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'No concessions': Punjab govt vows strict action against lawyers, others involved in Lahore protest
Dawn.comPublished December 11, 2019
Punjab law minister Raja Basharat addressing a press conference in Lahore on Wednesday. — DawnNewsTV
Punjab law minister Raja Basharat on Wednesday announced the government's decision to fully prosecute all those involved in the violent protest at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC).
"I assure you all, the government will see to it that no concessions are made," said the law minister, addressing a press conference alongside Punjab information minister Fayazul Hasan Chohan — who was assaulted by lawyers at the protest — and Punjab health minister Yasmeen Rashid.
"The government cannot allow anyone to take the law into their own hands. Those who tried to, will be held accountable."
He said that in this regard, Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has said that the lawyers who were involved and others who have been identified in video footage of the protests "will all be prosecuted".
"He has clearly stated that none — who took the law into their hands — will be spared and legal action of the strictest kind will be taken against them," added Basharat.
"There is a need to end the high-handed culture which has begun to gain pace [in the country]," he said.
The minister, reiterating the government's stance, said that while doctors and lawyers are both respected members of society, "they can never be allowed to take the law into their hands."
He said a two-tier investigation has been launched into the incident. Part of the investigation will focus on whether the "police's negligence in enforcing the law" had a role to play.
Basharat said that the situation had been simmering since November "and the appropriate circles were not taken into confidence or apprised of the developments". "A separate investigation into this will take place," he said.
The minister condemned the mistreatment of Chohan and Rashid as they tried to defuse the situation at the protest venue.
"Their presence at the hospital was evidence of the fact that the government tried their utmost to not remain detached from the situation," he said, adding, "Had they not been present, we could have witnessed a far worse outcome."
The law minister asked lawyers to "show restraint". "If they are able to show contrition for their wrongdoing, their honour will not be diminished."
Asking doctors, too, to exercise restraint, he urged them to call off their decision to boycott hospital emergency wards. "Those who come seeking treatment are at no fault. For innocent citizens to bear the cost of someone's high-handedness will be a great injustice."
'I laud the media for rescuing me'
Chohan was next to address the press briefing. Recounting the events, he said that he and Basharat had both been instructed to go to the protest venue "and handle the situation".
He said that he had the impression that lawyers were "a learned community" and that he would be able to sort out differences between the doctors and lawyers as an arbitrator and "cool things down".
Punjab information minister Fayazul Hasan Chohan speaking to the media. — DawnNewsTV
"My life was at stake. They tortured me and even fired shots at me and tried to kidnap me," claimed the Punjab information minister, saying that the full depth of the incident was not shown on media.
"They made a proper plan, saying, 'Pick him up'. Two people tried to lift me up from my legs."
The minister expressed his gratitude and paid tribute to the Lahore media for "playing a very positive role". "Some of your reporters got me out of there."
He said the next 15 minutes were spent with the police in convincing them to refrain from shelling, firing and stone-pelting the protesters. "The chief minister had issued explicit instructions that this not turn into a Model Town-like incident."
Chohan said the protesters were dispersed using water cannons, "without any firing, without use of shells, without any injury to anyone", over a half-a-mile distance.
"I personally got involved in the arrest of 10 lawyers," he added.
The minister then went on to allege that PML-N activists were partly responsible for the chaos that ensued upon his arrival. "One of them has been identified and is close to the Sharif family."
"This was a conspiracy to create lawlessness in Punjab under the umbrella of the lawyer community."
The minister also paid tribute to lawyers including Aitzaz Ahsan and Ali Zafar "who accepted on TV that the lawyers should have respected my role as an arbitrator and allowed for things to be settled".
"This is the mark of a true guardian of the law," he said, expressing hope the lawyer community would continue to keep its distance from the "black sheep" and protect its reputation.
Chohan said that the government will compensate the heirs of the "martyred patients" and doctors who bore material losses such as vehicular damage.
'No amount of condemnation can encompass what occurred'
Rashid, in her briefing, regretfully informed the media that three people had died as a result of the violence.
"One woman was being resuscitated, one patient was admitted to the CCU 3 ward and one was in the emergency ward since yesterday and had been quite stable but got a cardiac arrest.
Punjab health minister Yasmeen Rashid briefing the media. — DawnNewsTV
"Due to the thrashing of doctors going on, the staff fled the scene," she said, describing the circumstances which led to the three deaths.
The health minister expressed great remorse over the fact that an "educated section of society" had behaved in the manner they did.
"It could not have been more shameful than this. I regret that they did not even pause to think about what they were doing. They were so enraged that all reasoning had just left them," she said.
She said that the lawyers' "hooliganism" went on for about two hours before police arrived to break up the protest.
"No amount of condemnation can encompass what occurred. Even in wars, a red cross is placed on hospitals to ward off bomb attacks.
"But our learned lawyer brothers, who are guardians of the law, broke all barriers of lawlessness."
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nothing will happen, just like sahiwal incident, statements only...
Shabbir
Sir, mark my words, history has proven that you either don't have or want to use what it takes to deal with such criminals who attack hospitals to satisfy their egos. Sahame
Who is going to bear the cost of rebuilding and paying the damages caused? Government must show no leniency and recover the cost of damages from the involved lawyers.
Bunch of cowards. After tomorrow things will be forgotten. Should fire all police officials for allowing this to happen.
Lawyers or gangsters?
Zero tolerance.
When the law is not implemented fairly people take law into their own hands. The underlying cause needs to be addressed, there is no use curing the symptoms.
ahsan7979
Take strict action. Patients in ICU lost their lives. Their families are grieving.
Licences to practice, of Lawyers and doctors involved in violence,property damage, hooliganism and disruption of treatment and endangering safety of patients should be cancelled and harsh punishment be given.
Shame on PMLN to try to use such incidents to create a law and orde situation.
The govt that failed in taking any action against killers of innocent in sahiwal, despite promises by no less than PM himself is going to take action against lawyers???? I doubt
Stop lawyers registration. Give permission to every person who can stand for any case as advocate without lawyer degree. Judges should be drawn from Judicial civil services only.
KShahzad
Strict action must be taken against all these lawyers involved. This should rather be called an attack other than a violent protest. Those involved had clear intentions of intruding into the hospital and disrupting its daily operations. Any clashes between doctors and lawyers aside, why should any patient be suffering due to this.
Why you have to bring Sharif family into everything?
Farooq khan
The lawless lawyers who caused damage to public and private property must be made to pay for it to stop this dangerous trend by mobs of criminal professionals.
Lock them up now.
Adnan Bashir
They all should be charge with terrorism act. Terrorists,liars and mafia.
Just like you predicted to punish the Sahiwal murderer?
Like sahiwal incident or model town or masood or baldia Karachi? PTI born for living and u turns. They just want to spend time with out any result. They can sell coffien blaming ppp and pmln. Never ever fulfilled any promise. Why still ruling Pakistan? Anarki will be every where if PTI completes its tenure. Why imposed on it? NO one loves Pakistan?
Fareed N
Bold statement by Punjab law minister. Talk is a talk , can he walk the walk.
Azam
These so called professional lawyers or so called advocates involved in fracas and identified from videos taken live should be struck of the law register and licences of practice to be cancelled indefinitely without any hesitation. This will remind all institutions that no one is above the law!
Parvez
According to a credible TV anchor they are already talking of sweeping the incident under the carpet ..... if so, this Punjab government will prove to all that it actually is impotent.
Interesting. Let us see how it goes in court
Javaid
Shariffs last ditch effort to get out of their doom and gloom! Pathetic!
Must be tried for murder and attempt to murder.
Gordon D. Walker
These lawyers must be punished... Severely... Gordon D. Walker Canada
Zaffar
Resign all of you! Please!
qet
Does he really means it. No poor man's son would join such an attacking mob. These delinquent criminals belong to influential families. Can the minister confirm zero tolerance. Any one coming forward in support of these criminals should also be punishes of the same offence.
Khurshid Qazi
It's a very sad incident but unfortunayely it's the safest that the culprits will be set free as usual. We can't deny the fact that the bench and bar belong to the same specie.
Show if government exists!! Shameful
Junaid Imran Mahmood
OK, lets see what you do.....
Omer Malik
This is a disgraceful act, i have almost the same feelings i had on the APC attack, these lawyers should be treated like those terrorists were, they have done the same.
Inama Jinna
These lawyers have nothing better to do than to take advantage of the lawlessness in our beloved country. They should be disbarred and made to work in Baluchistan.
lawers are getting out of control and government needs to control them
chohan is a brave Pakistani hero
Haroon Temueri
Those lawyers who participated in this criminal act should be disbarred for life
Tahir A
Hopefully, this incidence gives rise to passage of laws declaring doctors providers of essential services and therefore not allowed to strike. AND the lawyers should be forbidden from wearing the black coat and tie except at the courts and on their way to and from the court. No lawyer should be allowed to go to a court unless he\she has a duly signed engagement letter with a client who is scheduled to appear in that court on that specific day.
Strings being pulled from London., is it any secret.
Mrs.khalil
Mr. Law minister , you gave same type of statements after sahiwal incident,don't gave political statements , do something concrete. we are a stereotype society. Whenever such tragedies happen , police ,government officials and ministers did same things . Not a single institution of this country is working properly.
Qadir Bukhsh
They should be punish severely it's a shame for the nation no one is above the law and it's not allowed to take law to their hands. How the hospital should be attacked what about those six patient who's life were taken and who is responsible.
It is obvious to all who can see that the standard of education is very low in Lahore Is it the same in the rest of Pakistan?
Qaiser
Paper tigers.....nothing would come out of it....
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Q: Running Spark App for v1 vs v2 I'm trying to move from setting up my spark app from using Spark v1 to v2. In v1, I would use Spark Context and Spark Config to initialize. However, according to the latest documentation for Spark v2 (Quick Start guide) I should use Spark Session and it is suggested that the config is passed from cmd using spark-submit (all that I have referred to is shown near the bottom of this page: https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/quick-start.html).
Below is my app, with the Spark Session stuff (v2) commented out, showing how I would run things for v1. If I run it like this, I get the error 'failed to initialize Spark Context'. Then, if I rearrange my commenting to run things for Spark Session (v2), and run it by packaging the app as a JAR and using spark-submit in cmd (as per the same guide as already cited above), I get the error: "Cannot load main class from JAR file:/C:/"
I am changing my SPARK_HOME variable to point to the correct versions, and I am changing to the appropriate version in the build file.
This is the app:
import org.apache.spark.{SparkContext, SparkConf}
import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession

object Pack {
  def main(args: Array[String]) {

  val conf = new SparkConf().setMaster("local[*]").setAppName("Pack")
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  val sc = new SparkContext(conf)

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  val logFile = "C:/Spark/spark-2.2.0-bin-hadoop2.7/bin/README.md"

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  val numBs = logData.filter(line => line.contains("b")).count()
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  /* spark.stop() */
  }
 }

This is the sbt build file:
name := "Pack"

version := "1.0"

scalaVersion := "2.11.8"

libraryDependencies += "org.apache.spark" %% "spark-core" % "1.6.1" /* 2.2.0
when trying sparksession */

libraryDependencies += "org.apache.spark" %% "spark-sql" % "1.6.1" /* 2.2.0
when trying sparksession */

A: Ok, solved. The solution to v1 is already mentioned in my comment.
For v2, I was following the quick start guide to the letter, except for this one thing:
It came down to moving the class into a src folder called 'scala' instead of 'scala-2.11' (Intellij).
I also ran a rebuild, but don't know if this had an effect.
Seems trivial, but it sorted out the issue.

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Beaumont () est une ville francophone de Belgique située en Région wallonne dans la province de Hainaut.

Géographie

La ville compte un peu plus de . La commune est constituée des sections de Barbençon, Beaumont, Leugnies, Leval-Chaudeville, Renlies, Solre-Saint-Géry, Strée et Thirimont. Cette commune de la Botte du Hainaut, limitrophe de la France, est plus proche des villes françaises d'Avesnes-sur-Helpe, de Jeumont et de Maubeuge que de Mons, chef-lieu de la province.

Les communes limitrophes sont : Erquelinnes - Froidchapelle - Merbes-le-Château - Sivry-Rance - Thuin - Walcourt, Hestrud.

Histoire

Ville-étape, Beaumont est célèbre pour sa Tour Salamandre (qui fut brûlée par les Français en 1655 et les Anglais en 1691), ses macarons, mais aussi pour sa légende des Trois Auvergnats : En août 1549, le Comte Charles II de Croÿ reçoit, en son château de Beaumont l'empereur Charles Quint. Les trois larrons, ne le reconnaissant pas, lui auraient manqué de respect. Une heure après leur arrivée en ville, l'empereur les aurait fait pendre. D'où la maxime, « Beaumont, ville de malheur. Arrivés à midi, pendus à une heure ». Cette légende fait l'objet d'une reconstitution historique tous les cinq ans (la dernière a eu lieu en octobre 2015).

Au , la seigneurie de Beaumont est détenue par la famille de Croÿ (Maison de Croÿ). En janvier 1518, la baronnie de Beaumont est érigée en comté, par lettres données à Saragosse, au profit de Guillaume de Croÿ, chevalier de la Toison d'Or, marquis d'Aerschot (Aarschot), seigneur de Chièvres et de Beaumont, premier chambellan du roi Charles de Castille (Charles Quint). Le comté comprend les villes, terres, seigneuries de Beaumont, Fumainy, Renin, Rausse, avec celles du Val, de Therimont, Bersillies, L'Abbaye avec les bois de Martinpret et de Goulot.

Août 1914 — La Ve Armée de Lanrezac à Beaumont  —Près de  passent par la ville pour gagner la Sambre, où vont se dérouler de terribles combats.

La première unité qui franchit la frontière est le  Régiment de Zouaves à Beauwelz le 13 août ; elle est suivie par le IIIe Corps d'Armée entre le 14 et le 18 août, en provenance de Rethel, soit une marche de 70 à 80 kilomètres sous un soleil de plomb avec 40 kg d'équipement. D'autres troupes arrivent par Agimont et Gué d'Hossus. estime à près de 8.000 le nombre de soldats français tombés dans l'Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse à partir des 1ers combats (à Dinant, le 15) soit une moyenne journalière de 727 .

Après 5 organigrammes très clairs des composantes de la Ve armée, est détaillé le passage dans chaque village de l'entité des diverses unités avec les dates de leur entrée en Belgique.
Suivent les positions et les mouvements des États-Majors et de chaque unité avec l'heure d'arrivée et de départ, la progression, les combats et les pertes.

L'auteur cite la lettre poignante d'un soldat du  R.I. écrite le 19 août à Solre-Saint-Géry, qui, sentant proche sa fin tragique, fait des adieux déchirants à sa femme en lui demandant d'avoir beaucoup de courage et d'élever convenablement leur fils qu'il aurait bien aimé voir grandir. Il mentionne également, entre autres, des extraits de lettres de Poilus qui racontent l'accueil délirant des populations comme à Macquenoise le 17 août où le régiment défile baïonnette au canon, aux accents de la Marseillaise et de la Brabançonne, au milieu des acclamations tandis qu'on distribue à profusion vin, bière, lait, café et tabac. Des scènes identiques se déroulent à Rance, à Beaumont, à Walcourt.

Succède alors la retraite avec son cortège de misères : « Les longs et pitoyables convois des habitants, qui fuient à l'approche de l'Allemand exécré, se mêlent aux colonnes : les convois d'artillerie se croisent, se coupent, se dépassent et ajoutent encore au désordre ».

Armoiries

Communes limitrophes

Démographie
Elle comptait, au ,  habitants ( hommes et  femmes), soit une densité de  habitants/km² pour une superficie de  km².

Le graphique suivant reprend sa population résidente au  janvier de chaque année

Les chiffres des années 1846, 1900 et 1947 tiennent compte des chiffres des anciennes communes fusionnées.
 Source : DGS - Remarque: 1806 jusqu'à 1970=recensement; depuis 1971=nombre d'habitants chaque 1er janvier

Lieux et monuments

Beaumont

 La Tour Salamandre  avec son Musée d'Histoire et d'Artisanat,
 La Chapelle Saint-Julien l'Hospitalier,
 L'Église Saint-Servais,
 Les remparts de la ville,
 Le Château des Caraman-Chimay.

Barbençon

 L'Église Saint-Lambert,
 Les chapelles (17/18/19e s.),
 L'ancien château (ruines).

Renlies
 Un retable de 1530.

Spécialité
Une des spécialités de Beaumont est un macaron dont la recette aurait été donnée par un cuisinier de Napoléon, qui logea sur place le 14 juin 1815 avant de se rendre à Waterloo.

Proverbe célèbre à Beaumont : . Cette phrase aurait été prononcée par un des trois chaudronniers auvergnats qui auraient molesté l'empereur Charles Quint lors de sa venue à Beaumont en août 1549.

Galerie photos

Légende des trois Auvergnats
« Beaumont, ville de malheur ! Arrivés à midi, pendus à une heure ! »

Ce devait être en ... 1549, trois Auvergnats, chargés de brocs, chaudrons, enclumettes et autres apertintailles nécessaires à leur métier, cheminaient sous un soleil de plomb vers la ville où la foire de la Saint-Jean allait encore amener dans les murs des centaines de chalands à la bourse arrondie ... S'étant moult fois désaltérés, ils étaient d'excellente humeur; aussi, en apercevant un bourgeois bien mis, montant un fringant cheval noir, ils n'hésitèrent pas et se lancèrent à la bride de l'animal pour désarçonner sans ménagement le cavalier qui dut porter une partie des ballots sous les quolibets des hommes à demi-éméchés. Que voulez-vous qu'un homme seul fasse contre trois forts gaillards ?

Aux abords immédiats de la place-forte, ils furent tout étonnés de voir arriver un cortège formé des corporations, des bourgeois et des autorités entourées d'hommes en armes. Leur portefaix d'occasion cria aussitôt: « A l'arme! Emparez-vous de ces vauriens et garottez-les moi, loyaux sujets de Beaumont !».
À cet ordre, archers et arbalestriers, placés sous les étendards respectifs de saint Sébastien et de saint Georges, saisirent illico nos drôles qui, hagards, comprirent en un éclair leur bévue majuscule ...

Et bien oui ! Manque de pot, le bourgeois bien mis n'était autre que l'empereur Charles-Quint, prince des Pays-Bas, roi d'Espagne et de Sicile, qui chevauchait à son aise à deux jets d'arquebuse de sa bonne ville de Beaumont qui s'apprêtait à le recevoir en grande pompe.

Ce crime de lèse-majesté ne fut pas longtemps impuni; pendant que se déroulait la réception en l'honneur du souverain, le prévôt fut chargé d'instruire l'affaire qui ne tarda pas à être résolue : les trois Auvergnats irréfléchis seraient pendus immédiatement au Champ de la Justice où se dressait une lugubre potence.
Une heure ne s'était pas écoulée depuis leur arrivée en ville ...

C'est la légende des trois Auvergnats, vue par Georges Ducarme, fondateur de la Société d'Histoire de Rance. Un bas-relief en bronze représentant ces trois gaillards, d'après un grès d'Andenne réalisé et offert en 1952 par Marie-Louise Albessart, figure en bonne place à l'hôtel de ville du lieu.

Personnalités liées à la ville
 Philippe François Joseph Saladin, vicaire d'Ascq et d'Halluin, curé de La Madeleine, né à Beaumont (Belgique) le  et assassiné à La Madeleine le  alors qu'il tentait de fuir en Belgique déguisé en femme ; il fut pendu à la lanterne du coin de la rue des Jardins.
 Fernand Jacquet, né à Chimay le 2 novembre 1888 et décédé à Leval-Chaudeville (Beaumont) le 7 octobre 1947. Il fut un as de l'aviation belge de la Première Guerre mondiale avec 7 victoires homologuées. Il fut le 17 avril 1915, le premier pilote belge à remporter un combat aérien et devint le  février 1917, le tout premier as belge. Il fut également en 1917 le premier pilote belge à transporter sur le front le roi Albert, avec lequel il noua des liens d'amitié sincère. Qui plus est, il est le seul Belge à avoir été décoré de la Distinguished Flying Cross britannique lors de la Première Guerre mondiale.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Liste des seigneurs de Beaumont
 Liste du patrimoine immobilier classé de Beaumont

Liens externes
 Site de l'administration communale

Bibliographie

 Marcel Houyoux, 16-27 août 1914 - La Ve Armée française à Beaumont, Cahier du Musée de Cerfontaine n° 382, 50 pages, 2014.
 Théodore Bernier, Histoire de la ville de Beaumont, Beaumont, Ed. Culture et Civilisation, 1982.

Commune dans la province de Hainaut
Ville dans la province de Hainaut
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In her time in the classroom, Ellen, or Ms. Ellen as she was known by her 5th grade students, experienced the challenge that grading presented to many teachers. After long days of actively engaging our students, fellow teachers still needed to spend hours grading student work in order to provide timely feedback and instructional adjustments for students. Now a graduate student at Harvard's Graduate School of Education, Ellen joined Gradeable committed to helping teachers like herself overcome this challenge and be another (and continuing!) teacher voice in Gradeable product development and design. Ellen will be blogging about her time at Harvard, thoughts on the field of education, stories of superstar teachers, and new information surrounding the Gradeable product.
My first two weeks at Gradeable have been an incredible joy. It is fantastic to be part of a working community that is so passionate about helping my fellow teachers streamline their workflow so that instruction can truly be the central focus of teachers' time and efforts. As an educator, I am passionate about helping other teachers be the best they can be, as I believe that teachers are at the center of successful education for students everywhere, and undervalued for the incredible amount of work that they do for their students. In the classroom, I often felt that what we needed most as educators was not an increase in effort, but rather a need for stakeholders to remember that teachers efforts, every single one, should be directed towards improving instruction and student learning opportunities.
I also bring a strong passion for personal learning, and am constantly delighted to learn new things, and discover new opportunities. This passion brought me to Harvard, where I am pursuing a Masters of Education with a focus on technologies and innovation for education. I come to this program with a fair amount of skepticism, but full of optimism: in my time in the classroom, I saw the incredible impact that technologies had on my students' learning, yet would hesitate to say that this was the best or only way that they achieved new knowledge and skills. Instead, I believe that technology informs new opportunities for us as educators to focus on what matters most: deep and constructive student learning.
My work at Gradeable will be directly informed by this background. My role will be to support teachers and their use of the Gradeable product. This will mean responding to teacher inquiries and problems, integrating teacher feedback into the product, and being a voice for teacher needs and opinion at Gradeable, both online through social media and in person. My hope is that my role will become a portal for you to interact with Gradeable, and the each and every one of you will be comfortable reaching out to me as both a resource and a fellow educator, who, like you, understands the struggles and challenges that go along with teaching and learning. All the best.
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A new study led by researchers with Colorado School of Mines exposes limitations with the current methods used to detect chemicals in oilfield wastewater and offers solutions to help regulators make better decisions for managing this waste stream.
Oilfield wastewater is extremely salty and can contain multiple combinations of many potentially harmful chemicals (approximately 1600 on a national basis). However, most standard or approved analytical methods available to regulators were designed to work with fresh water. Because oil and gas wastewater is so salty—sometimes 10 times saltier than seawater or more—chemists often have to dilute wastewater samples to manage the high salt content.
We've all seen TV detectives dust a scene for fingerprints. In a study in the journal Nature, a team of scientists did something similar, using carbon isotopes to identify the "fingerprints" of methane– one of the world's most powerful climate pollutants in the atmosphere.
The study examined the isotopic signature from two types of methane emissions: biogenic (sources like wetlands, landfills and agriculture) and thermogenic (encompassing geologic seepage, activities associated with the oil and gas supply chain or coal mines).


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Friday, November 5, 2010- this evening three of the most active and unique voices in the European and international creative music and modern jazz worlds, the tuba player Carl-Ludwig Huebsch, the trombonist Wolter Wierbos and the saxophonist Matthias Schubert, will be performing at the AllWays Lounge at 9:30 PM. Their ensemble, Longrun Development of the Universe, has collaborated with a wide range of acts including alternative rock pioneers, Sonic Youth and jazz greats like Lester Bowie and Hamid Drake. Playing mostly compositions by Huebsch, written specifically for these players, they combine contemporary written music, jazz forms and vehicles for pure improvisation. Cover tunes may include a traditional song such as El Eterno (for Che Guevara), a Navaho traditional, a Sun Ra or a Thelonious Monk tune.  The adventurous, humorous and vivid playing of the musicians and their ability to turn written notations freely into real time stories drives their concerts.
The group also plays Saturday night, November 6 at Zeitgeist at 8 PM with special guests Helen Gillet on cello and Tim Green on saxophone.
Thursday- November 2, 2010- this evening at the Maple Leaf, the saxophonist Eric Traub (pictured) and the bassist Peter Harris join the drummer Johnny Vidacovich. Traub is best known for his work with Dr. John, but he is a be-bopper at heart. A soulful player with one foot in the blues, his sound is powerful. Harris is a versatile first-call jazz bassist who plays with finesse. Trivia question- when Traub was working with Galactic on their first album, "Coolin' Off," what funk band was Harris playing in? Leave your answers on my facebook page.
Wednesday- November, 3, 2110- This afternoon, weather permitting, two of the biggest musical stars to emerge from New Orleans will headline the last of the fall concerts in Lafayette Square. Toussaint (pictured) was mostly known as a producer and songwriter from the beginnings of career in the 1950s. Post Katrina, he has become a prolific performer and collaborator with stars like Elvis Costello. Payton was a jazz trumpet prodigy in the 1990s who has gone on to be one of the hallmark players of his generation. His appearance will be bittersweet due to the recent passing of his father, the venerated bassist Walter Payton. They are appearing with the organist Joe Krown's trio, which features the guitarist/ vocalist Walter "Wolfman" Washington and the drummer Russell Batiste. This format provides some tantalizing possibilities. Will both keyboardists play together? Will Krown provide massive organ fills; there is no bassist on the bill, while Toussaint plays sweet sounds on the piano? Little Freddie King opens at 5 PM.
Tired yet? Ready to get your Halloween groove on? Get there early to hear Shannon McNally at 11: 15 AM on the Soco/WWOZ stage. She has been touring more lately and the band sounds great. The songstress puts a lot of effort into her craft and her voice has matured into a finely tuned instrument. Everybody has been raving about Janelle Monae and her widely ranging style. I have not seen her perform yet, but I trust my sources. She hits at 2:15 PM on the SOCO/WWOZ stage. Toubab Krewe (pictured) blends jam band tendencies with the trance music of Mali in Africa. They consistently put on over the top performances and tend to memorize listeners who are not familiar with African styles. They kick off at 5:15 PM on the Preservation Hall stage.


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WÄRTSILÄ GAS SYSTEM FOR SECOND FINCANTIERI BAY LNG BUNKER BARGE
Wärtsilä will supply a complete LNG cargo storage and handling system for a new 103m long LNG Bunker Barge which is to be built at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding (FBS) in Wisconsin, USA for Polaris New Energy (PNE).
This is the second of two such barges built at the yard for PNE, the same Wärtsilä solution having been ordered for both. The first barge is scheduled for delivery from FBS in December 2021.
The Wärtsilä scope includes four 1350 m3 insulated LNG cargo tanks, the cargo control system, deepwell pumps, a ship-to-shore transfer system, a nitrogen generator, all necessary safety equipment and systems, a custody transfer measurement system, and the gas combustion unit. Deliveries to the yard will commence in November 2022.
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Kjell Ove Ulstein, Sales and Marketing Director, Wärtsilä Gas Solutions, said: "This repeat order comes based on the success of the first vessel's cargo handling project, and Wärtsilä's unmatched reputation for high quality LNG system solutions. The North American maritime sector is increasingly turning to LNG fuel as a means to reduce its carbon footprint, and this project represents an important addition to the supply infrastructure. Our depth of experience certainly adds significant support to this trend."
The two barges will be capable of delivering fuel to both ocean-going and inland waterway vessels operating on LNG.
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Tom Clark, a Milwaukee native, was on CBS's Late Late Show, NBC's Last Comic Standing, The Bob & Tom Radio Show and Comedy Central's Premium Blend.
Mary Mack and her mandolin sing-alongs have been featured on the Bob and Tom Radio Show, XM, Sirius, and Minnesota's Polka Spotlight. She divides her time among Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and a camper in the woods.
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Under pressure from the animal-welfare group, food industry giants such as ConAgra, Kroger, Safeway, Compass Group, Costco, McDonald's, Burger King and Wendy's have agreed in recent months to require their pork suppliers to phase out the use of gestation stalls for sows. The move will require producers to keep sows in pens, rather than crates, which means redesigning bars and training workers. The industry has long argued that the stalls are needed to protect sows from hurting each other, and there are concerns that the added cost ending their use will make it even harder for independent farmers to compete with corporate operations.
Gestation stalls, like conventional cages for hens, "have been scientifically researched. They have been found to provide benefits to both the animal, as well as to the farmworkers who are responsible for the care of the animals," said Kay Johnson Smith, president and CEO of the Animal Agriculture Alliance.
But Temple Grandin, a renowned expert on animal welfare respected both by industry and activists, says the way sows and hens are housed is by far the two biggest issues and that change is inevitable in both. Another issue, docking the tails of dairy cattle, is being eliminated, she says.
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This skirmish is set in the third year of warfare on the Mon-Gerahnt Line. Desperate for results and to break the stalemate that threatens to slow down his career, Feldmarschall Von Beerburg has sent a squad of his best men out under cover of darkness for a night raid for the allied trenches where they hope to eliminate enough defenders to clear the way for a big push. At the same time (as luck would have it) a platoon of orc commandos is attempting almost the same thing, daring no-mans land between the opposite trenches to capture Von Beerburg himself. The secrecy surrounding both raids has meant that neither side has thought to alert their artillery, who fearing an all out night assault are watchful for any evidence of attack. As the two forces meet desperate decisions must be made as to the risks they run, and old scores will be settled in the shadows.
Set up a 6' x 4' table to represent the no-man's land between the opposing trenches with barbed wire, shell-holes, tank wrecks and so on – you can use anything you wish so long as both players agree. Each side's trenches run parallel to each other along the opposite shorter sides of the table and are considered the objective at the start of the mission.
The Allied forces start six inches away from their own lines, spread out at least three inches apart from each other. They are determined to capture the villainous Von Beerburg. Blarnes is considered the leader of the Allied force as none of the troops respect Fodder.
The Dwarven force also begins six inches away from their own lines, likewise spread out and ready to strike a decisive blow for their war effort.
The scenario is fought entirely at night (-50% to movement, the Orc's carrot supply lines have been cut by the Dwarves).
*It is assumed the Phantoms attack with typical Phantom noises – groans, moans and suchlike.
If any of the events above are triggered roll a D6 and if the roll matches the indicated chance then firing begins. If the artillery guns DO fire (it could be either side – it doesn't matter which) take a three inch template and place it over the figure who triggered the shelling. Then roll 1D8 for scatter direction and 1D8 for scatter distance and place the template that many inches away from the target – the artillery is not especially accurate. Any figures under the template are hit by the shelling and take a hit from an 8 GUTS gun crew (already modified for terrain and night).
To further complicate matters there is something at work on the battlefield that neither side has anticipated. As shells crash home into the mud and ruin, churning up the mangled remains of other soldiers long dead, the dead may rise to strike back against those who disturb their rest. Each time an artillery shell hits home onto the tabletop roll a D6. On a roll of 1 immediately place D3 Phantoms under its template. The restless dead will move at full speed towards the nearest unit of either side and will attack until their target is dead or they themselves have been destroyed.
Blarnes has Guts of 11. Totally insane and convinced of his own charmed life, Blarnes does not fear harm from the Dwarven artillery at all (and is thoughtless enough to not consider his men) and may therefore only attack enemy models with his firearm. Because Blarnes is so convinced of his own inability to die at the hand of any other he may actually shrug off wounds that would fell another Orc through sheer disbelief that they may prove fatal: therefore he may re-roll any Guts check (his or opponents that targets him). He may only re-roll the check once but can do this multiple times per game.
Technically in charge of the operation, Fodder is seeing his first action since posted to the Mon-Gerahnt Line by his father, who thought it might 'toughen the boy up'. He has no respect from the men and therefore does not count as an officer model. Fodder is in a terrible funk about the mission and is scared out of his wits to the extent that if a firearm is discharged within six inches of him he will let out a terrified shriek (see the artillery table above). Fodder has a Guts value of 8.
Privates Bingo, Widsy, Carpet, Pincher, Hedgeworth and Joiner.
Roll 1D8 and add +4 for each of their starting Guts values.
All are armed with Orc Rifles.
Entwickler is one of the finest brains in Von Beerburgs Ausdenkerkorps and has kitted himself out in a number of inventions of his own devising for this crucial mission. In game terms most of them are utterly useless such as his gas-proof slinkboots, beard mounted reloading belt and his infamous helmet dwelling night vision frog, but under his uniform he is wearing a solid metal Brustgurt of his own invention that should stop any bullets fired his way, giving him a Guts modifier of +4 when being fired upon. Unfortunately for him the armour will repel bullets with a loud PTANG!-like noise (players may wish to imitate this) which may well draw the attention of the artillery fire. Entwickler has a Guts value of 10 and is armed with an SMG.
Kuckold is an unhappy dwarf: he has recently discovered that his beloved wife is little more than a shameless hussy who has been engaged in an affair with one of the troops under his command. He seeks to settle the score under cover of the night raid. The Orc player should randomly and secretly determine which of the privates (not Bombermann) has been dallying with Mrs. Kuckold at the start of the game and write it down. From the second turn onwards (Kuckold is biding his time) as soon as Kuckold moves within six inches of this model the Orc player should reveal his target (with a suitable flourish) and should make an immediate attack on him with his firearm. Kuckold must then continue to attack his target every turn until one or the other of them is killed, at which point he returns to normal control if still alive. Kuckold's target (and his allies) may fire upon their own Korpral if they wish! Kuckold has a Guts value of 9. Kuckold is armed with a rifle.
Private Bombermann is Entwicklers secret weapon – he is loaded down with enough explosive to collapse an entire section of the Mon-Gerahnt Line and so spearhead the Dwarven advance. Because Bombermann is not the sharpest tool in the box he has been nominated to carry the explosive payload and been given simple instructions to detonate it. Due to its size and weight Bombermann may not throw the explosive but may detonate it wilfully before he reaches the trench should he so wish. If he does take the shelling template and apply it on top of Bombermann himself, but do not roll for damage on him as he is blown into tiny little bits automatically upon detonation. Note that this explosion counts towards the limit for raising the dead (see above) as well as having a high probability that it will bring down more shells upon the field of battle.
If Bombermann is killed there is a 50% chance that his payload will detonate anyway, with results described as above.
Bombermann has a Guts value of 8. He is not carrying any other weapon.
Roll 1D6 and add +4 for each of their starting Guts values. They are all armed with SMGs.
Should the dead rise use the rules for them found in Matthew Hartley's scenario, Phantasy, right here on Orcs in the Webbe.
For either side to claim victory they must ensure at least one member of their forces reaches the opposition trench whilst at the same time ensuring no enemy forces reach their own.
If both sides reach their objective the battle may be considered a draw.
Finally this scenario leaves a number of questions unanswered. What caused the dead to be restless? What happens when (if) Blarnes reaches the Dwarven line and attempts to capture Von Beerburg? Will the Dwarves push through the Mon-Gerahnt Line? Can anything kill Blarnes? What does the night vision frog actually do?
I'll leave the answers up to you.
For anyone not familiar with Panzerfäuste you can read an introductory article here, the free 'lite' version of the rules are available here on Wargames Vault.
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Jack Todd: Habs' Subban is a star for our time
WITH VIDEO: As we waited with the mob outside the Canadiens room following Game 3 of this series against the Boston Bruins, I was chatting with an old friend, columnist Philippe Cantin of La Presse.
Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban lights up the Montreal fan base like no skater has since the crowd out at the Forum was roaring its support for the legendary Guy Lafleur. Photo by Allen McInnis /Montreal Gazette
As we waited with the mob outside the Canadiens room following Game 3 of this series against the Boston Bruins, I was chatting with an old friend, columnist Philippe Cantin of La Presse.
Cantin is one of the more thoughtful sports journalists in this city, so it was somewhat reassuring to learn that we had gone through the same experience during Montreal's 4-2 win over Boston. We had both arrived at the rink thinking we would write anything but P.K. Subban, for a change — and we both found ourselves forced to turn our attention to the young defenceman because, once again, he was the most compelling story on the ice.
Oh, there was Dale Weise, the unlikely hero who was outscoring both his own teammate, Max Pacioretty, and superstar Sidney Crosby.
There was Carey Price, with another of those steady, calming performances that confirm his genuine arrival as the player he was always meant to be.
There was Tomas Plekanec and Lars Eller, Mike Weaver and Thomas Vanek. But there was no real doubt as to the story of the night.
In a single remarkable sequence, Subban had devastated Reilly Smith with an open-ice hit that resembled a man stepping on a land mine, taken out teammate Vanek with the blow-back from that play, been called for a borderline roughing minor and come out of the box to take a pass from Eller and put a left-to-right shift on Boston goalie Tuukka Rask that left Rask's jock dangling from the scoreboard and the puck in the net.
Need a story, gentleman? There was your story, wrapped in a neat package by a player whose penchant for such heroics is growing with every game.
Exchanging observations, Cantin and I reached agreement on another point: Not since Guy Lafleur have the Canadiens had a player with such charisma. Oh, Alex Kovalev could light 'em up when he wanted to, but Kovalev was an enigma who was as likely to vanish as to dominate a game. You can say many things about Subban — but no one will ever accuse him of vanishing.
He is a star for our time, this young man, possessor of a back-story that would have been unthinkable even 20 or 30 years ago. In many ways, Subban represents the transformation of this society. When I arrived here in 1971, after gigs in heavily Hispanic Miami and racially torn Detroit, Montreal seemed overwhelmingly white. This city had its own divisions, but the divide was based on language, not race.
Take a stroll down Ste. Catherine today and the visible metamorphosis is startling. We are a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-racial society and that truth is obvious on every street corner, here as in every other Canadian city from Halifax to Vancouver.
In this context, it is absolutely fitting that the most charismatic star of the Montreal Canadiens in the first part of the 21st century is the son of Jamaican immigrants who settled in Ontario, where his father, Karl, transferred his passion for cricket and soccer to our national game, hockey.
For many immigrants, hockey is a passport into this country, a bridge to our culture. Some ignore it, but those who embrace it do so wholeheartedly. Whether they're immigrants from Hong Kong in Vancouver, Barbadians and Jamaicans who settle in Toronto, or Haitians, Tunisians, Moroccans and Vietnamese who favour French-speaking Montreal, they embrace hockey. They don't all play it like P.K. Subban (most first-generation immigrants don't play hockey at all) but they watch it as intensely as any fifth-generation descendant of a Scottish banker.
In a sense, Subban's soaring play in this series hasn't simply provided a response to the bigots who took their savage ignorance to Twitter after his Game 1 heroics in Boston, it has also helped remind us how irrelevant they have become — irrelevant, ignorant, pathetic and obsolete. Both here and in the U.S., shifting demographics have left racists from Cliven Bundy to Donald Sterling to the Twitter mob on increasingly shaky ground. Even the president of the United States is a black man, an African-American in the most literal sense of the term.
So it should not come as a complete surprise that the player who lights up the fan base in Montreal as no skater has since the crowd out at the Forum was roaring its support for Lafleur is a black anglo from Toronto, not a white francophone from Quebec.
Or that Sri Lankans and Nigerians, Guatemalans and Iraqis, hyphenated Canadians from coast to coast might feel, no matter what their team loyalties, that Subban represents them when he puts on a move that freezes a Finnish goalie.
Because P.K. Subban is a transformative player. Not simply in the history of the Canadiens, but also in the history of the National Hockey League. He follows in the footsteps of others, from Willie O'Ree to Grant Fuhr to Joel Ward to one of Subban's rivals in this hard-fought series against the Bruins, Jarome Iginla.
The classy way Iginla has handled himself since he came into the league has no doubt helped Subban with the off-ice behaviour that has helped defuse some of his critics, especially following the mini-firestorm after Game 1. Iginla's own heritage might be mixed, but he has had to deal with racism throughout his career and he can legitimately be called the league's first black superstar.
But where Iginla has often been able to slip under the radar despite his talents, that has never been true of Subban. He is flashy, he is charismatic, he is out there, and he is an overwhelmingly talented big-game player who thrives in front of the league's biggest, noisiest crowd.
The atmosphere at the Bell Centre, after all, doesn't work for everyone. Some players, like free-agent pitchers signed by the Yankees, simply wilt under the pressure. Think of poor Jocelyn Thibault, whose shoulders visibly slumped after every bad goal, a player who seemed literally crushed by the weight of expectations as Patrick Roy's successor. Then there are all those players, including several francophone stars, who simply won't come here at all.
Not Subban. Like his buddy Carey Price, Subban rises to the occasion. The campaign following his abbreviated Norris Trophy season has not been a bed of roses for him. Subban struggled at times. He was chosen for Team Canada, but left as a spectator for all but one meaningless game by coach Mike Babcock and his staff.
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Subban said all the right things in Sochi, but Babcock's decision seemed to rattle him a little. He went through his worst patch since the days of Randy Cunneyworth following the Olympics and found his minutes (and his output) sharply reduced.
But somehow, you knew that when the puck dropped for the playoffs, Subban would be flying — and he is. Going into play Wednesday night, he was third overall in playoff scoring with three goals and 11 points. He has put together three multi-point games in a row against the Bruins and has a run of six straight games with points, after going pointless in the first game of the Tampa Bay series.
After the Canadiens had put their sixth win in seven playoff games to bed, Subban underlined his awareness of the history and tradition behind this team when he gave some of the credit to Serge Savard. The former GM, himself one of the Big Three on the blue line in his day, had offered his advice to Subban before the playoffs began.
What did Savard say?
"He told me I should play the clock," Subban said. "Always be aware of the time left and the situation on the ice, if you're up 3-1 or whatever. It's good advice, advice I would pass on to kids."
No, Subban hadn't been watching when Savard performed his trademark spinarama. He was born, after all, long after Savard retired. But he has seen it, and he has his opinion:
"His spinarama," Subban said, "was way tighter than mine."
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The Diary has always been a firm believer in a work-life balance, particularly the "life" bit. So it delved with considerable interest into ad guru Winston Fletcher's latest literary oeuvre, Beating the 24/7.
This intimate exposé of business leaders who get to the top of the greasy pole, yet contrive to have a successful family life in their spare time, makes for some fascinating reading. For instance, the very fact that they have any spare time to balance came as a bit of a shock to the Diary. But that's just the point, it seems. All that fiddling with executive toys into the early hours of the morning soon leads to severely dysfunctional behaviour and the divorce court, until you learn to cut and run at 6 o'clock sharp (or, in the Diary's case, 5 o'clock sharp).
Perhaps that explains why Vodafone supremo Sir Chris Gent is just about the only omission from Winston's pages. Apparently, he's much too busy to have any spare time. The Diary says: get a life, Chris.


Skrill, the popular online gaming payment processor has decided to cease transactions for Canadian gamblers. This will be effective in January 2014 after Skill having reviewed its operations but did not disclose specific reasons regarding the cut-off.
The company was acquired recently this year by CVC Capital Partners and earlier this year, Canadian members were notified that that their transactions will no longer be processed via email, reasons for this decision were not given.
In November 2014, Skrill was approved to process transactions for companies serving the New Jersey online gaming and this could be the reason why Skrill has opted to pullout of the Grey Canadian Market and focus on the growing US Market.
Another possibility is the change of management at which the new owners CVC Capital Partners do not opt to take risk than the previous Skrill's management.
There has been a lot of confusion and the reasons behind this decision is a mystery since there has been no changes in the Canadian's gambling legislation and the only major reason may be the condition of licensing.
On the other hand, Titan Poker has also withdrawn from the Canadian market as from December and Titan's Officials announced that Canadian players can keep playing, depositing, withdrawing and winning at the tables.


Discussion in 'Server Operation' started by Chad, Mar 11, 2008.
"MissingSourceFile (no such file to load -- postgres)"
I installed Ruby Gems via whm > apache update and Ruby Rails manually. What else am I to do to get this working? Postgres was compiled as well and has always been installed.
Can you post the source code of the file that you're trying to access?


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Ahigal de Villarino – gmina w Hiszpanii, w prowincji Salamanka, w Kastylii i León, o powierzchni 24,11 km². W 2011 roku gmina liczyła 37 mieszkańców.

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Credit cards tend to get a bad wrap. When used responsibly they are actually extremely valuable and can be used to save you a lot of money on items that you already buy. There are however still several factors that you want to look at before committing to one credit card. With over 1,000 credit cards offered in the United States, the task can be overwhelming. Here are some quick tips that will help you find the credit card that fits your needs.
Before shopping for a credit card the first order of business is determine what the card will be used for and if you are able to pay off the full balance monthly or not. If they goal is to pay off the balance monthly, a rewards card is the best option for you. If not, finding a card with the lowest possible interest rate is key.
The next best advice in choosing a credit card is to read the fine print. Advertisement and promotional products are meant to reel you in, but sometimes the hidden conditions aren't as glamorous as advertised. This is especially the case if your credit score is not up to par. Credit card companies are known to offer an extremely low rate in advertising with the small print contingency that rates are based on your credit score. It is a good idea to check your credit score before applying for any type of credit so that you know what to expect. This also gives you the opportunity to improve your credit score which can make all the difference when applying for credit.
If you already have a credit card and are looking at other options it is always an option to negotiate better rates on your current card. If your credit score is good and you carry a rate over 14%, a quick call to your credit card company may be worth it. It is quite possible that they will lower your APR in order to keep you. Otherwise, you can transfer your credit to another more appealing credit card with better rewards and rates. This is especially beneficial with credit cards that offering 0% interest rates on balance transfers. It is important to remember that this 0% rate is usually only for a few months and then the rate jumps up.
If your credit score is too low but you are financially responsible enough to handle debt, you may consider a secured card. A security deposit is required on these and doubles as your credit limit. However, this is a great way to build your credit worthiness as long as the credit card reports to one of the three major bureaus.
If your goal is to find a credit card that offers the best rewards on items you already buy, the internet provides as a great tool to locate these cards. It is a good idea to determine what you spend the most money on and find a card that caters to these expenses. If you are extremely comfortable in your ability to budget and control spending, credit card churning is a great option. This allows you to use two cards in order to take advantage of different rewards as well as time your purchases and payment dates to allow for the longest time period for repayment.
I recently got a Chase Sapphire preferred card before heading out on a trip to Europe, mainly because it didn't have that irratating transaction fee attached to it. That and the sign-up bonus was quite nice, and the spend was easily covered while we were abroad.
Definitely take into account potential changes to spending behavior in the future–always a pain to switch or add credit cards.


Austin, TX, July 19, 2016 – Five Star ER today announced it has earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for Ambulatory Health Care Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its nationally recognized standards. The Gold Seal of Approval is a symbol of quality that reflects an organization's commitment to providing safe and effective patient care.
Five Star ER earned the accreditation through a rigorous review during an unannounced onsite survey, patient care and facility evaluation. During the review, a team of Joint Commission surveyors with expertise in ambulatory health care, evaluated compliance with ambulatory care standards related to a variety of areas, including coordination of care, monitoring for procedures that involve use of sedation or anesthesia, infection prevention and control, management of medications, and patient education and training.
Austin, TX, October 6, 2015 – Five Star ER announced today the grand opening of its newest location in South Austin. The freestanding emergency room officially marked its opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony led by Austin Chamber members, area business leaders, Five Star ER staff and partners. Five Star ER | South Austin, located at 8721 Manchaca Road, is a state-licensed emergency center and is open 24/7 along with additional Five Star ER locations serving communities in Round Rock and Dripping Springs.
The state-of-the-art facility provides the same high-quality medical care available in a traditional hospital-based emergency room, but in a comfortable, friendly setting with personal attention and without a long wait. Residents from Cherry Creek and Tanglewood Forest to Bauerle Ranch, Shady Hollow and Sendera can now benefit from the convenient location as well as the personalized and responsive care provided by Five Star ER's board-certified emergency room physicians and their experienced emergency room staff.
The design of the facility, guided by Five Star ER's award-winning team, focuses on the needs of both patients and the emergency care workers who serve them. The 7,000 square-foot emergency center features eight private exam rooms including two trauma rooms, an onsite laboratory and imaging services for rapid diagnosis and treatment. Diagnostic imaging capabilities include digital CT scans and x-rays, as well as formal and bedside ultrasounds. Five Star ER also provides a variety of laboratory services, including complete blood counts and metabolic panels, cardiac enzymes analysis, and blood gas profiling.
The facility's medical director, Dr. Ken Domuczicz, has served as an emergency medicine physician at Seton Medical Center Austin and Seton Northwest Hospital since 2003.
Five Star ER | South Austin is the third of four locations scheduled to open in 2015.
Austin, TX, August 21, 2015 – Instead of driving 20 minutes to the nearest emergency room, Dripping Springs residents can now benefit from the convenience and personalized care of Five Star ER, which today opened the city's first free standing emergency center. Five Star ER provides the same high-quality medical care available in a traditional hospital-based emergency room, but in a comfortable, friendly setting with personal attention.
The center, located at 333 E. Highway 290, will mark the opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony attended by local officials, staff and area physicians. A Teddy Bear Clinic will also offer children a free teddy bear and opportunity to tour the clinic to learn about the tools and technology available in the event of an emergency.
The 9,600 square-foot, state-of-the-art facility, designed and constructed by Lockard, features five private exam rooms including two trauma rooms, an onsite laboratory, pharmacy, and imaging services for rapid diagnosis and treatment. Diagnostic imaging capabilities include digital CT scans and x-rays, as well as formal and bedside ultrasounds. Five Star ER also provides a variety of laboratory services, including complete blood counts and metabolic panels, cardiac enzymes analysis, and blood gas profiling.
The Five Star ER | Dripping Springs is the second of four locations scheduled to open in 2015.
Austin, TX, December 16, 2014 – Five Star ER announced today that construction is in the final stages and on schedule for the opening of its first freestanding emergency department in Round Rock, Texas, on Thursday, January 15, 2015. The center, located at 1700 Round Rock Avenue (RM 620), about one mile west of Interstate 35, is owned and operated by Emergency Service Partners (ESP), a physician-owned group providing emergency medical care in emergency rooms throughout Central Texas since 1988. Five Star ER, a state-licensed facility, will be open 24/7/365.
Five Star ER provides the same high-quality medical care patients seek in a traditional hospital-based emergency room, differentiating the patient treatment experience through a highly personalized approach within a family-friendly, healing environment and comfortable setting. The approach to care has been streamlined to make each minute count, moving patients into a private room and in front of a board-certified physician within minutes.
The 9,200 square-foot, state-of-the-art facility features 11 private exam rooms including two trauma rooms, an onsite laboratory, pharmacy, and imaging services for rapid diagnosis and treatment. Diagnostic imaging capabilities include digital CT scans and x-rays, as well as formal and bedside ultrasounds. Five Star ER also provides a variety of laboratory services, including complete blood counts and metabolic panels, cardiac enzymes analysis, and blood gas profiling.
The design of the facility, guided by Five Star ER's award-winning team, focuses on the needs of both patients and the healthcare workers who serve them. Covered entryways, ample parking, modern lounge furnishings, secure Wi-Fi and charging stations, along with a dedicated children's play area work together to create a relaxing, comfortable setting for patients, family and friends.
Austin, TX – Beginning this winter, there will be a new place for emergency care in Round Rock: Five Star ER.
traditional hospital-based emergency room, but in a comfortable, friendly setting with personal attention.
Five Star ER's Round Rock location will be at 1700 Round Rock Avenue (RM 620), about one mile west of Interstate 35. Construction began May, 2014 with an anticipated opening in January, 2015. The 9,200 square-foot facility will offer 11 exam rooms including two trauma rooms; x-ray, CT and ultrasound services; and board-certified emergency physicians on duty at all times.
"We like to describe our new facility as quality emergency care wrapped in a package of personal service—with a comfortable, welcoming atmosphere," says Dr. Brian Aldred, the medical director of the new emergency center.
Five Star ER will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
"Since the majority of all ER visits nationwide occur at night and on weekends, we will be open for any emergencies that occur when a regular physician's office is usually closed," says Dr. Aldred.
The board-certified emergency physicians can treat all the regular emergencies that would normally be seen in a hospital emergency room, such as abdominal pain, fever, asthma and respiratory problems, sports injuries, headaches, kidney stones, and pneumonia.
"Our physicians will coordinate with the patient's primary care physician after the ER visit to make sure the physician has all medical records of the emergency visit," explains Dr. Aldred.
Five Star ER plans to open additional freestanding emergency rooms in Central Texas in the next year. Five Star ER is owned and operated by Emergency Service Partners, LP (ESP), the exclusive provider of emergency physician services to the Seton Healthcare Family. ESP believes in a collaborative relationship between hospitals and physician partners, medical director leadership, competent emergency physician groups, and cutting-edge technology and protocols. Owned and managed by practicing emergency physicians in Austin since 1988, ESP provides complete emergency department management and service solutions to hospitals and health systems across Central Texas.


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20 Smart Ways to Boost Your Email Marketing Campaign
This list offers expert tried-and-true email marketing tactics throughout the entire process, from the planning stage to tracking success.
By: Erik J. Martin, Contributor
Email marketing has been used for decades, but subscriber expectations have changed in recent years. — Getty Images
Companies have been marketing via email for over 40 years. However, over that time, plenty has changed. The level of email personalization has changed, as well, and users are now expecting more from the email lists to which they choose to subscribe.
"The most valuable asset any business has is its list of customers. The problem is that you don't own your list of Facebook fans and Twitter followers. Email marketing is the only reliable way to stay in constant contact with your top followers and communicate with them in your own unique voice," said Tom Corson-Knowles, founder and CEO of TCK Publishing.
Along with Corson-Knowles, CO— also consulted with Ryan Goff, chief marketing officer for MGH, Inc., Jaime Eschette, marketing director at EvansHardy+Young, and Ari Saposh, senior vice president of Data and Strategic Partnerships for Bridge Corporation to compile the following list of 20 quick and easy tips to get results from email marketing—from preparation, to execution, to follow-up.
[For more on email marketing, see: A Guide to Growing Your Business With Email Marketing.]
"The key to effective email marketing today is customization," Goff said. "Gone are the days of full-list blast emails, as we welcome an era of messaging that's customized to each customer's brand experience."
In order to ensure a positive, customized brand experience for your subscribers, make sure you have the following tips in place before issuing any email communication:
1. Create a target list specific to your industry and goal. Options include obtaining trade show attendee lists, collecting or handing out business cards at events, driving social fans to sign up, purchasing a list, and using LinkedIn to reach new prospects.
2. Select an email marketing platform to facilitate your campaign. Free version or free trial platforms include Mailchimp, Constant Contact, SendinBlue, Drip, and GetResponse.
3. Design a winning template for your emails that are visually appealing and organized.
4. Create and connect your social media accounts and website to your emails by finding ways to tie them in. If someone is subscribed to your email list, they're more likely to click a link within the email than they are to take an extra step by going to a platform and searching for you.
Email marketing is the only reliable way to stay in constant contact with your top followers and communicate with them in your own unique voice.
Tom Corson-Knowles, founder and CEO of TCK Publishing
Email marketing is the ideal vehicle for driving traffic, loyalty, and conversion. "Even a simple email campaign with limited budget can target, nurture, and engage your customer making it a powerful tool for small businesses," Eschette said.
There are countless ways to execute an email marketing campaign, but the following tips and tricks remain fairly consistent across the board:
5. Determine the amount of emails you'll send over a set time period and keep it consistent.
6. Determine the days and times per week you'll send your emails out, the results of which can be tested through analytics software.
7. Avoid "spray and pray marketing" used by many big companies. For example, major retailers send emails daily without significant customization and different sales or discounts every day. Consumers are smarter than this, and this tactic doesn't fare well for smaller businesses.
8. Write like a pro, using proper capitalization, punctuation, sentence structure and spelling, and always proofread your emails before sending them.
9. Be personal. If you met this particular audience from a trade show or event, send an email relating to that event with information that is of value to them.
10. Keep your manners. Instead of commands, ask your audience questions. Also, end the email in a grateful tone by saying a version of "thank you," so your audience feels valued and appreciated. And, of course, stay away from foul or offensive language.
11. Be specific. Many times, when checking emails, people do not have the time or patience to read through several paragraphs. Be specific about what you're after, with concise language, so your audience does not have to guess.
12. Offer something of value to your readers, such as new information relevant to your industry, event offerings or discounts.
13. Break up your writing into bite-size nuggets. Keep paragraphs short, and use bullet points for supporting information.
14. Consider stand-out effects, such as using emojis in your subject lines. While these may not always be appropriate, depending on brand, a heart or smiley emoji can catch a reader's eye and encourage them to click around.
15. Infuse humor in your message when appropriate. Humor can make subscribers smile and want to interact with you. It also gives your brand personality.
16. Be honest with your audience. Transparency in your emails nourishes a higher click-through rate (CTR).
17. Always include a call to action, which nudges a subscriber to take another step to engage with your brand after reading your email. It can be anywhere from a link to your site to a lead for a purchase.
18. Test timely copy, down to details like current weather. If it's raining out, send an email telling your customers you'd like to take away their 'rainy day blues' with a special offer.
An email campaign is only as good as its proof of success. By utilizing the following tips, you'll be able to understand which methods work well and which do not; identify the different ways in which your audience engages; and compare and contrast different timings, methods and email styles.
19. Use split testing (or A/B testing) to gauge effectiveness, so you know which content works best for which audience(s).
20. Track metrics over time, including customer acquisition, open rate, CTR, conversion rate, and traffic to site.
CO— does not review or recommend products or services. For more information on choosing the best email marketing services, visit our friends at business.com.


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Celebrating Hockey Women
March 8, 2021, 3:30 PM | Jon Steitzer
On this International Women's Day, I've asked some of the contributors to TheLeafsNation.com to celebrate some of the women in hockey that mean something to them. This day comes at a point where we are seeing nationally televised games of the PHWPA's Dream Gap Tour, and the NWHL is announcing a return to play in order to award the Isobel Cup later this month. Additionally we are at the point where organizations like the Seattle Kraken and the Maple Leafs are bringing more women into their Hockey Ops departments than we've previously seen, and while it might not be anywhere close to the representation we'd like to see, there is no question the NHL is slowly acknowledging there are demographics they've excluded.
Here are some of the women we'd like to celebrate…
Kiana Scott by Tony Ferrari:
Kiana Scott became the first female scout in the OHL when the Erie Otters hired her to scout bantam players for the organization in March 2020. Amateur scouting can be often overlooked because it's not out in the open for everyone to see. Especially at the OHL and bantam level, it generally involves long hours on the road, late nights watching video, and early mornings compiling reports. Kiana has become a role model for so many women who are looking to break into an industry dominated by men. The Barrie native earned her position through incredibly hard work, showing up to rinks to scout all over during her time with ISS Hockey. She has been an inspiration to so many and it likely won't be long before we hear about her getting an opportunity at the next level, as she aspires to eventually scout for an NHL team.
Saroya Tinker by MerOutLoud:
Saroya Tinker is the player to watch in the NWHL. Originally from Oshawa, she plays for the Metropolitan Riveters as a defensewoman. While her play on the ice is noteworthy and impressive, her anti-racism work off the ice, and her commitment to truly making hockey for everyone, stands out. Tinker was the first NWHL player to publicly call out Barstool in the recent drama between Barstool and the NWHL, which led to an onslaught of racist and misogynist backlash from the company and its fans. She handled it all with dignity and grace, and later penned an essay for The Players Tribune about why Black Girl Hockey Club matters. As a biracial woman, Tinker's involvement in hockey demonstrates to young BIPOC girls that they belong, and her strong voice on the issue of diversity and inclusion in hockey solidifies that. At only 23, she has already accomplished so much, but I guarantee that Saroya Tinker is just getting started.
Hayley Wickenheiser by Scott Maxwell:
I'll go with the easy layup answer and say Hayley Wickenheiser. Her playing career is second to none with four gold medals at the Olympics, another seven at the World Champions, along with a whopping 318 points in 216 games of international play over the course of her career. Oh, and she's also in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Her impact on the game has played a massive role in growing women's hockey, and inspiring young girls to play hockey by showing them that they too can be an Olympian, a Hockey Hall of Famer, one of the greatest in the game, not just men. If that wasn't impressive enough, she's also now a part of the Toronto Maple Leafs organization as an Assistant Director of Player Development, with potential to become one of the first women coaches in the league, all while completing medical school! There's really nothing she can't do.
Alex Mandrycky by Ryan Hobart:
I want to take some time to celebrate Alex Mandrycky, Director of Hockey Administration for the Seattle Kraken. She has developed an insight and skillset for data analysis in hockey that really inspires me. Starting off with the statistics website "WAR On Ice", and then moving to a data analyst job with the Minnesota Wild, she's now a head figure in Seattle's organization. The exact nature of her role is obviously unclear, but Seattle has made a pointed effort of developing a team that includes strong and talented women like Alex. She's someone I really enjoy listening to, so I'll share an episode of the Too Many Men podcast where she was a guest that I really enjoyed.
Louise St. Jacques by Earl Schwartz:
I'd like to celebrate the engraver of the Stanley Cup, Louise St. Jacques. There is no more legendary trophy in the history of sports than the Stanley Cup, and Louise crafted the current version with her own two hands. The job of engraving the cup has been shared between two families for the past 80 years, beginning with the Petersen's in the 1940's. Boffey Inc. won the contract in the 1970's, and Louise began engraving the Cup in 1989. Louise was there to engrave the last 3 Canadian teams into the Cup, and hopefully she's the one to engrave the next Canadian team as well. In 1994, she made a precise replica Cup that sits in the Hockey Hall of Fame while the original is being presented to teams and players. You can tell the two apart by some of the mistakes, such as the "F" in Leafs being replaced with an "E" in 1963. On the topic of those mistakes, there are thousands of names on the cup, there's bound to be a few mistakes when every strike of the punch is permanent. In Louise's 30+ years engraving the Cup, the only mistakes that I've found were Adam Deadmarsh in '96, and Manny Legace in 2002. It's actually more likely these names were misprinted on the list given to Louise, in any case she made the corrections when traditionally mistakes had remained. Her track record is impeccable in comparison to any past engraver.
Some of the greatest moments in NHL history involve raising the cup, like Ray Bourque in 2001. Watching captains lift the cup off that table for the first time as the fans cheer, you can see the sparkle coming off all those tiny indentations like each player listed is glowing in congratulation. As they take their lap around the ice, sometimes you can see the blank space on the bottom ring, where 50 or so new names will soon go. After the players take their turns drinking champagne from the bowl, after the team celebrates the culmination of a season of hard work, the Stanley Cup makes its way to a shop in Montreal to sit with Louise.
Without any fanfare or cameras flashing, every year she carefully disassembles hockey's most prized possession, cleans it, and punches in the names of hockey's biggest stars. As fans, we are often captivated by the actions of our favourite players, but those same players are more enamoured by Louise's handywork. I'm sure players feel relieved when the season ends and they're #1, but nothing compares to the reaction of seeing their name on the cup.
At this point the majority of the bottom 4 bands of the cup are engraved by Louise. Every player to win hockey's ultimate prize over the last 30 years has been notorized by the one and only, Louise St. Jacques
Mer, Marsha, and Roxanne by Jon Steitzer:
I feel very privileged to work on this site every day with Mer, Roxanne, and Marsha, and appreciate that sharing their knowledge and opinions on hockey is never as straight forward as it is for me. The exhausting gatekeeping that women hockey fans and aspiring journalists are subjected to would have easily driven me from enjoying this sport long ago. Yet not only do they continue on, they continue to bring important light to social issues, that frankly I took for granted for much of my early life. All three of them play an important part in our coverage of the Leafs on this site, but also the Marlies and the Toronto Six, and I am grateful for their hard work.
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Mr. Rodríguez-Rivera is a member of the Litigation Department and of its Employment Practice Group. His areas of practice include complex civil and commercial litigation, e-discovery and employment law compliance. Mr. Joshua Rodríguez-Rivera obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus (Magna Cum Laude), with a Major in Labor Relations and a minor in Human Resources Management. He obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Puerto Rico, School of Law (Magna Cum Laude).
While in law school, Mr. Rodríguez-Rivera was an academic research assistant and collaborated with the Puerto Rican Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation's Commercial Committee. He was also a member of the Civil Litigation Clinic of Legal Aid, and served as Associate Editor, and later Senior Editor in the University of Puerto Rico, Law Review. He also spent a summer as a Judicial Law Clerk in the Puerto Rico Court of First Instance, Carolina.
Mr. Rodríguez-Rivera published an article in the school's Law Review on how the approval of the Labor Transformation and Flexibility Act of 2017 has displaced the Puerto Rico Civil Code (1930) provisions pertaining to labor contracts and contracts in general. See Apuntes para la interpretación del contrato de empleo bajo la Ley de transformación y flexibilidad laboral del 2017: ¿Desplazamiento del Código Civil? [Notes on the Interpretation of the Employment Contract under the Labor Transformation and Flexibility Act of 2017: A Displacement of the Civil Code?], 89 REV. JUR. UPR 643 (2020).
Mr. Rodríguez is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and is a notary public.
Rodríguez, Joshua
jrodriguez@reichardescalera.com