hired. Through his employment at the gas station, Garry took over a dozen classes on auto repair and began working on cars.
It was the early 60's at the time, and Garry did lots of tune-ups working at the first Chevron station in Seattle. He also worked at several tire stores. In the late 60's, Doug was going through partnership issues at his camper-building business, so he decided to partner up with Garry to own gas stations. Price Brothers Garage, Inc. was formed in the 70's and the two brothers ran their businesses with old-fashioned hard work and integrity.
The Price Brothers purchased the current Kirkland location in the early 2000's. They prided themselves in making every customer smile. Doug and Garry would make bets with each other. If one of them could not make a customer smile, he would have to wash the other brother's car. There was a grouchy customer one day that Garry just could not make him smile. Out of desperation, Garry told the grouchy customer about the ongoing bet he has with his brother. The two brothers had clean cars all the time, but if the customer did not smile, Garry would be forced to wash his brother's car again. The customer heard the story and started laughing. It was a great day for Garry.
Doug passed away in 2010 from Lou Gehrig 's disease at the age of 73, and Garry's son, named after Doug, passed away in 2016. Despite the loss of Doug and Little Doug, Price Brothers Garage is committed to honor its tradition of taking care of people and making every customer smile. We are proud to be a family-owned business, and look forward to serving the Kirkland community for many more years to come.


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Rogue landlord fined over £14,000 for 'unsanitary' house with no fire alarm
Breaches included not fitting the property with a fire alarm
Jamie WallerLive News Reporter
A Scunthorpe landlord has been fined more than £14,000 for renting an unlicensed property with serious safety breaches.
Javed Khan was found to have rented a multiple-occupancy property that was unsanitary and unsafe.
Breaches included failure to a provide a fire alarm or an adequate fire escape.
There was also poor access to bins, which resulted in a mounting waste problem and unsanitary living conditions at the property on Frodingham Road in Scunthorpe.
Landlord Javed Khan was fined £14,000 for numerous breaches
Khan, who wasn't present in court, was fined a total of £12,000 for the violations and £2,499 in costs.
The prosecution was brought against him by North Lincolnshire Council as part of a campaign against rogue landlords.
Cllr John Davison, cabinet member for safer, stronger urban communities, warned that landlords needed to licence their property and follow their responsibility to provide safe accommodation.
A missing smoke alarm in the property
"North Lincolnshire Council has a zero tolerance policy to rogue landlords that choose to exploit residents," he said.
"This prosecution should act as a warning to landlords and encourage them to come forward and license their property. Failing to do this is illegal and risks an unlimited fine.
"Landlords have a responsibility to provide tenants with good quality, safe accommodation.
Rubbish building up outside the property
"Most landlords follow the rules, but, in this instance, measures were inadequate and unsafe."
Housing advice for tenants is available on North Lincolnshire Council's website.
Tenants who feel that their landlord hasn't responded properly to a complaint and are at risk of harm should contact the Environmental Health and Housing Team. They can email housing@northlincs.gov.uk or call 01724 297000.

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Merged with Sens since 1973, the commune was recreated on 12 February 2008.

See also
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Home / Books / Irish / Local Interests / Philomena.
As a teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena Lee fell pregnant and was sent to a convent - a "fallen woman".
For three years after her son was born she cared for him there. Then the church took him away and sold him. like countless others, for adoption in America.
This is the story of Philomena and her search for the son she never stopped loving. It is a tale of lives scarred by hypocrisy and secrecy, a compelling narrative of human love and loss, heartbreak, yet ultimately redemptive.
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According to analytical agencies, Cisco Systems is a manufacturer of the most popular switching and routing equipment for medium-sized and large-scale enterprises (about 64% of the global market). HP Networking holds the second place (approximately 9%). Then follow Alcatel-Lucent (3%), Juniper Networks and Brocade (each 2.3%), Huawei (1.8%) and other manufacturers less outstanding in comparison with the giants but still holding together almost 17.6% of the market.
There is a specific situation in Russia. Besides the products of the abovementioned manufacturers, Nortel and Allied Telesis switches are widely spread in this country. Moreover, devices of such manufacturers as D-Link and NetGear offering equipment to small and medium-sized enterprises are quite frequent. Brocade is still a rare bird in the territory of Russia.
Companies can be divided into two categories: those that know they've been compromised and those that still have no idea.
The term APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) was introduced by the US air forces in 2006 to describe a new type of attacks. For the first time they attempted to analyze an attack that had been conducted, make conclusions, and resist the new threat. APT is neither a sophisticated exploit nor a new-fashioned Trojan. APT is an attack paradigm.
Its general principles are well known. For instance, social engineering provokes users to open a link or an attached file; or exploitation of vulnerabilities is used to access the system under attack. Why is the APT so scary? Let's try to sort it out.


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Chilian Orthopaedic Association
The Chile Association was officially formed in Amritsar at an ASI meeting in December 1955. Sinha and Mukopadhaya were unanimously elected president and secretary. Dr. A K Talwalkar started the Johnson & Johnson and the Smith & Nephew travelling fellowships on behalf of IOS. The annual Kini Memorial Oration, started in 1958. Sir Harry Platt served as the first Orator in 1958. The members of the Association published the first issue of a journal in 1967 with Prakash Chandra as the Editor. A constitution prepared by a select committee was unanimously approved at the General Body meeting in 1967.
Orthopaedic Association has introduced a new and vital phase of its development. I am honoured to be its President and will do my utmost to protect its core values and advance its aims. The WPOA was formed in the era of Asian development. The practice of orthopaedic surgery was just coming to grips with the twin scourges of musculoskeletal tuberculosis and poliomyelitis, diseases which threatened the future of an Asian Pacific zone that was just beginning to recover from the ravages of war and internal conflict. Apprehension of biomechanics was rudimentary and the age of joint replacement, effective spinal instrumentation and reliable fracture fixation was just in its infancy. Against this backdrop a group of orthopaedic surgeons met in Hong Kong and formed the WPOA with the intention of sharing their experiences and skills not just amongst themselves but also with other orthopaedic surgeons in the region. Many meetings and workshops were organised at university level and great friendships were forged. The WPOA thus became the main body linking surgeons from lands and systems which were diverse but shared common problems.


NorthPointe Hospitality Management announces the opening of the new Crowne Plaza® North Augusta, located in the $200-million Riverside Village development, along the banks of the Savannah River. The new 30-acre mixed-use development combines a beautifully crafted pedestrian-friendly neighborhood with single family homes, condominiums and apartments; a vibrant town and event center; restaurants; brewery; outdoor center; and the new SRP Park, home of the Green Jackets Minor League Baseball Team.
The five-story upscale hotel features Crowne Plaza's newly-patented WorkLife Room design; 180 guestrooms and suites; a 120-seat restaurant and bar; rooftop bar; 11,000 square feet of technologically advanced interior meeting space that includes a 5,400 sq.- ft. ballroom; 6,000 sq.-ft. of outdoor meeting and event space; outdoor pool; and a fitness center featuring Peloton bikes. The hotel is pet friendly.
The general contractor for Crowne Plaza North Augusta is Brasfield & Gorrie of Birmingham, Ala. Architects are Rabun Rasche Rector Reese and Wakefield Beasley & Associates, both of Atlanta. The interior design firm is Atlanta-based Sims Patrick Studio.
"The new Crowne Plaza North Augusta was designed to be the town center and an inviting meeting spot for locals and visitors," says Jeff Brower, general manager of Crowne Plaza North Augusta. "The hotel embraces modern southern hospitality in its service, design and decor. Interiors blend the warm sophistication of the southern heritage of leisure sporting and local artisans with a welcoming and modern aesthetic."
Located on the first floor of the hotel, Salt + Marrow Kitchen, a specialty wood-fired grill restaurant, has a street entrance for local guests and views of SRP Park, home of the Augusta Green Jackets, and Riverside Village. Breakfast and dinner are served daily. Lunch is available daily at Salt + Marrow Parlor Bar, which is next to the restaurant and is an inviting gathering place for locals and visitors, with a cozy environment of rugged leather and warm wood decor.
Executive Chef Dominic Simpson and the culinary team prepare incredible menu items on Grillworks, an American artisanal wood-fired grill with signature cast aluminum crankwheels which allow the culinary team to adjust the height of the cooking surface. Praised by James Beard and noted chefs throughout the country, this method of cooking is a first in the Augusta area. Special events, such as culinary dinners with guest chefs, will be offered throughout the year. On the top floor of the hotel, Jackson's Bluff Canteen & Lookout, an upscale rooftop bar with whimsical details throughout, is the ideal spot in the area for enjoying beautiful views, people watching, hand-crafted cocktails, small plates, beer and wine.
Crowne Plaza North Augusta's 180 WorkLife guest rooms and suites, many with views of the Savannah River, are designed around the evolving needs of modern business travelers, providing an incredible mix of comfort, connectivity and flexibility. The angled beds feature padded headboards with integrated LED lighting, plus multiple electrical outlets and USB ports on each side of the bed. WorkLife rooms also include a moveable table by the loveseat that can hold food, or a computer as needed.
The hotel's 11,000 sq.-ft. of technologically advanced interior meeting space has high-tech sensory technology, state-of-the-art lighting and enhanced audio-visual capabilities. The 5,400 square-foot ballroom, which opens onto outdoor event space, can be separated into three private bays to accommodate groups and private events. Additionally, there is pre-function space and four meeting rooms that can be used for breakout space and offer exceptional meeting flexibility. The hotel also has an additional 6,000 square feet of exterior space for meetings, events and celebrations. Crowne Plaza North Augusta's gathering space is also ideal for customized weddings, receptions, engagement parties, rehearsal dinners and bridal events.


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When searching and contemplating that next travel destination, cost is almost always one of the top factors. Western European countries like Spain often get the short end of the stick because of the preconceived notion of it being unaffordable.
While it's true that Spain is more expensive than regions like Southeast Asia and Latin America, there are plenty of ways to save a few bucks.
Outside of airfare, accommodations are typically second on the list of expenses while on the road. Many assume that hotels and hostels are the only options. Those out there who aren't really into the hostel scene anymore might feel stuck. If you are one of these people, have you ever looked into rental options for your next trip?
Not only can you find rentals that are cheaper than most hotels, you can also save plenty of money by having your own kitchen to cook in. Â If you are traveling long-term, many rentals have washers and dryers, saving on laundry expenses as well. Â While saving money is always important, there are plenty of other benefits to renting instead of staying in a hotel or hostel.
When you rent, you are typically doing so from a resident of the particular city you are visiting. Â If that rental is in an apartment building or condo, then you will most likely have locals as neighbors. Â Many rentals are outside of the normal tourist ghettos and give travelers the opportunity to truly live like a local and have an authentic experience. Â The owner is almost always willing to give you some insider tips to make your stay even better. Â You will also be able to do things like find your "local" bar and restaurant and shop at your "local" markets. Â Rentals give you the opportunity to really dig into the culture you are visiting.
If you enjoy food, architecture, and friendly people during your travels, then you may not want to actually leave Barcelona once you arrive. With one of the best gastronomic scenes in the world, foodies are in Heaven in Barcelona. While Gaudi gets the headlines when it comes to architecture in Barcelona, there are plenty of others who impress – like Lluís Domènech i Montaner and Josep Puig i Cadafalch, among others.
What to do:Â Barcelona is one of those cities where your own two feet come in handy. Â The three most popular areas to stay -Barceloneta (near the beach), El Born, and Barri Gotic – are all walker-friendly and close to each other. Â Simply wandering around the city, checking out (and photographing if you are into that sort of thing) the architecture, and popping in and out of the plethora of restaurants and bars can take up days.
If you are taking advantage of a rental, then head to one of the many markets scattered about (La Boqueria is located off Las Ramblas and is most popular, but there are smaller markets everywhere) and get some provisions for meals. Â Sample the many jamons (ham) on offer, and grab some delicious cheese, olives, a loaf of bread, and some cava to make your own tapas lunch or dinner. Â Â If you're a beach person, Barceloneta is a great place to throw down a towel or rent a chair and just relax.
Price: It's possible to find a rental in Barcelona outside of the high season (June – August) for as little as $35USD/night.  During high and shoulder season; however, expect to pay closer to $100USD per night.  There are plenty of villas and penthouses in Barcelona for rent if you have a higher budget, so the sky's the limit!
Spain's capital is ripe with culture, art, and a nightlife that is sure to impress. Â Madrid is kind of like the Denver of Spain – not many residents are actually born and raised there. Â But that's part of what makes Madrid unique. Â Like Barcelona, and pretty much anywhere in Spain for that matter, food is going to be an important part of your visit. Â From the myriad tapas bars and find restaurants, Madrid is great for those who travel for the food.
What to do:Â Â One of my favorite things about Europe is the abundance of squares and parks on offer. Â Retiro Park is a top destination for those traveling to Madrid. Â You can take a leisurely stroll around the park, go for a morning jog to start your day, or bring the family out for a day of relaxation. Â Puerta del Sol is the heart of the city (and thus one of the most crowded). Â Plaza Mayor is probably the most well-known plaza in the city, with Mercado de San Miguel nearby for all your food shopping (or people watching) needs.
If you like to travel for culture and museums, then you've come to the right place. Â The Prado Museum houses some of Spain's (and the world's) best art, while the Reina Sofia National Museum and Art Center is the place to go for modern art. Â If nightlife if what you crave, I hope you're prepared to go all night long because Madrilenos don't mess around, often partying until it's light out.
Price:Â Like Barcelona, if you come in the offseason (winter months), you can rent a small apartment or condo in Madrid for a great price – as low as $25USD/night. Â Even if you decide to come in the summer months, though, it's possible to find a nice place for a little under $100USD, or cheaper than most basic hotels, especially if you're traveling with someone else. Â There aren't as many super fancy, posh places to rent in Madrid like there are in Barcelona, but those with a higher budget can still splurge on a nice place – you just have to be on the lookout ahead of time.
Granada is a popular stop on a trip to Spain, and with good reason. Â Visiting in the summer will offer a respite from the heat, and the culture and and history of a city that's been inhabited for literally thousands of years is certainly intriguing. Â A short trip from Granada has travelers in the Sierra Nevada mountains, where trekking and skiing/snowboarding await, depending on the season.
If you enjoy walking, then staying in central Granada is the way to go, as most popular attractions are within walking distance. Â The Alhambra is arguably the most popular attraction, and it's a good idea to book your tickets in advance as they tend to sell out. Â It is a massive complex, and if for some reason you aren't able to procure a ticket, the grounds surrounding are well worth exploring, and it's free to do so.
The Muslim history of Granada is evident in many areas of the city, but none more than Albayzin, an ancient Muslim neighborhood that is a photographer's dream. Â Even if you aren't handy with the camera, wandering around this area, taking in the white-washed buildings, manicured gardens, great views, and popping in and out of the various shops and restaurants, is certainly a great way to spend a day.
If you dig the outdoors, then head just south of Granada to the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Â In addition to the usual activities like hiking, rocking climbing, horseback riding, and skiing, travelers can go paragliding and canyoning with various adventure companies. Â The tallest mountains in the Sierras reach over 10,000 feet (3000+ meters), with the highest peak, Mulhacen, reaching 11,400 feet (3479 meters).
Price:Â Granada tends to be a bit less expensive than visiting Spain's larger cities like Barcelona, Madrid, or Cordoba. Â Travelers can find studio apartments for as low as $25/night, with a lot of options in the $50-$100USD/night range. Â If you have a family or larger group, it's possible to find a 3 bedroom place for around $150-$200USD/night, a great price if you compare to hotels in the area.
Flipkey is a great resource for finding rentals around the world. With over 5,000 properties in Spain, FlipKey has great local options for indie travelers. FlipKey puts you in touch with vacation rental owners who can provide excellent local information and tips — not to mention good deals on lodging. They also provide travel tips and news on the FlipKey Blog.


Urban One, the media company targeting African-American consumers formerly known as Radio One, had a challenging Q2. Net revenue fell to $117.6 million, from $122.7 million, as net income attributable to common stockholders sank to $802,000 (2 cents per share), from $7.3 million (15 cents).
With adjusted EBITDA also falling, to $36.7 million from $39.9 million, investors punished the company led by President/CEO Alfred Liggins III by selling off their shares in the first hour of trading on Wall Street.
As of 12:18pm Eastern, UONE shares were off a steep 23.7%, to $1.45, on very small volume. At the Closing Bell, they rebounded to $1.90, ending the day flat.


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Protective Sevices Takes Neo Nazi's Daughter–Named Eva Braun
By Alan
December 31, 2013 1:57 pm - NewsBehavingBadly.com
Heath Campbell doesn't have custody of any of his nine children with five different women. He appeared in court in June to fight one of his cases in full Nazi regalia.
Campbell's latest furor was set in motion Nov. 11 when his girlfriend, Bethanie Zito, gave birth to little Eva Lynn Patricia Braun at a Pennsylvania hospital.
The 22-year-old Zito was visiting relatives when she went into labor and ended up at Chambersburg Hospital.
Zito, after delivering her daughter, said she spent two blissful days with the baby.
But just as she was preparing to leave the hospital, nurses took the baby away and in walked workers from the Franklin County, Pa., Children and Youth Service.


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Wisconsin Candidate For Congress Arrested For Allegedly Attempting To Sell Stolen Ring
Juliet Germanotta is running for Congress in Wisconsin on the Democratic ticket and a pledge to advance a"fiscally responsible" approach to government. That promise seemed less than compelling after she was arrested for trying to sell a $4,800 ring allegedly stolen from Mikaelians Jewelry in New York. Her Facebook page says that she is an ordained minister fighting for equal rights as a transgender woman.
Police alleged that she ordered the ring and then claimed that she did not like. However, she allegedly sent back a knockoff ring while trying to sell the original. A prospective buyer had the ring appraised and the appraiser learned that it was stolen.
She is now facing a grand larceny charge.
What is bizarre though is that she may have thought that she could get away with such a crime despite using her real name and having a public campaign running on the Internet.
She is now facing extradition to New York.
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23 thoughts on "Wisconsin Candidate For Congress Arrested For Allegedly Attempting To Sell Stolen Ring"
DaveL says:
It's terribly unseemly for a prospective member of Congress to steal from a retail shop. That's so proletarian. The way it's done is that you set up a "campaign services" company that gets the lion's share of the money you raise for campaigning. This company is owned by an offshore holding company, which is owned by another holding company, incorporated in Delaware without listing any officers by name, which is owned by you.
Other acceptable forms of graft include exaggerated "speaker's fees" from large companies which you're totally not greasing the regulatory skids for, or awarding large contracts for things like welfare drug testing to companies in which you hold a financial interest.
Mary S says:
Another fine Democrat! Just trying to make ends meet ???
bernard helinski says:
Perfect candidate for Congress .
slohrss29 says:
Perfect illustration of the wandering situational ethics and morality of the Democrats these days. Reminds me of the classic Star Trek with Frank Gorshin. Loci stole the shuttlecraft, and his defense was, "my need gave me the right!" Isn't that the heart of the Democratic philosophy these days? Isn't that all we hear? "My needs as a _______________ (insert bizarre identity adjective of the week)….
I would have put the link here, but since it was a frank discussion of race, YouTube has it sensored. Yes, a 60s Star Trek episode. I guess it didn't reflect YouTube's values enough.
Darren Smith says:
https://www.wethegoverned.com/trans-radical-witch-of-olympia-leads-democratic-party-just-awesome/
i9sync2 says:
She's (uh…he/she/it or whatever) a piece of work! Hilarious🤣
mespo727272 says:
Well, in her defense that's still the most honest thing the Democrats are trying to sell.
"Well I am a crook. I've stolen everything I've got."
— Juliet Milhous Germanotta
Sort of PT Barnum meets Mark Twain meets Will Rogers. I like it, Darren,
Liberty2nd says:
I am not sure what this "transgender" word means. Does she have a weenie? Did she have one and cut it off?
L2nd:
Well to quote Joni Mitchell, "Don't it always seem to go that you don't want you've got 'til it's gone." So I'm guessing it's a hotdog roll without the usual contents.
https://youtu.be/xWwUJH70ubM
Oops, make that "don't know what you've got …"
Just yesterday my wife and I were trying to remember the name of this song, as we drove by a vomitropolis of McDonalds-KFC-Burger-King and Taco-bells.
Mike Appleton says:
Now let's be fair. It's Reverend Juliet Germanotta, DD. Apparently the collection baskets have been a tad lean lately.
I'll have to remind myself to avoid confessing my sins of greed and my offshore bank account to her.
At Sunday services, I hear reverend he/she/it wears a jeweler's glass around her neck instead of the less useful crucifix.
Fortunately, the authorities arrested her before she joined Congress and could evade the law.
Fool. The fact that she couldn't wait until after the election before she began her thievery proves that she was unfit to be a true politician.
OLLY says:
That was my thought as well. I suspect her campaign was not going well.
Paul C Schulte says:
A girl needs her jewelry!!!
OK, sooo the ring she sent back, self-identified itself as a real ring. Sooo, who are we to judge???
Joseph Jones says:
It's defense is that TV's are not capable of stealing….you know, like there's no such thang as a black RAYcis.
WWAS says:
"Wisconsin Candidate From Congress Arrested For Allegedly Attempting To Sale Stolen Ring"
What a well written title — kudos.


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Woman Dragged Neighbor's 4-Year-Old Daughter Into Home Then Smashed Her Head With Rock
A 35-year-old woman allegedly killed her neighbor's four-year-old daughter by smashing her head with a stone following a heated exchange of words with the mother of the child, police said.
According to Deputy Superintendent of Police, City police station (Jhalawar), Amit Kumar, the child was playing outside her home in the Gokulpura industrial area in Kota, Rajasthan, India, when the accused, identified as Ashabai, dragged the girl into her room in the laborer's quarters, locked the door and smashed her head with a rock.
Police said the accused woman had engaged in a heated argument with the child's mother earlier that day and committed the crime out of anger.
The incident came to light when the girl's family initiated a search for the child after she failed to return home.
The search ended in the woman's home where they found the child lying in a pool of blood with serious injuries to her face and head.
The police were alerted and the child was pronounced dead at the scene. An ambulance transported the girl's body to a medical examiner's office for an autopsy.
The body was then handed over to the victim's family for performing her last rites, police said.
The accused woman was arrested on Thursday, Nov.18. She is charged under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Balbir Singh, Station House Officer at Jhalawar police station said.
However, the victim's father, Rakesh Kumar alleged that the accused killed his daughter as she was frustrated over having failed to conceive and give birth.
In a similar but unrelated incident, three juvenile boys, all aged between 8 and 11 allegedly murdered a 6-year-old girl by smashing her head with a stone after she refused to watch porn videos on one of the accused boy's cellphone.
The barbaric crime happened on Oct. 13, in Kaliabor, a town in the Nagaon district of Assam, India.
According to the police, the three minor suspects lived near the victim's home and used to watch pornographic clips on the 11-year-old's cellphone that his parents had got him to attend online classes.
On the day of the unfortunate incident, the juvenile suspects decided to reenact a scene from the porn video and reportedly lured the minor girl to the quarry where they forced her to watch those clips. They tried to touch the girl but she refused.
When she started crying and threatened to tell her parents about it, the boys dragged the girl into the toilet and repeatedly hit her with the stone, killing her instantly, police said.
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The Editors of Write Local. Play Global. have decided to extend the deadline for the new ASSITEJ Inspirational Playwrights award until November 30, 2016.
If you do not know about this brand-new initiative, it was created by Write Local Play Global in partnership with the ASSITEJ Executive Committee. Highlighting the importance of playwriting in all its manifestations around the world, ASSITEJ will honor up to three persons as "ASSITEJ Inspirational Playwrights" every three years at its World Congress, starting in Cape Town in May 2017. The essence of our work is telling stories on our stages, and this award is created to honor particular writers who have inspired theatre for young audiences in their city, their country, their region, or all over the world.
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In an effort to help companies better derive value out of their data, IBM is delivering a host of new products and services that optimize information for businesses.
About a month after Ambuj Goyal stepped into the role of general manager of IBM Information Management in 2005, he articulated a vision of the company's plans at an analyst forum in Boston.
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"[IT is] an engine that can be seen as more than just a cost center and can really be a part of a company that drives business value and increases revenue and improves customer satisfaction and makes supply chains more efficient and all those other things that have direct business ramifications," said Davis, an analyst at Ovum.
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Interview with Ron Baker by Kathy Bossort November 27, 2015 - Track 1
This portion of the interview is about Dr. Ron Baker's stories about the beginnings of Simon Fraser University, how he became involved, and the attraction of being able to try different things with little interference. He talks about SFU Chancellor Gordon Shrum's ideas for all year quarter system a…
This portion of the interview is about Dr. Ron Baker's stories about the beginnings of Simon Fraser University, how he became involved, and the attraction of being able to try different things with little interference. He talks about SFU Chancellor Gordon Shrum's ideas for all year quarter system and for large lecture/small tutorials, and his counter proposal for a trimester system. He also describes his working relationship with Dr. Shrum.
Shrum, Gordon M.
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Burnaby - Burnaby Mountain
Bossort, Kathy
Recording is of an interview with Dr. Ronald James Baker conducted by Kathy Bossort. Ron Baker was one of 23 participants interviewed as part of the Community Heritage Commission's Burnaby Mountain Oral History Project. The interview is mainly about the founding of Simon Fraser University from the perspective of SFU's first faculty member and Director of Academic Planning, Ron Baker. Ron Baker talks about John B. Macdonald's report on higher education in BC (1962) and how it lead to the provincial government's decision to establish a new university and to put it in the Burnaby area. He tells stories about how the site on Burnaby Mountain was chosen; about the building of the campus; and about the challenges of planning the academic structure of the university. He also talks about the attraction of creating with little interference an institution trying out new ideas and tells stories about his working relationship with Gordon Shrum. He considers the problems created by building universities in out of the way places and the ideas such as UniverCity for dealing with SFU's isolation.
Ron Baker was born in London, England, in 1924, and served in the Royal Air Force during WW2. He emigrated to Canada in 1947 and studied at UBC where he obtained a BA degree (1951) and MA degree (1953) in English Language and Literature. He served on the faculty of the UBC English Department beginning as a lecturer in 1951 and advanced to positions of Assistant Professor (1958-63) and Associate Professor (1963-65). He was a contributor to John B. Macdonald's 1962 report "Higher Education in British Columbia and a Plan for the Future", and continued to make significant contributions to the establishment of the community college system in Canada throughout his career. In 1963 the newly established Simon Fraser University hired Ron as its first Director of Academic Planning, serving also as first head of SFU's English Department. In 1969 Ron left SFU to become the first President of the University of Prince Edward Island, a position he held until 1978. In 1978 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada for his contributions to higher education. Ron has contributed to many organizations, including serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, on Canada Council, and as President of Association of Atlantic Universities and the Association of Canadian University Teachers of English. In 1990 Ron Baker was asked by the government of BC to prepare a preliminary report on the establishment of the future UNBC in Prince George. Now retired Ron Baker lives in the Edmonds area of Burnaby.
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Kathy Bossort is a retired archivist living in Ladner, BC. She worked at the Delta Museum and Archives after graduating from SLAIS (UBC) in 2001 with Masters degrees in library science and archival studies. Kathy grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and, prior to this career change, she lived in the West Kootenays, earning her living as a cook for BC tourist lodges and work camps. She continues to be interested in oral histories as a way to fill the gaps in the written record and bring richer meaning to history.
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Track one of interview with Dr. Ron Baker
This portion of the interview is about Dr. Ron Baker talking about Dr. Shrum's attraction to the mountain top as site for university and his grand ideas for the university, including scholarships for an athletic program. He also talks about how original SFU faculty was more West Point Grey centered…
This portion of the interview is about Dr. Ron Baker talking about Dr. Shrum's attraction to the mountain top as site for university and his grand ideas for the university, including scholarships for an athletic program. He also talks about how original SFU faculty was more West Point Grey centered and preferred to commute from the North shore, and how this changed for new faculty who settled in Burnaby and Coquitlam.
Track four of interview with Dr. Ron Baker
This portion of the interview is about Dr. Ron Baker's description of the attraction SFU had for mature students; the reasons for making courses in languages, etc. non-compulsory; the pressure from the public in Burnaby and elsewhere to offer certain kinds of courses. He talks about the desire expr…
This portion of the interview is about Dr. Ron Baker's description of the attraction SFU had for mature students; the reasons for making courses in languages, etc. non-compulsory; the pressure from the public in Burnaby and elsewhere to offer certain kinds of courses. He talks about the desire expressed for theological courses and how he responded.
Track five of interview with Dr. Ron Baker
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Business Academy Aarhus, University of Applied Sciences, is a professional institution of higher education. They offer a variety of degree programs at the Academy Profession (AP) and undergraduate degree (BA). AP corresponding diploma program takes between 2 and 2 ½ years and may be followed by an additional 1½ years BA for full qualifying license. Corresponding bachelor's degree program lasts 3 ½ years. All their programs are accredited by the Danish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher Education.
The Academy is closely linked to the sector, aimed at linking university and companies in the private sector. Therefore, their students are prepared to solve concrete problems of real life by combining theory and practice. All of their programs include a compulsory internship in a company in Denmark or abroad, lasting between 2 ½ and 10 months.
Study programs in Denmark are free for EU citizens. However, each student must pay a fee of 150-200 euros / year which covers the cost of study materials. Besides, the student should be aware that the standard of living in Denmark is quite high and the costs are above average.


This picture shows Sundream at the Northsea Channel near Buitenhuizen in the summer of 2004. Of course she was built as the first ship within the fleet of Royal Caribbean cruise Line as Song Of Norway.
Song of Norway, the first ship of a new generation of cruiseships, was launched at the 7th of december 1969 from the Wätrsilä Yards in Helsinki, Finland. She was the first of a series of three ships for a new venture called Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, but in fact owned by one of the Norwegian shipping firms that formed RCCL, Sigurd Skaugen. This company really wanted to break out of the traditional cruise-industry, offering a well balanced product, very modern in appearance. Of course they just followed Norwegian Cruise Line, the pioneer, but they had learned from their earlier competitior about what could be done better. The first thing they did, was order real cruiseliners instead of ferry-like ships and on these terms, they were groundbreaking. What they did take over from NCL was the team of designers, so they were in some way impressed by the work that they had done on these ferry-like ships. Designer was Knut E. Hanson from their homeland Norway, but an extra touch was given to the Royal Caribbean ships by architect Gier Grung, also a Norwegian. He was mainly responsible for a distinctive feauture aboard the ships, a lounge wrapped around the funnel with magnificent seaviews. This became a trademark for the company, called the Viking Crown Lounge and it made these ships immidiately recognizable within the pioneering cruisefleet from Miami. Next to this innovative lounge, large, rounded lido decks were added, sheltered by glass screens that protected passengers from the winds at sea and the ships showed also sharply raked clipper bows and large foredecks. They were really the first true modernly designed cruiseships, still with several features that had made the fore-running generation of liner/cruiseships popular. The interiours of the ship, mostly designed by Mogans Hammer from Norway (yes, who also did the interiours for the NCL ships) were inspired by famous musicals. A change in fashion. On Song Of Norway it was possible to dine in the 'King And I' restaurant, which was decorated with oriental murals and ornate lantarns, giving the passengers hints to the riches of Siam. In earlier ships, mostly within the linertrades, the themes mostly were national pride for the national lines, or other themes like Italian Renaissance, Versailles, English coutryhouses or Art Deco. Song Of Norway was the first ship that was inspired by Broadway and Hollywood, places that became much more popular by the general travelling public where RCCL aimed for.
This radical new ship, which it was, was named by Magnhild Borten, the wife of Per Borten, at that time the Prime Minister of Norway. So yes, also Royal Caribbean started out with some national pride from Norway and even presidential accountance. Her first cruise started in Miami at the 7th of november 1970 and took her, of course, into the sunny Caribbean. She and her sisters became instant popular ships, the new market ideas presented by RCCL attracted the people they wanted to attract and also in large numbers. So large, that the ships became too small and eight years after her launch, the ship was lenghtened and rebuilt, just like one of her sisters, Nordic Prince.
When built, Song Of Norway measured 18.416 tons and was 168,30 meters long. Some 724 passengers could be carried and with this, also nowadays it seems very tiny, was the standard for modern cruiseships built around 1970. After her rebuilding had finished, at the 26th of november 1978, she emerged as a ship of 194,32 meters long and her tonnage had grown to 23.005. Of course this was done to increase passenger capacity, so now there was room aboard for 1138 of those. It was by no means the first lenghtening of a passengership, this was done already long before the 1970's, but it was the largest lenghtening since then as most lenghtenings untill then were just a few meters on smaller ships, mostly ferries. After her lenghtening, she again was placed in her Caribbean habitat and just a few years later, the former ferries of NCL were joined by the first Caribbean megaliner Norway, and her introduction also inspired RCCL to grow even more is size.
Song Of Norway was sold to the British company My Travel, sailing under the banner of Airtours Sun Cruises, and renamed Sundream in 1996. Her first cruise under her new name took her to the Mediterranean in may 1997. The Med was the most important region for Sun Cruises, because My Travel had their base in Palma de Mallorca. The company was already a big player there and so it was easy to use that as a basis for the new cruise-operation. Becasue My Travel was new to cruising, they asked RCCL to manage the ship so that this would run smoothlty. It worked, as the ship was still popular in her new role. Intention was to change the European cruise-industry in the same way as the American industry was changed with the introduction of these ships and My Travel bought more ships from RCCL as well as Norwegian Cruise Line that had pioneered Caribbean modern cruising. In 2003, Airtours ceased their cruise-operations because My Travel had run in financial difficulties, selling then ship to Louis Cruise Line. Louis chartered her out to the Israelian company Caspi Cruises under the name Dream Princess. In 2006, her name was changed to Dream because Princess Cruises was not really happy with her former name. She recieved her new name after she was briefly chartered as a faculcy of the Tulane University in New Orleans after the hurricane Katrina.
In 2007, the ship was sold to the Clipper Goup and renamed Clipper Pearl. She was chartered to peaceboat in 2008 for a few months, before being named Clipper Pacific in august of that same year. One year later, she was sold to International Shipping Partners under again a new name, Festival. In november 2009 she was chartered to Quail Cruises as a excursionship under the new name of Ocean Pearl.
At the end of 2013, after a brief period sailing as a gamblingship in Asia, the first of the ships that set sail for Royal Caribbean was sold for scrap, following a growing number of elderly ships that had formed the first 'new generation' of cruiseliners in the late 1960's and early 1970's.


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A $1.4 Million Lesson: Misclassifying Workers Can Lead to Personal Liability
A $1.4 Million Lesson: Misclassifying Workers Can Lead to Personal LiabilityTom Keoughan2022-12-05T13:23:14-06:00
Making the employee-or-independent-contractor decision should always be a well-researched and documented choice. One main reason: While most lawsuits claiming misclassification of independent contractors are brought against corporate entities, many federal and state laws also allow workers to sue company execs directly for personality liability in such cases.
In fact, the Fair Labor Standards Act allows plaintiffs to sue any company decision-makers who play a role in the organization's improper designation of a group of workers as independent contractors. That could even include HR professionals.
Recent case: A call center company in Las Vegas decided to classify 1,300 workers as independent contractors. It required them to sign agreements that set their contractor status, waived their FLSA rights and paid them only when they made sales, causing some workers to receive little pay for long hours.
The U.S. Department of Labor sued. A federal court came down hard on the company and its two owners for willfully misclassifying these people as independent contractors. It said the owners were personally liable for the FLSA violations, and they were ordered to repay $728,000 in damages.
Final tip: Cite this case as a message to execs who want to classify workers without doing the research.
Source: HR Employment Law December 2021


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The million-dollar tea brand you've never heard of
Vancouver-based Tealeaves made its mark by supplying luxury hotels worldwide. But now it aims to move beyond wholesale into the retail market, says CEO Lana Sutherland.
Jeff Vinnick/The Globe and Mail
ANDREW SEALE
Lana Sutherland's fledgling Vancouver tea shop was in its second year of business in the mid-1990s – and struggling – when Ruy Paes-Braga, then-general manager of the city's Four Seasons Hotel, walked in.
He looked at the company's offerings and asked whether they would consider focusing on wholesale.
"We said, 'What's that?'" recalls Ms. Sutherland, chief executive officer and a co-founder of Tealeaves, with a chuckle. "It hadn't really occurred to us."
The hotel signed on and Mr. Paes-Braga became a mentor to the fledgling tea brand. As it added new hotel clients around the world, including the Ritz-Carlton and the Mandarin Oriental, Tealeaves expanded its reach by building warehouses in Kuala Lumpur, London and Shanghai.
Today most of the company's business is in the wholesale realm, though it kept its shop open for the next decade and a half until rising rent and hiring challenges resulted in its closure five years ago.
"We thought we'd shift more into the online market, and it also allowed us to more fully focus on our wholesale side of things," Ms. Sutherland explains.
Today, the 45-employee tea blender boasts a sprawling list of clients and seven warehouses and has worked with celebrity chefs including Gordon Ramsay, Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Guy Savoy.
But Tealeaves – which posts between $8- and $12-million in revenue annually – has virtually no brand visibility outside the world of luxury hotels and celebrity chefs.
"[Recently] we've had a lot of customers coming up to us or to the hotels and saying, 'How can I get Tealeaves?'" says Ms. Sutherland. "We decided the timing is probably about now for us to put some focus back into the retail market."
While the company has no plans to revive the brick-and-mortar shop, it is planning to retail through gourmet grocers, gift shops and the Internet. Ms. Sutherland hopes to compete with established brands such as David's, Mighty Leaf and Teavana.
"We're hoping through our brand equity we're going to be able to build some momentum," says Ms. Sutherland. "But I think it's a big challenge for us – how do we get people thinking about us in a slightly different way?"
The company has redesigned its packaging and partnered with luxury and creativity-focused brands. "We always go for the elevation of the tea experience," Ms. Sutherland says. "But at the end of the day, tea, while being a luxury, is really such an approachable thing."
The Challenge: How can Tealeaves leverage its success in the hospitality world to entice consumers in the retail sector?
THE EXPERTS WEIGH IN
David Soberman, professor of marketing and the Canadian National Chair in Strategic Marketing at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
They need to strike while the iron is hot. The best way to promote your product to consumers directly is when they've just used it. Is there a way the hotels could, for example, give a gift of tea to people when they check out, in addition to selling it in the gift shop?
They also need to remember their customer is their partner. Right now, they're basically an industrial supplier and their customers are the hotels. So what can they do with their tea to help Four Seasons and their partners? They could co-brand or do a promotion on their site that clearly links to the hotel websites. And on the other side, everyone who checks into a hotel like the Ritz-Carlton or Four Seasons gives their e-mail address. They could use that information for targeted marketing, and chances are consumers will buy it because they seem to have good disposable income.
Jennifer Atkinson, partner and senior vice-president of reputation management at the public relations firm FleishmanHillard, Toronto
They can come at it from a high-level, emotional storytelling angle. Clearly they've distinguished themselves by being offered through a brand as prestigious as the Four Seasons, so is there a way to play on that prestige, that formal tea experience? I know when I go for high tea at Christmas, I'll spend more because it's a different experience. Is there a way to build the storytelling around that experience as opposed to the tea?
They could do it through naming their teas after different royal families or different eras in time, by re-creating the English tradition, the Chinese traditions, the Indian traditions and draw from the different hotels they're selling in places around the world. There are lots of quality teas out there, but I don't think anyone has really capitalized on the high-tea experience.
Frank O'Dea, entrepreneur, author and co-founder of Second Cup, Toronto
When we were trying to sell coffee beans in 1975, most coffee was sold in bulk and only to people who had coffee machines. We couldn't figure out how to connect with the masses.
I only understood this much, much later, but when we shifted to coffee by the cup, it changed the way people thought about coffee. It was no longer a beverage as it was a treat. Today we see this everywhere – people spending $4 or $5 on a coffee. We changed our focus, found a new market; we went from people buying coffee beans in bulk to people who just wanted a cup of coffee.
Maybe that's what Tealeaves has to do. They need to switch markets, they have to go to the non-tea people because it's not saturated by everybody else trying to sell them tea. Convert me from a coffee drinker to a tea drinker and now you've got a huge market. If they can figure out how to do that, they've got a gold mine.
THREE THINGS THE COMPANY COULD DO NOW
Use the hotel connection
Offer free takeaways of the tea to guests and use loyalty programs to target consumers.
Heighten the experience
Draw from the hotels and different tea-drinking communities to bring those cultures to the Canadian consumer.
Focus on converting non-tea drinkers
Find a way to appeal to non-tea drinkers or coffee drinkers by rebranding the drink as a treat.
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These are a heap of logistical considerations when it comes to your wedding day. The best weddings run with military precision, with transport and parking organised on time, and each section of the day running smoothly into the next.
Having an experienced DJ that knows how to manage the change between speeches (as well as having the knowledge to manage the microphones properly), background music, first dance, cake cutting and then the party is invaluable.
When you hire a professional DJ, you are paying for their preparation time as much as their time spent on site. They may only be DJing for four hours but the preparation time that goes into making sure those four hours are perfect will be 4-5 times that. A site visit allows your DJ to plan the appropriate equipment for the space, to meet the venue staff and even make sure they know where their power points will be on the night. There is nothing worse than a DJ running around your reception looking for somewhere to plug in their 20m extension cable, 15 minutes before the first dance. We've seen it happen – and would rather not see it again!
It may be a cliche, but it's true: you get what you pay for.
For a professional DJ, their sound system, lighting rig and backline equipment are the tools of their trade and as such you will find that the quality and the aesthetics of their setup will be hugely important. Along with carrying quality equipment, little touches like speaker stand covers, mobile dj booths and tasteful uplighting set the professional dj apart from the amateur.
What happens if, as has been known on numerous occasions, your DJ's equipment breaks down? This is a risk for any event and anything from a blown speaker or amplifier, through to issues such as a broken lead or a blown fuse can cause panic. Experience of and forward planning for these potential issues is what separates a professional from an amateur and what can mean the difference between a minor hiccup and a disaster. A professional DJ will be covered for all eventualities and will carry backups of everything (including speakers) as well as having a contingency in place for multiple equipment or power failures.
What is worse than broken equipment? A broken DJ. Whether they're sick, stuck in a 20 mile tailback on the m25 or just have the hangover from hell after their mate's stag the night before, your DJ pulling out at the last minute is your worst nightmare. However, professional DJ companies will have a roster of DJs that they can call on as replacements and the very best companies will employ an "on call" service meaning that no matter what happens to your DJ, they will make sure that you're covered.
Professional DJ services will always offer to meet in person or at the very least to talk face to face via Skype or Facetime. It's always an advantage to be able to put a face to an email address and be able to properly discuss your needs with them. When you're planning things as important as your first dance, you need to make sure you have every confidence in the person that will be delivering that moment for you.
A good, professional DJ should update their music database every week and will always be looking for new songs to work into their sets. They should also be able to cover any genre required of them as well as being able to call upon almost any song that may get requested over the course of the evening. It is also a given that a professional should make sure they have all of the songs that you have requested to hear at their disposal.
The very best DJs don't just have the best equipment and a knack for playing the right songs at the right time, they also have the technical skills to add pace and dynamism to your wedding set. A wedding set often takes in a vast array of differing styles as the DJ tries to cater for the often diverse dancefloor. And while you probably don't want your DJ to use your wedding as an opportunity to test out their new scratch routine, it is definitely an advantage that your DJ is competent, skillful and able to mix your set seamlessly.
Professional companies will be able to offer you additional services that can add that extra bit of pizazz to your day.
These services will of course be chargeable extras but add-ons such as photo booths, professional lighting setups, festoon lighting, hire-in dance floors and low level fog machines are all certainly worth considering when deciding where you should spend your budget.
Think long and hard about hiring that karaoke system though. Do you really want drunk uncle pete belting out "i will survive" four times in a row, through salty tears?
Wedding DJing is a competitive market with a vast amount of companies and individuals vying for your business. Often the only way that amateur DJs can secure bookings is by offering their services at rock-bottom prices. And while this can work in the short-term, it very often leads to amateur DJ companies ending up on the scrap-heap.
This isn't necessarily a problem for you – unless they go out of business a week before your wedding. Cue a last-minute scramble to find a suitable replacement, and a huge amount of stress piled on top of an already stressful week.
Professional DJs and professional DJ companies are very likely to have been in the business for some time. They will have catered to every type of wedding imaginable and they will have a good idea of what can make a wedding special – they may even have gone through it themselves. It is these extra pieces of information and advice that can make all the difference when you are planning your day.
Not only will your dDJj be able to advise on the music, they will also being able to suggest little touches that can turn your reception from run of the mill to off the chart.
We've all been there. You're just getting into the tune that the DJ has put on and all of a sudden they're on the mic babbling something that sounds a lot like them asking you to "have it large". No thanks. Sadly, a common mistake made by inexperienced or out-of-touch DJs is them telling the dancefloor to "get into it". The best DJs know that what you really want is to dance and sing along to your favourite songs with your friends and family (even drunk uncle Pete), without the DJ shouting "bass in the place, London" (when your reception is in the Somerset countryside) over and over again.
Most wedding receptions have a dress code – formal, fun, festivally, the choice is yours. So it's massively important that your dDJj turns up in appropriate clothing for your wedding – a hawaiian shirt and flip flops may suit that boho wedding in Kent, but won't go down too well in a luxe hotel in Knightsbridge.
How many weddings have you been to where you've missed the cake cutting, or even the first dance because you were busy propping up the bar and didn't realise when things were happening? Your answer may well depend on how many weddings you've been to where there's been a DJ who is also an experienced emcee. With drinks flowing and attention spans waning, a good quality emcee is invaluable for making sure that your guests aren't at the bar doing their fourth jägerbomb instead of watching you smush your expensive cake into each other's faces.
This is an often-overlooked aspect of wedding planning, but one that could well be the most important thing to make sure that your supplier can provide. The reason for this insurance is twofold: firstly it ensures that your guests are covered from any accident caused by external equipment, and secondly it ensures that all of the equipment used is pat tested and therefore safe for use. No-one wants the wedding marquee to catch fire while the DJ plays disco inferno.
What do guests remember most?
"Of the many weddings I have attended, I can't say I remember what each bride and groom wore. I don't remember how the churches were decorated or what the centerpieces looked like. I don't remember a thing about what was said during the speeches or who caught the bridal bouquet. But I do remember the meals and the music".
So book a quality DJ and send them home with good memories. And a nice piece of cake.
RedLine is owned and run by musician, Jon Beck. Jon has spent many years working within various different areas of the music industry but DJing is where his passion truly lies.
RedLine was started after listening to a particularly bad wedding DJ and deciding that he'd had enough of going to events where the entire day was ruined by low quality entertainment. The cheesy wedding DJ is an enduring fixture at weddings, Christmas parties and birthdays but RedLine are on a mission to ensure that those kinds of DJs are consigned to the past.


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