iGEM is a worldwide synthetic biology competition with over 350 teams every year. The RAIN team earned a bronze medal in our first appearance, and continues to represent Tacoma at this prestigious competition. This successful launch motivated us to come back stronger than before, and in our second year won another bronze medal. RAIN's iGEM team is solving problems facing the Puget Sound community and propelling our student scientists to greater heights. Come by and check out the impressive work these brilliant students are doing, and hear their vision for the final product!
The purpose of the competition is for students to realize the potential of synthetic biology and to encourage the creation of new technologies. What is synthetic biology? We take DNA sequences from known pathways and rearrange them to execute new purposes. Our team is comprised of local high school and college students, as well as military personnel.
assembled and ready for action!
The team's work kicks off with 2 months of fundamental molecular biology preparation followed by 2 months of project planning.
In the summertime, students will be working full time to create and demonstrate a project that addresses nitrogen fixation in soil, a process that would reduce the need to use fertilizers, therefore reducing the financial and environmental costs of farming and food production. Follow our team's progress on Instagram @igemrainmakers! Sponsors and collaborators are always welcome by contacting us at igem@rainincubator.org.
Thank you Justin Knight and the iGEM Foundation for the photo!
RAIN's 2018 iGEM team, The Tacoma RAINmakers, followed in the success of RAIN's 2017 Cadets2Vets team and worked to refine their biological arsenic sensor and further their vision of commercialization.
The new sensor consists of two main parts. The first part is the arsenic regulator, ArsR, which blocks expression of the downstream chromogenic reporter. When arsenic ions are introduced, they bind to ArsR and cause ArsR to release the promoter. The reporter sequence then expresses color that can be seen by the naked eye.
The main improvement over last year's sensor is a new reporter system which replaces GFP with a chromoprotein reporter. This way users can interpret test results based on the whether or not the test strip drastically changes colors, and don't need a light box to check its fluorescence. This is a big step toward being user friendly for the general public. It also cuts down on cost and will therefore be more affordable.
Many of the RAINmakers began this year as complete beginners to synthetic biology but emerge with a wealth of new knowledge, understanding, and lab experience. They visited schools, ran booths at fairs, hosted educational events, and helped RAIN run it's first bioengineering summer camp, spreading their excitement about the world of synthetic biology to over 1,500 people, and making them one of five teams nominated for the Best Public Engagement and Education Award.
The 2018 Tacoma RAINmakers returned from the Boston iGEM Jamboree with their second consecutive Bronze Medal. Opportunities for funding are open soon so please join us in helping this talented team can continue their impressive work into next year.
The 2018 sensor produces a drastic color change in the presence of arsenic. It requires no extra materials to read, and can be produced as a standalone easy-to-understand test strip.
The 2017 team was named Cadets2Vets as a nod to our Army sponsorship and the involvement of West Point cadets and veterans, in addition to non-military students from Tacoma area high school and colleges. Many of the competition's consistently successful teams have been working on the same iGEM project for multiple years in a row -- they fine-tune experiments throughout the year and deliver a well thought-out and functional project by the end of the competition.
The 2017 team developed an arsenic biosensor. There is an arsenic regulator protein (ArsR) that suppresses the activity of a reporter, Green Fluorescent Protein. When we combine the arsenic sensor plasmid DNA with a cellular extract, we have a complete system where DNA can be transcribed to RNA, and then translated to protein. GFP mRNA is only made in the presence of arsenic, because arsenic binds to ArsR and forces it to release its transcriptional block of GFP.
Though successful, the project is not complete. We intend to keep it alive as a true research project, and continue to develop it into an increasingly more effective and practical arsenic detector. Your help is critical and greatly appreciated. RAIN has entered the 2018 iGEM competition to keep up the momentum!
Our team is looking for highly motivated and intelligent students with interest in bio-engineering looking to participate in innovative ways to solve biologic problems. Our team of scientists hold meetings on Saturdays throughout the year to help educate students on scientific concepts such as PCR, transduction, transformation, and use of plasmids in the lab. To learn more about applying for the iGEM team contact us at igem@rainincubator.org and visit the iGEM website.


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How Extra host Renee Bargh achieved her amazing 11-Week body transformation
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When you're interviewing some of the world's biggest stars on TV, you want to look and feel your best.
Renee Bargh is in the spotlight every day interviewing the likes of Tom Cruise, Mark Wahlberg and Jennifer Lopez on the red carpet as the host of Extra.
But a hectic work schedule and a busy LA lifestyle wining and dining meant her diet had slipped, and she could never quite achieve the toned and defined figure she wanted working with a host of different trainers.
Feeling strong, healthy and 100% body confident again was Renee's goal.
It was seeing the incredible results Kevin McHale achieved at Ultimate Performance Los Angeles when she filmed with the Glee star for Extra at the Brentwood gym that motivated her to start her own 11-week body transformation.
Renee was able to halve the amount of training she was doing in a week and get twice the results.
After 11 weeks, Renee is in the best shape of her life after dropping 9lbs, losing inches off her waist and sculpting the toned figure she had always aspired to have.
A certified health coach and yoga devotee, Renee has been blown away by the results she achieved lifting weights three times a week, and has a new-found passion for resistance training.
"I never thought I would love weight training. I will never stop doing this kind of training!
"Not only is it the physical effects and how I look, but it's how I feel.
"Feeling strong is something I always aspire to and never thought I would actually get to know what that feeling felt like.
"I did not think I would even lose weight. I was just happy if I could get a little bit of definition. But I've lost body fat, weight and inches. It's far exceeded my expectations."
Renee explains how she achieved her transformation, what she changed with her diet, and how lifting weights three hours a week has had such a big impact on her body shape.
What or who inspired you most to want to start training here?
The first time I came to U.P., was for a shoot for Extra. It was with Kevin McHale and I saw Kevin's transformation and that's what inspired me to come to U.P.
I could tell just by looking at him just by how happy and how confident he was and how good he felt with his results.
Then when I saw his before and afters, I was like 'amazing!' That was all it took for me.
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What was your motivation for wanting to do a 11-week transformation?
My motivation for wanting to do the transformation was just to see how far I could push myself, because I've never done anything like this.
When it comes to working out, I love to go to yoga and I love to take it easy, or dance and do things that feel good. But I've never really enjoyed working out or training at a gym.
I've never seen results. I've never seen muscle definition or anything in my body.
So when I saw these results and when I came to the gym and saw the wall of photos, I was like 'okay! If those people can do it, I can do it! I want to see what I can do.'
Where were you at with your health and fitness when you started? What did you want to change the most?
It's funny when I think about it because I thought I was really fit when I started at U.P., I thought I was strong, I felt healthy and I thought my body looked great.
I didn't feel 100% confident, but I was like 'I'm strong.'
Then after about a week at U.P. I realized that I had been doing everything wrong and that I was not strong and that I was not fit, and that I was not that healthy and that I was eating terribly, and I was just on this routine of going out for dinners every night and drinking wine all the time.
The minute I took that out and cut it out and started training, it was just a crazy shift. It blew my mind.
What was your diet like before U.P.?
A good year before I started here, my diet was great and I was on a really good path.
Then I somehow fell off that and got really busy with work and social life, and was going out for dinners all the time.
I was probably going out for every meal of the day and drinking wine a few times a week.
I'm not a complete lush just guzzling wine every day! I was drinking a lot of wine, weekly, which I realise was just stacking on the calories.
I never looked at calories because I've always been smaller, so I've always been like 'it's fine!'
But the minute I started at U.P. and started going clean and cutting the wine out and cutting the sugar and bad fats out, and general eating out, the results were just crazy!
What were the overall physical results you achieved at U.P.?
I think I lost about 9lbs, gained a few pounds of muscle, and I know I lost 2 inches from around my waist which was really cool because I had jeans which were really 'argh!' to get the buttons done up.
Now I put them on and I have to put the belt on with them. That was pretty cool. That was the biggest thing for me.
I didn't expect to lose weight. Actually, going into this I didn't want to lose weight. But I'm so happy that I did, because it wasn't weight that I needed.
I think I've lost 8-9% body fat, which is great.
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How do you feel now compared to how you did on Day 1?
Day 1, I felt pretty defeated. Day 1, I thought 'I don't know if I can actually do this.'
Now, I'm addicted to it and I'm obsessed, and I actually hate that I miss my trainer Eddie and I miss training when I'm away or I'm working and I can't get to some weights.
That's so wild because I never thought I'd enjoy weight training and doing this kind of stuff.
Now I'm kind of obsessed.
Now I'm thinking 'how do I get stronger? How do I get more muscle definition?'x
What approaches to dieting have you tried in the past and what results did you achieve?
I have never been a big believer in dieting in the past. I really believe in listening to your body.
A couple of years ago, I had gone cold turkey and cut out sugar, gluten, wheat, dairy and alcohol, and meat.
That lasted around eight to 11 months and was very extreme and I had no social life and all of my friends will tell you that I was the most boring person to be around.
It was so extreme and impossible. It was great – I looked great and felt great, but it wasn't something that was realistic that I could carry on.
Then once I stopped on that, I'm 'all or nothing', so I was back to 'all' rather than the nothing.
So, I feel like now, with what I've gained at U.P., I just know how to make healthier choices and it's all about balance.
How did your diet change when you started your transformation?
My diet changed drastically when I started my transformation. I tried to go as clean as I could. I stopped going out for meals. I started meal prepping.
I went from eating a lot of rich, heavy foods, like pasta a few times a week, to no pasta.
Did your new diet have an impact on the way you felt?
I think that the diet is a really big part of it and it's really important and it did have a huge impact on the way that I feel and my energy levels.
I feel like I've been sleeping a lot better. Before I came here I'm pretty sure I had insomnia.
Even if I don't get the best night's sleep, I still have more energy than I did before.
Are you eating more now or less?
My diet changed. I was pescatarian when I started – I wasn't eating meat.
I found that I needed more protein, and that's when I actually started seeing results when I started adding in chicken and a little bit of red meat here and there.
I don't eat much meat, but it's definitely helped see results quicker and it's definitely helped me with the energy to get through the workouts.
What are the key things you've learned on diet or the key healthy habits you have built up?
The key thing I learned was that it's not about dieting or restricting yourself.
I learned that I could actually eat more than I was before, as long as it's the good stuff – vegetables, grains and things that will fill you up for longer.
You have got to feed your body. If you're hungry, don't starve. I think that's been the case or the mindset that so many people are in when they're trying to get shredded or they're fasting, they think they shouldn't eat.
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How does the training at U.P. compare to anything you've done before?
The training at U.P. is like nothing I've done before. I don't think it's like anything that exists anywhere in the world.
I've been to so many gyms around the world. I've tried so many personal trainers and while some have been really fun and some have been great, I've never had the experience where everything hurts and every muscle is being worked and I'm feeling the workouts in such a way that I want to throw up, or cry, or pass out.
That sounds horrible, but here you leave going 'Oh! I just worked out!'
It made me realize that at so many other gyms and with so many other trainers you can just phone it in and fake it, and that's what most people do when they go to the gym and they don't see results.
That's what I realised when I came here. You can't fake it. Eddie watches you like a hawk and if your knee is just 1cm out of place or your shoulder is, or if you're abs aren't contracted properly, he is watching every single thing.
There's no room for error. You can't not get in shape. It's impossible!
Has it surprised you the actual amount of training you've had to do to make the changes you've seen?
I thought I would have to train five or six times a week to see these kinds of results.
I've been training three to four times a week – more three times a week, because of my crazy schedule.
Everyone thinks famous people have bags of time to train and get these kinds of results. Is this true?
I'm not famous. But I have a job and I work a lot. I have a really crazy, busy schedule. I'm shooting all day every day and a lot of nights.
That was the biggest challenge for me – making the time and finding the time.
It was just an hour. If you can't find an hour in your day either before you start work…
For me, it was in the afternoons in between shoots.
I would literally run in here, usually with a full face of makeup, then do my session, quickly shower and run back out and be back on the red carpet an hour later.
It's totally doable. You can do it. If you say you don't have time, it's just an excuse.
Is body confidence a big thing when you're in the spotlight and in front of the camera. Has this transformation helped?
Body confidence is the biggest thing. One of the biggest things in my job is being in front of the cameras. You can see everything. The camera adds some pounds.
Then when you're doing photoshoots, you want to look your best and feel your best.
I felt like I looked okay, but I would definitely be a little self-conscious in certain places and certain areas.
Now I genuinely feel so comfortable in my own skin, which is what I hope and wish for everyone, because it is the best feeling.
What has this U.P. experience given you?
This U.P. experience has given me confidence.
It's given me strength and it's inspired me to work harder than I ever thought I could work, train harder and just live a happy and healthy life, as cliche as that sounds.
I think it's so important that we put our health first and it needs to be number 1. I feel like at this place, it just encompasses all of that.
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PERSONAL DEMONS is a fun, humorous, exciting, interesting, romantic, hard-to-put-down book. I hated putting it down and couldn't wait to pick it up again to find out where the story was heading. Lisa has created a fascinating backstory of the battle for souls between Heaven and Hell and the angels and demons that are in charge of tagging and protecting those souls. Even the idea of why each side wants Frannie so badly draws the reader into the story even more by feeling the importance of the task. Sarcasm and wittiness abound and make for a more engaging and distinct voice. Because of this, the story provokes some inner-thinking about religious beliefs and what one thinks and feels about both - while also giving a human face to each side. Ultimately, it's a story about love, forgiveness, pure intentions, and redemption and how those can lead to being a "good" person. It looks at the trueness of the soul and what that means for what happens to that soul.
Frannie is a senior in high school, and has her own inner turmoils to deal with, but now she's stuck between Luc (the demon) and Gabe (the angel) as they battle for her soul and she battles to figure out her attraction to each and what's real. The one problem I had with the book was that it's another young adult with a love triangle where the girl seems to instantly fall into crush with the boys involved, but I was okay with it because Frannie is a strong girl who can stand up for herself and fight for what she wants, so I was willing to buy into the attraction - especially because it's hard not to when reading the scenes of the story when she is with Luc. Interestingly enough, I felt the story was really more about Luc's journey than Frannie's. She has her own journey to make to acceptance herself, but it was demon Luc's transformation that I was most intrigued by that made me want to keep reading. That's probably partially due to it being written with alternating perspectives with Luc and Frannie's first person storytelling. I appreciated the way the main characters were written where I was able to discover more about each one as the book went on, and became more invested in what would happen to all of them in this overwhelming holy battle. This is definitely a more mature book in the overall mood of the romance, but is a really good and entertaining read.
I will definitely be getting my hands on the sequel, ORIGINAL SIN, as soon as I can when it is released in July, 2011. The 3rd book, title to be determined, will be released in May, 2012.
*Interestingly, Lisa's writing critique partner is Andrea Cremer, author of NIGHTSHADE, one of my all-time favorite books. I would say there is a similar vibe to these two authors in a really good way - so if you like one, you'll probably like the other.
I didn't realize they were crit partners. How cool!! I really do want to read this one. I'm not a huge fan of the instantly crushing on someone thing...but it works out alright in certain books and it sounds like this is one.


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Gold-Gotti – Wolf Pirate & Wilmskirk
As I have said many times, I feel no desire to have materials I wrote for the HeroQuest line restrict what we do with RuneQuest. Since I wrote Sartar: Kingdom of Heroes and Sartar Companion much of Greg's original work on Sartar and Dragon Pass has been returned after being lost since the early 1990s. Among that was material explaining who Gold-Gotti (and the other units in WBRM/Dragon Pass) is supposed to be.
As we all know, Gold-Gotti was originally a unit in WBRM. Greg though Gold-Gotti had a cool Viking-esque sound to it and so it became the example of a Wolf Pirate unit (the Wolf Pirates were mentioned in the short descriptions of Harrek the Berserk and Gunda the Guilty) and received a full description in the original Armies and Enemies document (which was lost since the early 1990s).
When I was writing the Sartar Kingdom of Heroes book, I used the name Gold-Gotti for an Issaries merchant prince in Wilmskirk. Greg couldn't recall what the original character was supposed to be (and we were desperately trying to get something out to revive Glorantha, which was dying at the time). But a few years later, a Good Samaritan found and returned Greg's boxes of original manuscripts lost since the 1990s (that had never been scanned in for obvious reasons). Tons of Pure Gloranthan Gold, and that is what we are using for RQ.
Wilmskirk's biggest player at the present time is Vamastal Greyskin, who is the king of the Balmyr tribe and city rex. One of his chief allies is King Enstalos of the Balmyr.
One of the most important Missing People in Wilmskirk is the former city rex Garaystar Flatnose, who has been in exile since 1613.
A forthcoming book provides lots of information on Wilmskirk and many different ways to approach it.
Jeff Richard
Gold-Gotti, Wilmskirk
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Prathersville Electricity Rates
Commercial Electricity in Prathersville
^ The average commercial electricity rate in Prathersville, MO is 7.51¢/kWh.[1]
Residential Electricity in Prathersville
^ The average residential electricity rate in Prathersville, MO is 9.69¢/kWh.[1]
Industrial Electricity in Prathersville
^ The average industrial electricity rate in Prathersville, MO is 5.02¢/kWh.[1]
Prathersville, MO Electricity Statistics
Commercial electricity rates in Prathersville
The average commercial electricity rate in Prathersville is 7.51¢/kWh.[1]
This average (commercial) electricity rate in Prathersville is 8.41% less than the Missouri average rate of 8.2¢/kWh.[2]
The average (commercial) electricity rate in Prathersville is 25.57% less than the national average rate of 10.09¢/kWh. Commercial rates in the U.S. range from 6.86¢/kWh to 34.88¢/kWh.[2]
Residential electricity rates in Prathersville
The average residential electricity rate in Prathersville is 9.69¢/kWh.[1]
This average (residential) electricity rate in Prathersville is 4.72% less than the Missouri average rate of 10.17¢/kWh.[2]
The average (residential) electricity rate in Prathersville is 18.43% less than the national average rate of 11.88¢/kWh. Residential rates in the U.S. range from 8.37¢/kWh to 37.34¢/kWh.[2]
Industrial electricity rates in Prathersville
The average industrial electricity rate in Prathersville is 5.02¢/kWh.[1]
This average (industrial) electricity rate in Prathersville is 14.77% less than the Missouri average rate of 5.89¢/kWh.[2]
The average (industrial) electricity rate in Prathersville is 24.74% less than the national average rate of 6.67¢/kWh. Industrial rates in the U.S. range from 4.13¢/kWh to 30.82¢/kWh.[2]
Missouri Electricity Rates & Consumption
Commercial electricity in Missouri
Commercial electricity rates in MO [3]
The average commercial electricity rate in Missouri is 8.2¢/kWh, which ranks 39th in the nation and is 18.73% less than the national average rate of 10.09¢/kWh.[3]
Commercial electricity consumption in MO [3]
Commercial electricity consumption in Missouri averages 6,810 kWh/month, which ranks 13th in the nation and is 9.17% greater than the national average of 6,238 kWh/month.
Commercial electricity bills in MO [3]
The average monthly commercial electricity bill in Missouri is $558, which ranks 23rd in the nation and is 11.29% less than the national average of $629.
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Residential electricity in Missouri
Residential electricity rates in Missouri [3]
The average residential electricity rate in Missouri is 10.17¢/kWh, which ranks 36th in the nation and is 14.39% less than the national average rate of 11.88¢/kWh.
Residential electricity consumption in MO [3]
Residential electricity consumption in Missouri averages 1,060 kWh/month, which ranks 17th in the nation and is 17.39% greater than the national average of 903 kWh/month.
Residential electricity bills in MO [3]
The average monthly residential electricity bill in Missouri is $108, which ranks 18th in the nation and is 0.93% greater than the national average of $107 per month.
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Industrial electricity in Missouri
Industrial electricity rates in Missouri [3]
The average industrial electricity rate in Missouri is 5.89¢/kWh, which ranks 37th in the nation and is 11.69% less than the national average rate of 6.67¢/kWh.
Industrial electricity consumption in MO [3]
Industrial electricity consumption in Missouri averages 164,723 kWh/month, which ranks 20th in the nation and is 46.87% greater than the national average of 112,158 kWh/month.
Industrial electricity bills in MO [3]
The average monthly industrial electricity bill in Missouri is $9,707, which ranks 22nd in the nation and is 29.72% greater than the national average of $7,483.
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Household Income in Prathersville, MO
Prathersville, MO Income Breakdown [4]
Income Summary for Prathersville, MO
Electric bills: The average residential electricity bill in Missouri is about $108/month, ranking 18th in the U.S. and 0.93% greater than the national average of $107.[5]
Income: Prathersville vs. Nation [4]
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LSE picks Euronext as preferred bidder for Borsa Italiana
By Huw Jones, Valentina Za, Maya Nikolaeva
LONDON/MILAN/PARIS (Reuters) - London Stock Exchange entered exclusive talks to sell Borsa Italiana to Euronext on Friday, with the French operator seeing off Deutsche Boerse and Switzerland's Six as it bids to add another bourse to its pan-European network.
FILE PHOTO: The logo of stock market operator Euronext is seen on a building in the financial district of la Defense in Courbevoie, near Paris, France, May 14, 2018. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo
Dubbed "Project Botticelli", the LSE's sale of the Milan stock exchange is sensitive in Rome due to concerns about who takes control of its bond platform, which handles trading of Italy's 2.6 trillion euros ($3.1 trillion) of government debt.
The LSE is selling Borsa as part of regulatory remedies to see through its $27 billion purchase of data provider Refinitiv, which is 45% owned by Thomson Reuters, parent company of Reuters News.
It was not immediately clear what Euronext had offered to gain exclusive talks, but investors welcomed the move and its shares were up 5% at 0946 GMT. LSE stock was up 0.7%.
Offers for Borsa valued it at up to 4 billion euros, sources said before the LSE board reviewed the bids on Thursday.
Chief Executive Stephane Boujnah declined to comment on the value of Euronext's bid, but told Reuters that price was one of several elements LSE had taken into consideration.
Boujnah said Euronext had always considered Borsa "a natural fit" and contacts had accelerated since July after years of informal discussions with all relevant stakeholders.
"It's a natural enlargement of Euronext within a framework that already existed, clearly with an unprecedented size. It's the first time we're welcoming within Euronext a G7 economy, the third economy of the European continent with everything that is related to that," Boujnah added.
Euronext had moved to win round both the LSE and Rome by teaming up with Italy's state investor Cassa Depositi e Prestiti and Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo in order to gain Italy's buy-in.
Both CDP and Intesa will become shareholders in the French exchange operator, if the bid for Borsa succeeds, by subscribing to a proposed capital increase.
'ITALIAN ECOSYSTEM'
Under the proposed deal, CDP would have a seat on Euronext's supervisory board, with a second Italian candidate proposed as an independent board member who would become chairman, in a nod to how Milan would be the largest contributor to Euronext revenue at roughly 35% of a combined group.
Borsa would join exchanges under the Euronext banner that span Dublin and Oslo to Brussels, Amsterdam and Paris, and add significant bond trading, clearing and settlement capacity.
"Key businesses and central functions of the new group would be based in Milan and Rome," Euronext said.
The deal would give Euronext much-needed scale, ownership of a clearing house with critical mass, and scope to scale the business internationally, analysts at Jefferies said.
It would also bring Milan under euro zone ownership after Britain left the EU, a move likely to please Brussels policymakers who want to buttress the bloc's capital market.
"The Italian government expressed a preference to have a solution, a project within the European Union, within the single market, the euro zone," Boujnah said.
Switzerland's Six had no comment, while Deutsche Boerse said it had made an attractive offer that would have given Milan a high degree of autonomy.
LSE Chief Executive David Schwimmer appears keen to have a deal fleshed out before Dec. 16, when EU competition officials decide whether to approve the Refinitiv takeover.
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley advised LSE on the sale, while Euronext was represented by JP Morgan and Mediobanca and Lazard worked with CDP.
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Reporting by Muvija M in Bengaluru, Pamela Barbaglia and Huw Jones in London, Mike Shields in Switzerland and Tom Sims in Frankfurt; Editing by Patrick Graham, Jason Neely and Alexander Smith


I am a 3rd year Child and Youth Care student studying at Loyalist College in Belleville Ontario Canada. I have previously graduated from Queen's University in Kingston Ontario Canada with a Bachelor of Honours in Sociology. In September 2017 I am making the move from Ontario to Cork, Ireland. I was wondering if you had any suggestions for working in the CYC field in Ireland.
Firstly welcome (in advance) to Ireland. Cork is a beautiful part of the country and I'm sure you will be very happy there.
In Ireland CYC is divided across two disciplines. Community youth work is a branch of community development. The aim of the work is to empower and support young people who are socially disadvantaged, with a view to achieving social justice and equality of opportunity. Youth workers operate from a community development perspective and tend to work mostly with groups.
Social care is a generic discipline that evolved out of residential child care. An individual with a social care qualification can work in any area of practice from residential care, to homelessness to intellectual or physical disability. Social care is in the process of being statutorily regulated in Ireland and it will soon be the case that the title Social Care Worker will be protected in law, but that is not yet the case. Social care workers also work in community youth work. We have never really had the debate to identify exactly what the similarities and differences are between the two disciplines but I expect that will be tidied up by the social care registration board, whenever that is established.
Irish residential child care is divided between the state services, private voluntary and private for profit services. The general trend in recent years is toward a reduction of state services and a move to privatization of service provision. That is not surprising, given that we have a center-right Government and will have for the foreseeable future.
If you want to work in residential child care in Ireland you will need to complete a course in managing aggression. Most services still use TCI but that is changing. You will also need a manual handling cert, a first aid cert and hepatitis vaccinations. It is easy enough to get all of these but it will cost you about €500 in total so you should prepare for that. Some agencies will cover these costs but the private for profit ones will not. Hepatitis shots take a few months to get all three so you should try to get those before you arrive in Ireland if you haven't already done so. Bring proof that you have got them.
The two main agencies that employ social care workers are CPL health care and TTM recruitment. Activelink.ie is also a useful site to look for jobs and get a sense of what is out there. I suggest that you start looking for jobs now and DO NOT jump on the first one that comes along. Notice the services that are always looking for staff and ask yourself why that is. Be guided by your own internal wisdom!!!!
I lecture in social care at WIT in Waterford. that is about 90 minutes drive from Cork. If I can be of any help to you when you get here please give me a call and I would be happy to meet you.
I forgot to mention that you will also need police clearance from Canada. You will not get a job in Ireland without a statement from the police in any country that you have lived in for more than a few months, saying whether you have any convictions or not. You should get that before you arrive in Ireland as it can be a very time consuming process to complete retrospectively.


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Q: When can vectors of one basis be expressed as linear combination of vectors of another basis with unitary matrix coefficients? If I have two  normalized basis $\{v\}$ and $\{w\}$ for the same hilbert space of dimension $n$ ( not necessarily orthogonal ), then when can we write the following
$$v_i=\sum c_{ij}w_j.....(1)$$
such that $c_{ij}$ denotes the $ij^{\text{th}}$ entry of a unitary matrix. I know that if both of the basis $\{v\}$ and $\{w\}$ are orthonormal  then $(1)$ holds true . Are there any other cases where $(1)$ holds true ?

A: Basically, your question is asking when a unitary matrix can map one basis to a second basis.
First, of all, a matrix is unitary if and only if it preserves inner products, so if $\{v\}$ is orthonormal and (1) holds so is $\{w\}$.  Thus, your claim isn't quite right.  However, if both $\{v\}$ and $\{w\}$ are orthonormal bases, then the matrix that sends each $v_i$ to $w_i$ is unitary.
In general, (1) holds when the Gram matrices for $\{v\}$ and $\{w\}$ are similar by a permutation matrix.  In other words, when there exists a permutation $\pi$ such that $\langle v_i, v_j \rangle = \langle w_{\pi(i)}, w_{\pi(j)}\rangle$ for all $i, j$.  In this case, the unitary matrix is the one that maps each $v_i$ to $w_{\pi(i)}$.

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This Israeli Politician, 54, Had a Baby via Surrogate — and I Think That's Awesome
By Amy Klein	 Sep 1, 2021
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I am so happy for Israeli Labor Party leader and member of Knesset Merav Michaeli, who announced on Facebook last month that she and her husband welcomed a son, Uri, who was born via surrogacy.
"The first time Lior said to me, let's have a baby, I thought it was a punchline," Michaeli, 54, wrote in a Facebook post about her partner, comedian and late-show host Lior Schleien, 43. "We're talking about me — and it's known that I had no intention of having children."
Michaeli, who is also Israel's Minister of Transport and Safety, went on to say that, for a long time, she thought Schelein's desire to have kids "would pass" — especially because their life was wonderful. "But as time went on, I understood how much he wanted it, and I looked at him and I loved him. And I chose to live with him and I chose to go on this journey with him," she wrote.
As someone who has been through on a harrowing fertility journey herself — nine rounds of IVF with 10 doctors, suffering four miscarriages over three years, in both Israel and America — to finally become pregnant with our daughter, I am thrilled that Michaeli is shedding light on the difficult journey of fertility treatment, in general — and surrogacy (when another woman carries a child for the intended parents), in particular.
"It was a journey filled with many trials," Michaeli wrote on Facebook, about undergoing fertility treatment herself before pursuing surrogacy. "I'm glad I went through this journey, I now know personally what it means and what it entails and what needs to work differently in the fertility treatment system, but we'll talk about that another day."
But many people in Israel — especially self-described feminists — were upset by the MK's announcement. "You're such a hypocrite," several of the 2,000 commenters wrote.
"It would be nice if you could explain how you went from a justice warrior against surrogacy, to someone who does surrogacy herself," another wrote. "I guess when it comes to you and your needs, you can bend your ethics and morals."
Many were upset because Michaeli, a staunch advocate of women's rights — she speaks using only the feminine in Hebrew to make a point — had previously been a vocal advocate against surrogacy. "I see it as something very, very problematic, a type of trafficking/commercialization of women's bodies, that's carried out with a joy that's unacceptable to me," she said in 2013.
Michaeli is, of course, not the first feminist to vocally oppose surrogacy. I learned this firsthand in January of 2020, when I went with Resolve: The National Infertility Association to Albany to lobby the New York state government to make compensated surrogacy legal in New York. (At the time, New York was only one of two states to outlaw the practice.)
The bill had failed the first time due to vocal opposition by old-school feminists, specifically Gloria Steinem, who wrote a letter to then-Governor Andrew Cuomo saying that legalizing surrogacy would put "disenfranchised women at the financial and emotional mercy of wealthier and more privileged individuals" and allow "profiteering from body invasion."
"I realized her version of surrogacy was reminiscent of the dystopian 'The Handmaid's Tale,'" wrote Andrea Syrtash, in a piece titled "Gloria Steinem Prevented Me From Having A Baby In New York." Syrtash's Orthodox Jewish cousin, Elana, had volunteered to be her surrogate, after many years of fertility struggles. "I wish Steinem had substantiated this claim with evidence and facts," Syrtash wrote on Pregnantish, the infertility website she founded, noting that surrogates in the U.S. undergo extensive screening (to prove psychological and financial security, among other things) in states that permit gestational surrogacy.
Unlike Syrtash, I never used a surrogate. But I knew that could have been the next step in my own journey, if my fifth pregnancy hadn't become our daughter. Plus, I knew many people who had used a surrogate to have biological families — including gay men, like Bravo TV personality Andy Cohen, who also came to Albany to help legalize compensated surrogacy.
That trip, though, was the first time I met any actual surrogates. I spent the two-and-a-half hour journey to Albany talking to three surrogates and was surprised by their commitment and sense of passion for helping people achieve genetic families. "No one could do this just for the money," one of the surrogates told me. "Think about it — you were pregnant."
I nodded in agreement. After all, pregnancy takes a difficult toll on a woman's body over the course of 10 months, not something $30,000 or $40,000 (aside from expenses) could easily make up for.
"I love being pregnant and I love helping other people have their families," she told me, noting that she used the money to get her Master's degree in nursing.
I'm glad I made that trip to Albany — our lobbying efforts helped pass the Child-Parent Security Act in New York, making surrogacy legal. It also includes a "Bill of Rights" for surrogates, ensuring them independent counsel, the right to make all health decisions during pregnancy and the ability to walk away any time before they become pregnant.
I'm also thankful the trip helped dispel any images I had of surrogates as women who were taken advantage of — or worse, like those on TV, where women were locked up in sweatshops in foreign countries, forced to be pregnant. (Surrogacy has recently been made illegal for foreigners in countries like Thailand and India.) While surrogacy is legal in Israel, due to the complex laws of who can be a surrogate — there are fewer than 100 surrogacy births a year there — many Israelis come to America to hire a surrogate. Michaeli was one of them.
Look, it's not easy to change your mind – especially publicly. Trust me, as someone who has shared her infertility journey in a very prominent way — I wrote the Fertility Diary column for the New York Times' Motherlode blog for three years — I encountered so many misconceptions about infertility, IVF and everything related to reproductive rights.
Readers were not shy in offering their opinions that I was too old, too privileged (actually, I went to Israel for IVF treatment because I could no longer afford it in New York) or that I should "just adopt." (Which, believe me, is no easy feat. I have a friend with four failed adoptions who has now turned to surrogacy).
This is why I am so happy Michaeli is bringing these issues to light. My guess is that a combination of wanting to have a baby, undergoing failed fertility treatment, learning more about compensated surrogacy in the U.S. and finally meeting a "wonderful surrogate who wanted to help someone in our situation and help support her own amazing family," as she wrote on Facebook — helped the MK change her mind about surrogacy.
I only hope that others will now change their minds, too.


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The four-time MVP aggravated an ankle injury during his only preseason game against the Chicago Bulls . "He's still the same player , just with a different team", Lue said . "They added a lot of other great pieces they have on their team". But the playmaking as well that they have, that they utilize now, whether (James) is on the ball or whether Bron's off the ball, they've got a point guard in Rose and a veteran in Jose Calderon , then of course guys coming off the bench.
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The investigation began in San Diego but led to Ontario, police said. Ontario police said forensic evidence in Jacobson's white Chevrolet Equinox led detectives to believe she was killed. In a post published Monday on a Facebook page dedicated to finding Jacobson, her family mourned her and thanked people for their "incredible outpouring of love and support".
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After a tough fight with Luv, Lucinda bid a farewell to the show. It appears the surprise eviction is the result of this ruse failing, it added. Bigg Boss 11's nomination special episode will air tonight, and like every week, there will be an interesting twist to it.
At 1pm, police were still sweeping the area. Several tweets are surfacing from people who appear to be on campus. Howard students told News4 they're anxious. "Take precautions if in the area", the Metropolitan Police Department said on Twitter . Howard University tweeted that they were anonymously notified of a potential shooter at the school.
The system moving in from Alberta is expected to hit central Saskatchewan beginning Tuesday afternoon. Our neighbouring province has already registered gusts over 80 km/h, with some areas bracing for gusts near 130 km/h on Tuesday. Wind warnings are issued when there is a significant risk of damaging winds. Gusts could reach 110 km/h in some wind prone areas just in the lee of Cypress Hills.
A pregnant woman and her boyfriend who escaped the Las Vegas shooting welcomed their little bundle of joy into the world just two days after they'd been fleeing gunfire. Lombardo also assailed accusations that law enforcement officials were either covering up details of the shooting, or had been mistaken due to ineptitude.
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Pai did not mention the president by name. Pai, a Republican FCC member since 2012 who was elevated to chairman by Trump in January, said last month in Washington that freedom of speech "should unite Americans across the ideological spectrum".
Israel's security cabinet said in a statement that it would acknowledge the agreement reached by the Fatah party and Hamas "only under certain conditions". "There are no secret clauses in the reconciliation understanding, and what the occupation published on the resistance halting in the West Bank is not true", said senior Hamas spokesperson Husam Badran, in an interview with the Palestinian news site Quds Network .
A wild photo shot from above shows the bold bovine kicking up dust on a street near Prospect Park, according to ABC7NY, which tweeted the image . A calf was spotted running near the Prospect Expressway Tuesday morning, the NYPD said. and 16th St.in Sunset Park and ran two miles to the park. Information from ABC News was used in this report . A cow is on the loose in Brooklyn.
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The seven stations are located in Bandar Malaysia, Bangi-Putrajaya, Seremban, Melaka, Muar, Batu Pahat and Iskandar Puteri. Najib also said the Malaysian government has approved the Railway Scheme which paves the way for the public inspection exercise that will begin on November 1 for a duration of three months.
Monday as a structure fire, spreading to the wilderness around it, as ABC 7 reports , and prompting a door-to-door evacuation effort early Tuesday morning that includes the roads listed below. The Santa Cruz Mountains has a history of large and damaging wildfires. The firefighter has a broken wrist and cuts to face and is being helped out of the ravine.
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They were acquitted by the Allahabad High Court on last Friday after it found the couple "not guilty" in the mysterious murder case of their 14-year-old daughter Aarushi. The Talwars had been lodged in the Dasna jail since November 2013 in connection with the twin murders. Police escorted the couple to Nupur's parents' house in Noida's Jalvayu Vihar, the same locality where they stayed when their daughter and their domestic help were murdered in 2008.
Police said officers responded to a call in the 900 block of Carlisle Street shortly after 1 a.m. Tuesday and found three victims with apparent stab wounds. Numerous Colorado Springs police officers and members of the FBI Safe Streets Task Force have been trying to track the suspects down. Few details of what led to the stabbing have been released.
In a major setback for Indian paceman S.Sreesanth, the Kerala High Court restored the lifetime ban on the pacer imposed by the BCCI .The previous judgement of the high court had come as a relief for the pacer, when his life ban was revoked.
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She has previously been charged with Holocaust denial, for the content of several articles she wrote for a magazine called the Voice of the Reich. The mass murders in the gas chambers of the Auschwitz concentration camp have been happened, saying that "there is nothing wrong with these statements", FOCUS reported.
Eight months after the private prosecution unit was established, Gerrie Nel will announce the first case he'll sink his teeth into. "Other than a contribution of R5 000 from the taxi association, the family has received no further financial support whatsoever".
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ESB spokesperson Bernadine Moloney said some could be without power for up to 10 days. She said people who are vulnerable or who have medical vulnerability need to make provisions if the ESB be can not get the power back straight away. They said: "Crews in southern counties have now mobilised, and are assessing damage to the network there, before commencing the necessary work to restore power".
VS Achuthanandan, the veteran CPM leader from Kerala, is learnt to have backed party general secretary Sitaram Yechury's view that the party should co-operate with all secular forces to overthrow the BJP from power in the Lok Sabha elections in 2019.
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The glimpse of the suspect was captured on a CCTV camera near Lnakesh's house. They were allegedly involved in the crime. SIT chief BK Singh had said that before zeroing in on the two suspects, they investigated 200-250 people. This is not correct. No such info was given by Indira Lankesh. Lankesh, a popular journalist who took stands against Right-wing ideology, was shot three times by some unknown assailants outside her residence last month.
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The ECHR ordered that Russian Federation must compensate Navalny and Pyotr Ofitserov for moral damages and legal costs. The brothers denied the charges , saying the case was politically motivated - in part as an effort to deter Aleksei from his opposition activities by making his brother into a "hostage" held behind bars.
Global benchmark Brent crude futures, the benchmark for oil prices outside the USA, eased 0.47% to $56.67 a barrel. Brent crude for December LCOZ7, +0.57% gained 28 cents, or 0.5%, to $58.09. "Yet, this does not rule out sustained production disruptions as we note that Iraq has less downside risk (given its southern exports) than KRG (Kurdistan Regional Government) if flows to Ceyhan (in Turkey) are interrupted and global oil prices rally".
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Maharashtra Transport Minister Diwakar Raote has said that all court including labour court and Industrial court has held this strike as illegal. Undertaking also threatening to strike work on October 21 (Saturday), commuters are staring at a tough time during festival time.
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Two officers saw the 17-year-old engaged in a physical fight with one other person on the corner of East Kingsbridge Road and Grand Concourse in Fordham Manor shortly before 11 p.m., police said. . Medics rushed Rivera to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition Tuesday. The teen, who lives just a few blocks from the scene, was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and disorderly conduct and was given a desk appearance ticket, police said.
Former Deputy Education Minister Mduduzi Manana' who resigned this year after assaulting a woman at a Johannesburg nightclub, has been replaced by Buti Manamela' a former deputy minister in the presidency. The Western Cape High Court's ruling earlier this year that the tender process for nuclear should start from scratch was a massive setback for Zuma and Putin.
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He said Mr. Marino, a Republican from Pennsylvania, was a "fine man and a great Congressman!" The announcement came following a joint investigation by CBS' " 60 Minutes " and The Washington Post on the opioid crisis. Trump, wisely, said Monday that he will "take a look" at the nomination in light of the report. "The American people deserve someone totally committed to fighting the opioid crisis", the NY senator said, "not someone who has laboured on behalf of the drug industry".
It has started working towards facilitating quality patient care and research, bridging gaps in scientific information about quality, safety and efficacy of Ayurveda products, and developing benchmarks of Ayurvedic education, research and healthcare", Naik said.
The room is located on the second floor of PMO. Last year also, a similar incident of fire was reported in South Block last year on the upper ground floor of the PMO, in a conference room. An inverter, a chair and a table were gutted in the fire. The cause of the fire has not been ascertained but there have been reports that the fire could have emanated from a spark in a UPS being used inside the office.
President Donald Trump isn't done talking about US drug prices, and investors aren't done worrying about what he might do. "We are going to get prescription drug prices way down because the world is taking advantage of us", Trump said during a wide-ranging press conference.
Reversing the Brexit process would boost the United Kingdom economy, the Paris-based think tank, the OECD has said. As highlighted by the Telegraph , the report says: 'In case Brexit gets reversed by political decision (change of majority, new referendum, etc.), the positive impact on growth would be significant'.
Sullivan said in Japan that the United States is not ruling out the possibility of direct talks with North Korea , according to Reuters . Over the last few months, in response to USA threats , North Korea has continuously conducted nuclear testing, firing rogue missiles in close proximity to a number of its neighboring nations.


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SPINELLO PROJECTS PRESENTS AGUSTINA WOODGATE AT ABC ART BERLIN CONTEMPORARY
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BERLIN, 14 September 2015; Spinello Projects presents Agustina Woodgate at ABC Art Berlin Contemporary, with a conversation between two works: The Ballroom and Milky Ways.
Surplus and excess are the result of a broken industrialized system geared by accelerated production and consumption. These become starting points of observation, provoking an urgency to find proposals for the future of large amounts of stuff. The Ballroom, a constellation of 50 outdated hand-sanded world globes will be released to roll around the floor. By sanding away the topographical and political markers of the nations of the world down to homogenous land masses, Woodgate implies a kind of cartographic implosion. Simultaneously, she acknowledges the nature of competitive sports and child's play. The Ballroom becomes a representation of an ever changing ecology and a cartography that urges for a new assessment of the land and its use. Visitors may manipulate the spheres and reinvent cartography at their whim, which also occurs through random movement and placement according to the topography of the space. Politically charged, Woodgate's work empowers onlookers to become participants. A substantial amount of these globes were acquired personally by Woodgate from the only educational publisher and manufacturer left in the U.S., Herff Jones. The agreement, on a printed invoice, stipulates that all printed or visible material must be eliminated before display.
Alongside The Ballroom hangs Milky Ways, a continuation of her Skin Rug Collection in which Woodgate creates handmade rugs sourced from recycled stuffed animal skins. With the pelts of found and discarded stuffed toy animals, Woodgate reinterprets the galaxy that contains our Solar System by painstakingly piecing and sewing together the expansive rug. These precious, metaphoric beings are transformed into decorative functional objects. Milky Ways will suspend from the existing ceiling structure operating as a backdrop.
These two objects of surplus act as archetypes for previous generations of materiality, whereas today, the digital conquers and leaves these objects as nonfunctional and useless. Both reveal obsessive, labor intensive exploration of the surface, and both reflect a conceptual engagement with representation.
Agustina Woodgate, Meteor, 2015, Intervened 24" sanded library world globe with metal stand, adjustable height
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For available works by Agustina Woodgate, contact info@spinelloprojects.com or visit Artsy.
Agustina Woodgate graduated from Universidad Nacional de Artes, Argentina, in 2004. Since then she has exhibited internationally and has received honors and awards including the Orlando Museum of Art Florida Prize in Contemporary Art, South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship, National Association of Latino Arts and Culture (NALAC), Art Matters Grant, and the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant. Her public art projects have been commissioned by the Biennial of the Americas, Denver (Hopscotch, 2015); PlayPublik, Krakow, Poland (Klasy, 2014); the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC (Daylight Saving, 2014); Bass Museum, Miami (Hopscotch, 2013); and Locust Projects, Miami (1111 Billboard Project, 2011). She has initiated and co-produced collaborative projects, amongst them include Kulturpark, an initiative in a Soviet-built, now-defunct amusement park in East Berlin (2012) and founded Radio Espacio Estacion, an ongoing online nomadic bilingual radio station. Woodgate's work has been featured in publications including TIME, The Guardian, New York Times, New York Foundation for the Arts, BBC Mundo, Art Papers, Arte al Dia, and Artinfo.
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Taurons (en anglès Speed-the-Plow) és una obra de teatre del 1988 escrita per David Mamet, que és una dissecció satírica del negoci cinematogràfic estatunidenc. Tal com s'explica a The Producer's Perspective, "aquest és un tema que Mamet revisaria a les seves pel·lícules posteriors La cortina de fum i 'State and Main (2000)". Tal com se cita a The Producer's Perspective, Jack Kroll de Newsweek descriu Taurons com "un altre poema simfònic del mestre més important de la nostra nació en el llenguatge de l'epilèpsia moral."

L'obra estableix el seu context amb un epigrama (que no es pot recitar a la representació) de William Makepeace Thackeray, de la seva novel·la Pendennis, continguda en un frontispici: Comença: "Qui és el més raonable i fa el deure millor: el que és al marge de la lluita de la vida, contemplant-la amb calma, o qui baixa al terra, i pren la seva part en el concurs? ".

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La trama es desenvolupa en el món de la indústria del cinema on l'art importa poc i el sexe té un paper determinant. Dos productors de cinema obsessionats en guanyar diners, Bob Gould i Charlie Fox, tenen entre mans un ambiciós projecte cinematogràfic destinat a trencar tots els rècords de taquilla que implica l'estrella de cinema Doug Brown, però el futur amb beneficis comença a esvair-se quan Karen, la nova secretària que arriba temporalment, planteja una adaptació alternativa, una via diferent a la simple cobdícia econòmica.

 Produccions
 Broadway Speed-the-Plow fou estrenada a Broadway al Royale Theatre en una producció del Lincoln Center Theater, iniciada el 3 de maig de 1988 i tancada el 31 de desembre de 1988 després de 279 representacions. El repartiment el formaven Joe Mantegna (Gould), Ron Silver (Fox) i Madonna (Karen). L'obra fou nominada al Premi Tony a la millor obra i millor direcció d'una obra (Gregory Mosher). Silver va guanyar un premi Tony al millor actor (obra).

La primera reestrena a Broadway deSpeed-the-Plow, dirigida pel director artístic d'Atlantic Theatre Company Neil Pepe, començà al Ethel Barrymore Theatre el 3 d'octubre de 2008, amb una obertura el 23 d'octubre en un compromís limitat, tancant-se el 22 de febrer de 2009. El repartiment va comptar amb Jeremy Piven com Bobby Gould, Raúl Esparza com Charlie Fox, i Elisabeth Moss com Karen. Tot i això, Piven va deixar la producció per problemes mèdics el 17 de desembre. El paper de Bobby fou interpretat per Norbert Leo Butz ((del 23 de desembre a l'11 de gener de 2009) i William H. Macy (del 13 de gener al 22 de febrer de 2009).
Raul Esparza fou anomenat als premis Tony de 2009 per la millor interpretació d'un actor principal en una obra de teatre. Les crítiques foren positives.

 Catalunya
L'obra fou traduïda al català per Josep Costa i estrenada el 6 de juliol de 2000 al Teatre Villarroel de Barcelona sota la direcció de Ferran Madico i Rodríguez en el marc del Festival Grec de Barcelona interpretada per Lluís Homar, Andreu Benito i Mia Esteve. L'escenografia va córrer a càrrec de Max Glaenzel i Estel Cristià.Ferran Madico dirige 'Taurons', una crítica de David Mamet a la industria del cine de Hollywood, El País, 1 de juliol del 2000 Per la seva actuació Homar va rebre el Fotogramas de Plata 2000 al Millor actor de teatre. L'octubre de 2015 Julio Manrique va adaptar novament l'obra sota el títol Una altra pel·lícula'' i la va estrenar al festival Temporada Alta de Girona abans de la seva presentació al Teatre Borràs de Barcelona, interpretada per Mireia Aixalà, David Selvas i el propi Julio Manrique.

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Enllaços externs

 Internet Broadway Database listing, 1988 production
 Internet Broadway Database listing, 2008 production

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Oct 24, 2021; Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA; New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick watches a play against the New York Jets during the second half at Gillette Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brian Fluharty-USA TODAY Sports
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Bill Belichick will forever be linked to quarterback Tom Brady. And that isn't necessarily a bad thing.
As a tandem for the New England Patriots, the pair have pocketed six Super Bowl rings, made nine Super Bowl appearances, grabbed countless divisional titles, and more importantly, they wrecked the league for roughly two decades.
It'll be a long time until someone comes even close to matching his credentials, but while Belichick spends most of his time shining his Lombardi trophies, there must be a part of him that feels like there's a massive hole in his résumé.
Without Brady, Belichick has yet to win it all. Brady, on the other hand, proved that he can win one without Belichick by his side. And it's safe to say that these two will never team up ever again. So, with Belichick getting accustomed to life without Brady, how does he usually fare without him? Also, where would we rank his 2021 season amongst the handful he's coached without Brady by his side?
Patriots: Bill Belichick's coaching history without Tom Brady
9. 1991 Cleveland Browns
Team record: 6-10
For the most part, Bill Belichick's first year as a head coach in 1991 is often swept under the rug. Reason being is that the Cleveland Browns are viewed as a moribund franchise that were lucky to have Belichick at the time. That simply isn't true.
Although making the playoffs seldom happens for Cleveland nowadays, for most of the 1980s, they were consistently getting past the regular season. In fact, two years prior to Belichick arriving, Cleveland found themselves in the AFC Championship Game with a chance to make it to the Super Bowl. While they came up short, the future seemed bright.
With most of those same pieces from that Super Bowl contending team, Belichick completely flopped in year one. The Browns finished the season 6-10 and were up and down throughout. On three separate occasions, the Browns endured a three-game losing streak.
Don't listen to the doubters about that season, Belichick had plenty of help. Bernie Kosar finished the year with the fifth-most passing yards, throwing for 3,487. He also heaved the sixth most touchdown passes that season, finishing up with 18. Belichick had players … he simply didn't know what to do with them.
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By Roger S. Conrad, on Feb. 17, 2018
Attractive yields and favorable risk-reward propositions remain in short supply in the fixed-income market, a condition that has prevailed over the past few years.
Nevertheless, we continue to leverage our expertise in the utility sector and other essential-service industries to uncover opportunities for fixed-income securities.
What do we look for when selecting fixed-income securities?
We never base our decisions solely on yield or the issuer's merits, even if we're bullish on the company's common stock. Our ideal bond holding sports an attractive yield to maturity, doesn't entail too much interest rate risk and offers upside potential.
These criteria mean that our basket of fixed-income favorites remains relatively small. And because bonds don't trade with as much liquidity as common stocks, investors need to be patient and disciplined to avoid paying more than our buy target.
Our most recent foray into the wilds of the bond market yielded a few new ideas to restock our basket of fixed-income securities.
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AES El Salvador Trust's 6.75% Notes of 03/28/23 (CUSIP: 00105NAA1) represent a bet on AES Corp's (NYSE: AES) ongoing progress toward an investment-grade credit rating. The company took a big step in that direction in late December, announcing the sale of the remaining 51 percent interest in its Philippines assets for $1.05 billion.
The deal divests 965 megawatts of coal-fired generation capacity and eliminates exposure to a high-growth market where the regulatory environment has become increasingly unpredictable and populist.
CEO Andres Gluski asserted that the proceeds from the transaction will accelerate AES' debt repayment plan, putting the company on course to achieve an investment-grade credit rating in 2019.
Investors who are able to buy AES El Salvador Trust 6.75% Notes of 03/28/23 below 98 percent of par ($980) will enjoy a yield to maturity of 7.5 percent over the next five years. We also wouldn't be surprised if AES were to call these higher-cost bonds as part of its refinancing efforts.
CenturyLink's 5.8% Notes of 03/05/22 (CUSIP: 156700AS5) yield 6.1 percent to maturity with minimal credit and interest rate risk. The common stock, on the other hand, has tumbled over the past year and looks set for a dividend cut later this year.
However, the regional telecom's acquisition of Level 3 Communications transformed the company into a leading provider of fiber-optic broadband that's expected to generate about $2.3 billion in free cash flow this year—more than enough to pay off all its debt maturities through the end of 2020. We wouldn't be surprised if CenturyLink were to buy in these notes as part of a push to shore up its balance sheet.
CenturyLink's 5.8% Notes of 03/05/22 rate a buy up to 102 percent of par ($1,020).
Infraestructura Energetica Nova (Mexico City: IENOVA, OTC IENVF) offers pure-play exposure to Mexico's growing demand for midstream and renewable-energy capacity and enjoys the backing of California-based Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE), which owns a 66 percent equity interest in the company.
The Mexico-based energy company should benefit from the deregulation of the energy sector and the country's plan to increase the proportion of its electricity that comes from renewable power and gas-fired plants.
Thanks to the backing of Sempra Energy, Infraestructura Energetica Nova boasts an investment-grade credit rating. The 8.6 percent yield to maturity on Infraestructura Energetica Nova's 6.3% Notes of 02/02/23 (CUSIP: EJ5584903) stems primarily from misplaced concerns that the Trump administration's policies will flatten the peso.
These bonds are denominated in and pay interest in pesos. However, despite the Trump administration's rhetoric, Mexico's national currency is roughly flat relative to the US dollar since the 2016 presidential election.
To be sure, the ongoing renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) creates headline risk, as do the approaching elections in Mexico. But Mexico's economic growth has accelerated, and the government continues to work on a trade deal with the EU.
In our view, the 8 percent yield to maturity on Infraestructura Energetica Nova's 6.3% Notes of 02/02/23 prices in too much currency risk for an investment-grade bond issued by a company that generates highly visible cash flow from assets that operate under long-term contracts.
Buying these bonds likely will require patience, and prospective buyers should note that some brokers don't transact foreign-currency bonds. Inflows and outflows to exchange-traded funds focused on emerging-market bonds can also cause volatility. But if you have the ways and means, Infraestructura Energetica Nova's 6.3% Notes of 02/02/23 rate a buy up to 94 percent of par ($940).
NuStar Logistics' 5.625% Notes of 04/28/27 (CUSIP: 67059TAE5) also look appealing and yield about 5 percent to maturity.
The risk that the master limited partnership (MLP) will need to cut its distribution remains elevated, with the midstream operator covering only 66 percent of its payout in the third quarter. Management also no longer expects the partnership to achieve full distribution coverage in the back half of 2018.
With minimum volume commitments starting to roll off on its system in the Eagle Ford Shale and a $350 million debt maturity in April 2018, a distribution cut appears likely.
NuStar Energy Partners LP (NYSE: NS) trades at an enterprise value to operating cash flow that's on par with drop-down deals completed by the likes of Philips 66 Partners LP (NYSE: PSXP) and other MLPs that rely on these close transactions for growth.
A high-quality acquirer would be able to unlock value by refinancing NuStar Energy's debt; the partnership doesn't have an investment-grade credit rating. At the same time, NuStar Energy's gathering system in the Midland Basin, as well as its dock and storage space in Corpus Christi, would be valuable assets for any of the MLPs competing to develop a pipeline from the Permian Basin to the area.
A distribution cut or a takeover offer would be positive developments for the MLP's bonds. NuStar Logistics' 5.625% Notes of 04/28/27 rates a buy up to 103 percent of par ($1,030).
Consolidated Communications' 6.5% Notes of 10/01/22 (CUSIP: 20903XAE3) have tumbled 9 percent since early November and trade at 89 percent of par. Despite this recent weakness, we continue to regard these bonds as a compelling value.
The selloff in these bonds closely coincides with the rout in Frontier Communications Corp's (NSDQ: FTR) common stock and bonds, after the regional telecom's disappointing third-quarter results raised even more questions about its solvency.
In contrast, Consolidated Communications' third-quarter earnings indicate that the integration of FairPoint Communications has proceeded as planned. More important, Consolidated Communications still generates almost twice as much free cash flow as it disburses in dividends. The company continues to cut costs, and the $21 million sale of noncore assets in in Virginia strengthens the balance sheet.
For those without a position, Consolidated Communications' 6.5% Notes of 10/01/22 look like a bargain.
Roger S. Conrad is the founder and editor of Conrad's Utility Investor. He also co-edits Energy & Income Advisor and Deep Dive Investing with Elliott Gue.
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World Metrology Day celebrates the signature by representatives of seventeen nations of the Metre Convention on 20 May 1875. The Convention set the framework for global collaboration in the science of measurement and in its industrial, commercial and societal application. The original aim of the Metre Convention - the worldwide uniformity of measurement - remains as important today as it was in 1875.
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Professor William Kenyon serves as Head of the Lighting Design Program at Penn State. An active professional designer with over 150 designs for theatre, dance, opera, and musicals to his credit, William has recently designed the lighting for several Penn State locations, including the 2013 re-creation of the iconic Nittany Lion Shrine, the Art Room in Schreyer House, and the new theatre space incorporated into the Tank 5 water tower adjacent to the SALA Building.
William is also the author of the new textbook, Theatre & Stage Photography, and offers stage photo workshops around the world. His recent production work includes performances at The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Wolftrap, and the Qatar International Arts Festival. He has also designed for The Hangar Theatre, The Metropolitan Playhouse, Opera Delaware, Ballet Theatre of Central Pennsylvania, Nebraska Rep, Russian Ballet Theatre of Delaware, Opera Omaha, University of Iowa, and MTI-Disney. He has been involved in Native American theatre and dance for over 15 years, serving as resident LD for the American Indian Dance Theatre, and was involved in the complete reimagining of "Unto These Hills," a massive outdoor spectacle celebrating the history of the Cherokee.
Prior to Penn State, William taught Lighting and Sound Design at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He received his BFA from the University of Connecticut, having studied with Jim Franklin, and his MFA from Brandeis University, having studied with Bob Moody, Dennis Parichy, and Karl Eigsti. William serves as Chair of a newly-created History & Heritage Committee with USITT and was recently elected Chair of the OISTAT Education Commission. Member of USITT, OISTAT, IALD, IESNA, and USAA Local #829 in the areas of Lighting and Sound Design.


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