WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday allowed a challenge to an Ohio law banning lies in political campaigns to move forward, turned back a challenge to a law concerning gun purchases and refused to hear a case about holding high school graduations in churches.
The court ruled unanimously that two advocacy groups could challenge an Ohio law that makes it a crime to make knowingly or recklessly false statements about political candidates that are intended to help elect or defeat them. The first offense could lead to six months in jail and the second could lead to disenfranchisement.
Lower courts had dismissed the case, saying the groups seeking the challenge had not faced imminent harm sufficient to give them standing to sue. Justice Clarence Thomas, writing for the court, said the groups "have alleged a credible threat of enforcement" of the law and so were not barred from pursuing their challenge to it.
The case was brought by Susan B. Anthony List, an anti-abortion group, and Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes.
The Supreme Court took no position on the truth of that statement.
Mr. Driehaus filed a complaint against the anti-abortion group with the Ohio Elections Commission, which makes preliminary determinations and can recommend criminal prosecutions. It issued a finding of probable cause that the group had violated the law.
Mr. Driehaus dropped his complaint after he lost the election and before the case had gotten much further.
The federal appeals court in Cincinnati dismissed the groups' suit challenging the law, saying they no longer had anything to worry about.
In his opinion reversing that ruling, Justice Thomas said the groups had shown that they intended to repeat their critique of the Affordable Care Act against other candidates and that "the threat of future enforcement of the false statement statute is substantial." That meant, he said, that their lawsuit could move forward.
The case is Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus, No. 13-193.
By a 5-to-4 vote, the court allowed a prosecution under a federal law that requires gun buyers to disclose that they are making their purchase for someone else, even if both the straw buyer and the real one are eligible to own guns.
The case involved Bruce Abramski, a former police officer in Virginia who bought a handgun for his uncle, Angel Alvarez, who lived in Pennsylvania. At the gun store, Mr. Abramski filled out a federal form indicating that he was buying the gun for himself.
Mr. Abramski pleaded guilty to making a false statement but reserved the right to appeal. He was sentenced to five years of probation.
Writing for the majority in a case that divided the court's more liberal members from its more conservative ones, Justice Elena Kagan rejected Mr. Abramski's argument that his misstatement had been immaterial because the federal law meant only to make sure that the immediate buyer was eligible to own a gun.
"Abramski's reading would undermine — indeed, for all important purposes, would virtually repeal — the gun law's core provisions," she wrote, including ones meant to keep firearms out of the wrong hands and to help investigate serious crimes.
Justices Anthony M. Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor joined the majority opinion.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. joined the dissent in the case, Abramski v. United States, No. 12-1493.
The court said it would not hear a case about whether high school graduation ceremonies held in a church violated the First Amendment's prohibition of government establishment of religion.
The court's order gave no reasons. Justice Scalia, joined by Justice Thomas, dissented, saying the court should have heard the case or sent it back to the lower courts for reconsideration in light of the Supreme Court's decision last month allowing prayers at town board meetings.
Justice Scalia said he knew that some might be offended by the religious symbols in a church.
But that sort of offense, Justice Scalia continued, was not a problem under the First Amendment.
The case, Elmbrook School District v. Doe, No. 12-755, arose from graduation ceremonies held by two public high schools in Brookfield, Wis., at Elmbrook Church, an evangelical Christian institution. Administrators said they chose the church for its comfortable seats, air-conditioning and ample parking.
In 2012, a divided 10-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, in Chicago, ruled that the religious symbols in the church, including a large cross and pews filled with Bibles and hymnals, made it an inappropriate setting.


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Tree of Dreams by Laura Resau (2019)
There is nowhere in the world seventh grader Coco Hidden loves more than El Corazón, the bean-to-bar chocolate shop she and her mom run in her small Colorado hometown of Heartbeat Springs. Even when her best friend, Leo, stops talking to her, she can find reassurance in her favorite food: chocolate. Nothing in her world seems concrete, but she's sure she'll never lose El Corazón.
But then her mom tells her they'll have to close the chocolate shop. Coco is certain that if she she'll be able to save it if she can find a ceiba tree which has been haunting her dreams. But she's never even left Colorado—how is she supposed to get to the Amazon rainforest?
Before long, Coco finds herself on an astonishing trip to the Ecuadorian Amazon with Leo and Gali Gallo, her elderly inventor-neighbor who has secrets of his own. But this small, unexpected bit of hope is deeply threatened. The jungle is being destroyed by loggers and oil-drillers who don't consider the trees they're cutting down or the ecosystems they're destroying. Will Coco be able to find the ceiba tree and rescue El Corazón before it's destroyed forever?
Tree of Dreams was an amazing book, simultaneously funny and deep. It confronts the damage being done to rainforests in a deeply relatable and unusual way—instead of feeling as though this was the reason Laura Resau wrote this book, it simply read like something which was drawn from it, in a very powerful way.
However, you don't have to be looking for that to love this book! Coco is a funny, relatable heroine with complicated relationships and a deep love of chocolate. The settings—particularly the rainforest—felt completely real to me. All in all, I would highly recommend Tree of Dreams to a wide range of readers ages nine and up: to people who love rainforest conservation, readers who love stories about kids and their adventures, and, of course, anyone who loves chocolate!
Ghosted by Leslie Margolis (2018)
By Contributing Reviewer FalconX, Age 11
Thirteen-year-old Ellie Charles is the prettiest, smartest, has the best fashion sense, and is the most popular kid at Lincoln Heights Middle School. She used to be best friends with a girl named Marley, but that fell apart after she moved away. Marley was sweet and understanding, didn't care about fashion, and always knew the right thing to say to comfort Ellie about her parents' frequent fights. Her parent's divorce when she was nine turned Ellie bitter, and she taught herself a lesson she believed was the way to go: The more people feared her, the more people would respect her. Ellie is the head of the most important councils, committees, and clubs at the school, but she uses her power to bully, manipulate, and reduce people to tears; all in order for her to dominate even more of the school. Then, on the night of the big winter dance, Ellie has a terrifying accident, after which she meets a girl, seemingly a ghost, dressed all in black. The "ghost girl" forces Ellie to go through her past, present, and future, reliving the things she has done wrong and the things she will do wrong. The worst memory was not her parents' divorce, but her fight and falling apart with Marley, her former best friend.
Ghosted is a suspenseful, well written book that describes Ellie's past life in amazing detail. Leslie Margolis combines the heartbreak and bitterness of a divorce, realizing what you've done wrong, and what it feels like to have all the power and adoration at your school. I liked this book especially because it was told from the bully's point of view, rather than the other way around, which it usually is. It shows that even though on the outside, bullies seem tough, mean; and like nothing can stop them, but in reality they are scared, or acting that way because of an incident in the past, or maybe because the bullies themselves are being bullied. I would recommend this book to kids age twelve and up, who are looking for a good mystery with a startling reveal at the end.
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang (2018)
Everyone knows that the Crown Prince Sebastian is hosting a ball to look for the perfect bride. Young ladies squeal over invitations, shops are selling out of ball gowns, and seamstresses are working day and night to keep up with the demand. Frances, a seamstress, is asked to design a dress for Lady Sophia, who is in need of a dress for the ball. However, Lady Sophia is in a bad mood, and she says something to Frances: "Make me look like the devil's wench."
Frances, intrigued by this idea, designs a daringly short black dress of thin chiffon and lace, unlike the colorful sweeping skirts of the other ladies at the ball, and her dress is noticed by all. Including the Crown Prince Sebastian, hidden behind a curtain. Secretly, the prince dreams of wearing something like that.
Frances is offered the chance of a lifetime by Sebastian's personal assistant. She doesn't realize the person she's designing for is a boy, much less the Crown Prince. During the day, Sebastian plays the charming prince, finding a bride, while at night, he goes out in secret in dresses and a wig; and Paris knows him as Lady Crystallia, the "woman" whose dresses and fashion sense is admired everywhere.
Frances is one of the only two people that know Sebastian's secret. But as she keeps designing dresses for the prince, it gets harder and harder to keep his secret. How long can she keep it quiet for her friend before someone finds out?
The Prince and the Dressmaker was a beautifully illustrated graphic novel full of vivid pictures and amazing facial expressions. Jen Wang spins a tale of friendship, courage, and the confidence to embrace one's identity. Frances and Sebastian are characters you will never forget, making you cry and laugh all throughout the book. It mixes suspense, mystery, and just plain fun into the story, making it an unforgettable read. I loved how well the characters' personalities were displayed; through the illustrations, actions, and way they talked. This book explains that no matter who you are, you are free to dress, to act like who you want to be.
I would recommend this book to readers age twelve and up, who enjoy a good, sweet tale set in Paris.
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Venezuela's PDVSA Mortgages US Refinery Citgo to Russia's Rosneft
Venezuela has mortgaged the remaining 49.9% of Citgo Holding Inc. to Russia state-controlled oil company Rosneft.
CARACAS - A Delaware Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) filing against Citgo parent PDV Holding, Inc. on November 30 reveals that Venezuela has secretly mortgaged their Citgo refineries in the United States to Russia's state-controlled oil company Rosneft.
Redd Intelligence uncovered the UCC filing and broke the news.
CITGO - A Strategic Asset?
PDV Holding Inc., owned by Venezuela state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), owns Citgo Holding Inc., which in turn, owns Citgo Petroleum Corporation, which has 3 refineries and pipelines throughout the United States.
The lien means that should Citgo or PDVSA default, Russia's state-controlled oil company Rosneft could end up owning strategically important oil refineries and pipelines in the United States.
Citgo owns oil and gas pipelines throughout the country as well as oil refineries in Corpus Christi, Texas; Lake Charles, Louisiana; and Lemont, Illinois (outside of Chicago). Citgo's refineries can refine 749,000 barrels per day and the Lake Charles refinery is the sixth largest refining facility in the U.S.
UCC FILING
The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) filing is used to protect creditors and let other potential creditors know that they have an interest in the asset.
According to the copy obtained by the Latin American Herald Tribune, the UCC "Financing Statement" was filed by "secured creditor" "Rosneft Trading S.A., Place du Lac, 2, Geneva, Switzerland" on November 30 against 49.9% of the shares of Citgo Holding Inc.
Steven Bodzin, one of the leading investigative reporters on Latin America who uncovered the filing and broke the story for REDD Intelligence, reported that cash-strapped PDVSA mortgaged 49.9% of Citgo to Rosneft for a $1.5 billion loan.
CITGO MORTGAGES 50.1%
In October, in addition to a 20% bonus, PDVSA used 50.1% of Citgo Holding Inc. as collateral to induce $2.8 billion of holders of PDVSA debt maturing within the year to extend into a new 4 year amortizing bond. As a result, should PDVSA default, the holders of the new $3.4 billion PDVSA 8.5% of 2020 would be able to take 50.1% of Citgo Holding Inc.
The Rosneft filing means that 100% of Citgo Holding is now encumbered and potentially at risk.
Russ Dallen of the Venezuela Opportunity Fund , who helped investigate the secret investment, points out that on November 30, Venezuela's reserves went up $891 million and that analysts have been unable to account for where the money came from, leading to the possibility that it could have been the remainder of the loan from Rosneft. PDVSA was late paying the almost $3 billion in bond debt that it owed in November, with the last $146 million that was due on November 17 being paid to bondholders two weeks late on November 30 and December 1.
Dallen also noted that PDVSA hinted and foreshadowed during a conference call with potential investors that he participated in for the new collateralized PDVSA 2020 in October that Venezuela was free to utilize the other 49.9% of Citgo Holding in response to a question.
Eulogio del Pino, PDVSA head and Venezuela Oil Minister, along with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodríguez met on November 20 with the head of Russia's Rosneft Igor Sechin to "strengthen the cooperation agenda between the two oil companies."
"We continue consolidating strategic alliances between Pdvsa and Rosneft. Important meetings will be held in the next hours," Del Pino posted on his Twitter account.
Del Pino also met with Rosneft Vice-President Eric Maurice Liron to track joint projects, according to Venezuela's state-run news agency AVN.
Rosneft is a minority shareholder in five joint crude oil-producing companies in Venezuela: Petro Miranda, Petro Victoria, Petro Perijá, Petro Monagas and Boquerón.
RUSSIA'S EXPANDING ENERGY FOOTHOLD
In 2010, Venezuela President Hugo Chavez sold PDVSA's stakes in 4 Ruhr oil refineries in Germany to Rosneft for $1.6 billion, giving Rosneft a key foothold in the European market.
Founded in 1992, Rosenft became the world's biggest oil and gas producer by volume (5.2 million barrels per day) through acquiring others. In 2004, Rosneft took over competitor Yukos after Vladimir Putin jailed Yukos head Mikhail Khodorkovsky and in 2013 Rosneft took over TNK.
In 2014, Rosneft took over Bashneft after its owner, too, was arrested.
BP owns 19.75% and a consortium of mining and trading firm Glencore and the Qatar Investment Authority just paid Russia $11.3 billion for 19.5% of Rosneft. Another 10.75% floats on the Russian stock exchange.
The Russian government owns the remaining 50% of Rosneft, and Rosneft head Igor Sechin is a long-time ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In October, Rosneft acquired Indian refiner Essar Oil in a $13 billion deal. The transaction included India's second-largest refinery at Vadinar (400,000 bpd), as well as port terminals, power plants and pumps.
Earlier this month, Rosneft acquired 30% of the Shourouk concession in Egypt and its supergiant offshore Zohr gas field from Italy's Eni SPA for $1.575 billion.
In spite of European and U.S. sanctions on Rosneft and its head Sechin over the annexation of Crimea, Dallen points out that Rosneft has made billions of dollars in overseas acquisitions this year in addition to raising billions from an equity sale to Glencore and Qatar.
"Even as sanctions against them continue to be renewed, it is clear that the Russians are using Rosneft to further Putin's geopolitical ambitions," says Dallen. "But will the U.S. government stand for a country with which we have an increasingly adversarial relationship owning strategic energy assets in the United States? It could be an early test for a Trump administration that has seemingly conflicting viewpoints and relationships with Russia."
Dallen pointed out that this deal was signed after Trump was elected.
CITGO SUED FOR FRAUDULENT TRANSFER
Citgo is already being sued in Delaware in separate suits by both ConocoPhillips and Crystallex under Delaware's Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, alleging that Citgo, PDVSA and Venezuela "fraudulently transferred" $2.8 billion in Citgo assets out of the U.S.A. to avoid billions of dollars of claims by creditors. The lawsuits are ongoing.
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Civil Aviation (Safety) Levies Amendment Order 2017
Reprint as at 20 June 2018
Patsy Reddy, Governor-General
At Wellington this 29th day of May 2017
Her Excellency the Governor-General in Council
This order is administered by the Ministry of Transport.
This order is made under section 42A of the Civil Aviation Act 1990—
on the recommendation of the Minister of Transport made—
at the request and with the concurrence of the Civil Aviation Authority; and
after being satisfied about the matters specified in subsection (3)(b) and (c) of that section.
5 New clause 3A inserted (Transitional, savings, and related provisions)
3A Transitional, savings, and related provisions
6 Clause 5 amended (Domestic air passenger operators must pay domestic passenger levy)
7 Clause 5A amended (Holder of Australian AOC with ANZA privileges must pay domestic passenger levy)
8 Clause 9 amended (International operators must pay departing international passenger levy)
9 Clause 10 replaced (Aviation operators must pay participation levy)
10 Aviation operators must pay participation levy
10 New clauses 10A to 10D inserted
10A Definitions and application
10B Certificate holders must file quarterly return
10C Certificate holders must pay operations safety levies quarterly
10D Treatment of part tonnes or part hours
11 Clause 12 replaced (GST included)
12 Levies exclusive of GST
12 New Schedule 1AA inserted
13 New Schedule 2 inserted
New Schedules 1AA and 2 inserted
This order is the Civil Aviation (Safety) Levies Amendment Order 2017.
This order comes into force on 1 July 2017.
Order: confirmed, on 20 June 2018, by section 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Confirmation Act 2018 (2018 No 11).
This order amends the Civil Aviation (Safety) Levies Order 2002 (the principal order).
In clause 3(1), insert in their appropriate alphabetical order:
agricultural product means an agricultural chemical or other substance intended for plant nourishment, soil treatment, propagation of plant life, or pest control
freight means any property carried on an aircraft from one location for the purpose of being unloaded at another location
In clause 3(2)(b), before the first instance of "a reference to a certificate" , insert "except in clauses 10A to 10C and Schedule 2," .
After clause 3, insert:
The transitional, savings, and related provisions set out in Schedule 1AA have effect according to their terms.
In clause 5(1), replace "$1.97" with "$1.60" .
In clause 5A(2), replace "$1.78" with "$1.57" .
Replace clause 10 with:
In this clause,—
financial year means a period that begins on 1 July and ends on the following 30 June
operable, in relation to an aircraft, means that the aircraft is capable of being used for any purpose for which it is authorised to be used under a certificate
pro-rating commencement date means,—
in any case to which subclause (6)(a) applies, the date in the applicable financial year on which the aircraft was registered; and
in any case to which subclause (6)(b) or (c) applies, the date in the applicable financial year on which the aircraft became operable
registered, in relation to an aircraft, means that a certificate of registration has been issued under section 9(1) of the Act for the aircraft and continues to be valid.
Application exceptions
This clause does not apply with respect to an aircraft for a financial year if, at the commencement of the financial year,—
its aviation operator is a domestic air passenger operator; or
its aviation operator holds an Australian AOC with ANZA privileges.
If the number of passengers carried by an aviation operator in any 12-month period is greater than 20 000, then, as at the commencement of the next 12-month period, the operator must be regarded as a domestic air passenger operator for the purposes of clause 5 and is liable to pay the domestic passenger levy instead of the participation levy.
Full levy
A participation levy is payable for a financial year for an aircraft if,—
at the commencement of the financial year, the aircraft is both registered and operable; or
all of the following are true:
at the commencement of the financial year, the aircraft is registered but not operable:
a full or pro-rated participation levy was paid for the aircraft for the preceding financial year:
the aircraft becomes operable before 1 October of the financial year.
The participation levy under subclause (4) for a financial year—
is determined by selecting, in the first column of Schedule 1, the category to which the aviation operator's aircraft belongs and referring to the amount in the corresponding row of the second column of that schedule; and
is payable for an aircraft by the person who is its aviation operator,—
in any case to which subclause (4)(a) applies, at the commencement of the financial year; and
in any case to which subclause (4)(b) applies, at the date on which the aircraft becomes operable.
Pro-rated levy
A pro-rated participation levy is payable in respect of an aircraft for a financial year if,—
at the commencement of the financial year, the aircraft is not registered, but on any day before the end of the financial year, the aircraft becomes registered; or
the aircraft becomes operable on or after 1 October of the financial year; or
no participation levy was paid for the aircraft for the preceding financial year:
the aircraft becomes operable during the financial year.
The pro-rated participation levy is determined in accordance with the following formula:
a × b ÷ 365 = c
is the amount of the full year's participation levy that would have been payable if subclause (4) applied
is the number of days in the period beginning on the pro-rating commencement date and ending on the next occurrence of 30 June
is the pro-rated participation levy amount.
The pro-rated participation levy under subclause (6) for a financial year is payable for an aircraft by the person who is its aviation operator on the pro-rating commencement date.
Authority to fix payable dates
The Authority may fix the dates by which participation levies are payable by specifying within how many days after the following dates the levies must be paid:
for cases to which subclause (4)(a) applies, 1 July of a financial year; and
for cases to which subclause (4)(b) or (6)(b) or (c) applies, the date on which the aircraft becomes operable; and
for cases to which subclause (6)(a) applies, the date on which the aircraft becomes registered.
After clause 10, insert:
In clauses 10B and 10C,—
certificate means a certificate issued under any of Parts 115, 119, 129, and 137
certificate holder means a person to whom a certificate has been issued.
Clauses 10B to 10D do not apply with regard to—
a certificate issued under Part 119 if the holder is a domestic air passenger operator who is liable to pay a domestic passenger levy; or
operations or flights that are conducted under a certificate issued under Part 129 and that are subject to a domestic passenger levy or a departing international passenger levy.
A certificate holder must file a return with the Authority for each quarter of a financial year in relation to each certificate the holder holds in that quarter in accordance with the following:
Period covered by return
Date return is due
1 July to 30 September 1 November
1 October to 31 December 1 February
1 January to 31 March 1 May
1 April to 30 June 1 August
The return must include the following information:
in the case of a certificate issued under Part 115,—
the total numbers of tandem parachute descents, tandem hang glider flights, and tandem paraglider flights conducted under the authority of the certificate in the quarter, aggregated and reported by parachute, hang glider, or paraglider used; and
the total number of hours flown for all other operations, excluding parachute-drop aircraft operations, conducted under the authority of the certificate in the quarter, aggregated and reported by aircraft; and
for freight-only flight operations, the total number of tonnes of freight on board at departures conducted under the authority of the certificate, aggregated and reported by aircraft; and
for all other operations conducted under the authority of the certificate, the total number of hours flown—
in operations conducted under Part 121, aggregated and reported by aircraft; and
in the case of a certificate issued under Part 129, the total number of tonnes of freight on board at departure from a New Zealand airport in freight-only flight operations, aggregated and reported by aircraft; and
in the case of a certificate issued under Part 137, the total number of tonnes of agricultural product dispensed in operations conducted under the authority of the certificate.
The certificate holder must keep all the holder's records related to the subject matter of the return for a period of not less than 7 years, and make them available to the Authority on request.
A certificate holder must, for each certificate for which a return is required under clause 10B, pay operations safety levies for each quarter referred to in clause 10B(1) calculated in accordance with this clause and Schedule 2.
The levy amount for a quarter for a holder of a certificate issued under Part 115 is the total of—
the amount for operations described as category A operations in the first column of Schedule 2 calculated in accordance with the instructions in the corresponding row of the third or fourth column of the schedule, according to the time period to which operations relate; and
the amount or amounts for operations described as category B operations in the first column of Schedule 2 calculated by—
selecting in the second column of the schedule the subcategory or subcategories of aircraft used in the operations; and
for each subcategory selected, applying the instructions in the corresponding row of the third or fourth column of the schedule, according to the time period to which operations relate.
The levy amount for a quarter for a holder of a certificate issued under Part 137 is the amount for operations described as category C operations in the first column of Schedule 2 calculated by—
selecting in the second column of the schedule the subcategory applicable to the certificate holder; and
for the subcategory selected, applying the instructions in the corresponding row of the third or fourth column of the schedule, according to the time period to which operations relate.
the amount for operations described as category D operations in the first column of Schedule 2 calculated by—
for the subcategory selected, applying the instructions in the corresponding row of the third or fourth column of the schedule, according to the time period to which operations relate; and
the amount or amounts for operations described as category E operations in the first column of the schedule calculated by—
The levy amount for a quarter for a holder of a certificate issued under Part 129 is the amount for operations described as category D operations in the first column of Schedule 2 calculated by—
In calculating the amounts for operations described as category C or category D operations in the first column of Schedule 2, the Authority must,—
for the first 3 quarters in any financial year, calculate the amounts on the basis of the Authority's reasonable estimate of the tonnes of agricultural product that will be applied under the relevant certificate in the financial year or the tonnes of freight that will be carried under the relevant certificate in the financial year in order to select the appropriate subcategory in the second column of the schedule; and
after the end of the financial year,—
calculate any amounts for category C and category D operations in the final quarter on the basis of the actual total tonnage of agricultural product applied under the relevant certificate in the financial year and the actual total tonnage of freight carried under the relevant certificate in the financial year; and
recalculate the amounts for category C and category D operations in the first 3 quarters on the basis of those actual totals; and
make any adjustments arising from differences between the amounts as initially calculated for the first 3 quarters and the recalculated amounts.
The Authority may fix the dates by which the quarterly operations safety levies are payable by specifying within how many days after the due date of any quarterly return the levies must be paid.
To avoid doubt, in aggregating hours or tonnes for the purposes of a return under clause 10B, portions of an hour or a tonne must be included in the calculation.
In calculating operations safety levies for the purposes of clause 10C, a total number of hours or tonnes must be rounded to the nearer half-hour or half-tonne, with .25 or .75 of an hour or a tonne being rounded up.
All rates of levy set by this order are exclusive of goods and services tax.
Before the Schedule, insert as Schedule 1AA the Schedule 1AA set out in the Schedule of this order.
After the Schedule, insert as Schedule 2 the Schedule 2 set out in the Schedule of this order.
Schedule New Schedules 1AA and 2 inserted
cls 12, 13
Schedule 1AA Transitional, savings, and related provisions
cl 3A
Part 1 Provisions relating to Civil Aviation (Safety) Levies Amendment Order 2017
In this Part, amending order means the Civil Aviation (Safety) Levies Amendment Order 2017.
2 Existing levies
Any amount owing as a levy under this order on the date on which the amending order came into force continues to be owed and may be enforced in any manner in which it could have been enforced before that date.
Schedule 2 Operations safety levies
cl 10C
Operations category
Levies for any period beginning on or after 1 July 2017 and ending not later than 30 June 2018
Levies for any period beginning on or after 1 July 2018
Category A: Operations conducted under a certificate issued under Part 115 (adventure aviation) effecting a tandem parachute descent, a tandem hang glider flight, or a tandem paraglider flight For each descent or flight of the total descents or flights—$0.80 For each descent or flight of the total descents or flights—$1.60
Category B: Operations conducted under a certificate issued under Part 115 (adventure aviation) but not in category A, excluding parachute-drop aircraft operations Using a very light aircraft (not more than 1 000 kg MCTOW) For each hour of the total hours flown—$1.75 For each hour of the total hours flown—$3.50
Using a light aircraft (more than 1 000 kg but not more than 2 730 kg MCTOW) For each hour of the total hours flown—$2.75 For each hour of the total hours flown—$5.50
Using a medium light or heavier aircraft (more than 2 730 kg MCTOW) For each hour of the total hours flown—$4.25 For each hour of the total hours flown—$8.50
Category C: Operations conducted under a certificate issued under Part 137 (agricultural) dispensing agricultural product More than 0 tonnes but not more than 10 000 tonnes dispensed under the certificate in the relevant financial year For each tonne of the total tonnes of agricultural product dispensed—$0.44 For each tonne of the total tonnes of agricultural product dispensed—$0.87
More than 10 000 tonnes but not more than 50 000 tonnes dispensed under the certificate in the relevant financial year For each tonne of the total tonnes of agricultural product dispensed—$0.37 For each tonne of the total tonnes of agricultural product dispensed—$0.73
More than 50 000 tonnes dispensed under the certificate in the relevant financial year For each tonne of the total tonnes of agricultural product dispensed—$0.33 For each tonne of the total tonnes of agricultural product dispensed—$0.65
Category D: Freight-only flight operations conducted under a certificate issued under Part 119 or Part 129 (foreign) More than 0 tonnes but not more than 10 000 tonnes of freight carried under the certificate in the relevant financial year For each tonne of the total tonnes of freight on board at departure—$1.50 For each tonne of the total tonnes of freight on board at departure—$3.00
More than 10 000 tonnes but not more than 50 000 tonnes of freight carried under the certificate in the relevant financial year For each tonne of the total tonnes of freight on board at departure—$1.30 For each tonne of the total tonnes of freight on board at departure—$2.60
More than 50 000 tonnes of freight carried under the certificate in the relevant financial year For each tonne of the total tonnes of freight on board at departure—$1.00 For each tonne of the total tonnes of freight on board at departure—$2.00
Category E: Operations conducted under a certificate issued under Part 119 but not in category D Using aircraft to which Part 135 applies (helicopters or small aeroplanes) For each hour of the total hours flown—$3.25 For each hour of the total hours flown—$6.50
Using aircraft to which Part 121 (large aeroplanes) or Part 125 (medium aeroplanes or small aeroplanes operating SEIFR) applies For each hour of the total hours flown—$2.75 For each hour of the total hours flown—$5.50
This order, which comes into force on 1 July 2017, amends the Civil Aviation (Safety) Levies Order 2002 (the principal order) to—
change the basis for rates of all levies under the principal order to rates exclusive of goods and services tax; and
reduce the generally applicable domestic passenger levy from $1.71 per passenger to $1.60 per passenger; and
increase the domestic passenger levy for holders of Australian operating certificates with ANZA privileges from $1.55 per passenger to $1.57 per passenger; and
increase the departing international passenger levy from $1.30 per passenger to $1.60 per passenger; and
exclude liability for the participation levy where an aircraft is inoperable for the entire financial year and pro-rate the levy in certain cases; and
change the basis for pro-rated participation levy calculations from months to days; and
impose a new operations safety levy and the obligation to file related returns of information on certain operations conducted under certificates issued under the Civil Aviation Rules Part 115 (adventure aviation), Part 119 (airline or general aviation), Part 129 (foreign), or Part 137 (agricultural).
(Because the basis for the levy rates has changed from inclusive to exclusive of goods and services tax, the amounts stated in this explanatory note as the rates before amendment by this order will appear to be different from the existing text of the order; they are the equivalent rates on an exclusive of goods and services tax basis.)
Regulatory impact statement
The Ministry of Transport produced a regulatory impact statement on 12 August 2016 to help inform the decisions taken by the Government relating to the contents of this instrument.
A copy of this regulatory impact statement can be found at—
http://www.transport.govt.nz/about/publications/ris-bccs/
http://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications/informationreleases/ris
Date of notification in Gazette: 1 June 2017.
This is a reprint of the Civil Aviation (Safety) Levies Amendment Order 2017 that incorporates all the amendments to that order as at the date of the last amendment to it.
Subordinate Legislation Confirmation Act 2018 (2018 No 11): section 5


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One of the things I'm going to miss most about this shop is that we're in our eclectic building with mazes of hallways and stairs and ramps and elevators. It took me a while to figure out all the turns, but one of my favourite things to do is to wander the halls with Caleb, and now, for just a few short months, the new baby.
These hallways have been a lifesaver on stormy or cold winter days, a place to get out and stretch our legs, but also they've been a source of excitement and fun and adventure. There are signs all over the place people have put up, directing them to their own unit with arrows and directions, and I've bumped into delivery guys all the time lost or asking for directions. Stairs and freight elevators and ramps and drainage holes and all sorts of people.
I remember when Caleb was just a little guy, and he had started walking quite early, and he would casually plod along the hallways, occasionally stopping to look in doors. People wouldn't see me just a dozen steps ahead or behind and they would be delighted or confused and come out into the hallway to laugh and see who this little baby was in his onesie and stripey shoes, walking along.
And now he's tearing along up and down and around me in circles. Tea in hand, baby on back, wandering through these halls.
Caleb's favourite thing to do, is to hover and loiter around the bicycle repair shop. There's a lovely and funny dog there (the only reason why I acquiesce to this), but Caleb's greatest hope is that they'll be repairing the bicycles out in the hall. He's too shy to actually go look into the workshop, but every once in a while they have a bike out by the door, and someone or a few guys are out there inspecting and using tools and spraying things. They're all super nice there, but of course Caleb is a bit too shy to actually go up to them, and just wants to supervise.
But it's also a little bit of Jon getting off the phone and saying: "Liz your sink in the back of the studio shop is going to cost me $800 just to get the drawings and get the permit and that doesn't even count actually buying the sink or having the plumber come and do the plumbing or having contractor install it." We need to wash out pens, Jon.
There's no denying that our shop and family and staff-family are growing,* although sometimes I wonder about the growth of a business and the joys of running a small and intimate business.** With all of this growth are huge learning curves in every way for us.
The other day someone commented on the Wonder Pens Instagram account asking why I don't name all of the items in my photos, making it easier for people to buy these things. I think he was a little frustrated that it was so hard to figure out what was in my photos so he could look up more details on them. At first, I didn't really have an answer – he did sort of have a point about how I'm running a stationery shop, and I should be selling all of my stationery items that I'm so excited about.
As we grow, I know I need to be more and more "strategic" about our social media and how we post things, and I know especially now as we approach this big move, the main shop moving to the west end, and our new, smaller studio shop opening sometime mid-summer (everyone please continue your nightly rain dances and/or petitions to city hall to get us through permits and zoning), we're sort of bulging forward into a new level of growth, and I need to be more thoughtful and intentional in how and what I post.
I can't deny that gives me a little bit of the heebie jeebies to think I'm just "selling" you all the time – we found each other, I think, because we love stationery! And pens and paper and writing and fresh notebooks and the sound of something making a mark on a page. And yes, I know that I need to sell things to pay the staff and the rent and the diapers, but I guess I'm sort of hoping that those of you who follow along on our blog and Instagram are following our journey and growth and finding inspiration in seeing how we use things and finding new items that might spark something in your own writing or drawing. And if you happen to find something you need, that's just terrific, because hopefully that transaction between us makes you happy and keeps the lights on here.
I hope you are indeed writing or drawing or note-taking with something, and while we're always here with enthusiasm if you need something new to jump start your brain or to replace something broken or just to have a little fun, I hope that the stories we share here are more than just selling stuff. I'm optimistic enough that there is enough business to go around to last us another day, and if things start drying up, then I'll have to try another strategy, or maybe it'll be too late but boy, will we have had a fantastic run and a lot of stories to tell.
I know I've hit a rough patch that I need to re-navigate if the people who are following me are getting frustrated – the more and more I do this, the more I see that there's a science to cracking SEOs and algorithms (no idea, don't ask me), but an art to telling a story.
We are telling our stories about the handwritten word not dying but in fact coming alive on the page as more and more folks across all demographics and ages are finding writing again, and the story of small family businesses surviving and growing in big cities with abundant, abundant red tape and massively inflating commercial rent, and the story of how I'm writing in my journals and on paper and in correspondence with treasured friends around the world.
I like the idea that despite distance and time and all the other things that might separate you from walking into our shop, I can wish you a Happy Chinese New Year, with a photo of beautiful stationery, because that's what you and I both love, and that's our wish for you – a happy new year or happy afternoon with coffee and some pens with ink and a few bright hours of sun. I don't want to wish you a Happy Chinese New Year in order to sell you something.
Yes, of course social media is the place for showing off shiny new things and big and small announcements, but what we're really trying to do is help people write again. Offering the supplies they need to write, and the inspiration to get the ink flowing. I want you to use the things you get from us! Or from anywhere. I want your leather to have patina on it, I want your notebooks to have crinkly pages, I want you to experience the deeply-satisfying thrill of an empty ink bottle.
Our story is that writing by hand can be personal and powerful and tactile and connect you to ideas and people, hopefully including us.
That's all to say, as we grow we're still figuring things out. I'm still figuring out how to balance telling our stories with helping you find what you need, but we are so glad for your support and friendship over these years that we've sprouted up from a fledgling shop with no sign*** on the window to trying to figure out the logistics of moving a warehouse with metal shelves that are tied together with rope.
*We're still hiring! And who wouldn't want to come work with us now, at this exact point in time, ready to pack up dozens (hundreds?) of boxes of paper and packing supplies and ink and stack and carry it all into and out of trucks and cars and across the city while supervising a dog and a cat running amok and possibly holding babies.
**While of course there is joy in running a small and intimate business, there are also significant joys in not working 7 days a week and 16 hours days and being able to go to a doctor's appointment or have a baby without shutting down the shop and having any sort of extremely limited financial stability that comes with not running a teeny tiny operation where you're sitting with your fingers crossed wondering if someone is going to walk through the door and buy something so you can go home and have dinner.
***Actually, we did have a sign at 906 Dundas West, despite several customers expressing concern that we didn't. It was just a very small decal sign, not very well placed (by yours truly) low on the window, not visible to the street due to cars parked in front of the shop. The cost of replacing the current awning was truly astronomical for a small business, so we just lived with telling people on the phone to look for a faded "Global Travel" on the top. Learning curves.
Great post Liz, and that photo of you and Wonderbaby smiling is precious! I'm looking forward to the next chapter in this adventure.
P.S. any info yet on the location of the new warehouse?
She sure is one smiley baby! I'm looking forward to it as well, if I am quite nervous.
I love this post so, so much. I don't live in Toronto, so I can't stop in to your shop in person, but even the online side of Wonder Pens has always felt like a small family business to me. Getting orders from you, or emails from your customer service, even following your blog, I can always feel how much you love your mission and your customers. This store is a labour of love, and the writing and pen hobby communities are so lucky to have you.
Thank you so much for your kind words! We are truly a family business, and having now run the shop for almost five years, and having gotten to know so many other independent businesses, I think there's no better way to go in terms of being part of a community and …being human! We are so grateful for folks like you who have been following us along and supporting us every step of the way.
I remember, ages ago, saying to my husband "you know, apparently there's this little stationery store over on Dundas West and I've heard they carry TN products. Shall we pop over? Do we have time before we need to be at the airport?" Can't wait to see the new place(s)!
What a lovely thing to hear, truly. This is exactly what we dream of! A shop where you can come and see and pick up a notebook, and talk to someone who has used it and has opinions on which papers are best.
Thanks to you, i write with beautiful pens every day. Thanks to you, I write cards to friends all over the world every week. Thanks to you, I have an astoundingly Beautiful leather portfolio and take it everywhere.
Thank you very much for your inspiration with words and photos.
Thank you so much! Your support means so much to me and our to everyone here in our shop. You have been with us a long while, and seen us on our journey, and it wouldn't be the same without folks like you. Sending you all the best in Montreal!
Is the west end location still a secret?
Unfortunately, yes! Stay tuned, more info coming soon.
That other dude is missing the point of social media – you guys have your website and shop to sell stuff. The rest of us read your blog and follow on IG because it's cool to sorta kinda get to know people who really like stuff that we like. Keep up the good work and don't worry too much about the haters. So happy to hear you're growing even bigger – you deserve to see this with all of your hard work and clear mission.


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"I don't know how Eric Honeycutt is able to do what he does. He has been there to capture some of the biggest moments of my life and his photographs are almost always more powerful and rich than my memory of the moments themselves. I couldn't be more grateful.
We've worked with dozens of professional photographers over the years, but none like Eric. He implicitly understands the band and his photography reflects that. We trust him."
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É um jogo de Mixed Martial Arts MMA sendo de propriedade do UFC e lutadores desenvolvidos por Yuke e publicado pela THQ.Foi lançado 14 fevereiro de 2012 na América do Norte e 17 fevereiro de 2012 na Europa para PlayStation 3 e Xbox 360. É o terceiro jogo a ser lançado sob o acordo da THQ 2007 com o UFC. Em 08 de outubro de 2011, foi revelado através de uma conferência de imprensa ao vivo com Dana White UFC que o campeão dos pesos medios, Anderson Silva, tinha vencido a enquete do publico para aparecer como o atleta da capa para o jogo.

Lutadores UFC

Peso Pesado
 Pat Barry
 Travis Browne
 Shane Carwin
 Mirko Cro Cop
 Junior dos Santos
 Gabriel Gonzaga
 Cheick Kongo
 Brock Lesnar
 Sean McCorkle
 Frank Mir
 Roy Nelson
 Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
 Alistair Overeem
 Ben Rothwell
 Brendan Schaub
 Stefan Struve
 Cain Velasquez
Meio Pesado
 Ryan Bader
 Jason Brilz
 Phil Davis
 Cyrille Diabaté
 Rashad Evans
 Rich Franklin
 Forrest Griffin
 Matt Hamill
 Dan Henderson
 Quinton Jackson
 Jon Jones
 Chuck Liddell
 Lyoto Machida
 Vladimir Matyushenko
 Antônio Rogério Nogueira
 Tito Ortiz
 Mauricio Rua
 Thiago Silva
 Brandon Vera

Peso Médio
 Yoshihiro Akiyama
 Alan Belcher
 Vitor Belfort
 Michael Bisping
 Kendall Grove
 Chris Leben
 Demian Maia
 Nate Marquardt
 Court McGee
 Jason Miller
 Mark Munoz
 Kyle Noke
 Yushin Okami
 Rousimar Palhares
 Jorge Rivera
 Alessio Sakara
 Anderson Silva
 Wanderlei Silva
 Chael Sonnen
 Brian Stann

Meio Médio
 Thiago Alves
 Carlos Condit
 Nick Diaz
 Jon Fitch
 Dan Hardy
 John Hathaway
 Matt Hughes
 Anthony Johnson
 Martin Kampmann
 Dong Hyun Kim
 Josh Koscheck
 Pascal Krauss
 Chris Lytle
 Rory MacDonald
 BJ Penn
 Diego Sanchez
 Matt Serra
 Jake Shields
 Georges St-Pierre
 Mike Swick
 Paulo Thiago

Peso Leve
 Donald Cerrone
 Nate Diaz
 Evan Dunham
 Frankie Edgar
 Takanori Gomi
 Clay Guida
 Melvin Guillard
 Ben Henderson
 Joe Lauzon
 Gray Maynard
 Jim Miller
 Charles Oliveira
 Ross Pearson
 Anthony Pettis
 Sean Sherk
 Dennis Siver
 George Sotiropoulos
 Joe Stevenson
 Sam Stout

Peso Pena
 Jose Aldo
 Raphael Assunção
 Mike Brown
 Kenny Florian
 Manvel Gamburyan
 Leonard Garcia
 Josh Grispi
 Mark Hominick
 Chan Sung Jung
 Erik Koch
 Chad Mendes
 Diego Nunes
 Fredson Paixão
 George Roop
 Cub Swanson
 Javier Vazquez
 Tiequan Zhang

Peso Galo
 Antonio Banuelos
 Renan Barão
 Joseph Benavidez
 Brian Bowles
 Chris Cariaso
 Dominick Cruz
 Urijah Faber
 Demetrious Johnson
 Scott Jorgensen
 Takeya Mizugaki
 Damacio Page
 Brad Pickett
 Miguel Torres
 Charlie Valencia
 Eddie Wineland
 Norifumi Yamamoto

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Trump Says Plan To Retaliate Against Iran Called Off Due To Potential Iranian Deaths
By Tom Bowman • Jun 21, 2019
Originally published on June 21, 2019 6:37 pm
The strike had been ordered, the planes were ready to go, and then with about 10 minutes to spare, President Trump says he called off a military action meant to retaliate against Iran for shooting down a U.S. drone.
Shortly after 9 o'clock this morning, the president tweeted that he had decided to halt the strike because of how many people could have died in the attack, a decision Trump discussed with NBC News earlier today.
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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I said, I want to know something before you go. How many people will be killed - in this case, Iranians? I said, how many people are going to be killed? Sir, I'd like to get back to you on that. Great people, these generals. They said - came back, said, sir, approximately 150. And I thought about it for a second. I said, you know what? They shot down an unmanned drone, plane, whatever you want to call it. And here we are sitting with 150 dead people; that would have taken place probably within a half an hour after I said, go ahead. And I didn't like it. I didn't think it was - I didn't think it was proportionate.
SHAPIRO: In a different part of that interview, President Trump said while he doesn't want war with Iran, if it happens, there would be, quote, "obliteration like you've never seen before." There are many questions about how that process unfolded and what comes next for Iran and the U.S. And to talk about that, we're joined by two of our reporters - NPR White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez and NPR Pentagon reporter Tom Bowman. Good to have you both here.
TOM BOWMAN, BYLINE: Hello.
FRANCO ORDOÑEZ, BYLINE: Thank you.
SHAPIRO: Franco, let's start with you. Before President Trump made this decision, how united was his administration around whether to strike back at Iran?
ORDOÑEZ: Well, I can tell you that President Trump was clear that this was his call to back out of the strike. I spoke with a senior administration official just this morning who told me that national security and defense advisers were unanimously behind the retaliation plan before the president called it off. But we do know - and I want to be clear - that there are senior Pentagon officials who have also been very weary of this situation, and they have been worried about this escalating out of control.
SHAPIRO: Well, Tom, you've been talking to people at the Pentagon today. I know it's very unusual for military operations, once approved by the president, to be called off at the last minute. And we've been hearing today that the administration is weighing other options. Do you know what those options are?
BOWMAN: You know, we don't. Members of Congress were at the White House. They were not told what options are on the table, only that the White House has what one lawmaker called a series of options. Now, are they all military options, bombing options, cyberattacks? Again, really no word. Now, our colleague Ryan Lucas was told by a U.S. official that some members of Congress worry that any military action could split the U.S. from its allies. And this official said Pentagon officials, by the way, added there could be consequences from attacking Iran, such as U.S. troops getting kicked out of Iraq, where a number of political leaders in Iraq have close Iranian ties.
SHAPIRO: Franco, as you talked to people at the White House, do you get the sense that there were other factors beyond the potential death toll that drove President Trump's decision?
ORDOÑEZ: Yeah. I mean, this is definitely not just a diplomatic issue. President Trump just launched his reelection campaign. He's clearly concerned about ending up in another war, an endless, expensive war as he has said. He has said as much. He said so in Japan. And getting out of these, you know, so-called never-ending wars was a big part of his campaign in 2016. The issue is he was also very critical of Iran during the same campaign, as well as the previous administration's approach.
I was just talking with a former White House official in the Trump administration who was telling me that he's really trapped between trying to open negotiations with Iran, make a deal, but also being critical of the negotiations that Obama did. And the Iranians are provoking him.
SHAPIRO: Tom, the administration has said for months that it wants Iran to come to the negotiating table. Do the people you're talking to believe that this week's back-and-forth has brought Iran any closer to negotiation?
BOWMAN: No, they don't. And a lot of people at the Pentagon, going back to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, were supportive of the nuclear agreement that President Trump scrapped. And they're saying that if you bomb them, if you're pushing them into a corner, they're not going to be willing to come to the table to talk about this. So they're really worried about that.
And I know Congressman Adam Smith, who chairs the Armed Services Committee, was at the White House yesterday. He said he thought the administration is trying to calculate the right response to, on the one hand, calm the conflict down and also drive them to the negotiating table. But again, military officials I talk with say you're driving Iran into the corner like a cornered rat...
SHAPIRO: Yeah.
BOWMAN: ...And they're just going to lash out.
SHAPIRO: OK.
BOWMAN: And that's where we are now.
SHAPIRO: So just in our final seconds, Franco, what does the White House think the endgame here is?
ORDOÑEZ: Well, they're - that's what they're working on. They're looking at, you know, a bunch of different angles. But President Trump and his allies seem to be focused on sanctions and putting the economic clamps on Iran.
SHAPIRO: That's White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez and Pentagon reporter Tom Bowman. Thanks to both of you.
BOWMAN: You're welcome.
ORDOÑEZ: Thank you. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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Q: Webpack - Keep the same folder structure for output (typescript + asp.net-core-2.0) Any help is highly appreciated.

Following structure is in my asp.net core 2.0 app.

project
├───Controller
│   └───HomeController.cs
├───Scripts
│   ├───FolderA
│   │   ├───A1.ts
│   │   ├───A2.ts
│   │   └───A3.ts
│   ├───FolderB
│   │   │───FolderB1
│   │   │   └───B11.ts
│   │   └───FolderB2
│   │       ├───B21.ts
│   │       └───B22.ts
│   ├───FolderC
│   │   ├───C1.ts
│   │   └───C3.ts
│   └───outside.ts
├───Views
│   ├───Home
│   │   └───Index.cshtml
│   └───Shared
│       └───Layout.cshtml
└───wwwroot
│   └───Output
│       └───[Same structure like /Scripts]
├───project.csproj
├───Program.cs
├───StartUp.cs
├───package.json
├───tsconfig.json
├───webpack.config.json

Contents inside Scripts folder are all typescripts files

1. Is there a way to pass all typescript files to webpack entry

2. Can we have same folder structure like Scripts/TypeScripts (.ts files) inside wwwroot/Output (.js files) after webpack is executed

Below is my code for webpack.config.json
var path = require('path');
var webpack = require("webpack");

module.exports = {
    mode: 'development',
    context: __dirname,
    entry: {
**// 1. Need something like wildcard to grab everything inside this TypeScripts folder**
        A1: './Scripts/TypeScripts/FolderA/A.ts',
        B11: './Scripts/TypeScripts/FolderB/FolderB1/B11.ts',
        B21: './Scripts/TypeScripts/FolderB/FolderB2/B21.ts',
        B22: './Scripts/TypeScripts/FolderB/FolderB2/B22.ts',
        C1: './Scripts/TypeScripts/FolderC/C1.ts',
        outside: './Scripts/TypeScripts/outside.ts'
    },
    module: {
        rules: [
            {
                test: /\.ts(x?)$/,
                exclude: /node_modules/,
                loader: 'babel-loader',
                query: {
                    presets: [["env"]]
                }
            }
        ]
    },
    resolve: {
        extensions: ['.ts', '.tsx']
    },
    output: {
**// 2. Need a way to keep same structure in wwwroot/Output/**
        // The format for the outputted files
        filename: '[name].js',
        // Put the files in "wwwroot/Output/"
        path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'wwwroot/Output/')
    }
};


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Farm that inspired the movie on sale for $ 1.2 million – deadline
Halloween is just around the corner, the house that inspired James Wan's 2013 film Conspiracy is up for grabs.
Rhode Island real estate agent Mott & Chace Sotheby's has put the Burrillville, RI property on the market for $ 1.2 million. The spooky 19th century house with three bedrooms and 1 1/2 bathrooms sits on eight acres of land, occupying 3,000 square feet.
Wan's horror pic with Vera Farming and Patrick Wilson followed paranormal investigators Lorraine and Ed Warren, as they searched the house for demons and spirits in 1971. Since the film's debut in 2013, the house has grown in popularity, helping to launch a widespread franchise that is now called The universe of the conjuration.
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In its list, Mott and Chace Sotheby's were honest about what to expect from the house at 1677 Round Top Road. "To date, countless events have been reported," they wrote. "The chilling stories, incidents and memories of residents and visitors to the property have been told in dozens of media productions, including books, films and television shows."
Cory and Jennifer Heinzen were the most recent owners of the property, having purchased it in 2019. In an interview with NBC 10 WJAR, the former recounted strange occurrences like "doors opening and closing on their own, steps, bangs [and] disembodied voices.
"Last night we had a black haze in one of the rooms," he added. "It looks like smoke. It will gather in an area, then it will move.
The Heinzen eventually opened the house to the public for tours and held events there often, allowing ghost hunters and others to tour the property.
Now that the house is up for sale again, will it become a permanent attraction? Or will a brave soul try to live with former resident Bathsheba Sherman, who owned the house in the 1800s? Some Conjuring fans may be looking to get their hands on this spooky farm, but anyone looking to do so must show proof of funds and sign an NDA to gain full access to the property, prior to purchase.
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Labour: your biggest challenge in 2019
by Karen Healy | Jan 2, 2019 | Payroll
The CIPD's Labour Market Outlook report for the final quarter of 2018 gives us a decidedly 'bah, humbug' feeling about the New Year.
It's that time of year. A time to look back at the year that's passed (as we do in this review of 2018), and a time to look ahead at what's on the horizon the moment we've all taken the tinsel down.
And in a distinctly Groundhog Day sort of way, what's ahead looks a lot like what's behind: because it all revolves around Brexit.
The CIPD's latest Labour Market Outlook survey of more than a 1,000 businesses isn't specifically about Brexit, but the impact of the ongoing and painfully protracted negotiations are felt right the way through it, like letters through a stick of rock.
According to the survey, demand for labour will remain relatively buoyant, a finding that has been reflected in the majority of government figures (not least the jobless totals) of the last few months.
The issue, of course, is bringing enough people onto the payroll to meet your labour demands, and that appears to be the area seeing a slowdown. Vacancies are at their highest point of the year. 44% of respondents are struggling to fill their vacancies, and as the market increasingly swings to favour employees, retention is becoming a notable issue too, as competitors begin to offer higher wages to attract the skills they need.
It is notable that, after a lengthy page of wage stagnation, the autumn appeared to add rocket fuel to wage inflation, which has seen payroll departments administering the highest rate of wage rises in over a decade.
The specific impact of Brexit on all of the above is nebulous, but the B word is having a very clear and demonstrable effect in other areas. The report notes that almost 50% of EU workers feel unsettled in the current environment – and it's a feeling that appears to be spreading to UK workers too.
As the government publishes its plans for immigration tied to a hotly debated wage threshold, it remains to be seen what effect a post-Brexit world will have on labour, but it certainly appears as though relatively low skilled jobs – or junior positions – may fall foul of the proposals, feeding a growing squeeze at the lower end of the labour market.
So as we enter 2019 with some trepidation, it may well be wise to make reviewing your recruitment and retention policies a New Year resolution. And if you'd like to explore the HR and payroll policies that can help you protect your workforce, talk to our experts now.


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14, Jun 2021
Babe Ruth is Back in Striking NFT Series on the WAX Blockchain
Artist William Quigley and William E. Quigley of WAX, collaborate to combine crypto, contemporary art, and Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Babe Bows Out" in a series of unforgettable NFTs to immortalize Babe's legacy.
It's June 13, 1948.
The Babe stands before a packed stadium full of tearful Yankees fans. He's exhausted, worn, and says a tearful goodbye after 22 years of slugging the cover off the ball.
This moment was so captivating that it was captured and memorialized in the Pulitzer Prize-winning photo "The Babe Bows Out" by photographer Nat Fein. Fast forward to 2021 — the work has been breathtakingly brought back to life by famed contemporary artist William Quigley (not to be confused with Wax's our very own founder William E. Quigley — although they happen to be great friends) in the much anticipated Skrapper Legends NFT collection.
Quigley is a famed contemporary and influential artist who has sold out his first show in 1985 right out of college, alongside icon Andy Warhol and since displayed his work in some of the most respected art galleries in the world, including Manny Silverman Gallery, Karl Hutter Fine Art, Keyes Gallery, AB NY Gallery, Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Miro Foundation, Art Basel, MOCA LA, and Art Chicago.
In collaboration with Seth Lamburn, aka SkrapperPunk, the Skrapper Legends NFT collection combines Quigley's passion for famous athletes, fine art, and crypto to celebrate the legendary athlete who stole America's heart.
The official NFT artwork was rendered from a detail of a larger painting entitled "Baseball", commissioned in 1998 by LA-based sports memorabilia dealer Dave Levin of GFG. The duo struck a deal that saw Quigley remaster the work for $18,000 in trading cards. The result was an 8 x 8 ft. painting now considered a contemporary masterpiece.
The Babe is Back
On June 22, fans will have the opportunity to purchase Skrapper Legend's Series 1 NFT packs on the WAX Blockchain to receive artistically reimagined renditions of Babe Ruth's famed Pulitzer Prize-winning photo.
These home run hitting collectibles will be available in three striking, animated rarities:
Common (91.18% CHANCE) — 651 cards total
Epic (8.40% CHANCE) — 60 cards total
Legendary (0.42% CHANCE) — 3 cards total
A grand total of 714 packs will be up for grabs, representing Babe's 714 total career home runs. Each pack will be sold for $100 and will contain a single (1) NFT with the potential of receiving one of three priceless Legendary NFTs.
Quigley's works have been appraised for millions of dollars and are owned by superstar athletes, celebrities, and politicians. Some collectors have been supporting Quigley's art for years — like oncologist Dr. Ken and son Karl Tokita, Phil Marber, Giel and Diane Milner (owning over 35 works), John and Johanna Boyton, and Keith Stoltz (over 15 works). In 2015, entrepreneur Alexander Zweig purchased 13 works off Instagram in a single day through the introduction of collectors Senter Johnson and Brian Sullivan, who are now producing a documentary on the artist's illustrious career.
In 2013, Quigley's unique take on his 2006 portrait of Donald Trump sold for $70,000 to President Trump and is now valued at more than $1.3 million. Another contemporary masterpiece, based on a 1973 Avengers Marvel comic book cover, was created for actor Robert Downy Jr. and was commissioned for $50,000 by fellow star Chris Evans (recently valued at just shy of $1 million). Currently, Quigley is painting a $100,000 commission of Jimi Hendrix for Electric Lady Studio in NYC.
Click here at 1pm EST to claim yours, and begin unboxing your collectibles at 4pm EST the same day. Act quickly, these will go fast!
As a collector, you will have the option to hold, trade or resell your unopened packs and individual cards on the secondary marketplace.
Remember, there's no rush to open your packs — all NFTs sold on WAX are pre-minted. Your odds of receiving a low mint number are the same regardless of when the pack was originally purchased.
Why WAX?
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Join together as a community to remember, honor, and celebrate "The Babe" in this remastered artwork from William Quigley in the Skrapper Legends NFT collection on WAX.


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Summer is just around the corner! Are you itching to make sure you feel comfortable in your bathing suit? Or do you just want to make sure you remain healthy and fit enough to fulfill all of your upcoming summer dives? Do you feel it is important for divers to maintain a certain level of fitness to safely and joyfully enjoy the sport of diving?
Gain an understanding of why fitness for diving is important; how fitness for diving is unique and take-away exercise and nutrition information that can easily be incorporated into a diving lifestyle. Fit divers are safer, tend to dive more often, and are more likely to advance their dive training. This presentation brings meaningful information to all divers and dive professionals, for all types of diving.
RSVP: Please RSVP to Jodie Booras by email or phone, (858) 565-9474 Ext. 122 to reserve your spot no later than Friday, April 29, 2016 – space is limited!
Learn how fitness for diving can be enjoyable, makes a positive difference in your comfort in the water and when handling dive gear. You will discover the best workouts for divers of different ages 13 through 70+; including five ways to find your ideal exercise and nutrition program for your specific type of diving. If you want to improve diving performance, dive more often, advance your training, be a safer diver, or just look better in a wetsuit, you will be motivated. All attendees take home a free workout and are entered in a fun fitness raffle.
If you're a diver who is interested in participating in a PADI Women's Dive Day event, please contact your local PADI Dive Center or Resort to see if they're hosting an event – and encourage them to get involved, if they're not already. Otherwise, you can find an event near you or get more information at padi.com/women-dive.
Learn more about last year's event through this PADI's "Women in Diving" Interview with Gretchen Ashton.
Online Presentation: Details to be announced.
Fit divers are safer, tend to dive more often, and are more likely to go on for advanced dive training. Since divers travel the world, fitness routines should vary to prepare for the type of diving, conditions and logistics at each dive destination.
Join me to examine why physical fitness programs should be customized for places like Hawaii, Palau, Fiji, the Caribbean and the coastal United States. Then travel with me and learn destination-specific featured exercises that prepare divers to go and stay fit on location.
Divers will be invited to ask questions, share experiences and receive a free scuba workout. This presentation includes something for divers of varied experience and all fitness levels.
We are joining Szilvia Brosio Gogh and other volunteer scuba divers to introduce at-risk kids to the underwater world. Volunteers welcome!
Time: 1:00 to 3:00 pm.
Since exercise is NOT recommended on dive days we are meeting the day before to get you ready to dive on Saturday, July 18, 2015. Please wear sneakers or water shoes, active wear that will get wet, a dry change of clothes and towel, a bottle of water and a snack, and protection from the sun. We will leave promptly at 8:00 a.m. so please arrive early to sign a release and leave with the group. The tide projections are great for a low tide workout.
Dive with us at Casino Point on Catalina Island!
PADI® is hosting the 1st annual Women's Dive Day event in Catalina, California on Saturday, July 18, 2015 and would like you to be a part of it. Join divers from all around the globe as they celebrate PADI® Women's Dive Day. The emphasis is to get as many women as possible, at every level, diving on the same day in order to build awareness and interest for the sport of scuba diving.
Bring your friends and family for a fun-filled day of diving, gear demonstrations, raffles and much more! The event is free, however, rental gear, air fills and boat transfers are not included.
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