In my last article I illustrated the way in which excellent PR has been used by insurers.
Last week, with zero PR, the latest financial statements for Southern Response were tabled in Parliament and posted online.
For those outside Canterbury, Southern Response is the company formed when the government took ownership of the failed AMI Insurance on April 2012.
It is also the company with the largest exposure to overcap (over the EQC limit) earthquake claims in Canterbury.
Firstly. they show that although the Government sold the non-earthquake side of AMI to Australia's IAG for $365 mln, Southern Response only netted $244 mln on the sale once overdrafts and payables were settled.
Secondly, at the time of the sale (April 2012) the Government stated publicly that the outstanding claims to be settled amounted to $1.8 bln; however it now revealed to be $2.1 bln.
Thirdly, the Government has stated that, to date, they have only provided Southern Response with $100 mln of taxpayer bailout money, and they 'have committed' an additional $400 mln buffer but stated that it will likely not be needed, this is shown on the balance sheet. The facts now show that every penny of this is currently required or the company would be insolvent and could not continue to operate under NZ law.
A sixth point is: Southern Response was provided another $500 mln funding guarantee by the Government in October 2012 (signed on 30 January 2013) in the form of another issue of 500,000 uncalled ordinary shares (not shown on the face of the balance sheet), bringing the governments total to 1 bln shares (100,000 paid and 900,000 unpaid), equivalent to $1 bln.
I believe there is a very strong argument that Southern Response is currently under-valuing its claim liability (including its risk margin and claims handling costs) and is currently insolvent.
The Southern Response Board had set themselves 24 "Key Performance Indicators" to reach by the end of the financial year. Somewhat surprisingly, although they had only completed a paltry 139 rebuilds and repairs as at the end of June 2013, they self-assessed that they had "met" 22 of their 24 KPI's, and "Partially Met" the remaining two.
It appears to this reader that the most worrying trend here is that very soon Southern Response will have its hand out to the Government more cash from the $1 bln taxpayer bailout fund already setup for them.
While there are very good moral hazard questions that could be raised at this point around the Governments actions in bailing out AMI policyholders, what is done is done.
But these questions are important because there is also little doubt that the Government will continue to support Southern Response financially. This expectation will not be helping the company's push for their customers to cash-settle rather than wait for them to repair or rebuild.
However surely now is the time to start holding the Board, Executive and Shareholders of Southern Response to account over it's significant lack of any progress, both in rebuilding or repairing homes in Canterbury, but also for putting taxpayers at significant financial risk through their continuing inaction.
Or they could just continue to hide behind EQC, the obvious problem being the shareholders of EQC and Southern Response are one in the same.
Mr Preston - although it may be of little comfort the NZDMO detail $580 million of SRESL liabilities in undrawn TBills here in .xls format.
The current slow pace of rebuilding means that many Southern Response claimants are open to being "pursuaded" to take cash settlements. SR will by now have a good handle on building costs, and overruns on each build, so will know how to save money by cash settling.
That may well make their masters happier, but its tough for many claimants who have now been waiting over 3 years to get their homes back.
In view of the similar lack of progress by other major insurers in rebuilds & repairs perhaps their capital adeqacy should also be examined and if it is found to be adequate as I expect it to be Government pressure is required to ensurer settlements are speeded up with the promise of strict regulation with some encouragement to settle quickly by retropsectively including mandatory payment of interest and minimum levels of damages for failure to honour claims in a timely fashion. I suggest interest at real estate late settlement rate or at least the IRD UOM rate and damages at say $50,000 per breach PA, I am sure this would enable insurers to discover ways to settle claims quickly!
The use of this PR spin disgusts me, and I'm someone who isn't affected directly. I can't believe that billboard lasted any more than a day. Christchurch needs a Hone Heke (better yet a whole organised fraternity of them).
Boraman, T. (2008) Rabble Rousers and Merry Pranksters: A history of anarchism in Aotearoa/New Zealand from the mid-1950s to the early 1980s, Christchurch: Katipo Books and Irrecuperable Press.
The campaign raised a lot of money through stamp and passport sales - the whole nation got behind it - it is the type of high visibility, national solidarity needed. I'm ready to get active about the undemocratic way our citizens down there are being treated - don't live there but very happy to fund/donate and if I get a collectable bit of memorabalia for my children's, children's children in the bargain, well that would be great. You could build a house using bricks bought by all NZers with their names inscribed on their brick for example - I've seen playgrounds with the fencing rails similarly inscribed.
I just think NZers everywhere should have an opportunity to express support - perhaps also along the vein of car window pennants like those sold during the Rugby World Cup would be great and/or noses for our cars etc. Time to let the government know at every turn of their everyday lives that we average, everyday NZers care - as obviously, the Government do not. And the point is - it could be any of us in exactly the same situation tomorrow.


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According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Cardinals are interested in Diamondbacks reliever Jorge Julio. Joe Strauss thinks the Cards would send a lefty reliever to Arizona.
The Cardinals currently have five southpaws on the roster aside from Mark Mulder: Randy Flores, Tyler Johnson, Randy Keisler, Chris Narveson, and Ricardo Rincon. Viva El Birdos wonders why the Cardinals don't just keep Braden Looper in the pen.
Last time we checked in on Julio, the Marlins and Giants were battling for him. Arizona apparently doesn't want to pay much if any of his $3.6MM salary. The Marlins might convince them to if they offer up Yusmeiro Petit. Personally I think Florida should just use internal closing options.


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Transition metal complexes as photosensitisers in one- and two-photon photodynamic therapy
McKenzie, L.K., Bryant, H.E. and Weinstein, J.A. (2019) Transition metal complexes as photosensitisers in one- and two-photon photodynamic therapy. Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 379. pp. 2-29. ISSN 0010-8545
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) exploits light-activated compounds for therapeutic use. It relies on a photosensitiser (PS) that is inactive in the absence of light. When irradiated, the PS absorbs light and is promoted to a higher energy, "excited" state (PS ∗ ), which is either toxic to cells in itself or triggers formation of other species which are toxic to cells, and hence particular wavelengths of light can be used to induce light-dependent cell killing. In PDT occurring via the so-called type I and type II mechanisms, the PS ∗ engages in energy transfer to dioxygen present in cells and tissues. This process generates highly reactive singlet oxygen ( 1 O 2 ) and/or other reactive oxygen species (ROS), which in turn cause damage in the immediate vicinity of the irradiation and ultimately can lead to cell death. Whilst the main focus of research for the last 50 years has been on organic molecules or porphyrins as sensitisers, there is now emerging interest in extending the use to transition metal (TM) complexes, which can display intense absorptions in the visible region, and many also possess high two-photon absorption cross-sections, enabling two-photon excitation with NIR light. As with any other type of photosensitiser, the issues to consider whilst designing a TM complex as a photosensitiser include cell permeability, efficient absorption of NIR light for deeper penetration, preferential affinity to cancer cells over healthy cells, targeted intracellular localisation and lack of side effects. This review summarises recent developments involving photosensitisers containing Ru(II), Os(II), Pt, Ir(III), and Re(I) ions, and the approaches used to address the above requirements. Several remarkable recent advances made in this area, including the first clinical trial of a metal complex as a photosensitiser, indicate the bright future of this class of compounds in PDT.
McKenzie, L.K.
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Malik Elijah
"What music offers me personally, is an outlet to express the way that I'm feeling, unjudged and uninterrupted."
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Maryland's Malik Elijah is an up-and-comer whose range and above all else, passion, drive uniqueness into his music. En route towards the release of new project, Free Lemonade, he began with a fiery, socially-motivated audiovisual called Human. Born from the ash of a Summer especially defined by continued protests in the wake of the tragic killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and so many more, Human set a tone of meaning in Elijah's work - meaning that, too, drove vibrant musicianship.
With Free Lemonade, he takes it even further - not only continuing to pursue his position as a poetically entrenched wordsmith, but also as a melodist, a vocalist, and a well-rounded composer of a sound that explores hip-hop at its widest breadth. And per the range in his one of a kind sound, we speak with him on protests, black anger, musical response, wide-ranging influence, and of course, what's next for Malik Elijah.
Our Response to the Mixtape:
RNGLDR: You've been releasing music for a few years now – most of it deeply embedded with meaning and thought – and surely making music for even longer than that. Was music always a way for you to spread a message and connect with listeners on a deeper level? And in the opposite direction of the people listening, what is it that music offers you as the artist?
MALIK: Music for me, is one word: LIFE. Music is not just something that I do; this how I live on a day-to-day basis. I have taken my time to study the culture of it, and I have always had an infatuation to be a part of it I just so happen to take the Hip-hop route. When I look at music, I see it as a way to speak for the voiceless and to also bring my thoughts and opinions into many conversations that we as Humans on this earth have all the time. What music offers me, personally, is an outlet to express the way that I'm feeling, unjudged and uninterrupted. It offers me a way out when my mind is cloudy; it is my therapy, my entertainment, and has always been that intangible friend that has never left me.
RNGLDR: Working towards your debut full-length project, Free Lemonade, you first released Human, a lyrically dominant track aimed on viewing fellow humans for exactly what the title suggests. Coupled with a powerful video, the track is firm in its stance against institutionalized racism and its prevalence especially in modern America. Can you speak a little bit to your writing process for the single? Where were you and was there a moment that specifically inspired its inception?
MALIK: Human was actually written and recorded in my bedroom. I had recently just recorded a song called DUMMY, with my newfound friend, KA1, and he had sent me a pack of beats one day. I forgot what the name of the beat was, but I heard it and instantly hit him with a text like, "yo bro this is fucking nuts. I want the beat. I need it." When I hear something I like, I instantly gravitate towards it - kind of weird - like I get happy and obsessed with hearing it. Now this was the time when George Floyd was murdered, and Breonna Taylor was murdered, and as a black man, I see people that look like me being killed in the middle of the street on film and yet still get no justice. It bothers me a lot. I often cry sometimes when I see situations like those happen. From all that frustration came 'Human.' I usually don't write a whole song out in one session. I like to sit and really think about each section of the song, but this one I wrote the whole thing out because I felt like I wasn't going to obtain the anger and rage that I was having in that very moment. When you get feelings like those, you have to channel and utilize them. My pain for my people is what inspired this song. I'm fed up. I'm distraught and the only way I could let it out was the only way I knew best, and that is writing a song.
RNGLDR: Aesthetically, the track is one of the more hard-hitting, important hip-hop singles to emerge from a Summer defined by global racial reckoning and subsequent protests. Its video encapsulates a feeling of anger, frustration, and pain through a television screen. What kind of statement do you make with the visuals that you couldn't properly convey with only the track?
MALIK: Shoutout to my friend and creative director, Creator K. He is the person who brought this song to life. I gave him two words: tv and static. That is what I wanted for this video and the rest is history. I wanted certain things highlighted in the video that I believe he did effortlessly in the shoot and edit. Without K, I wouldn't have been able to portray the pain I was feeling. Me, I am in no way an actor, but K pushed me to invoke my emotions. With every shot, he detailed and pinpointed how I should look in the video based on the feelings that I still have now and from the feelings I showed through my recording. The statement we as a team were trying to make, is that not one person is better than the next, but when it comes to me and many other Humans who have black skin it is harder for us. Like how can a person see another person be treated with such hate and not feel for said person? That was the statement we as team were trying to make with combination of song and visual.
RNGLDR: Though first and foremost a lyrically gifted rapper, your skillset is much wider than to fit only into that description. With tracks like Simmer – the second en route to Free Lemonade – where you embark down a bouncier, more melodic path; or tracks like Space Glow where you split the difference between the thoughtfully rapped and a melodic hook, your knack for seamlessly switching between lyrical and the melodic, the rapped and the sung, feels natural. Where do you credit the beginnings of your lyrical rap skillset? Where is your ability as a vocalist rooted? And what differing outlets do the two creative lanes offer you as an artist?
MALIK: First off thank you. It's nice to hear someone say that I am lyrical. I still feel like I have a long way to go before I can be considered an MC. When it comes to being lyrical, I have to give credit to the artists that I am inspired by like Kendrick Lamar, Mick Jenkins, Schoolboy Q, and so many more. When I first discovered rap, I found myself diving more into the "backpack rappers" because I noticed they weren't just talking about one certain subject. They dove into more conceptual thinking and I told myself at a young age I wanted to be like that. When it comes to vocals I have been able to sing ever since I was a child. I am a church boy and sung in choir - the stereotypical upbringing. Yet, God gifted me with that and I am forever grateful for it because I feel like if I didn't know how to sing, I would have still learned to. Once I started studying Kendrick Lamar and really understood what he was doing with his voice in records, that's when I knew I needed to find how I can make that into my own way. With those two outlets, both singing and rapping, it brings a lot of creativity and versatility because I'm able to manipulate my voice and try out new things to make a song that's at least a little bit different.
RNGLDR: Speaking on Space Glow, though not included in Free Lemonade, the single shines a light on your fluid collaborative relationship with Italian producer, Ciro Mont. What is it about the electronically nuanced, jazzy beats he creates that coalesces so well with your sound?
MALIK: Space Glow was a record I didn't know what to do with. I knew the homie Josh from Good Society was dropping a compilation so I basically said take this cause at that point it wasn't really going to be released, and Im glad it did because it's a nice record. And to answer the rest of your question: man, I don't know. Ciro and I have been homies ever since we linked up to make our Lazy EP, which is still one of my favorite bodies of work to this day. My voice was just made for a Ciro Mont beat. I can't describe it. It just works. Even our throwaways sound crazy good. It's like we can't miss when we make music together. We push each other and we fight a lot about the records and that's because we want them to be as good as possible in that moment.
RNGLDR: Ciro Mont's production again pops up in Free Lemonade with Blackened where you and featuring name, Cool J deliver one of its most unique songs. When it came to the collaboration, how did the process unfold? Did Ciro Mont send you the beat and the rest happened naturally between you and Cool J? Or was there a more involved digital collaborative process that wouldn't have been explored pre-pandemic?
MALIK: Blackened started with a loop and a performance microphone. That is the oldest record on this project. Actually, I'm pretty sure It's close to being one year old. I was trying to do a new wave (for me personally) with how I discovered a lot of pop artists write their songs. They take a few chords and just write the whole song out and then get a producer to build the beat around it. So I had recorded a rough track to the song in my girlfriend's bedroom at the time, and did a mix of writing on paper and in my head (need to learn how to write a whole song in my head, still practicing). Once I did the rough, I sent it to Ciro. He exceeded what I already heard for the record and brought the flavor that was needed. Now when it came to getting one of my first friends I ever made in music: Cool J (who also is one of my videographers) I forgot what we were doing but I hit him up and was like, 'bro, I want you on this record.' When you tell Cool J to rap, that man finna rap! We recorded his verse in my parents basement as well as my parts and the rest is history. I gave him directions on how I wanted him to convey the verse and he executed effortlessly in like three takes. Also gotta shout out my boy, Speedy Flicks for doing the end skit. I was really trying to exaggerate how food orders are taken where I'm from in Maryland. We tend to order food in a hysterical way. Oh, and before I forget, this was one of the only records I didn't mix from top to bottom. I could not get the vocals right how I wanted, so shout out to Soto for getting that vocal mix right for the kid.
RNGLDR: Was making the project at large a unique process given the state of the world with COVID-19? Or because of the advancements of technology in the past decade, has creative collaboration moved towards the predominantly digital anyway?
MALIK: Well, a lot of the producers I work with are not even in the same state or country, anyway. I have never met Ciro in person. I've never met a lot of the people that I work with in person besides Ronny Fuego. He flew to the crib from Washington to have a three-day recording session (we made Cuban Link in that time span). Other than that, I usually work on the phone with most people I'm collaborating with and that's the beauty of technology. You don't have to wait to get in the studio with anybody. The studio is wherever you are and if you got a phone to call and computer to wetransfer, you're good! Making the project was unique though because for four months, I did not make one song for it. There was a gap where I was just thinking about how I wanted to make it. Sometimes I noticed I have to step back from making the music to really look at the bigger picture and see the songs I already made. This process of the album was learning from my past mistakes on every other project I had ever done. So, when I took that step back to look at records I made in the past couple months I was losing my mind saying like "yo, this joint sounds crazy i need to finish this" and " YOOOOO WHY DID I SLEEP ON SOME OF THESE RECORDS." So yeah, that moment of self reflection happened and then for two months, I sat down and worked to finish on all the songs I thought were right. Shout out to my girlfriend for helping me dialing in on certain track. She's a pivotal piece when picking records for me.
RNGLDR: As a whole, collaboration seems not only to be an important tool utilized between you, producer, and guest artists, but also between you and yourself, where oftentimes from one verse to another and then to a chorus, your own deliveries vary so much that you're essentially able to be a featuring artist on your own track. Was shining a light on your wide range an important part of making Free Lemonade the way that you did? And what do you think that wide range says not only about you, but about a wider modern scene where a plethora of hip-hop artists boast such skillsets that they can split their time between the rapped and the sung, and often even the instrumental and the productive?
MALIK: I am the type of artist where I love to collaborate, but I don't like to collaborate so much that you are just getting a compilation album. When you listen to a Malik Elijah Project, you are going to hear Malik Elijah. Im going to sneak a few features at a time for projects, but it won't be a lot because at that point I'll just be performing a verse or two for my future shows. Anyways though, to answer the rest of your question, highlighting my wide range was a huge goal on Free Lemonade and I'm blessed you noticed that. I pride myself on being versatile but letting that versatility mesh in a way that people fuck with it still. So for me my range shows that you never know what I'm going to do next and I like that I don't want you thinking you have me figured out because I haven't even fully figured myself out and I probably never will. But that's the beauty of life. Artists like T-Pain, Kanye, and Drake are really what started this wave and then it went into Kendrick, and now we have the Smino, the IDK, the Buddy, the Saba. All these artist who are literally making records where it sounds like them featuring them. I fuck with the idea that people are not relying on just getting another artist to hop on a track to help it blow up. They are experimenting with their voice and really pushing the boundary because vocals are an instrument. When it comes to artists priding themselves on being able to do a lot, I find it cool too, because for me, I rap and sing but I also love mixing and even making a few beats here and there. I like to look at it as artists aren't trying to be lazy and just depending on other people. They are trying to do it for themselves and if they need help, they ask for it.
RNGLDR: A strong example of your broad musical range comes with OneOfOne where the track's rapped verses place a lot of precedence on the emotionally lyrical, painting a landscape of a loving relationship, while the chorus reinforces the ideals communicated in verse. For you, with OneOfOne as an example, does your creative process see to it that you write the lyrics, build the hook, or work from a beat first? Essentially, from track-to-track, how does your creative process unfold? And does it differ?
MALIK: OneofOne is a gift to the love of my life. I actually had her sit in the sessions to hear it, because if she didn't like it, I was going to redo it and make another one. Shoutout my OG, Mulls and his team for killing it and allowing me to record over that beat. When it comes to my creative process it differs all the time. Sometimes I like to sit and think and write punch lines in my head. Sometimes I sit down and write it fully out, sometimes even a mixture of both on the same record. With OneofOne, the way I wrote was that I recorded the verse, chorus, and bridge, and I didn't finish the second verse until like six to seven months later. My creative process has no bounds and I'm not afraid to take my time on making a song either. A few of these records on the project didn't even have a beat at first.
RNGLDR: For a melodically driven romantic track like OneOfOne, who in hip-hop's past or present has inspired you to explore the softer, more emotionally attached side of your music? And from other directions of Free Lemonade's tracklist – the fiery, lyrical exploration of Human and the high-energy, bass-heavy vibe of Simmer or Cuban Link, who are some other names that have influenced your many sounds?
MALIK: I would say the reflection of these records are from a plethora of artists that I listen to, because I listen to everything from rap to classical, but artists that influenced sounds on this project would be Drake for the emotional side; Kendrick & Mick Jenkins for lyrical exploration; IDK, Ski Mask the Slump God, XXXtentacion, & Schoolboy Q for the high energy and bass-heavy vibe; and then for some honorable mentions for a mixture of things would be Kenny Mason, Smino, JADEN, Joyous Wolf, and honestly I can go on, but it would be a huge list, lol. But, these were some of the artists and band(s) I listened to while making this project.
RNGLDR: Looking towards your roots in Maryland, what about your upbringing there influenced your sound in particular?
MALIK: When I was growing up, I was born and raised in a Christian household. So, I didn't really know what rap music was. I patterned most of first musical inspirations off of Gospel music like Fred Hammond and Deitrick Haddon and then Gogo (which is a subgenre of funk created by the late great Chuck Brown) from bands like XIB, New Impressionz, Rare Essence, etc. Those two pieces were a big influence but also, just the overall style and trends that were happening in Maryland as I grew up influenced me as well, 'cause where I'm from, we have a certain way how we talk, dress, and eat. Honestly, Maryland and the DMV as a whole are just different. It's hard to explain if you're not from there or been around it. It's just different.
RNGLDR: And on the subject, what is the current hip-hop scene like in Maryland? Are there other artists we should be listening to? And is there something that you think connects the auditory aesthetic of Maryland musicians?
MALIK: Maryland has a plethora of talent, but I'll say it like this: the trap scene is the biggest thing in Maryland right now, but there are those artists that do things outside of trap that don't really get noticed; me being one of them. We'll casually have a person like a YBN Cordae, an IDK, or a Rico Nasty who make it out because they chose to get up and travel outside of the area. Now don't get me wrong, I love me some trap music, but I feel like they are geared more towards that than what other artists are providing. I feel as though we need more of a balance. Artists I would say that you need to be listening to though: Louie Bagz, Rockstar Johnny, Redveil, Tre Burwell, GloverOffical, Maya Marie, TheAntiSocial, TroyIV, AquilVCR and many more. But, all of these artists I just mentioned got all different styles and approaches to their art.
RNGLDR: If there's one thing you'd like to say about what you hope a listener gets out of Free Lemonade, what would it be?
MALIK: I hope people don't overlook the message I am trying to send. If you noticed my first four records were me getting out my anger and aggression towards being black in America. I hope people notice on records like Blackened, that I'm speaking on the balance of having faith and chasing your passion and not money. I hope people noticed that when I make a record like OneOfOne, that it is okay to be madly in love and faithful to someone and still be a rapper. I hope people notice on even a record like Simmer, that I am expressing to not take yourself seriously all the time. And last but not least I want people to know that with this project and for all the future ones that I am continuously pushing myself to progress. Fuck a label, I don't have one.
RNGLDR: And if there's one thing you've gotten from its creative process that stands out above the rest, what is it?
MALIK: I learned four things: to do it for yourself when you know you can; ask for help when you hit that wall; nothing can be rushed if you want it done right; and nothing will ever be perfect but you can get it close.
RNGLDR: What's next for Malik Elijah?
MALIK: I can't say right now. We'll have to talk about that when the time's right. But, I'll leave you with this: God Willing, more Malik Elijah in 2021 and beyond.
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Per his range, we speak with the Maryland rapper on protests, black anger, musical response, wide-ranging influence, and of course, what it all means for his new mixtape, 'Free Lemonade.'
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ALBANY, N.Y. – The principal of a company bidding for a state medical marijuana license was found to have misspent funds and destroyed documents while running a taxpayer-backed authority in Kansas, according to an audit report.
The official, Thomas Thornton, now senior vice president at North Shore Ventures, does not mention holding the position at the Kansas Bioscience Authority in his online biography for his current post. North Shore Ventures, founded in 2013, is the for-profit venture arm of North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, a major health industry player that serves millions of people in the New York metropolitan area and is viewed as having a good shot at being selected for a license.
The parent company has close ties to the Cuomo administration: Michael Dowling, the president and CEO of North-Shore LIJ, was co-chair of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Medicaid Redesign Team in 2011 and served as former Gov. Mario M. Cuomo's chief health adviser in the early 1990s.
Thornton and North Shore-LIJ spokesman did not return requests for comment Tuesday. It's unclear whether the information about his Kansas work was disclosed in an application for a license with the state Department of Health, which has released little information about the 43 bidders vying in New York beyond their names. The Times Union recently reported on potential issues with other bidders' previous dealings. The five winning bidders are expected to be announced by the end of this week, a Health Department spokesman said.
Because only five licenses are being handed out in New York, they are considered more valuable than those in other states, such as Colorado, where there is no limit. The program is set to begin in January, although advocates are pushing for it to begin sooner, bringing a degree of urgency to the selection process.
Thornton, the lone official listed in the "leadership'' section on the North Shore Ventures website, has served in recent months as a spokesman for the New York bidding team, which also includes a Colorado company called Silverpeak. Together they have formed a company called Silverpeak NY LLC. Silverpeak is a licensed medical marijuana distributor in Colorado, which has legalized marijuana for both medical and recreational purposes.
The New York bid is considered strong in part because North Shore-LIJ is a major health care provider making a rare move into the medical marijuana industry, adding a layer of credibility and direct access to doctors, patients and researchers. In shaping the program in New York, Cuomo has emphasized a focus on strict medicinal use of the drug.
The 2012 audit, conducted by the firm BKD LLP, concerned Thornton's leadership of the Kansas Bioscience Authority, which was charged with identifying and funding promising research at universities and in the private sector.
The 203-page report, which cost $1 million to produce, found that before stepping down from his Kansas post Thornton "engaged in document destruction after learning of Gov. Sam Brownback's demand for financial review of the agency and again upon issuance of a subpoena by the Johnson County district attorney," according to the Topeka Capital-Journal. Thornton also "destroyed files on his state-issued desktop computer before stepping down and on his state-owned laptop after submitting his resignation," the newspaper reported in 2012.
The report questioned the authority's use of public funds, including Thornton spending taxpayer money to fly to Cleveland in an ultimately successful effort to land a new job, which he held before coming to New York. The audit also cited repeated violations of the authority's contracting policies.
Brownback, the Kansas governor, at the time called the findings "deeply troubling." The authority recently cut half its staff and stopped making new investments in the wake of reduced state funding for the authority.
A spokesman for Susan Wagle, the Kansas state Senate president who held a hearing concerning Thornton and the authority, told the Times Union, "Hopefully the state of New York vets him a little more than the state of Kansas did."
The chairman of the Kansas Bioscience Authority board of directors in 2012, however, said the report "affirms that the KBA's investment process is diligent and it makes no significant findings or exceptions related to KBA expenditures or conflicts of interest," the Capital-Journal reported.
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After being employed for many years, Serge Belamant decided to go it alone and start his own company. It is in this period that he founded Net1 Technologies. The company was built around a single aspect of Funds Transfer System (FTS). In fact, Serge had made his name in the funds transfer, which is an apparent reason as to why he chose to continue with innovating systems that would be used in transferring money with ease.
Serge Belamant struggled to make his company relevant in the industry and used much of his resources, energy and time trying to convince banks to use his Universal Electronic Payment System, otherwise known as UEPS. Like other startup companies, Net1 Technologies struggled to get a grip of the industry and, in most cases, was operating at lower ends. This means that the company was finding it hard to sustain itself in an industry that was not responsive to technological changes. View Serge Belamant's profile at Linkedin.
However, the fortunes of Net1 Technologies would drastically change when Visa, which is an international money transfer company, hired Serge Belamant, through his company, to create a new fund transfer system, which would be based on his Universal Electronic Payment System. Serge worked for this project when in the United States where he was able to access all the technology he needed. The system he developed is currently being used by Visa to prevent fraud and misuse of credit card.
The success of Visa project gives the limelight to Net1 Technologies where it becomes a global company that can be consulted fr financial and payment systems. Net1 Technologies was also listed in Johannesburg Securities Exchange, which is a clear indication that the company had grown to be accepted at the highest financial echelons.
Talkspace, co-founded by Oren Frank, is an online therapy startup that offers its services through video chat. The company recently added a chief medical officer to its work force. Talkspace, which is working on selling to employers hired Neil Leibowitz a former senior medical director with UnitedHealth who will be prescribing medicine when needed.
According to the CEO, Oren Frank, the company has hit 1 million users. The service which is charges a weekly service of $79 for talking online to a therapist and $49 for messaging a mental health professional is generating revenue of tens of millions of dollars.
Although Neil Leibowitz was at first skeptical about the new service, he later saw it as a way to improve people's access to affordable therapists. Oren Frank is hopeful that Neil Leibowitz will assist in bulking up the corporate side of Talkspace making it responsible for approximately half of the company's revenue. The dream has already started off with a partnership from the employer-focused Magellan Health.
Talkspace recently advised people against social media addiction stating that social media users develop symptoms similar to addictions caused by substance-abuse such as withdrawal, salience, relapse, mood modification, and conflict regarding behavioral addictions. Oren Frank went on to advise his tweeter followers to break the addiction through #Deletesocialmedia.
Excessive use of social media negatively impacts the lives of people by decreasing conscientiousness, decreasing face-to-face community engagement, being a cause of strain in relationships, and increasing narcissism. To overcome the addiction, try consulting a therapist or doing a digital detox or as advised by Oren Frank, stay away from social media entirely.
Founded in June 2012, the company has a network of professional and licensed therapists who offer confidential and affordable therapy to clients any time. The company which was started by Oren Frank and Roni Frank, has a mission to make a billion people happy.
Lincolnshire Management has developed into among the top companies in private equity with a professional investment team devoted to offering opportunistic investment with a wide array of contacts. The company has grown to over eighty-five acquisitions creating an essential value in various private equity investments.
The company has an experienced staff of twenty investments, operational and sourced expertise who have worked in the industry for over thirty years. Lincolnshire Management has a trained team of analysts, partners, and principals who oversee the company's operations in all fields. Among the most recognized investments include the American Coach Lines, Wabash National Corporation and Riddel.
Lincolnshire Management recently sold Holley Performance Products to Sentinel Capital Partners as a disclosed amount. Holley Performance Products markets and distributes quality carburetors, fuel injectors, and pumps, manifolds, race applications, water pumps, and superchargers. Founded in 1903, the c located in Bowling Green, KY with three hundred and fifty employees. Sentinel aims at investing in more productive companies such as Holley which was owned by Lincolnshire since October 2013. Read more in the article.
Marketing is one of the oldest practice in the world of business, but it has never been static in terms of approaches. In the recent past, different companies have redefined marketing, but KOI IXS is arguably best entity when it comes to pushing brands. For the years Edwin Miranda has been in charge of this company's operations, the entity has made some significant strides, making it the most futuristic company in marketing. For example, the company, through Edwin Miranda is the first entity to expand the marketing scope to accommodate the creation of an enabling environment for customers to express their views on the products and services.
For a company to be competitive in the marketing world, Edwin Miranda points out that it must have the following basics. First, he points out that research in marketing world is matchless. Knowing your niche according to him gives a company a niche in this industry. Second, in order to be successful in the marketing world, Edwin Miranda believes that experimenting with different briefs is advisable. When experimenting on different briefs, however, it is advisable to know your limits, as lack of moderation is a recipe for weak marketing strategy. Finally, Miranda points out that 'planning in marketing is king' and regardless of marking budget, one can never go wrong with planning every detail.
Edwin Miranda believes that for corporate structures in marketing to be functional, he needs to lead by example. Due to this huge responsibility, he has retained a simple yet effective routine every morning. This simple routine helps him to fulfill his mandate as a manager of marketing company as well as his family responsibility, primarily as a father. The simple, schedule is also ideal for him to get information about the advertising world. Over the years, Miranda has ensured that the morning hours is the perfect time to get information on different projects with clients as well as general information about the industry.
In 2009 and 2010, the National Coffee Association reported a coffee production that amounted to 125.2 million bags which made coffee one of the most consumed beverage. In recent years, there has been an increase in coffee vendors whom despite the economic downturns have strived to stay in business. Organo Gold, a Canadian-based company, came up with a multilevel marketing structure to assist retailers who promote their coffee.
Organo Gold products contain Ganoderma lucidum, a rare mushroom that originates from Asia. Ganoderma has a broad range of benefits such as antiviral qualities and cholesterol reduction properties. Organo Gold produces Ganoderma infused coffees, teas, hot chocolate as well as supplements.
Organo Gold was established in 2008 by Bernardo Chua, a businessman, and marketing expert. This professional set up this company with assistance from Shane Morand, the current head of direct selling in the company.
These two entrepreneurs created a Scientific Advisory Board and customized Organo Gold to work under the regulations of this board. Dr. Irma Prado heads the committee and works as a medical consultant.
Other key stakeholders in the company are Dr. Li Xiaoyu, an expert that ensures that ingredients used to make coffee are up to the required standards. Li Ye is also a critical person at Organo Gold. He is the founder of Fujian, the company's partner organization. Organo Gold has operations in the United States, Germany, Netherlands, Peru, Jamaica, and Canada.
Unlike other products that are acquired on retail stores, Organo Gold products distributed by individual distributors who purchase them from the company's commercial station. These distributors earn a 50% discount of commission for every product they sell.
To understand emails all you have to do is send and receive, but to get more technical with marketing efforts your going to need CEO Krishen Iyer to do the job right. Krishen Iyer's company specializes in marketing services for health and insurance companies that wants to expand their lead generation services and consulting opportunities. It may seem out of the ordinary, but taking advantage of the industry leaves a great opportunity to forward such industries. These companies need a system for newsletters and updates to send out to their subscribers. I'm sure we both have seen a few of our emails filled with news on our next visit to the Doc's office. However, in order for these emails to get open there are a few rules needed to be followed for us to get attentive to reading about our medical issues we pretend don't exist. Read more about email marketing here.
Yet, Krishen Iyer has light for all of us with his company "Managed Benefit Services" they use techniques and email analytical tools to determine the best outcomes so we don't forget to stay healthy and help our fellow insurance companies waste revenue and put it to good use. As a marketing expert Krishen Iyer' need for multiple marketing streams to emerge from new organic traffic is a death toll to gaining the results they need because only one source will not produce the results industry leaders need for a more proficient business and ethical service to the clients they provide services for.
Kristen Iyer plans for his companies ability to identify " cost per acquisition needs " and special factors customers require. In the end result his plan is for his system to make it easy for customers to filter these essential components that demonstrate his companies competitive cost. As a determined entrepreneur any insurance company or medical firm wanting a taste of increase in their firms value should contact him not by call but by email. As we have already investigated in this article he knows his emails and I'm sure he will know what to say and do upon the first message when you hit send.
Boasting a high degree of proficiency and acumen, HGGC, a private equity firm, is an organization of notable prestige and honorable repute. This PE company graced the industry in 2007, at which point Steve Young, Rich Lawson, and Steve Taylor combined entrepreneurial forces in hopes of propelling HGGC to new heights. Given the company's status as a leading middle-market equity firm, Young, Taylor, and Lawson materialized their goal. Since its inception, HGGC's helped various portfolio companies find their niche in the market. What's more, they've executed countless transactions totaling $19 billion.
As strong proponents of modern methods, HGGC seeks to inject newfangled ideas into their operations. Advantaged investing is a promising trend that's slowly making its mark on the present-day corporate world. With that said, Young, Lawson, and Taylor made the savvy decision to incorporate this practice into procedures. As a result, the company's acquired keen insight into investor-operator relations. No doubt a prudent business move, HGGC is continually rewarded for their willingness to embrace ultramodern strategies. What's more, this private equity firm puts a premium on diversity. It's for this reason why they've honed their skills in various domains including acquisitions, platform investing, recapitalizations, and industrial services.
While the company is most prominently known for its vast portfolio of successes, HGGC is no stranger to controversy. Just three short years ago, Young was met with a fiasco of grand proportions. Following accusations from A. Schulman, a global plastic supplier, Young was tasked with cleaning up the mess. According to A. Schulman, Young and his partners were falsifying test results in the name of saving face. When Young denied these claims, A. Schulman filed a lawsuit for $275 million. Though the civil trial is still in the works, Young, Lawson, and Taylor are desperately trying to get through this scandal unscathed.


FRIDAY, Sept. 26, 2008 (HealthDay News) -- Babies who start eating fish before the age of 9 months have a lower risk of developing eczema, new research shows.
The study, reported in a recent issue of the Archives of Disease in Childhood also found that one in five infants suffer from the skin condition in western Sweden.
The American Academy of Pediatrics issued a recommendation in 2000 for children at risk for eczema that parents hold off on various foods until they were older, including eliminating fish until they turned 3, said Dr. Sandra McMahan, an assistant professor of internal medicine with the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine and an allergist/immunologist at Scott & White.
In 2008, the academy reversed many of those recommendations, saying that children as young as 4 months to 6 months could have various foods, including fish, as there was no convincing evidence of harm.
Now it appears fish might actually make a positive difference.
"There has been a been a fear of early fish introduction, especially in infants with a family history of allergic disease," said study author Dr. Bernt Alm, a pediatrician with The Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, University of Gothenburg in Gothenburg, Sweden. "We have been afraid that this could lead to eczema and other allergic diseases. With this new knowledge, it is possible to relieve the parents from the burden of this fear," Alm said.
The proportion of allergic disease, including atopic eczema, has increased dramatically in developed countries in recent years. Although heredity is a strong factor in the development of such conditions, environmental and dietary factors also play a role.
These findings line up with previous research showing that mothers who fill up on apples and fish during pregnancy might protect their children from developing asthma and allergic diseases.
The authors of this study relied on medical records, as well as questionnaires filled out by parents when their children were 6 months of age and 1 year. All children were born in western Sweden in 2003.
By 12 months of age, almost 21 percent of infants had eczema or had experienced it previously. The average age of onset was 4 months.
The strongest risk factor was a family history, particularly children of mothers and siblings who had had eczema.
Infants who started eating fish before 9 months of age, however, were 25 percent less likely to be affected. Children who lived in a household with a bird were also less likely to develop eczema, possibly because birds are usually kept inside, exposing children continuously to endotoxin, toxins found inside pathogens.
The type of fish consumed had no effect on the risk of developing eczema, suggesting that omega-3 fatty acids, as had been proposed earlier, had nothing to do with the benefit.
Breast-feeding, the age at which dairy products were included in the diet, and having a furry pet were neutral in their effect.
Gerber doesn't produce any fish preparations, so Alm suggested that fish be slowly introduced together with other solids, preferably in puree form at about 5 months to 6 months of age.
McMahan sees many ethnic parents, such as the Vietnamese, give fish early in a mush or stew to their children.
Given that both U.S. and European recommendations on the subject have recently been revised, added McMahan, "this gives researchers a really good opportunity to start following this and see if makes a difference or not."
The Nemours Foundation has more on eczema in children.


Who is the world's best-read writer? Arguably, it's a bloke called Han Han, a 30-year-old novelist, blogger, musician, racing driver and provocateur from China who looks like he could be in a Korean boy band. His cheeky, satirical books sell in their millions to the "post-1980s generation", and his blog posts are big news.
When the dissident Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel Prize, his post of two empty speech marks was viewed 1.5 million times. His criticism of the government often gets his posts "harmonised" (ie deleted). Last month a book of these deleted blog posts went on sale in Hong Kong and sold out in three days.
As Wen Jiabao made his final trip to the west as China's premier last week, it's worth reflecting that many of us in the west know little about China. Two of the most perplexing conversations I've had in recent months were with businesspeople from Greece and Italy who told me that Europe and America are currently involved in a war to become China's trading partner of choice in the 21st century.
They both told me (they were the chief executive of a well-known family business and a Greek businessman) that worries about the euro's potential collapse was American propaganda to destabilise the EU. The UK, I was told, is a "spy" in the European camp. They clearly saw China as a frightening and destabilising force.
This is silly. The Chinese need both Europe's solidity and America's entrepreneurialism, not to mention both their consumers. The relationship is more complex than the "war" narrative suggests. The EU recently launched an investigation into whether China is illegally boosting its solar power exports. Another into its telecoms industry is brewing. The Americans are also complaining the Chinese cars are subsidised. This is not the behaviour of woo-ers. A better analogy is one of those complicated, choreographed mating rituals that exotic birds go in for.
One interesting sub-plot in all this is that Angela Merkel insists the solar power dispute is resolved with talks, not tariffs. Merkel, whose country is dominated by family businesses and who surely speaks to their leaders often, seems to think in a collaborative, consensus-building way when dealing with China. Maybe she's recognised that in some respects it is like a German family business. Its leaders look to the long term and want steady growth. They are conservative. They want above all orderly successions. There are dynastic elements in the party – the recently purged Bo Xilai was one of the "princelings", the children of the eight elders of the party who held power in the 1980s.
Han Han recently wrote that there will be no Chinese Vaclav Havel, and no great democratic revolution there. If he is right then we should get used to the way China works – by balancing personalities, blocs, the needs of different regions, generations, industries and so on.
This is all complicated, but it's held together by a strong desire to keep things going. China works like a family – imperfectly, but it muddles through and keeps its arguments private. As we do more business with China, so international politics will come to resemble a family discussion. That means it'll be complicated, messy and hard work. But better than a war.


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Baseball | Luikart drives in seven as Hillsdale wins 20th game
By BARRY FORTUNECorrespondent
JEROMESVILLE — The game was as fun as advertised.
In a non-league matchup between two baseball teams having excellent seasons, Hillsdale pulled away from South Central (15-7) late in the contest to secure the home win, 11-4.
Briar Funk and Jay Luikart fueled the Falcon attack as Hillsdale was able to overcome an early 2-0 deficit in running its record to a superb 20-2.
After his solo home run in the second inning cut a Trojan lead in half at 2-1, Funk took center stage on the mound in the fourth inning.
With one out and a pair of Trojan runners on base, Funk retired the next two hitters in order to protect a 4-2 Falcon lead at the time. He went on to toss another two innings, allowing just one earned run on four singles.
Luikart stole some of Funk's thunder late in the affair as the talented senior smacked a pair of home runs late in the game. His fifth-inning blast was a two-run shot deep over the right field fence, only to be topped by a towering three-run dinger in the sixth inning as the Falcons tallied seven runs over the final two frames.
"That was a good game for us. South Central is a really good team," said Hillsdale coach Jason Snow. "Briar broke the ice a little bit for us and we relaxed and began hitting the ball well. A couple of balls fell in for us and we got some runs and just do what we do."
Simon Blair and Tycen Cooper gave the Trojans an early 2-0 lead with a pair of RBI singles in the first inning before Falcon starting pitcher Pete Crites settled down allowing no more damage in his 3 1-3 innings of work.
After Funk's second-inning blast, Hillsdale answered with a three-run third inning highlighted by Garrett Goodwin, Luikart and Ty Williams, who each had a double in the inning.
"I guess I am kind of a 'see ball, hit ball' batter," said Funk. "If there is a fastball, I want to jump on that pitch. I have confidence in every single one of my teammates because I know that every one of them can produce. On the mound, I really tried to focus on hitting both the inside and outside corners and that seemed to work."
"My pitcher (Evan Legg) competed his butt off tonight for us," said South Central coach Ty Dendinger. "And against a really good team. Honestly, he threw two bad pitches. The one Funk hit out was right where we wanted it and the kid put a good swing on it. Then you are probably talking about the best player in the area in Luikart. He fought off every pitch we threw and we hung a split-finger and he hit it 380 feet. Then we missed another spot the next inning and he did the same thing."
South Central did string together three consecutive singles with two outs in the sixth inning with Isaiah Seidel's poke scoring Phil Madison. But Funk recorded his fourth strikeout to end the threat.
The Trojans threatened again in the seventh inning putting a pair of runners on with no outs, but Evan Rottman entered the game for Hillsdale, retiring all three batters he faced.
Luikart's seven RBIs paved the way as the Falcons prepare for tournament action next week.
"Briar just came in and pounded the zone as he usually does," said Luikart. "He hasn't thrown a ton for us this year, but when he comes in we know we can count on him. My first at-bat was a little shaky, but after that I kind of got into a groove. I was just looking for a good pitch to drive. Finally he missed in and I took advantage of that. Watching our offense is great, especially when on the mound because you have no worries. We know that no matter what we have a great offense 1 through 9."
"I thought Crites settled down after that first inning and kind of stabilized us a little bit," said Snow. "Briar came in and did a great job. All the guys that threw today haven't got a lot of innings because of our complete games by other starters. All the guys who threw (tonight) will have to throw for us next year. But that is what we needed. To come in and settle things down.
"Guys like Jay don't come around a lot. It has been a blessing for me to coach him for this one year. But the confidence he brings whether on the mound or at-bat, he is a threat. That is his eighth home run this year and he has had a great year for us."
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Santa Clara County school board member Rosemary Kamei is the first new San Jose council candidate of the New Year, seeking to represent District 1 in West San Jose. "After careful consideration, I am jumping in," Kamei told San Jose Inside. Rosemary is vice president of innovation and former chief operating officer at Silicon Valley Education Foundation.
How Silicon Valley's Lila Rose Became the Face of Millennial Anti-Abortion Activism
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Lila Rose became an anti-abortion activist after famously making hoaxy undercover videos in hopes of getting Planned Parenthood defunded.
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The day after Donald Trump is sworn in, Silicon Valley women will join an expected 200,000 protesters at the Women's March on Washington D.C.
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Nonprofit Executives Respond to Cindy Chavez Conflict Allegations
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On March 24, Metro/San Jose Inside reported that Santa Clara Family Health Foundation (SCFHF) executive board member and officer Cindy Chavez participated in a board decision to provide $250,000 in funding to the Yes on A committee, on which she and Kathleen King—CEO of SCFHF—constituted a majority of the three-member committee. The committee subsequently turned over a large portion of the funds to the South Bay Labor Council Issues PAC and Democratic Central Committee's PAC. Because of Chavez's obvious conflicts of interest—she headed up the SBLC at the time—and the importance of a countywide sales tax increase, which will be paid by all residents, Metro/San Jose Inside felt this was a matter of public interest.
On Friday, nine nonprofit executives wrote a letter to express their thoughts on recent articles. They worry that investigative reporting could make nonprofits "the target of unfounded accusations and public reproach." Because we feel this is a useful debate to have, and because we want to give differing points of view the proper attention they deserve, we are running below the letter in full, in addition to its appearance in the comments section where it was submitted. —Editor


I first discovered the joys of Tai Chi in 1997 when I attended a local weekly class run by John Llewellyn. With two small children to look after at home my life was pretty hectic and I soon realised that just an hour of Tai Chi was enough to melt away all my stress. I also noticed my fitness improving and enjoyed the challenge of learning the Form. I qualified to teach in 2001 and was eager to pass on my knowledge.
One of the beauties of the 'art' of Tai Chi is that there is always more to learn and Chen Style Tai Chi provided an opportunity for instruction from one of the greatest living Tai Chi masters, Chen Xiaowang. I have also travelled to China to train with him in his hometown. In more recent years Grandmaster Chen's son, Chen Yingjun, has taken over the role of international mentor and I have improved and refined my skills under his excellent guidance.
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Q: Get the first space on the left of varchar SQL I have an Nvarchar column which contains 'John Smith    '
I want to divide it to 'John Smith' and '    '
Any idea how to do that? I tried the length but it don't take in consideration the left spaces

A: This function returns 2 times the string length, including the space, for an nvarchar:
DATALENGTH(@variable)

So LEFT(@variable, LEN(@variable)) and RIGHT(@variable, DATALENGTH(@variable) / 2 - LEN(@variable)) should work.
I'm assuming from your use of nvarchar that this is SQL Server...

A: Inside a query, try:
...
rtrim(MyColumn) NoTrailingSpaces,
right(MyColumn, len(MyColumn) - len(rtrim(MyColumn)) ) TrailingSpacesOnly,
...

A: -- PARSE OUT THE PADDING FROM THE DATA. REPLACE THE PADDING CHARACTER IF YOU LIKE
DECLARE @js varchar(50)
DECLARE @M INT
DECLARE @I INT
DECLARE @C CHAR
DECLARE @WORD VARCHAR(50)
DECLARE @LPAD VARCHAR(50)
DECLARE @RPAD VARCHAR(50)
DECLARE @LEFT_PADDING_CHARACTER CHAR
DECLARE @RIGHT_PADDING_CHARACTER CHAR
DECLARE @TERMINATOR_CHARACTER CHAR

-- INIT THE STRINGS
SELECT @LPAD = ''
SELECT @RPAD = ''
SELECT @WORD = ''
SELECT @LEFT_PADDING_CHARACTER = ' '
SELECT @RIGHT_PADDING_CHARACTER = ' '
SELECT @TERMINATOR_CHARACTER = '~'
SELECT @js = '    John Smith '
SELECT @js = @js + @TERMINATOR_CHARACTER    -- ADD TO CALC THE LENGTH
SELECT @I = 1                               -- FIRST CHARACTER
SELECT @M = LEN(@JS)                        -- LAST CHARACTER

WHILE @I < @M               -- PARSE OUT THE LEFT PADDING
BEGIN
    SELECT @C = SUBSTRING(@js, @I, 1)
    IF @C = @LEFT_PADDING_CHARACTER SELECT  @LPAD = @LPAD + @C
    ELSE GOTO PARSERIGHTPADDING
    SELECT @I = @I + 1
END

PARSERIGHTPADDING:
SELECT @I = LEN(@JS) -1     -- POINT TO THE LAST CHAR
SELECT @M = 1           -- POINT TO THE FIRST CHAR
SELECT @js = LTRIM(@JS)     -- TRIM OFF THE LEFT PADDING
SELECT @js = REPLACE(@js, @TERMINATOR_CHARACTER, '' -- TRIM OFF THE TERMINATOR

WHILE @M < @I               -- PARSE OUT THE RIGHT PADDING
BEGIN
    SELECT @C = SUBSTRING(@js, @I, 1)
    IF @C = @RIGHT_PADDING_CHARACTER SELECT  @RPAD = @RPAD + @C
    ELSE GOTO REMOVEPADDINGS
    SELECT @I = @I - 1
END

REMOVEPADDINGS:
SELECT  @WORD = LTRIM(RTRIM(@js))

-- SELECT THE RESULTS TO VIEW THEM @LPAD AND @RPAD SHOULD BE BLANK
SELECT @LPAD [LPAD], @WORD [WORD], @RPAD [RPAD]

A: Loot at the example:
DECLARE @js NVARCHAR(MAX) = N'John Smith '
SELECT CASE WHEN RIGHT(@js, 1) = NCHAR(32) THEN SUBSTRING(@js, 1, DATALENGTH(@js)/2-1) ELSE @js END JohnSmith,
 CASE WHEN RIGHT(@js, 1) = NCHAR(32) THEN NCHAR(32) ELSE N'' END Space

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Debt is Canadians' top financial worry as 2020 dawns, poll says
Survey suggests 60% of Canadians think they could be managing their money better
A CIBC sign is shown in the financial district in Toronto on August 22, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
A year-end CIBC poll finds debt is weighing heavily on the minds of Canadians, with nearly four in five respondents rating it more important to address than building their savings.
The online survey also finds that 71 per cent of respondents say they avoided borrowing money in 2019.
The same number say they are concerned about the rising costs of household goods going into 2020 and about 55 per cent say they fear a potential economic recession in the new year.
Debt repayment led the list of concerns in the survey for the 10th year in a row, CIBC says, with about 78 per cent rating it more important than saving. Meanwhile, about 33 per cent worry they are falling behind on building a nest egg by focusing too much on paying back money owed.
CIBC says about 60 per cent of Canadians polled agreed there are likely better ways to manage their money than those they are currently employing.
The online poll conducted between Dec. 6 and 8 gathered responses from 1,515 Canadian adults.
"Debt repayment doesn't need to be worrisome. It needs to be managed," said Jamie Golombek, managing director, CIBC financial planning and advice, in a news release.
"But, it shouldn't come at the expense of savings. A strong financial plan incorporates debt management strategies, savings for financial goals, and a balanced portfolio with investments designed to make money in all market conditions."
RELATED: Zombie debt will haunt more Canadians as scourge of indebtedness rises, experts say
According to the polling industry's generally accepted standards, online surveys cannot be assigned a margin of error because they do not randomly sample the population.
Full weight of B.C.'s employer health tax to be felt in 2020
EI premiums to fall in 2020 for workers and employers
COVID-19 vaccine supply delayed for Kitamaat Village
Supply could not be guaranteed for the Village with the current national Pfizer-BioNTech shortage
Temporary school bus route changes for Cablecar, Kitamaat Village
The two routes will be combined for Jan. 21 and 22 due to a bus driver shortage
Haisla Bridge traffic impacted due to District work
The bridge will be single lane traffic overnights from Jan. 20 to 23


If the Audi Q5 is not looking in showroom gleaming condition that is because it has been doing what its designed to do. In this case it has been driven around the country lanes of the South Downs to visit some of the wonderful shooting country for which the Cowdray Estate is renowned, including the famous 'chalk-pits' drive at Cocking. Be assured that the Navarra Blue paintwork with black leather Alcantara sport front seats is a very pleasing combination, in fact the Audi Q5 delivers on the 'looks front' in abundance.
Audi have combined clean elegant lines on this 2017 model, having made it slightly larger than the previous version and added more technology – there's a head up display, adaptive LED headlamps and the Virtual Cockpit. However, larger doesn't mean heavier – in reality due to the use of aluminium throughout the body work this Audi Q5 is 90 kgs lighter resulting in better performance, braking, handling and efficiency.
Better efficiency by way of fuel consumption and lower CO2 has been achieved by their latest development of the company's famous all-wheel-drive system. It works by allowing the engine to drive just the front wheels most of the time. When the extra grip from all-wheel drive is needed due to changing conditions, power is sent to the rear wheels via two clutches – one mounted to the car's gearbox, the other to the rear axle. This takes only 200 milliseconds for power to flow to the rear and shift the engine's torque between all four wheels to keep you pointing in a straight line. Not only does this help improve fuel economy but it helps reduce unnecessary wear and tear on the engine and gearbox.
So all this is good for everyday driving but as mentioned earlier, we put the Audi Q5 through its paces off road and the efficiency and comfort was improved by engaging the optional air suspension which allows you to raise the ride height.
These new technologies seem to have worked as the 2017 Audi Q5's combined MPG is officially up by 16%, while CO2 emissions are down by 15% – all this and better acceleration to boot.
Having driven many Audis it is reassuring to find the Multi Media Interface (MMI) is very much the same across all models although with added sophistication on the higher spec cars. On this Q5 there is a large central screen with a controller on the central console and a control pad with adorning buttons enabling easy navigation through the myriad systems – definitely need to read the owner's handbook to discover all its functions!
On a practical point the front of the Q5 feels impressively spacious with plenty of space for those items we all travel with – phones, keys, wallets, handbags and water bottles and the seating position in front provides acres of space if you're tall and room for two lofty people in the back with plenty of head room – in fact three can sit very comfortably there.
To the boot – as a family car the boot provides plenty of space for three offsprings and/or for the golf clubs and when needed the boot space can be extended further by folding the rear seats to increase the loading area to an impressive 1550 litres. Loading large items is made easy thanks to a power-operated tailgate fitted as standard.
We have driven many of the Audi range of cars and have yet to be disappointed. This Audi Q5 with the 2.0 TDI Quattro 190 PS S line S Tronic spec comes in at £45,000 but whilst it may only cost a quarter of the price of a Bentley Bentayga, it is certainly not 75% less of a car.


Discomfort in the ears and dizziness occur in people often enough. These manifestations can talk about different pathologies. To determine the reasons for the deviations, you need to contact a specialist who will conduct a detailed diagnosis.
About abnormal noise in the ears, this is the case if external stimuli are absent. The nature of sounds can be different - hissing, buzzing, harsh, deaf. To establish the causes of these manifestations without special procedures is quite difficult.
After initial consultation of a therapist or an otolaryngologist, there are usually several assumptions about the causes of the problems.
is non-ablative - sounds appear during abnormal excitation.
two-sided - sounds are felt in both ears.
It is impossible to speak of the development of these signs as an independent disease. All these manifestations indicate the development of other disorders - anemia, hypertension, atherosclerosis, etc.
To the occurrence of noise in the ears often lead to damage to the hearing organ or the formation of sulfur plugs. In this situation, people feel ringing in the ears, hearing problems. With adequate diagnosis and therapy, the manifestations will disappear in just a few days.
Ménière's disease is a more serious cause of such symptoms. This pathology affects the inner ear. In this case, liquid accumulates in its structure, which manifests itself in the form of noise in the ears, dizziness, coordination problems. Quite often people complain about nausea and pressure drops.
With increasing blood pressure, there is often a sense of extraneous noise in the ears. Dizziness and nausea may also occur.
This is often characterized by headaches. At high pressures, there is a risk of vomiting.
Increased intracranial pressure leads to problems in the brain. Such dizziness is accompanied by weakness, nausea, fatigue, heaviness in the head. Many people complain about noise in the head, manifestations of vegetative dystonia, headaches in the back of the head.
Migraine is one of the causes of headache, ear infections and dizziness. Disease is the result of temporary narrowing and widening of the cerebral arteries. With its development, there is a risk of swelling of the tissues and even abnormal changes in the brain.
Migraines cause different pathologies - viral infections, increased pressure, allergic reactions, stressful situations. Sometimes she talks about the tumor processes in her head.
The occurrence of noise, pressure changes, dizziness may be due to impaired blood circulation. This problem usually becomes a consequence of atherosclerosis. With the development of this disease, fatty plaques are deposited on the vessels, making them more fragile. As a consequence, there are problems with the influx of blood to the brain, which leads to the destruction of its vessels.
Dizziness and ear congestion are often caused by cervical osteochondrosis. As the cervical vertebra deforms, the compression of the vertebral artery progresses.
As a result, there is a shortage of blood to the brain, which manifests itself in the form of dizziness, impaired coordination of movements, deterioration of visual acuity. People often have a noise in their ears.
Sometimes these manifestations indicate tumor lesions of the brain. This can be manifested in the form of increased drowsiness, vomiting, nausea. Also, there may be ruptures in the membrane of the labyrinth, which entails the ingress of fluid into the middle ear from the inner ear.
The occurrence of tinnitus and its combination with gait disturbance, dizziness, numbness of the legs may indicate a serious anomaly - multiple sclerosis. This ailment can occur in fairly young people.
Often, depressive states and neurotic disorders can mimic dangerous diseases. In this case, there is an ear infection, dizziness, fatigue. After eliminating the provoking factor, the well-being improves significantly.
To prevent such problems in the future, it is necessary to prevent the impact of stressful situations. In such a situation it is very important to analyze your condition in a timely manner.
medications Noises and ringing in the ears often occur when taking ototoxic antibiotics - they include gentamicin, streptomycin. Also, the reason may lie in the use of some diuretic drugs or herbs that are used to reduce pressure.
Almost any traumatic brain damage can lead to unpleasant health effects that are manifested as tinnitus or dizziness.
In case of similar symptoms, you should immediately contact an ENT doctor. The specialist will conduct a survey and will be able to identify pathologies in the ear. If there are no such anomalies, one should visit the narrow specialists.
To determine the causes of noise in the ears and dizziness, you can contact the therapist and the otolaryngologist. It may be necessary to consult a neurologist and other specialists.
When noise in the ears, you should always consult a doctor who can eliminate dangerous pathologies. With vascular deviations, dizziness and noise can talk about problems with blood circulation in the brain. Sometimes they even become a symptom of a stroke. In this situation, urgent measures must be taken.
pain combination with neurologic abnormalities and impaired consciousness.
The forecast directly depends on the cause of such signs. In any case, the sooner the therapy is started, the more favorable the outcome will be. If you do not do it in time, there is a risk of hearing loss and other dangerous consequences.
The appearance of tinnitus in combination with dizziness may be a sign of serious pathologies. To establish the causes of this condition, it is very important to consult a doctor in a timely manner, who will conduct a thorough diagnosis.


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Josh Werner – Mode For Titan
By RingMaster Review on November 25, 2020 • ( 0 )
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Since our ears first relished the temptation of music it is the rhythmic character and manipulation of the bass which has so often been behind the initiation seed of attraction. Over the years bass led, guitar less propositions have further fuelled that appetite, the likes of MoRkObOt, Royal Blood, and Lightning Bolt especially compelling for us as they have pushed the envelope. So there was an instinctive draw towards the debut solo album from American bassist, painter and experimental dreamweaver Josh Werner. Whereas the trio mentioned craft unique incitements that twist the conventional aspects of metal and rock Werner shares the rich intimation and melodic beauty that the instrument can also bear and it makes for one of the year's most fascinating and inspiring encounters, Mode For Titan.
Werner is renowned and acclaimed for his work with the likes of Ghostface Killer, CocoRosie, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Cibo Matto, PopCaan, James Brandon Lewis, Matisyahu, Sly and Robbie, Wu Tang Clan and TV On The Radio's Tunde Adebimpe and the individual craft he has brought to an eclectic list of styles. Mode For Titan sees New York based Werner present a collection of instrumentals which consume and inspire the imagination, each minimalistic in their bass only spun proposals though with a weave of gentle electronic nuances and fascination for company but thick in radiant elegance and atmospheric intimation. With a variety of basses embraced including the sitar bass, seven-string and fretless bass, and a kaleidoscope of styles and flavours woven together, the album proved a feast for the senses and passions from start to finish and with every listen enchantment has flourished.
Released via M.O.D. Reloaded, the label owned by legendary bassist /producer Bill Laswell who co-produced the album with Werner, Mode For Titan immediately seduced keen attention with opener Traversal. Its first breath is a warm embrace of the senses, a reassuring and suggestive caress lined with darker hues as basses reveal their grace and intimation, the track only expanding its rapture and secrets within a compelling journey.
The passage through The Crossing is just as captivating, it too hinting at darker shadows around cosmopolitan magnificence within its low key but thought enriching flight whilst Subversion celebrates its entanglement with the unexpected and defiant with a dub/ska flavoured stroll. From feet and hips to the imagination there was no resisting its flirtation and intimating lures, its temptation under the skin in quick time and only burrowing deeper.
The album's title track has a jazz funk nurtured breath to its shuffle, Werner skilfully making another bass pulsate and sing in the ears whilst weaving a dreamy and rather mercurial landscape to explore before Quiet Star with progressive rock scented hues teased and smooched with the senses and the following Arcane Path ventured down its melancholic yet again enchanting movement of emotive incitement. Each had the imagination conjuring once more, the shadows wrapping the third as poetic as the melodic sighs; Werner once more revealing and revelling in the versatility of the bass.
It is fair to say that keys do provide a potent essence in the adventures of Mode For Titan but only as additional colouring to the palette and craft of the bass as epitomised by Light Of Other Suns, a track seeded in electronic breezes but realised and infectiously seducing though Werner's inventive pull on steel strings. The track is superb, one of many intensely favourite moments discovered and soon joined by the intrigue soaked, dub courting Danger Road and the following Free Matter with its soulful intimacy. The first of the pair teases and toys with thoughts whilst manipulating the body's movement, a post punk hue which is never too far away from most pieces extra relish on the pleasure. Its successor is a look into a calm yet seemingly melancholic heart, another track to interpret as instincts suggest and for ears to warmly embrace.
Through the compelling New Compass and its web like body and the provocative breath and soundscape of Ship Of Theseus, Werner continued to enthral and orchestrate the imagination, the latter's evolution riveting and questioning as it themes its deliberations to question our thoughts.
Concluding with A Return and its haunting cast of minimalistic textures and richly dramatic enterprise, Mode For Titan relentlessly beguiled and pleasured throughout. With instrumental releases we have to feel fully involved in some way or another to connect and fair to say that Josh Werner had us wonderfully entangled from his first notes.
Mode For Titan is out now via M.O.D. Reloaded, available on CD and digitally everywhere, including Apple Music, Amazon and Spotify and @ https://modreloaded.bandcamp.com/album/mode-for-titan
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Hidden in a vault, located somewhere in the creative mind of Eric Ross, lay five full phase routines that deal with everyday objects and people. Five professionally designed and tested close up magic effects. Effects Eric has kept close to him for years. What if we could somehow get Eric to release those five effects? Track him down, and beat them out of him? Then we would end up with a video that looks something like this!
Link - Eric's Crazy Shoelace illusion. Make the loop of your lace magically link to the loop of the spectator's shoelace.
Watermark - A crazy illusion using a borrowed dollar bill. Imagine changing the "watermark" in a bill, into a revelation.
Canfuse - Magically link a borrowed ring onto a borrowed soda can tab. Everything examinable.
The Band Thing - Eric's Insane Rubber band and deck routine.
The Ross Waltz - Eric's Handling of the classic "Anniversary Waltz" using two different color decks.
All effects on this DVD were created and taught in detail by Eric Ross.