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Appeal for stories to create lasting memorial to tragic Formula One hero Tom Pryce
Bid to create lasting memorial to tragic Formula One hero Tom Pryce
From left, author Darren Banks, Dave Jones, who now owns Tom Pryce's beloved MGB GT sports car and Trefor Williams, friend, outside Tom's old school, Ysgol Frongoch, in Denbigh.
AN appeal has been launched for stories for a new book about tragic F1 hero Tom Pryce who came originally from Wrexham.
Campaigners are trying to raise £50,000 to create a statue in memory of the race ace and to inspire children and young people in his hometown of Denbigh to reach for their dreams.
Their drive has received a major boost after authors Darren Banks and Kevin Guthrie, who both live in Fife in Scotland, announced plans for the new book about Tom.
They have pledged to donate all the proceeds, barring minimal design and printing costs, to the fund.
Fifty people have already contributed their memories of Tom, including former F1 driver and commentator John Watson, who was a Grand Prix rival of Tom's, and his best man and oldest friend, Trefor Williams.
Tom was born at the former Trevalyn Hospital in Rossett and spent his early childhood living in the Hightown area of Wrexham and the nearby village of Brymbo.
He was tipped for the very top after swapping his first job as a tractor mechanic for a career in motorsport and a place in the Shadow Grand Prix team.
Tom won the non-championship Formula One Race of Champions at Brands Hatch in 1975 against a strong field which included world champions Emerson Fittipaldi and Jody Scheckter.
He then took pole position in the British Grand Prix that year and led the field for two laps as well as posting third place finishes in the 1975 Austrian and 1976 Brazilian Grands Prix.
But Tom, known to his friends by his second name of Maldwyn, was sadly killed at the Kyalami circuit when he was just 27 years of age.
The campaign was launched in Denbigh where he went to school at Ysgol Frongoch after his parents, a local police officer and a district nurse, settled in the village of Nantglyn.
If the fundraisers are successful, the statue will be made by the acclaimed sculptor, Nick Elphick, from Llandudno.
Darren and Kevin have previously written acclaimed biographies of racing drivers Stephen South and Jim Crawford.
Darren said, "The book will consist of a collection of memories – accompanied by many, previously unseen photos - from the many people involved in Tom's career in motor racing and from many childhood friends who knew him as Maldwyn before he set out to achieve his ambition to be World Champion.
"Other contributors include former members of the UOP Shadow F1 team, Tony Southgate, Trevor Foster and Alan Rees along with former mechanics, drivers and journalists."
According to Darren and Kevin, they are still interested to hear from anyone who knew Tom, or has any anecdotes about him, to get in touch.
Kevin added: "Tom was one of F1's hottest talents during the 1970s, until his career was cut tragically short by a freak accident during the 1977 South African Grand Prix, when a young marshal also lost his life.
"His spectacular and aggressive driving was at complete odds with his character out of the cockpit but made him a huge favourite with fans."
Dave Jones, a member of the fundraising committee who lives in nearby St Asaph, was 14 years old when he first met Tom in 1969.
He followed his career avidly and his most prized possession, among many items of memorabilia associated with Tom's career, is his beloved MGB GT sports car. Dave said:"My sister, Judith, worked in the offices at the garage and went out with him. We all knew him as Maldwyn locally, but when he moved south to pursue his racing career he became known as Tom Pryce as, apparently, the race commentators found it difficult to pronounce Maldwyn.
He saved his money to attend the racing drivers' school, Motor Racing Stables, held at Mallory Park and Brands Hatch.
The school held a series of races for pupils and the prize for winning the championship was a new Lola Formula Ford car."
Anybody who wants to contribute their memories or anecdotes should contact Darren Banks by ringing him on 01333 310139 or 07906 041187 or emailing him at darren.m.banks81@gmail.com while Kevin Guthrie's email address is jimcrawfordbio@yahoo.co.uk For more information go to www.tompryce.co.uk or www.Facebook.com/TomPryceF1 and to make a contribution to the appeal fund go to https://www.gofundme.com/tom-pryce-appeal
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Greenlink Walk planning consent
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Naperville, Ill. – May 9, 2018 – Infogix, Inc., a leading data and analytics software provider, today announced a series of corporate accomplishments for fiscal year (FY) 2018, which ended March 31, 2018. The milestones include growth in Infogix Data3Sixty® data governance and big data solutions revenue, significant product enhancements, the addition of more than a dozen new logos, and two more strategic acquisitions.
A recent report projected that the data governance market will grow from USD 1.31 billion in 2018 to USD 3.53 billion in 2023, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22% during the forecast period. Statistics like these aren't the exception, they're the norm, and with the explosion of data, organizations are arming themselves with data governance programs to maximize and monetize data assets that can generate analytics to drive better business decisions. Infogix has seen this trend firsthand, as the organization experienced a 300 percent increase in customer agreements for data governance and big data solutions.
As the organization looks ahead, they anticipate greater focus on empowering and enabling the business user of their data governance and analytics platform, Infogix Data3Sixty®. Currently, the solution allows technical and business users alike to interact with data. With a suite of self-service capabilities for visual data prep, interactive reporting, case management and collaboration, business users can easily define, track, and manage all aspects of their data assets. The results are simplified collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and user empowerment through transparency across the enterprise.
During its FY 2018, Infogix acquired two companies—Data Clairvoyance Group and Lavastorm. Data Clairvoyance, a leading data strategy consultancy, bolsters Infogix's data governance capabilities and its ability to advise clients on data management strategies and solutions. Their strategic services and framework are the perfect complement to the Infogix Data3Sixty platform.
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The Leitrim Observer has teamed up with the County's GAA Coaching & Games Development Committee to offer some lucky young readers the chance to win a place at this year's Kellogg's Leitrim GAA Cul Camps.
Leitrim GAA will be running camps in 13 different venues during the month of July with another four specialised hurling camps and the Kellogg's sponsored camps have always proven extremely popular with children from ages six to 13.
The competition, see Page 58 of this week's Observer, will run over the next few weeks and always draws a great response.
In other GAA news, GAA Director General Padraig Duffy has written to GAA Clubs to inform them of a deal with Sky Business are offering a fixed-rate on their 'Sky Ultimate' commercial subscription package to every GAA Club on the island of Ireland.
Clubs can register their interest by calling Sky directly at 0818 719 888 or by logging onto http//business.sky.com/gaaoffer/.


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A word nerd opines on language, media trends, and grammar gone wild
Category Archives: Language Trends
Word Nerd News: California bill defines 'hot dog'; The NYT insults Scotland; Washington state gets rid of sexist language
Posted on July 9, 2013 by Shiwani
California bill seeks to define 'hot dog'
NPR reported on a recent California bill that, among other things, defines a hot dog as: "a whole, cured, cooked sausage that is skinless or stuffed in casing, that may be known as a frankfurter, frank, furter, wiener, red hot, Vienna, bologna, garlic bologna, or knockwurst, and that may be served in a bun or roll." Sounds about right to me.
But why are legislators defining tasty meat treats, you ask? Well, the bill is actually about the California food code and this particular definition is being pushed by health inspectors who want to emphasize that hot dogs should be cured or pre-cooked. That means "street vendors who reheat them are held to different health standards than restaurants."
The New York Times accidentally insults Scotland
Andy Murray clinched the Wimbledon title on Sunday, making him the first British person (as in from Great Britain — including Scotland and Ireland) to win the title in 77 years. Despite the pressure placed on him from, well, just about everyone in Great Britain, he played the tournament of his life. Even coach Ivan Lendl couldn't help but smile.
The New York Times heralded Murray's win with this headline: "After 77 Years, Murray and England Rule" (they since changed England to Britain). This touched a nerve and set off a fury on Twitter because Murray is Scottish. And if you ask Scottish people, Scotland is not England. They are two separate entities that are both part of Great Britain.
Washington state removes all gender-biased language from the books
Reuters reported that earlier this month, Washington (my former home state with strong female political leadership) became the fourth state to officially remove gender-biased language from the law, joining Florida, North Carolina, and Illinois. This means that 40,000 words in state statutes have been changed to reflect more gender-neutral language.
What exactly does this look like? Well, 'penmanship' is now 'handwriting,' 'fisherman' is now 'fisher', and 'his' is now 'his and hers', to name a few. Lawmakers said this ended up being a much bigger project than they envisioned, but their hope is that removing sexism from official language is a first step towards combatting it in our daily lives.
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Is technology ruining the language of love in romantic movies?
Posted on February 12, 2013 by Shiwani
In honor of Valentine's Day, I wrote a piece for The Huffington Post called Love Notes From a Smartphone: Is Technology Ruining Romantic Movies?
It's not because I think romance is dead (in the movies or in real life, for that matter). But it's because how we communicate about love has changed significantly with the advent of smartphones and social media. This is especially noticeable in romantic movies, from comedies to dramas and everything in between.
Nowadays, love letters are relegated to period pieces and war movies, unless a writer finds a crafty way to work them into the script (think Big emailing Carrie love letters from famous men in Sex and the City). Our real-life expressions of love are much shorter, crisper, and less poetic (or less schmaltzy, depending on how you look at it) thanks to our cynical 21st-century sensibilities.
In The Huffington Post piece, I looked at four movies from days gone by that would be markedly different if the characters had smartphones and social media at their disposal. This raised some questions/comments about the loads of movies I didn't chose. So, I thought I'd offer up a Part 2, if you will, where I give the same tech-savvy treatment to a few other classic romantic movies:
1.) Roman Holiday (1953)
Audrey Hepburn plays a princess who's bored out of her mind and escapes from her guards during a trip to Rome. During her jaunt around the city, she encounters American journalist Joe Bradley, played by Gregory Peck, who shows her the time of her life. They gradually fall in love, and though Joe eventually realizes that his companion is the missing princess, he keeps her secret (and the photographs of their time together) safe. When he briefly encounters her at a royal press conference, they wonder what might have been.
21st century ending: A fake Twitter account about the princess' romp around Rome immediately springs up, gaining 200,000 followers in under 5 minutes. Joe is offered $5 million for his photos of the princess and he refuses to hand them over. But his email is hacked and the photos are uploaded to the Internet anyway. The princess continues to be hounded by paparazzi and is named one of Barbara Walters' most fascinating people.
2.) Coming to America (1988)
Eddie Murphy plays an African prince about to be married off to a princess who's been trained to do whatever he wants. But ever the romantic, he wants to find true love and embarks on a quest to find his future in queen in, well, Queens. He gets a job at a McDonald's rip-off and lives in the most meager accommodations he can find, in hopes of finding a woman who loves him for who he is. Eventually he finds Lisa, an intelligent and independent woman who steals his heart, much to the chagrin of his parents.
21st century ending: Prince Akeem (Murphy) goes on Match.com to find his bride. But his best friend Semi spills the beans on Twitter that Akeem is a prince. When word gets out, he's offered his own reality series not unlike The Bachelor called Finding Prince Charming. He offers a rose/proposal to Lisa in the very last episode and she accepts. Their wedding inspires African prints on Pinterest wedding boards that year.
3.) Before Sunrise (1995)
This simple, charming tale takes place over the course of one day, when 20-somethings Jesse and Celine meet on a train in Europe. They're immediately attracted to one another and spend the day in deep conversation as they roam the streets of Vienna. But as their romantic evening comes to a close, it becomes clear that this will likely be the only night they have to spend together since they have other lives to return to. Just before they bid farewell at the train station, they agree to meet in the same place six months to the day.
21st century ending: There's no need for the heartbreaking sequels, Before Sunset (2004) and Before Midnight (2013), because Jesse and Celine exchange email addresses before they go their separate ways. After getting back to their normal lives, they find each other on Facebook and start Skype chatting with each other. A serendipitous Facebook posts reveals that they'll be in the same city again in a few months, so they decide to meet in person again rather than leaving it up to chance. They live happily ever after.
So there you have it. While technology is an amazing tool for couples separated by great distances, it doesn't do much for epic romance movies. Just consider You've Got Mail, which doesn't quite make the cut as one of Nora Ephron's timeless romantic classics. Maybe that's because the story gets overshadowed in our memories by the now outdated AOL references and dial-up Internet. Be still my beating heart.
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Does Your Dictionary Have an Opinion? Defining marriage, global warming, and gun control
Posted on January 28, 2013 by Shiwani
If there's one thing we've learned watching the political circus here in the U.S., it's that the battle over social issues is often a war of words. Does 'marriage' have to be between a man and a woman? Should it be 'global warming' or 'climate change'? Is 'gun control' about regulating or eliminating gun ownership?
It's no doubt that these have come to be loaded terms in our society, which makes the act of defining them for a dictionary a delicate task. Is there a way to capture the full meaning of a word without stepping on any sensitive political toes? Well, let's look at how three definitive online dictionaries — Merriam-Webster, the Oxford English Dictionary, and the American Heritage Dictionary — handle gay marriage, global warming, and gun control.
Merriam-Webster: (1) : the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law (2) : the state of being united to a person of the same sex in a relationship like that of a traditional marriage <same-sex marriage>
Oxford Dictionary: (1) : the formal union of a man and a woman, typically recognized by law, by which they become husband and wife (2) : the state of being married (3) : (in some jurisdictions) a formal union between partners of the same sex
American Heritage Dictionary: (1) : the legal union of a man and woman as husband and wife, and in some jurisdictions, between two persons of the same sex, usually entailing legal obligations of each person to the other
The verdict? Well, all three dictionaries include same-sex marriage as part of their definitions of marriage. The American Heritage Dictionary includes same-sex marriage in its primary definition rather than as a secondary bullet point. But it qualifies it with "in some jurisdictions," as does the Oxford Dictionary — the definitions focus largely on legality. The Merriam-Webster dictionary seems to take the strongest position that same-sex marriage IS marriage, although it also creates a distinction from traditional marriage. But if language is any indicator, times and attitudes are changing.
Merriam-Webster: an increase in the earth's atmospheric and oceanic temperatures widely predicted to occur due to an increase in the greenhouse effect resulting especially from pollution
Oxford Dictionary: a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, CFCs, and other pollutants
American Heritage Dictionary: an increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere, especially a sustained increase sufficient to cause climatic change
Interestingly, the American Heritage Dictionary steers clear of the controversial 'why' of global warming: Is it a man-made problem? Merriam-Webster's definition is bolder, stating that global warming is a "widely predicted" phenomenon, "resulting especially from pollution." But this definition suggests that global warming is something that's likely to happen in the future, rather than something that's already happening… The Oxford Dictionary definition takes the strongest position here, noting that the greenhouse effect is real, man-made, and "generally" believed to be the cause of global warming.
Merriam-Webster: regulation of the selling, owning, and use of guns
Oxford Dictionary: no exact results found for 'gun control'
American Heritage Dictionary: regulation restricting or limiting the sale and possession of handguns and rifles in an effort to reduce violent crime
Merriam-Webster's definition is short and sweet — gun control is about regulating guns, plain and simple. The Oxford Dictionary, on the other hand, doesn't even define gun control (perhaps because in Britain, there is no powerful gun lobby and handguns and automatic weapons have been "effectively banned"). In this case, American Heritage's definition provides the most context, connecting gun control to an effort to reduce violent crime caused by certain kinds of weapons.
So there you have it. This exercise isn't meant to sing the praise of any single dictionary or try and point out potential bias — rather, it's to show that cultural, editorial, and perhaps even subconscious factors all play a role in how definitions get written for dictionaries. It doesn't mean that any of these definitions are right or wrong — on the contrary, they illustrate that language isn't black and white. It's always changing and adjusting, as we humans struggle to define the words that define us.
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Why do we sing 'Auld Lang Syne' to end one year and kick off the next?
Posted on December 31, 2012 by Shiwani
Well, since the world didn't end on December 21st, we can officially celebrate the start of another new year. (I'm sure you're breathing a sigh of relief.)
But when it comes to having an array of catchy tunes to help celebrate the season, New Year's is the ugly stepchild of Christmas. It gets secondary, parenthetical billing in "We Wish You a Merry Christmas (and a Happy New Year)," and the other song or two we associate with the holiday — like "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" — are decidedly melancholy.
Still, nothing reminds us of the fleeting nature of time and the importance of long-standing friendships like the song that gets drunkenly belted out at raucous New Year's parties around the English-speaking world: "Auld Lang Syne." We sing it with gusto every year, but what does it mean and how did it become the go-to ballad of New Year's Eve?
"Auld lang syne" simply means "times long past," according to the Oxford English Dictionary, although the American Merriam-Webster gives it a cheerier spin by defining it as "the good old times." The phrase was popularized by Robert Burns' version of "Auld Lang Syne" in 1788, though the melody is much older, stemming from traditional Scottish folk music. This little ditty became an American standard in the 1930s thanks to bandleader Guy Lombardo, the man who owned New Year's Eve long before Dick Clark.
If you've ever sung the lyrics to "Auld Lang Syne" and thought to yourself, "What the heck am I singing?" or "Why is this so freaking depressing?" you're not alone. Here are the words that we use to welcome the new year (the full version of the song is much longer):
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and days of auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my dear,
We'll take a cup of kindness yet,
This is the most well-known portion of the English translation of this song — so if you find this confusing, don't even try to sing the rest of the song with its pint-stowps and running around the braes. But I think it's time to put that famous question from "When Harry Met Sally" to rest:
Harry: [about Auld Lang Syne] What does this song mean? My whole life, I don't know what this song means. I mean, 'Should old acquaintance be forgot'? Does that mean that we should forget old acquaintances, or does it mean if we happened to forget them, we should remember them, which is not possible because we already forgot?
Sally: Well, maybe it just means that we should remember that we forgot them or something. Anyway, it's about old friends.
It turns out, neither of them are quite right. "Should auld acquaintance be forgot?" is actually a rhetorical question that's meant to make you reflect: Should we forget our old friends and loved ones? Should we forget the good times gone by? The obvious answer, which goes unspoken, is no. And that becomes more apparent with the rest of the lyrics, which are largely about buying pints for friends (along with some dining and frolicking).
Who wants to forget friends like that? So tonight, when you belt out "Auld Lang Syne," impress your friends with the fact that really, they're just asking a rhetorical question (since I'm sure it'll just come up naturally, of course). Happy new year!
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Big Bird, Bayonets and Binders: The best debate memes of 2012
Posted on October 24, 2012 by Shiwani
Who won the presidential debates of 2012, you ask? Sure, media and political analysts might be calling it 2 out of 3 wins for Barack Obama… But the real winner this year is the meme.
Put simply, a meme is "an idea, behavior or style that spreads from person to person within a culture." The term was coined by Richard Dawkins in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, but the word has caught on today as Internet memes spread like wildfire.
Political debates have long been known for giving birth to memorable zingers like, Lloyd Bentsen's "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy" or Ronald Reagan's "There you go again." But in the age of Twitter, a gotcha zinger by itself just isn't good enough. It needs to be meme-worthy — that is, easy to convert into 140-character Tweets, quippy soundbites, and animated or captioned images (my fave is the post-RNC "I'm with [picture of chair]!") This debate season has been meme-tastic, so I thought I'd recap the best of them here:
1.) Binders full of women – When the candidates were asked during the second presidential debate how they plan to rectify gender inequality in the workplace, Romney's answer stole the show (but not in the way he intended). He said his team brought him "binders full of women" so he could find qualified females to serve on his staff. Oops. In about a nanosecond, the Binders Full of Women Tumblr blog and bindersfullofwomen.com had sprung up on the Web. Twitter was set ablaze, and reviews for Avery binders on Amazon would never be the same again.
2.) Horses and bayonets – During the third debate, Mitt Romney criticized Barack Obama for the Navy having fewer ships than it did in 1917. Where he was going with that, I don't know — but the President struck back with, "we also have fewer horses and bayonets." And with that, an Internet meme was born — the line won Obama the debate, and the phrase became an instant hit (soon after the debate, there were over 105,000 Tweets per minute about #horsesandbayonets). Just for the record, the military does still have some horses and bayonets…
3.) Big Bird – Mitt Romney was on a tear during the first presidential debate, and one of his targets was PBS. Romney said that while he liked PBS, Big Bird and even debate moderator Jim Lehrer, he was going to stop the subsidy to PBS. A slew of angry Big Bird memes ensued, including an official Obama campaign ad (it later got pulled down, though, since Sesame Street is a nonpartisan nonprofit). So who won this meme war? Sorry boys, Sesame Street made out like a bandit with this one — Big Bird costumes are flying off the shelves for Halloween this year.
4.) The 1980s called – The third presidential debate was Obama's turn to go on a tear, criticizing Romney for being stuck in the Cold War by calling Russia America's "number one geopolitical foe." Of course, the president said it with style and sarcasm: "The 1980s called — they're asking for their foreign policy back." If you ask me, this meme didn't get the steam behind it that it deserved (Example: The 1980s called — they want to send you Trapper Keepers full of women…wearing shoulder pads.") Still, #The1980sCalled was very much a meme of its own.
In the year of the meme, President Obama has been declared the clear winner of the Twitter war — now let's see how that translates at the polls.
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World Bank: Bucaramanga One of the Six Most Competitive Cities in the World
When the World Bank's Competitive Cities team set out to analyze what some of the world's most successful cities have done to spur economic growth and job creation, the first one we visited was Bucaramanga, capital of Colombia'sSantander Department. Nestled in the country's rugged Eastern Cordillera, landlocked and without railroad links, this metropolitan area of just over 1 million people has consistently had one of Latin America's best-performing economies. Bucaramanga, with Colombia's lowest unemployment rate and with per capita income at 170 percent of the national average, is on the threshold of attaining high-income status as defined by the World Bank.
Bucaramanga and its surrounding region are rife with contrasts. On the one hand, it has a relatively less export-intensive economy and higher rates of informal business establishments and workers than Colombia as a whole. Indeed, informality has often been cited as a key constraint to firms' ability to access support programs and to scale up. On the other, Santander's rates of poverty and income inequality, and its gender gap in labor-force participation, are all better than the national average, and it has consistently led the country on a number of measures of economic growth, including aggregate output, job creation and consumption.
But the numbers tell only part of the story. A qualitative transformation of Bucaramanga's economy is under way. Once dominated by lower-value-added industries like clothing, footwear and poultry production, the city is now home to knowledge-intensive activities such as precision manufacturing, logistics, biomedical, R&D labs and business process outsourcing, as well as an ascendant tourism sector. Meanwhile, Santander's oil industry, long a major employer in the region, has been a catalyst for developing and commercializing innovative technologies, rather than just drilling for, refining and shipping petroleum.
All these achievements are neither random nor accidental: They are the result of local stakeholders successfully working together to respond to the challenges of globalization and external competitive pressures.
Starting in 2006, Bucaramanga's Chamber of Commerce spearheaded the formation of a regional growth coalition, which became a model for Colombia's other departamentos. In formulating their economic development strategy, Santandereanos avoided some typical pitfalls, like chasing after the latest industry fad or setting unrealistic (or unmeasurable) targets. Well-versed in the latest international thinking on cluster development and industrial policy, they employed an evidence-based approach that built on Santander's competitive assets, collectively set priorities and achievable goals, assigned specific responsibilities, and committed to timelines. Progress is continuously measured and course corrections are made whenever they are needed. The emphasis has been on implementation, rather than on developing a strategy for its own sake.
Why has Bucaramanga been so successful in these endeavors, while so many other cities have not? Undoubtedly, the city's strong sense of local identity has played a role. According to experts we interviewed in Bogotá, Santandereanos are known for their independence, but are also recognized for their willingness to act in concert to advance their region's interests at the national level. For example, the Santander caucus in Colombia's Congressoften votes in sync, irrespective of party affiliation, when their home region's interests are at stake. That has helped attract central-government investment in capital projects like highways and commercial navigation along theMagdalena River.
This high degree of social cohesion is accompanied by a very engaged and socially responsible private sector, organized through the Chamber of Commerce. Bucaramanga has been a leader in involving the private sector in the provision of infrastructure and municipal services (such as utilities and mass transit), so its business community's leadership in the city's pro-active economic development efforts is hardly surprising. The chamber has implemented a range of targeted assistance programs and has helped local firms use business-support tools provided by Colombia's central government.
In addition, Bucaramanga has some of Colombia's highest levels of human capital, including both technical and management skills, and its business and civic leaders have a keen understanding of global business. Renowned as a center of learning, the city is home to some of the finest universities and secondary schools in Colombia.
The Bucaramanga case study is the first in a series of six reports on economically successful cities, one from each region of the world, produced by the World Bank Group's team with funding from the Competitive Industries and Innovation Program (CIIP). The case studies will be published in late 2015[1]. Each case study will provide a more detailed account of precisely what each city did to achieve the success that it now enjoys, and will explain how it went about doing so.
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Invisible Braces are attached to the back of the teeth so they are hidden from view. Your orthodontist takes a special impression of your teeth which is sent to a lab. The lab uses special computerized CADCAM technology to custom design the Braces just for your . The CADCAM design takes into consideration the type of orthodontic movement your Orthodontist requires to correct your bite. The Invisible Braces are especially good for adults who are often in the public eye and would be self-conscious wearing Invisalign or traditional Braces with metal or ceramic brackets and wires on the front of the teeth.


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Our Fegelein Puching Zhang reviews Ubisoft's Watch Dogs. He dives deep into this hacker-revenge world based in Chicago.
aNewDomain.net — Watch Dogs is a crazy, tech-savvy, downright-awesome game. It shares quite a bit with Mafia II, the GTA series and LA Noire, but it's the campaign and premise that make Watch Dogs truly unique. This new franchise marks a fresh start for Ubisoft, a company that needed to step outside its iconic Assassin's Creed series. See the in-depth review below.
First things first — the premise of Watch Dogs. The player assumes the role of protagonist Aiden Pearce. He's a tech-savvy hacker from Chicago who wants to avenge the death of his niece. He attempts to accomplish this goal by using his uber-tech skills to hack into endless networks — Internet, communications and even private records.
This hacker characteristic allows the player to see personal information about every NPC they encounter. I've seen all kinds of traits — from secret Scientologists to under-wraps perverts. All useless, absurd and noteworthy info comes from hacking.
Of course the classic cliché presents itself: Will the player use said power to fight crime or follow in the footsteps of the NSA and hack into the privacy of innocent citizens? Well, in this game, you can do both. During the campaign, Aiden has a reputation meter that measures whether he's perceived as a protector of the city or just another criminal. His reputation is entirely determined by the player's actions, so think of Watch Dogs as a classic form of video game existentialism.
Aiden's hacking device (his cellphone) can detect criminals, which lets the player intervene and successfully subdue evil. This builds Aiden's reputation. Now, early on this makes the player feel like a classic, high-tech batman. But the player's virtual morality gets questioned often — for instance, I jacked a random guy's car on my last criminal car chase. Not exactly a super-citizen.
The free roam of Watch Dogs mimics the epic landscape pioneered by Grand Theft Auto. Watch Dogs comes complete with a huge variety of cars available to choose (or steal) from, and addictively fun police car chases. However, in Watch Dogs, getting chased by the police has serious consequences. After all, stealing cars and running half of the Chicago police through downtown isn't very upstanding.
The high-tech theme of the game adds a new dimension to car chases, which is greatly needed. The player is able to trigger garages and roadblocks with Aiden's ctOS cellphone, sending pursuing cops off the road or into each other. You'll need the hacker tricks, too — the cops in this game are a persistent bunch, not like the relative pushovers in GTA.
I love the setting of this game for a number of reasons. Being a native Chicagoan, I despise the traffic of downtown Chicago. It is an absolute labyrinth. However, the impressive work the designers put into this stunning game makes the virtual drive feel like a real tour of my city's downtown. Of course, in this Chicago, I drive like a crazy taxi, and police chase me every other minute, so it's not necessarily a peaceful tour.
To reiterate, though, the sheer amount of details Ubisoft put into Watch Dogs is terrific. It feels like a second coming of GTA, which is a good thing.
On free roam campaigns the player has the ability to ride or highjack almost anything — metros, boats and cars, you name it. The player can also hack into subway cars, controlling when they go and stop. The details are spot on and capture the feel of the real Chicago from the downtown high-rises to the bucolic countryside.
The player roams a complete sandbox when exploring the city. The famous riverboats and taxis are all there. However, the number of features aren't as diverse as GTA. The only real free-roam features are exploring the beautiful city, getting into car chases and crime fighting. Sure, the hacking aspect gives all of that a whole new level of enjoyment, but other games allow for more player activity.
Watch Dogs is interesting as it unfolds, but overall a little clichéd. It focuses on a quest of family vengeance akin to a classic Western. The story introduces a host of personalities, such as goofy best friend, Jordi Chin, who has good intentions but clumsily screws up many times over. He's like the bad guy from any Hong Kong action film (Enter the Dragon anyone?). There are some classic mob bosses, too, like Dermot "Lucky" Quinn, the antagonist of the game. That and the family tragedy with our hero, master of tech, unlocking the world until he gets to the bottom of it — we've all seen it before.
Multiplayer in Watch Dogs has a number of modes, each with a unique feel. Online players can hack into another person's single-player campaign and essentially attempt to control their cellphone. The player whose cellphone is being hacked then attempts to find the other player and kill them, while the other player escapes.
This makes for some hilarious car chases, with two crappy drivers rampaging their way through the city. It's a nice multiplayer mode, but falls a little flat after a while. The game also includes a mobile mode where Player 1 tries to escape from the police, while Player 2 controls the police and tries to take Player 1 down.
"Decryption Combat" is a classic capture-the-flag multiplayer with a twist. In this mode, players attempt to capture a code and decipher it while trying to hold back another team from deciphering the code first. As with all multiplayer modes, this concept is built into the single-player world. Cars and hacks are integrated into gameplay, making for awesome and downright-hilarious events.
Overall, I'd have to give Watch Dogs 8/10 for its epicness. Sure, the free roam is good, and the multiplayer is spectacular, but its mundane features on free roam and the archetypical storyline make it fall flat against GTA. However, this is a game worth getting, and I think Ubisoft has done a great job expanding outside its iconic Assassin's Creed franchise.
Until next time, this is Fegelein Puching Zhang for aNewDomain.net signing off.


Article by Alison Wells © 30 May 2018.
Posted in Guest Blogs (Random Acts of Optimism).
The President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, presented the awards to the winners of the prestigious Write Here, Write Now competition, run by Hot Press Magazine in association with Creative Ireland.
The competition, which invites entries from students all over Ireland, is also supported by PayPal and Canon. There are separate strands in the competition for Second and Third Level.
This year's theme was Social Media: A Writer's Tale. Forty writers, evenly split between Second and Third Level were shortlisted and regional winners were announced before the four National Winners were unveiled.
"Hot Press has always been about supporting emerging Irish creativity – which is why a competition like Write Here, Write Now is so important to us", said Hot Press editor Niall Stokes. "With the controversies that have erupted around social media and the use and abuse of data by the big internet and social media players, this year's theme proved to be very timely. And I'm thrilled to be able to say that the quality of the entries was truly extraordinary.
Among the judges for the competition were the Booker Prize winning D.B.C. Pierre, acclaimed poet Rita Ann Higgins, the multi-award winning crime writer Tana French and Mike McCormack, who won the Goldsmith' Prize in 2016 Prize for his hugely original novel Solar Bones, as well as Hot Press editor Niall Stokes and co-founder of the magazine, Máirín Sheehy.
• A €250 cash prize.
• They'll also have their winning entry published in a special issue of Hot Press.
A student at Mary Immaculate College, Jason Reddan is from Limerick city. Jason is working on his first feature film this summer and has recently completed a producing program at The New York Film Academy in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
Rose is studying English at UCC, on a creative writing scholarship, as part of the Quercus program. A previous 2nd Level winner of Write Here, Write Now, her fiction has been published in the Incubator journal, Not One of Us magazine, the Quarryman journal and the Breakroom Stories podcast.
A student at Leinster Senior College in Newbridge Co. Kildare. Alva is a sixteen year old fact aficionado. She is a fan of Shakespeare, Steinbeck and contemporary writers like Ali Shaw and Roddy Doyle.
Robert is a student at Kings Hospital, Co. Dublin currently undertaking his Leaving Certificate. He hopes to study English at third level. His hobbies include playing piano and reading.
The People's Choice Award, presented by PayPal, went to Josh O'Loughlin from Clare, who is a student in D.I.T.
There was also a special award for Outstanding Achievement for Niamh Browne from Cork, a second-level entrant.
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Alison Wells runs the Random Acts of Optimism blog and lives in Bray, Co. Wicklow with her husband and four children. Her short fiction been published in many magazines and online and print anthologies and she has been featured on Sunday Miscellany. Shortlisted for the Hennessy New Irish Writing Award, Bridport and Fish Prize's she has just completed a themed short story collection Random Acts of Optimism and a literary novel The Book of Remembered Possibilities. To read Alison's full blog, visit Head Above Water. Find out in her Random Acts of Optimism how she manages to juggle writing, children and life.


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A Look Inside Movie Music Production
By Sebastian Thaler
January 25, 2014 Updated: January 25, 2014
Did you see Ben Stiller's new movie, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, since it opened on Christmas Day? If you did, you might have noticed how the soundtrack added to the drama on screen. But chances are good that you don't know the dramatic history of the space where that music was recorded: Manhattan Center's Grand Ballroom.
Along with the Hammerstein Ballroom, Manhattan Center operates New York City's most advanced independent recording studios and television production facilities.
The very first film score in the history of cinema—for Warner Brothers' Don Juan, which starred the legendary John Barrymore and Mary Astor—was recorded at the Grand Ballroom in 1926.
The pioneering sound technicians of that era used Vitaphone technology—brand new at the time—to capture the sound of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, 107 musicians strong. Then as now, the Grand Ballroom's superb acoustics have assured that this magnificent venue is perfect for music recording. This is true whether the project is a full-blown orchestral film score, a live concert, or other kind of recording.
Academy Award-winning film scores and Oscar-nominated soundtracks have frequently been recorded at the Grand Ballroom. Since the mid-1990s, the film scores recorded or mixed at the Manhattan Center have included those for notable cinematic achievements such as Interview with a Vampire, Fargo, Batman Forever, The Red Violin, You've Got Mail, Everything Is Illuminated, TinTin, Frida (for which its composer, Elliot Goldenthal, won an Oscar), and Across the Universe.
The Log Cabin
A separate recording studio within Manhattan Center is called the "Log Cabin." Despite this rustic-sounding name, this studio is anything but primitive in what it offers. The Log Cabin combines the ease and efficiency of digital technology with a Pro Tools HD Accel system, plus the proven warmth and musicality of a best-of-breed 72-channel analog console, complete with classic outboard gear and the latest plugins.
A self-contained studio complete with a spacious live room, isolated drum booth, lounge and kitchen, the Log Cabin is a producer's, artist's and engineer's dream studio. The roster of celebrated composers who have taken advantage of this facility for movie soundtracks includes David Arnold, Danny Elfman, Terrence Blanchard, George Fenton, Carter Burwell, Elliot Goldenthal, John Corigliano, Howard Shore, Stanley Clark, Stephen Trask, and Marcello Zarvos.
By the way, the Log Cabin successfully manages to attract soundtrack production projects off the big screen as well as on. For example, late last year, Goldenthal and Julie Taymor—along with various child actors—could be found busily recording in the Log Cabin for Ms. Taymor's new production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, which recently closed at Polonsky Shakespeare Center in Brooklyn.
The second recording studio at Manhattan Center, known as Studio 7, houses a unique custom-modified Neve VR 96-channel console recording to 5.1 surround on a Pro Tools HD Accel system, or to any of a variety of digital or analog multi-track tape formats.
Wired to record or mix sound from the Grand Ballroom or the Hammerstein Ballroom, Studio 7 has been the go-to studio for the recording of countless one-of-a-kind performances, including film scores, classical recordings, broadcasts, and telethons.
The studios at Manhattan Center continue to attract a wide variety of musical clients. This is due in part to its reputation as the ideal venue to record and mix film soundtracks and other types of productions.
Take Myspace, for example. When the music-oriented social network chose to showcase live performances of today's hottest up-and-coming musical acts, it chose the Log Cabin at Manhattan Center. To date, Myspace's Live at the Log Cabin series has hosted a wide range of acts whose live performances have been posted online, ranging from Manchester, UK-based alt rock band The 1975 to American hip-hop duo Run the Jewels.
Even musical equipment manufacturers love the way Manhattan Center makes their products sound. Last October, when Martin Audio Ltd., a designer of leading-edge live performance systems, wanted to conduct a series of exclusive demonstrations of its award-winning MLA Compact™ Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array, it set up shop inside the Grand Ballroom for a two-day special event for members of the concert industry.
George Martin, the Beatles' legendary producer, once titled a memoir All You Need Is Ears. That phrase perfectly sums up Manhattan Center's appeal to those seeking to record film and music scores. Manhattan Center is located at 311 West 34th Street, New York. www.mcstudios.com
Sebastian Thaler is a freelance writer based in New York City.
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State Senators scrutinize Greitens budget
February 8, 2017 By Jason Taylor
Missouri lawmakers are reviewing Governor Eric Greitens budget for the upcoming fiscal year which starts in July. Greitens announced $572 million in cuts to state agencies and services in a formal address last Thursday.
At a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee Tuesday, legislators made numerous observations and inquiries to the state's acting Budget Director, Dan Haug, who offered more detailed information about the budget.
A number of Senators voiced concern that Greitens chose to remove $35 million in school transportation money. Republican Mike Cunningham of Rogersville thinks the decrease in funding will be acutely felt in his rural southern Missouri district.
"Something kind of rang home a couple of years ago" said Cunningham. "I talked to a school district down there, and they said their bus trip was equal to a trip to Disneyworld every day and back to Orlando. And when you start thinking like that, how that effects our rural schools, it's just incredible."
Haug said the governor had to make difficult choices and opted to protect classroom funding at $3.3 billion, which actually includes an increase of $3 million.
Money for school transportation will decrease from $105 to $69 million under Greitens plan. Republican Rob Schaaf of St. Joseph noted the school's themselves will now be forced to foot a larger portion of the transportation tab.
"The transportation money has to be paid by law, doesn't it" said Schaaf. "I mean if kids need to be transported, don't they, by law have to spend that money? So my point is that in order to spend that money, school districts have to take it out of the classroom."
Democrat Kiki Curls of Kansas City, after getting clarification from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education that schools are required by law only to transport kids living more than 3 ½ miles from campus, said she shudders that young kids could be forced to walk such a distance.
Republican senators, particularly Schaaf, spent a good deal of time discussing ways to curb Medicaid costs at the hearing. Haug admitted the biggest area of uncertainty in the budget is healthcare costs.
About 250,000 individuals will be moving from a fee-for-service arrangement to managed care through an HMO or PPO within Medicaid in 2018. They'll start to receive services in May, two months before the fiscal year begins.
Schaaf noted because of the set-up, about $100 million in medical bills would have to be paid out in the new fiscal year.
He also claimed a program to move rural Medicaid recipients to managed care from fee-for-service would be more costly to the state. Medicaid related issues consumed a large portion the hearing.
Warrensburg GOP state Senator Denny Hoskins took issue with the omission of the state's biggest industry in the budget summary that committee members were given. "The number one job and economic occupation in the state of Missouri,to the tune of $88 billion, is agriculture. And I don't see anything in the summary related to agriculture."
Haug detailed roughly $13 million in cuts to the state Agriculture Department with the majority of it, $8.9 million, coming from bio-diesel subsidies. Also stripped from agriculture for 2018 were new programs which were proposed for this year, but were restricted before they started because of budget shortages, including $2 million for a beef initiative and $1 million for an international trade office.
Another concern came from Republican Ryan Silvey of Kansas City, who wondered why the state is adding 100 employees who will be paid through the General Fund, or G.R., while so much money is being slashed overall.
"I think that's important when we're talking about GR and having a deficit, that we're actually increasing 100 employees that we're paying with GR. I think we need to know who those people are and why."
Missouri's overall budget totals $27 billion. Lawmakers can make adjustments to Greitens proposal, but must have a plan ready for him to look over by early May.
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Being Retro: Excerpt from "Beyond Human"
"Who are you …I said who are you?", Charley isn't getting an answer.
"Come now Charley we really must be going, no time for such drivel", the voice is still wiped away from the light.
"I knew it wasn't such a good idea to sleep, now I'm hearing ghosts", Charley feels an icy arm reach his shoulder. Grabbing it tugging him to follow the voice around such a bright light, Charley is hesitant to agree.
"Charley aren't we here to help those need are help, so come on …someone is crying for us", the voice slips off Charley's shoulder and heads towards the front door. Charley begins to shake off that frigid feeling and stands to see the shape head out of the den. A slamming of the front door brings Charley to crack his bones from sleeping, the arch feels good.
"Wait, I'm coming with you …please tell me who you are?", Charley has a feeling that somehow Peter was back, the voice was Peter's he has come home. Crazy thought though to Charley, why not nothing is ever what it seems so go along with it we all have to go sometime.
"Peter how did you get back here, when did you …Peter stop running?", Charley figures calling out to slammed door would get his questions answered. So he follows the streamline of the voices footsteps as they get faint around the block, Charley grabs his coat. Heading for the door Charley can hear the rain pour off the edge of the doorway, Charley turns the knob. Cracking the front door Charley sees the tip of a shadow turn a corner at the end of the long street, Charley steps outside completely. Charley feels the warmth ripped from the inside causing the mix of air collide with the toasted home.
"Oh my god it's a bat", the voice hollers. Charley clearly hears the voice. He knows he is home.


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Diese Diskografie ist eine Übersicht über die musikalischen Werke der britischen Songwriterin, Sängerin und Pianistin Anne Clark.

Alben

Studioalben

Livealben
 1988: R.S.V.P. (aufgenommen im Music Centrum Utrecht, Holland, 5. Mai 1987)
 1992: Unstill Darkness (aufgenommen im Metropol, Berlin)
 1994: Psychometry (Anne Clark and friends; live aufgenommen in der Passionskirche in Berlin und gemischt in den Thein Studios Bremen)
 2003: From the Heart – Live in Bratislava (aufgenommen in den Studios von Slovenský rozhlas in der Slowakei während der European Acoustic Tour am 17. November 2002)
 2012: Enough (Anne Clark und Murat Parlak: Live im Dynamo in Zürich bei drei Konzerten am 11., 12. und 13. Mai 2012, nur im Direktvertrieb während der Tour Ende 2012)

Kompilationen
 1986: Trilogy (Zusammenstellung der ersten drei Alben)
 1986: Terra Incognita (Zusammenstellung von auf zuvor veröffentlichten Alben erschienener Stücke für den spanischen Markt, Re-Release UK 1989)
 1986: An Ordinary Life
 1991: The Last Emotion (Zusammenstellung der ersten drei Alben)
 1994: The Best of Anne Clark
 1996: The Nineties (A Fine Collection)
 2003: Dream Made Real
 2007: Remix Collection
 2010: The Very Best Of

Remixalben

Singles

Weitere Singles
 1984: Sleeper in Metropolis
 1984: Self Destruct
 1985: Sleeper in Metropolis (Remix mit David Harrow)
 1985: Wallies
 1985: Heaven
 1986: True Love Tales
 1987: Hope Road
 1987: Homecoming
 1988: Our Darkness/Sleeper in Metropolis/Self Destruct
 1990: Abuse
 1991: Counter Act
 1991: Counter Act (Remixes)
 1992: If I Could/Our Darkness (Remix)
 1993: The Haunted Road: Travelogue Mixes
 1994: Elegy for a Lost Summer
 1994: Elegy for a Lost Summer (Remixes)
 1996: Letter of Thanks to a Friend (Bill Laswell Remixes)
 1997: Sleeper in Metropolis ('97 Remixes)
 1998: Wallies (Night of the Hunter) ('98 Remixes)

Videoalben

Hörbücher
 2004: Notes Taken, Traces Left (Hörbuch mit 2 CDs, enthält Songtexte und Kommentare, vgl. das gleichnamige Buch)

Statistik

Chartauswertung

Quellen

Clark, Anne


For ALL Classes - NO Spelling This Week.
For ALL Classes - It is unusual but all of my classes are having a test on Wednesday. I realize you normally receive a study guide before tests; however, that will not be possible this time. If you take the time to study the entire unit we just completed and make sure you are confident with each concept, you should do well on the test. Review each rule, example, and diagram. Spend time thoroughly going over any pages in which you struggled. If you had any ungraded assignments, please have your parents check them to 100% so that you can study those review exercises as well. We will not regrade these assignments on Wednesday; I will look over your work to ensure that it was finished and was graded by your parent. On Wednesday before you begin the test, I will answer any questions and review any material as needed. I feel assured that each of you can and will do well on this test since studying is your only assignment for me and we have been reviewing the unit since the beginning of the semester. Study hard!
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EGO has made a big name for themselves in the outdoor power equipment world, which is no easy feat. EGO combines the power you love from gas-powered chainsaws with the convenience of battery operation without skipping a beat. Its price point remains accessible with features you want and the power you need. The EGO Chainsaw is a well-rounded chainsaw that is well suited for virtually everyone.
Prior to being a part of the crew here at Tools In Action, I personally researched EGO when looking at brands to invest in for our home lawn care. Despite hearing a lot of really great things, I ended up going with a budget-friendly brand, and guess what? None of those tools work today. I always tell people to trust their instincts and I definitely learned that lesson here. Now that we have a property with a lot of trees, and I have started gradually replacing each tool, EGO was one I knew I wanted to test out. Let's jump into the EGO Chainsaw Review and see what all the fuss is about.
EGO was introduced to the market in 2013, so while still a young company, years of research premediated their launch. EGO is owned by Chevron, a company that has manufactured tools for some of the biggest and most recognizable names in the tool business. EGO made no secret that their main goal is to provide the performance and features on a cordless platform that only gas could offer previously on outdoor power equipment. Despite the inner skeptic in me, cordless technology, whether power tools or outdoor power equipment is the future of tools and advances in technology are making it possible without sacrificing quality and performance.
The EGO Chainsaw operates at a speed of 6800 RPM's and weighs in at 11.4 pounds and is powered using an advanced brushless motor. EGO's water resistant technology allows for protection from minor rain or water exposure, including the battery when attached to the chainsaw.
The EGO Chainsaw comes with EGO's 56V Lithium ION battery platform. This chainsaw comes with a 2.5 Ah battery and the included charger has an internal fan to protect from overheating when charging.
The battery is easily mounted using preformed slides, and features and easy to use ejection lever that is a relatively standard design. Simple, and effective.
The Bar features a 14-inch max-cut and features a double guard bar with a narrow-kerf sprocket nose. The narrow-kerf provides better performance over standard chainsaw bars, allowing better and more aggressive cutting using less power. Both the Bar and Chain are manufactured by Oregon, which is a company well known for their quality chainsaw bars and chains.
The EGO Chainsaw and uses a .43 inch Guage Chain with a 3/8 inch low profile pitch, creating less kickback for the user. As well, the chainsaw has a chain brake, stopping both the motor and the movement of the chain to prevent injury when kickback occurs.
The EGO Chainsaw includes a Chain Sheath for safer storage.
The side cover features a knob for easy removal to clean or replace the bar and chain.
The EGO Chainsaw features a standard trigger and lock-off button for increased safety.
The EGO Chainsaw has a chain kickback brake handle, an added safety mechanism both to activate the chain brake, and helps prevent the user from projecting debris. It also provides a measure of protection from the saw blade is your hand were to slip from the handle.
The chain-tensioning knob provides easy adjustments to the tension of the chain.
This Chainsaw also features a chain-tensioning screw which allows for even more precise adjustments to the chain tension using a screwdriver.
The Front handle has over-molding for better grip and durability and is placed in natural spacing for maximum comfort.
The Chainsaw accepts standard bar and chain oil and has the benefit of automatic lubrication protecting the chainsaw from damage.
The oil tank features a see-through window to allow for visibility of oil levels. The twist-on knob with internal catch ensures the cap is not misplaced while the small internal filter ensures debris does not contaminate the oil.
This Chainsaw greatly exceeded my expectations. Given the cordless platform, no matter how many volts the battery was, I wasn't expecting it to be able to able to truly power a chainsaw and have it function as it should. I have cut through a lot of different woods with this chainsaw, from pine to the dreaded yaupon and some serious oak. These woods are all common here in Texas, but yaupon and oak always made an issue for previous chainsaws I have used. Oaks hardness posed an issue while yaupons fibrous and very wet nature caused chainsaws to stop dead in its tracks, or worse rip the chain right off the bar. You can see here, I cut through oak logs that stretched about 16 inches at its widest. The kickback was minimal overall and was quite comfortable to use.
The actual chain mechanism was easy to adjust, and the dial and fine-tuning adjustment screw worked well at tightening or loosening the chain. The only issue I had with the chain is if it was not adjusted properly. The tension of the chain is an important part of using a chainsaw in general, and once a user gets the right feel for it, it was a breeze. I would absolutely recommend keeping bar and chain oil on hand as the automatic oiling on this chainsaw works almost too well.
The EGO 14″ Chainsaw (Model # CS1403) comes included with a charger and a 2.5 Ah battery runs $279 dollars and is available at Home Depot. It's certainly not comparable to the bargain buy chainsaws, even with the cordless aspect, its performance is much more on par with a gas chainsaw. I think the price is about right and given the 5-year warranty EGO provides, it's a worthwhile investment.
EGO has pioneered the cordless platform for outdoor power equipment. When homeowners are shopping for a chainsaw the options are endless, from gas to battery, from budget buys to high-end options. Trying to settle on one is an intimidating task. The EGO Chainsaw falls securely in the middle, combining the convenience of cordless battery power without losing the performance of gas. EGO has managed to make a chainsaw that can appeal to everyone.
I have been looking at this chainsaw. I have the blower and want to replace my gas weed trimmer with the new Ego carbon fiber model. This looks like it would work great for me just trimming a few trees around the house.
Hey Russ! Yes, I really like it a lot. I had more pictures for this review than any other, it was hard to pick! It handled everything I threw at it and then some. I am actually wrapping up a review of the EGO Multi-Head System, and the string trimmer attachment that is part of it is awesome. I genuinely have never seen a trimmer that worked quite as well!


As to more specific examples of the above, ultra-low temperature freezers are used to store biological samples such as DNA/RNA, plant samples and insect artifacts, autopsy materials, blood, plasma and tissues, chemicals, drugs and antibiotics.
Manufacturing firms and performance testing labs use ultra-low temperature freezers to determine the ability of products and machinery to perform reliably under severe low temperature conditions such as found in Arctic and Antarctic regions.
These myriad applications suggest that ultra-low temperature freezers may house multiple and different experiments, some of which may require frequent checking while others remain undisturbed for lengthy periods of time. And in fact if they do, this becomes a feature that can be applied to your selection process.
For more detailed information please view our post on selecting an ultra-low temperature freezer or follow this link to our article in Labcompare.
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Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Candidate Wants To Let Incarcerated Felons Vote
By Tom Joyce | December 13, 2021, 14:27 EST
Printed from: https://newbostonpost.com/2021/12/13/massachusetts-lieutenant-governor-candidate-wants-to-let-incarcerated-felons-vote/
Should all prisoners have the right to vote?
Massachusetts state Senator Adam Hinds (D-Pittsfield) thinks so.
Hinds introduced a bill into the Massachusetts Senate this session called "An Act Relative To Voting Rights" (Massachusetts Senate Bill 473) that would help make it happen.
The bill would let incarcerated felons who are serving their sentences vote while in prison. That group would include people serving life sentences.
Hinds explained his support for the measure earlier this year. He said that not letting felons vote is racist.
"When we're trying to dismantle our systems that are racist, that have racist outcomes, it takes lifting up the hood in our own commonwealth and saying, what are the implications?" Hinds said in July 2021, according to WAMC. "What were the intentions for both in the past and the legacies that we're dealing with now?"
Currently, the only incarcerated people who can vote in Massachusetts are those convicted of misdemeanors. Felons who have served their sentences can vote in the Commonwealth, as well.
In 2000, Massachusetts voters voted 64 percent to 36 percent for a statewide ballot question to ban incarcerated felons from voting.
It requires an amendment to the state constitution to overturn a Supreme Judicial Court ruling — which is what the ballot question did. Then-acting governor Paul Cellucci opposed letting felons vote from prison, and started making a push for the constitutional change in 1997. He continued to do so after being elected governor in 1998, as well. The Massachusetts Legislature voted on the matter twice, as required by law, and overwhelmingly supported Cellucci's idea. In 1998, state legislators (acting as a constitutional convention) voted 155-34 in favor of sending the proposal to the state's voters, and then 144-45 in favor of doing so in 2000.
The measure then went to the ballot, where the people overwhelmingly approved it.
The statewide vote occurred during a time where incarcerated felons had the right to vote in the Commonwealth. In 1978, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled in the case Dane v. Board of Registrars of Concord that incarcerated people have the right to vote absentee in Massachusetts; their votes would come from the district where they lived before incarceration — not the location of the prison.
The court said: "Each inmate of a Massachusetts correctional institution who is a duly qualified, registered voter in a Massachusetts municipality has the right under the Constitution of the Commonwealth to vote in State elections."
The court cited the first article of the Declaration of Rights of the Massachusetts Constitution. It says that "[a]ll men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights." The court also cited a 1916 Supreme Judicial Court ruling called Attorney General v. Suffolk County Apportionment Commissioners where the court said that that voting is a "right" in the Commonwealth.
Henry Dane, a lawyer, filed a complaint with the Concord Board of Registrars in 1976 because inmates, who were on the voter rolls in town, were planning to vote for fellow prisoner Carl Velleca for Concord's Board of Selectmen. Velleca was serving time for an armed robbery. Velleca didn't win the election, according to Home News Here.
Nationally, allowing incarcerated felons to vote is an unpopular idea. While 31 percent of the country thinks felons serving time should have the right to vote, 69 percent disagree, according to a 2019 poll from The Hill. Additionally, 89 percent said that terrorists shouldn't have the right to vote, while only 11 percent think they should.
The bill filed by Hinds sits on the Joint Committee on Election Laws in the Massachusetts Legislature. There was a hearing on the bill on October 6, but no further action has been taken.
Hinds could not be reached for comment on Sunday or Monday this week.
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There are various memorials to the Lockerbie victims (windows, stones etc). This is the only Lockerbie memorial in the UK taking the form of a garden.This is the principal memorial in Scotland, located off the A709 about a mile from Lockerbie, in Dryfesdale Cemetery. It comprises a semi-circular stone wall in the Garden of Remembrance, with the names and nationalities of all the victims along with individual funeral stones and memorials. It is laid out very simply, with lawn, flowerbeds and memorials. The Memorial itself is constructed of grey granite and arranged as a triptych.
On 21 December 1988, just after 7pm, a Boeing 747 flying from London to New York (Pan Am Flight 103) was blown up by an on-board bomb. All 243 passengers, and 16 crew, were killed. Much of the wreckage landed on Lockerbie, where a further 11 people were killed. The dead were of 21 different nationalities.The Dryfesdale Lodge Visitors' Centre, a former caretaker's cottage, has been used since 2003 as a centre for the local community and visitors, giving information about the disaster and housing a Book of Remembrance.
The site is open daily from March to October.


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Air India to resume flight services to Shimla
April 5, 2017 by shameen
New Delhi: State-owned Air India is all set to resume flight services to Shimla, almost five years after the carrier discontinued operations from the hill-locked aerodrome.
A test flight to start regular services, which will be operated by the Air India's regional arm Alliance Air, has already been carried out and the airline is now awaiting a final nod from the aviation regulator, DGCA, a source close to the development said.
The airline plans to deploy a 42-seater ATR plane to cater to the new destination, the source said.
Air India is keen to resume services to Shimla at the earliest and take the first mover advantage as the tourists flock to the Himachal Pradesh capital to beat the scorching heat of north India, the source told PTI.
Significantly, Shimla is also one of the 70 airports chosen for operating flights under the government's regional connectivity scheme, UDAN.
"Alliance Air has already conducted the mandatory trial run of the 42-seater ATR plane yesterday under the watch of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). We are now awaiting its go-ahead," an airline source told PTI.
According to the source, once the DGCA approval comes by, which is expected within this week, the airline will take no time in mounting a flight from Shimla airport.
The airport at Jubbarhatti, which is 22 km from Shimla and is located 2,196 metres above sea-level, was shut for scheduled flights since September 6, 2012.
"We are aiming to resume operations at the earliest as the summer rush to the Himalayan mountain town has already begun and it would put us in an advantageous position," the source said.
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Blog	 14 Jan, 2017
Our 'Community Champion' initiative will be honouring a local hero every month throughout 2017 to thank those who go the extra mile in our local neighbourhood. This month we are honouring Beth Street, a Menston resident for the past 12 years, who has become a truly valued member of the village.
Beth integrated herself into the Yorkshire community as soon as she moved here and she is still making a huge impact today, recently leading the fundraising activity to open a new defibrillator at Menston Station, through completing the Yorkshire Three Peaks and a 10K run.
Her work in Menston started when her children went to Brownies, Beavers and Rainbows where she helped every week for few years. It was through this work that enabled her to organise the Eggs2ipads project in the village – an initiative in which older members of the Menston community get together with a team of teenagers to learn about accessing internet and other apps on tablets like the iPad and Kindle Fire. Beth also volunteered in Abbeyfield Residential Home for four years.
Beth said of living in the village: "Thank goodness we found it. Menston is a beautiful village and I find people very warm, friendly, helpful and generous. Of course, there's also the beautiful scenery around the village and we love our walk around the farm and through Ilkley Moor or the Chevin Forest. And, it is this environment that started me walking then running. Being a part of all this also led to me wanting to fundraise through various charities or projects in the community."
She added: "I like to help others however small I can and I was shocked to be heralded a community champion as I don't really think anything of it, but very much appreciate the gesture! I do hope that more projects will be happening in the village especially for our youths in the near future and hopefully able to help Steve Ellams and Menston Community Association in some way. It's a fantastic place to live and I'm honoured to be a part of it".
On top of all the local work she's involved in, Beth also has her own charity, www.AngelsForChildren.org.uk for underprivileged children in the Philippines where her fundraising has seen the development of 3 classrooms for the victims of typhoon Haiyan children and supported orphans & disabled children there.
Lisa Greer from Ribston Pippin said: "So now, you see why we thought the lovely Beth was worth a shout out! We just wanted to say a BIG THANK YOU Beth from all of us in your local community, for everything you do. Achieving the defibrillator unit was such a boost and great success for all of us, as a community. It was fantastic to see come to life – this wouldn't have happened without you driving it. We feel passionately that people like Beth should be recognised and rewarded, so if you know of any community champions who should be showcased please do let us know!" You can email lisa@ribstonpippin.co.uk.


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With its rousing cry of "One for all, and all for one," Alexandre Dumas's thrilling adventure novel has captivated generations of readers since its initial publication in 1844. Action, intrigue, and romance abound in this swashbuckling epic, which traces a country lad's path to the French court of the early 1600s and the glorious fraternity of the king's men, the Musketeers.
A son of impoverished nobility, D'Artagnan arrives in Paris to find the Musketeers disbanded by the cunning Cardinal Richelieu, who hopes to seize power from the weak-willed Louis XIII. The daring and ambitious youth proves his mettle in the company of the famous Musketeers — Porthos, Athos, and Aramis — and joins them in a heroic struggle to defend the king and his lovely queen, Anne of Austria.
Dumas transformed the concept of the historical novel by writing in a modern, conversational style. His accessible, fast-paced narratives combine real and fictional characters to recapture the events, manners, and mood of seventeenth-century France. Emerging in the chaotic aftermath of the Revolution, Dumas's novels provided his contemporaries with a welcome sense of identity and national pride. His most popular work, The Three Musketeers, continues to charm modern readers with its timeless tales of romantic valor.
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