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Q: Trying to stop systemd timers from triggering missed events After trying the solutions posted here (Prevent systemd timer from running on startup), I thought I had my systemd timer problems corrected. However, after my last reboot, my service fired off during boot (evidently making up for a missed event).
Here are the files in question:
btrfs_backup.timer
[Unit]
Description=Create mirror of current state of all BTRFS snapshots
Requires=btrfs_backup.service

[Timer]
# hourly, with a 5-minute delay, as to not interfere with the
# snapper-timeline.service.
Unit=btrfs_backup.service
OnCalendar=*-*-* *:05:00
Persistent=false

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

btrfs_backup.service
[Unit]
Description=Create mirror of current state of all BTRFS snapshots
Wants=btrfs_backup.timer

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/btrfs_backup
Environment="DISPLAY=:0.0"
Environment="XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/0"

I basically copied these (2) files from snapper's timeline systemd files, so I don't understand why this setup is not working. I even looked into the suggestion of removing the [Install] section from the timer, but every timer on my system (including the snapper one) have an [Install] section.
Everything else works great - service completes correctly, notifications are seen on the desktop.
UPDATE #1: journal entries for the last couple of hours that surround the problem event:
Mar 01 14:05:09 dss-mint systemd[1]: Starting Create mirror of current state of all BTRFS snapshots...
Mar 01 14:05:09 dss-mint systemd[1]: btrfs_backup.service: Succeeded.
Mar 01 14:05:09 dss-mint systemd[1]: Finished Create mirror of current state of all BTRFS snapshots.
Mar 01 15:05:09 dss-mint systemd[1]: Starting Create mirror of current state of all BTRFS snapshots...
Mar 01 15:05:09 dss-mint systemd[1]: btrfs_backup.service: Succeeded.
Mar 01 15:05:09 dss-mint systemd[1]: Finished Create mirror of current state of all BTRFS snapshots.
Mar 01 16:05:09 dss-mint systemd[1]: Starting Create mirror of current state of all BTRFS snapshots...
Mar 01 16:05:09 dss-mint systemd[1]: btrfs_backup.service: Succeeded.
Mar 01 16:05:09 dss-mint systemd[1]: Finished Create mirror of current state of all BTRFS snapshots.
-- Reboot --
Mar 01 17:24:01 dss-mint systemd[1]: Starting Create mirror of current state of all BTRFS snapshots...
Mar 01 17:24:01 dss-mint systemd[1]: btrfs_backup.service: Succeeded.
Mar 01 17:24:01 dss-mint systemd[1]: Finished Create mirror of current state of all BTRFS snapshots.
Mar 01 18:05:19 dss-mint systemd[1]: Starting Create mirror of current state of all BTRFS snapshots...
Mar 01 18:05:19 dss-mint systemd[1]: btrfs_backup.service: Succeeded.
Mar 01 18:05:19 dss-mint systemd[1]: Finished Create mirror of current state of all BTRFS snapshots.

UPDATE #2: OK, powered on the PC this morning. While the service ran soon after the boot was complete, the timer was not triggered:
$ ls-timers
NEXT                        LEFT          LAST                        PASSED       UNIT                         ACTIVATES
Tue 2021-03-02 08:43:16 PST 12min left    n/a                         n/a          systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service
Tue 2021-03-02 09:00:00 PST 29min left    n/a                         n/a          snapper-timeline.timer       snapper-timeline.service
Tue 2021-03-02 09:01:57 PST 31min left    n/a                         n/a          btrfs_backup.timer           btrfs_backup.service
Tue 2021-03-02 11:17:38 PST 2h 46min left Mon 2021-03-01 19:30:22 PST 13h ago      fwupd-refresh.timer          fwupd-refresh.service
Tue 2021-03-02 16:53:23 PST 8h left       Mon 2021-03-01 12:52:17 PST 19h ago      motd-news.timer              motd-news.service
Wed 2021-03-03 00:00:00 PST 15h left      Tue 2021-03-02 08:28:52 PST 1min 53s ago logrotate.timer              logrotate.service
Wed 2021-03-03 00:00:00 PST 15h left      Tue 2021-03-02 08:28:52 PST 1min 53s ago man-db.timer                 man-db.service
Sun 2021-03-07 03:10:21 PST 4 days left   Sun 2021-02-28 08:27:47 PST 2 days ago   e2scrub_all.timer            e2scrub_all.service
Mon 2021-03-08 00:00:00 PST 5 days left   Mon 2021-03-01 08:33:26 PST 23h ago      fstrim.timer                 fstrim.service
n/a                         n/a           Tue 2021-03-02 08:30:06 PST 39s ago      anacron.timer                anacron.service
n/a                         n/a           Tue 2021-03-02 08:28:52 PST 1min 53s ago snapper-boot.timer           snapper-boot.service

I don't understand this - I've never enabled the service so that it would only be triggered by the timer:
$ systemctl status btrfs_backup.service
● btrfs_backup.service - Create mirror of current state of all BTRFS snapshots
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/btrfs_backup.service; static; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: inactive (dead) since Tue 2021-03-02 08:35:24 PST; 1min 8s ago
TriggeredBy: ● btrfs_backup.timer
    Process: 1206 ExecStart=/usr/local/sbin/btrfs_backup (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   Main PID: 1206 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

A: Try taking the Requires=btrfs_backup.service out of the timer.
The systemd.unit(5) man page says Requires= will activate the requirements as well.
So activating the Timer will activate the requirement of btrfs_backup.service.


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Rachel's — американская группа из Луисвилла, Кентукки, завершившая существование после смерти её основателя Джейсона Ноубла. Коллектив специализировался на инструментальной музыке, близкой к минимализму.

История
Группу, как сольный проект, создал гитарист math rock команды Rodan Джейсон Ноубл. Но уже на первых записях отметились скрипач Кристан Фредериксон и пианистка Рэйчел Граймс (название команды к ней не имеет никакого отношение, Ноубл придумал своей машине имя Рэйчел и в честь неё назвал свой проект). Этот состав можно считать основным, хотя в некоторых записях принимали участие до 12 инструменталистов. Музыка, которую играл коллектив, сильно отличалась от предыдущих работ Ноубла. Участники писали камерную музыку, близкую к минимализму. Большое влияние на них оказали творения Майкла Наймана.

Команда образовалась в 1991 году, но подготовкой к записи первого альбома её участники занялись тремя годами позже.

Команда практически завершила своё существование в августе 2012 года, когда от рака умер Джейсон Ноубл (у него была диагностирована синовиальная саркома). За 20 лет Rachel's записали 5 альбомов, а также один сборник, который распространялся во время гастрольных выступлений 2002 года, и совместный диск с дуэтом Matmos. Музыка этого проекта Ноубла периодически звучала в различных документальных и художественных фильмах, например в фантастической киноленте «Хэнкок», фильме-призёре Венецианского кинофестиваля 1999 года «Порнографическая связь» и оскароносной киносатире «Великая красота» Паоло Соррентино.

История создания Rachel's описана в книге Майкла Л. Джонса «15 портретов Луисвилла».

Другие проекты Ноубла
Помимо игры в группе Rodan и в собственном проекте Rachel's, Джейсон Ноубл активно участвовал в жизни коллектива , который он основал совместно с Джеффом Мюллером. Также он работал над проектом The Young Scamels. А в 2011 году участвовал в записи сольного альбома Кристиана Фредериксона The Painted Bird и электронного проекта Per Mission «Skull Drones». В июне того же года он и Кристиан Фредериксон выступили в  в качестве соавторов танцевального перформанса режиссёра Павла Жустика. Billboard назвали Ноубла одним из самых больших приверженцев музыкальной сцены Луисвилла, которая в США считается одной из наиболее сплочённых.

Дискография
 Handwriting (1995, Quarterstick Records)
 Music for Egon Schiele, диск был посвящён австрийскому художнику Эгону Шиле и был сочинён Рэйчел Граймс для театральной постановки о его жизни (1996, Quarterstick)
 The Sea and the Bells (1996, Quarterstick)
 Selenography (1999, Quarterstick)
 Full On Night, совместный альбом с группой Matmos (2000, Quarterstick)
 Significant Others (2002, специальное издание, распространявшееся во время гастролей)
 Systems/Layers (2003, Quarterstick)
 Technology Is Killing Music EP (2005, Three Lobed Recordings)

Примечания

Ссылки
 Композиция Water from the same source, прозвучавшая в фильме Паоло Соррентино
 Сборник видео с участием Ноубла
 Статья о смерти музыканта на сайте rollingstone.com

Группы построка
Композиторы-минималисты
Исполнители Quarterstick Records
Исполнители Touch and Go Records

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Congo forces leaders to pay taxes – ours?
Amid a growing budget shortfall, the government is under pressure to cut costs and boost tax revenues.
Budget Minister Michel Lokola told Reuters that last month's decision to tax government salaries at source, rather than rely on employees to pay taxes after receiving their salaries, had already raised roughly $1 million.
"They just weren't paying. The government ministers we replaced, the MPs, the senators, they didn't pay," said Lokola, who entered the government last October in a cabinet shake-up that saw his predecessor Adolphe Muzito named prime minister.
Lokola said the move was partly aimed at setting a good example, adding that Congolese President Joseph Kabila's government salary was also subject to the measure.
"He is aware of this, and he approves of it … I don't see how we can expect the private sector to pay their taxes if we don't pay ourselves," he said.
So even a country we look upon with derision, the Congo, has realized the benefit of taxing the elite of their country. As we have seen, politicians in this country appear to have an aversion to paying their taxes, and can't even comprehend the tax code that they wrote, as evidenced by Tom Daschle, who didn't know the limo was taxable.
So will Geithner, considering the fiscal crisis we, ourselves, are facing, implement a program of ferreting out government tax cheats and garnishing their taxpayer-paid wages?
Nothing like the fox guarding the hen house.
Then the stock market crashed.
In 1930 the Bank of the United States failed, reportedly because of activities of its security affiliates that created artificial conditions in the market, FDR closed the banks for four days, 4000 failed permanently, and Congress created the Glass-Steagall Act of 1932, then amended it in the Banking Act of 1933.
The act forced a separation of commercial and investment banks by preventing commercial banks from underwriting securities, with the exception of U.S. Treasury and federal agency securities, and municipal and state general obligation securities.
More specifically, the act authorizes Federal Reserve banks to use government obligations and commercial paper as collateral for their note issues, in order to encourage expansion of the currency. Banks can also offer advisory services regarding investments for their customers, as well as buy and sell securities for their customers. However, information gained from providing such services cannot be used by a bank when it acts as a lender.
Likewise, investment banks cannot engage in the business of receiving deposits.
A bank is defined as an institution organized under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, any territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, or the Virgin Islands, that both accepts demand deposits (deposits that the depositor may withdraw by check or similar means for payment to third parties or others) and is engaged in the business of making commercial loans (12 U.S.C.A. § 1841 (c)(1) ).
Investment banking consists mostly of securities underwriting and related activities; making a market in securities; and setting up corporate mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring. Investment banking also includes services provided by brokers or dealers in transactions in the secondary market. A secondary market is one where securities are bought and sold subsequent to their original issuance.
It also created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to protect depositors in the future.
The Act was passed because it was largely believed, after hearings in Congress, that commercial banks were being too speculative in the pre-Depression era, not only because they were investing their assets but also because they were buying new issues for resale to the public. Thus, banks became greedy, taking on huge risks in the hope of even bigger rewards. Banking itself became sloppy and objectives became blurred. Unsound loans were issued to companies in which the bank had invested, and clients would be encouraged to invest in those same stocks.
Enter the Clinton Era and the Graham-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, the act which ultimately repealed the Glass-Steagull Act. The final bi-partisan version passed in the Senate 90-8-1 and in the House: 362-57-15. Without forcing a veto vote, this bipartisan, veto proof legislation was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on November 12, 1999, though most of his Democratic colleagues voted against it, initially (Senate 54-44, House 343-86).
The Graham-Leach-Bliley Act sought to "modernize" financial services–that is, end regulations that prevented the merger of banks, stock brokerage companies, and insurance companies. It nullified all prior acts that strictly regulated those who stored your money such as the Bank Holding Company Act that prohibited a bank from controlling a non-bank company which passed in 1956 and the 1982 amendment that further forbid banks from conducting general insurance underwriting or agency activities.
The expansion of commercial banks into securities underwriting was substantial until the 1929 stock market crash and the subsequent Depression. In 1930 the Bank of the United States failed, reportedly because of activities of its security affiliates that created artificial conditions in the market.
As a result of the bank closings and already devastated economy, public confidence in the U.S. financial structure was low.
Is this sounding at all familiar? It should be.
The Glass-Steagull Act made all of that history, GLBA repealed it and history, my friends, is repeating itself.
Fast forward to October 2011 – With unemployment remaining steadily at over 9 percent for the last several years, foreclosures at an all time high and banks squeezing the dimes out of people with fees for everything but walking in the door, groups around the country are occupying financial districts, parks, banks and anywhere they believe they will have an impact. In New York occupiers shut down the Brooklyn Bridge and in Chicago they have been camped out for a couple of weeks on a corner that conveniently houses the Board of Trade, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Bank of America down the street. A recent rally joined by four other groups including several labor unions, shut down Monroe Street between Michigan and Columbus — ironically on Columbus Day.
So why are we asking the experts anything?
I wondered who these people were, and if they were the same people that missed this economic problem altogether, and were wondering for a year or two if we "might" be in a recession.
Substantial percentages of economists report little familiarity with complex instruments and other financial innovations. Despite the prevalence of NABE members holding advanced degrees in economics and other business-related disciplines, substantial percentages admitted to having little or no familiarity with the structure, activities, and risks associated with hedge funds (45%), private equity funds (40%), asset-backed securitization (48%), credit default swaps (CDS, 68%) and collateralized debt obligations (CDOs, 51%).
The five-year housing outlook remains largely positive. A slight plurality (42%) of respondents expects U.S. home prices to be flat, on average, over the next five years. But respondents who expect home prices to rise on average over the next five years (41%) far outnumber those who expect prices to fall (16%). NABE members continue to place low odds (1 in 10) on a large drop in U.S. home prices similar to that experienced in Japan during the 1990s.


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Beber Camp creates an inclusive community that challenges and nurtures fun, individual and community based growth, and Jewish identity in a safe, positive and diverse environment with exceptional professional leadership.
Beber's mission statement is more than a fancy sentence or a vague promise. It is the driving force behind everything that we do. Our mission ensures that we stay committed to building a community that is meaningful during the summer and extends year round. Beber creates a community that will continue to play an important role in your child's life for decades to come.
Camp is first and foremost about child-care. You are entrusting us with the most important thing on earth to you – your child, and we hold that responsibility as sacred. We believe that every individual is unique and that diversity should be celebrated.
We hire only the best staff members and we rigorously train them during the year and throughout the summer. Our 4 to 1 camper to counselor ratios and relentless focus on community-building create positive group dynamics in our bunks.
Each camper receives individual attention to make sure that their experience is positive, and that they return home with an increased self-esteem, confidence and strong peer relations after having spent a summer at Beber Camp.
Camp exists for kids to have fun, try new things and to develop skills. Beber campers enjoy all three goals through a balance of our choice-based, week-long hobby programs, along with a diverse variety of cabin activities.
In addition to the non-stop excitement of daily programming, your camper will also love Beber's awesome day trips, spectacular overnight camping trips and one-of-a-kind all-day programs.
At Beber, your camper will experience a unique approach to Judaism that is fun, welcoming and embracing. Our Judaics program creates community while promoting individual growth in an inclusive Jewish environment, building a positive Jewish identity in our campers.
Beber campers and staff learn about Israel through in-camp programs and an optional three-week Israel trip for our Pioneers. They develop love and pride for Israel as part of their Jewish heritage, growing their sense of Jewish identity along the way.
As a result of our intentional Judaic programming, our community gains a deep connection and enthusiasm for Judaism that lasts all summer, all year and all life.
Beber's passion for community isn't only focused on our campers. We know that the Beber community impacts parents just as strongly as campers.
Summer Camp is a process that includes research, registration, planning, packing, transportation and communications. You expect an exceptional experience for your campers, and you should expect an exceptional experience as parents, too.
We are committed to exceeding your expectations. Beber's full-time team works tirelessly to meet you and your family wherever you are in your own personal camp journey. Through excellent year-round customer service, individual relationships with all of our families, and ongoing investments in user-friendly technology, we make sure that Beber parents have an amazing experience, just like your kids.


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The Peabody Companies promotes Susie Curreri to Director of Portfolio Operations
Braintree and Stoneham, MA (June 3, 2021) – The Peabody Companies, a group of award-winning property management and real estate firms, is pleased to announce the promotion of Susie Curreri of Stoneham to director of portfolio operations.
In this role, Curreri provides leadership and guidance to her direct reports while actively developing and directing her assigned portfolio of investment properties to allow for exceptional operations standards and new business growth.
Curreri, who previously held the title of senior property manager, joined the Peabody Companies in November of 2009.
She graduated from Quinnipiac University with a bachelor of arts degree in political science and went on to receive her master of science in criminal justice from Suffolk University.
Curreri is a Certified Property Manager (CPM) and holds designation as a Specialist in Housing Credit Management (SHCM) from the National Affordable Housing Management Association (NAHMA).
"It's a pleasure to announce Susie's promotion to Director of Portfolio Operations," said Melissa Fish-Crane, principal and COO of the Peabody Companies. "She is a true professional whose competencies in project management, communication and relationship building are highly regarded."
June 3, 2021 All Press Corporate
The Peabody Companies promotes Ercilia Furtado to Director of Portfolio OperationsThe Peabody Companies promotes Adam Kenney to Executive VP of Operations

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Home » IDEA Answers » What is your personal favorite workout...for yourself?
Definitely MELTing on the soft foam roller.
When I am done with that, I am ready to do anything else because I have improved my body alignment.
The Stairs for 30-45 minutes. I always feel exhausted afterward.
Just a few of my favorite exercises!
Full body work out - short and sweet!!
At the present I love trying to become more proficient on my unicycle and when I am not doing that I love putting my Kangoo Jumps going over the Central Park and dancing on my Kangoo Jumps. Kangoo Jumps are rebounding shoes. For me they are great workout and a lot of fun! I love my industry but when I workout I try my best to make it feel like I am playing. If it doesn't feel like play, adherence becomes challenging for me.
5-3-1 by Jim Wendler as a base progam template, then I manipulate each month with Westside methods and what I know about exercise science.
High intensity interval training! It keeps me challenged, engaged in the moment (no time for a wandering mind), and is a great way to economize my time and get the most effective workout for my sport.
I love all these modes of exercise...keeping the variety in our workouts are crucial for creativity and inspiration. I feel it makes us better trainers.
A 60 mile bike ride (3-5 hours), followed with a major muscle group stretch. When your client is somewhat limited in physical capability, your challenge as a trainer is to find the best activities that fit within his/her envelope of accomplishment. Maybe it's just a 3 mile ride!
Warm up first using larger muscle groups.
Raking leaves alternating with declining sets of pullups. Go for more total reps instead of more reps per set.
For cardio, I cannot get enough of my bike!
TRX is my latest flavor of the month.
My all out hands down favorite exercise is the renegade row. I love performing them and I love how they target core, upper back, shoulders, chest, arms...all at once. If you'd like to see a picture of a renegade row, I have one on my facebook page, Adinaro Fitness, feel free to visit me and check it out!
A combination of battling rope exercises with pullups, frog jumps, pushups and dips. Also, outdoor running on the sand when available.
Compound, Multi-Joint or Full Body Exercises or Combination Movements thereof, in Circuit Fashion using multiple training tools including the usual barbells and dumbbells, plus kettlebells, sand bells, sand bags, stability balls, medicine balls, Suspension Trainers (such as TRX or Jungle Gym), battle ropes, chains, tires, 5 gallon water jugs, and body weight.
1. Barbell with Chain Squats - load one side of a barbell with a chain to create instability and variable resistance as you lift/lower the weight.
2. Uneven Dumbbell Chest Press on Stability Ball with 2:1 ratio on reps. For example, left hand has 50 lb Dumbell, right hand 70 lb. Complete 1 rep with left arm (lighter weight) only, then press both dumbbells at the same time for another rep.
3. Sandbag Lateral Lunge & Wide Row - alternate sides every other rep.
4. Alternating Side Kick Throughs (from "Beast" position).
5. Sandbag Clean & Rotational Press - alternate sides every other rep.
6. Burpee to Pullup. Alternate two Burpees (no pushup, no jump) with 1 Pullup for a count of 10/5.
I also need to add rucking (covering distances with a weighted back pack) to my previous answer.
I love running, kayaking, biking. Apparently I make everything a workout according to my boyfriend.
At home: HIIT training. Something hard that has me pouring sweat.
And high intensity water resistance workouts. Full on, no prisoners, aquatic borderline alligator wrestling fun.
Besides yourself, what is your favorite piece of exercise equipment?
What is your personal "favorite" exericise - the stand-by that you always find yourself returning to?


CPS is once again entertaining the idea of expanded outsourcing of nurses. This is not new, unfortunately – CPS has been working with nurse staffing agencies since the early 1990's. The number of Certified School Nurses (CSN), Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) and Health Service Nurses (HSN) in the CTU has been declining while the number of temporary nurses from staffing agencies is increasing. At one point, CPS had 275 school nurses and now there are only 160. CPS blames this on a shortage of nurses, but that doesn't make any sense because there are nurses in the layoff pool, waiting to get re-assigned, CPS does not advertise for nursing positions anywhere where school nurses look for jobs, and the staffing agencies have nurses who could probably become unionized nurses at CPS. Our members fear that CPS is working to eliminate their union positions altogether.
CPS's current Request for Proposals (RFP) for nurse staffing agencies calls for an expansion of the services to include CSNs for the first time. It is also soliciting bids for a call center, like the one with Aramark, for staffing requests. With the number of CPS students who have allergies, diabetes and asthma, it seems like this idea could prove deadly. CTU nurses have already reported that a lot of the agency nurses don't show up for work and principals frantically call our members while they're working at another school, begging them to run over to their school. Most CPS nurses work at 4 – 5 schools each week, including charter schools. The few nurses in the district who work full-time at one school do so because of the special education needs of the children there.
CTU continues to advocate for more nurses in our schools.
In the current contract campaign, CTU is calling for at least one full-time certified school nurse, employed by CPS (as opposed to a private staffing agency), in every school. LPN's and HSN's who miss their duty free lunches must be compensated financially or with the time at the end of the day. Those who regularly miss lunch due to working at multiple schools must be allowed to leave early to compensate for the loss of their lunch. To end the practice of having other school staff administer medication in the absence of a certified nurse, CTU is demanding that the responsibility remains only with certified nurses, not other school staff.
CTU contract campaign, healthcare, nurses, outsourcing, privatization. Bookmark.


Well, we have GREAT news no matter where you fall in the love-hate winter spectrum. The Winter Cities Shake-Up is back in February 16 – 18, 2017 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
In case you missed it the first time (back in 2015), the Shake-Up is a unique international Winter Cities Conference. It's a gathering of innovative leaders and thinkers, including urban planners and designers, entrepreneurs and business people, cultural and community organizers, and people who live in northern cities and want to take advantage of all winter has to offer.
We'll also explore the theme of winter wellness throughout the conference.
The 2017 Conference will feature internationally-renowned winter experts and rising stars. Together we'll share best practices and brainstorm new ideas for helping winter cities become more liveable, profitable and more fun.
Bring your winter woollies! As a delegate you'll be venturing out into Edmonton (on a fat bike, skates, or by foot!) for hands-on urban winter experiences. And of course there'll be lots to eat, drink and do during our not-so-usual outdoor and indoor events!
For more information about the program and registration, please visit http://wintercitiesconference.com/. Registration is now open!


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Anti-counterfeiting: A Global Guide 2020
Procedures and strategies for anti-counterfeiting: United Kingdom
Louise Foster and Varuni Paranavitane
AA Thornton
The Trademarks Act 1994 is the United Kingdom's primary piece of national trademark legislation and contains provisions covering trademark infringement, as well as criminal offences relating to anti-counterfeiting.
The Fraud Act 2006 and the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 are often relevant to criminal IP cases. Under the Fraud Act it is a criminal offence to dishonestly make a false representation with the intention to make a gain for oneself or another or with the intention to cause loss to another or expose another to a risk of loss, and to make or possess articles for use in or in connection with fraud, and to make or supply articles for use in fraud. The Proceeds of Crime Act provides for the recovery of assets and proceeds obtained through crime, including IP crime, as well as recovery of proceeds of crime through civil proceedings where a criminal conviction has not been possible.
The following EU legislation applies in the United Kingdom until the end of the transition period following the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union:
EU Regulation 2017/1001 (EU Trademark Regulations), which governs the unauthorised use of EU trademarks; and
EU Regulation 608/2013 (EU Border Regulations), which concerns customs enforcement of IP rights.
Border measures
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and Border Force (BF) are the government authorities responsible for the UK borders, including enforcement of IP rights under the provisions laid down in the Trademarks Act and, until the end of the transition period, EU border regulations. HMRC is responsible for national policy on IP rights enforcement and BF is the law enforcement unit that implements this policy. The EU border regulations set out procedures that all EU customs authorities must adopt to enforce IP rights against counterfeit, infringing or pirated goods. BF implements these procedures as follows:
BF identifies suspect goods and detains them for a set period of 10 working days (extendible for a further 10 working days) or three working days for perishable goods.
BF notifies the rights holder and owner of the suspect goods detained and, where appropriate, sends a sample of the goods.
Rights holders confirm within the set period whether the suspect goods are counterfeit, pirate or infringing and request destruction or release.
Owners of suspect goods must confirm whether they agree to destruction within the set period. BF will assume implicit agreement to destruction of the goods where no response is received from the owner.
If the owner contests destruction of the goods, the rights holder will need to commence legal proceedings within the set period to determine whether an IP right has been infringed in order to have the goods destroyed.
To aid detection of suspect goods by BF, holders of IP rights with effect in the United Kingdom or other EU member states are advised to submit an application for action (AFA) to customs authorities. BF will detain suspect goods where there is no AFA in place; however, rights holders will need to submit an ex officio AFA within a short time to have the goods destroyed.
When filing an AFA, rights holders provide details of relevant IP rights, the IP rights holder and the correct legal and technical contacts, and information on how to identify when a product might be infringing, counterfeit or pirated. Information on rights holders' genuine distribution chains, places of production and authorised distributors and importers is also requested. Rights holders can submit information to UK Customs regarding specific shipments of suspected counterfeit or infringing goods (a red alert) or data on new trends relating to counterfeiting or infringing goods (a new trend).
Rights holders are encouraged to submit an AFA using the Enforcement Database (EDB), a free tool that acts as a central database for the information usually submitted in an AFA to aid frontline enforcers identify infringing goods. The tool allows direct communication between enforcers and rights holders and interacts with other existing databases such as the EUIPO register, TMview and Designview.
The EDB can automatically generate a completed AFA and submit this to HMRC electronically. The tool allows generation of the AFA only once it has sufficient information, so users can be confident that an AFA submitted through the EDB should be accepted by HMRC.
under an AFA, rights holders agree to be liable for the costs incurred by customs authorities in taking action to enforce IP rights (eg, cost of destruction and storage of suspect goods);
rights holders are also liable where suspect goods are found non-infringing and the owner suffers damage;
there are restrictions on how the information received regarding suspect goods detained by BF can be used by rights holders; and
EU border regulations do not apply to grey market goods, but there is provision to prohibit their import under UK legislation.
Exit from the European Union
Until the end of the transition period, an EU-wide AFA will continue to apply in respect of the European Union, including the United Kingdom. After that, rights holders based in the United Kingdom with IP rights relevant to the EU27 will need to file AFAs through a member state other than the United Kingdom.
Following the transition period, it seems likely that the UK government will ensure measures are in place to protect IP rights at the UK border that largely reflect the current procedures available under EU law.
Grey market goods
Section 89 of the Trademarks Act allows the owner or licensee of a registered trademark to give written notice to HMRC that a consignment of goods is expected to arrive in the United Kingdom that will infringe the registered trademark. This written notice allows HMRC to prohibit the import of the goods, which must then be forfeited by the importer. This section applies to grey market goods, other than those arriving from the European Economic Area and released for free circulation. This section does not apply to goods for personal or domestic use, or goods to which the procedures laid out in the EU border regulations apply.
The onus is on the trademark owner to inform HMRC of the details of the consignment, including, at a minimum, the date and time of the consignment's arrival. There is no provision that allows HMRC to seize such goods without a written notice, or once the goods have arrived in the United Kingdom.
The IP Rights AFA Approvals Team is the UK team responsible for granting AFAs, red alerts and new trends, and processing written notices provided under Section 89 of the Trademarks Act. Relevant forms and details of where to send these are available on the HMRC website.
Under Section 92 of the Trademarks Act, it is a criminal offence for a person, with a view to gain for themselves or another, or with intent to cause loss to another, and without the consent of the owner, to:
apply to goods or their packaging, sell or let for hire, offer or expose for sale or hire or distribute goods which bear, or the packaging of which bears, a sign identical to or likely to be mistaken for a registered trademark;
possess, have custody or control in the course of a business any such goods with a view to doing any of the aforementioned activities;
apply a sign identical to or likely to be mistaken for a registered trademark to material intended to be used for labelling or packaging goods, as a business paper in relation to goods or for advertising goods;
use in the course of business, material bearing such a sign for labelling or packaging goods, as a business paper in relation to goods or for advertising goods, or to possess, or have custody or control in the course of a business any such material with a view to doing any of the aforementioned activities; or
make an article specifically designed or adapted for making copies of a sign identical to or likely to be mistaken for a registered trademark, or possess, have custody or control of such an article in the course of a business knowing that it has been, or is to be, used to produce goods, or material for labelling or packaging goods, as a business paper in relation to goods, or for advertising goods.
The Supreme Court has recently held that these provisions can also apply to goods that are manufactured with the trademark owner's consent but sold without their consent, so do not necessarily just concern goods produced without consent of the trademark owner.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is the main public agency responsible for conducting criminal prosecution. Police will pass cases of offences committed under Section 92 of the Trademarks Act to the CPS for the purpose of bringing criminal proceedings against the suspected offenders.
National Trading Standards is the UK government authority that provides national and local protection and enforcement of IP rights. As well as conducting national campaigns and gathering intelligence into counterfeiting activity, Trading Standards has various regional teams that work alongside the police by carrying out a range of activities, including routine inspections of marketplaces and investigations into individuals and businesses. Trading Standards itself also has powers to bring criminal prosecutions, issue statutory notices and cautions, and obtain search and seizure orders from the courts.
The Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) is the specialist unit within the police tasked with tackling serious and organised IP crime and, in particular, IP crime committed online. PIPCU works with other national government enforcement agencies and various groups representing areas of UK industry to stop counterfeit trading. PIPCU has powers to criminally prosecute. Rights holders are also able to submit cases themselves for consideration of investigation by PIPCU when evidence of IP crime has been found.
Individuals and legal entities have the right to bring private prosecutions under the various criminal IP provisions. The CPS has no influence over private prosecutions.
The majority of IP crime cases involve fraudulent conduct on the part of offenders and provisions of the Fraud Act are thereby often enforced alongside UK trademark criminal provisions. Where possible, the provisions of the Proceeds of Crime Act are also used to recover assets and money obtained through IP crime.
Legislative non-criminal provisions relating to infringement of a UK trademark are set out in Section 10 of the Trademarks Act. Legislative non-criminal provisions relating to infringement of an EU trademark are set out in Article 9 of the EU Trademark Regulations.
For counterfeit goods, the use of a sign in the course of trade will normally be identical to the registered trademark and in relation to identical goods. This will therefore constitute infringement under Section 10(1) the Trademarks Act or Article 9(2)(a) of the EU Trademark Regulations. In the case of use of an identical mark for identical goods, there is no requirement for the trademark owner to demonstrate likelihood of confusion.
Examples of use of the sign include:
affixing a trademark to goods or packaging;
offering the goods under the trademark for sale; or
importing or exporting the goods under the trademark.
The trademark owner may bring an action under Section 10 of the act in the Chancery Division of the High Court. Lower value cases should be brought in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court, where damages and cost recovery are capped. For very low-value claims, there is a separate small-claims track.
Before commencing any legal action, the trademark owner should consider sending a pre-action letter to the infringer, depending on the remedy sought and the urgency of the matter.
If urgent action is required, the UK courts can, under certain circumstances, grant interim injunctions and 'search and seizure' orders against the infringer. These orders can be applied for without notice to the infringer and granted within days. An interim injunction can be used to immediately stop sales where the case is serious, where damages will not be an adequate remedy, and where the balance of convenience lies with the granting of the injunction.
A search order will allow the applicant to obtain access to the infringer's premises to search for and seize goods. These types of order are awarded only in limited circumstances. A successful applicant for an interim injunction will normally have to agree to pay damages to the defendant in case the applicant does not succeed at final trial.
If the circumstances do not warrant urgent action, then following pre-action correspondence the trademark owner may start proceedings in a UK court.
Remedies available at the final court hearing on infringement include:
permanent injunctions against future infringement;
orders for the infringer to pay damages or an account of profits to the trademark owner;
orders for the infringer to deliver up or destroy the infringing goods; and
costs awards in favour of the trademark owner.
Anti-counterfeiting online
Counterfeit goods are increasingly sold and distributed online, with social media platforms now considered to have overtaken the use of auction sites and online marketplaces for sales of counterfeit goods. Counterfeit goods sales have moved into hidden closed-groups on platforms such as Facebook, making them harder to detect.
Online marketplaces and social media platforms all have procedures to take down infringing content and listings of counterfeit goods. Many platforms also have procedures for brand owners to register or verify their brands with the platform, increasing consumer trust and allowing easier identification and removal of counterfeit goods.
There are numerous private companies offering services to:
detect infringing content and sales of counterfeit goods online;
monitor registration of domain names containing trademarks; and
monitor use of brand names on the Internet and social media by third parties.
The government recognises the challenge that online counterfeiting represents today. There are various national agencies dedicated to tackling the issue and assisting rights holders in enforcement against counterfeiters. These agencies collaborate with international anti-counterfeiting initiatives to increase effectiveness and ensure intelligence sharing.
The National Markets Group Real Deal campaign is a cross-sector initiative of Trading Standards, the police, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) and organisations representing rights holders and industries to tackle the trade in counterfeits. The Real Deal Online programme was launched in 2018 in conjunction with the National Trading Standards e-Crime Team to tackle the growing issue of counterfeit goods sold in closed social media groups.
PIPCU focuses on stopping online counterfeit trading. PIPCU can bring prosecutions and have assets seized under the Proceeds of Crime Act, and currently runs three operations focused on this. Operation Ashiko targets '.uk' domains being used to commit IP crime. Operation Creative works with advertisers to suspend advertising on websites that make copyright-infringing content available, thereby disrupting the websites' revenue stream. Operation Methone focuses on stopping the sale of counterfeit goods on Facebook marketplace.
Nominet, the '.uk' '.cymru' and '.wales' domain registry, offers a domain name dispute resolution service that can be used by rights holders to take down domain names used in relation to online IP infringement. To use the dispute resolution service, rights holders must submit a complaint backed up with evidence and pay a fee. If it is not possible to settle the dispute through the mediation phase, an independent expert will decide the case and, if appropriate, cancel the domain name or transfer it to the complainant.
Internet service providers (ISPs) can, through the courts, be made subject to a blocking order, available under Section 97 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, whereby ISPs are ordered to block websites known to host infringing content.
Preventative measures/strategies
There are several government agency initiatives aimed at tackling the issue of counterfeiting and infringement:
The Anti-Counterfeiting Group is an organisation that works with brands and their representatives, government bodies and enforcement agencies to improve intelligence sharing and engagement with anti-counterfeiting efforts. Members of the group receive access to guidance on anti-counterfeiting.
The National Markets Group Real Deal campaign focuses on the trade in counterfeits at physical markets.
The UKIPO's Intelligence Hub coordinates intelligence on counterfeiting and piracy activity received from enforcement agencies and rights holders to disrupt the supply chain and trade of counterfeits. Brand owners can report suspicious activity to [email protected].
Brands should engage with and assist enforcement agencies, as many of these agencies can prosecute counterfeiters on behalf of rights holders.
Brands also need to be pro-active and use the channels that are made available by these initiatives to take action against counterfeiting, as well as using the brand verification and
registration tools made available by online platforms.
An AFA by Customs and use of the EDB will ensure as many shipments of counterfeits are stopped by Customs as possible and provide valuable intelligence. It is helpful for rights holders to document any intelligence received regarding counterfeiting of their brands. Over time this will build a picture of the physical routes that counterfeiters use to bring fake goods into the United Kingdom and the online spaces used for sales, inform brands of the tell-tale signs of counterfeit goods, create awareness of trends in the types of goods that counterfeiters are copying and help detect repeat offenders.
Compiling guidance to inform consumers and enforcement agencies on how to distinguish a brand's genuine goods from counterfeits is valuable. It is also important to provide simple channels for consumers to alert brands to possible counterfeit sales.
Technological advancements mean that there are now various types of anti-counterfeiting security feature that brands can use, ranging from holographic labels to block chain technology and digital ink on swing tags that enable consumers to identify genuine products. Brands should be careful as to how widely they distribute detailed guidance on how to identify when their goods have been counterfeited. Too much information on how to spot a fake in the wrong hands can assist counterfeiters.
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Groups at the Gîte du Cheiron!
Oh yes! We can cater up to 21 people (up to 17 people in the appartments and an extra 4 sleeping within the house itself if needed).
Over the years wether the groups are paragliding clubs, GR4 trail enthusiasts, cycling groups or just having a birthday or anniversary bash, we've had them here.
Christmas and New-Years have been very special, families have stayed here.
One amazing occasion a family reunion of 35 people from all over France (due to the extra people attending we made extra reservations in other gites nearby) gathered and saw in the new year. The reunion lasted almost a week, it was a touching moment. Wether you wish to cater or leave it to us, the Gite du Cheiron is here to help.
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Braian Cufré (Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 15 de diciembre de 1996) es un futbolista argentino que juega como defensa y su club es el New York City F. C. de la Major League Soccer.

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Se formó en River de Mar del Plata. Con 15 años, pasó a las inferiores de Vélez Sarsfield. El 18 de octubre de 2015 hizo su debut en el primer equipo en el Campeonato de Primera División 2015 contra C. A. Lanús, partido en el que jugó los 90 minutos y terminó con victoria del conjunto velezano por 1-0 en La Fortaleza.

Apodado como "El desencadenado" debido a su manera de jugar, marcó su primer gol el 28 de octubre de 2018 en una victoria por 1-0 contra Belgrano con un gol desde afuera del área.

El 28 de septiembre de 2020 se hizo oficial su llegada al fútbol europeo tras firmar por cuatro años con el R. C. D. Mallorca. En el primero de ellos el equipo logró el ascenso a Primera División, pero él siguió jugando en la misma categoría al ser cedido al Málaga C. F. Una vez terminó la temporada volvió a Mallorca y pudo jugar cinco encuentro en la máxima categoría antes de ser cedido a inicios de febrero de 2023 al New York City F. C. de la Major League Soccer.

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Menara Kuala Lumpur invited me for their Buka Puasa Ramadan Buffet for two consecutive years and once again, they do not disappoint. I remember how good was the foods last year so I was totally ecstatic for being able to come and experience iftar in the sky 288 meters above ground at the Megaview Banquet Hall all over again. The Kuala Lumpur view from there is so breathtaking regardless of how many time I've seen them!
Beauty products are my guilty pleasure. If it's Korean, it's better. I love their products because they work for my skin and are usually worth every penny. Not just that, I dare say that in these past few years, the spotlight in latest beauty culture and trends has now shifted more towards Korean brands and technology.
Here is a quick update for 2016 iftar from me as I am trying to not go to too much iftar buffet in order to control my diet but some are just too tempting for me to resist. *giggles* A lot of my friends mentioned Pullman Hotel as one of the best hotels to go for 'buka puasa' or iftar because they have such wide range of food selection so when I got invited, I just couldn't say no to this one.
I received another surprise from Mentholatum just a few weeks after they sent me their brand new Sugar Lips Coloured Lip Balm which I have also reviewed. It was a pretty good timing because my brother had ran out of his cleanser and the Oxy Whitening Oil Control Wash is just perfect for his oily skin type. On the contrary, my skin is on the drier side on the cheeks but my T-Zone can be either normal or a tad oily depending on the weather. I did use it on my T-Zone to at least have a better idea on how this cleanser work on my skin but thankfully I have an extra person to experiment on for this review!
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The place of the Korean culture and language in Australia and the world
Korean is the language of one of Australia's important neighbours in the Asian region and is spoken by around 80 million people in the Korean Peninsula and worldwide. With the rapidly growing popularity of and interest in Korean culture across the world, the number of people learning Korean is also growing fast in many countries in Asia, Oceania, the North and South Americas, Europe and Africa. In Australia, Korean is spoken by more than 150 000 people, and the presence of the Korean culture and language, together with Korean brands of high-technology products, is increasingly evident in various sectors of society.
Australia and the Republic of Korea have established and reinforced people-to-people relationships through cultural and educational exchanges for more than half a century. The first recorded contact between Australia and Korea took place in the late 19th century through Australian missionaries visiting the Korean Peninsula. In the early 20th century, there was a period when contact between the two countries was not possible due to the Japanese colonial rule over Korea. With the end of World War II and Australia's participation in the United Nations Commissions on Korea (UNCOK) in 1947 and in the Korean War (1950–1953), the two countries formed a strong bond and have established a strong trade partnership. With an increasing awareness of the need to expand the partnership to other sectors, awareness of the need to better understand the country and culture, and to learn the language, has also increased as opportunities for exchanges and collaborations are expanding to education, science and technology, culture, media, sports, leisure, tourism and community activities. Visitors from Korea, including primary-aged students on study trips, may provide young Australian learners of Korean with opportunities for rich cultural and linguistic experiences.
The place of the Korean language in Australian education
There have been a number of government policy initiatives that have supported the teaching of Korean in Australian education since it was introduced to Australian schools in the early 1990s. During the 1990s, with growing national interest in trade with Asia, the Australian Government introduced the National Asian Languages and Studies in Australian Schools (NALSAS) Strategy. Later, the aims of NALSAS were reignited through the National Asian Languages and Studies in Schools Program, which ran from the late 2000s until the early 2010s with a renewed economic and strategic focus on Asia, encouraging young Australians to study Korean, one of four targeted Asian languages. In recent years, the commitment of the Australian Government to the teaching and learning of Korean in schools has continued as is evident in documents such as South Korea: Country Strategy (Australian Government, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, 2013).
With the support of the Australian Government for learning and teaching Korean in Australian schools and growing interest in Korean culture and opportunities to encounter Koreans and Korean products, there is an increasing demand for Korean language education from the community. Among young learners in Australia, there has been a significant increase in the popularity of Korean culture, including traditional and youth/pop culture, as seen in frequent performances of traditional Korean dance and music and in the surge of popularity of K-pop (Korean pop). There is also an increasing awareness of possible career opportunities for those who have attained a high level of proficiency in the Korean language and a sound intercultural understanding.
The nature of Korean language learning
The Korean language has its own alphabetic writing system called Hangeul. Hangeul consists of 24 basic letters, comprising 14 basic consonants and 10 basic vowels. Learning Hangeul involves learning how to combine consonants and vowels to produce a syllable in Korean, which corresponds to a syllabic block in its written form. As students learn Hangeul, they also learn about its philosophical, scientific, linguistic and cultural underpinnings, where the three elements of vowel letters (•, ㅡ, ㅣ) symbolise the three respective elements in oriental cosmology – heaven, earth and human – and consonant letters symbolise the shapes of the speech organs: lips, teeth, tongue and throat. Students' learning is enhanced by understanding the importance of Hangeul's creator, King Sejong the Great, who, in the 15th century, believed that his people's wellbeing was directly related to literacy and could be enhanced through the creation of a writing system that would represent their spoken language.
Korean is an agglutinative language. Students learn how to agglutinate various particles or suffixes to nominals or verb stems to express a range of grammatical, semantic or pragmatic information. The word order of Korean is subject–object–verb (SOV); however, learners also learn that word order in Korean is flexible as long as the verb-final rule is observed, and that contextually understood elements may be left unexpressed in Korean discourse. Honorifics are one of the important features of Korean. Students learn how to use Korean to express their thoughts with cultural bearing through the systematic use of honorifics and through non-verbal behaviour that corresponds to the chosen honorific. The Korean language easily incorporates words from other languages. Students learn about Korean culture as well as how to use the language in culturally appropriate ways.
The diversity of learners of Korean
Australian students have multiple, diverse and changing needs that are shaped by different individual, personal and learning histories as well as personal, cultural and language backgrounds. Learners of Korean in Australia can be identified in three major groups: second language learners (learners who are introduced to learning Korean at school); background language learners (learners who may use Korean at home, not necessarily exclusively, and have knowledge of Korean language and culture to varying degrees); and first language learners (learners who have had their primary socialisation as well as initial literacy development in Korean, and use Korean at home as their first language).
The Australian Curriculum: Languages, Foundation to Year 10 for Korean is pitched to second language learners. The curriculum has been developed according to two main learning sequences for these learners: Foundation – Year 10, and Years 7–10. Teachers will use the Korean F–10 curriculum to cater for learners of different backgrounds by making appropriate adjustments to differentiate learning experiences for these students.
For students learning Korean for the first time in a school language program, a key component of their learning is to understand the cultural dimension that shapes and is shaped by the language. The curriculum is designed with an intercultural language learning orientation to enable students to participate meaningfully in intercultural experiences, to develop new ways of seeing and being in the world and to understand more about themselves in the process.
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Anyone who has ever pet a dog's soft ears or felt the gentle rumble of a cat's purr knows the calming feeling an animal can offer. A pet companion presents many health benefits to their owners, like lower cholesterol levels and can even prevent heart attack and stroke. They can also help fight depression.
For these reasons, more and more, animals are being utilized for therapeutic purposes at senior facilities. Pet therapy animals are used to promote health and healing for seniors of any age range or health condition, whether they are depressed, chronically ill or have ongoing disabilities.
At Seniors Helping Seniors Lakewood, we offer such services. Meet Olive!
Olive has been involved in senior care nearly all her life. She travels to homes and assisted living facilities where she spends time with kind pet lovers who can no longer have a pet. She has met the nicest people and greatly enjoys her time with her senior friends. When asked about any concerns with her career choice Olive said "the amount of treats may affect my girlish figure".
Prior to her position with SHS Olive was a retail Pug at a posh boutique called Dog Savvy in Larimer Square as well as head of security at her high-rise apartment building. She is also an honorary "helpful hardware pug" at Ace Hardware.
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Tahoe ski resorts transitioning into year-round recreation destinations
News | August 3, 2018
Bill Rozak | brozak@tahoedailytribune.com
Heavenly Mountain Resort's Epic Discovery is a fun, outdoor learning center situated high above Lake Tahoe.
Bill Rozak / Tahoe Daily Tribune
STATELINE, Nev. — Once dormant for most of the calendar year, Lake Tahoe ski resorts are transitioning into year-round recreation destinations.
With flat lift ticket sales across the ski industry, climate change and the historic knowledge that not every winter is epic, resorts are looking to summer activities as an additional revenue stream and a solution to employee retention issues.
Heavenly Mountain Resort and Northstar California, owned by Vail Resorts, and Squaw Valley/Alpine Meadows, owned by Alterra, already have extensive summer operations.
Diamond Peak Ski Resort, owned by the Incline Village General Improvement District, has major summer expansion in its Master Plan. Sierra-at-Tahoe, owned by Booth Creek, changes into a wedding venue during summer and Kirkwood Mountain Resort, also owned by Vail, is a little off the beaten path and keeps close to its brand with adventure-style summer options.
"It's happening and it's only going to continue to grow, hopefully beyond the bigger resorts," said Michael Reitzell, president of the California Ski Industry Association (CSIA). "I think every resort in some way or shape is heading in that direction."
The conversion to four-season fun at U.S. resorts was years in the making and took approval from Congress.
Passed in 2011, the Ski Area Recreational Opportunity Enhancement Act amended the National Forest Ski Area Permit Act of 1986, which limited recreation to Nordic and alpine skiing.
"There are millions of acres of undisturbed land in the country but a lot of it is challenging to get to and some people don't have the capability or it just takes a lot of effort," Reitzell said. "But when you have these beautiful mountains and built in access, many people may have not been up Heavenly's gondola to 9,000 feet, it opens up more people to recreation they otherwise might never go up."
The Forest Service, the Nature Conservancy and ski resorts, in partnership with CSIA, got together after the act was passed and came up with ideas and suggestions, along with public input, for how best to use the land.
Reitzell said one of the major benefits of the new policy for ski resorts was, of course, the possible revenue. Keeping staff was another significant benefit. Year-round operations should help resorts with employee retention — a noteworthy issue for a historically seasonal industry that relies on a transient work force.
In April 2014, the Forest Service finalized policy to promote year-round recreation at ski areas on its land, which includes 122 ski areas on about 180,000 acres.
The Forest Service estimated expanding operations would increase the number of annual visits to national forests by 600,000 and add 500 to 600 full- or part-time jobs, with about $40 million infused in local mountain communities.
The Sierra Club opposed Heavenly's summer expansion plans, not for the activity on the mountain, but for the extra cars and exhaust it was expected to bring into the Tahoe Basin during the busiest time of the year for tourism.
"We don't have a universal policy on ski resorts expanding into summer operations, that was sort of a one-off, where there were traffic problems in an already crowded area and pollution problems," said Sierra Club Deputy Executive Director Bruce Hamilton. "I'm sure there are some resorts where the expansion is perfectly appropriate. Nothing like the Squaw Valley expansion we are against."
For Heavenly, the summer expansion allowed the resort to retain some of its winter staff despite closing for nearly two months after ski season ended in late April. That time was used to prepare for summer.
The staff is significantly less during summer, according to Kevin Cooper, senior communications manager for Heavenly and Kirkwood, but the resort still employs hundreds where four years ago the winter staff would have to find something else to pay the bills while waiting for the snow to fall.
"The South Shore is so much more than it was just five years ago. There's so much more to do," Cooper said. "In the winter time, you're lucky to see people walking by the lake. In the summer time, right when the sun starts coming up there is a constant line of people. Lakeview Commons is amazing and it's the families that are down there, it's not a 'bro' hang out."
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Heavenly rolled out "Epic Discovery" three years ago. At the top of the gondola, not visible from down below, there are more than just ski runs and restaurants. There are zip lines, climbing walls, tubing, ropes courses for all ages, a mountain coaster and guided hiking tours, including an informative hike with a forest service ranger.
It's not an amusement park in the mold of Six Flags, but more of a learning center about the outdoors through recreation activities that are natural resource-based.
"There's a lot of stuff up there, it's based on team and family building," Cooper said. "We've got some exciting stuff and it's great for family learning."
Heavenly's main focus, according to Cooper, is getting families outdoors, on their mountains and into the local communities.
Kirkwood offers lift-assisted downhill mountain biking on weekends, has seemingly endless miles of trails to explore and offers a blend of events that reflect the resort and brand identity, which is more about the adventure family, Cooper said.
Sierra-at-Tahoe, home to all current South Shore Olympians, and situated on U.S. Forest Service land about 15 minutes south of South Lake Tahoe, is open for hiking, but don't get caught with your car inside the gate after 5 p.m., said Thea Hardy, communications manager. Summers at Sierra are ideal for getting hitched.
"We transform the base area into a wedding venue for those who want to tie the knot," Hardy said. "It is a beautiful, serene, unique venue."
Diamond Peak in Incline Village doesn't currently offer any activities during summer, as the resort is only permitted for skiing by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, according to Jaclyn Ream, marketing coordinator for IVGID.
But the resort's master plan includes a multi-phase, multi-million dollar plunge into developing summer offerings to "stay competitive and economically viable."
"There are some proposed summer activities … but we're still several years out for anything at this point," Ream said.
A few miles up the road from Diamond Peak, Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe has miles of hiking trails and the resort also hosts weddings and various other special events at Winters Creek Lodge.
Soda Springs, a North Shore resort comparable in size to Diamond Peak, closes for the summer.
Granlibakken, near Tahoe City, has a year-round conference center. Summer offerings in the area include hiking, mountain bike rentals, ropes courses and zip lines.
Homewood is on the West Shore, near bicycle rentals, paddleboard and kayak rentals, dining, outdoor yoga programs, weddings and special events during summer.


I came this black sand beach with my granddaughter, elementally school. She was first time to visit here. I told her "You can see turtle very close but don't touch them." Every time I visited here, turtles rested on the beach, so I told her this with confidence. But no turtle was on the beach. We were disappointed very much.
Just we were going to another place, she shouted "It comes up"
He walked few steps (fins?), and stopped long time. Was he cautious about human?
No! He(She?) was not afraid but came up straight to the people who wanted to take picture of him. When he came closer people stepped back, BECAUSE......!
The rule is posted. Stay 18feet away include taking picture. So turtle came people step back.
Yellow plate is the indication. Don't approach Monk Seals. They are endanger spices. I have never seen them. It is writen when you see it please call. It might be rare to meet them.
Also writen that it may bite and can cause serious injury. Yes, it is very big, about 2m length and 200kg weight.
This postage is written in Japanese also. May be so many Japaneses visit this beach or they often touch turtles.
But it is strange, English says, stay 18feet(5.4m) away, Japanese says 4.5m. Why Japanese can approach about 1m more.
Another postage says 15feet(4.5m) so I can understand that is only mistake.


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Fund Times
Franklin-Legg Mason Deal Expected to Close in Q3
The acquisition will create a $1.5 trillion asset manager.
Karin Anderson
San Mateo, Calif.-based Franklin Resources announced Feb. 18 that it has entered into an agreement to buy Legg Mason for $4.5 billion in cash, creating a $1.5 trillion asset manager. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2020, pending approval from regulators and other parties.
The merged firm will operate under the Franklin Templeton name, though Baltimore-based Legg Mason and eight of its nine investment affiliates will continue to operate autonomously. (EnTrust Global, an alternatives investment manager, is buying itself back.) Franklin president and CEO Jennifer Johnson and the senior leaders at each of the Legg Mason affiliates are expected to remain in place.
Large and midsize fund firms have been combining in recent years in part because of competition from low-cost exchange-traded funds offered by a few giant companies such as Vanguard and BlackRock. Many fund company executives as well as outside observers believe that only larger firms will survive this trend, leading to consolidation. For example, Janus and Henderson merged in May 2017, and Standard Life bought Aberdeen in August 2017. In 2019, Invesco bought OppenheimerFunds from MassMutual.
The combination of Franklin and Legg Mason will be the largest such consolidation within the past several years, and the new entity would have a much heavier focus on fixed-income (expected to account for nearly half of managed assets), with roughly one third in equities. Alternatives, multi-asset strategies, and money market funds would account for the remaining assets under management. This shift toward fixed income is the result of Western Asset Management's significant platform, which accounted for more than half of Legg Mason's managed assets. This will significantly expand Franklin's fixed-income business and give it diversification away from the Global Macro Team's strategies led by Michael Hasenstab, which account for a large share of Franklin's current fixed-income platform and have experienced significant outflows recently.
Overall, there is a good deal of overlap across Franklin and Legg Mason's fixed-income and equity lineups, for both global and U.S.-focused strategies as well as across the firms' multi-asset offerings. The firms have not announced any decisions about integrating the families' fund lineups, including whether some funds might be merged or liquidated in areas where there is overlap.


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At 2.38pm last Thursday in the House of Representatives, Philip Ruddock, principal political architect of offshore processing and the grandfather of the House, rose to his feet, received the call from the Speaker and asked the Prime Minister why she would not recommence the offshore processing of asylum seekers on Nauru.
The opposition tries to mislead and misconstrue the expert advice from people who advised the member when he was minister. He every day relied on their advice. He valued their advice and those very same people ... in whom the member when he was minister for immigration placed so much trust, are advising this government, and they have provided the same advice to the Opposition, that Nauru will not work. Those advisers have told us Nauru will not work.
I realised there and then why Labor is on a hiding to nothing on this issue. Either their advisers are naïve, conniving fools ('turkeys' as Bob Brown calls them) or this Government has toyed with their competent advice as if it were ill-conceived, and it is now way too late for the Government to ask anyone else to trust their long time advisers.
Had Labor, on coming to office, trusted those who advised Ruddock back in 2001, they would have retained offshore processing, unless they were knowingly recalibrating upwards the moral bottom line for decent treatment of asylum seekers, regardless of the advice about increasing boat traffic. They made the change, and I for one applauded them for it.
In recent days I have discussed with President Ramos Horta of East Timor the possibility of establishing a regional processing centre for the purpose of receiving and processing of the irregular entrants to the region. The purpose would be to ensure that people smugglers have no product to sell. Arriving by boat would just be a ticket back to the regional processing centre.
It would be to ensure that everyone is subject to a consistent, fair, assessment process. It would be to ensure that arriving by boat does not give anybody an advantage in the likelihood that they would end up settling in Australia or other countries of the region.
She now claims Nauru is unsuitable for offshore processing because it will not help the Government break 'the people smuggling business model'. If she really believes Nauru could not work, how could she ever have thought East Timor would work?
If her trusted advisers are now telling her Nauru will not work, there is no way they could ever have told her East Timor would work. East Timor would have become a honeypot for asylum seekers in Indonesia catching the ferry to West Timor and making their way by land to the East Timor processing centre, asking for fast track processing to Australia. It was always an absurd idea.
Back in July 2010, Gillard either did not trust her advisers, decided not to seek their advice, or chose to disregard it. This year, when announcing the Malaysia solution, she decided once again to recalibrate the moral bottom line for the treatment of asylum seekers — but this time it was to be recalibrated down rather than up, and well below the mark set by Ruddock in 2001.
This time she asked her advisers to design a system not for offshore processing but for offshore dumping. Instead of having refugees processed and resettled from an offshore location, she wants asylum seekers to be warehoused, placed on a queue so long that they will never have a reasonable chance of resettlement.
If John Howard had tried this in 2001, Labor would have gone ballistic, and UNHCR would have objected very strongly and refused to cooperate.
The advice of Gillard's intermittently trusted advisers, filtered to the public by her and her minister, is no longer worth the paper it is written on. And the Government's posturing about the moral basis for its latest proposal is derelict. The processing regime on Nauru had very serious shortcomings, but it did provide proven refugees with resettlement usually in Australia or New Zealand.
Parliament is right to remain firm in its resolve that offshore processing not be permitted except in a country which has legal obligations to comply with the key requirements of the Refugees Convention.
Furthermore, if the receiving country does not have the capacity to fulfil those obligations, Australia should maintain the responsibilities for providing the necessary services such as basic health, housing and education, for providing fair and transparent processing of claims, and for providing timely resettlement options for proven refugees.
In Parliament, there is a majority who favour either onshore processing or offshore processing with appropriate safeguards. And there is a minority led by the Prime Minister who favour offshore dumping with some safeguards set by unreviewable ministerial discretion.
Just imagine if the refugees on the Tampa had been taken to Malaysia and were still awaiting resettlement today. Not even the grandfather of the House ever contemplated that, regardless of what his advisers said.
Neither should Gillard. If she agreed to Abbott's amendment, she could effect a bipartisan return to a moral bottom line higher than that set by Ruddock in 2001.
Parliament should, at the very least, rule out offshore dumping and offshore processing without sufficient safeguards.
No Howard and Ruddock wanted the Indonesians to take the people on the Tampa - but they didn't agree, for that boat anyway. I'm sure they would haved loved to send them to Malaysia if possible.
Frank, this article has a lot of truths but you sound disappointingly like the Opposition, even using some of their sloganeering. And the opposition forcing boats around at sea is what we will end up with.
The simple solution is to send the illegal immigrants back to their last port of call and let the people smugglers take them somewhere else.
If they wish to migrate to Australia, then why not just apply for ordinary entry to Australia like the other migrants. The emotional and sentimentalist arguments don't make sense. These illegal immigrants have paid to come here by breaking Australian Law.
I am deeply sadenned by the failure of moral leadership in both parties: where are the "true believers" from the backbench? What about the Elders - Hawke,Keating?...Not to mention our [ catholic} leaders - or perhaps the media won't give them space. Long live "Eureka Street", "The Monthly"...and that's about it for sound independent views.
All good upon you, Prof Brennan! Thank God a public commentator has finally got this one right!
Interestingly, Australian lawmakers are pondering a quandary that's just been thrown up in most recent times: given that asylum seekers have every right under international law to seek asylum in any country...be it Iceland or Australia...they are not "illegals"..and, ipso facto, those assisting them could hardly be labelled as lawbreakers either. What laws are they breaking?
Those commanding the boats are simple fishermen who are offered a pittance to take refugees into Australian waters. They are not "the business model that needs to be smashed".
We need to remember that the legal advisers that Julia Gillard and Chris Bowen so often defer to were rubbished by one judge who referred to the Solicitor General's High Court presentation as 'half-baked."
We should also stop genuflecting before the ALP's so-called principles....its very platform forbids offshore processing but that has given way to the desperation of another would-be survivor...the Prime Minister herself who has, in effect, fashioned her own business model and any ALP member who crosses the floor in conscience against it will get expelled. That's the "model" that needs to be "smashed".
This debate has clearly overstayed its welcome. I believe Australians are tired of the bickering between the political parties. Isn't it time they presented the real facts and figures regarding 'boat people' and present Australia as a compassionate country rather than one that fears those seeking asylum? Fact is that by far the greater majority of asylum seekers arrive by plane and simply overstay their visas. Fact is that many of these people fleeing persecution can make an enormous contribution to the prosperity of all Australians. Fact is this debate has totally lost site of the human face of suffering.
Common sense tells us surely that the issue is about how we process asylum seekers and not where they are processed. Something that needs to be done swiftly and humanely in cooperation with countries in the region and without lengthy lockups in detention centres. This way there won't be a need for the 'boats'.
Andrew Macleod, CEO of the Committee for Melbourne spoke on ABC Breakfast this morning on this issue. It's worth a listen http://www.abc.net.au/rn/breakfast/stories/2011/3326459.htm. He will also be speaking at BMW Edge this evening at 6.30pm.
Gillard's immigration policy is motivated by ambition -a misguided attempt to immitate Howard's shameful path to re-electiion but with her own daft twist - breaking the neck of Australian law and international obligations.
I don't think Frank Brennan sounds like the Opposition, Diana. I think he sounds more like a person who has given up on expecting a high moral standard of Australia's response to the issue of asylum seekers. Sadly, he seems to be looking at the reality and arguing for the most moral line Australia is capable of.
Perhaps Father Brennan will enlighten us.
If Mr Rudd can learn his lessons, I believe, his return as Labor Party leader and Prime Minister would indeed be beneficial not only for Labor Party but for Australia.
I am disappointed that Frank Brennan is advocating a bipartisan approach that favours offshore processing in any form: as if offshore processing on Nauru is not asylum seeker dumping. The only reason Australia took in refugees from the Nauru camp is that most other resettlement countries refused to bail Australia out. It was not Howard's intention that they would ever come here. The total number of arrivals by boat this year is around 1700. For that, we are prepared to trash the Refugee Convention and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The latter is not even considered here by Frank Brennan, yet it undermines the best interests framework for treatment of child non-citizens. Julia Gillard appealing to Phillip Ruddock for support for her toxic amendments is a real low point for Labor.
I used to vote Liberal, then Labor and now the time has come to shift again. This time the move will be to Green unless my MP breaks ranks and votes according to her spoken beliefs on this issue. and then I guess I would be voting for a Labor Independent. And it is morality and shame that is deciding the place for my vote.
and what did Rudd do? he called the Indonesian president to stop a boat from reaching us. They are all on low moral ground.
Yes and if Julia Gillard agreed to the opposition's amendment it would not stop men, women and children drowning at sea whereas the Malaysia solution would. The people who take the boats have a choice. The children do not. If Fr Brennan had any empathy towards children he would not advocate a solution that would not stop children drowning or being bashed against rocks.
Well as there is no such legal thing as "off shore processing' for people who seek asylum in Australia the whole debate has reached high farce. The law is clear Frank, anyone who comes and asks for protection must be allowed to apply without punishment, expulsion or refoulement, they must have full access to the courts and the right to their freedom. The debate about ridiculous policy while always ignoring the law drives me crazy. Bowen knew in 2006 that it was illegal when Howard tried on the WEst Papuan push away solution, he knew it was illegal under Article 3 to discriminate due to method of arrival and place of origin and that has never changed. Gillard said though in her stupid Lowy speech that people flee genocide, persecution, imprisonment without charge (with a straight face), and other atrocities. Then she outlined all the ways she would STOP THEM COMING HERE TO DO IT. She believes in her racist heart and soul that refugees need to be proper like her parents - she is a disgrace. And Ruddock wanted so send the TAMPA Afghans to Pakistan.
Brian the senate were told by all legal experts last year that the so-called smuggling didn't pass the smell test because no-one was being smuggled. Our legal profession have taken 12 years but they have finally noticed it is a lie. No-one is subject to any offence for entering this country without a visa so how on earth could it be a crime to help someone without a visa into the country. In fact our own courts said way back in 2000 "this is clearly not people smuggling", and under Article 19 of the smuggling of migrants protocol it states that those seeking help under the refugee convention are excluded from the protocol because they are not smuggled migrants but asylum seekers and the convention comes first. And it says we must not punish those who simply provide transport. The senate were told this by eminent legal experts like Ben Saul and Mary Crock and simply chose to ignore it. Now we see 13 year old Indonesian kids kidnapped by us and jailed with pedophiles in adult prisons instead of simply being sent home like they used to be.
Time and time again it is pointed out that people who come to Australia seeking asylum, whether they do it by boat or aeroplane, are not acting illegally. They have a right to seek asylum here. They are not "illegals".
Why then, Trent, do you still use the word "illegals"?
This whole saga is sickening. That our supposed leaders compete with the Opposition to punish more harshly these unfortunate refugees--people seeking safety from severe oppression or death---whose right to seek our aid we have agreed to.
Please politicians restore our Australian pride.
It is hard to believe where Julia Gillard has taken Labour and this Government or allowed it to be taken.
I urge all of you who like me are morally outraged at the Gillard Government's response to the High Court's decision to write to your local member. I fear that voicing your concern here may help to lower your blood pressure but do nothing to arm our back benchers to put pressure on the leaders of their parties.Do not be dismayed if politicians appear morally bankrupt unless you use your democratic right and make your view clear.
The treatment of asylum seekers by our politicians, government advisers and most of the media is a farce and a disgrace. Julia Gillard and Chris Bowen have learnt nothing from the Howard and Rudd governments' mistakes. They have backed themselves into a corner and are incapable of resolving this issue in a rational and humane manner. Both the Labour and Liberal parties have low moral standards and their policies are based on political expediency. We will continue to be faced with asylum seekers arriving by boat with political and social instability in various parts of the world. I believe these asylum seekers arriving by boat should be processed in a major Australian city and most, if not all, should be given residency.
Now Australia is denying refuge to refugees on Christmas Island and pretending they are not here and denying family reunion rights by making kids wait until they are 18.
There are moral and legal issues that for me are crystal clear in this debate about other, other who are human beings in great need. As a christian I will always try and extend a hand to those in need. Sadly the cardinal and bishops around the country aren't leading the way in righting this wrong. The GREENS are more vocal. As an Australian, the law tells me that we have a duty to ask in people fleeing persecution. The UN tells me this as well. I hear what you're saying Frank however I don't believe there is room to negotiate when strangers knock on our door.
Julia Gillard shows far more heart and respect than then loony left wing mob of "do-gooders". She tries very hard to prevent more death at sea and should be supported by all. Julia Gillard may be wrong in with many issues, but her policies are based on reality and empathy. She is not one of the headline hunting, rich and bored neo Marxists.
Well done Beat Odermatt - you have fallen hook, line and sinker for the only moral line that the Government can peddle to justify the exclusion of asylum seekers. They might drown on the way here. Perhaps some adviser has remembered how many perished in the Second Fleet. Now perhaps someone else will remember the assistance given to Displaced Persons after the Second World War in transporting them to Australia.
Still no answer from Trent on how his legal training can provide credible evidence that the asylum seekers are "illegals".
Beat, just 456 refugees have been known to have drowned on the way here in the last 13 years, 117 million kids under 5 have died of starvation and preventable diseases and wars.
Now that dingbat Gillard wants to run dumb ads. to entice the coalition to break the law and the whiners on Insiders still whine about a couple of hundred refugees arriving.
Is there anyone in the media who heard the high court screaming out loud 'IT'S ILLEGAL"CH WHITE BREAD BIGOTS THEY LOVE THE SPORT.
Moral discourse that ignores political reality is dangerous. Mr Spock said that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. If Labor does as Brennan demands Abbott will win. That means millions of the poor and needy will suffer for the sake of a few Q jumpers. Rather than trying to appease Brennan et al Labor should have left the pacific solution and got on with governing, enacting social reforms and keeping the conservatives out of power; if the boats had of come regardless then the "pull factor" argument would have been defeated for all time. But no.
Now you are gonna get Abbott who will kick not only the Q jumpers in the teeth but many of the poorest and most disadvantaged people in Australia. But that won't stop the moral minority of the elitist academic section of the left, surely no coincidence that Brennan ignored social and working rights in his human rights charters (or is he politically realistic only when interests of the poor already here are at stake?),from clothing themselves in a moral aura.